‘Young Enterprising Europeans’ in Łęczna, Poland
Between 13 - 19 May 2018, at Tadeusz Kosciuszko Primary School No. 2 in Łęczna, we hosted delegations of students and teachers from partner schools, from Greece, Italy, Slovenia and Croatia. It was the fifth and at the same time the last mobility as a part of the Erasmus + project 'Young Enterprising Europeans'.
Monday, 14th May 2018
We started the first day of the mobility with a meeting of our guests with the community of the school. We listened to the European Union anthem, 'Ode to Joy', after which Mr Artur Radko, the headteacher welcomed warmly foreign friends, briefly presented the main objectives of the project and wished a successful and unforgettable stay in Poland. Then, each partner school presented a short film or presentation about their country, region or city. An important point of the program was a meeting in the Town Hall with the Mayor of Łęczna, Mr. Teodor Kosiarski, who presented the history of our town and willingly answered our guests’ questions.
Due to the fact that the main goal of the project is to develop entrepreneurship among young people and learn about the activities of local businesses, thanks to the courtesy of the owner of the ‘Polmak 'company in Ludwin, we had the opportunity to learn about the family business and the pasta production process.
Integration activities are also an important element of the cooperation, what was the reason for staying at the lake in the resort Lesna Ryba in Jedlanka. The pupils spent a nice time by the bonfire and overcoming obstacles on the rope park.
Tuesday, 15th May 2018
Next day we had a meeting at the University of Life Sciences in Lublin. We were welcomed by Professor Zbigniew Grądzki, Vice-Rector for Science, Implementation and International Cooperation, and Professor Cezary Kwiatkowski, Associate Dean of the Faculty of Agrobioengineering. In the next part, we listened to the lecture on medicinal plants in Poland and learned the conditions and traditions of herbal trading on the example of ‘Herbar’ company. Then the students participated in a talk about entrepreneurship - its essence and significance in everyday life and its connections with economic sciences, prepared especially for our students by Mr. dr inż. Grzegorz Wesołowski and Mr. dr inż. Sebastian Białoskurski from the Department of Management and Marketing.
After lunch at a restaurant in the Old Town in Lublin, we moved to a more distant time by visiting the Zamojski Museum in Kozłówka, one of the most beautiful places in the Lublin region. Beautifully restored interiors with many exhibits and paintings on the walls aroused our admiration and enchantment, and we ended the tour in a beautiful, palace garden.
Wednesday, 16th May 2018
On the third day of the visit, we went on a trip to Warsaw, which we started with a walk through the Old City, after which we went to the House of Meeting with History for educational classes "Entrepreneurial Grandfather", during which the pupils learned what it means to be an entrepreneurial person, who the founders of the factories were, what their origins were, why they founded businesses in Warsaw. On selected examples, such as the Wedel company, we traced the history of selected Warsaw companies at the beginning of the 20th century. At the end of the class, the students played the role of entrepreneurs and set up their own business. Later, we went on a journey around the world of money in the NBP Money Center named after Sławomir S. Skrzypek, a modern educational institution showing the history of money and its role in economic and social history of the world. This extraordinary place was a kind of a time machine that can reach key places related to the history of money. With it, you can witness the birth of a coin and banknote, the first banks, economic theory and see how money is made. This is the place where most of the trip participants wanted to feel like millionaires holding, at least for a moment, an authentic gold bar worth two million zlotys.
Thursday, 17th May 2018
On the next day of the mobility, we went to Lubelski Węgiel "BOGDANKA" SA, one of the leaders in the coal producers market in Poland. We found out about the activity of the mine and watched the movie in which the hard and difficult work of the miners was shown. After the visit, the students participated in the workshops on creativity and intercultural communication, which were led by Małgorzata Baranowska and Maja Sienko from the University of Entrepreneurship and Administration in Lublin. Working in international teams, students developed their imagination and learned to be active and open in relationships with others, better understand the other person and express their own feelings, convictions and intentions in a more communicative way. In the afternoon, students from the Erasmus + group improved their business skills at a fair of products created in school mini companies of all partner schools, which became of great interest, especially among parents of our students.
The last point of the program of the day was the participation of an international group in the Third School Talent Concert, during which students of our school presented various talents and skills. Undoubtedly, an interesting accent was the performance of students from the partner school from Greece, who sang and danced to the traditional Greek melody.
On the last day of the visit, Young Enterprising Europeans participated in workshops with a dietitian, where they expanded their knowledge on the principles of healthy eating and the use of herbs in daily diet, and then prepared healthy snacks. Later on, students divided into international groups took part in classes on entrepreneurship conducted by teachers from partner schools. Then there was a farewell ceremony of our foreign friends, during which we watched a performance 'Love and Money' in an international cast of young actors from all partner schools, certainly in English. The main message of the play was that instead of money and social position, friendship and love are the most important virtues in life. In the further part of the ceremony, Mr. Artur Radko, the headteacher and Mrs. Hanna Lipińska-Stopa, the deputy headteacher handed the guests certificates of participation, small gifts and thanked for the visit to our school. The last point of the meeting was a cake snack with the logo of the Erasmus + project 'Young Enterprising Europeans'.
