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by Harry, Emelie and Carl

Inquirers

What are the names of the trees that these leafs comes from

Maple - Lönn

Ash - Ask

English Oak - Engelsk Ek

Willow - Pil

Silver Birch - Björk

Small leaved Lime - Små blad kalk

European White Elm - Europeisk vit alm

Open-Minded

Knowledgeable Caring

Thinkers Risk-Takers

Communicators

Principled

Following the recipe of the gingerbread batter

Reflective

Balanced

Fifth day in Poland - Solanki Park

On this day, we didn’t have to wake up that early as we got to go back to the Polish school in Inowrocław. We met in the main entrance of the school and were all told to go outside where we were split into groups which mixed all of the countries. 

At this point, we hadn’t gotten to know too many of the other students so it honestly all felt a bit awkward. The group got maps and some tasks to complete. We walked through Solanki park which is where most papers were hidden. Most members of our group turned out to be polish, and spoke quite a bit of polish which turned out to be difficult to follow. 

In these tasks we identified the names of trees and counted certain objects in order to move on. We met after this in a small roofed place where everyone sat together and we started talking to many of the other students. For lunch we had pierogi which is a traditional polish dish with dumplings stuffed with cheese, meat or sweet fillings. We started walking to the school and got ice cream on the way. 

On this day, because it was Axel and Daniel’s first real day there, we got to go shopping in the area where our hotel was where there was a sports store and a grocery store. A couple of us got french fries from a McDonalds which was next to the grocery and we continued back to the restaurant in front of the hotel. We had dessert this night which was a raspberry and cream dessert and an apple pie dessert. After dinner, we returned to our rooms and got ready for bed.

Fourth day in Poland - Gdansk

We had another very early start to the day with breakfast at 6:30 and leaving at 7:00. We were of course late again, but not extremely. The bus ride was around 2 and a half hours long to Gdansk.  

We all separated into our countries and walked around the town a bit, we also had a very luxurious  lunch. Whilst eating the lunch Emelie’s chair fell through the floorboards a bit as the wood was bad. It was a very cute town with cobblestone streets. 

After getting a chance to look around the town we all gathered and went back on the bus to go to the beach. The bus ride was long and we passed time by playing charades and listening to music. When we finally got their we split into small groups and we walked around the area. On one side of the town was a shopping area where us girls went to look around, and on the other side was the beach and some sweet and ice cream shops. We dropped by the beach and sat by the shore for a bit. It was strange to see a bunch of swans just walking around the beach with the public. 

Since it was so warm we went to get ice cream, and had a very unfortunate accident. Emelie’s ice cream accidentally tipped and her ice cream dropped on the floor. The lady that worked there was very nice and gave her a new one. We got the option to walk on the pier and of course we went as we wanted to experience it all. 

On the way back to meet the rest of the group we made an accomplishment by not being the last ones which was good. It had been a long day in the sun and we were all tired so the 3 hour trip back to the hotel was a long one. We were all excited to get back as Axel and Daniel had arrived and the whole group would now be together. We ended the day with homework time.

Axel and Daniel’s opinion on the day of arrival to Poland:

Daniel: On this day, Axel and I arrived in Warsaw Poland meeting Mrs U at the airport. At first glance of arrival Warsaw looked very boring, the country seemed too plain much like Sweden. However my opinion on the city slowly changed after we took the bus to the train station, I witnessed some of the busiest and most exciting streets in Warsaw. 

Funny enough the bus resembled those that are in Stockholm back home. Later on when we finally got off the bus and onto the train I experienced one of the most uncomfortable train rides, due to the unusually hot and breezeless weather. Honestly it could've been a little bit better if there weren't cabins and random people talking a language we didn’t understand (for all we know they could of been talking about us). Anyway we found a way to make it through that hectic train ride and finally found ourselves in a little city called Inowroclaw. 

I arrived in the city with very high hopes of seeing some very different from sweden and I guess my wish came true. The city was so different from what I am used to, the city itself looked very odd and of course the number plates on the car’s. I had noticed that the car’s mostly had “CIN” on their number plates, I still don't know why though.

Axel: Daniel and I had finally arrived at the Warsaw airport and my first impression was that everything looked grey and boring. Daniel already had the Polish currency ( 450 Zloty ) that he had exchanged in Sweden. He exchanged 100 euros on I brought 1000 Swedish kronor and exchanged them at the Polish airport. I got 300 zloty, less than Daniel but paid more.

Third Day in Poland - the school in Inowroclaw

Today we got to spend a little more time with the other members of the groups, as we were going to visit the school. 

We gathered in their auditorium and was warmly welcomed with a few performances, we then presented our speeches about biodiversity, and in our case we just talked about our group, and what we do. 


To get to know each other a bit more we were split into groups and did different activities. 

I (Leva) was put into Graffiti painting, which was fun as we got to decorate a wall with graffiti drawings of animals. Zelda and Emilie were put into baking and baked a cake. Carl was put into a group where they planted a tree for each country. Harry was put into a group where they made a toilet paper tree. As soon as we got back from our activities we did a traditional polish folk dance.

