Poland

The learning in Poland centred on how energy use and climate change shape young people’s lives, using social media as a powerful lens for exploring these pressures. Students began by strengthening their ensemble foundations through structured collaborative tasks that built trust, communication and shared responsibility. These early activities created the conditions for students to investigate—confidently and respectfully—how digital culture influences wellbeing, consumption habits and young people’s understanding of the climate crisis.

Through this blend of practical exploration and collective inquiry, students were able to connect personal experience with wider environmental challenges, deepening both their awareness and their agency.

Building on this, they devised a series of creative responses — including the “essence machines” — to explore issues concerned with energy use and in addition looked at areas such as online safety, self‑perception and pro‑social behaviour. The tasks encouraged students to think carefully about how digital habits shape relationships, decision‑making and personal wellbeing.

Through guided discussion, students evaluated both the benefits and risks of social media, using their reflections to shape more structured performance work. This process required higher‑order thinking, problem‑solving and the ability to test and refine ideas. As their work developed, students grew more confident in expressing nuanced viewpoints, questioning assumptions and making purposeful creative choices.

The final bilingual performance placed everyday energy use and the realities of climate change at the centre of the students’ work. They explored how rising energy demands, digital consumption and environmental pressures are already shaping young people’s routines, choices and sense of the future. This focus gave the performance a clear, relatable foundation: climate change isn’t abstract — it’s something they feel in their homes, their schools and their communities.

Within this wider environmental frame, the group also wove in a secondary message about digital responsibility. Their surf safe theme encouraged students to think carefully about how they move through online spaces and to recognise that even simple digital actions carry hidden energy costs.

By grounding both themes in the realities of daily life, the performance showed disciplined teamwork, clear communication and a growing awareness of how personal habits connect to larger global challenges.