1. SOSW Leszno, our school

2. LESZNO, our hometown

3. Where we are situated ?

4. SOSW Leszno- our school Our school is located 30 km from Warsaw, near the Kampinos National Park We are the biggest school for children with special educational needs in Masovia region. There are approximately 270 students in our school and 120 of them stay in the boarding school Our students are children aged 7 to 23 with mental and physical disability and various educational needs.

5. School buildings

6. School canteen

7. Male dormitory in Kampinos National Park

8. School stable and horses

9. School structure SOSW Leszno (School for Children with Special Educational Needs in Leszno) - Primary school - Secondary school - Vocational school For children aged 7 to 23 with mild, moderate, severe and profound mental retardation

10. Vocational school During 3-years vocational school student with mild mental retardation are being trained in following proffesions: - -hairdresser - - gardner - -shop assistant - - chef - - baker - -confectioner

11. Activities in the boarding school

13. Annual events and festivals Every year we organise: Christmas dinner Vocal and dance festival Theatre festival Ski camp Summer camp Cross-country running Bicycle rally Integration trips

14. Christmas dinner

15. Theatre festival

16. Bicycle rally

17. FeTa – dance and vocal festival

18. School trips Annualy school organised trips to neighbourhood European countries. Our students have already visited 7 capitals (Prague, Vilnius, Vienna, Bratislava, Berlin, Bukarest, Tallin) and Bornholm Island in Denmark

19. Trip to Berlin

20. Trip to Bratislava and Vienna

22. Trip to Prague

23. International projects Since September 2011 we participate in Leonardo da Vinci project WORKSen (Comparing the techniques used in Special Needs Vocational Education and supporting their social and vocational integration) with 5 other schools and institutions from Turkey and Romania

24. International projects “Healthy food – better life” is a title of Polish-Italian Youth Exchange Youth in Action Programme that took place in Leszno in June 2012. The aim of the project was promotion of good eating habits and healthy lifestyle

25. International projects In June 2012 3 persons from our school participated in international seminar in Estonia. The theme of the seminar was work opportunity for persons with disabilities in non-government organisations. We had chance to share experience with other youth workers from Finland, Spain, Estonia and Austria

26. Summer camp During the summer we organised 2-weeks summer camp by the lake where children practise horse riding

27. Ski camp In the winter holidays students take part in the camp where they are being trained in skiing

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