Newsletter The final meeting of Comenius Partners in Puck 19 th of June 2013 The arrival of Slovakian group. About 8 o clock we met in front the vocational school in Puck with the Slovakian group. Slovaks were tired, but also very excited. They were hosted by Polish families and went to do some activities prepared by their new families. The teachers stayed in a school dormitory. The beautiful weather was the best surprise for all of us. One of our hosted families was represented by our local authorities I mean by the mayor of the town whose daughter Estera is our student. 1
20 th of June 2013 Busy day in Puck Puck. The day started with some classes in our school. We were doing a poster. Then we went on a guided tour of our school. Next we went to Scouting Marine Center (HOM) to sail. We were all having a lot of fun. After sailing we had dinner. Then we spent the time with our host families doing different interesting things. Eventually we all met with the Slovaks to have a little walk in 2
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21 st of June 2013 Arrivals day On that day we expected our partners arrival except for the Slovaks. In the morning it was an arrival of the Czechs, in the evening we went to an airport to welcome the Spanish and English friends. Slovaks enjoyed their day in Hel. We were all happy to greet our guests at the airport or at the railway station. 4
22nd of June 2013 Day in Tri-city That day with all (apart from the Slovaks, who left in the morning) of Comenius partners we went to visit beautiful places in Gdańsk and Sopot. We visited a lot of interesting places around that beautiful old city by a professional tourist guide with an amazing sense of humor. We were in Solidarity Museum, Mariacki Church, Amber Exhibition and Artus Court and we had some free time in Długa Street. Then we went to Sopot and also had a free time, within we could see pier or just simply relax by drinking coffee in a nearby café. After that we were back in Puck, tired, but really satisfied! 5
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23 rd of June 2013 A day of blast in a feast We started our day with a trip to Łeba. When we arrived to Łeba we took a mini bus to take us through Słowiński National Park. After that short ride we could see beautiful dunes. We were all excited. We could make a picnic or enjoy a bath in the sea. But the real attraction was a feast. At first we were dancing to the popular club music. But after a little while a feast changed its style. We were taught Kashubian alphabet and a plenty of dances. We could eat a great food and also had a lot of other things to do to integrate with other partners. 8
24 th of June 2013 School and Puck tour We started a day with some presentations and with summing up Comenius project that with sadness is coming to its end. We had an official meeting with our local authorities in a person of a deputy starost Zygmunt Wiśniewski and our headteacher Piotr Czaja. They both made a speech. Then we went on a tour around our school with the British and Spanish. After that we saw a Museum of Florian Ceynowa. Then we went to church. After that we were heading to lunch. Then it was a time to get into a bus and go to Hel. We saw seals and were attending a lecture about these beautiful sea animals. Our guests had a chance to fish with nets to research the bottom of the Baltic Sea. We also had a free time. After the leasure time, we went to Jurata and had an hour for ourselves. It was the end of our long day. 9
25 th of June 2013 A day ruined by the rain After sunny, previous days rain appeared and ruined our plans. At first we were at school, making posters about ourselves and our countries. After that we were presenting those ones. Next we went to Scounting Marine Center HOM to sail. Unluckily because of a rain and a hard wind we weren t able to take up sailing. We did a short course of sailing and security on a boat. After that and lunch at HOM we said goodbye to the Spanish and Czech group and were integrating with the others. 10
26 th of June 2013 The farewell to English That day in the morning we went with an English group to the airport. Their plane took off at 10. The English were the last, who left us early in the morning. We spent a great time with all of you. Thank you guys for cooperating with us! We hope that you will remember Poland forever. It was a wonderful experience for all of us. 11
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ENGLISH I have really enjoyed the Comenius project, even though I only went to Poland. The project has helped improve my Spanish and Polish and I ve made plenty of new friends, who are very friendly. Poland s history is amazing and I would love to live in Poland or go on holiday there. The people I ve met have been very nice and I will sorely miss the country as well as the people. This project has got me more interested in foreign languages other than French. Dziekuje Comenius Project! - NOBEL BASSER It s a shame for the Comenius project to come to a close of 6 days in Poland as I have incredibly enjoyed every second of the trip, even all them long walks was worth it. I have made plenty of new friends who could not be more welcoming and such nice people, I was extremely surprised at the amount of history behind Poland. I have become much more interested in other foreign languages and wish to go further to learning more or travelling in the future. This Comenius project could not of been better with such wonderful people around me. - CAMERON ROBERTO SILVA I am so sad to be leaving Poland because it is such a beautiful country full of history and culture. I loved going to the sand dunes because the view was simply incredible and the beach was stunning. Due to the Comenius project I was able to make lots of new friends from different countries and learn about their cultures. I was incredible privileged to be able to go to Poland and take part Comenius project I hope to come back one day. - Laurice McIntosh-Cargill In my school I don t regularly go to any trips. But I m kind of annoyed that I have to leave Poland as it has been the first trip that actually feels like a real holiday for me. Poland seems to be an extraordinary place to come for a