Towarzystwo Szkolneim.M.Reja Liceum Ogólnokształcące Bielsko

Towarzystwo Szkolneim.M.Reja Liceum
Ogólnokształcące
Bielsko-Biala, Poland
As a secondary school, whose main aims are intensive and high level
foreign language teaching, as well as the insuring of an effective
international learning environment for our pupils, we are prepared for
the challenge of this kind of task and hope to gain more valuable
experiences in many different areas.
Although Towarzystwo Szkolne im. M.Reja - Liceum Ogólnokształcące
has a wide experience in participating in international projects, this
would be a new and a very challenging one considering the number of
schools involved and their great variety of different cultural and social
backgrounds. So far we have not had the opportunity to co-operate
with such countries as Italy, Scotland or Turkey; the last of which is still
especially synonymous for our pupils with prejudice and false
stereotypes, which we hope to overcome through this project.
A new experience for our school is the way the project makes use of
special internet platforms through which students as well as teachers
will have the opportunity to enhance their computer skills. Another
significant motivation for our participation in the project is the fact that
more and more of our students experience a phenomenon called in
Poland “European orphans”, as many children have one or two parents
working abroad. We believe that this particular project gives our pupils
the experience of co-operating with their foreign counterparts in a way
which would not be possible by just travelling abroad as tourists. Cooperating with their peers from so many countries through the
internet, or face to face during project meetings, will give them the real
sense of being and feeling like a European citizen.
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Year1 Module1
Poland
“Hello! My name is Ania. I‘m 16 years
old and I’m a student in Bielsko-Biala. I
love my family :) I spent my free time
hanging out with my friends. We go to
the cinema or do something interesting. I
enjoy listening to music- Coldplay,
Radiohead. I love dancing, skiing and
travelling. I’m smiling and cheerful girl.
This is me ;)”
‘My name is Natalia and I am a girl
from Poland. I am 16 years old. I am
lively, optimistic, intelligent and funny. I
love sports for example hand ball, soccer
diving, art, books, balloons and spending
time creatively.’
« My name is Mateusz. I enjoy
motocross riding, snowboarding
and kitesurfing. I belong to
snowboard team called BSS. I want
to be pro snowboarder in the
future. In Poland there are many
nice people who enjoy fun so you
can go to disco or something like
that with them. »
« My name is Adam and I’m 16
years old. I live in Bielsko-Biała in
south Poland, just by the
mountains, for that reason I love
winter and sports connected with
it, especially free skiing. In
summer I like windsurfing as
well. »
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Year1 Module2
Poland
Let's talk about
Polish cuisine !
Let’s smell the lovely
aromas of the Polish
finest dishes
Polish cuisine is traditionally very
tasty, but fattening. Special dishes
are: floury courses, venision and
pork.
The Polish people love eating in
traditional restaurants (in Polish
they are called karczma).
Zurek - famous and very tasty
soup.
Ingredients:
-sausage
-pork's bones
-onion
-pepper
-salt
.
-potatoes
-garlic
-flour
-cream
-cooked eggs
It's often served in special bread
instead of a normal plate
Ingredients:
-flour
-eggs
-milk
-butter
-yeast
-sugar
-vanilla sugar
-vodka
-poppyseed
-raisins
-cinnamon
-icing sugar
Many people in Poland bake it on different
occasion.
Or perhaps Golabki
as a main course?
Ingredients:
-rice
-cabbage
-onions
-garlic
-minced pork
-eggs
-salt
-pepper
-oregano
It is rice with minced meat wrapped in cabbage leaves.
I hope you like Polish
food :)
Enjoy !
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Year1 Module3
Poland
Migration of the Poles
during the World War II
Migrations after the World War II
• Repatriation from the western occupation
zones went more slowly.
• Until the year 1950, from about 1 million Poles
displaced during the war into the West, about
800 000 came back to the country.
• After the war about 500 000 Poles did not
come back to Poland.
• General number of people migrated between
the years 1944 and 1950 on the Polish territory
is assessed to be 8 million people.
• Mass-emigration of the Germans and the Jews
started.
• The Poles started to migrate from villages to
the towns.
Reasons and types
of emigration after 2004
Nowadays the Poles are emigrating almost only
(80-90%) for the purpose of higher earnings.
There are two types of emigrations:
- short-term (3-12 months)
- long-term (over 12 months)
In statistics we research only the long-term
emigration
The period of the most intensive emigration
was between the years 2004 and 2007.
Wild Displacements’- Between 30 and 40
thousand Poles are concidered to have been
displaced or runaway after the war had
broken out.‘Planned Displacements’ - the
process of germanization was begun. Some
of the displacements were started after mass
executions in the first days of Warsaw
Uprising. Citizens were transported to the
camp in Pruszkow, almost 500 000 people
went through this camp. Holocaust - during
the Holocaust about 3 milion Polish Jews
were killed.Deportation – forced arrests and
removals applied to the elite in Eastern
Poland and prisoners of war. Altogether
about 700 000 people from Eastern Poland
were deported.
Reasons for emigration in 60s and 70s
In ’60 and ’70 there were two main reasons
of emigrations of the Poles:
- political
- economic
The emigrants, which got on well abroad,
moved there their families or started new
ones.
The Jews left Poland in masses.
They usually went to the USA.
Due to the dynamics of the
phenomenom,
it is difficult to forecast the future of
Polish emigration.
Nowadays over half of short-term
emigrants in the UK do not plan to return
to the homeland; about 40% are still
hesitant.
