POLAND

Zespol Szkol Nr 3

The school Zespol Szkol Nr 3 is a group of school includes primary and gimnazyum (secondary ) schools in a small village Cieksyn ,populated 2000 ,in Mazovia Woievodship near to Nasielsk (population of 19 200) and Plonsk (population of 22 000) in Poland. It is about 60 km to Warsaw , the capital city of Poland. The inhabitants of Cieksyn have their own gardens near their houses where they grow their vegetables and fruits. Some of them have farms and on those farms they have fields to grow vegetables and some animals such as cows and pigs. Their incomes are low. They earn their life by farming and private works. Some inhabitants move to neighboring districts and Warsaw the capital city,to work and earn their life there.

There are 305 pupils and 30 teachers at the school. The pupils are between 6 and 16 years old. The pupils come from families with low income. They learn English and German as compulsory foreign languages. There are an ICT class and teacher at Zespol Szpol Szkol Nr 3.

Zespol Szkol Nr 3 is responsible for ecology project because they achieved a green eco flag last year. The eco flag was given to them because they they prepared and promoted healthy food ,feed the animals and formed a green garden around their school. They also They live in a fresh, healthy area in woods in the village ( 70 km from Warsaw).They cooperate with a local, artistic-social organisation-Skafander,which deal with protection of our surroundings and organize different events. . They realize programmes: Friut at school, Milk at school , P.E with the class,Clean hands at the school. They haven’t had experience of a transnational project yet.