We had a nice lunch in the auditorium after, which was pizza, rather large pizza. The last activity of the day was the fancy dinner at restaurant called the Jozefina.

Second day in Poland - Torun

Leva & Zelda: Today, we got to sleep a bit later which was great because all of us had to wake up very early the previous morning. We woke up and got ready in order to catch a bus that stopped across the park which was right in front of our hotel. 

The bus ride to the science museum took around 40 minutes and stopped right in front of the building. Inside there was a large pendulum that swung from the roof and was attracted/repelled by magnets on either side of it. 
After teachers from the other countries bought the tickets, we went upstairs to the first level where we saw many interesting things including a large hamster wheel. On the other floors, there were other pieces which displayed chemistry, physics and biology. 

Later, we travelled with the bus to a small town in which there was a gingerbread museum. Before we could go into the museum, we had the opportunity to walk around the small town where some of us bought souvenirs, we had lunch and got ice cream. In the museum we talked a bit with the group members who were from Poland. 

We went upstairs and started the activities and learning how to bake “traditional polish peering (gingerbread cookies). This was the last activity of the day and we returned to the bus and the hotel.

Trip to Poland first day

Teachers> Susan Celino, Marie Umerkajeff,
5 students, first 5 days and 7 students last 4 days in total 9 days in Poland. We met up with the six other schools to continue with our joy of learning / reduce reuse recycle.

Leva & Zelda: We had a very early start to the first day by meeting at the airport around 5:30. Our flight was at 7:15 so we had some time to spare once we got to our gates. I think I can say for all of us that we were shocked at the size of the plane as the rows of seats were rows of 2.  

When we finally arrived in Warsaw we got on a bus to the train station so we could catch a train to Torun. Before getting on the train we had a small snack at a polish 7-eleven. 

The train ride was a long 3 hours and we were all very exhausted. The train station was fairly small and had a very limited option for food, so we opted for a polish fast food stand. We all ordered hamburgers, excluding the teachers. The hamburgers were very luxurious as they had been microwaved and the bread had been done in a panini maker. 
It was still interesting to experience the culture, but after the long train ride probably not what we needed. We then got on another train for an hour or so and finally reached our destination, Inowroclaw. We got in a few of the other teachers cars and they kindly drove us to the hotel. We dropped of our stuff and had a break in our rooms before we went out again to explore the park. We grabbed some ice cream and went back. We had a nice dinner at the restaurant across from us, with some complications.

Don't throw away useful things

Photo: Daniel M.

The Erasmus+ enrichment group are planning on how to make students more aware of recycling in the class room. They are working on different projects. One was about hidden camera, more about that will come. 

Axel Z. and Leva G. preparing the hidden camera above the garbage can in one of all class rooms. 

Another one is a poster competition within the MYP.

Poster: Leva G.

Together we build a greener and healthier planet and put food on people´s plates!

Students in the enrichment group Reduce, reuse recycle created a project to raise awareness of how much food we throw away unnecessarily when we eat school lunch. Not that the food is not good, but because we take too much on the plate.

Over four days, students were asked to weigh their leftovers. These were compiled by the enrichment group.

Miss. S. Celino's math class grade 7 worked with the figures and presented them in the form of descriptive statistics.

Winning  class was 8 V, not surprising given that two of the students are in enrichment group and probably contributed with their commitment to their classmates.

The class that won, each student received a cinema ticket (19 in this case). Other 5 classes that conducted the experiment all four days gets two tickets per class for those responsible for the measurements.

Now we hope that the new attitude towards food which is not prepared  and cooked only to be thrown away holds.

Thanks to the lunch ladies Karin Elias, Monica Hermansson and Wendy Sanjairag who always are positive to events in the school.

Wastebusters

Wastebusters for MYP

We do not want to nag,

we would rather like to

encourage to a better

awareness towards

how much food we

put on our plate.

In order to do so we would

like to run a competition

for a week.

To implement this,

we believe it will be easier

if the class sit together

just for this week during lunch.

Two represents from each class, one girl and one boy

will be responsible for the statistics.

We will have a scale in the lunch room and a bucket and a spatula for each class.

Those responsible will note the weight of the wasted food and divide it by the number that ate.

Put the statistics on paper and report to the Enrichment group ReduceReuseRecycle.

The class that generate the least thrown food is the winner of something nice that will be shared with the hole class.

We think it would be good to do this from Monday next week 30 of November.

If you have any question please let us know!

Mrs. Umerkajeff, Daniel M. & Axel Z. In grade 8 Enrichment with help from Niesa & Angelina in grade 8.

To Dijon or not

One might ask the question whether a trip can be considered safe or not at the moment. Foreign Ministry of Sweden advises not to stop travelling to France or Paris. 

The decision on wether the trip will be or not has not yet been decided. Meanwhile, the planning must go on, so at them moment the student and I are planning as if we are all going. That is all I can say at the moment.