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 schoolFor 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

Activities in the boarding school

Annual events and festivals

Every year we organise:Christmas dinner Vocal and dance festivalTheatre festival Ski camp Summer campCross-country runningBicycle rallyIntegration 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 2012.

The aim of the project was promotion of good eating habits and healthy lifestyle

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

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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