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WHAT WE HAVE DONE SO
FAR
The summary of carrying out of the project in the first
year (2007/2008)
Educational
activities:
o
We have taken part in a lecture on the
existence of yew in the western Pomerania (region in north-western
Poland) given by Urszula Grinn Polish at the Tourist and Sightseeing
Society in Szczecin.
o
We have participated in the workshops for
students on the way of preparing the analysis of greenery with the use of
the project method.
o
We have created competition regulations for
the best report on greenery in the school district „Gumieńce” compiled
from the collected material.
o
The students have translated into English
competition regulations for the best analysis of the greenery condition on
the school premises.
o
We have taken part in workshops organized by
Voluntary Labor Corps on the self-presentation to present yourself well
during the international meeting with partners.
o
During geography lesson we have collected
material for analysis of greenery in the school premises. We have taken
photos of groups of plants as well as individual specimen. We measured
circumference of old trees and collected leaves and fruit. We have
analyzed the collected plants material biologically – names, features,
environmental requirements.
o
The students have handed in ready analyses of
the greenness in the “Gumieńce” district.
o
The students have presented their projects
during the competition finals on our gym. We have introduce the winners
and given awards to them.
o
The students have had 2 lessons concerning
the condition of greenery in our city.
o
The students have had a lesson on entering
into contracts in order to learn how to cooperate with different
institutions what will be essential to complete.
o
The students have watched „The secret garden”
in English.
o
The students had a Polish lesson on the
symbols of plants in different cultures.
o
The students had a lesson on estimating costs
in order to count the costs of their future garden.
Cooperation with University of Agriculture
o
The students have taken part in the lecture
on the history of garden and urban greenness delivered especially for them
at the University of Agriculture in Szczecin.
o
Students have taken part in the last
workshops at University of Agriculture. They learnt how to design a garden
and they prepared their own plans.
o
Students presented their ideas for our garden
during ceremonial presentation. The journalist of Moje Miasto - Natalia
Geldener was present as well as landscape architects from University of
Agriculture – Ph.D. Magdalena Rzeszotarska-Pałka and MA Krzysztof Kotwas,
who had had workshops with the students and are going to create a
professional project of our garden.
o
There was a presentation of the ready plan
of our garden prepared by the landscape designer from the University of
Agriculture.
Project
promotion
o
We have created this web site.
o
Local television has visited us and they made
a short material giving information on our project, eco-news in TVP 3 in a
program “trash disposal”.
o
We have edited a special issue of our school
magazine named „The Mirror” where all the students can find detailed
information about the project.
o
We have created the chronicle of the project
and are updating it continuously.
o
We have installed the information board in
front of school and and updating it continuously.
o
We have been preparing posters which show
successive steps of carrying out the project – the summaries and pictures.
o
We have been interviewed by the journalist of
Kurier Szczeciński about the project. The article has never appeared.
o
The journalist form another local newspaper –
Moje Miasto has become interested in our project too and wrote two
articles based on our web site and an interview with the students.
o
Our student Marek Łagocki put some information about carrying out of the
project on "Moje Miasto" web page:
http://www.mmszczecin.pl
o
We have taken part in the celebrations of The
Days of the Earth organized by University of Szczecin. We have listened to
the lectures and presented our posters showing our activities performed
until now.
International
integration
o
Students and
teachers have prepared Power Point Presentations and put them to the web
site
o
Students
have been exchanging e-mails with youth from partner schools
o
We have
hosted our partners in Szczecin
o
We have
organized the accommodation and transport from Berlin for them and the
trips to local botanical gardens and historical places.
o
We have
translated the guides which have no English version and which consider the
placed we showed to the partners.
o
We have
bought the prizes for the international contest for the best analysis of
greenness around school.
o
We have
prepared a presentation in English about the plan of our garden created by
the landscape designer.
The agenda of the visit of the guests is
presented on the page below.
Making
the garden:
o
We have
chosen the area for the garden.
o
We have
bought the fence and montaged it.
Evaluation
of the first year of project implementation
o
A student
for University of Szczecin wrote her Bachelor’s Degree thesis about our
project and she has made the surveys among all the students involved in
the project.
o
We have made
surveys among our partners about their opinions about staying in Poland.