summer holiday. And in my opinion, I will always choose to come to Poland for holidays. The loving moment for me was when I went to the beach in Dunes in Leba, because as swimming is my favorite sport, the beach made my time in Poland awesome. - Mohammed Habib Ahmed This is one of the trips that I enjoyed the most, I think I will miss Poland specially the people here, I have made new friends from Poland and other countries. I think that Poland is a really nice place, they have a nice weather and community, it makes people feel like its home. The place that I just enjoyed the most is when I went to the beach, it was really good overall. - Yasin Mahmud I feel very privileged to have been able to come to this trip, to Poland. I have enjoyed myself a lot and would love to come one day. I have met new people and had lots of fun. My favorite moment was when I was at the beach in Dunes, it was a memorable moment. - Daniela Duque I really enjoyed my time in Poland; I found it especially intriguing meeting new people and trying out the exotic foods. I even enjoyed getting confused when crossing the road and dancing at the disco! Even though I had a good time I did miss London- seeing my friends and family. I loved taking part in the project and hope to visit Poland again for another thrilling adventure. - Jaydeen Lee SPANISH I enjoyed all the activities that we did. I really love Poland. Thank you to Comenius Project for give me the opportunity to meet all this people. I m so happy. And thank you so so much to my family. I hope I can go back one day. Alba Guapo 13
I have a very great time here. I enjoyed all the things we do and all the places we visited. I will recommend this experience to everyone. Maria Diez I won t forget this trip because I met new people and I had a great time dancing, singing and visiting a lot of places. Ainhoa Cruza This is an experience that I won t forget. I will always carry it in my heart.my host family was extremetely friendly. I love Poland now. Patricia Encinas Hi! I had a great time with Polish people. I would like to repeat it and to see my host family in the future. My home is your home. Henar Tomero I have a great time in Polska and I want to come back, or maybe you come to my house :D Mario Lopez Although I ve never thought there were too many bugs and mosquitos in here, I ve enjoyed myself. My polish friends have teach me some useful words I ll try to remember in order to come again to this marvelous country. Carolina Marcos CZECH This project was very inspiriting and funny. I wary happy than I was here. This country is beautiful. People in this project are so nice and friendly. My english language is now better. And I thank you so much. - Gabriela Zelonkova It was so nice and beautiful! I have much experiences from the Poland. And I`m very happy that I could be here. So thank you - Katerina Bouchalova SLOVAK I am very thankful for the chance to participate in Comenius project. Thanks to this project I was given a chance to learn a lot of new things, information, meet a new people as well as make a few friends. I have seen many beautiful places. Even though I have visited only Poland up to now, I got to know a lot of new people, went to several museum thanks to which I know way more about Poland, Polish people, Polish history etc. I found out that I really do like Poland, the people here as they are very friendly, nice and hospitable. Now I know much more about England, Spain and Czech Republic about their national and common food, habits, traditions, language, history, sights etc. Comenius project helped me to improve my skills in Polish and Czech language. Thanks to this project I also improve my skills in English language, in grammar and communication, especially in the speaking part. 14
Finally, I am very glad that I could have been in this project, it made my 2 years at school way interesting, entertaining and enjoyable. - BEATA AMBRUSOVA I AM VERY GLAD THAT I COULD JOIN COMENIUS PROJECT. THANKS TO THIS PROJECT I HAVE MET A LOT OF INTERESTING PEOPLE WHO HAVE BECOME MY FRIENDS. THIS PROJECT ALSO HELPED ME TO IMPROVE MZ LANGUAGE SKILLS. THANKS TO THE VISIT OF SPAIN I IMPROVED MY SPANISH AND THIS HEPLED ME TO DO MY MATURITA EXAM OF SPANISH LANGUAGE.NOW I UNDERSTAND POLISH BETTER THEN I DID BEFORE THE PROJECT. I ALSO GOT KNOW SOME INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT THE COUNTRIES PARICIPATING IN THIS PROJECT. I HAVE VISITED MANY BEAUTIFUL PLACES IN CZECH REPUBLIC, SPAIN AND POLAND. WITHOUT THIS PROJECT I WOULD NEVER HAVE A CHANCE TO VISIT SUCH PLACES. THIS PROJECT IS A GREAT POSSIBILITY FOR PEOPLE WHO LIKE TRAVELLING AND ARE INTERESTED IN OTHER CULTURES. IF IN FUTURE I HAVE A CHANCE TO JOIN THE SAME PROJECT AS COMENIUS I WILL TAKE PART IN IT. - ALEXANDRA MIKULOVA I am very happy that I could be a part of Comenius project. Project give me a lot of experience. I have met a lot of interesting people, with whom I still in touch. I improved my speaking skills in English and Polish language. I have visit beautiful places and cities in four countries. I learned a lot about other cultures. Thanks project Comenius I know, what multicultural differences means. I tasted lot of traditional foods in many places, which I have visited. I have learned about history, traditions, habits etc. I so glad that I could be part of project Comenius for last two years because it give me a lot of experiences which are important for my future live. - Jakub Dubec I am so glad that I can take part in this project. I made lot of friends here. This project helps us to improve our English, French I have visited many interesting states like the Czech Republic, Spain and Poland. I have learned lot of things about this countries. Our friends are very good people with big heart. I was good to try life in different countries for a while. History and cities of European countries is great and very interesting. This two years were very good and important for my future life because I know how they live. It is very different to live in native families and try their real life and just visit country. This European project is connecting us. Thank you Comenius project. - JAKUB KRALOVANEC 15
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