3rd PROJECT MEETING IN TOMELLOSO, SPAIN

On 25-27.10.2016 a delegation of Szkoła Podstawowa in Nowa Słupia took part in the third international meeting of the project "GOAL". The School was represented by a project coordinator Ewa Pikus and teachers: Agnieszka Pawlik-Osuch and Olga Zyzman-Ponikowska. The visit was organized by partner school CEIP José Antonio, which is located in Tomelloso (central Spain).

The main purposes of the meeting were summarizing the project activities for the period May-October 2016, detailed planning and project discussion. On Tuesday, there was an official welcome at school. The first thing that caught our attention after opening the school door were wonderful decorations made by children hanging everywhere in the building. The greetings "CZEŚĆ" (Hi – in English), Polish flags and maps of our region with pointed Nowa Słupia, posters of the Holy Cross Monastery were on every wall and woke our emotion.

Due to the warm, sunny weather, an official welcome meeting was held in the courtyard of the school. The partner schools delegations were welcomed by the school principal and the mayor of the town. Then the students greeted each country flying flags, they were accompanied by the national anthem of each partner country. After that, each class presented a dance to folk tunes and popular songs.

We learnt the culture, history and national tradition of Spain. On Wednesday we participated in a trip to the city of Toledo located by the river Tag. We admired the beautiful view of the city and did a lot of sightseeing.

We tasted Spanish cuisine and admired a flamenco dancer – a pupil.

On Thursday there were organized sport competitions connected with paralympics in which each student, and the teacher could feel how to be a person physically disabled or blind. The games of basketball or sitting volleyball weren't even for us, healthy people, easy tasks.

We experienced a very warm welcome and friendly atmosphere. We are grateful to the principal, the teachers and students of Spanish school for the wonderful preparation of the visit.

MEETING WITH A PARALYMPIAN IN RIO- WOJCIECH MAKOWSKI

"SITTING VOLLEYBALL" MATCH

The next activity in the project "GOAL!" was a game "sitting volleyball". After some instructions the class 6 students experienced how to be a sportsperson with injured motor organs. They played the match and they claimed that it wasn't easy to move and play volleyball in that way.They were very active and engaged in the game. 

We hope that the students have overcome their stereotypes towards people on wheelchairs.

Watching Wheelchair Basketball Match

On the 8.X 15 the students from our school went to Kielce to watch The International Wheelchair Basketball Tournament. Our students supported the team called  „Scyzory Kielce”. The players were quite good and they won all the parts of the match.

After the match our students talked to the disabled basketball players about this discipline, their disability and some interesting facts of the players' life. One of the sportsmen whose name was Jarek was a student of our school. He introduced us to his colleague who took part in the Paralympics in London.

We took some photos with these basketball players.

This trip was a wonderful lesson of tolerance towards disabled people.

PHOTOSTORY - A PARALYMPIC ATHLETE

A few students who chose to take part in this task watched the Paralympics carefully to find the athlete who they would admire.

They looked for information about the disabled athlete's career, childhood, job and interests on the Internet and in other sources. They also followed them in the Paralympics to be the witnesses of their successes.

They prepared PP presentations.

Here you can watch the best one.

KAHOOT

Shortly after the Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro we played the kahoot.
The questions were easy  although the results of the pupils weren't very high. The pupils answered 10 questions in Polish and they had a lot of fun seeing their results on the interactive board.
The questions were: e.g. How many countries took part in the Paralympics? Which country won the biggest number of medals? How many days did the Paralympics last? How many countries took part in the Paralympic Games? Which place in medal classification did Poland take? Who of Polish athletes was the twice gold winner in this year Paralympics?

 Wiktoria Pająk (class 6) took the first place in the quiz 

(she gave 8 correct answers and she was the quickest to answer pupil).

MEETING WITH A FAMOUS SPORTSWOMAN

We organised a meeting with Aleksandra Mądzik, who is a marathonist.
Aleksandra is one of the eight people in Poland (one of three women) who completed the World Marathon Majors.
She ran marathons in Tokyo, Berlin, Chicago, Boston, London and New York. She managed to do it in only 2 years' time.
During the interview she told us about her passion and people she met while running and she showed a lot of pictures.
Then we asked questions about her career, preparations for marathons and plans for future. We could admire her rich collection of medals.
Aleksandra is a lovely and open-minded person. She encouraged us for running.

THE INTERVIEW WITH A MARATHONIST - ALEKSANDRA MĄDZIK

1. Why did you choose this sport?

A.M. : It was a complete coincidence. I liked running at your age and I used to run shrt distances 60m, 100m or 300m. Then I said goodbye running and started playing volleyball, but a few years later when I changed a job I went back to running. There was a running section at my work and I really liked this sport. You do not need much for running, good shoes are enough and besides you can go running everywhere.

