Comenius Project: Volunteering as a way to active citizenship

Polish school and surroundings in winter

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The frost now is -22C
Enjoy the very cold video!

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VariousScenes from our Christmas Show.

Children singing carols in the local shop.

Pantomeima - the school's Christmas show.

On the run up to christmas the children of Ysgol Beca are always very busy preparing a school show for the local community. This year was especially busy because the TV camera were present and filming our show because it was going to be published on a national television station. However busy we are we always find time to do something extra. This year we decided to go to the local shop and volunteer by singing Christmas carols and spreading Christmas joy. It was not our intention to raise money at this event, however passers by wanted to give us money. We accepted greatfully and donated the proceeds of £100 to the children's ward in a local hospital where two of the school's children had received treatment recently.

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Children enjoying their Paella during our Spanish themed sleep over!

Back in the summer the children and staff of Ysgol Beca went on a trip to Tenby which is a local seaside town. While on a trip in the town we visited the lifeboat centre and had a very enjoyable time. We found out that their work was voluntary and that they did not receive any money from the government. Therefore we decided that we should do some volunteering activity in the school to help them with their work. Since we are working with 3 other countries and Mr Griffiths had just visited Spain we decided to hold a Spanish sponsored sleepover. The children and staff cooked a chicken paella danced a flamenco dance and ate a continental breakfast following the sleep over. Both the children and staff enjoyed this experience and Mr Griffiths was told that he was a noisy sleeper! Following the event the children managed to raise £360 for the lifeboat service and a cheque was presented to the charity by the school council.

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HERE ARE A FEW PICTURES OF OUR VOLUNTEERING ACTIVITIES FOR CHILDREN IN NEED.

On Friday the 18th November 2011 the children of Ysgol Beca held a fun day of volunteering in order to raise money for the national charity Children in Need. This charity works to help improve the lives of children who are disadvantaged. The children of the school baked cakes and decorated them in spots, wore mad clothes to school, some of the teacher came with their clothes on back to front, held a coffee afternoon, held guess how many sweets in the jar competition and had full a funny face competition. This was a fun packed and successful day. By the end of all the fund raising the children had raised £212 for the charity Children in Need.

Coordinators SKYPE-teleconference

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Minutes on the google-documents

Great Orchestra of Christmas Help in Poland

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Last weekend our volunteers took part in the greatest chairty action in Poland:

http://www.en.wosp.org.pl/

Our school acticivity you can watch here: Enjoy!

Volunteering Activities in Spain 3

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As you can see, we have been very busy these days. We have also taken some happiness to the old people. We went to the residence of Montepinar where some of our dancers danced, we sang some christmas carols and a our partner Emilio took the people who sing with him in his "Cuadrilla" to sing some traditional Murcian songs. We had a very nice afternoon making the elderly people have a happier christmas.

And to finish, we have also visited a centre for mentally and physically disabled people in Churra, where we have sang some carols and some of our little dancers have danced some flamenco for them. We have had a very nice morning with them.

Volunteering Activities in Spain 2

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A few days later our schedules have been very busy. We made our students bring a kilo of food or an old toy. Our students gave their food and toys to "The Three Wise Men" who came to visit us to our school. The food we got was given to Jesús Abandonado, an it will be the lunches and dinners of many homeless people during this Christmas. The toys were taken to Punto de Encuentro and they will be given to children whose parents can not buy them any toys at all.

More activities in our next post. See you!!!

Volunteering Activities in Spain

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In these last weeks we have had a lot of volunteering activities with our students which they have enjoyed a lot and have made them discover that there are a lot of people who are not as happy as they are.

To start with, we participated in a Solidary Fair that was held in the swimming pool of Cabezo de Torres. We cooperated with the NGO Amigos de Malí who are making an extraordinary job to help a lot of people in Africa.

We will show you the other activities in the next post. See you later!!!!

new cooking receipes from Poland

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Enjoy the meal!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PJSQ9JiHIk&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84jZLkS4KFY&list=UUJcsQm0jWeq_wMc5rdVGRrQ&feature=plcp

Jerzy Sukow

Activities in Denmark

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On 26th of November, we were to a Christmas party with old people.

We had arranged bingo bingo, singing to the elderly and served Christmas food. The old people just loved it!

