Videomeetings

On Wednesday 10th June 2015 we met on our last videomeeting. Speaking Georgian was a huge challenge for Polish students. And speaking Polish was a challenge for Georgian students as well. All managed very well and had fun. Exchanging information about holidays in our countries caused discussion among Polish students.

On 3rd June 2015 we met on Skype sharing some information about each other and what we have learned, found out and liked in our project. I think for all of us it was a great experience. Szymon made Georgian dessert pelamushi, Wiktoria and Michał made gozinaki - we all could taste them. They are dilicious!!! After the meeting we in Dzierżoniów started learning Georgian - that is an experience!!! We listened to Georgian alphabet and started writing the letters in a notebook Polish children start writing first letters. During next videomeeting we will teach the pronunciation of our languages from each other.

The second video meeting was unforgettable for Georgian students. They were able to communicate with Polish students in English and in Polish, as some of them learnt a few phrases in Polish. They were glad to see Georgian national sweets made by Polish students. They decided to cook Polish dishes at home as we already had the recipes from them.

On 10th March 2015 we met online for the first time. Students exchanged information about their schools. It appeared we have a lot of similarities in our schools. Polish students are surprised their Georgian friends do not have to pass final exams at primary school.

Georgian students were very happy to meet Polish friends and hear about their school life. Despite the internet connection problems we managed to communicate. The students are looking forward to the next meeting.

We exchanged some information about our schools life:
1. What time do you start school in the morning?
Georgia: At 8.30 a.m.
Poland: At 8 a.m.
2. How many subjects do you study in primary school? What are they?
Georgia: We study 10 subjects. They are: Georgian, English, Russian, Maths, History, Science, Arts, Sports and Music.
Poland: In Years 4-6 we study 11 subjects: Polish (5 lessons a week), Maths (4-5), English (3), Science (3), PE (4), History (1-2), Religion (2), Music (1), Art (1), Technology (1), ICT (1).
3. How many foreign languages do you study? What are they?
Georgia: We study two foreign languages. They are English and Russian.
Poland: At primary school we study only one foreign language, at our school it is English.
4. How many lessons a day do you usually have?
Georgia: We have 5 or 6 lessons a day.
Poland: Normal classes have 5-6 lessons a day, but sports classes 6-7 lessons a day as they have 10 PE lessons a week.
5. How many lessons week do you have?
Georgia: Usually we have 28 lessons a week.
Poland: In Years 4-6: 28 lessons (normal classes), 32 lessons – sports classes
6. What time do you usually finish school?
Georgia: We finish school at 2.30 p.m
Poland: At 1.35 p.m., sports classes at 2.30.
7. How old are children when they start school in Georgia/Poland?
Georgia: They are 6 or 7 years old when they start school.
Poland: 6 or 7, from next school year all children will start school at the age of 6.
8. How old are students when they finish primary school?
Georgia: They are 12 or 13 when they finish primary school.
Poland: Now they are 13, as they started school at the age of 7.
9. How many years do you go to primary school in Georgia/Poland?
Georgia: In Georgia we go to primary school for 6 years.
Poland: For 6 years.
10. Do Georgian/Polish students write final exams? What subjects?
Georgia: We don’t have any exams in Georgia in primary school, but we will have it in secondary school.
Poland: Yes - Polish, Maths and English. This school year we write the final exams on 1st April and we are the first who write English, till last year they wrote only Polish and Maths.
11. How old are the children when they start learning English at school?
Georgia: They are 6 or 7. Now they start learning English in the first class.
Poland: From the first Year.
12. Do you have a long lunch break in your school? And how long is it?
Georgia: We have a long lunch break and it lasts 15 minutes.
Poland: Yes, we have two lunch breaks as we have a canteen and many children have lunch there. The first lunch break lasts 20 minutes (from 11.30 till 11.50), the second one 15 minutes (12.35 – 12.50)