Erasmus+
Inclusive Independent Secondary School AMIGO was added to THE LIST OF ACCREDITED ERASMUS+ SCHOOLS for the period
of 2021-2027 after successful application, which means we will be able to apply for funding for international training trips in
a simplified procedure. These mobilities will be linked to realization of projects chosen by the school.
In the accreditation application, we highlighted subject areas of potential projects, along with an estimated date of realization:
FIELD 1 – Improving teachers and students’ foreign language skills.
Duration of the first stage: 1 September 2021 – 30 November 2022
Funding amount: 26 370 €
Project coordinator: Melania Kubik melania.kubik@gmail.com
Mobilities
- ‘’Intensive English Language Course for Teachers and School Staff’’ – course in Croatia – four teachers
- ‘’Intensive General English Course’’ – course in Ireland – two teachers
- ‘’Intensive English and Classroom Management’’ – course in Italy
- ‘’English Language and Culture for Teachers and Learners’’ – course in Ireland
- ‘’Learn English the fun way’’ – course in Azores, Portugal – two teachers
- ‘’Teaching the fun way in the digital era’’ – course in Croatia
1. Eleven international mobilities – language courses (June-August 2022).
2. Participation of Amigo’s teacher in summer camp celebrating 35th anniversary of Erasmus+ – Ribeira Grande (Sao Miguel island), Azores, Portugal – 27 August 2022.
3. English courses for teachers – three levels of advancement – whole period of a project.
4. Individual classes with Ukrainian and Belarusian students – basic communication level – English, studying Polish (postgraduate studies in teaching Polish as a foreign language – 5 teachers) – mathematics, geography, history, biology – since February 2022.
5. Homeschooling for English-speaking students.
6. Foreign language classes.
Presentation of videos promoting cultural and lingual diversity, enhancing toleration of other cultures, attitudes or beliefs, presentation of videos about anti-discrimination, preventing xenophobia and social exclusion. Playing original soundtrack with English and German subtitles included. Interactive lecture and workshops after the video presentation.
7. Implementing CLIL elements (English) on IT, biology, chemistry, safety education and math classes, such as:
– watching Noble-themed physics lecture by Roger Penrose. The topic of the lecture was a discovery of super-massive black hole in a center of the Milky Way. (classes with the fourth graders within the framework of the MPK in physics)
– attending to the lecture leaded by Kamil Bicz about the possibility of other forms of life on planets orbiting flare stars. The lecture was held in English within the framework of the MPK in physics.
– Resuscitation CPR – First Aid Training, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6D2rzuzdZs
– Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR): Simple steps to save a life – First Aid Training video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YREVVM2n7g
– The perfect morning pick-me up: brain gym
8. ‘’Apple Day’’ – 5 October 2022
Culinary workshop: preparing apple-based meals by using recipes written in English Repeating the names of fruits in English. Disseminating vocabulary related to healthy eating in English.
9. Foreign Languages Day – popularization of learning foreign languages – 29 November 2022.
– the 1 st edition of School’s Polyglot Contest
– test evaluating English and German skills and the knowledge within culture, history, and geography of Anglo-Saxon and German speaking countries.
– lingual tasks
– Kahoot platform quiz about fun lingual facts
– mural news-sheet about facts and myths related to language
– poster session (same word in different languages)
– ‘’Treasure hunting’’ including tasks with different communication forms
– ‘’Healthy Lunch’’ – dietary dishes from all over Europe
– Why you should learn foreign languages: amusing advertising spots motivating to do so
– karaoke in various languages
10. German classes held in Dolnośląskie Centrum Filmowe (Lower Silesian Film Center) by using large screen. The projection of “Vincent will Meer’’ movie with original soundtrack, 27 January 2023.
11. Workshop conference e-Twinning ‘’4.0 Competence in school’’ organized by the Foundation of Development of the Educational System, National e-Twinning Office Warsaw – 2 June 2023.
12. 26.09.2023 POLIGRATA Field game on the occasion of European Day of Languages. The organizer – Information Office of the European Parliament in Poland, Regional
Representation of the European Commission in Wroclaw, Saxony Office in Wroclaw. Representatives of second and third grades of the AMIGO High School.
13. Year-round German course for teachers – establishing a new group.
14. Preparation and delivery of an online „Green Energy” lesson involving schools from five European countries: Portugal, Spain, Greece, Germany, Poland. The workshop was conducted by two project teachers in English. – 20 March 2024
Ribeira Grande (Sao Miguel island), Azores, Portugal 27 August 2022
Foreign Languages Day
Field game POLIGRATA
FIELD 2 – Improving knowledge about energy sources and teaching how to use them properly.
Duration of the second stage: 1 June 2023 – 31 August 2024
Funding amount: 24 841 €
Project coordinator: Melania Kubik melania.kubik@gmail.com
Mobilities
- ‘’READING THE CITY – Using the city as a resource in teaching and learning” – course in Cyprus – 2 teachers
- ‘’Mindfulness for Teachers: a Hands-on Approach’’ – course in Spain
- English Language Course” – course in Italy
- Educate – Reduce climate change impact an save the environment – course in Croatia
- Learn German the Easy Way. Learn to understand and speak the most spoken language of Europe” – course in Croatia
- Teaching Outdoor – Interpretation and Actualisation of The Landscape and Geography” – course in Slovenia
- Environmental awareness – THINK BLUE – Save Seas and Waters for Future” – course in Croatia
1. 8 teacher mobility and group mobility of students to Portugal.
