FOR
CHANGE
GIMNAZJUM PRZYMIERZA RODZIN
IM. JANA PAWŁA II
SOME BASIC INFORMATION ABOUT OUR SCHOOL
v We are a Catholic school open to anyone who accepts its statutes.
v The governing authority and the owner is Stowarzyszenie Przymierza Rodzin (The Alliance of Families Association).
v Przymierze Rodzin:
Ø is a secular association
Ø is an organisation of public benefit (non profit)
Ø is the winner of Pro Bublico Bono award for the best social initiative of the decade given by Prime Minister
Ø has 10 schools, 3 day care centres for problem children, 11 local centres founded the school with social funds
v Teaching tasks
Ø exploiting students’ potentials
Ø creating opportunities to discover and develop talents
preparing for final exams and the next stage of learning
v Educational tasks
Ø helping both students and parents “survive” the time of adolescence
Ø helping understand oneself and the world around
Ø teaching how to think independently and make conscious decisions helping build up students’ self-esteem
TEACHING
v The curriculum: division into academic fields
v Classes are not specialised but some subjects are expanded
Ø Our school’s unique maths syllabus
Ø Geography syllabus
Ø Individual learning pathways
v Classroom-lesson system
v Science camps and project weeks
Ø Teaching the humanities
Our school’s unique subjects and syllabuses
ü Cultural Heritage
ü Culture
ü Film Academy
v Extracurricular classes (art and other subjects)
v Our IT syllabus
Sports: compulsory and optional courses, swimming pool, Alpha Club
EDUCATING
v The parent’s role
v The time of great changes – from child to adolescent
Ø Looking forward
Ø Time together; being together and talking
Ø Towards independence
Ø Teacher’s/educator’s role
Ø Friendly adult
Ø Setting requirements
Ø Learning how to be independent and responsible
POSSIBLE DANGERS
v Gimnazjum - going beyond limits
v Prevention programme
v The dangers that a teenager is exposed to
v Convention of rules
v Group/community
v Volunteering
v Sports and interests
v Drug and alcohol tests
WE WANT TO WORK WITH
v PARENTS WHO:
ü believe in our good will
ü understand the sense of cooperation
ü agree to share the information about the problems that may influence child’s behaviour
v STUDENTS WHO:
ü want to learn
ü respect the world around them
ü respect people around them and their work
ü respect the sacred and seek the truth
Files:
Information school
Evaluation posters during Spanish students visit in Poland
