The full name of our school is Zespol Szkol Ponadgimnazjalnych nr 4 im. Jakuba Wejhera. The school is named after Jakub Wejher who was the founder of Wejherowo, the town we study and some of us live in. A part ofZSP nr4 is V Liceum Ogolnokształcace which is the one participating in the project
We are located in Wejherowo, 50 kilometers from Gdansk. Wejherowo is in the northern part of Poland, within 30 – minute drive from the Baltic Sea.
Our school was founded in 1958, which means it’s our 50th anniversary!
In V Liceum Ogolnokształcace, which is a part of the project, there are 444 students. We have mixed classes so boys study together with girls. We are aged between 16 and 19
The majority of students come from nearby villages. The rest live in Wejherowo.
There are 68 teachers in the whole school complex.
In V Liceum Ogolnokształcace there are all in all 5 different classes.
Euroclass – German language oriented class. 8 hours a week.
Biology and Sport class – biology, german and sport oriented class
Humanities class – Polish and history oriented class
Political science class – geography and social studies oriented class
IT class – maths and IT oriented class
We also have so called ‘Eurogroups’ teaching English, where students have 9 hours English a week. Eurogroup students get prepared for Cambridge Certificates such as PET and FCE.
1We have Polish, English, German and Spanish classes. The official language in Poland is Polish.
We study from Monday to Friday. Everyday lessons start at 8 am and we study for no more than 8 hours so we finish at around 3pm. We sometimes start later and finish around 5pm.