Home away from homeWriting contest for students

from Publiczne Gimnazjum nr3 in Starogard Gdański

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COMEPTITION NOTICEHow did everything start?

Comenius club wrote a notice which encouraged students to visualise situation and answer the question: Is it possible to create home away from home?

The competiton was held on 13November 2013 at the Reading Room

At the beginning participants

were very nervous

But the essays were amazing!!!

It’s not easy to approach a group of teenagers, who speak different language (…) But it’s a good idea to take the risk. Julia Krawczyk

Four walls…, a bedroom, a kitchen and several other rooms- for many paople this is the definition of home. (…)This is the place where we feel safe and comfortable Martyna Toczek

…and very interseting! I think it’s hard to fit in the new culture and in the new environment but with time people’s habits change a little bit. That’s the natural order of things. Anna Sadowska

Home is a place that makes us think of safety, carefree, childhood, tradition, family and love. When we were kids we only left home for short period of time to visit our friends, going to school or playground. But we always know that we can come back to our safe place. We grow up and it turns out that the distance and time of our absence might increased. Małgorzata Mateńko

THE JURY The winners were chosen from a group of twelve students by the jury on the basis of composition, originality and consistency with the guidelines of the contest.

Bożena Kuliberda- Walczak

Małgosia Sarnowska

Ania Ossowska Danka Rypnicka

Deliberations were long…and results were very hard to

predict…

Contest winner are:

Adrianna Walczak Martyna Toczek

And the third placeAgata Wawrzonkowska

Maria Miszewska

Commemorative photo

The presentation was prepared by students from Stanislaw Staszic

Middle School no. 3 in Starogard Gdanski

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