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Gimnazjum im. Jana Matejki in Zabierzów We would like to present some information about our school:
2. Our school offers a great variety of subjects. Students can study the following subjects: Mathematics, Polish, English and German Languages, Computer Science, Art, Social Studies, History, Geography, Biology, Chemistry, Music, and Physical Education. The first and second grades attend Computer Science classes. The students also have the opportunity to use computer skills during other subjects for example Maths, English and German because the school has two computer labs with 30 individual stands and 10 additional ones in the reading room. There is access to internet in our library, where we can use computers whenever we need them. 3. For students who are keen on foreign languages there is a form with an extended programme of English (students take five hours of English a week – regular groups have only three hours). 4. The students interested in sport can attend football or basketball focused courses. Also the School Sports Club offers a wide variety of activities: basketball, volleyball, chess, table tennis. 5.The lessons start at 7.50 and finish at 14:50. Usually the students have got about seven or eight lessons a day. At 12 o'clock during a lunch break, they can have a small meal usually in the school canteen.
6. The school has some modern places. One of them is a big
swimming pool where there are swimming classes twice a week. The
students can also use a big football stadium during our PE lessons when
the weather is nice. It is a popular place especially for boys or
students who like watching real matches. There is also the sports hall
which can be used by our students during colder seasons. 7. The school organises some extra-curricular activities such as:
8. Students can take part in so called Theme Days like The Earth's Day, Foreign Language Day and topical quizzes like Krakow- its heritage, The Life and Works of Jan Matejko-the schools patron. The students can write for the school magazine. They are also involved in helping to maintain the monuments in Zabierzów. They also raise money for various charity organisations such as the Wielka Orkiestra Swi±tecznej Pomocy. A photo gallery
Our school
Inside the
school- the main hall
One of the
classrooms
Sports hall
The Jan Matejko Middle School in Zabierzów participates in several international projects. Two of them are:
COMMON CONNECTION PROJECT In 2008, our school joined implementation of the COMMON CONNECTION project, establishing cooperation with Tigard High School from Oregon, USA. The initiator and coordinator of the project from the American side, as well as project sponsor, is Jan Rimerman, an art teacher and a painter from the USA. She came to Zabierzów and visited several other Polish tows in September 2008 and this is how the project commenced: pupils were asked to paint a self-portrait in a selected technique and then all the works would be combined into one whole in the form of a quilt. Two exhibitions of pupils' works have been organized - the first one was on June 15, 2009 in the Jan Matejko Middle School in Zabierzów (as a part of the celebration of the American Day); the second one was organized in July 2009 in the USA. Their main purpose was to bring people closer in spite of Iinguistic barriers, political views, cultural affiliation, race and religion. The originality of the project consisted in the fact that in the course of work on paintings, pupils established Internet correspondence in English. To increase attractiveness of the project, both groups - the American one from Tigard High School and ours from the Zabierzów Middle School, created short films about them on DVD. It is necessary to mention that thanks to this project, international ties have been established which will be continued by the organizers and young people in the future - preparations for the second edition of the project in the current school year (2010/ 2011) have already started. Below, there are several photos from the work on the project in 2008/2009.
COMENIUS PROJECT
Project "E-Iearning and Web2 tools as means of enhancing education outcomes and establishing transnational cooperation" In 2008, our Middle School commenced implementation of a project under the name of "E-Iearning and Web2 tools as means of enhancing education outcomes and establishing transnational cooperation" within the framework of the Comenius Lifelong Learning Programme. This was a Multilateral Partner Project (edition 2008 - 2010) and the coordinating institution was an Italian school. The purpose of the project was to establish cooperation among middle and high schools in Europe within the scope of use of computer technology in the teaching of various school subjects. The project encompassed intercultural dialogue of pupils representing various countries and professional improvement of teachers within the scope of computer technology in school teaching. The partners of the projects - schools from Italy, Greece, Portugal, Germany, Bulgaria, Sweden, Spain and Romania - were communicating via educational platforms and a blog and also participated in various meetings organized by individual countries. In the course of project implementation, modules for pupils were created - an Internet blog, at which they could express their opinions in English about multicultural issues after the conducted e-Iessons (prepared according to the schedule by partner countries) and modules for teachers - educational platform called Moodle, where training sessions for teachers were placed regarding new technologies and, in particular, e-Iearning, as well as courses with respect to methodological and pedagogical issues in teaching (motivation, prevention of school abandonement, comparison of educational systems). The communication between partners took place via the Moodle platform, pupil blogs, electronic mail and participation in numerous project meetings. Pupils and teachers from our school participated in the following project meetings:
Spain - VALENCIA - November 2008 (3 teachers); Sweden - AVESTA - April 2009 (3 teachers, 14 pupils); Italy - ROVERETO - June 2009 (3 teachers, 2 pupils); Germany - OSNABRUECK - February 2010 (2 teachers, 6 pupils); Italy - ROVERETO - April 2010 (3 teachers).
A project meeting was also organized in Poland in March 2009; it was attended by 12 teachers from Portugal, Germany, Romania, Bulgaria and Spain and 23 pupils from Sweden, Germany, Bulgaria and Spain (including 21 pupils participating in a pupil exchange programme). In the course of project implementation, the pupils and the teachers had the possibility to:
-Improve their knowledge of English (this was the communication language during the implemented project); -Become familiar with culture and history of partner countries; Exchange experiences between pupils and teachers; -Pursue personal and professional development
as well as strengthen their feeling of affiliation with respect to the family of European countries. By participating in the project, we were able to establish cooperation based on the principles of friendship and equal opportunities in the global virtual space that removes psychical, physical and geographical barriers. For this purpose, numerous web tools have been prepared and applied; all cooperation products developed in the course of two years between partners are available on the Internet without Limitations.
pupils' blog (first year) http://elweb2.wordpress.com Pupils' blog (second year) http://2009elweb.wordpress.com Moodle platform for teachers: http://elsac.sytes.net:8080/moodle/course/view.php?id=6 (user name: comenius2, password: guest).
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