This is another edition of the project «King Solomon’s Mines …» The project is for 3 volunteers who work in the Salomon Christian Elementry School with kids 6-13 years old. The volunteers help teachers with extracurricular activities, they organize the free time that kids have after school, help with homework etc. They work 5 days a week and once a month there is some kind of event organized by the volunteers for the families and local communities.

Kopalnie  is a project of the group European Voluntary Service which will be realized in the Christian Primary School in Zielona Góra. The main objective of the project is to develop pupils and volunteers in different areas during the extracurricular classes. Three volunteers supervised by a teacher will help during classes for children, increasing their skills in such areas as general knowledge, foreign languages, arts (art, music, theatre, technical classes) and sports. Volunteers’ work will take place at school on working days for 7 months. Volunteers who are at school will in the first place work with teachers working in common rooms. A volunteer will help the teacher – they will work together and in time volunteers will be able to conduct some activities on their own (games with kids, creating arts works, sports, teaching songs in a foreign language etc…..

accommodation, food and transport arrangements

Volunteers will get money for food / 14 PLN per day/ and prepare themselves their food.
(with the exception of:
1. On-arrival training and mid-term evaluation, when the volunteer is provided with food by the National Agency,
2. Camps, when the volunteer is provided with food by hotel ) A volunteer can buy lunch at the school canteen.

Accommodation:

Volunteers will be lodged in rented flat in town centre.

The practical arrangements (working hours, days off per week, holidays):

Working hours at school:
10 am – 12:30 am time for preparation
12:30 am – 1 pm lunch at school cafeteria
1 pm – 5 pm after-school classes and workshops
Discussing plan for conducting workshops for the duration of action with the teacher .
Assistance in classes and observing working methods.
Planning activities, preparation of work plan for the period,
Preparation of materials for the workshops.
Preparation of games activating children.
Conducting workshops on their own.
Preparation of the theater group / vocal performance for the school events.
Help in preparaion of the festival for the local community
Conducting of prepared activities at the picnic / games, sports, performances, etc. /.
Preparing and conducting workshops for children at a camp.
Assistance in administrative work and housekeeping within the school
Participation in class trips and help with organizing trips

The organization of free time for students in Solomon's European Club
Preparing and conducting Volunteer Day in their countries.
Exemplary schedule of a day
This is 35-40 hours including training volunteers in teaching languages and team meeting. In case, when a volunteer is engaged in special events, special day– she will get extra day off.
Vacation:
20 days off work – 2 days each month. Days that hasn't been tapped go along to the next month. Volunteer, planning her vacation, informs the host organisation with two weeks notice (14 days).

NOTICE:
In case of missing a day of class without a good reason – the organization considers this day as a day of leave.
Pocket money:
Paid on delivery at the end of each week/month. (an equivalent of 85E per month at the exchange rate defined by the National Agency as of the day of advance payment transfer)

training during the project

Trainings for the volunteer:
1. Pre-Departure Training, organized by SENDING ORGANISATION:
2. On-Arrival Training, organized by – NA of program Erasmus + Youth
3. Mid-term training organized by – NA of program Erasmus + Youth
4. Final Evaluation, organized by SENDING ORGANISATION:

volunteer profile

A volunteer should:
– be open to cooperation and willing to act
– agree to participate in activities throughout the duration of the contract and the training prepared for volunteers
– have sufficient motivation to work with children aged 6-13

How to apply