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In Poland the school year always begins  on 1st September . If the weather is nice we meet in the front off school, but if it rains we meet at our gym. Our Hedmaster always welcomes us and we get our lesson schedules. It's good to meet friends, but we are sorry to say goodbye to holidays.

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A new athletic track was opened in our school in September 2017 :-) It is not the event that happens every year but this year it was really important to us. Even President of Gdansk came to open it!

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Year One Students celebrate becoming students of our school

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Year One Students celebrate becoming students of our school

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It is our tradition that after a month student celebrate being students. The headteacher touches each student's shoulder with a huge pencil and welcomes them in our school. We all like this celebration and it is very important for our young friends.

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We don't celebrate Halloween in Poland but we celebrate All Saints Day. It is on 1st November but we don't go to school on this day. A day before students dress up as their saint patrons and we enjoy ourselves :)

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On 11th November Polish people celebrate Independence Day. In all cities there are parades and each school celebrates this important day too. In our school it is different every year. This year we had a school quiz about our country. It was very interesting and funny. After the quiz we ate a delicious Polish soup called 'żurek'.

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It is a very old Polish tradition to celebrate St. Andrew's day on 30th November. It is a day when we can find out about our future. You can check your wife's or husband's name and check who will get married first. It is a lot of fun for all of us.

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Before Christmas each class decorates the classroom and the door - we have competitions for the most beautifully decorated one! The ideas are always very interesting.

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Chidren prepared gingerbreads - Christmas cookies, they were delicious !!!

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Each year around Christmas we prepare Christmas festival. We have a Nativity play and we sing Christmas carols together with teachers and parents. After that we eat cakes, prepare Christmas decorations and take Christmas photos. We love this Festival!

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On 21st and 22nd January Polish grandparents have their holiday. Younger students celebrate these days and invite grandparents to school. They sing songs and prepare poems. They also draw cards with wishes. You can watch a song prepared by our students.

https://youtu.be/D1dFoyJUREg

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After Christmas break carnival begins. Before a ball students prepare beautiful masks.

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Winter break 2018 is over, it is the end of a two-week break from learning. We didn't have to go to school but students that dont go anywhere can come and have fun at school - they play computer games, play different sports, read books, paint, draw and spend time with friends. It's a pitty that the break isn't longer.

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On this day our students send  Valentines  cards to each other. It is nice to get a card from a friend :)

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In February our school hosted people from the Erasmus + project. After visiting other countries the meeting finally took place in our school. The students went to our classes, talked with us and visited our beautiful city.

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On March 3rd, the Open Day was held again in our school. On this day a series of interesting performances, exhibitions, multimedia projections and games and games for children, who came to see the school, were planned. Preschoolers and their parents could look into almost every corner of our school. We hope they will become our new students in September!

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From time to time we have extra lessons planned for us. Our teachers invite guests who teach us interesting things. In this photo Year 4 in our school had a lesson about birds - different kinds and how to help them survive winter.

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We learn a lot about healthy lifestyle and together with our teachers we learnt how to prepare healthy breakfasts.

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After long winter we are happy to welcome spring. Students prepare an egiffy of an old woman called 'Marzanna'. It is a symbol of winter. Our old Polish tradition is to burn the egiffy and drown in in the river or sea. Since 21st March we await spring to come

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When Easter comes we have another short, one-week break from school. But before this time comes we have a lot of things to do. First, we make Easter cards to send them to our families. Then we make Easter decorations - we dye and paint eggs, we decorate our classrooms with pictures of Easter eggs, chicks and bunnies. Finally we make beautiful palms to celebrate Palm Sunday - a week before Easter. And then we are ready to celebrate Easter!

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Each April students who are going to finish school sit their exams. They check almost every subject: Polish, History, Social Studies, Maths, Biology, Chemistry, Geography, Phisics and English. The exams last 3 days and everyone is happy when they are over!

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On 3rd May we celebratethe Holiday of Polish Constitution. It was written in 1791 and it was the second Constitution in the world, just after the American Constitution and shortly before the French Constitution!

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On 1st June we celebrate Children's Day so at the weekend we organise a family event - we sing, play sports, eat cakes and have fun - children together with their parents.

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Before the school ends our students who finish school have a special ball to say goodbye to school. The ball starts with a traditional Polish dance, Polonez. You can watch Polonez danced by our students last year.
https://youtu.be/5NkI3kM5hic

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On last Friday of June we say goodbye to our school, our teachers end studying for two whole months! It is sad to say goodbye to our friends but we know that we will meet in September!