See the results below.
o
We have made
surveys among our students about their opinions about partners visit. See
the results below.
WHAT WE HAVE DONE
IN SCHOOL YEAR 2007/2008
Till 04.07.2008
o
We have tabled the motion in
The Regional Fund for Environmental Protection
and Water Management.
o
We have visited
another Fund supporting ecological enterprises and asked money. We get the
positive response again.
o
We have written an
official petition to the Fund. We attached some materials from the first
year of carrying out the project, our plans and aims for the next year and
some pictures. We have tabled the motion in the Fund.
o
Students have
updated the chronicle.
o
We have updated our
web site.
o
We have finished carrying out the project in
2007/2008. We are waiting for the answers from the Funds and
Municipality.
Till 27.06.2008
o
We have talked to
the President of
The Regional Fund for
Environmental Protection and Water Management
about our project asking him for some
money for our project. He promised to support us.
o
We have filled in
the application to the Fund and arranged all necessary documents needed to
table a motion.
Till 20.06.2008
o
We have written an
official letter to the Municipality asking for financial support for our
garden. Some weeks before the students attended the meeting with the
President of Szczecin during which the vision of Szczecin as a city of
floating gardens was presented. After the meeting they told him about our
project and he promised help. In this official letter we reported what we
have done so far, what we want to do and achieve and we attached some
pictures. We referred to the meeting and President’s promise.
o
We have prepared
diplomas and books as rewards for students who has participated in the
project the most. On each diploma we wrote for what we thank them.
o
We have handed the
rewards during the official finish of school year.
o
We have translated
to polish partners’ opinions about the visit.
o
We have been
summing up and translating the opinions of our students.
o
Another article
about our project has been published in the local newspaper, this time it
concerned partner’s visit.
o
We have worked at
our web site, but it is still not as it should be, important parts are
missing.
o
Students have
finished the posters from partners’ visit and the last edition of
our information board.
Till 13.06.2008
o
We have been
summing up everything.
o
We have upgraded
our web site.
o
We have chosen
which pictures from partners’ staying to present on our web
site and which ones to develop for posters, information board and
chronicle. It was a hard choice!
o
Students have done
two posters and are doing two more about partners’ visit. They are also
preparing the last edition of the information board.
o
We have been
thinking about prizes for students who took part in the project the most
actively. We had do decide whom to reward with books.
o
We have started
preparing thank-you diplomas for them and for the host families.
o
We distributed
among students beautiful leaflets and catalogues about partners’ countries
which they brought to Poland.
02.06 – 07.06
Our partners
visited us!
Here is the agenda of their visit:
Monday, 2nd June 2008
1630
– coming, picking up the guests
1630
– 2000 – free time for lodging, dinner at host
families, resting
2000
– 2200 – Polish evening –welcome, resolution of the contest for
the analysis of greenness in the surrounding of school, tasting
Polish dishes, listening to Polish music, presentation about Szczecin
(at High
School #4)
2200–
2300 - taking the guests to their accommodation places
Tuesday,
3rd June 2008
815
– meeting in front of school
830
– leaving to Emeralds Lake
900
– 1130 hike around Bukowa Forest (Skórcza Mountain, Old
rampart Chojna, Swedish Boulder,
Three
Brothers’ col)
1130
– 1300 – couch trip around Szczecin’s Scenic Park and its
surrounding (spots: Bukowiec,
Binowo, Żelisławiec, Kartno,
Glinna)
1300
– 1400 – visiting Dendrological Garden in Gliniec
1400
– 1600 – educational activity, meal - sausages from
grill
1630
– arriving back to Szczecin
1630
– 2000 – free time for dinner at host families and resting or
visiting Szczecin
2000
– 2200 – Bulgarian evening - attractions prepared by
guests, Bulgarian food and music
(at High
School #4)
2200–
