During our stay in Spain we took a lot of photographs. We placed some of them on the wall in the main school corridor to present our trip to all the students from our school. More photos can be found on our school website: http://www.gimjusz.pl/wymiana.php

Students Opinions

Polish and Spanish students’ opinions of similarities and differences between their countries.

Topics	Similarities	Differences
People	Friendly, nice and hospitable. Hard-working and taking care of their children.	Spanish do not care about details. The Polish are more religious and more often go to church than the Spanish. The Polish wear  elegant clothes on more occasions than Spanish. They take care about tradition.
Food	Regular meals. Similar time of having breakfast and lunch.	The hot soup is an important dish for the Polish. Spanish like sea food, which is not liked by the Polish. Polish prefer hot tea, beer and butter. Spanish like drinking water and wine and add olive oil to their meals. Spanish students have their dinner later than Polish students.
House and place of living	Families from Juszczyna and Casellar del Valles live mainly in private houses. Juszczyna and Castellar del Valles are situated in the mountainous and hilly regions. There are a lot of trees in both places.	Inhabitants of Juszczyna grow vegetables and fruit in their gardens, but people from Castellar del Valles have got little gardens with very small sculptures and flowers(mainly roses).Their houses are situated close to each other. In the Beskidy region you can find some wooden buildings. Juszczyna is a village, Castellar del Valles is a small town.
Students and Their Schools	School El Casal and  Gimnazjum No.3 in  Juszczyny have got similar equipment in their classrooms. Students learn the same school subjects. Both schools have got gyms, playgrounds and canteens. Students of both schools can eat their dinners at school canteens. Teachers and students can  use computers and the Internet connections in their schools too. The humanities subjects are taught in the same way in both schools. Polish and Spanish students mustn’t use their mobile phones during their lessons. They should behave properly in their school buildings. They must follow some school rules.	The Spanish younger students wear school uniforms and a Catalan school is a private school, which contains  a nursery, primary and lower secondary schools. That’s why it is bigger than Gimnazjum in Juszczyna, which is attended only by students of lower secondary school. Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry lessons in Juszczyna are more interactive than in a Escola el Casel. Spanish students stay at their school longer hours than Polish students. They start lessons at 8.30a.m. and finish at 5.00p.m.However,they have a two-hour lunch break. School  day for Polish students begins at 8.05 a.m. and ends at 2.30p.m. or 3.30 p.m. The building of the Catalan school is bigger than the building of Polish school and it has got a different shape. The Spanish students are  driven by their parents to school ,but Polish students commute to school by a school bus.
Free Time and Hobby	Participating in traditional festivals, meeting friends, going to parties and discos. Surfing the Internet, reading books, playing computer games.	Different kinds of national, state and regional festivals.
Plans for Future and Students’ Dreams	Finish schools, get good education and jobs. Start families. Go sightseeing all over the world and visit partner’s countries again. Improve English and study different languages. Be happy and healthy.