Saint Valentine's Day, Gierlachów

On 14th February we celebrated St Valentine's Day at our school. About a month before, a colourful box adorned with hearts had appeared in the hall. It reminded students that the festival is approaching and they had time to prepare cards for their friends. Finally, the Valentine's mail was sorted out and delivered to its receivers by student council.  Children and teenagers who got the cards felt overjoyed.
It was a special day, which brought some change in ordinary school life.

The Valentine's Day

The Valentine's Day

The Valentine's Day is celebrated on 14th February. Valentine's Day is celebrated by people who are in relationships. They go to restaurants, cafes and various other places. Valentine's Day is a love day. Valentine's Day is a day when people in love confess their love.

New year’s 🎆

                                                           

 Today  December 31 , we  celebrate New Year’s.

This is a special  evening when  we say  godbye to the old year and welcome to the new year .

On this day we usually shoot colorful fireworks , drink champagne ,  arrange  parties  and  dance .

People don’t celebrates  New Year’s  Eve  in  every  country .  Also,  there  are  some  places in the world where  people celebrate  New Year’s Eve not in  the end of the year .

For  example China has  its  festival  on  25 January .

Not everyone copes  witaj the habits realated to New Year’s  Ewe ,

e.g

 Elderly people , animals  because they are  afraid of  bangs and shots .




























 Today  December 31 , we  celebrate New Year’s.

This is a special  evening when  we say  godbye to the old year and welcome to the new year .

On this day we usually shoot colorful fireworks , drink champagne ,  arrange  parties  and  dance .

People don’t celebrates  New Year’s  Eve  in  every  country .  Also,  there  are  some  places in the world where  people celebrate  New Year’s Eve not in  the end of the year .

For  example China has  its  festival  on  25 January .

Not everyone copes  witaj the habits realated to New Year’s  Ewe ,
 
e.g

 Elderly people , animals  because they are  afraid of  bangs and shots .

   

                                                                                            

Internet Safety Day

On 11 February, on  Tuesday we celebrate Internet Safety Day.

On this day we are talking about using the internet safely.
Many people don't know how to use internet safety and some people have been deceived by hackers








Now we gonna talk about how to be safe.

1. Don't come in the unknown wierd links.
2. Don't come in the messages from strangers.
3. Downoload plicks from the checkt and trusted websit's.
4. Don't give your passwords to the strangers.
5.Downoload good antivirus [AVG,AVAST,McAfee

Bóg się rodzi - the Nativity Play

Maja, class VI "A report of the Nativity Play":

The Nativity Play at our school took place on 18th December 2019 and it was staged by class "0" , five-year-olds and the kindergarten.  The performance started with a carol "The silence of the night". Then the children in their poems told the guests about the path of Joseph and Mary. Then some girls dressed up as angels entered the stage and woke up shepherds with a carol "Let's all go to the stable". Next, the shepherds sang a carol "The shepherds came to Bethlehem" and gave Jesus their gifts.When the Three Kings arrived, they offered myrrh, incense and gold. Mary and Joseph thanked the newcomers for the gifts. The ceremony ended with a carol "Silent Night".
I like these performances very much and I think they are needed.

Małgosia, class VII: 
On the 19th December 2019, at 11:00 am.  the Nativity Play was performed by students form classes IV-VIII. The performance presented how people celebrate Christmas. It showed that generally people don't understand the meaning of Christmas Eve.

There was a family who lived in Poland. They were preparing for Christmas Eve. A daughter, dad and mum sat at the table. The daughter was unpacking presents, they were eating traditional dishes. They weren't saying anything or laughing.

 There is a custom that during the solemn Christmas Eve supper one spare place  at the table is left for an unexpected guest. But for the parents it was only a meaningless tradition, so when a homeless man knocked at their door, they didn't let him in.
A moment later an ambulance arrived and the doctor informed the family that he wanted to call the police, because they didn't help the man and he has nearly frozen to death.

Finally, the parents undrestood  the real meaning of Christmas and made up for their mistake.