2. How many liters of water do you drink while running in marathon?

A.M.: I can't drink a few litres of water, it's absolutely too much. I drink water in plastic glasses which we get every 5 kilometres on the track. There are about 8 stands with water. I try to drink one glass which is not full – about 100 ml, so it gives the amount of less than 1 litre during the marathon. When it's hot I take one more glass with water just to spill on my body.

3. How often do you train?

A.M.: 4 times a week. I'm running different distances.

4. How much time do you spend on training?

A.M.: During the week my training session is about 5-6 hours long, and I run about 70 kilometers.

5. Was it difficult to start running?

A.M.: Yes, it was. It wasn't like that: I went out from home and started running 40 kilometres. My first running exercise was 1 -1.5 kilometre long. After a few weeks I was ready to run 10 kilometres.

6. Do you follow any diet before a marathon?

A.M.: Unfortunately, yes. This is one minus of running. I care about what I eat and of course don't eat everything. I try to avoid coffeee. A week before a marathon I don;t drink coffee or alcohol, I don't eat fast food. I prepare food myself. I eat more fish than meat. I eat fish 5 times a week. And shortly before a marathon I don't eat any rice, groats, fruit. I eat a lot of carbohydrates.

7. If you didn't run, what would you do in your free time?

A.M.: I definitely would cook. I love experimenting in kitchen, I like tasting new things.

8. Who supports you in running?

A.M. : Family, my parents who are my great fans. And of course my sister and friends.

9. How many injuries have you had?

A.M.: Fortunately, I haven't broken anything yet, but I had one serious injury after the marathon in New York. When I was running I didn't realize I had some liquid in my knee. Probably my body was exhausted and it manifested it that way. When I returned to Poland I when to emergency room. I couldn't walk for some time as it hurted very much. I had to take a break in running to let my legs rest.

10.How long have you been running in marathons?

A.M.: I started running in marathons 4 or 5 years ago. I have run about 14 marathons which gives the number of 3 marathons a year.

11. Did you know as a child that you wanted to be an athlete?

A.M.: No, not as a child, but I always knew that sport would be close to me. I used to ride a bike, play volleyball (for 6 years). I also played table tennis. I always liked sport but I never thought that I would run long distances.

12. How many kilometres can you run?

A.M.: I am able to run 42 kilometres.

13. What do you do in your free time?

A.M.: I read books, travel and meet my friends.

14. How many gold medals have you got?

A.M.: I haven't got a gold medal yet, not yet. The best place which I took was the fourth one.

15. What do you like in running?

A.M.: It's an amazing kind of feeling, it's energy that winds me up. It really excites me.

16. Do you want to take part in Olympic Gmes?

A.M.: I'm too old and besides, I'm not so good at running. But who knows, maybe one day...

17. What is your biggest dream?
    A.M.: I want to go to Hawaii and run the local marathon . This is dream.

18. Are shoes important in running?
    A.M.: Good shoes are the most important in running. They protect your joints.

19. What's your favourite sport clothes brand?
    A.M.: I buy sport clothes of different brands.
20. Do your glasses cause a problem while running?
    A.M.: Sometimes yes, because my nose sweats and they slide.

21. How many countries have you visted?
    A.M.: As far as running is concerned I went to the USA, Japan, Germany and Great Britain.
22. When did you take part in mararthon for the first time?
    A.M.: In 2002 in Warsaw.
23. Who is your idol?
    A.M.: There's no one person , I follow a few people.
24. How many medals have you got?
    A.M.: More than 100, the most important ones are in my flat in a special box.

7th sports challenge - serves in volleyball (10 trials) - V 2016

Klaudia Fijas, Sandra Mordon, Kacper Sitarski, Roksana Kosiarska – 10 serves!   
CONGRATULATIONS!!!!                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                

6th sport challenge - running without moving with clapping under knees for 30 seconds (IV 2016)

The winner of this challenge became Karolina Sala (class 5), she did 82 claps under knees.

2nd international meeting in Nowa Słupia, Poland (19-21.04.2016)

Our School hosted a delegation of teachers from the five partner schools. It was the second international meeting in the Erasmus programme "GOAL" - "Go On And Lead your team through Europe."  