2. English and German language courses for teachers – 3 levels – throughout the project.
3. Participation in workshops at the Ornithological Station in Milicz on the topic: ‘Should we feed birds in winter?’. Start of bird feeding and observation programme on school grounds – 7 November 2022. Observation of nature using ‘forest cameras’ on YouTube – environmental talks.
4. Participation in ‘All-school water test’ 13-15 March 2023
5. Interdisciplinary media and social education programme at DCF: ‘Our Place on Earth’ – 22 March 2023, ‘Our place in nature. On the importance of biodiversity’ – 14 April 2023, “Heart of an oak tree” – 26 May 2023, “Animal”.
6. Installation of a board on the school building showing air quality and installation of a small weather station.
7. HORTITERAPY – GARDEN THERAPY. Arrangement, care of vegetables, herbs and ornamental plants in the boxes of the school garden. (2023-2024) combining environmental education with therapeutic activities.
8. PROMOTION OF A HEALTHY LIVING STYLE – workshop activities, cork boards to promote ecological activities, slow life, healthy eating and living:
– Celebrating Apple Day. Workshops on healthy eating. Preparing food together (apple drink, oatmeal with apple and dates, apple mousse). (5.10.2022 i 4.10.2023)
– Diet workshop ‘Flavours of pumpkin’. Learning about the calorific and nutritional value of dishes. Preparation of -pumpkin and coconut milk soup, pumpkin, mango and apple jam (28.10.2022 and 31.10.2023)
– Culinary workshops. Elements of carving and garnishing dishes. Preparation of healthy vegetable and fruit salads. (8.03.2022)
– Culinary workshop for Water Day with PAH (21.03.2024). Healthy hydration smoothies.
– Culinary workshops on the occasion of Creativity Day at AMIGO.
– Motivation for healthy lifestyles in terms of HIV and STI infection. Participation in an inter-school screening for young people from health-promoting schools: ‘wroc.win.with.hiv’. Conferences, participation in competitions (class I LO – honourable mention in the film competition).
– Preparation of environmental information on cork boards in the school corridor: – ‘Pyramid of healthy eating and physical activity’, sensory board ‘Create a better future’-Map of the world in the corkboard. Workshops on environmental themes, World Environment Day, Earth Hour, World Recycling Day, – ‘I like bird watching’, ‘Let's love the mongrels’, ‘Shinrin-yoku’
– leading mindfulness, relaxation and yoga classes
9. Going to a lecture by Dr.Eng.Kamil Janiak: ‘Understanding global climate change’ – Wroclaw University of Technology, Faculty of Environmental Engineering – 18 September 2023.
10. Visit to the Main Inspectorate for Environmental Protection. Learning about the work of the environmental protection laboratory. Visiting the water and air quality monitoring stations.
11. Preparation for the implementation of a group mobility of students that will take place at the school Agrupamento de Escolas de Eiriz in Baião, Portugal. The mobility will involve 7 students and 3 teachers. The project to be carried out will be on renewable energy sources – from January 2024.
12. Set up an account on the FB page of the Amigo Social Inclusive High School project, implemented under the Erasmus+ Accreditation programme → click 14 March 2024
13. Holding an environmental awareness event entitled ‘Extend the life of things – be EKO!!!’, which included an AMIGO TARG where people could exchange items they had brought along.→ click – 18-25 March 2024
14. Participation of students from classes I and III of the Secondary School in the first stage of the National Olympiad of Knowledge about the European Union. The themes of the Olympiad arethe European Parliament elections and 20 years of Poland's membership in the EU – 18 March 202
15. Participation in a workshop on ‘Water retention and saving water’ organised for 1st, 2nd and 3rd class students by the educational and cultural centre of the ONWATER.PL foundation – 18 March 2024.
16. Participation of one teacher in a regional workshop conference ‘Pedagogical innovations in international school cooperation projects’- Opole, March 2024
17. Preparation and delivery of an online ‘Green Energy’ lesson involving schools from five European countries: Portugal , Spain , Greece , Germany and, of course, Poland. Topics discussed during the meeting: types of renewable energy, its use in various European countries, and ways of conversion of green energy into electricity – 20 March 2024 – → click
18. Participation in the 31st Clean Up the World campaign organised to celebrate Earth Day. The slogan of this year’s edition: ‘Planet versus plastic’ – 22 April 2024.
19. Olá Portugal! – Trip of 7 students and 3 teachers to Portugal, as part of a group mobility of students – the theme of the project is Renewable Energy Sources – 27 May – 2 June 2024 – report on FB account, summary video → click
20. Participation of students in classes organised by the Wrocław University of Technology at the ‘Amigo’ High School: ‘Blasks and shadows of alternative energy sources’ carried out as part of the project: ‘Young chemist gains knowledge’. – April 2024.
Culinary workshop
FIELD 3 – Promoting cultural diversity and European values of democracy.
Duration of the third stage: 1July 2024 – 30 November 2025
Funding amount: 43 075 €
Project coordinator: Melania Kubik melania.kubik@gmail.com
FIELD 4 – Providing equal opportunities for people mistreated because of their disfunction, health condition and social background.
- Continuation of the student company’s ‘’Manufacture beneath Umbrella’’ along with accompanying career counseling-themed workshops – school year 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24.
- ‘’Training Social Skills’’ – workshop classes for students – school year 2021/23, 2023/24.