Gradually more emigrants’ families leave
homeland and join the Polish community
abroad.
This year some Polish emigrants joined
the local-government elections in the UK.
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Year2 Module1
Poland
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Year2 Module2
Poland
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Year2 Module3
Poland
In Poland every fifth couple have problem having their own children. Despite
such a magnificent number of potentially adopting couples (approximately 40
thousand), just 3 thousand orphans find a new home. Why so few?
In Poland there are 96 thousand orphans, 66 thousand
of whom live in substitute families of different sort.
About 30 thousand children live in orphanages. The
reason for placing under the guardianship of the state
is inter alia the process of adoption, which takes
around three years from the very beginning to the
very end.
All the procedure is quite tiring and a bit complicated. That might be the reason why so few couples
decide to adopt. There are cases when legal status of a child is not established and the steps towards
adoption are even more time-consuming. No wonder a child with such dead wood would become an
adult before solving the problem. It is mainly caused by court’s slow mode of action. Another
aspect of orphans’ ordeal is the fact that adopted parents are inclined to adopt the new-born. To my
mind, it is vital not only to shorten the time of adoption process, but also to promote this type of
parenthood in the society. Parents should gain the knowledge of how much joy they will have
received from an adopted child. In my opinion there are a lot of people, who are ready to do
everything to love adopted children, who definitely wait for this affection more than anybody else.
Ewa Widenka
Exploitation of children all over the world
All over the world there are many examples of
children's exploitation. I want to say something
about children's trafficking because, what is
worried, we havelittle knowledge about this.
Trafficking is a violation of fundamental rights
and it is a global problem affecting large
numbers of children. Every year children -as
many as 1,2 million -are being trafficked. It is a
very secret and well organized process joined
with criminal activity and corruption. The most
often victims are children with family problems
or those whose parents sell them. Often
trafficking takes place without parents
knowledge. Children who have been trafficked
may have no idea that they are being trafficked.
Children in this situation have no friends of their
ownage, they have no access to education, no
time to play and have no private space. The list is
very long, sad and scary.
People are reported to be trafficked from 127
countries and to be exploited in 137 countries,
affecting every continent and every type of
economy.
The majority victims are between 5 to 24 years
of age; 1.2 million children are trafficked each
year (in years 2000-2004 are reported 6256
victims trafficking in Northern and Western
Europe-the 50% are people before the age of 18).
However, there are some international
institutions to help children, for example we
have organizations like UNICEF, ILO-IPEC,
ECPAT(End Child Prostitution, Child
Pornography and Trafficking of Children for
Sexual Purposes), Save the Children.
We can play role in identifying such victims, talk
with children about the situation and we can
inform police about our suspicions referring to
trafficking. What is more, we should inform
another person if we see a child who is alone.
We can find more information on web sites, such
as www.ungift.org, www.unodc.org,
www.unicef.org, www.ilo.org,
www.iom.int,www.ecpat.net.
Matylda Gołda
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IES SENDA GALIANA,
Torres de la Alameda
Madrid, Spain
IES Senda Galiana is located in the east of the autonomous community
of Madrid, a rural area now growing into a residential area for families
working in the surrounding economic zone. It is a state school which
has students from all over the area, regardless of their race, sex,
religious belief or ideology. We subscribe to the Human Rights
Declaration and are committed to fulfilling its constitutional precepts.
Among our general educational aims we stand for education in
freedom, creativity and integration, taking special care of impaired
students and those socially disadvantaged. Our most outstanding short
term aims are to encourage reading abilities, to promote students’
participation in out-of-school activities, to facilitate teacher training in
areas such as foreign languages and information and communication
technologies. The proportion of immigrant pupils is approx. 18%,
including 7% of non-nationalized foreign students. 50% of our
immigrant students come from East Europe (mainly Romania and
Poland) and 3.5% from the rest of Europe; 24% come from South
America; 2.5% from North America; and 20% come from North Africa
(mainly from Morocco).
Their main integrational needs are to learn Spanish, to learn social
integration through the knowledge of their new social environment and
the local customs, and to update their knowledge in all subjects
according to their class level. All our pupils (aged 12 to 18) study English
as the compulsory foreign language and French as an optional one.
Our current curriculum includes citizenship, constitutional and
democratic values and human rights. Our intention is to provide our
students with information from other European nations and other
countries associated to the European Union, for example Turkey, and
teach them how to become open-minded and responsible European
citizens.
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Year1 Module1
Spain
Hi,My name is Jessica. I'm 16 years old. I live in
Nuevo Baztan(Spain). I have two brothers and also
have a small dog. My favourite sport is Football,I play
it since I was six years old. I'm very good at it. I train
two days a week,and play a match every week.My
favourite football player is Benzemà. Also I like
dancing and singing.Last year,I recorded with some
classmates a CD where we sing together.It was very
wellcome in my school.We sold it to earn money for a
school trip.We went to Prague and is was fantastic!
My favourite music group is Fondo Flamenco,they sing very well! I watch a lot of television,I like
humour series,thoug my favourite film is "Twilight". My favourite food is stew cooked as it is done
in Madrid.
Hello. I am Mateo and I am fifteen years old. In my
family there are four members: my parents and my two
brothers. My father is Carlos and my mother is Luz
Marina. My two small brothers are Ivan and Daniel. I
have two pets: a dog and a cat. My dog is Sacha and
she is nine years old. My cat is Chipi and she is one
year old. My parents are autonomous, they work with
trucks. My parents like motorcycles very much, they go
to motorcicle races that are celebrated in Spain and they
go to the circuits in his motorcycle. I have two pets. My
brother Ivan practises kajukembo and Daniel practises
football.
