Students of the third year of Gimnazjum nr 9 im. Jana Pawła II in Sosnowiec visited "Przystanek Historia" - Educational Centre of the Institute of National Remembrance in Katowice, where they participated in the history lesson:
"Means of rescuing Jews during the German occupation".
Wednesday, 9 December 2015
Tuesday, 8 December 2015
It could be me It could be you
28th Thessaloniki Lyceum participated in the project
“it could be me it could be you” organized
by the United Nations High Commissioner for
Refugees (UNHCR) in association with the Hellenic Theatre/Drama Education Network.The project aims at developing students' awareness on human
rights and refugees using theatre and drama techniques. After having attended a 18 hour training seminar last May and with the support and consult of the experienced drama pedagogue Jenni Karaviti, the teacher Theodora Glaraki involved students in simulation games and role playing games so as to raise awareness on refugees' harsh conditions and extreme need of help. Drama techniques can be proved very effective educative tools to develop empathy in students, mainly because their safe and comfortable life is far away from the flagrant violation of human rights that happens to refugees who are struggling to save their lives and resettle in a foreign and unknown country.
rights and refugees using theatre and drama techniques. After having attended a 18 hour training seminar last May and with the support and consult of the experienced drama pedagogue Jenni Karaviti, the teacher Theodora Glaraki involved students in simulation games and role playing games so as to raise awareness on refugees' harsh conditions and extreme need of help. Drama techniques can be proved very effective educative tools to develop empathy in students, mainly because their safe and comfortable life is far away from the flagrant violation of human rights that happens to refugees who are struggling to save their lives and resettle in a foreign and unknown country.
Tuesday, 1 December 2015
Thursday, 26 November 2015
Friday, 6 November 2015
Wednesday, 21 October 2015
Thursday, 1 October 2015
Sunday, 27 September 2015
European Day of Languages
The celebration of the European Day of
Languages has become a tradition in our school. This year we wanted all the
students, and especially the new ones, to learn something about the partner
countries of our project. Each class had to prepare a PowerPoint presentation
about the chosen country and took part in a competition which tested their
knowledge about culture, traditions, sport, literature etc. of all the partner
countries. There were also a “false friends” and a tongue twisters competitions.
We all had a wonderful time and students learned more about the project and
partner countries.
Thursday, 24 September 2015
TEACHING TRAINING EVENT 14 -18 SEPTEMBER 2015 POLAND
Between 14
and 18 September the short term joint staff training event was held in Poland.
32 teachers from eight partner countries participated in lectures, workshops,
meetings with survivors, gaining knowledge and skills necessary to fulfill a
task that we have set ourselves at the beginning of the project – creating
innovative lesson plans for teaching about the Holocaust and the II World War.
Participants
of the meeting:
Greece
Mrs Anna
Doiranli
Mrs
Despoina Demiri
Mr Anestis
Chatziioakeimidis
Mr George
Papageorgiou
Spain
Mr Darío Martínez Montesinos
Mrs María Salud
García Zamora
Mrs Ana María
Ibañez Lopera
Mrs Carmen
García Alarcón
Mrs María Belen
Delgado Chaparro
Finland
Mrs Silja
Kärjä
Mrs Mari
Toivanen
Mr Lauri Simpanen
Mr Petri
Hokkanen
Slovakia
Mrs Sabína
Blažová
Mrs
Štefánia Nádaská
Mr Jozef
Žilinek.
Mrs Marta Fialková
Italy
Mrs Paola
Perotto
Mrs Franca
Ameli
Mr Ilenio Celoria
Mrs Maria
Laura Franchi
Mrs Laura
Catalano
Poland
Mrs Joanna
Janas-Sajdak
Mrs Joanna
Hojda
Mrs Joanna Popławska-Kozłowska
Mrs Anna Badek
Lithuania
Mrs Teresa
Segalienė
Mrs Jelizaveta
Lichtinšain
Mrs Ela
Pavinskienė
Ms Sofija
Pavinskaitė
Turkey
Mrs Sibel
Turk
Mrs
Katarzyna Atmaca
14th September
We began
our training in Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum in Oświęcim. Unfortunately, we
weren’t able to meet prof. Długoborski as planned, for reasons we had no
influence over. Instead, we were able to spend some time in the Reflection Room
in the Block 27, where all participants could draw inspiration for further work
listening to answers by famous people, survivors to such questions as: Where
was God during the Holocaust? What happened to the notions of good and evil
after the Holocaust? Can the same person be a victim, a perpetrator and a
passive observer?
