INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT POLAND

90% OF POLES HAVE COMPLETED A MINIMUM SECONDARY SCHOOL.

WOODSTOCK IS THE LARGEST OPEN FESTIVAL IN EUROPE.

POLAND HAS THE LARGEST NUMBER OF FARMS IN EUROPE.

THE NAME "POLAND" COMES FROM THE TRIBE "POLANIE".

OUR NATIONAL SPORTS ARE VOLLEYBALL AND SKI JUMPING. WE HAVE ALSO A LOT OF SUCCESSES IN

ATHLETICS.

THE ŚWIĘTOKRZYSKIE MOUNTAINS ARE THE OLDEST MOUNTAINS IN

EUROPE.

BŁĘDOWSKA DESERT IS THE ONLY NATURAL DESERT IN EUROPE.

IN POLAND PEOPLE USUALLY GET MARRIED VERY FAST. THE AVERAGE AGE OF THE BRIDE IS 24 AND THE

GROOM IS 26.

7 POLES WON THE NOBEL PRIZE.

A STATISTICAL POLE DRINKS A QUARTER OF A LITER OF BEER

EVERYDAY.

IN POLAND VERY POPULAR MOVIE IS „HOME ALONE”. THIS IS A TRADITION TO WATCH IT ON CHRISTMAS EVE.

POLAND IS THE LARGEST AMBER EXPORTER IN THE WHOLE WORLD.

BULLETPROOF VEST WAS INVENTED BY TWO POLES: KAZIMIERZ ŻEGLEŃ AND JAN SZCZEPANIK.

THE POLISH CONSTITUTION WAS THE FIRST IN EUROPE AND THE SECOND IN THE WORLD (AFTER USA).

ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR VIRAL MEMES IN POLAND IS NOSACZ MONKEY. IT SHOWS SOME STEREOTYPES

ABOUT POLES.

THE POLES BROKE THE ENIGMA CIPHER. BECAUSE OF THAT THE WORLD WAR II ENDED EARLIER.

HENRYK MAGUŃSKI INVENTED WALKIE-TALKIE IN 1940.

THE MINE DETECTOR WAS ALSO INVENTED BY A POLE - JÓZEF

KOSACKI IN 1941.

POLAND WAS THE ONLY EUROPEAN COUNTRY THAT NEVER OFFICIALLY COOPERATED WITH THE NAZIS AT ANY LEVEL AND NO

POLISH TROOPS FOUGHT WITH THE NAZI ARMY.

POLISH LANGUAGE IS ONE OF THE HARDEST TO LEARN.

OUR SCHOOL IN KROSINKO

HISTORY:• The older building was built in 1909.• At the beginning there were only a few

subjects: reading, writing, counting and geography of Wielkopolska (one of the Polish region).

• Education lasted four years, with classes taking place only three times a week.

• After the World War I, the school became a place controlled by German soldiers.

• In year 1922, our school became a place, where students could learn again.

Now in our school learn about 250 students. Since January, we can learn also in a new building.

INSTA.LING

Me and our English teacher have used Insta.Ling for few years. Because of that we

can teach our students new English words and Polish ortography in modern way. Our school

has a quality certifcate of language education.

ETWINNING

In last year we made a cooperation with our school partner in Turkey by eTwinning. We wrote about our culture and sent New Year

wishes to each other. At the end of the school year our students made a special copy of

school newspaper in English language as a gift to friends from Anasya, Turkey.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENCION!

„I am grateful to the heavens that in all my instincts I became a Pole.”

~Friederick Nietzche

„Leave it to the Poles. Nothing is impossible for them.”

~Napoleon Bonaparte

„Everything dies. Only Poland is eternal.”

~Artur Schopenhauer

„When the kids in shoes for $200 approaches me and complain

about their fate, I tell them to read about the November Uprising first.”

~Curt Cobain (vocalist from”Nirvana”)