My best friend is Maria and she is fourteen years old. She lives in Torres de la Alameda. She is not
very tall but she is very nice.She has black hair and brown eyes. She likes romantic music. She has
been my best friend for two years. We haven’t done any crazy things together.
I live in a village called Torres de la Alameda. It is a small village but I like it because it is calm.
There is a church built by the Romans and in there are many archaeological remains in town. The
parties of the village are in October. I live in a yellow chalet. In my room I have a CD player,
television, a bed, games, a ps2... The walls of my room are painted in light grey and the furniture is
black. I like sports. I play in volleyball at the high school team. I like football but I never play. I
practise volleyball twice a week. We have not competed in any championships yet. We will start
competing in January.
I like music. I listen to all kinds of music almost the whole day. One of my favourite songs is
broken strings. Speaking about other bands I like, I can point out Pignoise and too reggeton. I like
the cinema. I have seen many films. I like to see them with my friends. The films that I like the
most are: action and horror films. My favourite movie is scary movie…In the future, I want to
continue studying and to go to University. I want to go to the end of year trip with my friends.
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Year1 Module2
Spain
INGREDIENTS
* 4 eggs
* 1/2 kg of patatoes
* Olive oil (un vaso, 1/4 de
litro)
* Salt
* Onion (optional)
PREPARATION
1- Wash and cut the potatoes in thin slices. In a hot frying pan put
the oil and when it's about to boil throw the potatoes, keep the fire
low, add a bit of salt and fry them slowly. When they look gilded
take them out of, it is important that they drain the oil in a colander
or in a plate with absorbent paper.
2- The eggs are beated with a bit of salt and then mixed with the
fried potatoes.
3- The frying pan is prepared again in the fire, add two small
spoonfuls of oil that cover its bottom, add the mixture of the egg
and the potatoes. Trick: move it waving the frying pan so that the
tortilla does not stick. to turn both sides it until it golden brown .
And that's all, the omelette is ready to eat.
CREAM PUFFS
INGREDIENTS
FILLING
INGREDIENTS
* 75 Grams Of butter
* 500 Grams of flour
* ¼ Litre of water
(can be half water and
half milk)
* 4 - 5 Eggs
* Salt
* Olive Oil
* 3 egg yolks
* ½ Litre of milk
* 1stem of cinammon
* Lemon peelings
* 125 Grams of sugar
* 50 Grams of flour
CREAM PUFFS PREPARATION
•Boil in a pot water and salt. As soon as it has
boiled, add the butter. Once melted add flour
and knead at low heat with a spatula.
•As soon as the dough is made a dry ball that
does not stick on the pot, (2 minutes) remove
and let it cool off. Add whole eggs
•(without beating) one by one and mix with
spatula. The dough must be consistent.
•Add oil to a pan and heat until really hot. With
a spoon smeared in oil place balls of dough in
oil mixing with a whisk.
•Place a few so that they don't stick when they
inflate. Remove when golden brown.
FILLING PREPARATION
•Boil milk with cinammon and lemon peelings.
•Mix apart egg yolks sugar and flour. Once the milk has boiled mis with
yolks nonstop.
•Once this has boiled, remove from heat and continue mixing so that it
doesnt stick. Place in a cold recipient.
•Fill cream puffs with a pastry bag and add icing sugar.
•Note: to obtain icing sugar, just grind normal sugar in coffee grind.
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Year1 Module3
Spain
“La Puerta de Alcalá” is in
Madrid near Cibeles’
fountain, at the
Independence Square.
Spanish
Monuments
The Acueducto de Segovia is
in Segovia. It’s one of the
oldest Roman ruins in
Spain.
The Alhambra is an Arabic
Palace located in the city
of Granada.
The Sagrada Familia is a big
Catholic temple in
Barcelona. It is still under
construction and has been
considered Gaudi's master
piece.
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Year2 Module1
Spain
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Year2 Module2
Spain
Mum and dad are at work right now and my brother is at school while I stay, as every
day, here, at the basement. Alone, without been allowed to go out.
I can't breathe correctly, some months ago I became sick and I haven't recovered yet.
They try to recover me with my brother's medicines but they don't work on me. I
heard that he went to the doctor, but I can't, I've never been to a doctor, really, don't
know exactly what is it. It isn't just, he can go but I can't because he is a boy and I am a
girl, because he was born before and it's not legal having more than one son here, in
China, and my parents can't pay the fine for two sons. They chose who would have a
name, a country and a life and who would stay at the basement, with nobody knowing
about his existence.
I get up from the floor, is where I feel more comfortable because when I pass all day in
the bed later my back hurts.
My room is dark and lugubrious but is almost as good as my brother's: I have a bed, a
shelf with books, toys... and my parents also gave a MP3 player for my last birthday. I
have got the feeling that it is their way to tell me that I am as normal as the rest of the
kids and they love me. I'm grateful but… which is the value of all this presents if I can't
have the most basic thing, the only thing that you always have since you are born, that
nobody can't remove you? I'm talking about your name, your nationality, just other
people knowing your existence. Because, what if I'm not real? If I don't exist? Maybe
I'm just imagining my brother and my parents, the only people that really know me.
Can imagine something that doesn't exist? Can it make questions to himself? Suffer?
