"Environmental changes for sustainable schools"

On August 15th-22nd, Mrs. Małgorzata Krzymińska and Lidia Michałowska participated in the project  "Environmental changes for sustainable schools" course in Tenerife as a part of  the POWER project "To inspire and be inspired".

The course, led by very nice lecturers - Laura and Jose, was an excellent opportunity to discuss the conscious exploitation of our planet. Teachers from Poland, Croatia, Hungary, Greece, Italy and Bulgaria explored the ideas of sustainable development. Working on the project method, the participants jointly performed tasks aimed at conscious consumerism, followed the way in which goods were produced, and finally performed the ecological footprint test. The subject of the course was also related to the issues of the circular economy, examples of permaculture, reuse of waste and the implementation of sustainable development goals in schools in Tenerife.

It was an intense week full of good energy and creative ideas.

Webinar on sustainability

        The Earth Day is a great opportunity to talk about sustainable development, which is an important element of the Erasmus + project. On this occasion, our school project coordinator took part in a webinar entitled: "Let's Speak Out for Sustainability, together". During the meeting, Mr. Harry Waters and representatives of BBC Studios and Pearson shared their experience and good practices in the field of sustainable life, sustainable development at work and cooperation with students. The key factors in the topic are the awareness of how important our daily habits are and how much they affect our planet and our development. During the next meeting of the project group, the participants, together with the coordinators, will consider how they can change their daily habits.

Online meeting

About 80 students and 5 coordinators took part in the online project meeting. Students from Spain and Poland prepared language activities which were carried out in international groups. Participants had the opportunity to talk to their project partners and feel that they are a part of one big Erasmus Team. We were very excited because ,although we cannot travel yet, we do not forget about the idea of sustainable development and European integration. We would like to thank all our students for their commitment to the wonderful afternoon meeting.

The Earth Day

    Participants of the international Erasmus + project took part in a webinar organized by the Ministry of Climate and Environment. The event was organized to celebrate the Earth Day.  During the meeting, students took part in lectures: "Earth's climate system" by Dr. Aleksandra Kardaś and "What can I do for the climate?" by Dr. Magdalena Budziszewska as well as in workshops. The topic of the workshops dealt with the issue of food waste and introduced useful solutions according to the idea of Zero Waste. Moreover, it covered the topic of responsible sustainable fashion. As one of the students summed up her participation in this media event: "For me, it was a very interesting and informative webinar, thanks to which I learned a lot, and I discovered what I haven’t been doing right and how I can change it and  help the world."

Erasmus Days

 Erasmus Days 2020 

Coordinators of European projects conducted in our school organized an online conference to celebrate Erasmus Days. It was a good opportunity to share project experience, exchange new ideas and become familiarized with the new Erasmus + project for the years 2021-2027. Our meeting was attended by guests from Austria, Hungary, Jordan and Turkey as well as teachers from other polish schools. We can't wait for the next Erasmus meeting.

Classes with our friends from Uganda.

The International Dot Day was celebrated by students from our school in the unique company of children from an orphanage in Uganda. It was possible due to the cooperation of our school with the humanitarian and educational organization Face to Face and an Erasmus + project "Let's challenge the future. Approaching new horizons to create a sustainable Europe ”. According to the objectives of the idea of ​​sustainable development, the youth of our school supports their peers by being engaged in fundraising for children in need and in the organization of online classes for children from Africa. Caring for equal access to education and proper development of children is our greatest motivation.

Thanks to the combination of video tools  in two different rooms, children from Uganda could communicate live with their peers from Europe. Quizzes, shared joy, a movie about little Vashti - all this to remind our children in Africa that every young person is a beautiful jewel who, in order to shine, needs to  have a wise supportive adult guide ...

We are glad that we are part of the Face to Face family - International Educational and Humanitarian Organization and that your actions support the idea of ​​sustainable development.

WE SHOULD NOT GO BACK TO THE NORMAL BECAUSE THE NORMAL IS THE PROBLEM

Our Erasmus Team hosted an ambasador of WWF - an organization whose mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on the Earth.

The meeting was hold online due to pandemic but our benefits from this event were as great as in real. 

Mrs Magdalena Noszczyk showed us very educational presentation and made us think about our future. We realized that a condition of our planet is strongly connected with a quality of people’s life. We have remembered from this meeting one basic rule: Protecting the Earth is a global issue but all of us can start changing the world from ourselves.