2300 - taking the guests to their accommodation places
Wednesday,
4th June 2008
745
– meeting in front of school
800
– leaving to Cedynia and Cedynia’s Scenic Park
900
– 1530 – visiting Krzywy Las in Nowe Czarnowo,
Chojna, Cedynia’s Scenic Park (Love Valley in Zatoń Dolna, Natural
Reserve in Bielinek)
1600
– arriving to Cedynia, lodging at local school
1600
- 1700 – dinner at school
1700
– 2100 – free time for resting
2100
– 2200 – evening visiting Cedynia
2200
- 2300 – supper at school and washing
2300
– 600 – night calm
Thursday,
5th June 2008
630
– waking up, morning washing
700
– packing, making order
715
– 800 – breakfast at school
800-
1100 – sightseeing of Oder Region of National Remembrance
(spots: Góra Czcibora near Osinów Dolny, Siekierki, Gozdowie)
1100 – 1500
– sightseeing of Trzcińskie Lakeland (spots: Mieszkowice, Trzcińsko-Zdrój,
Banie)
1600
– arriving back to Szczecin
1600
– 1900 – free time for dinner at host families and resting or
visiting Szczecin
1900
– 2200 – a walk around Szczecin
2200–
2300 - taking the guests to their accommodation places
Friday,
6th June 2008
745
– meeting in front of school
800
– leaving to Dendrological Garden in
Przelewice
945
– arriving to Przelewice
1000
– 1200 – visiting the garden
1200
– 1330 – integration bonfire
1500
– arriving back to Szczecin
1500
– 1930 – free time for dinner at host families and resting or
visiting Szczecin
1930
– 2200 – Turkish evening - presentations of plans of
future gardens, attractions prepared by guests, Turkish food and music
summing up of the visit, handling certificates of attendance and presents
for guests (at High School #4)
2200–
2300 - taking the guests to their accommodation places
Saturday,
7th June 2008
700
Bulgaria ,1000 Turkey - Goodbye before going
to Berlin to the airport
Evaluation of the visit of project partners in Poland –
opinions of students of class 1a, who carry out the project
The numbers indicate the
number of people who gave similar answer.
What did you
like the best in the visit of guests from abroad?
-
possibility of meeting new cultures, languages,
(religion) 10
-
spending (free) time with partners 8
-
improving English 8
-
making new acquaintances and friendships 6
-
Bulgarian, Turkish and Polish evenings 5
-
integration 4
-
evening in Cedynia 3
-
trip to Cedynia 3
-
tasting national dishes 3
-
possibility of visiting our region, visiting cities 2
-
possibility of shoving the guests a bit of Polish
culture
-
common action of our class
-
atmosphere
-
guests being open to new contacts
What
didn’t you like in the visit of guests from abroad?
-
(long and tiring) walking in the forests/trips 19
-
too tight schedule 5
-
finishing late, waking up early 4
-
it wasn’t the time organized in an interesting way 4
-
too many forests, not enough cities
-
the schedule was not adjusted to the weather,
temperature and physical abilities
-
sleeping in Cedynia
-
visiting villages instead of showing the guests the
park, Rosary and greenness in Szczecin in general
-
nothing
What else could be done, what did you lack?
-
free
time, (to spend with peers) 23
-
(more)
visiting Szczecin 8
-
going
to the seaside 5
-
integration activities 5
-
going
out in the evenings
-
attractions suitable for the people at our age
-
nothing
Other
remarks
-
positively spent time
-
the guests definitely prefered to see our sea to
forests
-
lack of organisation at the beginning of the exchange
(while picking up the guests)
-
we should have planned the visit together
Till 30.05.2005
o
We have planned
everything and prepared some documents for the visit of our partners
(agenda for the whole week, evaluation form for the contest, Monday's
detailed agenda, invitations for the parents and teachers, diplomas
etc.)
o
We have translated
tourist guides which are not available in English and which concern the
places we are going to show our partners.
o
We have finished
preparation of the project for the international contest as well as its
presentation.
o
We have bought the
prizes for the contest.
o
We have prepared the
presentation of the plan of our future garden created by the landscape
designer.
o We
have been continuing montage of the fence.
Till 23.05.2008
o
We have been continuing
the montage of the fence.
o
We have been continuing
preparation of the visit of our partners.