Maybe, not existing is the most human explication to my situation, because how could
be possible that a person allow someone living this way? How can be the same people
that made the human rights and the children rights be so unjust with them? Could
millions of people continue living their lives knowing that are lots of girls living this
situation? Because I'm not the only one, I know everybody knows there are a lot of
girls living this way in China, I don’t know how many, there isn't a record of us: we
don't exist.
Sometimes I feel rage to other people that are having a normal life, to my own
brother, because is not just: I'm staying here and they are not. But it isn't their fault,
what did they do? they were born, the same as me. I suppose that is just luck.
Can we allow that the existence of someone depends on his luck?
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I don't think so.
Student Helpers in the school
Year2 Module3
Spain
STUDENT FEEDBACK AND TUTOR
COUNSELLING Claudia. 1º A
1INTRODUCTION
The main purpose of Student Helpers in our
high school is to improve relationships in
classrooms. Students are the main actors at
school and therefore the teachers consider it
very important their participation and
involvement and also their learning how to
solve conflicts, how to interact with all
classmates no matter their differences:
children from different nationalities, pupils
with special educational needs, etc., all of
them should learn how to help others.
How have we done it?
CHOOSING A REPRESENTATIVES
FOR ASSEMBLY: Younes. 1ºD
Selection process
We chose our representatives in a Tution
Lesson, had an election and choose our four
representatives Student training session:
Just before the Christmas holidays, the
representatives from the different groups in
1º ESO had a meeting with the director of
studies and the counselors. Then they told
us about our role in the “conflict solution
committee” and the steps we should take to
solve problems, improve the learning
process and stop annoying behavior.
EVALUATION: Andra. 1ºB
At the beginning of the year, the learning environment
during lessons was a bit disturbing, because sometimes
teachers got upset and uneasy with us, due to some
misbehaving students who continuously interrupted and
tried to be funny. In order to improve the situation and to
stop some pupils from blocking progress, we followed our
tutor’s suggestion to create a relationship discussion group
or “conflict solution committee” Most of us agreed on it,
because we really wanted things to improve.
STEP TO ACTION: Mirella. 1º B
The students in the conflict solution committees started
meeting every Tuesday during break. We divided ourselves
in two sub-groups, which met with the director of studies
and the counselors on Monday and Tuesday respectively.
This was our task:
Spot out the aspects or people not functioning properly.
Propose solutions and appoint someone to carry them
on.
follow-up process to evaluate
We have to say that, even if this situation has greatly
improved, it hasn’t been totally solved. In the end we have
had to take our complaints to our tutor so that the
classmates who misbehave were sanctioned and we were
told not to follow them when they started speaking.
As for the fights, we have asked the commission’s
coordinators to help us solve them, in some cases speaking
with the kids that start them and in other cases asking for
sanctions for classmates who beat others, in order to
prevent them from doing it again.
We have dealt with many problems: classmates who felt rejected or isolated from the group, others who were
latecomers and some who misbehaved or fought. We have carried out different actions:
For the kids who felt lonely or rejected: we have tried to talk to them, stay with them during breaks or speak
about their qualities to other classmates. Sometimes we could help them, but sometimes they did not want any
help at all.
Introduced new arrivals to class-mates. Misbehavior problems: when someone was disruptive during the
lessons, we spoke with our tutor so that some kind of action could be taken: talking with him/her about the
problem and informing his or her parents about what was going on or using a behavior control sheet.
Arguments/ Fights: In my class four girls had a big row and they were not able to find a solution. We spoke
about it with the coordinators and now they get on fairly well.
We have learned how to solve these conflicts by ourselves or how to ask for help to the commission’s
coordinators when we cannot find a way.
We are getting along much better in our groups now. We were not able to solve all the problems, but
definitely we did solve many of them.
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Scoala cu cls I-VIII Avram Iancu,
Satu Mare, Romania
“Avram Iancu” Secondary School is a district school including Romanian,
Hungarian and Gipsy pupils (the last group being the most important
one to be integrated).
15% of our pupils’ parents are working abroad to make a living, so
many of the children are deprived of parental care; considerable
supplementary responsibilities are thus resting upon the school.
For these reasons the main teaching aim is to give intellectual and
social care to young people from any learning level and biographical
background.
Particular attention is given to the pupils with special needs, the school
staff being concerned to give an education with equal chances for all.
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Year1 Module1
Romania
Hello, my name is Andreea.
I’m 14 years old, not very tall
but thin, my eyes are black
and I have long, brown hair.
My hobbies are roller skating
and internet surfing. My
favourite colors are black,
white, green and pink. I like
to wear big ear rings, a
bracelet or a necklace.
My name is Floriana. I’m in the 8-th
grade and I am 14, too. My face is oval
and my hair is brown. I have big, brown
eyes, thin
eyebrows and a small nose.
I am not a very tall person. I like to
spend my holidays at my grandparents.
Their house is surrounded by a large
garden full of trees and flowers.
Well, can you match the photo with the right description?
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Year1 Module2
Romania
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Florea Ovidiu
“Avram Iancu”
Schoo Satu Mare
Year1 Module3
Romania
My name is Pascu Madalina. I live in Satu Mare together
with my family.
My mother is from a village, called Gerausa. My father
is from Satu Mare. They married and settled in Satu
Mare. We live in a flat.
I like my life in town. Satu Mare is a small, peaceful
town. We have good schools here, several museums,
supermarkets, an old theatre, exhibition halls etc.
I have some relatives who are working abroad. They left
the country because they wanted to find better jobs.
