Poland - 2nd-9th April 2019
Tuesday, 2nd April 2019:
The Italian and French groups arrive in Radowo Małe at around 8:00 P.M. Polish teachers, students and families warmly welcome the guests. Then the guests go to their hostels.
Wednesday 3rd April 2019:
Morning/Afternoon: Workshops at school
Students are divided into three groups (French, Polish and Italian students are mixed into the three groups) and take turns to follow the different workshops.
Three workshops are held in the morning and one in the afternoon, after having lunch all together at a restaurant (Stary Folwark) near the school, where French and Italian guests can taste typical local food and get to know better the Polish culture.
- English workshop: ice-break activities in English to help students to get to know each other better and to develop linguistic skills.
- Clay workshop: students make musical instruments out of clay.
- Paper workshop: students make and draw paper using traditional methods.
- Culinary workshop: students make cookies.
Evening – French and Italian guests return to the hostels. Free time and dinner, then game- activities are organised to help students to get to know better.
Thursday 4th April 2019:
Morning:
Guests from Italy and France visit the Radowo Małe Municipality and meet the Mayor who makes an official welcoming speech.
Music workshops - all students and teacher sing together "Blowing in the wind" and others songs
Traditional Dance worshop - all students and teacher learn the traditional Polish dance "Polonez" in the school gym
Lunch together at the restaurant in Stary Folwark.
Afternoon:
Make-up activity with natural products (cocoa…) for "girls" - conducting Karen and other Polish girls
Campfire near the school - Polish - Italian - French afternoon (roasting sausages, barbecue, salads, cakes, music for all).
Common singing by the fire - participants - parents, students and teachers.
All teachers take vision of the logos made by the students from the three countries and decide how to mix them up to create the final Logo.
Evening - return to hostels, dinner then free time
Friday 5th April 2019:
Morning:
A trip to Szczecin – guided visit in English of the city center and detailed visit to the Cathedral – with a private organ concert, then visit to the castle "Książąt Pomorskich".
Lunch together in the city center.
Afternoon:
Guided visit of the Philharmonic and in particular of the Symphony Hall, also known as the Sun Room, that can accommodate a 953-person audience. Erasmus participants get to know about the perfect acoustics of the Solar Room, that has its source in the special geometry of walls and ceilings; all parameters of the symphonic hall (strength, uniformity of sound, time of delay and lateral reflection coefficient) give the effect compared to the model of this type of realization - the Musikverein concert hall in Vienna.
Final walk along the quay of the "Oder" river and "Wały Chrobrego" and group pictures!
Evening:
Separate dinner for students in a dependance of the manor house "Dworek Tradycja", official dinner for all teachers in the restaurant of the manor house"Dworek Tradycja".
Saturday 6th April 2019:
Morning: Workshops at school
Students are divided into the same three groups as Wednesday and take turns to follow the different workshops.
Two workshops are held in the morning and one in the afternoon, after having lunch all together at a restaurant (Stary Folwark) near the school.
- Stained glass workshop - participants make their pendants and other things
- Felt workshop – participants make felt bookmarks
- Robotics workshop – participants build and program the robots; they also print plastic plates with the acronim of the project with the 3D printer
Afternoon:
Project meeting for teachers, while all students do fitness exercises in the gym coordinated by the Physical Education teacher
Evening - return to hostels, dinner, then free time
Sunday, 7th April 2019 :
Morning:
Trip to Kołobrzeg where guests sail the stylized double deck cruise ship named The Pirate and have a boat cruise.
Picnic lunch on the beach and group games.
Sightseeing in Kołobrzeg and in particular to the "fortress" lighthouse (it was built on the basis of a given fort) located near the estuary to the sea of Parsęta.
Evening - return to hostels, dinner, then “Talent Show” Competition.
Using the format of popular TV talent shows, students perform individually or in small groups a song, a piece on the piano, a simple dialogue, a sketch or a magic trick and a jury composed by five teachers assign scores to students and at the end designate the winners of the competition giving them a small prize.
Students were given time to work on their performance all the week. Someone focused on "talents" that also required to practice their English speaking skills. Students were informed that their performance must be no more than five minutes long. Teachers have checked what kind of performances they wanted to do and helped them with soundtracks or needed objects, with the aim to encourage them and make sure they were on the right track.
It was a success. They had fun, they got to know their partner friends better and they had a great opportunity to build self-confidence. Almost all of the performances had a link to music.
Monday, 8th April 2019:
Morning: Workshops at school
All groups - Decoupage workshop with art teachers – participants make a bookmark with a musical theme
Polish say goodbye to French and Italian guests. All of them have built a strong relationship and are sad to say goodbye. French said "See you in Montpellier soon".
Afternoon:
At 12 o'clock the Italian and French group leaves Radowo Małe and goes to Berlin by coach.
Historical walking tour of Berlin, discovering top attractions including Brandenburg Gate, the Reichstag Parliament building and the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe.
Evening: Dinner in Berlin.
Tuesday, 9th April 2019:
Flight back to Italy or France
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