The ways of spending free time without TV

There are a lot of ways of spending free time without TV:

Ideas of Polish students	Ideas of Slovakian students
Reading books. Listening to the music. Visiting friends. Chat with friends. Playing computer games. Playing cards, chess, dominoes. Painting, drawing. Riding a bicycle. Fishing. Swimming. Skateboarding. Dancing. Going for a walk with a friend. Practice your hobby. Playing with dog. Playing football, tennis (sport).	Going out with friends Playing futball Chat with friends Playing basketball Playing computer games Listening music Dancing of Zumba Playing with my pet Visiting cinema with my friends Going shopping Visiting friends Reading books Riding a bicycle

How did our grandparents spend time without TV?

We asked our grandparents how did they spend time without TV.

When my grandparents were young...

They read books. They played games and travelled with their friends. When my grandma was young she swam in the pond. My grandfather played football.

Kornelia M., Poland

They swam in the lake. My grandma read books, my grandfather rode a bike.

Oskar K.,Poland

They rode the bike, played football and learned at school. My grandma listened and sang songs. She swam in a river. My grandfather worked in the shop and danced. He travelled around Poland.

Weronika W.,Poland

They travelled around the world, went to school, played sports, sometimes danced. When my grandad was young he travelled around Europe. My grandmother sang songs and worked as a forester.

Olga K.,Poland

They swam in the lake. When my grandma was young she read and my grandad rode a bike.

Kamil K., Poland

They helped their parents at home and swam in the lake. Thye rode a bike and played football. They visited their friends and danced.

Maja S., Poland

They danced and sang. They were hard working. They liked riding a bike and read books. They loved swimming. They travelled in Poland.

Ola W., Poland

They helped their parents at home. Thye often rode a bike. My grandma liked dancing and singing very much. My grandad liked going to the lake and swam in it.

Agnieszka K., Poland

They helped their parents at home. My granny sang songs and danced at school. My grandad read books and played football and tennis. He travelled around the world. My granny worked as a teacher and my granddad worked as a policeman.

Zosia W., Poland

They read books, spoke with friends  and swam in the pond. My grandma helped her parents and my grandpa sang song with his friends.

Julia Ś., Poland

They played football and worked in their houses. My grandparents travelled around the world and helped their parents. My grandparents danced every day.

Daniel T., Poland

When my grandparents were young, they helped their parents. They went to their friends and played football. My grandparents swam in the pond during the summer. My grandma liked singing with her friends. She danced very often with them.

Zuzia N., Poland

They rode a bicycle. My grandpa played football and granma sang songs with their friends.

Janek P., Poland

Interview  with my grandmother ... (Henka T., SLOVAKIA)

Interview with my grandmother .... (Kristína I., SLOVAKIA)

Interview with my grandmother (made by Dominik K., POLAND)

Interview with my grandfather (made by Julia Ś., POLAND)

Why TV is chewing gum for the eyes?

TV is chewing gum for the eyes, because……

since we start to watch we can not stop to do it. (Jasiek P., Poland)

I can watch my favourite films and this is fun (Asia B., Poland)

it make we want to watch it all the time and it is interesting too (Ola W. Poland)

programmes are nice, it’s great. (Kuba O., Poland)

we can see colourfull  world and interesting films . (Zuzia N., Poland)

TV programmes are interesting and nice. (Daniel T., Poland)

children like watching television and they can learn a lot about the world. (Agnieszka K., Poland)

I love fairy tales, in fairy tales life is always colourfull and amusing. (Kornelia M., Poland)

TV programmes are interesting, especially Discovery, Animal Planet and MTV (Olga K., Poland)
a lots of people watch films that they like (Monika H., Slovakia)
when we are bored, we switch on TV and time passes very fast and we don´t perceive around world (Henrieta T., Slovakia)
we watch TV if it doesn´t interest us too and we don´t know how much watch TV often (Natália D., Slovakia)
when we watch some film, we must watch it to end (Ivana H., Slovakia)
when I go home from school I switch on TV (Nikola B., Slovakia)
time goes very fast before TV (Kristína I., Slovakia)
when man begins to watch TV, he doesn´t know when he would finish (Karolína K., Slovakia)
we watch TV constatly (Monika N., Slovakia)
when we put chew to mouth, we are chewing constantly and long time. And so when we switch on TV, we watch TV long time (Sofia U., Slovakia)

AIMS

The project will aim to help the pupils to realize the impact of watching TV (advantages and disadvantages). They will know how to select the TV program, appropriate to age and according to their interests, will recognize the aesthetic features and television programs, will know how to give up unnecessary programs, will recognize the risks associated with uncritical use of television.
 

Questionnaire 

 

1. How much time do you spend watching TV?

Countries	30 minutes-1 hour	1 -3 hours	3 hours and more
Poland	11	6	3
Slovakia	7	9	2

 2. When do you watch TV?

Countries	Before going to school	After school	In the evening
Poland	2	10	8
Slovakia	6	5	17

3. What type of programmes do you watch?

Countries	Serials, movies	Entertaintment	News, sceintific
Poland	12	5	3
Slovakia	17	3	3

4.Why do you watch TV?

Countries	For fun	To learn	Others
Poland	17	0	3
Slovakia	11	1	8

5.Does TV affect your behaviour?

Countries	Yes	No	I haven’t noticed any changes
Poland	5	11	4
Slovakia	3	8	7

6. With who do you watch TV?

Countries	Alone	In company	Sometimes alone, sometimes in company
Poland	4	2	14
Slovakia	5	2	11

7. Do you spend more time watching TV or outdoors?

Countries	Watching TV	Outdoors	I spend the same watching TV and outdoors.
Poland	3	8	9
Slovakia	1	9	8

8. Do you have problems in school because of watching TV?

Countries	Yes	No	A little
Poland	2	16	2
Slovakia	0	16	2

9. Do you think that the TV can be addictive?

Countries	Yes	No	I don’t know
Poland	9	6	5
Slovakia	10	3	5

TV programmes and films which we watch

Countries	Serials, movies	Entertaintment programmes	News, sceintific
Poland	Pierwsza miłość(The first love) Barwy szczęścia (The colours of happiness) Detektywi (The detectives) Ojciec Mateusz (The father Matthew) Julia W 11 Świat według Kiepskich (The world according to Kiepski) Faceci w czerni (The men in black) American Pie Ekipa z New Jersey (The team from New Jersey)	Milion w minutę (The million in a minute) Must be the music Milionerzy ( The millionaires) Football cafe Sport	Galileo News
Slovakia	Pod povrchom (Under surface) Panelák (Prefab) Simpsinovci Griffinovci Dva a pol chlapa (Two and half man) Nothinghill Udalosť (Event) Harry Potter Glee The vampire diaries The hunger games Supernatural Pretty little liars Nešika Kosti (Bones) Never say never Marli a ja Druhý dych (The second breath)	Faktor strachu (Fear factor) Česko-Slovensko má talent (Czech and Slovakia talents) The X-factor The Voice Amazing race	News