Till 16.05.2008
o
We have been continuing
the montage of the fence.
o
We have been continuing
preparation of the visit of our partners.
o
We have been continuing
preparation of the project for the international contest for the best
analysis of greenness.
o
We have been continuing
updating our web site.
o
We have prepared
materials for another article which may be printed in a local newspaper.
o We
have prepared evaluation of our project - a student of University of
Szczecin is going to write her Bachelor’s thesis about our project and
she will do the surveys for us.
Till 09.05.2008
o We
have prepared Power Point Presentation about the project and presented
it to the parents of students carrying it out. Parents’ knowledge had
been fragmentary till that time, now they know everything. They declared
their help with accommodation for the guests, preparation of food for
polish evening, and planting the garden.
o
We have been carrying on
the montage of the fence.
o
We have arranged some
issues concerning the creation of the garden - building paths, forming
flower beds etc.
Till 02.05.2008
o Students
have finished another poster.
o We
have organized the accommodation and transport from Berlin for our
guests as well as the trips and other issues.
o We
have prepared a test for students checking the knowledge from the
lectures which they had at the University of Agriculture.
o There
was a presentation of the ready plan of our garden prepared by the
landscape designer from the University of Agriculture.
Till
25.04.2008
o We
have started the installation of the fence as the weather has improved.
We have dismantled the fragments of old, unnecessary fence and students
have erected a few elements of the new fence.
o We
have taken part in the celebrations of The Days of the Earth organized
by University of Szczecin. We have listened to the lectures and
presented our posters showing our activities performed until now.
o Students
have prepared a part of the analysis of greenness of Gumieńce, which
will be presented on international contest during the visit of our
partners.
o
We have been working at
our chronicle, information board, web page and posters.
Till 18.04.2008
o
We have summed up our
finance.
o
We have arranged the
issues of the montage of the fence.
o We
have been working at our notice board and the web page – summing up the
latest actions, choosing the pictures to present and preparing other
materials.
o We
have continued talking over the issues concerning our presentation
during The Days of the Earth organized by University of Szczecin.
o We
have worked at the details of the visit of our partners in Poland – the
organization of visits to local botanical gardens and historical places.
o The
article about our project has been published in Moje Miasto.
Till 11.04.2008
o We
have received ordered elements of the fence which we have put in the
school building, because we are waiting for the better weather to
install them.
o We
have talked over the issues concerning our presentation during The Days
of the Earth organized by University of Szczecin.
o We
have been carrying out our working at the chronicle and the web page.
o We
have talked over the issues concerning preparation for the international
contest for the best analysis of greenness around school (the work will
be the composition of two the best works of school stage).
o We
have talked over the details of the article about our project with the
journalist of Kurier Szczeciński, Mrs. Arleta Nalewajko.
Till
04.04.2008
o Students
have finished working at the posters.
o Students
presented their ideas for our garden during ceremonial presentation. The
journalist of Moje Miasto - Natalia Geldener was present as well as
landscape architects from University of Agriculture – Ph.D. Magdalena
Rzeszotarska-Pałka and MA Krzysztof Kotwas, who had had workshops with
the students and are going to create a professional project of our
garden.
Till 28.03.2008
o We
have been carrying on our work at the posters and web site.
o We
have announced our presence at the Celebrations of The Days of the Earth
organized by University of Szczecin. We are going to present our project
there and listen to the lectures about geographical and biological
questions.
o We
have been interviewed by the journalist from Kurier Szczecinski about
the project.
o The
journalist form another local newspaper – Moje Miasto has become
interested in our project too and will write an article based on our web
site. They visited our school and took some pictures of students
carrying out the project.
Till 21.03.2008
o Students
have taken part in the last workshops at University of Agriculture. They
discussed their propositions of the arrangement of the garden and we
have established the date of the final presentation of their plans. The
best ideas will be considered by landscape designers while creating the
professional plan of our future garden.
o We
have made appointment with a journalist of the local newspaper - Kurier
Szczecinski for the interview about our project.
o
We have updated the
notice board in front of the school – its second edition.
o
Students have been
working at the posters and our web site.