After lunch
we went on a study tour of KL Auschwitz, during which we could visit blocks
that are not usually available for visisting. During this 4-hour tour two
wonderful guides, Mrs Kasia and Mr Łukasz told us the story behind Auschwitz.
15th September
We spent the second day of training in
Oświęcim. First, we attended a lecture by dr. Piotr Trojański, the employee of
the Pedagogical University in Kraków. The title of the lecture was: “Teaching
about the Holocaust in Poland and other countries. Opportunities and
obstacles”. We learned about the history of the museum, about international
conflicts related to the place itself and about methodology of teaching about
the Holocaust. Later, we participated in the multimedia presentation: “Memory
and Identity. The meaning of Auschwitz in the historical education.”, which
gave us cues concerning teaching about the Holocaust.
After lunch
we set out on a study tour around KL Auschwitz II –Birkenau. Many of the
participant of the meeting claimed it was one of the most important experiences
of their lives.
16th September
On that day we moved to Kraków in order to
visit Galicia Jewish Museum located in the former Jewish district – Kazimierz.
We bagan training with an introductory lecture and a workshop: “Rescuers,
passive observers, collaborators – the analysis of attitudes of Polish society
towards the Extermination”. During the workshop, working in groups with
biographies of people who experienced the war, we could find out that the
distinction into victims, rescuers and collaborators is usually blurred, when
we take into consideration the situational and historical context. Apart from
that all participant gained interesting cues and materials for working in the
classroom.
After the
workshop we had an honour to meet Mrs Lidia Maksymowicz, rescued from the
Birkenau camp. She told us the story of her difficult childhood in the camp.
The meeting was a unique experience that we shall long remember.
17th September
Thursday was another hard-working day. By
participating in a 3-hour workshop “Geography of extermination” we gained
another innovative tool to teach about the Holocaust. We created maps of places
related to the heritage and the Extermination of Jews in a chosen region, and
then described the map using two types of narration. It is clearly visible in
the photos that all participants were genuinely engaged in the activities:
In the
afternoon we took part in another workshop, during which we summed up the most
important issues related to teaching about the Holocaust with the help of the
museum education department employee. We have also learned how to use
biographies properly and finally used all the knowledge we had gained to create
innovative lesson plans based on the biographies of people who experienced the
Holocaust.
18th September
On the last day of the training we returned to
Auschwitz- Birkenau State Museum in order to participate in the workshops: “The
fate of children and youngsters” and “The history of a single transport”.
Tuesday, 22 September 2015
Wednesday, 19 August 2015
Sunday, 21 June 2015
"Revenge". A play by students of Gimnazjum nr 9 im. Jana Pawła II in Sosnowiec
"Revenge" is a play written and prepared by students of Gimnazjum nr 9 im. Jana Pawła II in Sosnowiec and presented during the Polish meeting in May 2015.
Wednesday, 17 June 2015
Monday, 1 June 2015
Presentation of "Revenge' during meeting with parents
On the 19th May students of Erasmus + team of Gimnazjum nr 9 im. Jana Pawła II in Sosnowiec presented "Revenge", a play first presented during Polish meeting, to all parents who participated in the parent-teacher meetings.
Sunday, 24 May 2015
Polish Meeting 4th - 8th May 2015
We began our meeting of students and teachers from partner schools according to the schedule on Monday the 4th May.
Participants:
Ahmon Koulu, Siilinjärvi,
Finland
Students: Emma Jokele,
Henry Kataja, Niko Makkonen. Teachers: Mrs Silja Kärjä,
Mr Petri Hokkanen
Mr Petri Hokkanen
28th
Thessaloniki Lyceum, Greece
Students: Maria
Aslanoglou, Helen Vakrinou, Melina Maliogka. Teachers: MrsTheodora
Glaraki, Mr Miltiadis Fardis
IES Tirant lo Blanc, Elche,
Spain
Students: Barbara Macia Carrillo, Francisco Blasco Torres, Ines
Nauhardt Rojo, Juan Jose Piqueras Macia. Teachers: Mr Darío Martínez
Montesinos, Mrs María Salud García Zamora tohether with Mrs Maria Isabel Hernández Sanchez
- president of Amnesty International, Elche
and Prof. Don Miguel Ors Montenegro of Miguel Hernández University
Vilniaus Šolomo Aleichemo ORT
Gimnazija, Vilnius, Lithuania
Students: Evita Zareckaitė, Gabija Liepinaitytė, Viktorija
Verbickaitė.
