The first camp of the "Closer to Nature" summer camp in Krzyżowa started on 28 June. We are very happy that so many people wanted to spend their first summer week with us.
Our participants of the summer camp had no time for boredom. They got to know nature and even tasted it, practiced yoga, took photos with the pinhole photography method, made jewellery, dyed fabrics and even made their own rag dolls. But most of all - they had a lot of fun. And we had fun with them !
The programme of the camp, led by our experienced team from the International Youth Meeting Centre, included:
- language animation,
- integration activities,
- outdoor games and outdoor education,
- creative and ecological activities,
- creative workshops inspired by textiles,
- painting, plastic arts,
- hiking in the Krzyżowa area,
- learning about permaculture and working in an organic garden.
Read more: Artistic summer camp "Closer to Nature" - 1st term - 28.06.-2.07.2021 [PHOTO, VIDEO]
We recommend the article "1990: The year when Europe as we know it today was born" by Dr Łukasz Kamiński, which appeared on wiez.pl. The text was written as part of the project "1990 / Year One. The democratic transformation in former Eastern Bloc countries" carried out by "Krzyżowa" Foundation for Mutual Understanding in Europe as a part of program "Europe for Citizens - Memory of European Past" and is co-financed by European Commission.
(…) Our memory of the fall of communism is dominated by the events of 1989. We remember the round table in Poland, the 'Baltic chain', the fall of the Berlin Wall and the Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia. Meanwhile, many key events took place in the following year.
Read more: Project "1990 / Year One". An article by dr Łukasz Kamiński on the wiez.pl portal
More than 600 students, representatives of all primary schools in Oleśnica, visited Krzyżowa from 31st May to 9th June as part of the project "Good school - better student". The students were learning and having fun together, developing their interests and realizing contents connected with educational and professional consulting.
After the classes, each group of students could integrate by a common campfire. Pupils and teachers from Olesnica will be invited to another cycle of classes within the framework of alternative forms of education in the new school year.
The project is implemented in partnership with the municipality of Olesnica and with great support from the Olesnica Local Government Education Team.
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In June, third, fourth and sixth graders from the Primary School in Grodziszcze took part in biodiversity workshops as part of the project "Food - from tradition to modernity". The main topic of the workshop was the importance of pollinators, among which bees play an important role as they are responsible for pollinating plants which constitute about one third of our food.
During the classes, participants built insect houses, which were placed on the Foundation's premises. They also learned about factors upsetting the natural balance in the environment, leading to the extinction and thus rapid decline of bee populations, such as the use of pesticides, fertilisers, GMO and non-renewable energy sources.
Read more: A flower meadow for bees - cooperation with Dekoria.pl
