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POLISH SCHOOL: szkola Podstawowa w Zazwinie

Cicle Mitjà and Cicle Superior students

WHAT ABOUT YOU? Cultural exchange (food, legends,…)

Each student has a partner who send the information to, via email, letter,…and vice versa

Physical description Likes and dislikes Hobbies …… .

ALEX

NAME:ALEX

AGE:8

BROTHERS OR SISTERS: 2 BROTHERS AND 1SISTER

FAVOURITE COLOUR:RED

FAVOURITE SPORT:FOOTBALL

FAVOURITE FOOD: PIZZA

HOBBIES: TRICK MY PARENTS

Christmas traditions in both countries Christmas cards

School description Subjects

HELLO! This is our school. It is small and rural. We have two classrooms in one. We are six boys and four girls. We have a library and six computers. Our school is funny. In the playground we have a swing, wheels and a large expanse of sand. The teacher is Manel, he draws very well and we do handcrafts .

THE GYM This is the gym. We a play basketball, fotball, trapping,...

Town description Parts of the town

St. Climenç is a small village. There is a restaurant called “Cal Mestre”. There is a small church, too. The square is Castle Square. We like our village because is peaceful. Nora, Salma, and Núria

Catalan and Polish recipes http://phobos.xtec.cat/ceip-lladurs/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=53:snack-poland&catid=27:videos&Itemid=111

Easter Cake - Polish Baba INGREDIENTS: 1 envelope dry yeast 2 cups flour 1/3 cup sugar 3 eggs 1/2 cup light cream or half-and-half 1/4 cup raisins 1 teaspoon vanilla 1 tablespoon melted butter Dissolve yeast in cream. Combine with half the sugar and flour and let double in size. Add all the remaining ingredients except the raisins and knead until smooth. Add the raisins, while continuing to knead. Grease and dust baba pan with flour. Place dough in pan, cover with a clean cloth, and leave in a very warm, draft-free place until doubled in size. Bake at 350 F for 35 to 40 minutes. When cool, remove from pan and drizzle with icing.

Places of interest City descriptions

The upside-down house in Szynbark

Easter traditions in both countries

Saint George is the Patron Saint of Catalonia, England, Greece, Portugal, Georgia, Russia...

SAINT GEORGE

SAINT GEORGE LEGEND Once upon a time there was a small village with a big castle. In the castle lived the king and a princess. A dragon arrived at the village. It was strong and bad. Every day the dragon ate a maiden and all young girls have been killed. One day the dragon wanted to eat the princess because it was hungry and dangerous. The princess was very scared. Sant George arrived. He was brave and came to kill the dragon. He killed the beast and from the dragon’s blood grew a red rose. Saint George gave the rose to the princess .

Easter traditions: - Tłusty czwartek : Easter's rituals begin with Tłusty Czwartek (Fat Tuesday) before Ash Wednesday. This is the time for eating delicious and fattening pączki ( fried yeast dough stuffed with jam). - Palmy wielkanocne: Easter palms in Poland are made of pussy willow branches and dried flowers, instead of real palm leaves, to be brought to Church on Palm Sunday Day. This tradition is kept at our school and children all together prepare paper flowers, collect willow branches and make palms. - Pisanki: Easter eggs symbolize spring, renewal, fertility, and eternit and these are dyed and decorated eggs. Press here to have some fun. This is an Easter basket full of painted eggs.

Spring customs: - Topienie Marzanny : sinking of Marzanna is an old pogan custom. Marzanna, a symbol of winter is prepared as a doll clothed in female cloths who was burned and sunk on March 21st - the beginning of Spring. Usually children take part in the ceremony. - Śmingus - Dyngus is a custom of pouring water on people

VALORATION