On Tuesday, April 19^th we organised the European Day during which our students welcomed foreigners. The meeting was attended by the local authorities, parents and other guests.  The ceremony opened the headteacher Małgorzata Jakubczyk, who gave a warm welcome. Then, the main coordinator of the project Kirsi Erasvuo (Finnish school) presented the representations of the European Schools. The Mayor Andrzej Gąsior greeted the guests and gave them small gifts to promote our region. The school coordinator of the project Ewa Pikus acquainted everyone with the plan of the visit and told about the project activities done so far. The official part ended with the performance of the school rock band "Trele Morele", who presented the project anthem.  Then the youngest class, under the guidance of their teachers with charm and humour greeted our foreign guests with short performances, which surprised the guests. The performance of each class was preceded by a presentation of the country flag. The show started a group of kindergarten children who danced to the song of Polish jazz singer U. Dudziak "Papaya". Class 1b sang and danced to the song “Soy una taza" welcoming in that way a delegation of teachers from Spain. The girls dressed in black tops and red skirts, boys dressed in suits and Zorro running with a sword - aroused a smile among all viewers. After them the Irish leprikons and elves (class 1a) entered the stage and sang a song based on the popular Irish folk tune. The Guests from Finland were greeted by pupils of class 2b, dressed as Santas and Eskimos dancing to the song of famous Finnish folk metal band Korpiklaani. Class 2a greeted the Croats in their national language, wishing them a pleasant stay in Poland. The parade of the Olympian gods in beautiful costumes prepared by the pupils of class 3 and the dance Sirtaki (Zorba) performed by the students of class 5 really touched the Greek teachers. The school rock band "Trele Morele" performed a few popular English songs. The last point of the ceremony was a play "Cinderella" in English with a commentary in Polish. The actors were students of Class 6, who showed great acting skills.  After the break the teachers from the partner countries went for a walk to see Nowa Słupia. The tourist guides were pupils from class 5. We hope that the guests liked our town. Some of them told us that it is a full of charm, calm and clean place. 

On Wednesday, April 20^th our guests went for a trip to Krakow. They visited the Wawel Castle, St. Mary's Church, Old Market Square with Cloth Hall. In the afternoon they were in Auschwitz-Birkenau. A visit to the museum was a unique experience and we saw tears on the guests' faces.  Friday was a day full of project activities. Since the morning our foreign partners were in school. They participated in classes of different subjects. Not only did they observe the lessons, but they actively participated in them. On the Polish lesson the foreign teachers repeated tongue twisters, on mathematics they solved tasks with children related to fractions. During Art they helped students in designing our project logo using different techniques. During the course of speech therapy they practiced difficult humming sounds. 

 Next, we started doing the project activity "Treasure Hunt". Polish students and all the teachers involved in the project were divided into six groups. Each of them had to perform some activities related to sports and then using a map they had to find a treasure.

The last point of the stay was a trip using Nordic Walking technique to Holy Cross Mountain. There they visited the monastery with the relics of the tree of the Holy Cross.         

The visit of the teachers from partners' countries was a great experience for us as it was the first time we hosted the foreigners. We hope they enjoyed the time spend with us.

5th sport challenge: shots into the goal (III 2016)

5th  sport challenge: shots into the goal (III 2016) - the winner: Klaudia Fijas (class 6).

Sports dictionary (III 2016)

The pupils chose 5 words connected with sports and translated them into English.They also translated into Polish sports vocabulary suggested by the partners.

4th sport challenge: Hanging Horizontal Bar (II 2016)

The winner was Wiktor Romański  (class 4) - 3.11,52 min.

POSTERS: The most popular sports in Poland

Our students prepared posters about popular sports they chose in the previous tasks. They will be displayed on the corridor walls during project meeting in Poland in April.

POPULAR SPORTS - PP presentation

Firstly, we did a short questionnaire on the popular sports in Poland. The results were:

HANDBALL (popular in our region) and SPEEDWAY MOTORCYCLE.

Some pupils translated information and sports descriptions into English, others made Power Point presentations. Here is the best one:

presentation ppt

google presentation

Movie

3rd sport challenge – sit-ups (XII 2015)

The greatest number of sit-ups did ….Kacper Gajewski (class 6) - in 30 
seconds he did 32 sit-ups)

2nd sport challenge – hula hop (XI 2015)

Nikola Podsiadły (class 6) was the winner in this activity.  (60.00,03 min.)

Calendar with famous athletes

Pupils were looking for information and photos about famous Polish sportsmen on the Internet.

2 people were chosen: a great footballer Robert Lewandowski ( a short description prepared Dominika Kończak) and well-known tennis player – Agnieszka Radwańska (description made by Wiktoria Pająk).

After completing the calendar by all partners we  printed it.

It serves as a prize for completing GOAL! tasks.

SKYPE MEETING – POLAND – SPAIN

On 16th December our school for the first time took part in a videoconference. The participants were Polish pupils and their peers from the partner school in Tomelloso, Spain. The pupils asked about the name, age, they talked about their interests and hobby. Polish pupils were very excited as for most of them it was the first time they had ever spoken to any foreigner. At the end of the meeting the teachers Olga and Ewa distributed the Christmas cards which we got from the school in Tomelloso. The Spanish kids and teachers wished us Merry Christmas and we sang “We wish you Merry Christmas”.

It was really great fun and experience for them. We hope that their motivation for learning English will rise.

