The 1st
short term joint staff training and learning event in Bytom, has been conducted
and concluded with great success. 22 professionals, coordinators and
participants, from each of the countries of the partnership, met in Poland to
share good practices and therefore improve the quality of their institutions or
methods on their return.
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| PARTICIPANTS |
The host
school with their coordinator Patrycja Pytlik and all her colleagues, Agata,
Maja, Agnieszka, Anna, Martyna, Domininka, Lisa and so many more, had prepared for
us an exquisite programme. All the performances by the pupils, activities and
workshops that took place in the school were well organized, truly interested
and interactive.
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| POLISH HOSTING TEAM WITH MAIN COORDINATOR | | | |
The welcoming
of the Erasmus+ partnership was warm, sincere and honest and we whole heartedly
thank all of them for the unique experience and the amazing presents.
We were
introduced to the Polish special educational system, the schools curriculum and
visited the classes of the school meeting teachers and pupils.
The
performances of the pupils were truly inspired both in the welcoming and
farewell of the partners.
“The world of
emotions” which was a theatrical play with no words, was full of emotions. The
music, the body movement and the facial expressions of the students could
easily reach our hearts and the meanings that passed through were clear and
precise.
The
performance of younger pupils was amazing. The different musical pieces
combined with their body movement and expression was brilliant and captured all
our senses.
The zumba
lesson performed by Adam, one very talented pupil, was truly full of energy and
enthusiasm. Furthermore, we all followed later on!
The games
truly had a European dimension and managed to bond us all under the spider’s thread.
Workshops
like felt, glass, clay, comic painting, photography and dancing, were conducted
and the participants had the chance to get to know new techniques and
innovative ways of expression, to apply in their schools.
Mr Filip
Twarkowski introduced us to Glass techniques and the outcome was amazing.
Ms Anna Kałuszka taught us how to use clay by creating
our personal portraits.
Ms Beata Barwińska taught us how to make felt and we
created some wonderful art pieces.
Mr Krzysztof
Kałuszka introduced us to Comics painting and the outcome was brilliant.
Mr Antoni
Sturzbecher introduced us to Portrait Photography. The workshop was truly
interested and innumerous photos were taken and later on discussed.
Ms Barbara Gwóźdź conducted the Dance Workshop where we were all
introduced to a unique way of expressing our feelings through our bodies or by
using different parts of our body.
Furthermore,
all the participants joint classes, working along with the teachers and the
pupils. Once more, each teacher had prepared activities concerning arts and
emotions. The expression of feelings for SEN students and the promotion of
communication among them but also with all the foreign visitors were
successfully implemented, proving that there are no language barriers when Art and
Emotions speak. It was an amazing
experience.
Last but not
least, a Conference and workshop with the psychologist and therapist Dr
Aleksandra Nowak was conducted, bringing in our project the theoretical ground
of Emotions. It included, introduction to the theory of emotions, physiological
and neurological aspects of emotions, emotional development, emotional
expression, theory of emotional intelligence. The lecture was really
interesting and many games and emotion charts were proposed in order to be used
in our classes.
The visit to
the Polish photo exhibition at Municipal Library in Bytom and the speech given
from members of the Bytom community and the organizations, with which the
school cooperates, proved the inextricable connection of the school with the
community and the importance of such cooperation.
The
coordinators meeting also took place while it was really important to discuss
the so far progress of our project and plan our future activities.
It is really
important when visiting a school, to learn about their educational system,
their curriculum and methodology but as much important is to learn about the cultural
heritage of the host country in order to connect and place all the new
knowledge in the right background. So, our journey through Arts and emotions, gave us a change to learn about the history of poland and especially Silesi, its monuments, sights, museums and their cultural development. We explored bytom and Katowice, visited Tychy with their famouse Tyskie Brewery, the undoubtedly beautiful Krakow situated on the Vistula River with the Wawel Castle and the extraordinary Rynek Underground Museum, Oswiecim where Auschwithz concentration camp exists bringing various emotions in our hearts, Zabrze with Guido Coalmine which truly was a unique experience.
Dear partners
from Poland we thank you very much for the amazing journey, the unique
experiences and the best exchange of good practices. It was a bonding mobility
that really united our partnership and ensured a good start of our project
“Artemotion Xpress in Europe”.
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| COORDINATORS |
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| PART OF SPAIN TEAM |
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| POLAND TEAM with main coordinator Stami |
