A VISIT TO GIMNAZJUM NR 4

16 th May, 2011- VI A and VIE went to GIMNAZJUM NR 4. They visited the GIMNAZJUM because they are leaving Primary School this year and they have to choose a new school: Junior High School. It's not easy to decide which school would be the best that's why we(Mrs Joanna Muszalska and Mrs Ilona Konieczka) organized a trip to one of the best Junior High Schools in Inowrocław to show our pupils how such a school works and what English lessons look like.

An English teacher from the GIMNAZJUM- Mrs Monika Szulkowska- was the coordinator of our visit and she showed us everything and answered our questions concerning the school, classes, clubs and things like that.

The first room we visited was a Computer Room, in which there is an interactive board. Everyone who wants to use a computer can come here and work even long hours. Students have both English and Computer Science in the room. Mrs Szulkowska told us that next year the school will have interactive activity books and , in this way, students will be able to do their homework at home and send it to their teacher, hence they won't have to carry the heavy books to school. It's a perfect solution, isn't it?

There are a lot of separate computer stands here with the full equipment for each student:

One of our pupils tried to solve a task on the board and he made no mistake. Excellent , David!!!

The teacher also organized some exercises which were examples of tasks included in placement tests in English which all first grade pupils of Junior High school have to take. They weren't so difficult, however a few pupils didn't remember some vocabulary:

We also saw a day-care room. There were students doing their homework there so we didn't want to disturb them. The room is smaller than ours but it it really nice and cute:

This is the next room we visited: a foreign language room with special stands and desks to learn and practise languages. It is really great: special earphones, tables arranged in a semicircle, a teacher's desk with equipment controlling students' work......The classroom is new and  fresh because this year there has been created a bilingual class in the school - which means that there will be more English and three subjects like Computer Science, Physics/ Biology, History will be conducted in English:
                
A teacher's desk:

Mrs Szulkowska played a native speaker speech and some song in English, so our children could listen to real English- they liked it very much:
         
                                                         
And again, our pupils had some tasks but they managed to do them correctly and with fun:

On the way back we noticed a cat hunting for birds:

The trip and visit to GIMNAZJUM was nice and pleasant. We chose the way downtown so that some pupils could buy ice cream or chips and relax a bit before the next lessons: