Saturday

On Saturday I got up at 7:30 in the morning and I had eggs, bread with butter and tea for breakfast. Then, we went to school. At school we had a Chemistry class, where we did very funny experiments, like making a green fire, exploting a volcanoe, making lamps with candy... It was a very good experience and everybody liked. After that, we were separated in different classes. Most of us went to English class. We had a photocopy with crosswords and we introduced ourselves and explained what we liked and didn't like, what we would like to do in the future...

We had lunch at home and then watched a chapter of “The vampire diaries”. After that, we had dinner and Michal, Victor and Roger came home. We chatted for a while and then we went to a festival in Bystra.

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We ate potatoes and Claudia, Júlia, Marzena and I took part in a contest where we had to hammer nails, Marzena won. After that we went home and we went to sleep.

Mercè Gaitan

Wednesday 8th June

Day 4 – Wednesday, 8 June

Today we left Juszczyna at 6:40 am because we had to go to Auschwitz. We arrived before 9:00 am and at 9:00 am o’clock we started the visit in Auschwitz I. The guide showed us inside the concentration camp, where there were the kitchen, the barracks of the prisoners and the first chamber of gas. Between the barracks 10 and 11 we put candles and flowers in commemoration of the prisoners. The tour lasted 2 hours. Then we had a break and we went to Auschwitz II. There, the guide showed us the barracks, the crematorium, the chamber of gas and the railway. The tour in Auschwitz lasted 1 hour.

After that, we went to a restaurant to have lunch. Later we went to a mountain by cable railway. On the top of the mountain we walked for a while and we came back to the bus. Then we went to Bielsko-Biała to a shopping centre and after that, we went home.

Tuesday 7th June 2011

Today in the morning we went to the building next to the school and we had a workshop on how to do flowers with paper. We visited the nursery school and we saw the children and took photos with them . Then we returned to the workshop and we finished the flowers.
At 11:30 am we went to the school and painted the differences and similarities of Poland-Spain. At 12:00 am we had lunch at school.
When we finished lunch we returned to finish the pictures of similarities and differences, and then we caught the bus and we visited the Brewery Museum in Zywiec.
When we returned in Juszcyna we stopped to visit a Bunker. At 17:00 we had a meeting with a folk band “Grojocowianie”, and learnt Polish folk songs and traditional dances, and then we ate snacks and tea. Then everyone went home.

Ariadna Torrents

Friday 10th June: A normal day in the school

Today we have been having classes at the school of Juszczyna with the Polish students. As the Polish students have different ages and go to different classes, everyone of us had different subjects. In my case, in the first period I had English with the students of the class 2B. The English classes in Poland are similar to the Catalan, but the level is easier, for example some words are in Polish but in our books everything is in English. In the English class we read a text and we made some exercises about it. We also made some listening like in our English classes. After English lesson I had physics class.

The physics classes in Poland are very different to our classes. In Poland theyare more practical, they handle magnets, make experiments to see the pressure of water… while the physics in el Casal consists on solving problems, making equations and calculations. Another difference between Catalan and Polish classes is that in Poland the classes only last forty-five minutes and in Catalonia they last an hour. After the two classes we playd a volleyball match between Catalan and Polish students. Polish students always practice this sport and very hard, so they won the match with difference!

We had lunch at twelve o’clock. We had tomato soup and fish with potato puree. The Polish people are very religious campared with the Catalan and on Fridays they always eat fish instead of meat because Jesus Christ died on a Friday, and on that day they make abstinence of meat.

Finally we finished the day at school making activities about Polish and Catalan expressions with the Polish students.