Till 14.03.2008
o
We have been
concentrating on the second edition of our notice board.
o We
have decided to prepare posters which would show successive steps of
carrying out the project – the summaries and pictures. Posters would be
presented during all events connected with the project and its
promotion.
Till
07.03.2008
o The
students had workshops on designing a garden with a landscape architect
form the University of Agriculture.
o We
have set the date of presentation of our projects. The best idea will be
used be the landscape architect to create the final design.
o The
students had a lesson on estimating costs in order to count the costs of
their future garden.
o The
students have taken part in a lecture on urban greenness delivered
especially to them at the University of Agriculture
o We
have continued working on our chronicle and the Internet site.
Till
29.02.2008
o We
have handed out previously mentioned gifts from Bulgarians. The students
read connected with it legend on an English lesson.
o The
teachers saw their Power Point presentations to get to know each other
better.
o The
students have got a new Internet site address from Turkey.
o The
students have presented their projects during the competition finals on
our gym. We have introduce the winners and given awards to them.
o We
have set the date of doing costs estimate of the future garden and trips
with our guests from abroad.
o The
students have taken part in the lecture on the history of garden
delivered especially for our students at the University of Agriculture
in Szczecin.
Till
22.02.2008 during
the second week of a winter holiday:
o We
have ordered wooden fence for our future garden.
o We
have measured the premises of our future garden and taken into
consideration the existing plants there. We have also prepared a
detailed plan on a scale on which the students will place the new
plants.
o A
competition board debated and the best project has been chosen. The
winner will be officially introduced.
o We
have received a gift from Bulgarians – symbol of health and success
connected with their national legend, given according to their tradition
– to friends on the accession of the beginning of spring.
Till
15.02.2008
o
We had the first week of a winter holiday.
Till
08.02.2008
o
The students hale finished working on the notice board in
front of school.
o
The students had a Polish lesson on the symbols of plants
in different cultures
o
We have improved our Internet site of the project.
o
Some more students have finished their Power Point
presentations about themselves.
o
The students have been given the internet site address in
Turkey.
o
The students have started preparing for the official
presentation on the analyses of the greenness in „Gumieńce”.
Till
01.02.2008
o
We have insured the notice board in front of the school.
o
We have negotiated final price conditions considering the
fence.
o
The students have watched „The secret garden” in English.
o
The students have worked on the notice board.
o
The students have translated into English what they have
already done in the project for the chronicle and for the Internet site.
o
Some of the students have finished Power point
presentations about themselves.
Till
25.01.2008
o
The students have received e-mails from Turkey and
started to exchange e-mails with students from Turkey and Bulgaria.
o
We have planned a lesson about a role of greenness in
different cultures.
o
The students have continued preparing Power Point
presentations about themselves.
o
We have started negotiations with the company over the
wooden fence.
o
We have placed the notice board in front of the school.
o
The students have started preparing materials for the
notice board. They have also started searching for the best insurance
offer for it.
o
The students have handed in ready analyses of the
greenness in the “Gumieńce” district.
o
We have arranged formal presentations of the projects.
o
Our Internet site has been launched.
o
Coordinators took part in the parents’ board meeting
during which they presented the main purpose of the project and found
out what the possibilities for cooperation are.
o
Some initial information has been completed in the
chronicle of the project.
Till
18.01.2008
o
We have got in touch with the new coordinator of the
project in Turkey.
o
We have edited a special issue of our school magazine
named „The Mirror” where all the students can find detailed information
about the project.
o
We have launched negotiations on wooden fence and we have
been collecting and considering offers from different companies.
o
We have collected bound chronicle and our students have
started working on the contents of it.
o
The students have made an order for a notice board in a
specialized company.
o
The students and the teachers continued preparing Power
Point presentations about themselves for students and teachers and
students form abroad.
o
We have sent corrected competition regulations (for the
analysis of the greenness around us) to Turkey.
o
We have sent e-mails of students willing to keep in touch
with other partnership students.
o
We have planned a meeting with students’ parents’
representatives in order to discuss their engagement in the project –
possibility to help our school.
