Artem Veselov ESC Volunteering '24

The last week before my on-arrival training is Warsaw was mostly spent in the pre-Christmas hustle. During the first half of the week, I was staying in świetlica, where the students and I were decorating the classroom. On Wednesday, I also had several English speaking classes. On top of that, I was working on a presentation about Ukrainian winter traditions and celebrations for my upcoming English classes and for the Białystok volunteers' visits to another school and a youth center on Thursday. 

  Monday I stared the week in swietlica, where we were mainly making Christmas gonks with wool. Tuesday On Tuesday, I joined the welcoming ceremony for the visiting teachers from Romania and North Macedonia through Erasmus.  After that, I offered a bit of help for some students with mock interviews they had to have with the visiting teachers later. Later in the evening, we had a tour in the center of Bialystok, and then had a dinner together with some of our teachers. Wednesday On Wednesday, we had a workshop about non-violent communication and active citizenship. After that, we visited Swieta Woda and the Museum of icons and the waterfront in Suprasl Thursday On Thursday, I spent my entire day in swietlica, where we were decorating the classroom with Christmas handicrafts Friday On Friday, we had the final meeting about the Erasmus project in the principal's room. After that, I joined the teachers along with the visiting group for a farewell party in the evening