středa 10. června 2015

Turkish e-journal - Sebnem writes about Poland

From 4th to 11th of May, we were in Poland to work on our project with great people from four different countries. We had the oppurtunity to get to know about new cultures and also represent ours. We’ve been to Warsaw, Suwalki, Augustow and many other places in Poland and filmed our commercials which was both fun and teaching to do. We also had a chance to see the natural beauties in Poland. I want to thank everyone who made this project possible and also my amazing host family who made this trip unforgettible for me. This was an amazing exprience that I’ve learnt a lot from.

úterý 9. června 2015

Czech e-journal - students write about their Polish experience

Cyril: In Poland it was for me as good as in Turkey, so super. I really enjoyed the trips even though we usually did not have very good weather. Probably the most I liked the boat trip. I also liked the idea of ​​tasting dishes from different countries. In our filming groups, the work went very well, not only because we had to shoot the topic of the Czech Republic, but also because we had a group of really nice people. Also, I was glad I met with my Turkish friend there, with whom I was staying in Turkey. Overall, this exchange visit and the entire project is my greatest experience so far with a foreign language. I would like to thank all the teachers for organizing this project, because I think it was a wonderful experience, I enjoyed it and found a lot of new friends. Jenda: I have very good memories from Poland because from the beginning we knew who I would stay with. Luckily for me it was a boy from Poland, with whom I have enjoyed our time in Prague. Next to Facebook we wrote emails before the project in Poland and we talked about the Programme, before our arrival. Departure day was very complicated and difficult. Not only that we got up at around 4 o'clock in the morning, but after arriving at the airport we learned that our flight was canceled and we had to wait six hours for another plane. After another five hours on the bus, we finally arrived in Suwalki and we went to the families where there were really nice people waiting for me. Really a nice family. It was super. With my friend from Poland was fun because he is a little crazy as I am, we rode the bike and met with other people. In our free time, we spent every afternoon in a super bunch of guys and I always had a great time. For example, we played basketball at their new pitch and it was great pleasurable time. Comenius project gave me a great experience and time with great people.

pondělí 8. června 2015

Polish e-journal by Ola and Jan

The project is over so after a week we spent with our friends from Italy, Turkey and Czech we had to come back to our everyday activities. At the end of April we were waiting with impatience for arrival of our guests. It was hard to believe that it’s our last meeting and we would have to say goodbye soon. That made us very sad. Every day of our international exchange was filled with different activities - that's why it's difficult to choose only one to describe the best one. If we had to talk about things which went wrong, we would have to lie. The only one obstacle to live up to our plans was the weather, which was very variable. For us and our friends the most enjoyable experience was for sure learning how to dance our traditional dance- Polonaise. The thing that we will remember for a long time, except our normal activities in groups, was going out together and integration campfires when we forgot about divisions in languages or cultures and we could talk together and know each other better. For all of us the end of the project came too quickly. We had so many ideas and planned a lot things to do. We hope we’ll keep in touch and be friends despite the long distance among us. Perhaps someday we’ll meet together again and put through all our plans. Aleksandra Glinska & Jan Wisniewski

sobota 23. května 2015

Cooking show presentations

Turkish students presented their national food in Poland: Italian students presented their national food in Poland: Polish students presented their national food in Poland: Czech students presented their national food in Poland:

Film 6 - Promoting Comenius

And the last group (6) made a commercial on Comenius, a bonus film for our national agencies. :)

pátek 22. května 2015

čtvrtek 21. května 2015

Film 4 - Promoting Poland

Group 5 chose to promote Poland. Who acted in this group? Jan, Julia and Angelika from Poland, Deniz from Turkey, Ben from the Czech Republic and Sebastiano from Italy.

Film 3 - Promoting the Czech Republic

Here is the commercial of Group 3. Yigit (Turkey), Cyril (Czech Republic) , Gaetano (Italy), Tomasz, Daria and Aleksandra (Poland) promoted the Czech Republic.

