Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Catalan students and teachers visit in Juszczyna



INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMME05-15 May 2011
5 June-Sunday

5.00 pm-arrival of the Spanish guests at the airport in Katowice-Pyrzowice
Welcome by Mrs Katarzyna Syc, the headmistress of the school in Juszczyna
and a meeting with the host families.
Distribution of the itineraries and some invitations for parents to come to school to an official welcome meeting at school.
Individual programmes prepared by host families.

6 June-Monday

9.00- official welcome meeting with the local authorities, Polish teachers and students and their parents at school in Juszczyna;
-Catalan and Polish anthems,
-introducing Catalan pupils and teachers to the audience,
-short information about the project’s objectives,
-a performance given by Polish students.
10.00 -11.00 - discussion about the project, ”Far Away But Similar” during the meeting of all the students, teachers and parents involved in the project
11.00-12.00- tour of the school in small groups and going for a walk around the nearest area.
12.00-12.30-dinner at school
13.45- 16.00- trip to Międzybrodzie Żywieckie; a journey by a cable railway to the top of the Żar Mountain

17.00-19.00- meeting with a folk band „Grojcowianie”; learning Polish folk songs and dances
19.00-regional supper for all the participants of the meeting
7 June-Tuesday
9.00-11.00-school workshop with local folk artists
11.15- 13.00- group work, discussing the points connected with civil rights, mutual tolerance and respect for the different nations and religions, expressing the students’ images of their partners’ countries
13.00-dinner at school
15.00- Brewery Museum in Żywiec
17.00-18.30- short walk in the park and visiting the Castle in Żywiec
19.00-coming back to Juszczyna
8June- Wednesday
6.40-departure for Oświęcim.
9.00-13.00- a guided tour of the Death Camp(Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum).
Film about the Concentration Camp.
Putting the lit candles and flowers under the monument in commemoration of
Martyrdom.
13.15-departure for Bielsko-Biała.
14.30- a cable railway journey to the Szyndzielnia’s Summit.
16.30-17.30- a walk in the old town of Bielsko- Biała.
17.30- return to Juszczyna.
9June-Thursday
8.00- departure for Cracow
11.00-15.00- tour of the Wawel Castle and the Middle Ages Market Place
15.00-16.00- shopping for souveniers
16.00-leaving for Juszczyna
10June-Friday
8.00- 11.00- lessons at school, taking part in English, History, Polish, Geography, ITC lessons
11.00-13.00-sports competitions
13.00-dinner at school
13.45-16.00-language workshop-the most popular expressions in Polish and Catalan; pair and group work
11-12 June- Saturday and Sunday
10.50-12.50-participating in a additional English workshop at school on Saturday
Saturday afternoon and Sunday-individual programmes prepared by host families
13 June-Monday
6.40- departure for Wieliczka
9.40-12.00- tour of the Salt Mine Museum
12-12.30-shopping for souveniers
13.00-leaving for Wadowice
14.30-16.00- short tour of Wadowice-a place of birth of a pope John Paul II
16.00-leaving for Juszczyna
14June-Tuesday
9.00-11.00- farewell meeting of all the students, teachers and students involved in the project at school
-quiz about Poland, Spain and the European Union
11.00-12.00-discussion about Catalan guests stay in Poland
12.00-dinner at school
13.00-15.00- presentation in the ITC classroom and the library at school
17.00-20.00-a school disco
15 June-Wednesday
6. 30- Catalan students and teachers’ departure for the airport in Katowice-Pyrzowice