Emma Sellés

Thursday, 9th June 2011

Today, we caught the bus at 8 o'clock because we went to Kraków, that is 2 or 3 hours from Juszczyna. The travel has been very good, talking with friends, speaking in English, laughing and some of us sleeping.
When we arrived a women introduced herself and started talking about Kraków and showed us important things. First, we walked near the beautiful river called Wisła, the large river in Poland, then she talked about the history of the Polish dragon, and we saw a big statue representing that dragon. We took photos and then went to the castle, we saw the walls and then we entered, she talked about the history of that castle, the Wawel Castle, one of the things that the nazis didn't destroy in the second world war, she explained us that the design of the castle is Italian, we also saw the bones of animals like mamuts, whales...Then we went to a very important church with very beautiful pictures and pictures of Jan Paweł II, the Pope. We also saw a very big bell called "Dzwon Zygmunta'', the tradicion says that if you touch that bell with the left hand your wishes will become true. Next, we went to see an important university because it is the oldest one in Poland.
We had lunch in a restaurant, we ate tomatoe soup, and meat with potatoes. Some people went to Macdonals and then we had time to go shopping.
That is all of our day in Kraków.

Queralt.

The Weekend

On Saturday, we got up at 9 o’clock and we had breakfast. We went shopping in Zywiec. We bought some souvenirs and clothes. We returned home at 12 o´clock by car. At 1 o’clock, we had lunch, we ate salad, potatoes and chicken. When we finished lunch, we went to the football field, but the football field was closed and we went to a childrens park. At 5 o’clock, we had dinner, we ate spaghetti. At 6 o’clock, we went to a festival in Bystra, we went by car. The festival was very good and we returned home at 8 o’clock by bus.
On Sunday, we got up at 10 o’clock and we had breakfast. At 11 o’clock we went to church and we returned home at 12 o’clock. At 1 o’clock, we had lunch, we ate potatoes and chicken. At 2 o’clock we went to the mountain. At 4 o’clock, we returned home. At 5 o’clock, we had dinner, we ate barbacue. At 6 o’clock, we went to the football field and we played football with some friends. At 8 o’clock we returned home. We slept at 10 o’clock.
The weekend was very good!
Miguel Galán Alcalde
Jordi Cucurull Galofré

New School Year 2011/2012

Calendar for Comenius Project - “ Far Away but Similar”
-the second school year’s activities,2011/2012
1
September 2011
The summary of Spanish pupils’ visit in Poland.
Exchanging final products (pictures, written materials), writing emails, placing final texts and photos on the school website. Collecting
all the materials connected with the project.
Exhibition about the European Union.
People responsible for the task:
Teachers of the following subjects: Polish, History, English, Civic Education, Arts, class tutors and pupil government.

2
October/November2011
Looking for and collecting material for the topic: “Famous people from my country”.
Polish, English, History, Civic Education and ITC teachers.

3
December2011
A small “Cook Book” with the most well-known recipes from both countries.
Class tutors, English and Arts teachers, school
library.
4
January/February 2012
Translating materials about famous people getting from partner’s school into national language. PowerPoint presentation and an exhibition about famous people from our and partner’s country.
Polish, History, English, Civic Education, Arts teachers, class tutors and pupil government.
5
January/February 2012
Students improve their vocabulary connected with food, cuisine, history, family life and jobs.
English teachers.
6
March 2012
Translating the tourist guide, received from Spanish students, into Polish.
English teachers.
7
April 2012
or May 2012
Programme of Polish students’ visit in Spain. Preparing maps and tourist guides about Spain.
Workshop: „Our Big Cities-Barcelona and Cracow”.
Quiz about famous people from both countries.
Polish students participate in all the activities prepared by the Catalan school.
A coordinator of the project, a head teacher and teachers of English.
8
May 2012
Written work on the topic:” Spain under Francisco Franco's Regime and Poland under Communism Regime “
Photos from the National Cuisine Day and Power Point presentation about Polish students stay in Spain.

Polish, History, English, Civic Education, Arts teachers, class tutors.
9
May 2012
Collecting all the materials connected with famous people of both countries and preparing small dictionaries with vocabulary connected with history, art, culture and tradition.

English teachers.
10
June/July 2012
Report on the Polish students visit in Spain. Exchanging final products (pictures, written materials), writing emails, placing final texts and photos on the school website. Evaluation of the project. Final report.

A coordinator of the project, English teachers and students participating in the mobility.