Teachers: Mrs Angelė Borodinienė, Mrs Teresa Segalienė
Teachers: Mrs Angelė Borodinienė, Mrs Teresa Segalienė
Gymnázium Angely Merici,
Trnava, Slovakia
Students: Lukáš Harant,
Michal Horváth. Teachers: Mrs Sabína Blažová, Mrs Štefánia Nádaská
Metod Koleji, Ankara, Turkey
Students: Songül Büyükkoşe, Mustafa Ercan. Teachers: Mr Anil
Ergül, Mr Barış Kılıç
ISS Leardi, Cassale Monferrato,
Italy
Students: Marco Albieri,
Marco Vaccarone. Teachers: Miss Jenna Frisone, Don Gianpaolo Cassano
The meeting began with an official Opening Ceremony, which took place in the Session Hall of the Town Hall in Sosnowiec. All guest were welcomed by the city president Mr Arkadiusz Chęciński, the head teacher of Gimnazjum nr 9 im. Jana Pawła II, Mr Tomasz Janus and the school coordinator, Mrs Joanna Janas-Sajdak.
Our special guests were witnesses of history, Mrs Halina Skalbmierska and Mr Adolf Kasprzyk, the Deputy of the Head of Education Department of Sosnowiec, Mrs Wiesława Konobrodzka, coucillors of Sosnowiec City.
We are very happy that students of our school, their parents and teachers participated in the ceremony.
The main coordinator of the project, Mr Darío Martínez Montesinos gave a speech, after which students of the Erasmus team of our Gimnazjum, Katarzyna Bąchor, Ola Papaj, Marlena Żejmo, Patrycja Trząska, Piotr Cesarz, Tymoteusz Masarczyk, Igor Pajkert, Konrad Sytrzelecki and Maks Zapisek gave a presentation prepared with the help of Mrs Anna Walas: "Sosnowiec during II World War."
The meeting began with an official Opening Ceremony, which took place in the Session Hall of the Town Hall in Sosnowiec. All guest were welcomed by the city president Mr Arkadiusz Chęciński, the head teacher of Gimnazjum nr 9 im. Jana Pawła II, Mr Tomasz Janus and the school coordinator, Mrs Joanna Janas-Sajdak.
Our special guests were witnesses of history, Mrs Halina Skalbmierska and Mr Adolf Kasprzyk, the Deputy of the Head of Education Department of Sosnowiec, Mrs Wiesława Konobrodzka, coucillors of Sosnowiec City.
We are very happy that students of our school, their parents and teachers participated in the ceremony.
The main coordinator of the project, Mr Darío Martínez Montesinos gave a speech, after which students of the Erasmus team of our Gimnazjum, Katarzyna Bąchor, Ola Papaj, Marlena Żejmo, Patrycja Trząska, Piotr Cesarz, Tymoteusz Masarczyk, Igor Pajkert, Konrad Sytrzelecki and Maks Zapisek gave a presentation prepared with the help of Mrs Anna Walas: "Sosnowiec during II World War."
After the ceremony we had the pleasure to visit places in Sosnowiec related to the history of the II World War. Our guide was Mr Artur Ptasiński of the Centre of Information about the City, who told us many interesting facts about Sosnowiec.
After the trip all students and teachers went to the seat of our school where everyone had the opportunity to talk and get to know each other.
After lunch, students Małgorzata Kowalska, Wiktoria Karbowniczek, Alicja Kosiec and Karolina Kotwicka
with help of Mrs Joanna Janas-Sajdak gave a presentation: "Polish Educational System. The running of the school. Attention of the Leaving School early and School failure."
After the presentation students went home to spend time with families and teachers held a management meeting. The subjects discussed:
- the progress of works on lesson plans
- documentary structure
- September training in Poland
- use and purpose of the Blog and e-twinning.
- the progress of works on lesson plans
- documentary structure
- September training in Poland
- use and purpose of the Blog and e-twinning.
5th May Tuesday - A trip to Kraków
We begam our visit at the Galicia Jewish Museum where we saw a permanent exhibition "Traces of Memory".
Next we took part in a workshop: „In the face of choices. Moral issues during II WW and the Holocaust.”
After the worshop we had the honour to meet Mrs Mirosława Gruszczyńska, the Righteous Among the nations, who told us the story of her family hiding a Jewish girl during the War.
After lunch we had a sightseeing tour around a Jewish district of Kraków - Kazimierz.
6th May Wednesday
On this day students and teachers of partner schools visited students of our Gimnazjum in the classrooms.
After the meetings our guests, together with students of a neighbouring primary school saw a play "Revenge" written by one of our students, Kinga Ptasińska, translated by herself, Zuzanna Marzec and Patrycja Trząska. The play showed the underground movement in Poland during the II World War .
