1. our school

PUBLICZNE GIMNZJUM IM. JANA PAWŁA II

W WOŁCZYNIE

COMENIUS

„Today’s child, tomorrow entrepreneur”

OUR SCHOOL

Our school is new and big. It consists of lower and higher secondary schools. It is the only secondary school in our little town. In the school there are students from our town Wołczyn and some of them commute to school from villages around the town. There’re about six hundred students and around fifty teachers in the school. Pope John Paul II is the patron of our school.

LESSONS Lessons start at 8:05 am and finish at 14:25 pm. Each lesson lasts forty five minutes. We have short, ten minutes breaks between lessons and there are two longer lunch breaks. Students usually have thirty two lessons a week, six lessons a day. Some classes have specific profiles: sports profile and science profile. Each class consists of 20 - 30 students. During the school year every class takes part in 2/3 one- day -trips and 1 three or four- day- trip in Poland or abroad.

SCHOOL FACILITIES

At school, there are different laboratories and classrooms for every subject: Chemistry, Physics, Biology, Geography, Computer studies, History, Mathematics, Art, languages ( Polish, English and German). The school has also got a big gym, library and the ITC center, assembly hall, tradition hall, canteen, shop, cloakroom, staff room, offices. There is monitoring in school. In the study room students can spend the time before or after the lessons when they wait for the bus home. There is also a lift for disabled students.

EXTRA CLASSES There is a variety of extra

curriculum classes in the afternoons and on Saturdays. We can develop our skills and talents in many extra classes, clubs and courses. Students of our school have taken part in various European projects and students exchanges.

Our school has a website: http://glzs.wolczyn.pl/

GYM

In the Gym there are our PE classes. Different school teams often visit us and there are sports competitions.

SCHOOL PEDAGOGUE’S OFFICE

School pedagogy teacher works in our school every day. She takes care of students at school and helps them in solving their home or school problems.

CHEMISTRY CLASSROOM

It is a place where we have science lessons. We conduct chemical experiments there because this class is well prepared for such activities.

SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGIST’S OFFICE

There are two professional psychologists in our school. They help us with more complicated matters and there are meetings for students and their parents too. They held individual and group therapies.

SCHOOL HALL OF TRADITION

It is a place where all school trophies are kept. There you can also find information about important events in the history of our school. People who visit our school sign into school chronicle which is also in this room.  

CANTEEN

Most of the students have lunches in the school canteen. About one hundred students can have lunch at the same time. Primary school students also attend our canteen.

THE CLASSROOM OF MIRRORS

It is a place where Art classes are held. There are also school cabaret and theatre rehearsals.It’s got lots of mirrors all around it.

LIBRARY

The library opens before the lessons and it’s closed late in the afternoon. Students can do their homework there, borrow books and read in the reading room. There are many newspapers and magazines for teenagers too. It is divided into two parts.

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CENTRE

In the second part of the library you can also use computers with internet access because there is ITC center open for students and teachers.

GEOGRAPHY CLASSROOM

There are many geographical maps and all the equipment which is used at the Geography lessons.

SCHOOL ASSEMBLY HALL

School information meetings for students and parents are held in this place. We also organize school ceremonies, important events, discos, lectures, workshops, choir and music groups practices.

ELEVATOR

It is used only by disabled students or those who have problems with moving because of some accidents.

PATIO

Patio is open air place in the middle of the school, surrounded by the building of our school. It is used for those students who want to pass their motor driving license. We also have some class integration activities and barbecues.

PRINCIPLE’S OFFICE

In the school there is one headmistress Mrs Ewa Włos and her deputy Mr Dariusz Jaśkiewicz.

STAFF ROOM

During a breaks, teachers meet in the staff room. They have their rest there and prepare for the lessons. Class registers are held in this place.

SCHOOL SHOP

The school shop is small but there are many useful things there. You can buy some fast food, sweets, drinks and stationary there.

OUTDOOR SPORTS FIELDS

Outside school there is a running track, football pitch, basketball field, volleyball field and place for long jumps. “Orlik” is a place with a high fence around it which has got two fields for basketball and football. We can use “Orlik” after lessons too. There are also sports competitions in different disciplines all the year round.

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