2008/2009 - Polish Year in Israel & the first Polish-Israel iEARN twin conference - 13.10-22.10 2008
"The Polish Year in Israel, which began in spring 2008 and will be continued in 2009, is an initiative of the Polish Ministry of Culture and National Heritage and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Our aim is to bring the societies of Poland and Israel closer through the strengthening of cultural, economic, scientific and tourism-related contacts, as well as to initiate a long-term cooperation between institutions of the two countries."
iEARN Cooperation
According to that celebration, Israel and Polish iEARN teachers will meet at the workshops in Poland - Wroclaw, Lodz and Warsaw.
The dates for the conference and cultural events
13.10-22.10.2008
Official website
http://www.iearn-israel.org/korczak_janusz.html
GALLERY
http://www.eu.cyberdusk.pl/astronomy/thumbnails.php?album=42
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Organization Commitee
Halina Bednarz - iEARN/Poland (contact: mki@m-szkola.net)
Mrs Ruty Hotzen- country coordinator ‘iEARN - Israel'
Mr Jacek Krogel - Director of the ‘Polish Janusz Korczak Association'
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"Wroc³aw - the meeting place" /Teacher's Day celebration on 14.10
Conference ‘International cooperation - exchanging experiences'
Invitations to
9:30-12:00
Primary School no 61 named 'Janusz Korczak'
8 Skarbowcow street,
School celebration ‘Teacher's Day' and
'Janusz Korczak educational methods' workshops part I
Leading Mrs Gra¿yna ¯ak, vice-director
program includes planting peace tree.
SLIDESHOW
'Edyta Stein House - Intercultural Dialogue Center'
'Edyta Stein House - Intercultural Dialogue Center'
Mr Dominik Ptak, Director of ‘Edyta Stein House'
Wroc³aw, street Nowowiejska 38
http://www.edytastein.org.pl/
Meeting with teachers from The Polish Janusz Korczak Association /Lower Silesia region
15:30-18:00
Cultural program - prepared by professional guider Mrs Katarzyna Potocka Brygier -includes:
Visiting
- Ostrów Tumski and Cathedral
- Botanical Garden
- National Museum and Panorama Raclawicka
- Market Square with CityHall,
- University building with Aula Leopoldina
- Ossolineum Library
-restaurants- 'Dwór Polski', Piwnica ¦widnicka- a stylish restaurants which serves traditional Polish cuisine, famous European meeting places (presidents, artists)
School celebration - Sobotka, 15.10
‘Janusz Korczak educationalmethods' workshops part II
Sobotka. Primary School no 1 named Janusz Korczak
School celebration ‘Teacher's Day'
and ‘‘Janusz Korczak educational methods' - workshops part II
9:00-13.00
Invitation to
Primary School no 1, street Swidnicka 20
http://www.sp1sobotka.pl/
Leading:
Mrs Ewa Bia³obrzeska - Director of ‘Primary School nr 1'
Mrs Dorota ¦wist - vice Director of ‘Primary School nr 1'
Mr Jacek Krogel - Director of the ‘Polish Janusz Korczak Association'
Mrs Ruty Hotzen - country coordinator ‘iEARN - Israel'
Cultural program includes:
-visiting Primary school, meeting with teachers and students
-visiting castle and museum
http://www.sleza.sobotka.net/index.php?go=27
http://www.mapofpoland.net/Sobotka,photo,1,1703.html
Warsaw Royal Tour - art, heritage and culture / The Polish Janusz Korczak Association, street Jaktorowska 6 Korczak Orphanage
‘Janusz Korczak educational methods' workshops part III
Warsaw. The Polish Janusz Korczak Association
10:00 - 12:30
‘Janusz Korczak educational methods' workshops part III
Invitation to
The Polish Janusz Korczak Association
Warsaw, street Jaktorowska 6
Korczak Orphanage
http://www.pskorczak.org.pl/
Leading
Mrs Marta Ciesielska and Mr Jacek Krogel -‘Polish Janusz Korczak Association'
Mrs Ruty Hotzen - country coordinator ‘iEARN - Israel'
Cultural program Warsaw Royal Tour - art, heritage and culture' includes:
-Royal £azienki Park
-Museum Palace at Wilanów , the baroque residence of King John III Sobieski, the famous conqueror of the Turks at the battle of Vienna in 1683
-Frederick Chopin Park
-Art axibitions and museums
19.10 (Saturday, Sunday)
continuing: ‘Warsaw Royal Tour - art, heritage and culture'
Warsaw. iEARN Poland
iEARN Poland
Country coordinator dr Marek Grzegorz Sawicki
http://webnews.textalk.com/en/view.phtml?id=1510
a visit to:
-the Old Town (placed on the UNESCO Heritage List), with its churches, palaces and market-place
-the Royal Castle
-the Presidential Palace, Staszic Palace, Ujazdowski Castle, Belvedere Palace Jab³onowski Palace, Sapieha Palace...