Monday, 14th May 2018
We started the first day of the mobility with a meeting of our guests with the community of the school. We listened to the European Union anthem, 'Ode to Joy', after which Mr Artur Radko, the headteacher welcomed warmly foreign friends, briefly presented the main objectives of the project and wished a successful and unforgettable stay in Poland. Then, each partner school presented a short film or presentation about their country, region or city. An important point of the program was a meeting in the Town Hall with the Mayor of Łęczna, Mr. Teodor Kosiarski, who presented the history of our town and willingly answered our guests’ questions.
Due to the fact that the main goal of the project is to develop entrepreneurship among young people and learn about the activities of local businesses, thanks to the courtesy of the owner of the ‘Polmak 'company in Ludwin, we had the opportunity to learn about the family business and the pasta production process.
Integration activities are also an important element of the cooperation, what was the reason for staying at the lake in the resort Lesna Ryba in Jedlanka. The pupils spent a nice time by the bonfire and overcoming obstacles on the rope park.
Tuesday, 15th May 2018
Next day we had a meeting at the University of Life Sciences in Lublin. We were welcomed by Professor Zbigniew Grądzki, Vice-Rector for Science, Implementation and International Cooperation, and Professor Cezary Kwiatkowski, Associate Dean of the Faculty of Agrobioengineering. In the next part, we listened to the lecture on medicinal plants in Poland and learned the conditions and traditions of herbal trading on the example of ‘Herbar’ company. Then the students participated in a talk about entrepreneurship - its essence and significance in everyday life and its connections with economic sciences, prepared especially for our students by Mr. dr inż. Grzegorz Wesołowski and Mr. dr inż. Sebastian Białoskurski from the Department of Management and Marketing.
After lunch at a restaurant in the Old Town in Lublin, we moved to a more distant time by visiting the Zamojski Museum in Kozłówka, one of the most beautiful places in the Lublin region. Beautifully restored interiors with many exhibits and paintings on the walls aroused our admiration and enchantment, and we ended the tour in a beautiful, palace garden.
Wednesday, 16th May 2018
On the third day of the visit, we went on a trip to Warsaw, which we started with a walk through the Old City, after which we went to the House of Meeting with History for educational classes "Entrepreneurial Grandfather", during which the pupils learned what it means to be an entrepreneurial person, who the founders of the factories were, what their origins were, why they founded businesses in Warsaw. On selected examples, such as the Wedel company, we traced the history of selected Warsaw companies at the beginning of the 20th century. At the end of the class, the students played the role of entrepreneurs and set up their own business. Later, we went on a journey around the world of money in the NBP Money Center named after Sławomir S. Skrzypek, a modern educational institution showing the history of money and its role in economic and social history of the world. This extraordinary place was a kind of a time machine that can reach key places related to the history of money. With it, you can witness the birth of a coin and banknote, the first banks, economic theory and see how money is made. This is the place where most of the trip participants wanted to feel like millionaires holding, at least for a moment, an authentic gold bar worth two million zlotys.
Thursday, 17th May 2018
On the next day of the mobility, we went to Lubelski Węgiel "BOGDANKA" SA, one of the leaders in the coal producers market in Poland. We found out about the activity of the mine and watched the movie in which the hard and difficult work of the miners was shown. After the visit, the students participated in the workshops on creativity and intercultural communication, which were led by Małgorzata Baranowska and Maja Sienko from the University of Entrepreneurship and Administration in Lublin. Working in international teams, students developed their imagination and learned to be active and open in relationships with others, better understand the other person and express their own feelings, convictions and intentions in a more communicative way. In the afternoon, students from the Erasmus + group improved their business skills at a fair of products created in school mini companies of all partner schools, which became of great interest, especially among parents of our students.
The last point of the program of the day was the participation of an international group in the Third School Talent Concert, during which students of our school presented various talents and skills. Undoubtedly, an interesting accent was the performance of students from the partner school from Greece, who sang and danced to the traditional Greek melody.
On the last day of the visit, Young Enterprising Europeans participated in workshops with a dietitian, where they expanded their knowledge on the principles of healthy eating and the use of herbs in daily diet, and then prepared healthy snacks. Later on, students divided into international groups took part in classes on entrepreneurship conducted by teachers from partner schools. Then there was a farewell ceremony of our foreign friends, during which we watched a performance 'Love and Money' in an international cast of young actors from all partner schools, certainly in English. The main message of the play was that instead of money and social position, friendship and love are the most important virtues in life. In the further part of the ceremony, Mr. Artur Radko, the headteacher and Mrs. Hanna Lipińska-Stopa, the deputy headteacher handed the guests certificates of participation, small gifts and thanked for the visit to our school. The last point of the meeting was a cake snack with the logo of the Erasmus + project 'Young Enterprising Europeans'.