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The World Wednesday 22nd April – Poland

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The World Wednesday 22nd April – Poland

Science and Exploration!

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Key Facts

• The capital city of Poland is Warsaw.

• Approximately 38,000,000 people live in Poland.

• Poland has 117,552 square miles of land.

• Poland shares borders with Germany, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Ukraine, Belarus, Lithuania and Russia.

• Most people here are Roman Catholic.

• The Polish currency is the Polish złoty.

• Marie Curie was born in Poland (Warsaw) in 1867.

• The Polish alphabet consists of 32 letters.

• At 2,503m Rysy is the highest mountain in Poland.

• At 651 miles the Vistula is the longest river in Poland.

• The Baltic Sea is off Poland’s northern coast.

• Poland has an impressive array of wildlife such as: Moose, Eurasian Lynx, Wolves, Bison and Otters along many others.


Key Phrases

• Hello - dzień dobry• Goodbye - do widzenia• Please – Proszę• Thank you - Dziękuję Ci• My name is… - Nazywam się…• What is your name? - jak masz na imię?• I live in… - Mieszkam w • I would like an ice cream please. - Poproszę lody.• How much is that? - Ile to kosztuje?

Dzień dobry.Jak masz na imię?

Nazywam się…


Marie Curie

Marie Curie was a Polish-born physicist and chemist and one of the most famous scientists of her time. Together with her husband Pierre, she was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1903, and she went on to win another in 1911.

Focus – Marie Curie

Click on the image and watch the video.

Can you write down 10 facts you learnt about her life?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbS2mD2Erek

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbS2mD2Erek


Marie Curie

• The Curies worked together investigating radioactivity

• In July 1898, the Curies announced the discovery of a new chemical element, polonium. At the end of the year, they announced the discovery of another, radium. The Curies, along with Becquerel, were awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1903.

• She received a second Nobel Prize, for Chemistry, in 1911.

• The Curie's research was crucial in the development of x-rays in surgery. During World War One Curie helped to equip ambulances with x-ray equipment, which she herself drove to the front lines. The International Red Cross made her head of its radiological service and she held training courses for medical orderlies and doctors in the new techniques.

• Despite her success, Marie continued to face great opposition from male scientists in France, and she never received significant financial benefits from her work.

• She died on 4 July 1934 from leukaemia, caused by exposure to high-energy radiation from her research.


• There is now a charity in her name, Marie Curie, which provides care and support to people with terminal illnesses and their families.

• It was established in 1948, the same year as the National Health Service.

Have you heard of this charity before?

Do you know any similar charities?

Why don’t you visit their website and see if you can learn more about the charity.

https://www.mariecurie.org.uk/

https://www.mariecurie.org.uk/


Around The World Wednesday 22nd April – Poland

Literacy/English!


Poland is home to some beautiful countryside.

Focus – Beautiful landscape

Patron St – St AdalbertNational Day – 23rd April Celebrated for – Spread Christianity National Emblem – White Eagle Descriptive Writing

Came you name 5 things that you could see if you were in this setting?

Go for the obvious and then try to pick out smaller details.

Really try to imagine you are there.

Don’t just think about it as looking at an image.

Patron St – St AdalbertNational Day – 23rd April Celebrated for – Spread Christianity National Emblem – White Eagle Descriptive Writing

Came you name 5 things that you could hear if you were in this setting?

Go for the obvious and then try to pick out smaller details.

Really try to imagine you are there.

Don’t just think about it as looking at an image.


Descriptive Writing

Came you name 5 things that you could feel if you were in this setting?

Think about emotions as well as physical aspects too.

What brings you too this place?

Think about the physical aspect too, is it warm or cold? Is there a breeze?

Why are you there?

What emotion are you feeling?

How did you get there? Are you

tired now?


Language Technique

Adjectives

Adverbs

Alliteration

Connotations

Pathetic fallacy

Personification

Repetition

Onomatopoeia

Simile

Symbolism

Language Technique

an idea or feeling that a word invokes for a person as well as its literal meaning. For example, words like ghost and death can evoke strong negative connotations.

words used to describe verbs. They help to create a more vivid picture in our minds about how something is being done.

the action of repeating something. This will either add emphasis to the words being repeated or create a rhythm within the writing.

a comparison based on a similarity between two things, which suggests one object shares features with another but is not identical.

where the weather in the story mirrors the emotion of the scene or the people in it.

describing words that describe a noun. Used to help create a more vivid picture in our minds about the named object.

when a word, phrase or image stands for or evokes a complex set of ideas. For example, a red rose can symbolise romantic love.

use of words which echo their meaning in sound. For example, 'whoosh' or 'bang'. This techniques can give the reader a real sense of the noise that is happening within the writing.

repetition of connected words beginning with the same letter. Used to highlight the feeling of sound and movement, or to intensify feeling or to bind words together.

the technique of presenting things which are not human as if they were. This can make inanimate things seem as if they are alive and able to do the things that a person can.

Match the language

techniques to the correct

definition


Language Technique

Adjectives

Adverbs

Alliteration

Connotations

Pathetic fallacy

Personification

Repetition

Onomatopoeia

Simile

Symbolism

Pick for 4 of the techniques listed and come up with examples linked to our

image

For Example: Adjectives - beautiful, pristine, idyllic


Now choose and write about two key parts of the image that you would like to zoom in

on; these will each be a close-up picture that will be described in its own paragraph and in

great detail.

Sometime putting a grid over the image and breaking it up

can help you identify certain

aspects

You may choose the clouds floating in the sky, and then, one of the

trees or maybe one of the houses. Think about colour and size and

shape and texture


Let’s put it all together to create our written piece describing this scene.

Use your notes:• Sight• Sound• Feelings – Emotional &

Physical• Language Techniques• Zooming in

Remember:• Capital letters• Punctuation.• Paragraphs• Spellings



Numeracy + Maths!


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Clues:1. Famous scientist2. Animal3. Animal4. Animal5. Prize won by the Curie’s6. Field of Science studied7. Field of Science studied8. Capitol City9. Sea that meets the north of Poland10. Paton Saint11. Animal on the nation Emblem

Code Breaker

• Unscramble each of the clue words.

• Copy the letters in the numbered cells to other cells with the same number.



Creative Arts!


Focus – Wildlife

Poland is home to a variety of wildlife that we do not see here in England.

Pick one of the animals below and create a realism pencil drawing of that animal.

An enlarged image will be shown on each of the following slides for you to be able to pick out detail.

Why not share you finished drawings on social media with #balearningjourney


Moose/Elk


Lynx


Wolf


Bison

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Around The World - Basildon Academies · 2020. 4. 22. · use of words which echo their meaning in sound. For example, 'whoosh' or 'bang'. This techniques can give the reader a real