For bingo bingo we had sponsored gifts from the supermarket, Føtex.

They sponsored a lot of Christmas stuff and chocolate. We talked with a lot of old people, and they thought we did a great job, so we could come home with a good feeling of having done something good for others. It was a good experience to do something good.

Yours sincerely, Denmark

Collection of food/Poland

2011-12-04T07:07:00.000-08:00

Hello

Yesterday and today pupils and tutors from our school have been collecting food for "The food bank" Our volunteers were giving leaflets at the entrance of the supermarket, then others were collecting food for free from the customers to the troilers. At the end of each day of work we were packing all the food to the van.

The food colection is systematic action provided by the Polish organisation every Easter and Christmas.

The food will be given to the poor and homeless people week later.

More actions of Młodzieżowy Ośrodek Wychowawczy in Kmionek Wielki/Poland:

www.mowkamionekwielki.blogspot.com

See you soon

Jerzy Sukow

Our Comenius Corner

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Here is the Comenius Corner in Colegio Antonio de Nebrija in Spain. It will be the place where we show all our school, all the details about our project.

Our first Videoconference

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On 15th November we had our first videoconference in which our students had the chance to get to know each other. It was a great experience as it was the first visual contact our students have had with the students of the four schools.

How to make a Murcian Salad

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Our Murcian students show us how to make a Murcian Salad. They are María Cánovas, Nieves Ruiz and Alicia Martínez from 2nd ESO B in Colegio Antonio de Nebrija. Yummy, yummy!!!

Our Facebook, YouTube and Slideshare

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We have created a Facebook profile and a YouTube channel to include all the news and videos about our project. We have also created a Slideshare profile where you will be able to watch all the powerpoint presentations made by our students. Click on the images below or on the right column of this site.

Video of the meeting in Murcia

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Here is a fantastic video made by the Polish teachers about our first meeting in Murcia.

First meeting in Murcia

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Teachers of the schools participating in our Comenius project have travelled to Murcia. During these four days we have worked on our project and we have had some time to discover the magical corners of the region of Murcia. We visited Colegio Antonio de Nebrija in Cabezo de Torres where we could see its facilities and some of its classrooms. We also admired a Flamenco lesson taught by Miguel Angel Serrano. We have visited the town of Murcia but we have also had a trekking excursion to Portmán and Monte de las Cenizas where we had a stunning view of Mar Menor and La Manga. We also visited Cartagena and its Roman Theatre. In these four days we have also had time to try some of the delicacies of the Murcian cooking like Zarangollo, Paparajotes o a delicious Caldero. We have had a wonderful time. We will meet again in May with all our students in Murcia. See you soon.

To see all the photos click here.

Finding the winner of the logo......

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On Saturday 8th of October all partners of the WiMi volunteering project was working hard on the projects details. The visit to Spain has been a very educational experience.

Logo Winner and Volunteddy Jan

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During the meeting in Murcia we chose our mascot. Its name is Volunteddy Jan.
We also chose the logo winner:
The winner is Maria Canovas from Murcia/Spain
Congratulations!

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Today we have chosen the 2 best logos made by our students

Młodzieżowy OśrodekWychowawczy w Kamionku Wielkim, Polska

Kick Off meeting in Murcia/Spain

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We are quite exited about the first meeting. After so many work and efforts, hours of keyboard typing, lots of mails and moodling we are able able to say: "Yes - we can".
See you all in Spain
Jurek and Polish Team

Ready, steady, go !!!

2011-09-25T01:35:00.000-07:00

Our project has just started. During the month of October all our students are creating a logo. This logo will represent the spirit of our Comenius Project. Among all the logos created in the four countries, we will choose the winner. It will be the face of our project for two years. We will upload some more pictures in a few days.

Welcome to our blog

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We would like to give you a warm welcome to our new blog. This will be the space where we will post all the details about our Comenius Project. The five participant countries are going to work really hard for this project to be an unforgettable experience. We are starting in September and it will last two years. If you want to know more details about our Project click on the tab "The Project".

The picture above has been made by a group of teachers of Colegio Antonio de Nebrija in Murcia, Spain. We are going to make a big poster and place it by the front door in our school.