Project Week in Poznan, Poland

Monday 22nd January


After an evening with the host families, we met at school at 08.00. First we were divided into groups, and played some games to get to know each other, as the groups were made up of students from all the different countries. We made posters with our common interests, and had an activity to learn names. Then Ewelina introduced the project week and explained what we are going to do this week.

All the countries had orked on a task before travelling to Poland. They fuond out about how citizens, and especially young people, can get involved in decision making in their cities. They also took a survey of students and other citizens about areas in their city that could be improved. The results of the surveys and the other information were presented as a film made by each school. We watched all the films, and then worked in groups. We used the information from the surveys we made in our home cities to find common areas for each of the cities. Each Group chose one areas to work on, and we then made posters informing about these issues, for example pollution, public transport and clean energy,

Later in the day we had an international party where every school had brought some Food from their country. There was so much to choose from, for example, salmon, sausage and chocolate from Norway, pancakes, sausage and waffles from the Netherlands, sausage and bread from Germany, pirogs and salads from Poland, and cheese, quiche and cakes from Spain. There was a lot left for us to enjoy later in the week.

The Polish students had some entertainment for us, and they also taught us how to dance the Poloniase.

After the formal part of the evening, the DJ took over, and we all enjoyed an evening of dancing and socialising before heading home about 20.00