1st transnational meeting in Umag, Croatia

1^st transnational meeting in Umag, Croatia

The first transnational meeting was organised in Umag, Croatia (16-20.11.2015). Three teachers: Małgorzata Jakubczyk -a headteacher, Ewa Pikus - project coordinator and a teacher Olga Zyzman-Ponikowska took part in it.

Umag is a picturesque town in Croatia, located on the coast of the Istrian peninsula. There are some historical buildings and monuments. During our stay in Umag we observed the Croatian educational system. We participated in lessons. Especially we enjoyed the correlation of music with mathematics and physics.

We had the opportunity to learn some facts about culture and history of this country. We visited the charming town Roc from the 11^th century. We took part in art workshops there – we together with teachers from partner countries made a project logo using the fresco technique.

We also visited Hum - the smallest city in the world from the 12^th century. There we enjoyed the spontaneous concert of the Croatian coordinator Ileana. Another place that we saw was the city situated on 7 hills - Pula with a beautiful ancient amphitheatre.

The highlight of the visit was the project opening ceremony, which was attended by representatives of local authorities. For the first time we could hear the anthem of the project. It consists of six stanzas written in English. The authors of the lyrics are the pupils of each school.The results of the competition for the logo design were announced then. The winner was the Greek school.

During the visit, we exchanged experiences about the project and conducted the evaluation of current activities and planned another ones.

We are very grateful to the whole school community from our partner school in Umag with the coordinator Ileana Perosa for the wonderful preparation of the project meeting and creating an exceptionally warm and friendly atmosphere. Thank you for your hospitalibility. The visit was a great experience and full of great memories.  

1st Sport challenge - X 2015

SPORT CHALLENGE

In October we started one of the activities of the project – Sport challenges.

As the 1st  challenge our pupils were practising skipping the rope.

The school winner became Ania Pawlik, class 5 (301jumps)

The project Anthem

Each participating school  prepared one stanza and refrain  for the project anthem. 

Class 5 prepared the lyrics and two pupils: Roksana Kosiarska and Marta Żelazowska guided by the music teacher Jacek Góra sang our part.

This is what we did.

"Everyone is welcome even very shy,                                                       Project "GOAL!" is waiting full of fun so try,   Take the right steps, Healthy eat and smile,                                             That will be your new regular style.                                                                                                                                   Go on and Lead your team through Europe,.. "    

Our stanza

Project Logo

 These are Polish logos for voting in the international project GOAL! competition.
The projects were prepared by pupils: Wiktoria Trepka (class 5) and Adam Ponikowski (class6).



We are congratulating our Greek partners for taking the first place in the project logo competitions.

The questionnaire "WHAT DO DO YOU KNOW ABOUT PARTNER COUNTRIES" results

How much do we know about partners' countries - The questionnaire results - Poland

In our questionnaire 72 students gave their answers.  About 64% pupils who did the questionnaire are 10-12 years old.
Our students know quite a lot about Greece – the average result is 59% and Spain – 51,6%. They know the least about Croatia – 35,8%.
 Here are the results:

 FINLAND
1.How many people are there in Finland? (5 million) - 27% correct answers
2.What are the official languages in Finland? (Finnish and Swedish) – 68% correct answers
3. The national animal of Finland is...(a bear). - 40,3% correct answers
4. What sport do the Finns especially love? (Ice hockey) – 45,7 %correct answers
5. What is Finland famous for? (Almost 200 000 lakes) – 35,2% correct answers

SPAIN
1. What are the colours of Spanish flag? (red and yellow) – 76,4% correct answers
2. What is the capital of Spain? (Madrit) – 53%
3. What´s the names of the mountain that divides Spain and France? (Pyrenees) 52% correct answers
4.  Rafa Nadal is famous for... (tennis) – 51% correct answers
5. Which of these dances are typical from Spain? (flamenco) – 25,4% correct answers

GREECE

1. What is the official name of Greece? (Hellenic Republic) 68,1%
2. In which part of Europe is Greece situated? (In the South East) 50.7%
3. What are the colours of the Greek flag? (White and blue) 80,9%
4. When did the first modern Olympic Games take place in Athens? (1896) 52.8%
5. What is the population of Greece?(11 million) 41,7%

 Ireland
1. What is the official name of Ireland? (Republic of Ireland) – 23%
2. Which is the odd one out? (London) 59,7%
3. Which of these people is not Irish? (William Shakespeare) 23,6%
4. What is the emblem of Ireland? (the shamrock) 66.2%
5. What colours are on the Irish flag? ( Green, white and orange) 48,6% 

Croatia

1. How many people are there in Croatia? (4 million) 53.5% 

2. The capital of Croatia is ... (Zagreb) 54%

3. What countries have a border with Croatia? (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia) 27,8%

4. The most popular team sport in Croatia is ...(football) 34,8%

5. Myths and facts about Croatia („Banana Split" is a well-known dessert from Croatian City of Split) 8.3%