NEW YEAR WISHES!

New Year's Eve Customs and Traditions

The Christmas Broadcast 2015

In this year’s broadcast, also known as ‘The Queen’s Speech’, Her Majesty reflects on the year’s events, and encourages us to be grateful ‘for all that brings light to our lives’.

Let's celebrate!

Christmas Wishes

·          May your home be filled with the magic and joy of Christmas and may your hearts be filled with love and warmth.

      May the joy of Christmas give you key to every closed door; light to dispel any darkness in your life and may God grant you peace and favour.

    The gift of love. The gift of peace. The gift of happiness. May all these be yours at Christmas !!!

Christmas is coming!

 Students from our school during their English culture lessons were playing games, watching films about Christmas, singing carols, writing Christmas cards and pulling the Christmas Crackers!
My Dear!
May the good times and treasures of the present become the golden memories of tomorrow. Wishing you lots of love, joy and happiness.
Merry Christmas!

Fun Facts About Christmas In Different Countries

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atBsvxU5Me0

Christmas Fun for everyone! ;) You can't miss it! ;)

http://www.whychristmas.com/

And for those, who like singing - Christmas karaoke ! ;)

http://tistheseasonto.be/

Funny Polish-English Christmas wishes ! ;)

A beautiful English Prayer

10 interesting Christmas facts! ;)

http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2010/12/10-interesting-facts-about-christmas/

3D Paper Christmas Tree

Make  your own Christmas Tree! It's  really easy ;)

Christmas Around the World

 Read some fun facts about Christmas around the World. Get to know how people celebrate Christmas and get some interesting insights about Christmas traditions and celebrations. 

http://www.kids-world-travel-guide.com/christmas-around-the-world.html 

Christmas interactive exercises ;)

An interactive book full of exercises! Good fun for everyone! ;)

http://chagall-col.spip.ac-rouen.fr/IMG/didapages/christmas/index.html

 And a funny, interactive guide about Polish Christmas ;)

http://polishchristmasguide.com/#

CHRISTMAS CAROLS

It's time to start learning carols! ;) 1. Deck the Halls( class 1A) : 2. We wish you a Merry Christmas( class 1B): 3.Mary's Boy Child( class 2A) 4. God rest You Merry Gentelmen( class 2B ) 5.Feliz Navidad( 1A, 2A) : 6. Silent Night( all):

SAINT NICHOLAS

The legendary figure of St. Nicholas is derived from Nicholas of Myra who officiated as a bishop in 4th century Greece. During his lifetime he developed a reputation for gift-giving by putting coins in other people's shoes, which accounts for many of today's Christmas traditions that involve leaving gifts in shoes or boots.
Having inspired both the figure of the North American Santa Claus and the British Father Christmas, St. Nicholas has in some countries been more recently joined on his visits to children's homes by an evil companion who punishes the naughty ones: in Austria, Hungary, the Czech Republic and northern Italy, this personification of evil is called Krampus, in Germany Knecht Ruprecht, and in the Netherlands Zwarte Piet.

Saint Nicholas      English Saint-Nicolas French Nikolaustag German Día de San Nicolás  Spanish Télapó Mikulás Hungarian

Some jokes connected with Santa Claus: ;) Q: What goes oh, oh, oh? A: Santa Claus walking backwards! Q: How do you know Santa Claus is good at karate? A: He has a black belt! Q:  What’s black, white and red all over? A: Santa Claus after he comes down the chimney!

POLISH YOUR ENGLISH

For everyone who wants to practise English grammar ;)
http://www.ang.pl/cwiczenia

DESCRIBING PEOPLE ;)

Interactive books with physical descriptions and clothes and accessories vocabulary ;)  Useful  for all of you! 
http://chagall-col.spip.ac-rouen.fr/IMG/didapages/description/index.html
 http://chagall-col.spip.ac-rouen.fr/IMG/didapages/clothes/index.html

ST. ANDREW - SCOTLAND'S PATRON SAINT

Ten fascinating facts about Saint Andrew, Scotland's patron saint:

1. Andrew was a Galilean fisherman before he and his brother Simon Peter became disciples of Jesus Christ.
2. He was crucified by the Romans on an X-shaped cross at Patras in Greece and, hundreds of years later, his remains were moved to Constantinople and then, in the 13th century, to Amalfi in southern Italy where they are kept to this day.
3. Legend has it that a Greek monk known as St Rule or St Regulus was ordered in a vision to take a few relics of Andrew to the ‘ends of the earth’ for safe keeping. He set off on a sea journey to eventually come ashore on the coast of Fife at a settlement which is now the modern town of St Andrews.
4. In 832 AD Andrew is said to have appeared in a vision to a Pictish king the night before a battle against the Northumbrians in what is now the village of Athelstaneford in East Lothian. On the day of the battle a Saltire, an X-shaped cross, appeared in the sky above the battlefield and the Picts were victorious.
5. The Saltire, or Saint Andrew’s Cross, was subsequently adopted as the national emblem and flag of the Scots.
6. Andrew was first recognised as an official patron saint of Scotland in 1320 at the signing of the Declaration of Arbroath an appeal to the Pope by Scottish noblemen asserting Scotland’s independence from England.
7. The presence of Andrew’s relics in Scotland – a tooth, a kneecap, arm and finger bones – meant that St Andrews became a popular medieval pilgrimage site although they were destroyed in the 16th century during the Scottish Reformation.
8. In 1879 the Archbishop of Amalfi gifted Andrew’s shoulder blade to St Mary’s Cathedral in Edinburgh. Pope Paul VI donated further relics in 1969.
9. Andrew is also the patron saint of Greece, Russia, Romania, and Barbados.  Remnants of the cross he was crucified on remain in the St Andrew's Cathedral Patras in Greece.  Saint Andrew was the first bishop there and then crucified by the Romans. 
10. His patronage extends to fishmongers, gout, singers, sore throats, spinsters, maidens, old maids and women wishing to become mothers.
    

St. Andrew's Day

29/30 November in Poland is the day of mysterious parties with the candles and future telling games, called Andrzejki (St Andrew's Day It is celebrated In Poland, like in many other countries) St. Andrew night was celebrated since the turn of XVI and XVII centuries. The main purpose of Andrzejki celebrations is to predict the future of unmarried girl, especially her prospects for a good marriage.

WEATHER links:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5haByNlrHQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5c_caQn-HU
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQTPdEKGEBs

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FN6QX43QB4g
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbAWny7FV3w
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVZExLO0MWA
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-Iak3Wvh9c&list=PLhz12vamHOnYmvLSYtQvuxDrWSi795yDa&index=6

Different  types of clouds:
 http://www.3dgeography.co.uk/#!cloud-types-for-kids/cy30
 http://www.slideshare.net/kimpalocsay/clouds-6628766
 http://www.slideshare.net/TonyCassidy/types-of-cloud-presentation-800546?related=1
 

Thanksgiving lesson in our school - class 2a and 2b ;)

THANKSGIVING links

Some interesting facts connected with Thanksgiving ;)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w59TkoL-tZY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsdzjdT_LkY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uG4XyNqUQxg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXPql3UQCGk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E85F3SJK48w

Happy Thanksgiving!

For each new morning with its light,
For rest and shelter of the night,
For health and food, for love and friends,
For everything Thy goodness sends.

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson~

AMERICAN LEGENDS

This site is the largest database of Native American Legends -I hope it will be useful for students from classes: 2a & 2b  ;)

http://www.legendsofnativeamerica.com/

THE BIOGRAPHY OF GEORGE BOOLE and the diploma our school was awarded for completing a Boolean Math Challenge ;)

FAMOUS PEOPLE

Classes 1a and 1 b:  This is a helpful site for your project ;) Here you will find the information and materials needed for your homework :
http://www.famouspeoplelessons.com/

PROJECT BRITAIN

For everyone: Project Britain-British Life and Culture

by Mandy Barrow 

http://projectbritain.com/

Something funny ;)

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVmEiiFnnAA
   The form 'used to'  especially for classes 2a and 2b

A Touching Video Clip

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_BCSooZ3qE

Our God is an Awesome God

Who remembers this song? ;)    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PP9BjKnDaFk

ALL SAINTS' DAY

All Saints' Day is coming... Which American Saint are you? Take the quiz ;) http://www.loyolapress.com/which-american-saint-are-you.htm

 From St. Valentine to St. Patrick, St. Michael to St. Nicholas, everyone will love learning more about these heroes. Find your saint patrons and get to know about their life.
http://www.loyolapress.com/saints-stories-for-kids.htm?cId=115673

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