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Title: Avengers Freaky Thor Day – recommended by Mateusz Krupiński & Kacper Wawrzynkiewicz

Written by: Colleen Degnan-Veness

We really like Avengers Freaky Thor Day because we like superheroes. Our favourite character is Thor. Thor has a hammer with powers and is an Avenger. Loki Thor’s brother. He doesn’t like Thor. Nick Fury is an important man at S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent Castro works for him. Kendra is a schoolgirl. She likes Thor. It’s a freaky Thor Day for Kendra.

Title: Into I.T. – recommended by Kuba Frauenfelder & Mikołaj Fidor

Written by: Laura Miller

Do you know who started the biggest websites on the Internet? What other ways are there to store information? How can you be safe online? This book will tell you.

Title: Ratatuilelle – recommended by Mateusz Kabot, Alan Giemza, Karol Kurzepa & Wiktoria Pietrzak

Re-told by: Mo Sanders

Characters: Remy, Emile, Linguini, Chef Skinner, Colette, Anton Ego

In a world where people hate rats, it’s not easy to be one! Remy isn’t like other rats. He loves to cook! In Paris, Remy helps his friend Linguini cook delicious meals. Rats are not welcome in the kitchen, but good food is good food … doesn’t matter who makes it?

Title: WALL-E – recommended by Mateusz Burak, Kuba Witaszek & Patryk Kobalczyk

Re-told by: Louise Fonceca

WALL-E the robot is the only thing that lives on Earth. When he meets EVE, another robot, his life changes. Now he has a friend. WALL-E gives EVE a green thing That he found. Can there be life on Earth? What will WALL-E and EVE have to do to find out?

Title: Our Changing Planet – recommended by Olha Kaliuzhna

Written by: Colleen Degnan-Veness

More than 1.2 million plant and animal species live on Earth. There are dry deserts, icy deserts, rainforests, grasslands, mountains, and oceans. All amazing habitats for life on this planet.

But the climate is changing …

Find out the things YOU can do to help protect our planet. Why is better for the environment if people eat more meat from chickens and sheep and less from cows? What will happen if people don’t eat different kinds of fish? How can we help to protect the rainforests? …

Title: Tom at the Harbour – recommended by Mateusz Wiśniewski & Julian Lewandowski

Written by: Barbara Ingham

Tom loves the harbour. Every weekend he buys an ice cream and watches the boats. What can show you? What can he see with the binoculars? There are big boats and strong boats. What are the names of the boats? What do they do?

Title: Festival Fun – recommended by Maja Woźniak, Hania Przybylska

Written by: Barbara Ingham

A festival is a celebration, to have a party on a special day. Visit different festivals in the World. Scotland, New Zealand, Africa and more … Which is your favourite festival?

Your brain is like a very intelligent computer inside your head. You can eat, sleep, run jump and think, all because of your brain! Different parts of your brain help you do different things, like balancing, remembering or talking. Here is a picture of your brain. It shows the different parts of your brain and what they do. All the parts work together.

Your brain has got two halves: right half and left half.

It is very important to exercise your brain. It can work better!

Come on!

Let’s do some exercise for your brain.

Connect 9 points with 4 lines without lifting up your pencil.

Is your brain tired from so much exercise?

Good!

Eat well, sleep well, and do it all again tomorrow!

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• Halloween is celebrated on October 31st and is a shortening of All Hallows’ Eve.
• It has its origins in Celtic culture when the day celebrated the end of the harvest.
• In the US and Canada, it is the most commercially successful holiday after Christmas.
• European immigrants introduced many Halloween traditions to America.
• Kids and adults wear different costumes of their choice and attend costume parties.
• Big pumpkins are carved into lanterns and put off for display by people in their houses.
• Some people like to visit haunted locations on Halloween where they share scary stories.
• People also play pranks tricks to scare each other.
• Trick or treating began in Ireland, when children would visit homes and tell rhymes for rewards.
• Those who like to stay home watch horror movies.
• The colours orange and black are often associated with Halloween. Orange originally signified the autumn harvest, while black was associated with darkness and the line between life and death.
• Halloween is popular in many counties like the UK, China, Japan, Brazil, Greece and Romania.
• Romanians celebrate Halloween around the myth of Dracula, a real-life early 15th century Romanian prince.
• The Japanese celebrate the Obon Festival (also known as “Matsuri” or “Urabon”).Special foods are prepared and bright red lanterns are hung everywhere in honour of the spirits of deceased loved ones and ancestors.
• In Mexico, Halloween is known as “El Dia de los Muertos,” or “The Day of the Dead.”Mexicans view this as a joyous holiday that honours deceased loved ones. Families often construct an altar in their home and decorate it with candy, flowers, as well as the deceased’s photographs, and favourite foods and drinks.