I think that I will leave the country, too, after I
finish school .
View from Satu Mare in winter
Pascu Madalina “Avram Iancu”
Satu Mare
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Romania
This right gives the children the opportunity of having access to
books, of reading a fairy tale in a library or playing on the sports
ground, of understanding a movie or enjoying a work of art.
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Kovacs Anita
“Avram Iancu”
School Satu Mare
Year2 Module2
Romania
SCHOOL VIOLENCE
School violence is a subset of
youth violence.
Youth violence can be defined
as the intentional use of
physical force or power by a
young person against another
person, group or community in
order to cause physical or
psychological harm.
Examples of violent behaviour: bullying, fighting, electronic aggression,
gang violence, weapon use.
Keizer Hannelore
“Avram Iancu” School Satu Mare
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Romania
Pupils in Satu Mare wanted to raise the public awareness and
promote decisive action to protect the children from the growing
phenomena of violence.
Our school pupils had their role in this non violence protest,
too. The action took place in the central park of the town
where they formed a “human chain”.
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Morar Georgiana
“Avram Iancu” School
Satu Mare
Rotary 100. Yıl Anadolu Lisesi,
Istanbul, Turkey
Rotary 100. Anatolian High is located in an area, Sariyer, which has
absorbed an internal migration from all over Turkey that creates a wide
range of diversity in the local society.
This social structure within the community determines the structure of
the school. With 350 pupils in the 14 to 18 year age-range from 9th to
12th grade, the school is included in an educational system accepting
students who have passed an exam held by the Ministry of Education
every year. The school is the only high school in the region which
provides English Language-based learning.
Rotary 100. Anatolian High school makes a considerable effort to
develop the ability of pupils to participate actively and express their
views on matters that affect them; this ability will help them to
integrate with young people from the European Union.
Our students come from a wide range of socio-economic backgrounds.
Thus special care needs to be directed to the relationships among the
pupils.
The mission of the school is to bring up young people, both mentally
and socially with a consciousness of being a European citizen of the
future, by interacting with their peers in Europe.
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Turkey-Rotary 100
Hi! I’m Berrak Kibar. I’m an
11th grade student. I haven’t
got any sisters or brothers. I
spend most of my times with
my friends and my family. My
father and my mother are my
best friends. They always
support me, whatever i do.
Why i wanted to join this project is, i love meeting new people and new cultures.
With this project, i will be able to communicate people from all over Europe and
learn about their life styles, traditions, their history etc. This will be a great
experience for me and all of us. Visiting new countries will be great.
My friends are very important to me. My best friends are always with me in every
situation. We spend lots of time together. We live together, we cry, we laugh, we
get depressed but we never leave each other. My friends are my biggest supporters
and i’m theirs.
To talk about myself, i must talk about music. Music is one of the most important
things in my life. I love to sing and i want to improve my singing skills. I also play
the piano a little bit, and just started to learn playing the guitar. I love listening to
symphonic, gothic, classical and ethnic music. Within Temptation, Epica,
Nightwish, After Forever, Lacuna Coil, Enya are some of my favourite bands.
I love musicals. Going to Broadway to see my favourite musicals, such as Phantom
of the Opera, Wicked, Fame, Cats is one of my biggest dreams. Many people think
it’s interesting but i also love listening to opera. Most of my friends say it’s
annoying to listen but it has a different effect on me. Listening to opera makes me
relaxed and helps me make my mind. My favourite opera singers are Sarah
Brightman and Andrea Bocelli.
I love reading all kinds of books. I’m a definite bookworm. I read every kind of
books but my favourite books are fantastic ones. My favourites are Harry Potter
series, Laura series, Lord of the Rings series, The Riftwar Cycle, The House of
Night series, Twilight series etc. As i love to watch animes, i also love to read
mangas. I can’t find many mangas in my country so i buy them via internet.
I’m addicted to sports. I love watching all kinds of sports and i’m a huge football
fan. I watch almost every football match from Premier League of England, La Liga
of Spain and Serie A of Italy. Manchester United is my favourite team. I have lots of
fan items of Manchester United. I have played tennis for 2 years then i had to give
up playing because school was getting harder. Now i just play with my friends for
fun.
There are many countries i want to visit. I’d love to visit Spain, France, England,
Scotland, Italy, Finland, Sweden, Japan, Switzerland etc. I love photography and i
would love to take lots of photos in these countries. With this project maybe i will
be able to visit some countries and a small part of my wish may come true.
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Year1 Module2
Turkey-Rotary 100
İmam Bayıldı (Imam fainted)
It means actually stuffed aubergines
Ingredients
serves 4
4 small or 2 medium, long, slim
aubergines
Salt
190 ml tomato juice
1/2 lettuce
For the Stuffing
(350 g) onions
2 cloves garlic
1 red pepper
(175 g) tomatoes
3 tablespoons virgin olive oil
1 tablespoon white wine vinegar
1 teaspoon caster sugar
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
Large bunch of fresh parsley, finely
chopped
HOW TO COOK
Peel the aubergines if desired but leave a thin ring of skin around each end
to hold them together. Cut them in half lengthways, sprinkle with salt
and leave to sit for 30 minutes to draw out the juices. Rinse them
thoroughly and pat dry.
To make the stuffing, peel and thinly slice the onions, finely chop the garlic
and slice the red pepper. Put the tomatoes into boiling water for 30
seconds and cold water for 1 minute, then peel away the skins and
chop the flesh.
