Interactive map on the history of the city of Nantes.

The students of the Computer Science and Digital Creation (ICN) option of 1ES and the students of the Spanish European section of the Georges Clemenceau high school have created an interactive map on the history of the city of Nantes since antiquity.

Découvrez-le ici :

http://interactivemap-nantes.000webhostapp.com/index.html

This website is the result of the documentary research work of the Spanish European section, and the layout of the students of 1ES option ICN.
This website is composed of several pages, each dedicated to a historical period, from the Roman Empire to the years 2010. The high school students of the ICN option created these web pages entirely using HTML, CSS and javascript scripts to integrate maps from the OpenStreetMap portal.

Our dream cities of the future

During the mobility in Poland international groups of French, Spanish nad Polish students worked on the ideas and visions of their towns in the future.

The results of the cooperation were the posters created in different techniques expressing their dreams and worries about the further development of their cities.

Będzin yesterday and today – photo display

In January 2018 I LO Kopernika got in touch with local institutions such as Historical Museum of Będzin, Province Library, Province Hall of Będzin as well as local businesses and activists.

In February 2018 students participated in a lecture given by the head of the Museum of Mieroszewski Palace Violetta Lisewska and the historians from the musem Joanna Kobryń and Adam Sygacz. The presentation included old photos of our town. The students learned about the history of Będzin , its historic buildings:the castle, Mieroszewski Palace, the House of Prayer Mizrach, St Trinity Church,the building of railway station as well as industrial buildings. After the lecture the students prepared a digital presentation “Będzin Yesterday and Today”

In March 2018 students took part in a workshop run by a local businessman and photographer Borkowski who collects photos of the old and modern Będzin.He revealed some technical details of how to take a good photo, taught the students the tricks of trade.

18th and 23rd April 2018 there were two workshops in Public Library of Będzin run by Alina Majeranek from the department of town archives. The main objective was to discover the history of the most interesting buildings and sites in Będzin (architecture, monuments, memorial plaques, landscape elements). The students worked with maps and various historical publications. They explored the archive collection from the library sources. They also made digital presentations about the chosen sites.

All the activities were carried out as preparation to Exhibition “Będzin yesterday and today”.

In the next stage the students took photos of some present day buildings in order to compare the old and present look of our town to reveal the process of transformation of the town. The results were displayed to the public in the Province Library and later in the Library department at the railway station of Będzin.

In June 2018 during Transnational Meeting in Poland the official opening of the exhibition took place.

Polish students , teachers from Poland, France and Spain, library staff, local activists took part in it. Tomasz Kostro an author , journalist and publicist gave a lecture about the history of Będzin.

PhD Dariusz Majchrzak presented industrial evolution of the region of Zagłębie.

During the mobility in Poland in October 2018 students from partner schools from France and Spain had a chance to see the exhibition. It was followed by a presentation of Rutka Laskier a Jewish girl from Będzin who died in a concentration camp in Auschwitz.

Student’s mobility : the last one in France

From Saturday 30 March to Saturday 6 April 2019, the french group of the Erasmus+ project hosted its Spanish and Polish partners. French high school students welcomed their Spanish or Polish correspondents into their families for a week of joint activities.

The week began with a Sunday in French families. Then, from Monday, all the young people met at the Georges Clemenceau high school for working sessions on the theme of the city.

Saturday, March 30 :

arrival in France of young Spanish and Polish people, and welcome by French families

 

MONDAY, April 1 :

Working day at Georges Clemenceau High School:

  • reading challenge: national team questionnaire on selected books

  • making short films about the city of the future: writing the script and first sightings
  •  visit of the city centre of Chantonnay
  • official reception at the Chantonnay Town Hall

TUESDAY, April 2 :

Day trip to La Roche sur Yon:

  • Archives départementales de la Vendée (Vendée Departmental Archives) : workshops on the historical transformations of the city of La Roche sur Yon and visit to the Archives
  • treasure hunt in the city center

WEDNESDAY, April 3 :

Day trip to Nantes:

  • architectural and urban tour of the island of Nantes commented by the Ardepa association ( https://www.lardepa.com/)
  • visit of the Nantes History Museum

THURSDAY, April 4 :

Day trip to La Rochelle:

  • visit of the port of Les Minimes
  • visit of the old port and the city centre

FRIDAY, April 5 :

Working day at Georges Clemenceau High School:

  • reading challenge : final course
  • practical work on biodiversity in cities
  • direction and editing of short films
  • high school ceremony: assessment and graduation ceremony
  • festive evening organized with the collaboration of French families

SATURDAY, April 6 :

Return to Poland or Spain. Goodbye !

Erasmusdays at Clemenceau High School

The Erasmus group of 34 students cooperating with their Polish and Spanish partners, along with the students of the Spanish European Section organised The Erasmus Days in our school. (Thursday 11/10 and Friday 12/10/2018).

  • « Europe at table » – the school canteen is going to prepare a special menu for those two days : Spanish, Polish, English and German dishes appeared on our plates !
  • « Europe’s geography » – each classroom will change its name for two days taking the names of all the European countries. Our students have prepared small posters identifying various countries which they will put up on the doors of the classrooms.

  • Our Erasmus ambassadors – the Erasmus students of our school have been the ambassadors of European exchanges since they came back from their trip to Poland (08/10/2018)

  • All the members of our school community are invited to add ‘a European touch ‘ to the activites carried out on these two days.

From Chantonnay to London, passing by La Roche … in song

On 4th and 11th December the Erasmus students of our school had an opportunity to discover La Roche sur Yon and Nantes.

