Our last day in Gandia

The participants of the Erasmus + coordinators' meeting "Lets's challenge the future- Approaching new horizons to create a sustainable Europe"visited rice farms and  learned about the methods of growing rice in the Cullera area. Spain produces about 720,000 tons of rice each year, while the average consumption per person is about 7 kg per year. The teachers also visited a regional confectionery, learned about local products and the use of chuffy almond. The time spend in the compony of project partners was full of inspiration and extraordinary experiences. 

                                                        

Our second day in Gandia

Further activities within the Erasmus + international project meeting have taken place today.  Irena Rogala and Lidia Michałowska together with the coordinators from Denmark, Austria and Spain participated in the conference on the implementation of Erasmus + and eTwinning projects. The event was held at the Universitat Politec de Valencia Campus de Gandia. It was a great opportunity to summarize the whole cooperation and project activities. The afternoon was a time of intense work in the project group at Colegio Abad Sola.

                                        

3rd Teacher's meeting in Gandia, Spain

This week two teachers,  Irena Rogala and Lidia Michałowska, are participating in an international teachers' project meeting in Gandia, Spain. The meeting is carried out as part of the Erasmus + project "Lets's challenge the future- Approaching new horizons to create a sustainable Europe" with coordinators from partner schools from Spain, Austria and Denmark. By implementing the Sustainable Development Goals, on Monday the teachers got acquainted with the process used in the production of raisins in the surrounding area and learned about the natural environment of Xabia, Denia and Cap de San Antoni.

2nd Teachers' Meeting in Konin, Poland

On the 2nd-4th November, our school hosted the coordinators of the international Erasmus + project “Let’s challenge the future - Approaching new horizons to create a sustainable Europe!”. Teachers from partner schools from Austria, Denmark, Spain and Poland took part in inspiring meetings, workshops, open lessons and discussions to work on  the issue of sustainable development.

 The meeting with the Coordinator for Youth and Creative Projects of the City Hall, Mrs. Agnieszka Gołębiowska and the City Councilor of Konin, Mrs. Emilia Wasielewska, was an excellent opportunity to talk about the idea of ​​sustainable development of our city, education and youth. 

The president of the Association for People with Autism Gepetto, Mrs Anna Leśna-Szymańska, introduced the guests to the specificity of the idea of assisted flat for people with an autism spectrum. 

The topic of obtaining electricity and heat as a result of thermal treatment of municipal waste was discussed during the visit to the Municipal Department of Municipal Waste Management. The next point was a visit to the Salt Mine in Kłodawa and a conversation on the mining of natural resources and their processing.

At the end, teachers had the opportunity to participate in open lessons prepared by teachers and students.

Meeting with experts in BGBRG Judenburg

 On the last day of the teacher's meeting coordinators took part in classes as a form of job shadowing.  The topic of lessons was related to sustainability and it was a good occasion to observe the engagement of students in the topic  and share experience with teachers as far as teaching methods are concerned. Then teachers had workshops with experts. The subject of the first workshop was about climate change, while the other was related to reusable energy sources obtained from paper production. 

Our teachers came from the meeting with a range of new ideas.

Workshops in Judenburg

Second day in Austrian school started with a visit to a secondary school in Southwestern Styria. In that institution students are educated  how to run a wine yard and manage the company. The school is greatly sustainable as it obtains energy from solar panels and has electric car charging point. It does not use fossil fuels to heat the school but instead gains the heat from the local heat station which generates it from wood. Moreover, students run a shop where wine and dried fruit are sold. Glass bottles can be filled many times instead of buying new ones.

Moreover, teachers visited ecological pumpkin seed oil farm.  Oil is obtained in sustainable way and waste  generated in the production line is left on the field for animals or to fertilize the soil.   

Teacher's meeting in Austria

From 2nd to 4th  of October school headmistress and two coordinators participated in teachers' workshops in Judenberg, Austria. Mrs Iwona Baszczyk, Małgorzata Krzymińska and Lidia Michałowska met  project partners to discuss further project steps and take part in workshops and job shadowing in Austrian school. The meeting started with workshops in host school during which teachers dealt with crucial issues concerning the project.