Cut a deep slit along the length of the aubergines and spoon in as much
stuffing as possible.
Lay the aubergines close together, open-side up, in a baking dish with
enough tomato juice to almost cover them.
Bake for 45 minutes
ENJOY YOUR MEAL ! ☺
Ekin Akmanoğlu (9th Grade)
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Turkey-Rotary 100
Ezgi BEKAR : What is your name ?
Hava ÖNER : My name is Hava ÖNER.
Ezgi BEKAR : How old are you ?
Hava ÖNER : I’m fourty-three years old.
Ezgi BEKAR : Where did you migrate ?
Hava ÖNER : I migrated to Germany.
Ezgi BEKAR : How old were you when you migrated ?
Hava ÖNER : I was thirteen when I migrated.
Ezgi BEKAR : Why did you migrate ?
Hava ÖNER : Because my father was a worker in Germany, so I went to Germany.
Ezgi BEKAR : Can you tell me about your life in Germany ?
Hava ÖNER : My father, my mother, my brothers and me went to Germany. Later
my mother returned to Turkey. I went to vocational school for two years in Germany.
There were Turkish and Greek girls in my class. My teachers were German. I
couldn’t speak German. So it was very difficult for me. But after a short time I
learned German. At the second year of my school, I went to school and at the same
time, I became a worker when I was 18. While I was working, I had to do the
housework as well. When I was 20, I married a Turkish guy in Turkey. Firstly my
husband finished his military service and then came to Germany. We have two
children now. I’m coming to Turkey twice a year. I am retired but my husband is still
working.
Ezgi BEKAR : What are the advantages of living in Germany ?
Hava ÖNER : I learned Germany. I had good education and learnt how to stand on
my own legs.
Ezgi BEKAR : What are the disadvantages of living in Germany?
Hava ÖNER : I was away from my family and my country. I left my mother when I
was a child so it was very difficult for me. Now my children are going to university.
So I’m not coming to Turkey very often.
Ezgi BEKAR : What are the advantages of being an immigrant ?
Hava ÖNER : I learned about Europe and different cultures. I met
foreign people.
Ezgi BEKAR : What are the disadvantages of being an immigrant ?
Hava ÖNER : People in Turkey don’t accept us as Turkish. They think we are
foreigners. They call us German Turks. This is the biggest disadvantage.
Ezgi Bekar (9th Grade)
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ARTICLE 2
The convention applies to everyone, whatever their race,
religion, abilities; whatever they think and say, whatever type
of family they come from.
I have chosen this article because if you ask me what is the
most important article in the children’s right, I’ll tell you this
article. I think every nation is equal in the children’s rights.
Everybody in the world is equal. we don’t care if you are
black or white. The most important thing is who you are. We
care about your soul inside your heart.
In Turkey, if you live in my country, your skin colour is not
important. So don’t worry we are all sisters and brothers here.
We all have the same parts of body, the same feelings…
Alara Ataacar (11th Grade)
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Turkey-Rotary 100
UNFORTUNATE GIRLS
These days, it is so hard for children to go to school, especially girls.
Because in Turkey and most other countries, more than the half of
the people don' t have physical possibility to send their children to
school, not even to public schools because the poverty is so big and
even children have to work to earn money and have a chance to live
one more day long. Sadly poverty is not the only reason in Turkey.
Especially in the east part, girls cannot go to school because of
wrong thinking and 'töre'. Actually the real meaning of töre is
tradition. But in the course of time it has changed. Now it means the
set of rules which make girls’ lives miserable just because they are
female.
For east population, girls don't even have much value. Mostly for
men, girls (women) are born to serve men and give birth. But they
don't even have enough brain to notice that a woman is the reason
of their existence. So they don't care about them and don't let them
go to school. They give them away to a man who is probably fifty
years older than her just because he is rich. They don' t let girls
learn, have culture and hardware because they know if they let girls
go to school this will be open-minded and they won' t obey
anymore.
It's such a crime for a girl to go school in East. The only thing that
an eastern man thinks is what peole talk about him. They don' t
even care about law (Children' s Rights)
We must put an end to this tragedy…
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Tuana Özçelik (9th Grade)
Year2 Module3
Turkey-Rotary 100
Participation in Turkey
Children in conflict is a serious topic that all the people around the
world should be concerned with. Child abuse or child neglect can be
in many ways like physical, psychological and social. According to
the Turkish Penal Code, a person that abuse or neglect a child must
be punished.
In Turkey, if someone witness a child abuse or neglect, must first
go to an authorized places to report the crime, which are
prosecution and police stations. The prosecution decides if there is
a need to sue the criminal or not.
To protect the child, the second step must be applying a protection
institution. The most known and supporting institution in Turkey is
Social Services and Child Protection Agency. Governorship
decides if the child must be protected by the agency or not.
Another option for protecting a child's rights is applying Bar
Assocation, Children Rights Center, which helps to defend the
child and find out the punishment of the right that neglected.
In conclusion, not to report a child abuse or neglect on
purpose is also a crime and it must be known that the only way
to prevent this situation is to be conscious.
Serra Tunç (10th Grade)
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Terakki Foundation School,
Istanbul, Turkey
We believe that the purpose of education is to instil in our children the
desire and the capability of becoming happy and successful individuals.
We also believe that every child possesses qualities that would enable
him or her to grow up into a free and versatile individual when
cultivated properly.
Furthermore, it is our conviction that ensuring the well-being of
societies, eradicating ignorance and creating a democratic society can
only be accomplished by well-educated individuals and thus the most
important endeavor for the sake of humanity is education.