On Tuesday 4th December, the students spent an afternoon working on the history of La Roche sur Yon in the regional archives of the town. They participeted in various workshops and visisted the site thanks to its school service staff.

In the evening the students went to the Grand R theatre to watch « The Beggar’s Opera ». It’s a new version of the « balad opera » written by John Gay in 1728 and considered as the first musical ever whose story takes place in the underworld of London. Our students attended its modern version, produced in 2018 by Ian Burton, Robert Carsen and William Chrisite which takes place in London nowadays.

Both activities were open to other students and teachers of our school. 11th December, another group of students watched the same musical, this time at the Graslin theatre in Nantes.

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Evaluation of Language Skills – English Test

An evaluation test was carried out at the beginning of the project implementation. The next
part is due to be done after the project completion, after the second year. The main aim was to
check the students’ competences and English language skills. Each student was given an
authentic text about urban development of modern cities. There were 3 tasks .

The first one was vocabulary test checking the students’ knowledge of some specific professional . The words and phrases. The next task required overall comprehensive skills-how much the students understood. The last one refered to problem solving. Given an open question, the students were asked to provide their own answer based on the text.

The objective of the test was to check the students’ acquisition of specialised, technical texts
on architecture and urban development.

The results were as follows. The vast majority of students did only task 1
which was vocabulary test. Most students found it difficult to do task 2 and 3 which was
understanding the main concept of the text. Students lack the ability to analise or sum up the text.

Erasmus+ in Poland…

From 30th September to 7th October 2018 the students of Mikołaj Kopernik High School in Będzin received their Erasmus + partners from Chantonnay in France and Puertollano in Spain.

Their visit started with the official meeting at our school and the Province Hall of Będzin. They
participated in numerous workshops, which allowed them to know one another and integrate in a better way. They had the opportunity to learn some aspects of the history of the cities of Będzin, Sosnowiec and Katowice thanks to the meetings with the University lecturers and our
local historian PhD Dariusz Majchrzak.

Undoubtedly, the highlighs of the visit were the trips to Kraków and Auschwitz. The time spent with the Polish families at their homes was the chance to taste our cuisine, get to know our culture and customs.

Additionally, on Saturday Polish participants could arrange the day on their own and show their partners the most interesting way of spending free time in our area. Finally, the students taking part in the exchange received the certificates and little souvenirs from Polish partners.

The First Day – 30 th September 2018

On that day we were waiting for the arrival of our partners from Puertollano in Spain and Chantonnay in France. The students of Mikołaj Kopernik High School prepared a warm welcome in front of the school.

The Second Day – 1st October 2018

On Monday the whole school community greeted our guests at the school main hall. We refreshed our memories of the visit in Spain. Polish participants of the project prepared an artistic performance – the songs in three languages – English, Spanish and French.

Having been invited by the Province Authorities we went to the Province Hall where we were
warmly welcomed by the local officials, who prepared nice souvenirs for the guests.

Afterwards we headed for the Province Library to take part in the literature workshops and see the exhibition of photographs “Będzin Yesterday and Today”.

The Third Day – 2 nd October 2018

Tuesday was the school day and the opportunity to meet our teachers and other students. The whole international group took part in various integrational – artistic, sports – dance, information technology, and language classes.

Later we invited our foreign guests to the local restaurant to have a meal together.

In the afternoon we went to High Technical Academy in Katowice and we listened to the lectures on the contemporary trends in modern urban architecture and we visited the building of the Academy itself.

The final attraction was the trip to the Silesian Museum in the Katowice Culture Zone.

The Fourth Day – 3 rd October 2018

We spent Wednesday in Cracow, looking for examples of renaissance architecture and we visted Nowa Huta, which is the example of the concept of the socialist ideal city.

Our guests have especially liked cathedral with renaissance Kaplica Zygmuntowska, beautiful courtyard Collegium Maius, and shopping in Krakowskie Sukiennice.

The Fifth Day – 4 th October 2018

We spent our morning discovering historical places of Będzin with help of PhD Dariusz Majchrzak and Mr. Adam Szydłowski who is the local activist.

We went to see traces and places connected with Jewish culture.

In the afternoon, Spanish and French group visited Auschwitz death camp.

The Sixth Day – 5 th October 2018

The last day of school we started from lectures on Department of Earth Science on Silesian University in Sosnowiec about urbanisation processes in our region, later we had a tour around the departments’ building.

In the evening Polish partners threw out a farewell party in the schools hall for their guests, teachers, parents and graduated students who took part in the previous Erasmus+ projects. Students from France and Spain got certificats of participation in the project.

The Seventh Day – 6 th October 2018

It was the day spent with polish families. Polish students and teachers planned various attractions and trips.

The Eighth Day – 7 th October 2018

Our Erasmus+ meeting in Poland is done. We said ‘goodbye’ and cried out a river. Hope we meet again in such a great company…

Evaluation of mobility in Poland

The final step of the mobility in Poland was the evaluation meeting . We got the
feedback information from the students on the basis of a questionnaire refering to
subcategories such as gaining knowledge, developing language skills, being involved in
the project activities and cultural integration. Generally students stated that they were
involved in the proposed workshops and activities. The majority of participants claimed
that they were satisfied with suggested ideas , they improved their communication
language skills and exchanged the culture aspect between the partner countries. Some of
the lectures proved to be too sophisticated and difficult because of their high academic
level. Some students had some difficulties in understanding the lectures and workshops
run in English language because of unfamiliar professional vocabulary.