Everyone at school is a bit tired because they have been going for 9 weeks, but mid-term break is just next week. My class is a grade 4 class of children from all around Europe. Most of them can speak English very well. All classes are in English.
This week everyone is getting ready for a big Halloween party on Friday, the last day before the week-long holiday. We are making all kinds of decorations for the classroom, including skeletons, pumpkins, ghosts and bats.
We've also been writing scary poems in English and our spelling words have all been to do with Halloween, such as 'pumpkin' and 'ghosts'.
Because the school is in the middle of the city, the students have to walk to the playground. They do this as a group with the 'yard duty' teachers. We also have a 'lollipop man' with us to make sure that crossing roads is safe. He even wears a special suit with 'Stop' written on it so that cars can see him easily.
I must admit that it does look funny, but the most important thing is that the children are safe when they cross the very busy streets of Cracow.
Hi Mr W, wow it sounds like you are having a fantastic time in Poland. Your class sounds wonderful. Maybe you can learn some Polish recipes to send to us for next time we study the topic food glorious food. We also had a great day preparing for Halloween. The students of TEE TEF and TEG dressed up for the day, we made bats,lollypop ghosts and jack-o-lanterns, had a little party and a dress parade. The students all had great fun and so did the teachers. Hope you all have a fantastic week holiday.
ReplyDeleteMiss Lamb
Hi Miss Lamb, and Hi everybody in TEE, TEF and TEG.
ReplyDeleteIt's great to hear from you! I'd be happy to send you some Polish recipes. I will find something good and not too hard to make. Since being here I've been eating things such as pierogi (which are like dumplings stuffed with meat or cabbage or cheese), bigos (which is a kind of stew with cabbage and meat) and of course the world's best cheesecake, in my opinion.
It sounds like you all had a great time preparing for and celebrating your Halloween party. I'm just posting about the party we had in our class on Friday (I've been a little slack!). Right now I'm in the mountains on Poland's southern border with the Czech Republic and I'll tell you all about it shortly.
I hope you are still doing some delicious cooking! Have fun!
Mr W