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Where is Poland?
POLAND – national symbols: coat of arms and flag
THE REPABLIC OF POLAND The total area of Poland is 312,679
square kilometres, making it the 9th largest in Europe.
Territorial division - there are 16 provinces in Poland, 379 smaller districts and 2478 municipalities.
THE REPUBLIC OF POLAND Poland has a population of over 38.5 million
people, which makes it the sixth most populous member of the Europiean Union.
Poland is a democracy, with a president (Mr Komorowski) as a head of state, whose current constitution dates from 1997. The government structure centers on the Council of Ministers, led by a prime minister (Mr Tusk).
Warsaw – the capital city
CRACOW – former capital city
THE MAIN SQUARE
Cracow – Wawel castle
Regions – in the north of Poland - the Baltic sea
The most famous city in the north - Gdańska
Mazury – the lake district in the north-east of Poland
The Tatra mountains in the south of Poland
The Pieniny and Bieszczady moutains – in the south of Poland
National Parks There are 23 national
parks in Poland, with total area of 315,000 ha, which cover appx. 1% of the country’s area. Polish National Parks are exceptional in Europe for their rang of wildlife, their size and varying geographical interest. Biebrza river
National parks – some animals protected in Poland
stork
lynx
Aurochs – the European bison
Religion Most people in Poland are Roman
Catholic (about 80% of the population)
Other religions: Orthodox church, Protestant churches, Jews, Muslims (some Tatar people in Białystok city)
Wooden churches of Malopolska region are on UNESCO List of World Heritage Sites
Catholic traditions – Easter
Preparing palms and traditonal competitions – whose palm is taller?
Catholic traditions - Christmas Children at school
or at church usually show a traditional play called „jasełka”
There are a lot of trditions for each day of Christmas
HOUSES IN POLAND - Past
MODERN HOUSES
PEOPLE IN POLAND
Young people can join different activities - karate
Dance groups
Scauts groups have also long history in Poland
You can find knights…
Our region - Malopolska
Malopolska
Dominikowice
Dominikowice
Our school – Zepół Szkół in Dominikowice Our school is located in
village Dominikowice School has two levels: Primary school,
children from 6-7 years old to 12-13 years old (6 classes)
Junior High School, students from 13 years old to 15 years old (3 classes)
Primary school – class 1
Class 1 – children starts education
Class 2 and 3
Class 4 and 5
Gym Language classroom
Class 6A and 6B
Junior High School
Educational projects at school We cooperate with Jagiellonian
University, Silesia University in educational projects – additional lessons for students
We have projects for small kids – additional English and German lessons, dance, chess, Art.
We have support from psychologist
Educational projects at school We take care of
nature – our school got the highest distinction from Ministry of the Environment „Promoter of ecology”
Youth in Action projects – Youth exchanges in Turkey
February 2011, Kayseri
June 2012, Kayseri
Youth exchange in Poland – July 2012, Poland - Turkey - Romania „Worlds we live in” We learn about
different culturals, traditions
We cooked togheter, danced, wathed wedding’s traditions, sang, played sport
School’s oficial celebretions – National Day
Comenius corner – logo competition for Primary School students (on a paper)
Comenius corner
Junior High School Primary school
Comenius activity - orienteering
At first classes chose 5-6 students
They got the instructions and a map
Comenius activity - orienteering Groups went from
school in a ten-minute intervals
There were 7 teams
They had to follow a map and do differentst activities at some special points
Comenius activity - orienteering
Comenius activity - orienteering Teachers prepared
these pionts before the race
Teachers watched children from different places on the way
Comenius activity - orienteering