Traditions and Celebrations - England and Poland
Winter and Spring in England
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Pieces of work and information about traditions, festivals and local events, celebrated by Belvedere Junior School.
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English Pancakes.doc | 36.5 kB | Paul Higgs | 12-02-2009 |
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What is Easter.doc | 54.0 kB | Paul Higgs | 26-03-2009 |
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St Valentine.doc | 34.5 kB | Paul Higgs | 12-02-2009 |
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Shrove Tuesday 2009.doc | 64.5 kB | Paul Higgs | 12-02-2009 |
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New Year's Eve Celebrations, 31st December, 2008_January 1st, 2009 | Paul Higgs | 07-01-2009 | |
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resolutions.doc | 25.0 kB | Paul Higgs | 07-01-2009 |
Working Together
Images of the partnership work each school is doing and sharing.
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Partners meet in June!
Photographs from Belvedere's trip to Wroclaw (june 8th to June 12th)
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A traditional Polish dance_
When we visited School number 30, the youngest children performed a traditional dance for us. here are some photos.
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We finish school next Thursday (18th December) and are back at school on Monday, 5th January next year.
What are your school holiday dates in your school?
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Hello to all of our partners in Wroclaw.
Have a good Christmas!
Paul and everyone at Belvedere Junior.
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Happy New Year
16 years ago
Edyta
Happy New Year to all students and teachers of both schools.
We have received your parcel. It was very lovely, we will make an exhibition to all students and parents.
We have two weeks of Christmas break. We are back on the 5th of January.
Edyta, English teacher.
Thanks for adding this message and also for visiting our school
website and posting a message in the guestbook.
You, your colleagues,studnts and their parents are welcome to add to
the messages there at any time.
Otherwise I think this webspace is a great way to communicate.
Happy new year!!
many thanks for your seasonal messages.
The Christmas traditions work you sent arrived jjust in time to be studied by the children (who were -of course - very impressed)and our up on two of our display boards.
My compliments to the teachers and the students involved in putting this together.
I am intrigued by the title of your school, which sounds very official.
Does the school have another name?
How do schools in Poland get their names?
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School name
16 years ago
Edyta
We are very glad that your students liked our Christmast projects.
As for the school name. "Szkoła Podstawowa" means primary school. In Poland schools chose their own names or patrons. Thay are usually charcters from Polish history or people who are famous for their contribution to the Polish culture (poets, writers etc.) Our school had a name and a patron. It was country's air defence military unit. Since they thay were closed down, we lost our patron.
SHROVE TUESDAY
16 years ago
Edyta Markowska
In Poland, we do not have pancake Tuesday, but as it is the last day before the lent, we have fun going out and it is called "herring" evening, because we eat a lot of herrings.
And Ash Wednesday is the first day of the lent, so we go to church and have our heads sprinkled with ash. We do not eat meat on that day.
Saints days
16 years ago
PAUL HIGGS
Great Britain is made up of England, scotland, Wales and Northeren ireland.
each of these countries has it's own patron saint, St George for England, St. Andrew for Scotland, St. David for Wales and St. Patrick for Northern Ireland.
We celebrate each of these on separate days.
Do you have a patron saint for Poland?
Who is it?
How do you celebrate and on what date?
Saint Patrick's Day
16 years ago
plhiggs
Check out this web-site for pictures of the parades and reports in Birmingham (a major Midlands city about 30 km. from Burton on Trent)
Go to
http://www.bbc.co.uk/birmingham/local_radio
then follow the links to St Patrick's Day
Enjoy.
polish patron
16 years ago
Edyta Markowska
Poland has two saint patrons: saint Stanislaw and saint Wojciech. They were both bishops. The former lived in the 11th century, the latter in the 10th. They were very religious and both were killed by pagans. Unfortunatelly, we celebrate only their days in churches, but they are not very popular. Now, the church officials think of "establishing" one patron, who would be popular and better known to all Polish people. They shouldn't have a problem. Our beloved John Paul!
A package arrived from your school last week.
When we opened it we found posters about your Easter traditions and some beautiful easter cards inside,
Thanks to everyone who worked so hard to put this work together.
You are welcome
16 years ago
Edyta Markowska
You are very welcome.
The kids were glad to do something in English for someone to read it.
We are getting ready for your visit. Can't wait.
Easter retreat
16 years ago
Ela Karas
From next Monday to Wednesday our school will start our Easter retreat in the nearest basilica church.
About other Polish preparations for the Resurrection of Jesus Christ you can find out from our posters.
HAPPY EASTER TO ALL TEACHERS AND STUDENTS OF BELVEDERE SCHOOL.
Many thanks for your last message.
We "broke up" for our two week Easter holidays last Friday ... with a Belvedere tradition - an Easter egg raffle!
We too are looking forward to coming to meet you, seeing your school and Wroclaw.
Before then a safe, peaceful and happy Easter to all of you.
A Big Belvedere Thank You
16 years ago
plhiggs
Hello to everyone in Szkole Podstowowa nr 30 in Wroclaw.
many thanks for your tremendous hospitality last week - we all had an amazing time; meeting new friends and learning about your city, your school and your country.
Re: A Big Belvedere Thank You
16 years ago
Edyta Markowska
Thank You for visiting us and giving our students chance to listen
and speak English. We are very glad you liked Wrocław. The pictures
are very nice.
Re: A Big Belvedere Thank You
16 years ago
Ela Karas
Hello to our friends.
Pictures nice, students clever and a fantastic time together.
Thanks all of you .
In Poland summer holidays have started yet.Warm regards to:
Areeba,Beth,Chelsea,Laura,Ash,Chris and Kyle.
Have a nice holiday!
Ela
Holidays!
16 years ago
Paul Higgs
Thanks for your lovely message.
We finish school tomorrow and return on the 8th September.
To everyone there - we wish you well!
we will be extremely glad if your school helps us ine exchanging photgraphs of the places and the cultures experienced by you and write ups also .then we will also be sharing our rich cultural heritage of India . waitnig for your reply
bhawnakeswani tgt indraprastha world school new delhi India www.indraprasthaschool.com
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