http://www.warsawtour.pl/index.php?id=54&;olang=5
Overview of the PROGRAM
Israel-Poland
twin Education Workshops
Korczak's Educational Methods
Place: Poland
Date: 13.10.2008 - 22.10.2008
Wroc³aw - £ód¼ - Warsaw
The Program
13.10. (Monday) - arrival to Warsaw-Wroclaw
20:00 Welcome Meeting
Meeting with teachers from J. Korczak Primary School no 61
Piwnica ¦widnicka - the oldest restaurant in Europe, a stylish restaurant which serves traditional Polish cuisine
14.10.-15.10 (Tuesday-Wednesday)
‘Wroc³aw - the meeting place'
Wroc³aw. Edyta Stein House, Angelus Silesius Meeting House, Primary School no 61..
14.10.(Tuesday)
Conference ‘International cooperation - exchanging experiences'
Invitations to
9:30-12:00
Primary School no 61 named 'Janusz Korczak'
8 Skarbowcow street,
School celebration ‘Teacher's Day' and
'Janusz Korczak educational methods' workshops part I
Leading Mrs Gra¿yna ¯ak, vice-director
program includes planting peace tree.
14:00-15.00
'Edyta Stein House - Intercultural Dialogue Center'
Mr Dominik Ptak, Director of ‘Edyta Stein House'
Wroc³aw, street Nowowiejska 38
http://www.edytastein.org.pl/
Meeting with teachers from The Polish Janusz Korczak Association /Lower Silesia region
15:30-18:00
Cultural program - prepared by professional guider Mrs Katarzyna Potocka Brygier - includes:
Visiting
- Ostrów Tumski and Cathedral
- Botanical Garden
- National Museum and Panorama Raclawicka
- Market Square with CityHall,
- University building with Aula Leopoldina
- Ossolineum Library
- restaurants - 'Dwór Polski', Piwnica ¦widnicka - a stylish restaurants which serves traditional Polish cuisine, famous European meeting places (presidents, artists)
15.10 (Wednesday)
‘Janusz Korczak educational methods' workshops part II
Sobotka. Primary School no 1 named Janusz Korczak
School celebration ‘Teacher's Day'
and ‘‘Janusz Korczak educational methods' - workshops part II
9:00-13.00
Invitation to
Primary School no 1, street Swidnicka 20
http://www.sp1sobotka.pl/
Leading:
Mrs Ewa Bia³obrzeska - Director of ‘Primary School nr 1'
Mrs Dorota ¦wist - vice Director of ‘Primary School nr 1'
Mr Jacek Krogel - Director of the ‘Polish Janusz Korczak Association'
Mrs Ruty Hotzen - country coordinator ‘iEARN - Israel'
Cultural program includes:
-visiting Primary school, meeting with teachers and students
-visiting castle and museum
http://www.sleza.sobotka.net/index.php?go=27
http://www.mapofpoland.net/Sobotka,photo,1,1703.html
15:00-17:00 (Wroclaw)
Invitation to
'Angelus Silesius (European) Meeting House'
Wroc³aw, street W. Stysia 16a
http://www.silesius.org.pl/?lang=2
- UNESCO Heritage tour in Wroclaw - Centennial Hall http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centennial_Hall
16.10 - 17.10 (Thursday, Friday)
Jewish Heritage in Poland - £ód¼
£ód¼. ‘Foundation for the Preservation of Jewish Heritage'
Foundation for the Preservation of Jewish Heritage in Poland
£ód¼, street Pomorska 18
Chairman Mrs Malgorzata Burzynska-Keller
http://www.wspolnekorzenie.org.pl
Cultural program includes:
- tour down Piotrkowska Street to Poznanski's Palace, Israel Poznanski's Residence, the Silbersteins' textile factory, Kronsztadt's Palace, Arnold Stiller's Residence, Hertz's Residence,
- Café Tuwim http://www.cafetuwim.com/
- the area of the former Lodz Ghetto and the largest Jewish cemetery in Europe
- documentary film ‘Jewish Heritage in Europe'
18.10 (Saturday)
‘Janusz Korczak educational methods' workshops part III
Warsaw. The Polish Janusz Korczak Association
10:00 - 12:30
‘Janusz Korczak educational methods' workshops part III
Invitation to
