Church with sign in Chinese 9.13

Green tent in a plot in town 9.15

Camarin de la virgen in the church 9.25

Bags of potatoes on sale, big ones 9.30

Sierra de Guadalupe train station

Church - the room of the Virgin

The market

ACE of our school in Sierra Vieja street

Library "Luis Martín Santos"

Street market

Paseo por Madrid Río, visita a varias exposiciones en el Centro Cultural Matadero y cena en restaurante chino en Usera.

Lunes 23:

Visita al IES con talleres de presentación del grupo para el alumnado del BCT21, MITE2, MIAE2 en el salón de actos.

Visita a los huertos escolares con el Equipo de Convivencia .

Taller de reciclaje con el Departamento de Química "Generar jabón con aceite usado" , con Benito.

Job shadowing con Álvaro de matemáticas y Tomás de física.

Comida en Topografía.

Paseo urbano desde Atocha, pasando por el Jardín Botánico, Museo del Prado, Huertas, Congreso de los Diputados, Plazas de Neptuno y Cibeles, calle Alcalá, Sol, Teatro Real, Palacio Real, Plaza de España, Gran Vía, Callao, Plaza de las Descalzas, Plaza Mayor, Tirso de Molina y finalmente cena en Lavapiés.

Martes 24::

Visita por el distrito con  ESO 4.5, MITE2 y MIAE2: Iglesia de San Pedro Advincula y su Camarín de la Virgen, visita al ACE de nuestro IES "Nuevas Palomeras", mercado del distrito, Paseo de García Lorca, mercadillo semanal, visita guiada a la biblioteca Luis Martín Santos.

Ponencia sobre Marie Curie con varios grupos de 4° de ESO en inglés por parte de Enrique Domínguez-Álvarez, científico titular de CSIC.

Comida en Topografía.

Paseo por el Centro Comercial La Gavia y visita a la Escuela Popular de Adultos de Villa de Vallecas con presentación y confraternización con el alumnado de la misma.

Miércoles 25:

Visita con los grupos MITE2 y MIAE2 acompañados de Abel Carenas a la Junta Municipal de Distrito, reunión con el responsable de Cultura y Educación de nuestro distrito.

Visita guiada en inglés al edificio de Caixaforum, comida de picnic en la Cuesta de Moyano,.

Visita guiada en inglés a la exposición "Veneradas y temidas" de Caixaforum.

Paseo por el Parque del Retiro incluyendo la Entrada del Casón, el estanque, Palacio de Velázquez, Palacio de Cristal y estatua del Ángel Caído .

Visita grupal al Museo Reina Sofía.

Jueves 26:

Job shadowing de docentes polacas en las áreas de Informática con Javier Arribas, Química de Formación Profesional con Ana, Artes Plásticas con Teresa Rodelgo y Huerto Escolar con Javier Uceda.

Taller en inglés de la Fundación Entreculturas sobre Responsabilidad, Conciencia y Futuro; haciendo especial hincapié en Educación, Migración y Perspectiva de Género, con Guadalupe de Inglés y su tutoría de bachillerato.

Comida de grupo en el centro de Madrid.

Visita a la exposición Fake News en la Fundación Telefónica.

Paseo por Fuencarral , Hortaleza y Chueca, camino de Recoletos para tomar el tren de Cercanías a Alcalá de Henares.

Paseo por el casco histórico de la ciudad de Alcalá visitando el Museo Arqueológico y Paleontológico Regional, pasando por el Palacio Arzobispal, la catedral, su calle Mayor, la Casa de Cervantes, Capilla del Oidor, portada y patio de la Universidad Cisneriana.

Cena en una taberna tradicional de la calle Libreros.

Vuelta a Madrid en Cercanías y Metro.

Viernes 27:

Taller de reciclaje de conversión de plástico en bisutería a cargo del alumnado polaco con participación de todos los grupos que han tomado parte en las actividades de la Semana compartida con el alumnado visitante polaco de Proyectos Etwinning.

Despedida del equipo docente y directivo del centro.

Visita a la Embajada polaca en Madrid con ESO 4.5, David Loranca y Amalia Jiménez; presentación de la embajadora y el personal responsable de la representación en España, muestra en video de las actividades culturales de la delegación en España; degustación posterior de productos polacos y conversación con el personal.

Vuelta al centro de Madrid para comida informal y visita al Museo del Prado.

Here you have the students' blog:

http://mujeresvallecanas.blogspot.com/

Here's the school:

https://escuelavk.blogspot.com/

-Wind sensor blinds

-The size of the library (Very large)

-Interesting way to learn in pigeon shops (Hairdressing and electricity)

-The poor condition of the connections and the rest of the electrical installation of the buildings

-Dog graffiti.

-Dataphone in church.

-Photo mural at the institute.

-Balcony full of pots.

-The Street market.

