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Spanish teachers in our school, by Piotr Płonka‏

Our school has a partner school in Spain. This is a Salesian school in Barakaldo. Two teachers came to our school from Spain to work on the project and to meet us. They were with us from the 24th to the 28th of October 2013.

On Friday, the 25th October Oscar and Sergio came to our mornig meeting „slowko”. They and our teachers were having speeches, then our students were dancing and singing to show them our talents. After that we could take part on special lectures. Sergio taught us Basque language and Oscar told us about the history of the Second World War. It was very interesting for me.

At the weekend Sergio and Oscar were seightseeing with our English teachers. We met again on Monday to say good bye and to thank them for the visit. They were very happy to be in our school and gave sister Dorota a special black Basque cap with Polish and Basque flags on it.

After the meeting they went along our school. I had the chance to talk to them in English. Two hours later they went back to Spain.

I decided to start writing E-Mails with a friend from Spain. I think, it is a good idea.

Piotr Płonka‏

Julia Piotrowska remembers the visit!

More recently teachers from Spain visited my school. I was surprised because it was so simple to talk with them. One man (in my opinion) spoke very good English, so that I could understand him. While the other teacher could speak English, but he preferred (and said) mostly in Spanish.

I am very glad that I belong to group two (English) because I had the opportunity to participate in a lecture with one of the Spanish teachers. This is the gentleman who spoke mostly in Spanish, it turned out that he teaches Euskera. I admit that I can say some basic phrases. What is interesting that students in Spain have half of the lessons in their native language (Spanish) and the other in Euskera.

The second Spanish teacher spoke in English about historical themes (specifically about the Second World War). Unfortunately I didn't participate in these lectures. It was funny for students but older people were not forgotten. On Friday at 6 o'clock p.m. there was organized a meeting for history buffs.

On Monday during saying good-bye our school gave many gifts and warmly thanked for coming. We (our school) have received also generous gifts we have been given for example a cap which shows strong ties between our school and the school in Spain. In february some students will travel to Spain in exchange (for 10 days). And some students from Spain will come to us to Poland too.

I must say in the end that I really liked Spanish teachers. I am satisfied with their visit, and with the fact that my school organizes such exchanges meetings. This allows me to explore the world and language.

Pozdrawiam,
Julia Piotrowska.

Ania Zaradna's impressions

On 25th to 28th of October 2013 our Salesian School had the pleasure to host nice, friendly teachers from Spain. Our school and school from Bask Country are taking part in a Comenius - project which involves the exchanges of schools from different countries in order to learn languages and meet a lot of new friends.

On Friday, 25th of October one of the teachers taught us Spanish and language from Bask Country ( Euskera ). The lesson was funny, interesting, well-organised and on that lesson I learned a lot of words, sentences such as: Hi - Kaixo, Goodbye - Agur, Friday - Ostirala, Seven - Zazpi, Mom - Ama, How are you ? - Zer moduz ? , I'm fine, thanks. - Ondo nago, mila esker, What day is today ? - Zein egunetan gaude ? , What's your name ? - Zein da zure izena ? , My name is Ania - Ania naiz. I really liked the new language and these words and sentences I will never forget. The second teacher was a history teacher and writer. He wrote enganging and fascinating books about The World War II. He loves his work and hobby. He devoted a lot of time to discover new, interesting facts about the war.

I really liked both of teachers during the last days. They taught me a lot of about the World War II and some words in a new language. I can't wait the next meeting with these wonderful, smart and wise people.

Kacper Maciejewski writes about the D-DAY lecture

On 25 October, staying in Ostrów Mr. Oscar Gonzales Lopez led three lessons about D-Day-Normandy Battle in 1944. He told that his desire to deepen his knowledge about the war comes from the call to inform people that war is senselessness. It is a kind of appeal for the peace in the world.

He stressed that he did not satisfy himself by only historical facts- more important thing is to touch history. That's why he travelled to places marked by the death of many people, talked with people who lived through these events, and corresponded with them, touched the exhibits.

He documented it all in the form of photographs and books. He was talking in a very interesting way , it was obvious that history is his hobby. We could touch the history, a piece of parachute, which American soldiers were using during D-Day.

The only downside of this meeting was the length, after one hour we felt unsatisfied, we wanted to listen to him even longer.

Barakaldo online newspaper and our project

These two articles are related to both, the first visit of the Polish teachers to Barakaldo and the one made by Sergio and Óscar to Poland. They've been published by the local Barakaldo newspaper.

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