In addition to all these values, it is also our goal to make our students
develop character traits that would make them good citizens.
Our objective is to educate our children without suppressing the
different, innate qualities each one may possess.
The mission of the Terakki Foundation Schools is to bring out the
qualities that each child has and educate and equip them in a way that
they can defend their rights and reconcile themselves with universal
principles and human relations and be aware of the significance of
civilized behavior as much as the importance of knowledge. The Terakki
Foundation Schools strictly apply these principles to maintain its
position in the educational field to produce such individuals as a deeprooted, reliable and successful institution.
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Turkey Terakki
Hi,
I’m Sinan Arikan from Turkey.First of all I’m 14 and
I like playing basketball and football not only
them, I love sports.I’m half Turkish half
American.I love Turkey i think it’s one of the
most beautiful countries in the world.
I love motorcyling
especially motocross. I
started doing it when i
was 7, I want to be a pro
cross cycler cause i feel so
good when i’m on a cross
bike. I can do just a few
tricks for now but i will
learn all of the tricks
soon...
A photo of me while i’m
riding my cross bike!!!
I like spaghetti and pizza a lot, i have one older
sister. She’s 17,next year she will go to
university. I live in Istanbul. I think it’s the
most beautiful city in the world. That’s all
from me. Tell me about yourself soon.
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Turkey - Terakki
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Turkey - Terakki
There are lots of places in one
city.There are one similartie between
them.-They are in same city-.But they
don’t act like each other because of the
culture differences.
Alibeyköy
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Alibeyköy is in Eyüp/Đstanbul.There are more
gypsies around Alibeyköy.There are more poor
people in Alibeyköy because rents are cheap and
they don’t look a comfortable place.They think
that they are lucky because they find a place to
live.
Etiler
Streets in Alibeyköy
Streets and cars in Etiler
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Etiler is the place for rich people.It is impossible for you to see a women
who has got wrinkles on her face because they are soigne.There are a lot
of cafe’s,restaurants and expensive shops around Etiler.The people in
Etiler has got better accent when you compare it with Etiler and there
more luxurious streets if you compare it with Etiler.
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Ayşe Elif Kaya
Year2 Module1
Turkey - Terakki
Article 14
Children have the right to think and believe what they
want, and to practise their religion.
Parents should help their child decide what is right or wrong,
but shouldn’t interfere with their decision.
There might be some children in the world who believe a
religion because they are forced by their families. I’m lucky
because my family lets me believe whatever I want.
Children should definitely have the right to believe whatever
they want to believe in. I think this is one of the most
important articles in child rights.
EGE SANİN
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Year2 Module2
Turkey - Terakki
Child Labour In Turkey
334 thousand children work in Turkey.
In Turkey, 92.4% of the children
between 6-14 years old study, 2.6% of
them work, 1.5% both work and study.
According to 2007 population census,
there are 12.8 million children, so this
means 334 thousand of them work.
191 thousand of them are agricultural
workers. 90 thousand children work in
service industry. 48 thousand children
are manufacturing in Turkey and there
are still 5 thousand more.
According to 2009 population census,
there are 8 thousand 298 children
working in streets. The hardest jobs for
children are:
•Stock raising
•Agriculture
•Stuffed mussel
•Shoe making
•Building
While working on these jobs, children use dangerous tools, lift heavy
things and smell chemicals.
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Turkey - Terakki
Because of us
They are dying all over the
world
Because of us
They starve every single day
Because of us
They are alone
Because of us
They aren’t respected
Because of us
They are invisible
Because of us
The world has changed
Because of us
If you fail in an exam
If you can’t buy the toys that you need
If you can’t sleep in your soft bed
Poor you
How about sexual abuse
How about crying because of hunger
How about trying not to wake up
Which situation is worse?
Happiness is a necessity
Crying is like a website which is
banned
Sexual abuse is like a spider which we
don’t want to at our homes
Female male it doesnt matter
The matter is the things that happen
We are children we are human
There is just one similarity between us
:we all breathe
We all need a home and a place to have
a nice sleep
Why aren’t we the same?
When we are sleeping why are they
freezing in the cold weather?
Đf this is the game
I am sorry I won’t take place in this
game
Children are our future
Everybody can smile,
Every child can fly.
Every child can dream,
Children are little pretty beans.
We must protect their rights,
They are important for us.
If someone blow the whistle on them,
Children can’t be happy.
If children aren’t happy,
Aren’t we guilty?
They are special,
They are cute..
If we didn’t care for them
Wouldn’t they be upset?
Tell me the truth.
Play and rest,
Try to do best.
If they aren’t hopeful about the future,
Aren’t we guilty?
Playing with children
Playing with your future
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Ayşe Elif KAYA Feb,11
Secondary Bilingual Support Service
Glasgow, United Kingdom
The Glasgow Secondary Bilingual Support Service (SBSS) is a city-wide
service for newly arrived children/young people from other countries
world-wide. The children/young people learn English through a varied
curriculum with access to mainstream-Maths, Science and Physical
Education classes and extra-curricular activities in the school we are colocated in.
The young people are new to the UK as they are children of economic
migrants, post-graduate students studying in Glasgow, Asylum Seekers,
Refugees or Unaccompanied Minors (Looked-after and accommodated
young people). Some of our students are highly literate in their first
language and others have had little or no access to formal education,
perhaps due to war or social exclusion in their home country. Some of
our students may also have additional support needs as a result of, for
example: a Visual/Hearing Impairment; ADHD or Autism.
