From 8-14 May 2022, the final project trip took place, this time to Spain to Manresa and the FEDAC Manresa partner school. Five students took part in the mobility: Hanna Ceterowska cl. II B, Julia Włodarczyk and Marta Gaca cl. II F, Zuzanna Piasta and Anna Wysocka cl. III Pa, the theme of which was the Career Festival, which was a summary of all the activities and tools developed to help in career planning. The students also visited the Montserrat Monastery, one of Spain's most famous monasteries, the holiest place in all of Catalonia thanks to the Black Madonna, and Barcelona, the capital of Catalonia and Spain's second largest city. In Barcelona they saw: La Rambla, Passeig de Gracia, the Sagrada Familia basilica, Montjuic hill or Guell park. In the Catalan capital and its immediate surroundings, there are as many as nine UNESCO World Heritage sites - all of which are associated with the famous Catalan modernism. It was a very interesting tourist trip, it is a pity that the project is unfortunately coming to an end.

From 20 - 26 March 2022, the fifth project mobility took place this time in Italy in Bari at the IISS Marco Polo Bari School, with the theme 'Own your own business'. Five students from our school took part in the trip: Marceli Jasiński, Milena Wysmułek, Alicja Sawicka, Natalia Frankowska cl. III Pfe and Adam Majewski cl. III Pb. The students' task during the mobility was to create a business plan for a new company using the Canvas method, a company logo, a poster and promotional film, as well as a SWOT analysis. In addition to the work, there was also time to visit Bari, which is located in the southern part of Italy, right on the heel of the famous Italian boot, in the centre of the picturesque Puglia region. The students also saw Lecce, the baroque pearl of southern Italy, Polignano a Mare a charming town with Puglia's most famous beach, and Alberobello an amazing town with almost one and a half thousand trulli houses built on a circular plan and topped with conical roofs, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

From 6.02. to 12.02.2022, another project trip took place, this time to Portugal to the EPROMAT partner school in Matosinhos, in which 5 students of Pb III took part: Martyna Pirek, Olivia Tomczak, Wiktoria Olejniczak, Konstancja Kurzawa and Julia Drewnowicz. The topic of the mobility was 'Personal development in the context of career planning'. During the mobility, the schoolgirls learnt how to manage time, fight stress, analyse strengths and weaknesses, and how to communicate with others. In addition to the content-related work, they also managed to visit Matosinhos, with the largest and prettiest beach in the Porto area with surf-friendly waves all year round, as well as Porto, the second largest city in Portugal behind Lisbon. Situated on the banks of the Duero river, it is a true paradise for tourists. The students also went to Braga, with its famous Bom Jesus shrine, and Guimaraes, the former capital of Portugal. It was a successful trip, even though the temperature reached 20 degrees Celsius at the beginning of February, everyone could already feel the spring :).

From 5 -11 December 2021, there was a trip to North Macedonia in which I had the pleasure to participate. This mobility was linked to an Erasmus+ project. Initially, I was worried that I would have problems acclimatising and communicating in a foreign language. However, I quickly "broke the ice" and tried to talk to every new person I met. This was helped by the integration activities at the Macedonian school and our beloved teachers. From the very first day, there were plenty of activities, a traditional refreshment, followed immediately by a tour of the town - Kočani - to shed calories. Then a stop a candy factory, where there was a short lecture and time for shopping. The next day, each country (Macedonia, Poland, Spain, Romania, Italy and Portugal) gave a presentation on careers and their paths. And in the evening, in my opinion, the highlight of the trip took place - the Macedonian dinner (I tried everything, yummy!). The next day there was an excursion to the most beautiful town in all of Macedonia - Ohrid . I had the opportunity to go boating on the lake while admiring the snow-capped mountain peaks rising above it. The next day, an unusual visitor came to the school, talked about his company, revealed ideas for success and talked about what to do to make our plans come true. At the very end, each participant received a small gift and a diploma thanking them for their participation in the mobility. On the penultimate day, we all went on a trip to Skopje - the capital of Macedonia. We admired the monuments, visited the Museum of the Restoration of Independence and walked around the market. On the last day, a lot of tears were shed in the morning. We had to say goodbye to everyone and set off on our return journey. We had a plane from Bulgaria, so we stopped in Sofia for a quick sightseeing. Late in the evening, tired but happy, we arrived in Lodz. The trip to North Macedonia was extraordinary and will always remain in my memory. I am glad that I had the opportunity to take part in this mobility. I hope that I will be able to go somewhere else and improve my English. I think that this form of learning is more enjoyable and it develops and shapes a person very much.