The Polish Janusz Korczak Association
Warsaw, street Jaktorowska 6
Korczak Orphanage
http://www.pskorczak.org.pl/
Leading
Mrs Marta Ciesielska and Mr Jacek Krogel - ‘Polish Janusz Korczak Association'
Mrs Ruty Hotzen - country coordinator ‘iEARN - Israel'
Cultural program Warsaw Royal Tour - art, heritage and culture' includes:
-Royal £azienki Park
-Museum Palace at Wilanów , the baroque residence of King John III Sobieski, the famous conqueror of the Turks at the battle of Vienna in 1683
-Frederick Chopin Park
-Art axibitions and museums
19.10 (Saturday, Sunday)
continuing: ‘Warsaw Royal Tour - art, heritage and culture'
Warsaw. iEARN Poland
iEARN Poland
Country coordinator Mr Marek Grzegorz Sawicki
http://webnews.textalk.com/en/view.phtml?id=1510
a visit to:
-the Old Town (placed on the UNESCO Heritage List), with its churches, palaces and market-place
-the Royal Castle
-the Presidential Palace, Staszic Palace, Ujazdowski Castle, Belvedere Palace Jab³onowski Palace, Sapieha Palace...
http://www.warsawtour.pl/index.php?id=54&;olang=5
20.10 (Monday)
"Poland-Israel Youth Encounters"
Warsaw. Museum of the History of Polish Jews
10.00-12.00
"Poland-Israel Youth Encounters"
Invitation by
organizer: Museum of the History of Polish Jews
place: State Ethnographic Museum, 1 Kredytowa St
Chairman Mr Jacek Olejnik, Museum of the History of Polish Jews, Warsaw, street Warecka 4/6
http://www.jewishmuseum.org.pl
13:00-14:00
Visiting the Palace of Culture and Science
http://www.pkin.pl/home/lang,2
14:30-
Cultural program includes:
-historic Warsaw Ghetto area
-the memorial stone in Mila Street at the original location of the bunker of the Jewish fighting organization,
-the Nozyk Synagogue,
-the Memorial to the Heroes of the Ghetto, and the Umschlagplatz, the site of the deportation of the Warsaw Jewish community to Treblinka
21.10 (Tuesday)
Closing Ceremony
Warsaw. iEARN
Closing Ceremony - summary of the Conference
Planning following activities
iEARN
Cultural program includes:
- Zelazowa Wola - Chopin Manor in ¯elazowa Wola
22.10. (Wednesday) - departure to Israel /Tel-Aviv
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Organization Commitee
Halina Bednarz - iEARN/Poland (contact: mki@m-szkola.net)
Mrs Ruty Hotzen - country coordinator ‘iEARN - Israel'
Mr Jacek Krogel - Director of the ‘Polish Janusz Korczak Association'
Organizations, Institutions..
http://webnews.textalk.com/pl/view.php?id=1510
iEARN Israel
http://www.iearn-israel.org
iEARN (International Education and Resource Network) is the world's largest non-profit global network that enables teachers and youth to use the Internet and other technologies to collaborate on projects that enhance learning and make a difference in the world.
The Polish Janusz Korczak Association
http://www.pskorczak.org.pl/
The objective of the Association is to promote the humanist ideas of Janusz Korczak, continue the 50-year work of the Polish Janusz Korczak Committee, and conduct and disseminate the results of research on the life and work of Janusz Korczak. The Association cooperates with organisations which help and protect children and their rights along with many other scouting, educational, medical and cultural institutions whose work is connected with Janusz Korczak's ideas.
Check the weather.. on 13.10-15.10 /Wroclaw
http://weather.weatherbug.com/Poland/Wroclaw-weather/local-forecast/7-day-forecast.html?zcode=z6036&;lang_id=pl-PL
Welcome to unique autumn - the beautiful "Polish golden autumn".
Travel tips
Taxi phone number - for example: 719663
Alarm number 112
Currency (10.10)
1 USD = 2,60350223 PLN