The SBSS provides a non-threatening environment for newly-arrived
children/young people to learn enough English to enable them to
access the mainstream or special needs curriculum. The SBSU currently
have many Slovakian Roma pupils and are keen to enhance attendance
and inclusion; English language classes for Roma parents along with a
crèche have been provided; the classes provide an excellent vehicle to
share information about the Comenius project.
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UK
Amjad Musawi
Who am I and Where I am from?
Hello =‫أھال وسھال‬
My name is=‫اسمي‬
My name is Amjad Masawi and I am
from Iraq.
Iraq:
Population:31,234,000
Language: Arabic, Kurdish
Currency: Iraqi dinar
Capital city: Baghdad
Basra ia a good city
Basra is in south Iraq
My family is in Basra
Basra is a big city
I love Basra
Hi, my name is Erfan, I’m from Iran. I live in
Scotland now.
Scotland is in the United Kingdom and in the
continent of Europe.
Edinburgh is the capital of Scotland.
The United Kingdom is an island in the north
Atlantic ocean.
There are 5 million people in Scotland.
They are speaking English Gaelic.
The name of the biggest city in
Scotland is Glasgow.
Glasgow has a big river. The
name of this river is The Clyde
Hello - Halò
How are you? - Ciamar a
tha sibh?
My name is… - S mise…
Scotland is a historic country and
there are many historical buildings
Scotland has a lot of castles and
museums.
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UK
1 sheep's stomach bag
1 sheep's pluck - liver,
lungs and heart
3 onions
250g beef Suet
150g oatmeal
salt and black pepper
a pinch of cayenne
150mls of stock/gravy
My favourite film is ‘The Kite Runner’
because it is a film about my country,
Afghanistan. The film is set in Afghanistan
in the 1980s and America in the present.
The main characters are two boys Amir and
Hussein.
The story begins in Afghanistan in the
1970s. Two boys are very good friends but
something happens to change everything.
The kite runner was recommended to me
with a large box of tissues, partly because
I cry too much but mostly because this is
an extremely tragic tale on many levels.
The themes of the film are friendship,
family and conflict.
The languages are Pashtu, Dari and English.
I enjoyed the film so much because it made
me think about my country and it was in my
languages. I think many people should see
this film because it is a good story and they
can learn more about Afghanistan.
Nemat Razai S3
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Year1 Module3
UK
My name is Pritpal Singh. I am 14
years old. One day my mom says
you me and your sister going to
England. I am happy because I am
going to England.
I tell my friends I am going to
England. He was very sad. Then
next day I am going to shopping. 2
days later I’m going to England. I
coming from India to Birmingham.
My dad and my dad’s friend are
coming in airport. I feel sick. Then
I stay in my dad friend’s home.
Next day I’m going from
Birmingham to Glasgow. People
speak English very fast. I don’t
speak English and I don’t no
peoples what they say. I live in
Glasgow in Boyd Street.
One month later I’m going to
Holyrood school. I can’t speak
English. Then teachers say you go
to another school to learn English.
Than I speak little bit English.
History of Migration
People have been coming to live in Scotland for thousands of years
The word 'Scot' comes from people who migrated to Scotland from
Northern Ireland around 500 AD.
They had earlier united with the Picts.
Some people came as invaders, others came as peaceful settlers.
Some people came looking for better quality of life or to be closer to family or friends.
Some came to avoid war or in the hope of finding a better life.
Some people ran away from natural disasters such as flooding or earthquakes.
They came for the same reasons that have made many modern Scots emigrate to other
countries.
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UK
You have the right to a good quality
education. You should be
encouraged to go to a school and
learn to the highest level you can.
Everyone should have the right to go
to a good school, and get good
education and right to good grades.
In my opinion this article is very
important because everyone should
be allowed to go and get good
education for getting a suitable job.
Students should have the right to
get the suitable grades to progress to
further education or getting a job
they would like to do.
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UK
Many children are trafficked to the UK, tricked into believing they could start a
new life.
Violence against women and girl children continues to be a big problem. This is
one of the most horrible human rights violations. It denies women and girls
equality, security, dignity, self worth and their right to enjoy freedoms.
When men and boys are trafficked, they are forced into labour or simply they
become beggars. When women and girls are trafficked, they are forced into
prostitution, domestic work and forced marriages.
They work in unhealthy conditions. Girls are suffering from physical violence,
from sexually transmitted diseases, as well as early pregnancy and repeated
abortions.
Beyond the health risk for children involved in sex work there is also
psychosocial damage, especially for children who have been trafficked. They
feel helpless and alone.
By Justina Borowich
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UK
In 2011 pupils of EAL Secondary Bilingual
Service took part in a ‘RIGHT Blether’ voting.
They were able to vote on the issues that affect
their life.
The word ‘blether’ is Scottish for conversation.
The aim of a ‘RIGHT Blether’ is to make sure the
valuable opinions of all children and young people
in Scotland are heard.
A ‘RIGHT blether’ is a great opportunity for children to help shape the future of
Scotland. It’s a chance to share their opinions and experiences, to say what's
important to them.
Children can make a real difference, and there are loads of ways to get involved:
create, participate, vote, and celebrate!
Jawad Akbar is a former pupil of the EAL
Secondary Support Service.
Now he is a Member of the Scottish Youth
Parliament.
He came to talk to our classes about how to find
their voice in their community, be it locally or
globally.
He also gave some good careers planning advice.
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