The conference on Marie Curie was offered by Dr. Enrique Domínguez-Álvarez, Institute of General Organic Chemistry. His site is: https://sites.google.com/site/enriquedominguezalv/

The institution he belongs to is: http://www.iqog.csic.es/

The link to the embassy and the piece of news they shared:

https://www.gov.pl/web/espana/reunion-de-la-embajadora-anna-sroka-con-jovenes-de-polonia-y-espaa

The teacher who cared about coordinating most of those things is Abel Carenas Velamazán https://www.educa2.madrid.org/web/abel.carenasvelamazan/etwinning

The people at the local Mayor's office who received us were:

Departamento de Educación: educpvallecas@madrid.es

Unidad de Servicios culturales y ocio comunitario: cultupvallecas@madrid.es

The two libraries in the Villa de Vallecas District that received us were:

Luis Martín Santos Library

https://www.comunidad.madrid/centros/biblioteca-publica-luis-martin-santos-villa-vallecas

Gerardo Diego Library

https://www.madrid.es/portales/munimadrid/es/Inicio/Cultura-ocio-y-deporte/Cultura-y-ocio/Direcciones-y-telefonos/Biblioteca-Publica-Municipal-Gerardo-Diego-Villa-de-Vallecas-/?vgnextoid=ca903d0b5e71c010VgnVCM1000000b205a0aRCRD&vgnextchannel=76f3efff228fe410VgnVCM2000000c205a0aRCRD

The Adults' School we were visiting is:

https://escuelavk.blogspot.com/

The foundations we visited are:

Fake News, Telefónica

https://espacio.fundaciontelefonica.com/

Feared and worshiped women, Caixaforum

https://caixaforum.org/es/madrid/exposiciones

The Archaeological Museum in Alcalá de Henares site is:

https://www.comunidad.madrid/centros/museo-arqueologico-paleontolog

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I took a photo of the virgin in the church.

I loved the tittles at the library.

I loved the silence in the library.

We visited our classmates in the ACE.

The ACE as bigger than I thought.

We visited the street market.

Afterwards, we took part in a lab class during which we learnt how to prepare soap and talked about different chemistry experiments.

In the afternoon we went to Madrid City, where the invaluable Mr Julio Antonio Abad Redondo told us the most interesting stories and guided us through this extraordinary city.

It was a very productive day!

We started the day with a walk around the Madrid district with Spanish students. During the walk we got to know each other better and we learned interesting facts about the district. We took part in a lecture about Marie Skłodowska-Curie, we learned more about her life and achievements. The lecture was conducted by the scientist, who used to work at the Polish university.

We also went to the biggest mall in Madrid and in the end we presented our region and school to the elderly people who just started their education. Full of bolivian food we finished the day.

Then we visited the Caixaforum museum where we learned that despite the beautiful vegetation it is not grown in an ecological way due to the high demand for water and energy. Later we went to an exhibition on women's participation in culture over the years (go girl). To rest, we went to the park where we observed nature and picked chestnuts. Next, we visited Reina Sofia- one of the most important modern art museums in Europe with many popular works, such as "Guernica" by Pablo Picasso. For dinner we tried new delicacies such as chorizo and squid. And that's how we ended the day!

The next day of our Erasmus+ adventure started with the eco-social workshops with students from I. E. S. Palomeras Vallecas. We discussed the issues connected with education, migration, gender equality, women rights and ecology. After the interesting discussions, we gave the international group presentations on given aims. Then, the visit to the fake news exhibition during which we met Marcin DiCaprio and got to know how we can be manipulated.

Next, the trip to Alcalá de Henares, one of the oldest Spanish towns. It is a place where Miguel de Cervantes, the author of 'Don Kichot' was born. We were astonished by the incredible ancient architecture and the exhibition in Museo Arqueológico y Paleontológico with prehistoric skeletons and ceramic Roman mosaics. You must know that there is also one of the world longest-running universities in Alcala. Finally, the Spanish dinner and the day was over!

Yesterday we went to I. E. S. Palomeras Valley's for the last time and held ecological workshops. We presented eco-friendly activities in our school and within EKOtrzecie voluntary such as "cleaning of the world" or raisings for animals.

We showed that plastic has many uses so we don't have to just throw it away. Because of that during the practical part of our workshops we made the jewellery out of it. Everyone got involved in this part. We made beautiful earrings and pendants.

Then we were hosted by the Polish ambassador in Spain - Anna Sroka. We were happy to hear Polish language abroad. We were shown activities and work of Polish Embassy employers. They also told us how they live and keep our traditions alive. We also ate our favourite Polish snacks: little cows, slaty fingers etc.

At the end we visited the Prado museum, where we saw paintings of famous artists such as Goya, Raphael and Rubens. Afterwards, we spent some time near Plaza de Mayor where Mr. Manuel gave us postcards. We finished our day with Spanish Paellas!

Summing up, that was an unforgettable week. We improved our language skills, learnt a lot about fake news and ecology, expanded our knowledge about Spain and helping others - which means we have completed all goals of our trip! We would like to thank Mr Wojciech Makowski - logistics and Mr Marcin Hościłowicz - project coordination, for your exemplary care of us, Mrs Magda Zakrzewska, Mrs Magda Makarewicz and Mrs Dorota Barszczewska for your engagement and a pleasant atmosphere. We would also like to thank Mr Julio and all the staff of I. E. S. Palomeras Vallecas school for welcoming us.

Bye and see you soon because it's not the end of our work!

Oliwia, Milena, Łukasz, Wiktoria, Kamila, Gaspar, Wiktoria, Kinga, Aurelia, Dominika, Igor i Franek