The document summarizes aspects of winter in Poland as seen through the window of a hospital. It notes that winter lasts from December 22nd to March 21st, with average temperatures between -6 and 0 degrees Celsius, though it can get as cold as -25 or -40 degrees. Children enjoy winter breaks from school and engaging in winter activities like building snowmen, sledding, skating, and skiing. Popular winter sports in Poland include ski jumping, biathlon, speedskating, figure skating, downhill skiing, cross-country skiing, snowboarding, and hockey. Famous Polish winter athletes are mentioned.

1. Seasons through the hospital window

2. Winter in Poland: Winter starts on 22 nd December and ends on 21 st March. Ola, 12 The winters are very snowy! Szymon, 7 There is a lot of snowdrifts, sometimes it appears even snowstorm! Dawid, 15

3. The average temperature is between: -6 ° C and 0 ° C. It could be very cold. The temperature can be -25° C. Do you know, that in 1940 it was -40 °C?! Rafał, 14 The children have two weeks’ winter holidays. They’re happy because there is no school !! Kasia, 10

4. The coldest region, the northeastern corner of Poland. The westen region, the warmiest part of our country. The most beautiful winter is in the mountains, south of Poland. 0° C. -20°C/-25°C

5. Children like winter very much!! We could make snowmen! We built igloo! We fight with snowballs! Oh! We like it !!! We can slide down a hill on a sledge or something like that! We go skating! We go skiing! Ice hockey is very popular! We love snowboarding!!

7. Some winter sports are extremely popular in our country: Ski jumping biathlon speedskating figure skating downhill skiing sledging cross-country skiing hockey snowboarding

8. Have you heard about our ski jumper Adam Małysz? Tomasz Sikora biathlon Justyna Kowalczyk cross-country skiing We are very proud of them!