Agata Kwiatkowska

On 15 October 2021, we celebrated #ErasmusDays at our school, an initiative to disseminate the results of projects implemented under the Erasmus+ programme. On this day, the gymnasium was packed with Year 1 students who learned about the Erasmus+ programme, as well as the European projects implemented at our school. In the Erasmus+ knowledge competition for pupils of Form II B, 1st place was won by Karolina Mądry, 2nd place by Wiktoria Nowińska, and 3rd place by Wiktoria Kajdanek. The Erasmus Run was also held on that day, and within one hour, 4 of our students: Wiktoria Raniewicz from grade II B, Sylwia Sałaj, Alicja Sawicka from grade III Pfe and Alicja Kasica from grade III GB had to run the longest distance.

On 3.10.2021. - 9.10.2021 r. 5 students of our school from classes III GBf and III GA participated in a mobility in Romania with the theme "Professions of yesterday, today and tomorrow". The main objective of the activities at the partner school Colegiul Național ,,Nicolae Titulescu" from Pucioasa, was to make the students aware of how the labour market has been changing over the last years in relation to technological progress, fashion and social conventions.The mobility participants prepared films showing: professions of the past, professions of the present and professions of the future. The professions that are dying out are those that still exist, but are being used by fewer and fewer people due to technological progress or social conventions. Professions in demand today, i.e. those for which there is currently a fairly high demand in the labour market. Professions of the future, i.e. those which do not exist at present or which few people do, but which are likely to be in demand in the future. Another task was to consider how contemporary phenomena affect the labour market. Such phenomena include: inventions, automation, changing lifestyles, stress, environmental changes, globalisation, mass production, sharing, individualisation. During the trip, there were also excursions during which we got to know the monuments and culture of Romania. We visited the Romanian capital Bucharest, known as the Paris of the East, Dracula's castle or Peles Palace. Romania is a country inextricably associated with Transylvania and the famous Vlad the Impaler, known as Dracula, but it really captivates with its beautiful views and numerous tourist attractions.

Justyna Bednarczyk

On 11.02.2020 a group of people from 1 Gbf class were on the conference on safe internet in Monopolis. At first, we watched a presentation from the main police station which was presented by the police commander. Later, people from a company dealing with online security presented their presentations. Then we took part in the debate about the safety on Internet. That was very a interesting experience, because a lot of people got involved in discussion and we could get to know a lot of interesting and wise opinions. Then we watched a theatre performance, called "Trololo", about Internet bullying, fake friendship and meeting people on social media. That was a really good day. The whole event was very refined, we learned a lot of useful things and met new super people. Thanks to Mr. Jablonski, for taking us there!

Amelia Busse

On 28.01.2020 we headed to Warsaw. Our destination was the NBP - Polish National Bank. We hopped on a train and our journey began. Alter about two hours, we finally were at the capital city of Poland. The plan was to visit Copernicus Science Centre first. We spent there several hours conducting some science experiments. After that, we walked to the NBP. We had a really nice guide there. She was a young lady with a great knowledge about the history of money. She spilled some interesting facts about the first ways of paying. We learned that money in form of bills was first used in China and that people were using coins even thousands years ago. The guide told us about a famous Polish money designer who was doing really small, but surprisingly detailed projects in watercolor. He was responsible for the design of most Polish money, that we use nowadays. We also learned some more useful things - for example, how to check if the money we get is real or fake, or can we exchange destroyed bills for the new ones. I think that we all left this place wiser and better informed, than we had been before. When we left, we had to walk to the train station, to come back to Łódź. I think we can all agree, that this school trip was nice. In Warsaw, we had to walk about 14 kilometres, on foot. I have to say, this gave us some time to talk and we burnt some calories. In summary, our whole class really enjoyed that day. We spent time doing things, we couldn't do in our hometown. We all gained some knowledge that we may use in our life. And we definitely had fun.