úterý 19. května 2015

Film 2 - Promoting Italy

International group 2 promoted Italy in their commercial. How well did they do? Here is the work of Ola, Angelika and Marcin (Poland), Ahmet (Turkey), Vojta (Czech Republic) and Andrea (Italy). They all like Italy and metal, which can be well seen on their film. ;)

pondělí 18. května 2015

Film 1 - Promoting Turkey

Here is our first film made in Poland. Group nr. 1 were promoting Turkey by means of a quiz. Here you can view how well did this international team consisting of: Weronika, Kasia and Adrian (Poland), Kamila (Czech Republic), Sebnem (Turkey) and Matteo (Italy) do:

Working sessions in IT lab

After having filmed some parts, students had lots of time to work on their recordings in IT lab. They could cut their films, use special effects, use their knowledge gained at workshops, or someone already had lots of exprerience working with films at home, they could add subtitles, etc. They had three afternoons when they all worked on their recordings in IT labs so there was plenty of time to discuss, come up with ideas, to correct their recordings or to add whatever effects they needed. The topic for Poland was TV commercials. They promoted countries involved in the project and free time activities. Each group chose their own topic.

Majorettes workshop

One of the workshops in Poland was prepared by two Polish students, who dance as majorettes. They showed us how to dance with baton. Some of our international students proved pure tallent!

neděle 17. května 2015

Art workshop

On our next workshop the students made masks from different kinds of paper and colours. They worked in internationally mixed groups and the idea was to communicate and express themselves or their feelings. Here you can see how our students felt that day:

sobota 16. května 2015

Polish dance Polonaise

On Saturday the students and teachers participated on a woorkshop in the Cultural Centre of Suwalki – this time, the workshop was focused on nothing else than the traditional Polish dance Polonaise. First, everybody learnt the basic steps and posture. Then, we got in pairs and started to dance. Wonderful experience! The dance will surely come in handy in the future.

pátek 15. května 2015

Day 5 - Students' performance 'Freedom' and a concert in Music School

On Friday morning we saw a students' performance 'Freedom', a remembrance to WW2 and communism. Then we heard a wonderful concert in Music School. It was an amazing experience. Many thanks to the tallented Polish students! We heard the students to play really professionally on all different musical instruments such as the piano, bass, organ, drums or we heard some brilliant opera singing.There was some traditional Lithuanian or Bulgarian music as well.

úterý 12. května 2015

Day 4 - Filming in Augustow

There is a beautiful countryside in North - East of Poland. Our students could use these picturesque settings in their commercials. Therefore, the next trip lead us to Augustow, formerly known in English as Augustovo. It is a city with around 30,800 inhabitants. It lies on the Netta River and the Augustów Canal. It is situated in the Podlaskie Voivodeship, having previously been in Suwałki Voivodeship (1975–1998). It is the seat of Augustów County and of Gmina Augustów. The students were shooting during the cruise trip. They had their costumes ready and everyone was focused on their work. We are looking forward to seeing the results.

Workshop - Pinnacle System

On Thursday morning the students were busy in an IT classroom. What was happening there? They were getting acquainted with a new filming software - Pinnacle System. In this programme you can edit your videos and learn different tricks on capturing. Now they are again a step further to make more professional videos. They can apply their knowledge in the afternoon.

neděle 10. května 2015

Day 3 - Filming in Suwalszczyzna and Goldap

On Wednesday, when the students had already prepared outlines for their commericals filming, our Comenius group set off to Suwalszczyzna and Goldap, places, where they filmed the first part of their commercials. SUWAŁKI LANDSCAPE PARK was created in 1976. It protects one of the most beautiful corners of the northeast Poland, not without reason called by tourists "local Switzerland". Indeed, its natural value and spectacular landscape make this region exceptionally idyllic and romantic. Topographically diversified lie of the land was formed - as well as the rest of Suwałki Lakeland - by the last Baltic glaciation from more than 10 000-12 000 years ago. Its action and the recession of the melting continental glacier shaped the Park's exceptionally varied configuration. You can adore high hills, picturesque lake basins, flowery valleys cut by numerous streams and deep river troughs especially of the Czarna Hańcza River. It crosses the deepest lake in Poland and in European Lowland, that is Lake Hańcza which is 108,5 m deep. We took a boat trip on the lake where some of the groups already started shooting.The weather was very british, unfortunatelly. But we survived and enjoyed ourselves nevertheless! :)

sobota 9. května 2015

Poetry workshop

Later in the afternoon the students met to read poetry in different languages. Each country prepared (found on the internet) short poetry in their language. They have already learned some words and expressions in Turkish, Czech, Polish and Italian before. Now their task was to read in the languages. E.g. Turkish, Polish and Italian read Czech poetry etc. They could learn how their language sounds while it is read by foreigners. On the one hand they found out that some languages are easier to read eg Czech for Polish and vice versa, and some are more difficult, like Turkish language. On the other hand they had a lot of fun reading and listening to it.