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Sp a in, Po la nd a nd G e rm a ny .

ISSUE 7, Febru ary 2010

S CHOOL CELEBRATI ON S

re import ant part s of lif e of our

s chools . We would like t o t ake a
clos e r look at s ome of t he m.
Page 1 - Introduction
Page 2 - Exchange Poland—Spain at Zespol Szkol Gimnazjum i SP nr 13 in Zawiercie
Page 2 - German school—European School
Page 2 - Christmas time at Polish partner school
Page 3 - Special talents at Royal Grammar School
Page 3 - Visit to the newspaper EL DIA
Page 3 –eTwinning quality label
Page 4– Boy’s Day and St. Andrew’s Feast at the Polish school
Page 4 - Ecological agriculture at the Spanish school
Page 4 - European Commission Enterprise and Industry e-Skills Week prize for ‘Into news’

...in this edition:

S C H O O L C E L E B R A T I O N S .
 EXCHANGE POLAND—SPAIN
AT ZS GiSP N R 13
Pupils got to know the Czestochowa and Tar-
In days from 5th - culture, customs, tradi- nowskie Gory. They saw
15th September 22 tion, history and religion beautiful ruins of old cas-
pupils and 3 teach- of the country of the part- tles in the Cracow-
ers from Spain ner school. Pupils from Czestochowa Upland, too.
came to Poland. Spain, while staying in Our school organized ‘
Pupils from Spain Poland, visited a lot of Polish evening ’. There
were accommo- wonderful places. They were Polish dishes, music,
dated at homes of got to know our sur- dances there. It was a very
pupils of our roundings, monuments, nice evening. In the end
school. The ex- tradition. They visited pupils and teachers went
change was the Cracow, Oswiecim, Za- to the Mayor of the City.
result of Comenius pro- kopane, Wieliczka, They got souvenirs there.
ject titled 'Taste for Then, they went
travel'. The project aims to the airport.
at improving English by
students and teachers as
well as motivating
young people to carry
on creative activities.

GERMAN SCHOOL—
EUROPEAN SCHOOL
On 22nd September presentatio
2009 the German n of our
school received
a new title -
Europe an
wor
S c ho ol. r Krauthausen
k.
We had to hold visited the
Min
a speech. presentation.
iste
There was a

CHRI S TMAS a t ZES P OL S ZKOL

GiS P N R 1 3
. Before Christmas dance group danced a A priest held a contest
break the Student dance. Everyone liked for a Christmas crib.
Government gave the show, it was very en- Students had to prepare
presents to all ergetic and interesting. own cribs. A jury as-
school staff: for Every class organized sessed each crib by
teachers, cleaners the Christmas Eve at giving points. The win-
and cooks. Of classrooms. Students ners were honoured
course, there was a told best wishes to each during Christmas cere-
special Christmas other, share a wafer and mony. Everyone re-
show, too. A school ate various dishes. Merry ceived a prIze.
choir sang Christ- Christmas and a Happy
mas carols. The New Year for everyone!

Str. 2
 SPECIAL TALEN TS AT ROYAL
GRAMMAR SCHOOL
Every two or developed outside
three years the school.
Royal G ram m ar
School organises a It might be juggling,
festival at which riding a unicycle,
pupils can show
doing magic tricks or
their special talents
rapping. Anything
that they have goes and we
are always
surprised to
see how
skilful some
pupils are.

P U B LI S H I N G in t h e N e w s o f v is it
t o t h e n e w s p a p e r EL D I A
A total of 40 pupils and 3 journalist and writer Leoncio
teachers of 4th course of Rodríguez.
the ESO's IES Marina Ce- We were in the auditorium,
brián were on a tour for the which is used for great inter-
facilities of this House in a views or for reporting a foot-
few days ago. Young peo- ball match. We were shown
ple had the opportunity to the first photos of the oldest
visit the various units of “Protagonists ". At the end newspaper The Press. Later,
building, starting with the of their Journey, students the employee showed the old
drafting and passing received a small I souvenir and new machines when
through the radio station, because of their visit. We they had to write the newspa-
where they were interviwed watched a video about the per by hand and explained to
by Raúl García in the radio history of the newspaper us how to edit the newspa-
Program named and his creator, the great per.

eTw inning Quality Label

The German recived a Quality Talking about the
partner school Label. project:
“One Europe,
different
lifestyles”

eU -TOPICAL Str. 3
 B O Y’S D A Y

Every year at Zespol Szkol Gimnazjum i SP nr 13

in Zaw iercie students celebrate the Boy's D ay.
Girls buy gifts for boys at that day. This year, each
boy got an apple with best wishes. By the gifts, we
wanted students to encourage to eat fruit. The boys
were surprised by this idea, but they were happy.

ST. AN D REW’S FEAST 27TH N OVEMBER

At we had a disco. Students could buy a fortune-telling lot
and talk to the a fairy. We could sing, dance and play. This
was a very nice event, because we all had a great fun. A big
attraction was also the fortune cookies. We could buy a cake
and read omens for the future.

ECOLOGICAL AGRICULTURE
In our school we it. We take
have a field care of envi-
where our stu- ronment and
dents cultivate promote a
ecological vege- healthy life-
tables and fruit: style.
tomatoes,
squash, lettuce,
parsley, pota-
toes. We also narian drago. This is an
plant canarian activity attracting more
plants like ca- students to participate in

E-S kills We e k prize fo r ‘INTO NEWS ’

E-S kills We e k competition is an European contest of
Europe an Co mmis s ion, Ente rpris e and Indus try.
Award category: Bringing innov ation to le arining throug h
e -s kills
Age group: 14-18
Our Spanish partner will attend a ceremony in Brussels form
4th to 6th March 2010.