Where is Poland?

POLAND – national symbols: coat of arms and flag

THE REPABLIC OF POLAND The total area of Poland is 312,679

square kilometres, making it the 9th largest in Europe.

Territorial division - there are 16 provinces in Poland, 379 smaller districts and 2478 municipalities.

THE REPUBLIC OF POLAND Poland has a population of over 38.5 million

people, which makes it the sixth most populous member of the Europiean Union.

Poland is a democracy, with a president (Mr Komorowski) as a head of state, whose current constitution dates from 1997. The government structure centers on the Council of Ministers, led by a prime minister (Mr Tusk). 

Warsaw – the capital city

CRACOW – former capital city

THE MAIN SQUARE

Cracow – Wawel castle

Regions – in the north of Poland - the Baltic sea

The most famous city in the north - Gdańska

Mazury – the lake district in the north-east of Poland

The Tatra mountains in the south of Poland

The Pieniny and Bieszczady moutains – in the south of Poland

National Parks There are 23 national

parks in Poland, with total area of 315,000 ha, which cover appx. 1% of the country’s area. Polish National Parks are exceptional in Europe for their rang of wildlife, their size and varying geographical interest. Biebrza river

National parks – some animals protected in Poland

stork

lynx

Aurochs – the European bison

Religion Most people in Poland are Roman

Catholic (about 80% of the population)

Other religions: Orthodox church, Protestant churches, Jews, Muslims (some Tatar people in Białystok city)

Wooden churches of Malopolska region are on UNESCO List of World Heritage Sites

Catholic traditions – Easter

Preparing palms and traditonal competitions – whose palm is taller?

Catholic traditions - Christmas Children at school

or at church usually show a traditional play called „jasełka”

There are a lot of trditions for each day of Christmas

HOUSES IN POLAND - Past

MODERN HOUSES

PEOPLE IN POLAND

Young people can join different activities - karate

Dance groups

Scauts groups have also long history in Poland

You can find knights…

Our region - Malopolska

Malopolska

Dominikowice

Dominikowice

Our school – Zepół Szkół in Dominikowice Our school is located in

village Dominikowice School has two levels: Primary school,

children from 6-7 years old to 12-13 years old (6 classes)

Junior High School, students from 13 years old to 15 years old (3 classes)

Primary school – class 1

Class 1 – children starts education

Class 2 and 3

Class 4 and 5

Gym Language classroom

Class 6A and 6B

Junior High School

Educational projects at school We cooperate with Jagiellonian

University, Silesia University in educational projects – additional lessons for students

We have projects for small kids – additional English and German lessons, dance, chess, Art.

We have support from psychologist

Educational projects at school We take care of

nature – our school got the highest distinction from Ministry of the Environment „Promoter of ecology”

Youth in Action projects – Youth exchanges in Turkey

February 2011, Kayseri

June 2012, Kayseri

Youth exchange in Poland – July 2012, Poland - Turkey - Romania „Worlds we live in” We learn about

different culturals, traditions

We cooked togheter, danced, wathed wedding’s traditions, sang, played sport

School’s oficial celebretions – National Day

Comenius corner – logo competition for Primary School students (on a paper)

Comenius corner

Junior High School Primary school

Comenius activity - orienteering

At first classes chose 5-6 students

They got the instructions and a map

Comenius activity - orienteering Groups went from

school in a ten-minute intervals

There were 7 teams

They had to follow a map and do differentst activities at some special points

Comenius activity - orienteering

Comenius activity - orienteering Teachers prepared

these pionts before the race

Teachers watched children from different places on the way

Comenius activity - orienteering