"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.

  

A film from the Polish meeting 4th - 8th May 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. 

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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

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

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."

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Presentation:

SOSNOWIEC DURING THE 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.

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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.

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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".

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Next we took part in  a workshop: „In the face of choices. Moral issues during II WW  and the Holocaust.”

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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.

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After lunch we had a sightseeing tour around a Jewish district of Kraków - Kazimierz.  

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We ended our trip at the Schindler's Factory Museum.

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6th May Wednesday

On this day students and teachers of partner schools visited students of our Gimnazjum in the classrooms.

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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 .

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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

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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.

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7th May Thursday

We visited the State Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum in Oświęcim.

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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”

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In the evening all the teachers had a pleasure to meet againg during the farewell dinner.

8th May Friday

On that day students of partner schools could learn about the way Polish school works during lessons they participated in.

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After the lessons students participated in the art workshops "My feelings after visiting Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum"

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Students' works.

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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.

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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.

28th High school of Thessaloniki, Fugue of death, Paul Celan

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

Presentation of the project during the Open Day

On the 9th April students from the Erasmus+ team of Gimnazjum nr 9 im. Jana Pawła II 
in Sosnowiec presented the project during the Open Day of the school.

Erasmus + project 2015 - Spain Video ·3ESO

IES Tirant lo Blanc: Recording the documentary...

Today we have started to record the documentary by interviewing parents and students involved in the Polish meeting and according to the questions planned in Italy.

Working on the Lesson Plan of resistance

On Wednesday 15th, the History Department holt a meeting to work on the Lesson Plan at teachers' room in the IES Tirant Lo Blanc

Participants:

History Department: Mrs. Carmen García Alarcón, Mrs. Ana María Ibáñez Lopera and Mrs. María Belén Delgado Chaparro.

Spanish Department: Mr. José Francisco Fernández García.

English Department: Mr. María Salud García Zamora

Latin Department: Mr. Darío Martínez Montesinos

POLISH MEETING 4TH-8TH MAY GIMNAZJUM NR 9 IM. JANA PAWŁA II IN SOSNOWIEC - WORK PROGRAMME

POLISH MEETING 4TH-8TH MAY 2015 GIMNAZJUM NR 9 IM. JANA PAWŁA II IN SOSNOWIEC - OFFICIAL INVITATION

A video made by students at Gimnazjum nr 9 im. Jana Pawła II in Sosnowiec

A video "Something about us" prepared by the Erasmus+ team in Poland.

4ESO IES TIRANT LO BLANC ELCHE VIDEO MADE BY STUDENTS

Professor E.Hontolidou talks to the students of 28th High School of Thessaloniki about Holocaust.

On Friday 27^th March, 2015  Mrs Eleni Hontolidou, professor at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki,  visited our school and met the students participated in the project and the students of A2 class. Mrs Hontolidou talked about Holocaust and particularly the Jewish population of Thessaloniki and their extermination by the Nazis. Τhe students had the chance to pose their questions and get answers. Mrs Hontolidou talked to them about racism and xenophobia  in the past and nowadays. There has been also much talk about the economic crisis and its potential consequences mainly on the political field. 

Dissemination: Articles about the event of 28th High School of Thessaloniki at the media

http://www.thestival.gr/society/item/157009-to-olokautoma-mesa-apo-ta-matia-ton-mathiton-tou-28oy-lykeioy-thessalonikis-foto

More articles at the following links:

http://www.agelioforos.gr/default.asp?pid=7&ct=1&artid=222122

http://www.parallaximag.gr/parallax-view/loyloydia-stis-rages

28th High School of Thessaloniki participates in the commemorative march "Never again"

On Sunday 15th March a commemorative march under the title “Never again” was held in Thessaloniki for the 72nd anniversary of the departure of the first train from Thessaloniki to the concentration camps of Auschwitz. Starting from the Holocaust memorial at Eleftherias (Liberty) Square more than 2000 people headed for the old train station of the city where people left flowers on the railway tracks. Our school participated in the ceremony presenting a dramatization of the poem Fugue of death byPaul Celan. The 11 students under the inspired direction of the teacher Z. Spanos managed to convey the message of the poem and deeply touched the audience.

The logo contest winners at Gimnazjum nr 9 im. Jana Pawła II in Sosnowiec

The logo contest winners and some other works of students from Gimnazjum nr 9 im Jana Pawła II.

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A meeting with witnesses of history at Gimnazjum nr 9 im. Jana Pawła II in Sosnowiec

On the 30th January 2015 we had the pleasure to host two witnesses of history, citizens of Sosnowiec, Mrs. Halina Skalbmierska and her cousin Mr. Adolf Kasprzyk, who at the time of II World War were teenagers. They told us a tragic story of their family who suffered as a result of their parents’ active resistance against Nazi occupants. They described their stay at labour camps and different types of resistance movements in Sosnowiec during II World War.  

The story of the family will serve as resources for the lesson plan in the first didactic unit. We are very grateful that Mrs. Skalbmierska and Mr. Kasprzyk agreed to spend time with our students and teach them a very special history lesson.

LOGO WINNER FOR OUR PROJECT SELECTED IN THE ITALIAN MEETING

Winner: Italy

Dissemination: News about Italian meeting in Poland

Spanish Week at Gimnazjum nr 9 im. Jana Pawła II in Sosnowiec

From 22^nd to 28^th January a Spanish week was organized in order to acquaint students with Spanish culture, music, film, dance, traditions, geography, sport, great Spaniards. Before the Spanish week started all students were informed about the programme so that they could prepare themselves. All classrooms were described in Spanish and everywhere in the corridors students could find Spanish expressions. On 22^nd January Spanish dance was first introduced. Students learned Flamenco during breaks and danced to other Spanish hits. Students could learn sequences of movements prepared by one of the students who is a professional dancer throughout the whole week. On 23^rd January a Poland –Spain football match was held. The Spanish team was represented by students from classes I c and II b. Polish team was comprised of students from classes II a, b and c. The match resulted in a draw 2:2.  On 26^th January students learned about Spanish holidays and interesting traditions such as Encierro through posters and PowerPoint presentation.  On 27^th January students watched Spanish movies by Pedro Almodovar and Carlos Saura. Throughout the whole week students listened to Spanish music during breaks, each class had to prepare a poster related to a chosen Spanish topic and a presentation about  Spain. At the end of the week a contest was organized which tested the knowledge that students gained about Spain during the Spanish week.

Gimnazjum nr 9 im. Jana Pawła II in Sosnowiec placed a banner on the school's building.

At the beginning of January 2015 Gimnazjum nr 9 im. Jana Pawła II placed a banner on the school's building to advertise the project.

Meeting at IES Tirant Lo Blanc with Professor Miguel Ors Montenegro

On 6th February we held a meeting with Professor Miguel Ors Montenegro, who visited our school and explained our 3th ESO students, involved in the project, the consequences of the Francois repression in our city, Elche. It was quite excited because the professor talked about three people, some of them known by some students, who lived and faced the repression. It was specially emotive to know the life of Don Julio María López Orozco, who we will present in the Italian meeting.

POLAND MIEJSKI KURIER Nº2 (398)