The beginning in Lycée « Chrestien de Troyes »The week in Poland in november 2010

World’s Wide WallsMural art : from rock carving to actuals graffitis

A week of work in Troyes to prepare the common file Comenius from the 18 of january 2010, to the 23 : it’s essential for success

Dominique launch the project in november 2009

The motivation of the polish and swedish schools were big : Alicja and Hélène was authorised by their headmaster to miss a week in their school.

We work all days long to write he file in french and in english and build the desire of working together.

Annie, teacher of german retired help the team.

Dinner at Dominique’s home with Hélène, Alicja and the french teachers

Alicja accept to become the Comenius coordinator. When she is back in Poland, she finalize the common file to send it to the Agency Europe-Education-Formation before the 15 of february 2010

A meeting with Magali Censier, « Déléguée Académique aux Relations Internationales », to know if our Comenius file was in concordance with european requirement

On Saturday 27 of november 2010 arrive by plain, in Poland, at different time

- Valérie and Sandrine, and 6 french students

- Rossella and Antonella and 6 italians students

- Hélène and Stéphane and 5 swedish students

Bus are waiting for them to go to Opole.

Students goes in correspondant’s home.

Valérie and Sandrine are in Asia’s home.

Italian and swedish teachers are in hotel.

Time in family durind sunday

On Sunday afternoon arrival in Opole of Michèle, Martine, Dominique, from the french association « Passeurs de fresques ». Dominique and Martine are retired teachers, but they were in the Lycée Chrestien de Troyes for more than 30 years, and the association is born in that school.

They went to stores (Leroy-Merlin, Castorama) to find bricks. No brick of clay in winter in Poland…

…Dominique calls the artist Jean-Jacques Jolinon for ask if the aerated concrete is good for frescoe.

Dimanche evening, first common dinner offered by Alicja. The teachers get acquainted.Rossella knew Dominique since the first Comenius in 1998 between Brescia and Troyes

After dinner, the plaster of lime and sand is prepared in the cellar of Alicja, with Pavel, and another teacher, Sébastian.

On monday, welcome in the office of Headmaster. We wait for the students, late because of the snow.

Asha, the english teacher who receive in her home Valérie et Sandrine, french teachers

On Monday morning, first group in the Institut of Art. Workshop, led by Alicja and the french association « les Passeurs de fresques ».

Préparation of drawings, of colors and explanations about frescoes.

Stéphane (swedish teacher) and Antonella (italian teacher) with Alicja

Lunch in a restaurant, in front of the Institut of Art, and resumption of work at 14h for the other group

During this time, Valérie and Sandrine take the other for a visit of the town. With a questionnary, students discover Opole, her architectur, her history, her cultur.

All the students receive a diploma and little gifts.

At 18h, Alicja, Michèle, Martine, Dominique goes to buy 50 bricks of aerated concrete (béton cellulaire) and carry them to the Institut of Art.

Prestigious dinner offered to europeans teachers by the Headmaster, Danuta

Marzena is assistant headmaster of the Lycée of Opole. She was with Léna in Troyes for the Comenius in 2006.

The headmaster in Opole is Danuta Katorosz

Tuesday morning, at 8h, Michèle and Dominique brings tools and plaster to the Arts’s Institut

The workshop in the morning

First group in the morning : everyone of the 18 students of the 4 nationality making a frescoe on a brick

At 13h30, préparation of the classroom for the other group

The french students with their polish correspondant

Polish journalists of Opole interview teachers and students

All the bricks will be hanged on a wall in the hospital of Opole

After

stowage…

… meeting between teachers to talk about problems and decisions for the futur.

Common dinner afterwards.

A 8h in the room of teachers.

Alicja, qui manage in the same time her class aussi des cours, has many things to prepare.

At 10, begin the présentations of the different schools, around a buffet.

Valérie intoduce to the works of french students. All of them speak in english in front of a micro  

The french students explain 2 presentations powerpoint : one on history of graffitis sine antiquity till 21 century, realised in the lessons on arts’s history. The other presentation was about légality of graffiti. It ask the question of social change. It was done by Quentin for a personnal work.

Michèle and Martine run a workshop frescoe for the « Little Comenius », primay school associated to project.

At the end of the morning, Alicja gives instructions

In the afternoon, match of volley for the volunteers

Karaoké from 15h to 17h : a festive way to practise english.

Two french teams confront one another

The last evening at Opole : the team Comenius (20 persons on 2 tables) invited by Alicja for a traditionnal dinner prepared by the husband of Léna

Thursday, départ at 6h30. Because of the snow, and a security control of the bus, we arrive at the end of the morning for a guided visit in 2 groups of Cracovie

The first team of Comenius

The french team : six students and 2 teachers

Visit of the jewish area, and dinner in a very colourful restaurant

Farewell between correspondants on Thursday evening

Last evening for the french team in Jazz’s Club in Krakow

WWW : an european project between 4 schools

ValérieCarmenPhilippeJacquelineSandrineSéverineCécileClaudeDominique…

HélèneStéphaneRaymondLo…

AlicjaLénaAsiaEwaDanuta AgnieszkaEllaMarcin MarzenaSebastian…

RossellaAntonellaCristinaManuelaMaria-Giovanna…