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Happy Halloween!

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To celebrate the 2021 European Day of Languages students took part in different tasks and activities. The main aims of the celebration were to promote the benefits of language learning, the linguistic diversity of Europe, and to encourage language learning among students.

European Day of Languages

by Andżelika Walak

Hi! We are a group of students from 7c of our school. We want to tell you about the European Day of Languages.

This day is a celebration of all the different languages and cultures in Europe.      It encourages us to learn a new language and reminds us how useful language learning can be. Since it was first celebrated in 2001, this year marks the 20th anniversary of European Day of Languages!

On this occasion, various events take place across Europe in order to spread awareness of the importance of learning languages.

How can we learn different languages? We, young students, learn them when we watch films or while playing computer games.

You can ask: Why should we learn other languages? Why do we need them? Well, foreign languages help us communicate with other people.

’European Day of Languages

by Wiktoria Bartoszek, 7d

There are many reasons why learning a new language is a good idea. First of all, it allows you to communicate with people. Secondly, it helps you to see things from a different perspective and get a deeper understanding of another culture. Furthermore, it has health benefits, as studies have shown that people who speak two or more languages have more active minds later in life.

In 2021 speaking languages is really important. A lot of people are immigrating to other countries, but they can’t even ask for anything or buy something because they can’t speak the language.

You may ask: “Alright, but how to learn different languages?”

We’ll show you how!!! We are sure, that you’re spending a lot of time playing video games on your computer, and you do watch a lot of videos on the Internet. Just make sure to change the subtitles for the language that you want to learn and make the audio in your language. That’s how you can learn a foreign language fast! You can also use a translator for example translating the text of your favourite song, just to know what they sing about. We think that these are really great ideas to learn languages fast.

’The European Day of Languages’

by Ewa Dubilas

In our world, we have many different languages. It is impossible to know them all and that is why we have one universal language – English.
However, even if we have one universal language it doesn’t mean we can’t learn more. There is only one tiny problem – learning languages is hard.
So, how to learn easily???
There is something that can help you to study other languages. The easiest way is the Internet. On the Internet, we have so much information about other countries and their languages. There are so many fun games that can help a lot. Reading books is also very helpful. Of course, learning from a dictionary can help, too but it is very boring for young people. In our times’ teenagers prefer meeting their friends on the Internet, they also meet new people there and they communicate with them in different languages.
We have to remember that learning languages is very important to understand each other.

Here you can view our photo gallery from this event.

M.P.&A.S.-B.

MP z wykorzystaniem materiałów Macmillan i Pearson

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1st of March is one of the most colourful days of the year in Wales. You will find bright yellow daffodils, green leeks and traditional Welsh costumes.

Why?

The national day of Wales, St David’s Day is celebrated on the 1st of March.

This day is a great way to learn about Welsh culture.

Welsh culture is not well-known, so find out what it means to be Welsh!

St David’s Day is a day to explore Welsh food, music, and traditions.

’Do the little things in life’ is considered St David’s most famous phrase and was one of the last words he spoke before dying. It is still a well-known phrase in Wales.

Usually, St David’s Day is a day of parades and performances. Flags are flown. The national anthem is sung with extra fervour. Children go to school in traditional Welsh dress, and everyone (well, almost) proudly pins a daffodil or leek to their lapel. To mark the special day, Welsh people eat traditional Welsh cakes, lamb, mutton and leek dishes.

Due to the lockdown, St David’s Day might look a bit different.

From Wales to the world:

 

 

Language learning brings benefits to young and old – you are never too old to learn a language and to enjoy the opportunities it opens up. Even if you only know a few words of the language of the country that you visit (for example on holiday), this enables you to make new friends and contacts.

Learning other peoples’ languages is a way of helping us to understand each other better and overcome our cultural differences.

O Językach

Czy wiecie, że…?

