Migration Matters
The meeting in Konskie
9th - 15th December 2018
The meeting in Konskie was organized as a "short term exchange of groups of pupils". According to the agenda of our project, it focused on addressing the influence of migrations on art, architecture, language, and literature.
Before the meeting, each partner school studied how migration has influenced the cultural development of our countries regarding architecture, economy, language, and arts in the past and present. The research carried out by the project partners is available at the "The influence of migrations on art, architecture, language, and literature" link of our twinspace.
During the meeting, partners contributed with photos and other documents showing their research's results so that we create a (photo) collage as a common product. Photos showing the collages prepared are available here.
Sunday, 9th December 2018
All the groups arrived in Warsaw, they were accommodated in a hostel and were able to do some individual sightseeing of the capital.
Monday, 10th December 2018
After breakfast students were divided into four international groups, they received their identification cards in colours corresponding with their groups. Having listened to the instructions they got their work cards and took part in a city game lead by their Polish leaders. Some teachers participated in the fun.
After completing the game both teachers and students enjoyed some free time sightseeing, shopping or tasting the local cuisine.
At two o’clock the whole group visited the Polin Museum which is a museum of the History of Polish Jews documenting the centuries-old history of Jews in Poland. In the museum, participants did a quiz concerning the objects and information presented there.
Visit in Warsaw ended in Wilanów, in the gardens of the palace of the Polish king John III, where the group was able to admire the magnificent display of Christmas lights. On the way to Konskie, the group was learning a Polish Christmas carol “Przybieżeli do Betlejem”. In Konskie students were welcomed by their host families and teachers were accommodated in a hotel.
Tuesday, 11th December 2018
At 9.15 an official opening of the project took place and the guests were welcomed by the headmistress and invited authorities.
Next step was to show all the presentations prepared by each partner, showing their famous writers, poets, sportsmen, politicians and so on. People who were immigrants. The presentations prepared by the project partners are available at the "The influence of migrations on art, architecture, language, and literature" link of our twinspace.
After that Polish students showed a presentation about Poland and then performed a quiz about Poland using Kahoot application.
To give the students the opportunity to move around and get to know each other better some icebreaking activities were done. There were presents under the Christmas tree with the names of all participants. All students and teachers picked up one present and they had to deliver it to the person named on it. After that 2-minute Mixer icebreaking game took place.
In the afternoon students worked on their project tasks in international groups – collages presenting the influence of migrations on art, architecture, literature, and language. Photos showing the collages prepared are available here.
Having finished the collages everybody went on a sightseeing tour around the town, guided by the Polish students.
Wednesday, 12th December 2018
Early in the morning, the whole group set off for Cracow where they arrived at about 10:30. First, a guided tour of the Old Town and the Wawel Castle took place.
Then, after some free time, the group visited Kazimierz, a former Jewish quarter. In the Galicja Museum students and teachers participated in a Jewish dance workshop.
After a short time for individual sightseeing and shopping, the group returned to Konskie.
Thursday, 13th December 2018
Thursday was the day to travel to Lódz. First thing in the city was the lecture at the University of Łódź. It concerned migrations in the area (mostly Germans and Jewish people) and its influence on the development of the city.
Before visiting Poznanski Museum, everybody was taken to Manufaktura, a shopping centre which used to be a manufacture. Having visited the museum it was time to return to Końskie.
Friday, 14th December 2018
The last day of the visit started with students’ working in 4 international groups, creating the accounts from the whole week, they prepared presentations of each day of the week.
The files of the presentations were Day#1, Day#2, Day#3 and Day#4.
While students were busy working together, teachers met to discuss the project and the next meeting.
Afterwards, each group presented their work. Then both students and teachers participated in the evaluation of the meeting, answering the questions in questionnaires and evaluating their experience in the Evaluation Rose.
The certificates of attendance were delivered and everybody had some free time.
In the evening a goodbye party in a restaurant took place. Everybody enjoyed themselves a lot.
Saturday, 15th December 2018
All the groups departed from Konskie to return to their home countries.