After a short break, students of our Gimnazjum, Oliwia Pikuła, Natalia Kwiatek, Krzysztof Kaczmarzyk and Mateusz Starczynowski gave a presentation : „Concentration camps in Poland during the II World War".
Later, we had the pleasure to see the presentations of students of all partner schools:
"My city during the II World War".
PRESENTATION GREECE
PRESENTATION SLOVAKIA
PRESENTATION LITHUANIA
PRESENTATION FINLAND
PRESENTATION SPAIN
"My city during the II World War".
PRESENTATION GREECE
PRESENTATION SLOVAKIA
PRESENTATION LITHUANIA
PRESENTATION FINLAND
PRESENTATION SPAIN
After the presentations, despite a rainy weather our guests and students went on a trip to Będzin to see the traces of Jews of Będzin. The trip was guided by Mr Grzegorz Onyszko, a n employee of The City of Będzin Museum. We visited Mizrachi, the place where the Synagogue used to be located before the War, a former ghetto and Rutka Laskier's house.
After seeing the permanent exhibition, we participated in the workshops: “The fate of children and youngsters in the camp on the basis of documents, photographs and testimonies” and “The fate of an individual on the basis of documents and photographs”
In the evening all the teachers had a pleasure to meet againg during the farewell dinner.
8th May Friday
After the lessons students participated in the art workshops "My feelings after visiting Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum"
At the same time teachers dealt with management issues.
After lunch we said farewell to our guests from Spain who, unfortunatelly had to leave first.
The farewell ceremony followed during which students Kinga Ptasińska
and Patrycja Trząska performed a skit of „Ani mru mru” cabaret „A letter to Pipa” , and our guests received small gifts which, we hope, will remind them of us. At the end all students danced Makarena for the last time, a dance which accompanied us during the whole stay, as we had a very dancing group of students.
During this short meeting we could see friendships grow, students and teachers were improving their language skills, learned about the difficult history of the II World War, teachers shared experiences with their colleagues from the countries of the European Union, but most of all we all had a great time together. No wonder it was so difficult to part and say good bye.
Tuesday, 12 May 2015
Friday, 1 May 2015
Participation of 28th High Scool of Thessaloniki in the "Righteous Among the Nations" award ceremony
Our school participated in the “Righteous Among the Nations" award ceremony, organized by the Municipality of Thessaloniki, the Embassy of Israel in Greece and the Jewish Community of Thessaloniki and attended by Ambassador, Irit Ben Abba. The ceremony took place at the Mayor Hall of Thessaloniki on April 27th . The award was bestowed on the offsprings of Stavros and Vasiliki Oikonomakos who rescued a two-year old girl, Victoria, during Nazis occupation of Greece.
Having interviewed Victoria Benouzilio, a vivid, 72 year-old lady, 15 students of our school under the direction of the teacher Z.Spanos presented a very moving performance based on the rescue story.
Dissemination of the event --> online newspaper article:
http://www.alterthess.gr/content/o-d-thessalonikis-timise-elliniki-hristianiki-oikogeneia-poy-voithise-evraiki-tin-periodo
http://www.makthes.gr/news/GR/reportage_S/reportage_C/Thessaloniki__I_sygklonistiki_istoria_tis_kyrias_Mpenoyzilio
http://www.thestival.gr/society/item/166114-i-sygkinitiki-istoria-tis-evraiopoylas-pou-agkaliastike-apo-zevgari-xristianon-kata-ti-diarkeia-tis-katoxis-foto-video
http://www.dimokratianews.gr/content/41118/se-elliniki-oikogeneia-o-titlos-toy-dikaioy-ton-ethnon
http://www.efsyn.gr/arthro/epivraveysi-toy-altroyismoy
http://www.alterthess.gr/content/o-d-thessalonikis-timise-elliniki-hristianiki-oikogeneia-poy-voithise-evraiki-tin-periodo
http://www.makthes.gr/news/GR/reportage_S/reportage_C/Thessaloniki__I_sygklonistiki_istoria_tis_kyrias_Mpenoyzilio
http://www.thestival.gr/society/item/166114-i-sygkinitiki-istoria-tis-evraiopoylas-pou-agkaliastike-apo-zevgari-xristianon-kata-ti-diarkeia-tis-katoxis-foto-video
http://www.dimokratianews.gr/content/41118/se-elliniki-oikogeneia-o-titlos-toy-dikaioy-ton-ethnon
http://www.efsyn.gr/arthro/epivraveysi-toy-altroyismoy
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