Emilia Białas

In November 2019 students from our school were visited by guests from various countries. I hosted Maria a girl who lives in Portugal. It was an amazing time for me! We were spending all our time together with my mate Ula and her guest Sofia (from Portugal, too). We visited some places in Lodz, like Piotrkowska Street, Manufaktura Mall or EC1 Museum where we saw an exhibition about Marvel and watched a movie in planetarium. One day we even went to the Polish capital - Warszawa where we went sightseeing. During our free time I gave Maria some Polish sweets and snacks. I hope she enjoyed this time as much as me and she liked my country. I am absolutely fond of this time! I cannot wait to visit Portugal and improve my English an learn a little Portuguese.

Sara Nguyen Truong

I think that the exchange was really cool. And when we all got to know each other it was great. The integration activities and bowling helped in that a lot. When we went to Warsaw, our bus was full of fun. We all sang and taught each other phrases in our laungages. A couple days later we played a city game, I really enjoyed that too. On the last day we had a party at school. I think we all weren’t prepared how hard it was going to say goodbye. None of us wanted to do that. I’m glad that I took part in Erasmus. Not only did I practise my English but I also met new, amazing people, from other countries and from my school as well. Thankfully we all still keep in touch each other on social media. Maybe some day we will meet again.

Aleksandra Bathelt

At the end of November, when the exchange students visit to Poland was about to end, me and the group of some Polish school children performed adaptation of the very known film „Beetlejuice”. It was specifically inspired by one of the latest Broadway’s musicals with the same name. As the director of this performance and the girl who played Lydia Deetz, which is one of the two leading roles I can tell you about preparations for the show. To be honest, it was a very hard and intense time for the cast. There were a lot of things to do and learn (like choreography, lines etc.) and not that much time, so we all were pretty stressed out. There were even some tears and dramas on the set. It was also bothersome to fit the general rehearsals into the Erasmus+ schedule. We were practicing for about 5 hours daily for a long time, but I think that the viewers’s applause was just a proof that it had been worth it. I suppose that skipping the hard work, we as well became closer to each other, like a big family and it was an amazing experience for everyone. I consider that effect was remarkable and all actors did a great work. I guess that in your mind there can appear one important question- why „Beetlejuice”, actually? Well, firstly it’s the cinema classic. A lot of people love this movie ( I do!). It’s not a modern film and we care about showing everyone that young people love and appreciate former art. But we also wanted to do something “fresh” with a hint of surprise. And since music has a special place in our hearts, so we thought- why don’t we try doing an impression of the popular musical from Broadway itself? It was quite risky, but we challenged ourselves and put our hearts in making this idea become a reality. The reactions after the performance touched us all and I would like to quote a few of other people’s opinions, so you can get to know not only my point of view: „It was really nice to see a musical adaptation of a classic film in our school. Actors were great, and so was their singing. Also, everyone could see that their costumes were really put together”- said one of the students from the audience. „I knew that it took them a lot of time to get ready to present it in front of the people, so I was sure that it is gonna be good, but the outcome definitely exceeded my expectations. I was amazed by their acting, vocals and everything else, they put a huge work in it. I am very proud of my daughter and other kids, it was phenomenal!”- said a mom of one actress. „Rehersals lasted quite long, we were meeting even on days off from school to practice songs and we often stayed a few hours after our lessons to exercise the script and choreographies. It required a lot of work and discipline from us. Of course it wasn’t always perfect, but for me the final result was great, even excellent for a spectacle we made ourselves from scratch. It was a huge pleasure to work with that musical, with that people and the Beetlejuice role will stay in my memory forever!” - said the actress, who had the role of Beetlejuice. Thank you for all the kind words and attention, eventually you can’t make a show without the audience. And also thank you for reading this article or should I say Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice?

Wiktoria Chmurska