Specjalny Ośrodek Szkolno-Wychowawczy w Lesznie Worksen Project Leonardo da Vinci Lifelong Learning Programme

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

12. 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

28. THANK YOU FOR YOUR
ATTENTION 