SOSW Leszno, our school
LESZNO, our hometown
Where we are situated ?
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.
School buildings
School canteen
Male dormitory in Kampinos National Park
School stable and horses
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
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
Activities in the boarding school
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
Christmas dinner
Theatre festival
Bicycle rally
FeTa – dance and vocal festival
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
Trip to Berlin
Trip to Bratislava and Vienna
Trip to Prague
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
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 The aim of the project was promotion of good eating habits and healthy lifestyle
International projects In June 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
Summer camp During the summer we organised 2-weeks summer camp by the lake where children practise horse riding
Ski camp In the winter holidays students take part in the camp where they are being trained in skiing
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