ACTIVITY DESCRIPTION

June 2019

ID: P22 and P23

This activity is planned for June 2019, but each school can organize it at any time. It can be combined with already planned school trips.

Depending on each school’s location and timetabling needs, at least two of these trips will be arranged in each partner country at different times in the project. Possible sites to visit include archaeological or historical sites, monuments or buildings of cultural significance. Teachers also show pupils digital renderings or tours of the sites, if available. If tablets are available at the school, they are taken on the trip and used to take pictures that will later be used in photo-essays. As a follow-up, pupils engage in activities that ask them to make connections between the visited site, their own lives in the present, and the future. For older pupils, the activity could be a piece of writing on how they would cope with living in that place. For younger pupils, it could be a drawing of that place that includes modern amenities.

Polish pupils visit a cultural heritage site.

On October 16, 2018, students of the 4th grade, together with the teachers Mrs. A. Krystosiuk, Mrs A. Jankowska, Mrs K. Pietroczuk and Mr J. Car and Mrs K. Trzyna, visited Tykocin and Kiermusy.

Tykocin is an unusual place. The town is located on the Narew River, surrounded by captivating nature. In the past  this place was particularly liked by Polish kings. The city used to be vibrant with multiculturalism, and today it attracts tourists with the amazing atmosphere and hospitality of its residents. The program included some of the most important historic objects.
One of the most interesting buildings of the city is the market with an unusual trapezoid shape, surrounded by historic, low buildings dating back to the eighteenth century, in the center of which the monument of Hetman Stefan Czarniecki  is situated dating back1763 (after Zygmunt's column it is the oldest secular monument in Poland).

Then, the students visited the historic church, the synagogue, the Talmudic house, the castle, which was reconstructed on the basis of archaeological data and historical sources, sixteenth-century royal castle of the Polish king - Zygmunt August.

In Kiermusy, 'Dworek nad Łąkami' was particularly interesting place to visit. Nowadays there is the Museum of Polish Arms.  The castellan in the traditional nobleman attire welcomed pupils and told them the story of this manor and recalled the old Polish customs.

The interior of the manor house contains interesting exhibitions from the movie "Ogniem i mieczem", which is an adaptation of the novel by H. Sienkiewicz.

At the end, the participants of the trip went for lunch to the "Rome" inn. The interior of this inn is designed in style of Mr. Twardowski's time. In the spacious rooms old furniture is collected.

Everyone enjoyed the weather and tasty food. The trip was very interesing. The participants pointed out its cognitive value regarding the colorful history of Poland.

Polish Pupils visit the Puppet Theatre

On 14th May 2019, a trip to the Puppet Theatre in Białystok took place. It was attended by students from class IV b and IV c together with their teachers - Mrs Alicja Krystosiuk, Mrs Agnieszka Jankowska and Mrs Katarzyna  Trzyna. The main purpose of the trip was a performance titled "Aladdin's wonderful lamp" in the Puppet Theatre. The actors' relationship with the animation of dolls was showned in an attractive way. As a result, the performance was loudly applaused by the young audience.

What is more, pupils attended a theatre workshop, and then had a tour of the theatre and its mysterious hinterland. During the trip, the children visited the foyer, the auditorium, the stage, the dressing room and the make-up room.  The infrastructure of the theater turned out to be great as well, it turned out that theatre employees were meeting and answering the question: who is working in the theatre?

There was also a visit to Parrtor House. The birds were very friendly and delicate, they were a little interested in buttons on clothes.The children were very interested in getting to know other inhabitants of Parrort House .

The trip was the proverbial hit, because it brought a lot of excitement, laughter and positive mood.

More: Visit to the Theatre

Follow-up activity

For us theatre is fun! - May 19, 2019.

After the visit to the theatre the group of pupils associated with the Polish Club led by Mrs. Bogusława Niewińska started the puppet project. Pupils created their own  puppets. There were colorful puppets made of sticks, rags, threads, paper and wooden spoons. The puppets refer to the script written by Ola Gudwańska "Greek stories" about well-known figures from myths. Preparations to the performance took a lot of commitment: Bartek prepared the soundtrack, and Szymon wrote subtitles. The most attempts were made by puppet stage performances. Eventually, the play was ready and done on the stage. There was no boredom! A lot of fun and good humour were given to both actors and young spectators watching the play.

Taking part in the performance gave the students a lot of satisfaction, sharpened the sense of observation, what is more, they explored the culture of speaking and discovered details how the play in the theatre is created.

More: School Play 

A cultural heritage site - where to go in Poland:

Trip Around Poland.ppt

Heritage places Maja M..doc

Summer trip.pdf

Podlasie.ppt

A Summer trip around Podlasie Anna P Vc.ppt

A summer trip around Białowieża.doc

Cypriot pupils visit  cultural heritage sites.

In March 2019, Year 6 pupils visisted the Byzantine churches of St Barnabas and St Hylarion in the village of Peristerona. Children received a guided tour of the two churches and had the chance to observe and learn about Byzantine archetecture and the fresco techniques that were used to decorate the two churches. During the same trip, pupils also visisted the Museum of Mining Heritage in the village of Katydata. The Museum is housed in two halls. One of them is designed in such a way as to give the impression of a mine. They have elaborately copied the caverns of the Fukassa Mines. 

In June 2019, pupils from Years 1, 2 and 3 visisted Oroklini Lake, one of the only seven natural wetlands in Cyprus. Oroklini Lake is a Natura 2000 site. It is the best nesting site for the Black-winged Stilt and one of the top five nesting sites for the Spur-winged Lapwing in Cyprus.Children had the opportunity to learn about natural heritage, to observe and identify the different species of birds that live at the lake, and to find out about the dangers that the lake and other natural heritage sites face from climate change.