Meeting in Gdansk 30 June – 2 July 2006
Report about the tandem group „ Primary schools“
- Skola Podstawowa nr. 69 represented by Danuta Okuniewska
and
- Schule Am Wasser represented by Angelika Klemm-Bünte
and Reinhild Braun
On the first meeting in Bremen the group had agreed about
carrying out a common project (during one week) about “Living
and working near the water”.
On our first meeting in Gdansk on Saturday we presented Danuta
material (work sheets, pictures, photographs) about the project
we had in 2003 about the above mentioned subject.
Danuta told us about the project which is continuously supported
at her school: Collecting cans, paper, batteries in the surrounding
of the school and on the beach. In the district of Danutas
school the waste separation is still not organized. Therefore
Danuta and her collegues endeaver to sensitize the children
to take care of their environment. By the help of a computer
program the children should be enabled to learn how to avoid
and to separate waste. One motivation for the children to
collect waste is that they get some money whenever they take
batteries or cans to school. This environment awareness is
supposed to expand from the school into the whole district.
In the beginning of this meeting we had some language communication
problems, but we could destroy them by support of an interpreter.
Danuta invited us to visit her school the next day. So we
met on Sunday and her husband, who could speak English well,
took us by his car to the school. They both led us through
the school and showed us different classrooms and subject
rooms.
In a closing discussion we decided to postpone a common project
for an indefinite period, because Danuta’s ecological
project will be continued for a longer period. We agreed on
staying in contact with an exchange of experiences once a
year.
We are very glad about the kind and hearty reception in Gdansk.
Angelika und Reinhild |
pupils
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