Students eagerly took part in staged scenes showing how to defend themselves against an attacker in a dangerous situation.

“Children should be taught the right attitudes toward people they do not know, because their safety is particularly important to us,” says PTPP president Dawid Karol Kołodziej. “Theoretical knowledge is one thing, and practical knowledge is another. Although students know what to do in theory, they have more difficulty applying it in practice. They often downplay the problem. One of the workshop participants encountered the silver car recently described in the media. The man wanted to give him a lift. The boy bravely endured the stress and ran to his grandmother, calling his mother along the way. But he himself said that in such situations fear is paralyzing,” the president added.

Warsztaty dla dzieci oraz rodziców organizowane przez Polskie Towarzystwo PsychopedagogiczneWarsztaty dla dzieci oraz rodziców organizowane przez Polskie Towarzystwo Psychopedagogiczne • PTPP
Warsztaty dla dzieci oraz rodziców organizowane przez Polskie Towarzystwo PsychopedagogiczneWarsztaty dla dzieci oraz rodziców organizowane przez Polskie Towarzystwo Psychopedagogiczne • PTPP

The subject of the meeting at Municipal School Complex No. 1 was safety at school and on the Internet. The children eagerly joined the discussions, encouraged by Dawid Karol Kołodziej, Katarzyna Szulik and Sergeant Marta Kubiak from the Bolesławiec District Police Headquarters. The children engaged in lively discussions about the dangers that improper use of the Internet can bring. Their knowledge impressed the presenters, parents and teachers.

Sergeant Marta Kubiak explained to the children how to behave in a dangerous situation involving strangers. The children learned how to act when approached by someone they do not know. Workshops on the same subject will be held on June 19 at Primary School No. 4 named after Jan Matejko in Bolesławiec.

Other equally interesting projects of the Polish Psychopedagogical Association are being carried out in Bolesławiec:

  • Time for Health, a project for primary-school children concerning healthy eating
  • Psychopedagogical Talent Hunter, activities aimed at finding young people who want to become psychologists, educators or psychopedagogues, and helping them pursue their professional careers
  • Ladies’ Evenings, closed workshops for women who need support and changes in their everyday lives