To be honest, work
with children from primary school in Płocochowo is always pleasure for me.
We’ve been there already 2 times with presentations about Russia and Hungary
Płococholandia is a
name of an annual charity event that have been running in Płocochowo already 6
years. Funds that collected from it go for school’s need, this year it’s
re-equipments of classes. There were two part of the event: first one was a
concert of local musical and dancing collectives, in the second one there were a
fair, lottery and different workshops.
After welcoming
speech of a director, the concert had started. For me the most catchy
performance was from SWAG, a dancing school from Pułtusk.
They were inflammatory and bright! And of course I will never forget a performance about a train going from a valley of fantasy to a country of fairytales because a song from it was playing in my head all the day long ;-)
They were inflammatory and bright! And of course I will never forget a performance about a train going from a valley of fantasy to a country of fairytales because a song from it was playing in my head all the day long ;-)
In the middle of
the concert Sylwia called Zsófi, Kien and me to set our own stand. After
testing the idea of creative recycling with children and youth, we decided that
it works pretty well and had chosen the topic as a main idea of our stand for
Płococholandia. But in the very beginning making owls out of toilet paper rolls
and pigs out of empty plastic bottles was not popular among kid, but…our
success had started when we suggested them face painting. Yes, it’s really
funny, but it had worked as a virus advertisement! Children were staying in a
line waiting and had started to be curious how to make all of these funny
things.
Some time later they were coming with friends and parents (by the way, the last were wondering that we make it for free). Personally thanks for Kien who had appeared as a talented painter. British flags are seem to be his specialization, children were asking for them again and again! That’s great that co-working opens people’s skill and let you know people better. Unfortunately, because of the fact that our stand was placing on the grass, we could not run a race of origami frogs that Kien also could teach children.
Some time later they were coming with friends and parents (by the way, the last were wondering that we make it for free). Personally thanks for Kien who had appeared as a talented painter. British flags are seem to be his specialization, children were asking for them again and again! That’s great that co-working opens people’s skill and let you know people better. Unfortunately, because of the fact that our stand was placing on the grass, we could not run a race of origami frogs that Kien also could teach children.
In the end of the
day I realized that Płococholandia had come to the end very soon. I was tired,
but happy. I saw smiley faces of children going home and waving goodbye. It
seems they had fun with us and if they forget how to make an owl out of toilet
paper roll, they will never forget how British flag looks like. And I hope they
will not forget Vietnamese, Hungarian and Russian volunteers!
P.S. big big thanks
for Sylwia, Zsófi, Kien for a great working Sunday!
Have a nice day,
Daria
