A well deserved lie in needed after yesterday....feeling good! The birds are singing and the sun is shining-can't believe it's our last day! The students are taking part in a mini-olympics and Team England/Hungary are in dead last....their excuse involves the lack of grip on their shoes!
A Chemistry lesson is next. Things are really different here! They wear lab coats and gloves for handling chemicals, but don't wear any safety goggles? They also use spirit burners instead of Bunsens, no safety mats are required and the teacher is reponsible for her own practicals....there is no Carlsberg Dave to get the chemicals ready or clean up; we are very lucky at LSA!! They genuinely use 'every day products' for some chemicals.....standard white vinegar is used instead of ethanoic acid and vodka as a substitute for ethanol!!! When in Poland!!! The students lead us through some practicals and aIso through some equations for the reactions - this is a language I understand; they write equations slightly different to us but it all makes sense! It was really nice to see now it is approached in a different country.
We then have lunch in the town, followed by saying goodbye to the Swedish teachers and pupils. I am sad to see them leave :-( Next on the agenda was free time for the teachers (last minute souvenirs for school and loved ones!) and the pupils were on a geo-caching mission. We all met back at the school for the closing ceremony - teachers, students and host families have provided a buffet of Polish food which is amazing! I feel like the size of a house this week with all the delicious food I have eaten! Songs are performed, goodbyes are exchanged and it's off back to the hotel for our last meal together! This is the end of a 2yr partnership between the 5 schools and I am very honoured to have been a part of it.
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