CHARITY

Charities are organisations which help millions of people in need. Polish pupils take part in various charitable actions. 

        Distance adoption. In 2005 we adopted Ornelia from Gabon, Africa. Every year we raise money to improve her life, health and education. Our donation gives her possibility of growing in her own country.

        RSPCA - Animals Shelter  - every year animals lovers collect money for homeless  or abandoned animals. The money goes to the local shelter.

        Gora grosza - In October we join OUR HOME Association in Poland which runs the project  the Mountain of Grosz . The project is organised with the 1^st Channel of Polish public television and others. It is a whole country collection of the smallest Polish coins (1 grosz) in schools all types. The aim of the project is to help children who do not have their own homes or orphans or neglected children.

         The Great Daffodil Appeal - Pola nadziei - is a programme set up by Marie Curie Cancer Care in Great Britain in 1938. Pupils plant their own daffodil bulbs in the autumn and monitor and take care of the growing shoots until they blossom into beautiful daffodils in the spring. . Students help raise funds for Marie Curie Hospice that promotes quality life for people with cancer and offers a wide range of additional services.  

        Volunteering  -  We have a voluntary group which represents all students who want to help others. Volunteers raise money, collect clothing and household cleaner and help pupils who have problems at school and elderly people.

        Freerice -  during English lessons students have begun playing a computer game FreeRice. It has two aims: to improve students'  English vocabulary and to donate rice to the hungry. If we click the answer that best defines the word, 20 grains of rice are donated to the United Nation World Food Program.

We enjoy this charity action very much as we can play and see who can donate more and whose vocabulary is better! Boys from six A donated 14 400 grains of rice in 20 minutes.

http://www.freerice.com/index.php

Question

We all live in a big village called Earth. I'd like to know what you think about it.

My father is a farmer

Swedish questions:

 

*Cattle and dairy farms:*

 

• What are most of the farmers in your area: dairy farmers, grain
• farmers or stock breeding farmers?
• What type of production do you have?
• Do you run your farm all by yourself or do you have any employees?
• What are your daily working tasks?
• What are the advantages versus the disadvantages about your job?
• Do you cooperate with any other farmer?
• Do you have another job in addition to your farm?
• How many animals do you have?
• Do you know any farms that are run ecologically?
• What are the requirements to be qualified as an eco farm?
• Do you think eco farmers will be more common in the future? Why/   why not?
• Do you get any subsidies from EU?

 

 

 Polish answers:

 

In our area most of farmers run grain farms or stock breeding farms. We produce grains (rye and wheat) and we breed swine.  The farmers don't employ workers.

 

The children's job is to help feed the animals. The farmers' job gives satisfaction and income; on the other hand, farmers don't have much spare time and there is a lot of stress because the crop and the weather are unpredictable.

 

 

In our area farmers don't co-operate with each other because they all have another job. On average we keep 25 animals. We don't get any subsidies from the European Union. We don't know anyone who runs an eco farm, and we don't know what the requirements are for qualifying as an eco farm. We hope eco farms will be more.

Lifelong Learning Programme

STUDY VISIT

The Study Visit in Brussels

A STUDY VISIT is a short-term visit (3-5 days) for a small group of specialists representing various groups of education and vocational training. The objective of the STUDY VISIT is to support policy development and cooperation at the European level in lifelong learning.

In March, Ms. Danuta Radomska-Filipek, our English teacher and methodology adviser took part in the STUDY VISIT "Ensuring access to ICT for everyone" at Brussels, Belgium. Fourteen education and training specialists were invited by the Flemish Department of Education and Training, which provided an opportunity for discussion and sharing of experiences. Central topics of this visit were the development of ICT competencies and policy support, including the initiatives on the dissemination of digital teaching materials, open source software and broadband applications.

The group visited the Department of Education and Training, various schools and organizations. Through discussions with civil servants, experts, head teachers and teachers, participants in the STUDY VISIT attempted to understand how Europe is developing its learners and learning environments. The host presented the new Flemish ICT policy which reflects a time of change and is a good model for school development of ICT.

 

View form my window

The view out of my window is lovely. I can see a lot of trees, especially oaks. These trees surround our garden. My window looks onto the horse farm so I usually can see a few horses running close to my house. If I look right, I'll see my neighbours' house. their garden is really nice. here you can find different types of plants. If I look left, I can see children who usually play games and climb trees. By Magda F.

