Artem Veselov ESC Volunteering '24

After the Christmas break, there were several changes in my involvement at the school.  Firstly, at the beginning of January, Eliška, another volunteer, has arrived. Together, we started to lead art sessions on Mondays and occasionally work in świetlica together. You may learn more about the art sessions here: https://esc-volunteering-artem.blogspot.com/2024/03/art-sessions.html In swietlica, after creating numerous Christmas handicrafts in December, we shifted towards  drawings and handicrafts on subjects like nature and spring. I also came up with an idea of decorating paper cards with colored pencil ornaments inspired by pysanky, traditional Ukrainian Easter egg decorations somewhat close to Polish pisanki.  Lastly, we began setting up a Dash robot and tablets to later use them in świetlica and for Informatics classes. Also, I started tutoring a displaced Ukrainian student in English and Math on a one to one basis. Finally, I started to lead Minecraft classes for 4a and 4b.

I started the last week before the Christmas break in świetlica, where we were making holiday handicrafts. On Wednesday, I also had several English speaking classes. Then, before the last last in school, I went to Michałowo along with other volunteers from Białystok on Thursday. In addition to the regular monthly activities we had, we also visited a museum of local history.