Independence Day

SCHOOL CELEBRATIONS OF THE INDEPENDENCE DAY AND THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE OUTBREAK OF SILESIAN UPRISING

We started celebrating these exceptional ceremonies on Friday, November 8, 2019, by conducting a group stage of the School Oxford Debate Tournament on Silesian topics. The tournament was entered by 8 teams of first classes, both “new” and “old” high school. All the teams had previously participated in workshops preparing for the Oxford style debates, conducted by the history teacher Lucyna Staniczek.

In the group phase, each team had to prepare for the defense or rebuttal of the thesis: “It’s easy to love Upper Silesia. The debates were conducted in alphabetical order of the groups (from A to D), and the membership in the relevant group was determined by the drawing of lots. In this stage the winners were teams of 1d1-n, 1e-n, 1ce-n, 1ce-n and 1e.

On Tuesday, 12 November, a short concert of songs by Silesian insurgents took place in the school common room, combined with presentations about the culture of Upper Silesia.

The semi-final and final of the School Oxford Debate Tournament is scheduled for 14 November. In the semi-final, four teams will face each other – the winners of the group stage. All debates will be evaluated by a jury composed of history teachers. The thesis of the semi-final stage will be “The economy of Upper Silesia needs a profound change”.

For the finals, teams must prepare the thesis “The Silesian Uprisings brought more benefits to the Second Republic than to Upper Silesia”.