4.3.2 Learning activity in the Czech Republic - Polish experience

  • Sunday & Monday
    On Sunday, 9th June 2019, we met at 6:00 am at the station in Gniezno, at 6:16 we went by train to Wroclaw. On the spot we changed two buses. The journey went very peacefully and nice. At 14:00 we arrived in Prague where a guide was waiting for us. Together with the guide we went on a tour of Prague, where we ate dinner in a restaurant later. After sightseeing and dinner, we went on our way to Přimda, where our hostel and Czech school lay. After about 2 hours we arrived at the place. We stayed in the hostel and went to dinner.
    After dinner, we had free time in which we could spend time with our friends from the Czech Republic and Slovakia, playing football, for example. After spending time we went to sleep waiting the next day...

    On Monday we all met at the local school, where an official greeting took place. Then we played a few games to break the ice. Later we were divided into 10 groups, in each group there were four students, 1 Polish, 1 Czech and 2 Slovak students. After dividing us into groups, the game "Through the Czech forest with the beaver Přimdoslav" began, which included various competitions. The game consisted in gaining as many points as possible by performing the assigned tasks. At 12:30 we went to the school cafeteria for lunch. After eating, the second stage of the game began, in which we went to explore Přimda. After we completed the first stage, it was time for the second stage, which concerned ecosystems.
    After completing the tasks we went to the hostel where we had an hour of free time, then went to dinner. After dinner, we had free time in which we could play football or go to the swimming pool, which was next to the school. Some of our students went for a hike to the Castle in Přimda.
    After games and plays, it was time to go to sleep and look forward to another great day...

    1. 9th and 10th June 2019 - presentation

    Tuesday
    That day, together with all groups, we went on a trip to the SOOS nature reserve. We went on a journey with two buses from outside the school. The journey lasted about an hour. The next stage of the game was waiting for us. We got work cards with questions to which we were supposed to find answers in this reserve. After completing the tasks, we returned to the bus with all groups and set off to Aquaforum, which was 10 minutes drive from the reserve. We spent there about 2 hours on great fun. Then we had some time to explore the local town. It was really beautiful, in the meantime we also went for delicious ice cream. After a walk, we went to the bus with the whole Polish group, where the other groups, Czech and Slovak, waited for us. Together we set off on the Boheminium (miniature park). The purpose of the visit was to supplement the following work cards, the tasks went without any problems. After an hour in Boheminium, we went back to the hostel. Around 19:00 we had dinner. After dinner, we had free time to spend time with our peers from the Czech Republic and Slovakia. After a nice time, it was time to sleep ...

    2. 11th June 2019 - presentation

    Wednesday

    After breakfast, we went to school with all the groups. The first task that awaited us was to make ships and mills from wood. After the work was done, it was time for stage 7 in which we had to illustrate our interactive diary. This task was to make a drawing that reflects the history we got. The work went very smoothly and we had a lot of free time, which is why we went to the IT room to fill in Youthpasses. Then came time for lunch in the school cafeteria. After eating a meal, all groups and teachers went on a hiking trip to Milow. A gentleman was waiting for us on the spot, who began to talk about the manual extraction of gold or grenades, then we could try our hand in looking for these raw materials. After a small game of gold diggers, the time has come for the next stage of the game, consisting of several competitions,
    releasing ships previously made by us and lighting a bonfire using only matches and materials found in the forest, it was great fun for all participants. After completing all the competition, we decided to return to the hostel. The return trip was really beautiful. After reaching the place we went to dinner, then it was time for games and fun ... and of course a time to sleep.

    3. 12th June 2019 - presentation

    Thursday

    Shortly after breakfast we went on a journey to Pilsen in which there was a zoo, the purpose of the trip was to complete the 10th task in the game. We spent about 2 hours there. After completing the tasks we went to Techmania Science Center where our task was to complete the next tasks. After reaching the place we went to dinner in the restaurant. After the meal we went to work. When we completed all the tasks assigned to us, we went to the store to buy some food and drinks for the return journey to Poland. After shopping, we went to the artificial lake Hracholusky, it was beautiful. We had the opportunity to participate in a boat trip on this lake. The views we saw were indescribable. After the cruise, we went back to the bus and went to the hostel. A bonfire was organized at the back of the hostel, during which we baked sausages, sang and danced until the evening. After the bonfire we had a moment to ourselves, then we went to sleep waiting for the next day.

    4. 13th June 2019 - presentation

    Friday&Saturday

    On Friday we went to a workshop that took place in the school. Our first task was to make posters about educational activities in Přimda. We made these posters in our international groups. After making the posters, we went to the school pool to perform the next stage of the game. There were competitions at the pool which involved moving objects from one end of the pool to the other, of course in time. Because we had great fun at the pool we went to the school canteen for lunch. After the meal, it was time to complete the last stage of the game - treasure hunting. Each group set off from school at a designated time to find a treasure, which was a lollipop and a wooden figurine with the team's logo. After finding the treasure and returning to school, there was a moment of symbolic planting of the friendship tree in front of the Czech school. The tree was planted by teachers from the Czech Republic, Poland and Slovakia. After planting the tree, we went back to the room to sum up the whole week of work, followed by a closing ceremony. After the ceremony we went to the hostel where we had two hours of free time for ourselves and time to prepare for the disco. Then we went to the Czech school for the last time at this disco. Before the disco, we had the opportunity to have dinner in the school canteen, then it was time for the long-awaited disco. The fun was excellent. At the end of the disco came the worst moment of this trip ... ending and farewell, there were tears, photos and autographs. Then we went to our hostel where we spent the last night.

    Early in the morning on Saturday we went to the canteen for the last breakfast. After breakfast, we still had free time to pack up. Around 9 o'clock two buses waiting for us took us to Wroclaw. After reaching the destination we had two hours of free time waiting for the train. At that time we went to the restaurant for a meal and delicious iced coffee. Around 17:00 we went to the platform waiting for our train to Gniezno. The train journey went without any problems, we were already at the train station in Gniezno around 20:30 where we were picked up by our parents. Our adventure ended here ... We consider the trip very very very successful!

    5. 14th June 2019 - presentation

     

    Polish group: Michalina, Kasia, Marta, Oliwia, Weronika, Agata, Mateusz, Kacper, Wiktor and Rafał