It was an excellent performance and it was rewarded with great applause by our school community and the invited guests.

Łukasz, class VII

On December 19, 2019, the Nativity Play took place at Kornel Makuszyński's school. The nativity scenes were not typical because they were not exactly nativity scenes etc. When all the guests arrived, the ceremony began. The head of the school announced the ceremony.

 It started when  the family began to prepare the Christmas table. When Christmas Eve came, the family sat down at the table. Suddenly the doorbell rang, the housekeeper opened the door and announced that there was a homeless man. The parents ordered to keep him outy even though they had a free place for a wanderer.

 The performance also featured a donkey with whom the daughter talked. After breaking the wafers, the family heard an ambulance signal and a moment later a doctor at the door the door. The doctor said that the person they did not want to receive almost died not far away from their home. 
 At the end of the performance all the actors came to the stage.

Grandmother and grandfather day

On 21 January we celebrate Grandmothers' Day and on the next day we celebrate the Grandfathers' day.

On the Grandparents' Days

we wish them luck, health and 
the most important we spend time with them.
They get beautiful presents from their grandchildren,
presents like drawings, special cookies, dances and wonderful songs. 

In the hand made card we write wishes for the grandparents 

special cookies -> it-' fun to make them they look good and taste good :D

 Here's the song for grandparents:

we are dancing for example waltz  polonaize and other dances

January the 6th in FRANCE

French people celebrate the ephipahny, they eat a special dessert called French Kings cake. French people to celebrate the Epiphany, the arrival of the Three Wise men (Magi). Every year, on January 6th, people gather pour tirer les rois, to find the kings. The traditional galette is cut in a very specific number of slices: one slice for each person sitting at the table plus one. The extra slice is symbolic for the first poor person passing by.

The youngest person in the room goes under the table, and announces who gets the next slice. The youngest person is said to be the most innocent one and therefore fair in the distribution of the slices. Such an importance is given to the distribution because of the lucky charm, la fève, hidden in the galette.

New Year's Day in Ireland

Top 7 Irish new year traditions are:

Cleaning the house

remembering family members who had passed away by setting a place for them at the dinner table and leaving it empty

banging the walls of the house with bread as a way of chasing away bad luck and evil spirits

Great importance was placed on who was first through the door at the start of the New Year

placing misteltoe under a pillow to find a partner in the New Year

Hoping for wind from the West

Learn more:

https://ireland-calling.com/irish-new-year-traditions/

January 1st in France

January the first is the first day of the year and French people celebrate it with friends and family, they gather around a good meal and they wish relatives a happy new year and a well health

How we celebrate Christmas in Poland

On the 25 of December we celebrate Christmas. This is very important holiday for christians in our county because its the day Jesus Christ was born, and of course it comes with a lot of customs. 

On this day families meet at the dinner table and when on the sky the fisrt star is starting to shine we share a special wafer when exchanging Christmas greetings. 

Another traditions is that we try to avoid any food that includes beef or pork thats why we also have ours 12 christmas dishes for example

• beet soup with mini dumplings (Barszcz z uszkami)
• mushroom soup (grzybowa)
• dumpling with mushroom and cabbage (pierogi z grzybami i kapusta)
• Cabbage with mushroom and peas (kapusta z grzybami i grochem)

•   fried carp  ( smażony karp )

After dinner we are listening christmas carols for example 

silent nigth ( cicha noc )

St. Nicholas Day

St. Nicholas Day is celebrated on the 6th of December.
This day celebrates the 4th-century saint who sold all that he had and gave the money to the poor.

The 6th of December was the day of his death.

St. Nicholas Day includes a tradition of leaving gifts in the shoes or stockings. Children leaves their shoes in the evening because they hope to find a small treat in them in the morning.
People usually exchange small gifts like sweets or small toys with their friends and families.

 

 Children like this day because they can get some presents. In Poland naughty children get a stick instead of a nice gift.
At schools there are often different activities such as gift-giving or feasts.