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Celebrations in the Polish school (3) - Christmas

There is a tradition to celebrate Christmas together at our school. We do it on the last day of school before the Christmas break.
This year it was Tuesday, 22nd December.
To begin with, there was a Nativity Play - a show prepared by our Religion teachers and performed by students. All the other children and teachers came down to the gym to watch and sing carrols together.




After that each class organized a meeting. It included singing carrols, too, a festive meal (consisting of cakes, biscuits and other delicacies). Children shared wafers (it is a very old tradition, about which you may read here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_wafer) and wished each other all the best in the coming year. Classrooms were beautifully decorated. Some children also prepared special nativity performances just for their classmates. Everyone had a very good time.



When the children went home, teachers met for their small Christmas meeting, where they also shared wafers, ate home made delicacies and talked, talked, talked...

Celebrations in the Polish school (2) - St. Nicholas Day - 6 December

On 6th December Saint Nicholas comes to children in Poland.
He came to our school, too.
He visited all classes and gave presents to the pupils.
He had a great team with him - angels and devils who helped him find the right gifts for each child. Here are some pictures from his visit to class 1c.



Class 2b went to "Figlarnia", a large play hall situated in the city centre, to meet Saint Nicholas there. They had a great time and got wonderful presents.
Have a look at their pictures:



We hope Saint Nicholas will visit you, too, and bring you lots of nice presents!

Celebrations in the Polish school (1) - St. Andrew's Day - 30 November

Hello again from Poland!

In this blog, we will let you know what is going on at our school throughout the year.
You will know what and how we celebrate.

We will start with St. Andrew's Day.



On this day -On this day - November 30th - we try to guess what the future will bring.
There are many fun ways to do it - for example pouring molten wax onto cold water through a key hole.

Have a look at the pictures and check what class 1c did to have fun on this day.

Do you have a similar day in your countries and schools?

Buon Natale to everyone!

So many comments!!! Well done children!!!

Our blog is getting very busy...thanks to our children writing so many messages. Great idea Ania! So...it works!!!
Hugs & Kisses to you all.
Chiara

STUDENTS' FORUM

Hello Students from Scotland, Greece, Spain, Italy and Poland,

We think it would be a good idea for you to come here, introduce yourselves and let each other know about your interests, lifestyles and hobbies.
Two of the Polish students will now start the introductuions and invite you to join in.

Glasgow - Project Meeting November '09

All of us thank our fantastic Scottish friends for their hospitality and for making us feel so welcome. We had a great experience in Glasgow and in Dalmarnock School.
Here some pictures I took during my visit. Hope you like it!
Keep in touch very soon.
Chiara

Year 3 - Morelli Primary School - Ravenna

Thanks to my pupils who visited our blog and left a message...I'm very proud of them!
Love,
Chiara

Scottish display

Hello everyone!
Look at this wonderful display our Scottish friends are working about. It's a real masterpiece!! BRAVI!!

Approved!!!

Hello everyone!
Our project "See the sea" has been approved!!!
We're looking forward to meeting our new European friends in November in Scotland.
Happy New School Year to you all.
Chiara - Italy

Congratulations to our scottish friends in Dalmarnock Primary!!!

They were awarded a certificate of Excellence for their work in International Education. At the ceremony one school is awarded a cup for being seen as the school that has done most in the year...and they won!!

They are also having an International Week in school. We are all looking forward to publishing their pictures about the event! P4/5 are studying Italy!!

Antiparos, Greece

Antiparos Primary school is situated in one of the smallest islands of the Cyclades island group, in the southeast Aegean, where the ancient Cycladic civilization was born (around 3.000 B.C.)-
It is opposite the much bigger island of Paros but commuting is only possible by sea. In this sense the area is disadvantaged, as access to a larger variety of cultural and other activities is limited by weather conditions and availability of sea transportation. The island’s population is around 1100 and our school has 75 pupils, 7 teachers and 7 teachers of special subjects (English, French, German, P.E., Music, Art and computer science). We have a small number (around 10% of the pupil population) of immigrant pupils for whom Greek is a second language and whose mother tongues are mostly Eastern European.

From this European partnership we are willing to realize and expect:
• to cooperate with other European schools within a specific educational framework

• to enhance cross-cultural understanding

• to involve parents, teachers, pupils and administrators in a large-scale educational project, thus enhancing the community spirit

• to exchange innovative ideas on curriculum design and application

• to enhance teamwork skills and develop teachers’ and students’ interpersonal intelligence

• to apply communicative learning methods for foreign language learning.

My New Year Wish for you all!

Resolve to make at least one person happy every day, and then in ten years you may have made three thousand, six hundred and fifty persons happy, or brightened a small town by your contribution to the fund of general enjoyment.

By Sydney Smith