View from my window

At first sight, the view from my window is not very special. Right opposite my flat there is another block of flats which shuts out the most beautiful view of park paths. Next to a car park near my flat  there is a playground and a lot of trees and bushes around it. That's why I like the view out of my bedroom mostly in summer.  I love walking with my dog along the paths. The view is also beautiful in winter. Then I like watching children playing by my window.Their happy faces make me feel happy too and  remind me those happy times when I was throwing snowballs and making a snowman and playing with friends. It was wonderful. In autumn, there are a lot of colourful leaves but I don't like this view because there is a lot of mud on the pavements. However, no matter what season is, the most beautiful viw is at night. It is so dark but, at the same time, it's so bright. Just then I love sitting  on the window-sill. By Klaudia S.

Mark's Great-grandfather

Josef W. was one of my great-grandfathers. He born in Wame-Eickel, Germany, in 1916. When he was a child he loved reading books and playing football. In 1941 Josef married a Polish woman, Maria.  In 1943 Maria gave birth to my grandfather, Jerzy and the following year Maria died of pneumonia. During the second world war Josef fight as a German soldier. When the war finished, Josef moved to England, to Eastbourne,  Jerzy stayed in Poland where he lived at his aunt's. Josef worked at the railway station. In 1949, he married again an Irish woman, Mary. They had a daughter called Christine.  Josef died in 2005, at the age of 89.

Patricia's Great-grandmother

Zofia D. was born in Dabrowa Gornicza in 1895. As a child, she was very beautiful and slim. She had big blue eyes. She loved to learn English and German so she studied at university in Warsaw. In 1920, Zofia married Dionizy. He was a photographer in Warsaw. He was very handsome and strong. During the Second World War Dionizy was arrested, sent to the Auschwitz concentration camp where he was killed. Zofia had to work as a translator. After the war Zofia with their son came to Glucholazy. There she was an English teacher. My great-grandmother died in 1977 at the age of 83. She left behind wonderful memories and The Great English-Polish Dictionary. By Patrycja

Dominika's Great-grandmother

My great-grandmother Jozefina was born in Bytom on 8 August1913. Her mother was a dressmaker and her father was a policeman. As a child, Jozia read a lot of books and rode a bike. Jozia went to school in Bytom. Her mother wanted her to be a dressmaker but Jozia didn't like the idea. She studied at university to be a Maths teacher. In 1924, Jozefina married a famous pianist Henryk. They were a happy couple. Together they travelled to New York, America. They lived in America four years. They had four children: Maria, Zofia, Stefan and Josef. Zofia is my grandmother. By Dominika

Antonina S.

Antonina  S. was my great-grandmother. She was born in 1888 in Odelsk near Grodno.

            As a little girl, Antonina helped her mother in the housework and looked after her younger sister. She went to school where she learned to read, write, and embroider. She was at school for four years.

            She got married when she was twenty years old. Her husband's name was Julian. My great-grandparents had two children: My grandfather Antoni and another son, Kazimierz. Antonina did the housework, wove linen, embroidered, sewed, and brought up the sons. On Sundays she went to church where she sang in a church choir. My great-grandmother survived two World Wars. After the Second World War she had to leave her homeland and settle in a new place, in Gubin.

Antonina lived for 86 years and died in 1974 . She had six grandchildren and I am her last eighth great-granddaughter.

By Marta

ROOTS

Paul L. was one of my great-grandfathers. He was born in Jastrzebie  in 1880 and survived two World Wars.

As a child, Paul was a funny, cute boy. Everybody in the village liked him and he had a lot of friends. When he was a child he wanted to be a firefighter. His father was a miner and he always wanted Paul to become a miner, too. In 1895 Paul started working. He had to go on foot almost 20 km to a coalmine which was near Rybnik.

In 1905, when Paul was 25 years old, he married my great-grandmother, Maria. She was a really beautiful woman. They had nine children: three daughters and six sons. It was a really big family. Unfortunately in 1939 their eldest son - Peter died in the Second World War. Paul really love animals. He had a little homestead: two cows, three pigs and a lot of hens. He sometimes played chess with his close friend Frank. Paul and Maria were together for over 60 years. They were a happy couple, they never had an argument. Maria died in 1966 and  Paul three years later, in 1969, at the age of 89.

I will always remember about my great-grandfather. Erna, the second daughter of Maria and Paul, is my grandmother who told me this story.

By Sandra

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