Till
11.01.2008
o
The students have bought maps in the City Council and
consulted final issues concerning the condition of the greenness report
in the Gumieńce” district with the teachers.
o
The students have seen Bulgarian webpage and their
students’ Power Point presentations.
o
We have sent e-mail addresses of the students willing to
correspond in English with the students from partner schools.
o
The students and the teachers have started preparing
their Power Point presentations.
o
The students have had a lesson on entering into contracts
in order to learn how to cooperate with different institutions what will
be essential to complete.
o
We have set the dates for classes at the University of
Agriculture concerning topics such as history of gardens, greenness
premises in the city and project workshops.
o
We have scheduled for projection of the film “The secret
garden”.
o
We have sent corrected competition regulations (for the
analysis of the greenness around us) to Bulgaria.
o
We have sent competition regulations for the best
analysis of the greenness around school condition.
Till 04.01.2008
o
The students have found out that there is a possibility
to buy detailed maps of “Gumieńce” district which we will need to
prepare analysis of the condition of greenness in this area.
o
We have received some bids for the fence and we have
decided to do the wooden one, mostly due to high costs of the other
solutions.
o
The students have started searching for a specialized
company to arrange an order for a notice board.
o
The students have translated into German the rules of the
competition on analysis of the condition of greenness around school,
which we sent to our partner in Bulgaria.
Till 21.12.2007
o
We have ordered the hand-made chronicle,
we have decided to write in both languages Polish and English.
o
We have bougth a digital camera to keep
documentation of all our actions..
o
The local TV has shown the program about
our project.
o
We have managed to get the film Secret
Garden” to present it to our students.
Till
14.12.2007
o
The students have had 2 lessons concerning the condition of
greenery in our city.
o
We have been lookind for offers of fences
but they are all too expensive. We are thinking of buying a wooden
one.
o
Local television has visited us and they
made a short material giving information on our project, eco-news in TVP 3
in a program “trash disposal”.
o
The students have translated into English
competition regulations for the best analysis of the greenery condition on
the school premises.
o
The coordinator of the project went to
Warsaw on a course connected with the financial issues.
o
We have prepared some materials for the
Internet site in English.
Till
07.12.2007
o
We have sent a formal letter to
University of Agriculture concerning the issue of cooperation.
o
We have started the analysis of the
collected plants material biologically – names, features, environmental
requirements.
o
We have taken part in workshops
organized
by Voluntary Labor Corps on the self-presentation to present yourself well
during the international meeting with
Till
30.11.2007
o
We have taken part in the lesson on the
project method to prepare analysis of greenery.
o
We have started cooperation with the
University of Agriculture in order to give a series of lessons on history
of gardens, designing greenery premises and creation of a project of a
garden on the school premises.
o
We have finished preparing competition
regulations for the best analysis.
o
We have started translating the
regulations into English.
o
We have established the issue of
consultations for the students responsible for the project chronicle and
the notice board as well as classes concerning organization of gardens.
Till
23.11.2007
o
We have created competition regulations
for the best report on greenery in the school district „Gumieńce” which we
are going to compile from the collected material. The project will be
verified by teachers. The authors of the regulations outline are Magdalena
Gołubska and Sandra Budrewicz.
o
We have prepared a short report on the
project and set a date of a program about the project in the local TV.
o
The supervisors of the project have
received all the necessary materials for making an Internet site, project
noticeboard and project chronicle.
o
We have set a date for IT lesson during
which the students will be working with multimedia program for designing
gardens.
Till 16.11.2007
o
We have appointed students responsible
for different functions concerning realization and help with the project.
o
We have created an Internet site of the
project.
o
We have taken part in a lecture on the
existence of yew in the western Pomerania (region in north-western
Poland) given by Urszula Grinn Polish at the Tourist and Sightseeing
Society in Szczecin
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During geography lesson we have collected
material for analysis of greenery in the school premises. We have taken
photos of groups of plants as well as individual specimen. We measured
circumference of old trees and collected leaves and fruit.
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We have set a date of a lesson on the
greenery in the city with a local ecologist.
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We have set a date of workshops for
students on the way of preparing the analysis of greenery with the use of
the project method.
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We have set a date of a lesson on signing
agreements and negotiating prices.
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We have calculated detailed premises of
the future garden.
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