• Gdyby spróbować określić liczbę języków, którymi posługują się ludzie na całym świecie, z pewnością oscylowałaby ona w przedziale od 6 do 7 tysięcy. Są wśród tych języków oczywiście takie, których używa spora część ludzkości, a jednym ze zdecydowanie najpopularniejszych jest język angielski. Posługują się nim ludzie w ponad 100 państwach na całej Ziemi. Tuż za nim plasuje się język arabski, używany w 60 krajach. Na następnym miejscu znajduje się język francuski stosowany w 50 krajach, a dalej – hiszpański, perski oraz niemiecki.
• Warto zaznaczyć, iż język angielski uznawany jest za język główny w 101 krajach, zaś w roli języka urzędowego występuje jedynie w 35 państwach. Obecnie to jeden z najbardziej wpływowych języków, umożliwiający porozumiewanie się niemal w każdym zakątku świata.
• Język chiński należy do języków o największej liczbie użytkowników. Obecnie językiem tym posługuje się więcej niż 1,3 mld ludzi. Chiński należy do rodziny języków chińsko-tybetańskich, a swoim zasięgiem obejmuje następujące państwa: Chiny, Hongkong, Koreę Północną i Południową, Wietnam, Singapur, Filipiny oraz wiele innych.
• W samej Europie funkcjonuje około 225 rodzimych  języków, co stanowi mniej więcej 3% liczby wszystkich języków świata.
• Najwięcej ze wszystkich języków świata funkcjonuje na terenie Azji i Afryki.
• Co najmniej połowa światowej populacji jest dwu- lub wielojęzyczna.
• W codziennym życiu Europejczycy coraz częściej mają do czynienia  z językami obcymi. Istnieje zatem potrzeba wzbudzenia wśród obywateli Europy większego zainteresowania językami obcymi.
• Zakres słownictwa wielu języków obejmuje 50 000 lub więcej słów, lecz poszczególni użytkownicy  języków zazwyczaj znają i wykorzystują ledwie ułamek całkowitego zasobu słów – w codziennych rozmowach ludzie cały czas stosują te same kilkaset słów.
• Języki pozostają ze sobą w nieustającej interakcji, wpływając na siebie wzajemnie na wiele sposobów: język angielski czerpał niegdyś liczne zapożyczenia wyrazów i sformułowania z  innych języków, dzisiaj zaś języki europejskie zapożyczają   wiele słów z języka angielskiego.
• W pierwszym roku życia dziecko wydaje szeroką gamę dźwięków: w końcu pierwszego roku życia pojawiają się pierwsze zrozumiałe słowa;  w wieku trzech lat dziecko formułuje zdania złożone, a w wieku lat pięciu dysponuje już zasobem kilku tysięcy słów.
• Język ojczysty to zazwyczaj język, który znamy  najlepiej i najczęściej z niego korzystamy. Istnieją jednak osoby „doskonale dwujęzyczne”, które potrafią posługiwać się równie biegle dwoma językami.  Zazwyczaj jednak osoby dwujęzyczne nie wykazują się idealną biegłością w obu językach.
• Wielojęzyczność niesie  liczne korzyści: ułatwia uczenie się kolejnych języków, wpływa pozytywnie na proces myślenia i sprzyja kontaktom z innymi ludźmi i kulturami.
• Dwujęzyczność oraz wielojęzyczność niosą za sobą także pewne korzyści natury ekonomicznej: osobom mówiącym w kilku językach łatwiej jest znaleźć pracę, zaś przedsiębiorstwa wielojęzyczne są bardziej konkurencyjne  niż przedsiębiorstwa monojęzyczne.
• Języki są ze sobą powiązane w taki sam sposób, jak powiązani są członkowie rodziny. Większość języków europejskich należy do wielkiej rodziny indoeuropejskiej.
• Większość języków Europy podzielić można na trzy rodziny: języki germańskie, romańskie i słowiańskie.
• Rodzina języków germańskich obejmuje między innymi języki duński, norweski, szwedzki, islandzki, niemiecki, niderlandzki, angielski i jidysz.
• Rodzina języków romańskich obejmuje między innymi język włoski, francuski, hiszpański, portugalski i rumuński.
• Rodzina języków słowiańskich obejmuje między innymi język rosyjski, ukraiński, białoruski, polski, czeski, słowacki, słoweński, serbski, chorwacki, macedoński i bułgarski.
• Większość języków europejskich opiera się na alfabecie łacińskim. Niektóre języki słowiańskie opierają się na cyrylicy. Grecki, jidysz, ormiański i gruziński posiadają własny alfabet.
• W większości krajów Europy istnieje kilka języków regionalnych czy języków mniejszości – niektóre z nich zyskały nawet status oficjalny.
• Języki pozaeuropejskie często używane  na terytorium Europy to arabski, chiński oraz hindi; każdy z nich dysponuje własnym systemem zapisu słów.
• Rosja (148 milionów mieszkańców) może poszczycić się największą liczbą używanych na jej terytorium języków: w zależności od zastosowanych kryteriów jest ich od 130 do 200.
• W skutek napływu imigrantów oraz uchodźców Europa staje się coraz bardziej wielojęzyczna.  W samym tylko Londynie mówi się w  około 300 językach (arabski, turecki, kurdyjski, języki berberyjskie, hindi, pendżabski itd.).
• Sztuczny język Esperanto został wynaleziony przez polskiego okulistę Ludwiga Lazarusa Zamenhofa. Opublikowano go w 1887 r. w języku rosyjskim jako Mezhdunarodny yazyk (język międzynarodowy) pod pseudonimem Doktoro Esperanto (doktor pełen nadziei).

