Mobility Programme in Dabrowa Górnicza

AGENDA FOR THE FIRST VISIT MEETING IN DABROWA-GÓRNICZA · POLAND

“ART MATTERS” Erasmus+ Project

//27.01.2019 - 02.02.2019//

Sunday, 27th January

Arrival in Krakow

Departure from Kraków

(We will book a bus that will take you from the indicated place and take you to the school in Dąbrowa Górnicza)

Welcoming guests at school - Spain, Italy, Belgium and host families. Short meeting with refreshments

-Activities at host families for students (+ supper and bedtime)

Monday, 28th January

-Meeting at school

-Welcoming our guests by the head teacher.

-Getting to know each other.

-A tour round the school.

-A meeting where we will discuss topics related to the cultural heritage of the region, threats to heritage and the presentation of the school by our students.

-Workshops on stained glass (patchwork), artistic glass (glass plates), sculpture (wooden pencils), workshop graphics (t-shirt print) - (10:30 -15:00).

-Meeting of all coordinators and refreshments (14:00)

-Dinner at restaurant

-A walk around Dąbrowa Górnicza – Gołonóg

-Activities at host families for students (+ supper and bedtime)

-Welcoming evening meeting for teachers in hotel Astra

Tuesday, 29th January

-Meeting at school

-Workshops on stained glass (patchwork), artistic glass (glass plates), sculpture (wooden pencils), workshop graphics (t-shirt print)

- Meeting of all coordinators and refreshments (13:00)

-Dinner at restaurant

-Visiting Silesia Museum / Katowice

The trip to the museum will be made by public transport or rented bus. After visiting the museum, we can (if the group wants to) make a short tour of Katowice (Spodek spectacular hall, NOSPR, congress centre, monument to Silesian insurgents, marketplace)

-Activities at host families for students (+ supper and bedtime)

Wednesday, 30th January

Departure from Dąbrowa Górnicza

Entrance to the Auschwitz Museum

(2 groups of about 30 people each), sightseeing with an English-speaking guide, duration about 3.5 hours

Lunch for the group according to the selected version

Departure from Oświęcim

Return to Dąbrowa Górnicza

Activities at host families for students (+ supper and bedtime)

Thursday, 31th January

Departure from Dąbrowa Górnicza (a coach will be waiting in front of the school)

Entrance to the Wawel Royal Castle

(2 groups of about 30 people each), sightseeing with an English-speaking guide, duration about 60 minutes

Sightseeing - walk along the Royal Route with an English-speaking guide (2 groups)

Lunch for the group according to the selected version

Free time

Return to Dąbrowa Górnicza

Activities at host families for students (+ supper and bedtime)

Friday, 1th February

Meeting at school

-Workshops on stained glass (patchwork), artistic glass (glass plates), sculpture (wooden pencils), workshop graphics (t-shirt print)

-Short course of Polish language for students

-Coordinators’ meeting, Reread the other mobility activities

-Exhibition of works (in the school gallery) prepared by children during their stay in Poland under the title "Our cultural heritage"

-Certificate ceremony / a summary of mobility

-“What I learnt questionnaire” : Project meeting quiz

- Enrolment in the school memorial book

-Dinner at restaurant

Activities at host families for students (+ supper and bedtime)

Ceremonial farewell party for all mobility participants *

Saturday, 2nd February

Packing

Sharing memories, exchanging messages and saying "goodbye"

Leaving Poland

What to see

Muzeum Śląskie - Katowice

The Silesian Museum is located in the revitalised post-industrial area of the former Katowice coal mine. The architectural concept refers to the industrial history of Silesia and the original function of the post-mining area. It assumes little interference in the post-industrial landscape, therefore most of the designed complex is located underground. Glazed blocks harmonize with the complex of historic buildings, many of which were built in the 19th century. Underground there is also an auditorium with 320 seats, a library, educational and conference rooms, and an impressive 12.5 m high exhibition space called the central hall. A unique attraction is the 40-metre high hoist tower of the Warszawa II shaft, to which a panoramic elevator has been added, allowing visitors to reach the upper platform with a view of the park and the entire city.

PERMANENT EXHIBITIONS

Gallery of Polish Art 1800-1945

Gallery of Polish Art after 1945

Gallery of Non-Professional Art

Laboratory of theatrical spaces. The Past in the Present

The Light of History. Upper Silesia throughout History

Gallery of Silesian sacral art

On the track of Tom. An educational space for families with children

Fot. PAP/A. Grygiel

Kraków, Zamek Królewski na Wawelu

The Wawel Royal Castle together with the Wawel Hill is one of the most important historical and cultural sites in Poland. A centuries-old seat of kings and a symbol of Polish statehood, in 1930 the castle also became one of the most important museums in the country, housing a valuable collection of paintings, prints, sculptures, textiles, goldsmith's wares, militaria, porcelain and furniture. The chambers display the famous tapestries of Sigismund Augustus and the magnificent Italian Renaissance paintings from the Lanckoronski collection, while Wawel's collection of Oriental art includes an outstanding and Europe's largest collection of tents.

The Castle's holdings are presented in several permanent exhibitions, which present the royal residence's appearance in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Each of the exhibitions is visited separately. From spring to early autumn visitors can also go down to the Dragon's Den, climb to the highest levels of the Sandomierz Bastion, and take a guided outdoor tour to learn about the history of the development of Wawel Hill and the reconstructed gardens

foto: www.fukowskitravel.pl

Muzeum Auschwitz-Birkenau w Oświęcimiu

Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum in Oświęcim - the museum was established in 1947 through the efforts of former Auschwitz prisoners to preserve "for all time" the remains of the former German Nazi concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz-Birkenau. The Museum consists mainly of two large parts of the former camp complex: Auschwitz I Stammlager and Auschwitz II - Birkenau, together with more than 150 building structures, about 300 ruins, authentic roads, ramps, fences, as well as archives that survived the evacuation of the camp and a collection of more than one hundred thousand movable objects (including suitcases, shoes and objects of everyday use, prisoners' striped uniforms and objects of SS origin). The Museum houses a permanent main exhibition and several so-called national exhibitions, organized by countries commemorating their victims.