Z okazji Europejskiego Dnia Języków zapraszam do rozwiązania quizu językowego, sprawdzającego wiedzę o językach naszego kontynentu.

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Many successful people speak various languages. Not only does it help in their job, but it also opens the door to understanding different cultures and enjoying other countries much deeper.

And if that was not enough yet: studies have been showing that speaking several languages is one of the best exercises your brain can get.

Colombian singer, Shakira is a native Spanish speaker who is fluent in English and Portuguese, as well as some Italian, French, Catalan and Arabic. It has been known that Shakira is interested in world history and frequently studies the history and languages of the countries she visits.

 

Besides being one of the best Tennis players in the world, Novak Djokovic is a passionate linguist. The intelligent Serb revealed he is skilled in seven different languages: Serbian (his mother tongue), English, German, Italian, French, Arabic, and Russian. He is also keen to learn many more. He hopes to extend his knowledge of Chinese characters from a couple to 1000 or even 2000. He goes on to explain that beauty lies in the endless learning process, seeing each misunderstanding as an opportunity to learn more. “We have a saying in our country: The more languages you know, the more is your worth as a person.” — Novak Djokovic.

 

The Italian actress, Monica Bellucci speaks a variety of languages. She is fluent in English, French and Spanish, and knows some Serbian and Farsi as well. Since she has played in all these languages, it can be said that Monica is a real multilingual star. About her talent, for languages, she says: “I have a good ear, that’s for sure.”

Despite the fact that most of the members of royal families speak at least two foreign languages, no one can beat Queen Silvia of Sweden, who can hold speeches in six languages and is nearly fluent in Swedish sign language.    Born to a German father and Brasilian mother, her Majesty already spoke three languages, besides her native German and Portuguese, when she moved to Sweden. At the age of 32 she god married to the King and learned Swedish.

 

One of the most stunning bilingual celebrities around, Natalie Portman is actually a multilingual star who has several languages under her belt. The Oscar-winning actress is fluent in Japanese, German and Spanish, also gets away with a light sprinkling of French, even though it’s not fluent, and sometimes gives interviews in her native language Hebrew.

Can you think of any other celebrities or famous people who you think should be on this list?

Zdjęcia, źródło Wikipedia.

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St. Patrick’ s Day is one of the world’s greatest national holidays.  But in this year a number of Ireland’s St. Patrick’s Day parades have been cancelled over fears the mass gatherings would contribute to the spread of the coronavirus outbreak.
The St. Patrick’s Day festival in Ireland takes place annually from March 13-17.

One of the biggest parades, in Dublin, was due to happen this week. The city cancelled the celebration over coronavirus fears.

Although our students are at home now some of them have remembered about this special day.

Well done, Victoria! 

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’Andrzejki’ took place in our school on 29th November.

Andrzeju, Andrzeju             Andrew, Andrew                                                                Prosimy dziś Ciebie,             We ask you today,                                                              Pozwól nam zobaczyć          Let us see                                                                              Co pisane nam w niebie.      What’s written to us in heaven.

The group of students from classes 4-8 prepared fortune-telling for all students from the school. For two hours they themselves changed into 'divination masters’. We have predicted our profession, travels awaiting for us or the name of the chosen one, where in the world we will meet a chosen girl’s heart. We have come to know a further and closer future. There were runes of runes, using dice and playing cards. We were looking something under the cups. There was a disco too. Everyone had a great time. We hope that all good fortune-telling will come true. In the pictures, the snapshots from this event.

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