Various education and school issues in Poland. Opinions, stories, controversies.

Is this the one that makes vacuum cleaners?

They make hoovers and so of course do many companies.

We chose INTERNATIONAL TRILINGUAL SCHOOL OF WARSAW and in my opinion it was a very good choice. After arriving in Poland, we were concerned about how our children would fit into the education system. Fortunately, the curriculum here is so adapted that the children fit into it well.

What are its drawbacks?

Tomorrow it is a bank holiday when educational facilities are closed. At last. I have been longing for it for a few days. Two months of hard work have passed. I need to get a longer sleep after those short nights when I woke up at 5.

To be honest, there are no problems at the moment.

hey i remember in poland when i was kid, we went to like massive theater/movie and we watched a documentry about animals,all school was crying. except for me, but it was about a mother bear who died to save her cub :P

Your memory fails you a little. That was the film about a circus clown who performed with a bear cub and they were bond with father-son relationship. When the latter aka bear was kidnapped by a rival circus` criminal clowns, the positive clown went on a search mission. I cried like a baby watching it.

You are a tough guy! That is why you became an emigrant. Like Novi!


You are so sensitive. That is why you prefered to live in Poland, the country of decent people (except rightists, nazionalists and homo sovieticuses).

Your post does read a bit like an advert.

Going to work early you can observe such views as the birth of a new day:

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Certain high school in Poland possesses a tree in the backyard which is the fave habitat for a big flock of long eared owls, about 30 specimens right now, a few families containing 5 birds each on average.
Owls aren`t scared by the noise from the school and they gladly observe students in class.

Students and the staff joke the place looks like Hogwart. ))

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The exact point from music class curriculum for primary school

· Ballet - a theater performance in which the means of expression are movement, gesture and dance
· P. Tchaikovsky - composer of the most famous ballets
· Listening: P. Tchaikovsky, Trepak from the ballet The Nutcracker
· Listening: P. Tchaikovsky's Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy, Swan Lake
· Playing: Theme from the ballet Swan Lake

Two activities in music class mean students listen to various melodies or try to play them on instruments, mostly recorders aka mini flutes.
Two other activities are singing in a group or solo and dancing.


The elements of the curriculum are covered from 4 to 7 grade according to teacher`s choice. This means Czajkowski can be discussed either in grade 6 or 7.

Here is an example of a curriculum for grade 6 as a teacher planned it:

September classes:
1
Last summer expeditions. Organization of work during music lessons in the sixth grade · textbook, introduction and lesson 1: "Last summer expeditions" · comic book and calendar page (pp. 6-7) · Cha-cza song at the end of summer · diagram and description of the basic cha-cha step or · canon Tue, tue, barima · rhythmic accompaniment score to the canon · fun task: "African atmosphere"

2
It's good to wander with song. Learning and performing songs from the tourist song repertoire · textbook, lesson 2: "It's good to wander with a song" · songs: I like traveling, How good it is for us to conquer mountains · infographic: "Tourist song"

As you can see, the topics covered in September are seasonal aka refer to summer and holidays. There are two more classes but I skipped them to make the presentation shorter.

This design appears in further classes, too.

E.g, in October, schools celebrate Teacher`s Day:

October class:
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To our teachers. Performance of an eighth-note triplet · textbook, lesson 5: "To Our Teachers" · song The Power of Curiosity · musical notation of a fragment of the Triumphal March from the opera Aida by G. Verdi · recording: A. Ponchielli, Dance of the Hours from the ballet Gioconda · game task: "Dancing instruments " · term: eighth note triplet

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From the history of music - early music. Music of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance · textbook, lesson 7: "From the history of music - early music" · song Ballad of the Sleepy Bard · sheet music of the estampida Kalenda maya by R. de Vaqueiras · recordings: Bogurodzica, sound of the hurdy-gurdy, sound of the lute, R. de Vaqueiras , Kalenda maya, O. di Lasso, madrigal Echo · timeline presenting medieval instruments · dates: Middle Ages, Renaissance, tablature, troubadours, trouvères

November entirely devoted to Polish music due to Independence Day

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From the history of music - the golden age of Polish music. Polish Renaissance music and its creators · textbook, lesson 8: "From the history of music - the golden age of Polish music" · M. Gomółka, psalm Kleszczmy rąkoma · rhythmic score of the accompaniment to the psalm Kleszczmy rąkoma · infographic: "Polish music in the 16th century" · notation sheet music of the psalm Bring glory, Mighty Ones by M. Gomółka · description of dance choreography old · recordings: W. from Szamotuły, It's already dusk, Anonymous, Szewczyk walks on the street, wearing crochet, Anonymous, Rex

2
The history of Polish army recorded in sound. Songs and songs about military themes from a historical perspective · textbook, lesson 10: " · the song Song of the Past · infographic: "Polish soldier songs" · recordings: F. Tymolski, The Last Mazur, F. Schubert, Military March, Anonymous, A soldier walks through the forest, M. Zielioski, The Heart in a backpack, K. Hofman, Krakow soldiers` wake up call

And the rest of the classes till the end of the schoolyear, I chose the most interesting ones. I must say the curriculum looks extremely attractive - students can`t be bored.

Songs of the Warsaw Uprising. Enriching the repertoire of songs from World War II

Waiting for the first star. Performing and listening to Christmas songs Let's all sing carols together. Joint class caroling

Winter, frosty, fun. Music jokes. Pastiche in music

In carnival rhythms. Music during carnival

Fryderyk Chopin in exile. Getting to know the last period of the composer's life and work

Kujawiak with oberek. Ethnography. Enriching knowledge about Polish national dances and the activities of Oskar Kolberg

Musical shows. Musical and theatrical forms: operetta, musical, revue

With music in the background. The function of music in film and advertising

From the history of music - baroque. Johann Sebastian Bach

Four seasons with maestro Vivaldi. The life and work of Antonio Vivaldi

Let's meet on the trail. Singing goodbye together

What are students supposed to do to get at least B on carnival subject?

sings the song In Carnival in the group, · performs the basic step of samba and salsa, · performs the guiro, maracas or drum part from the Little Samba score, · plays in the group a fragment of the song Carnival in Venice by J. Arban, · explains what carnival is and when it lasts , and lists the two most famous carnivals in the world, · discusses the role and importance of dance.

For grade A, he/she/they:

sings the song In the Carnival solo, · dances the basic step of samba and salsa to the music, · performs the harpsichord part from the Little Samba score, · plays a solo fragment of the piece Carnival in Venice by J. Arban, · lists the titles of songs referring to the theme of carnival, · lists and discusses dances from a historical perspective.

Poor pawian talking to himself during Xmas time or as you use to write XXXmasss time.

What would you do without Novi?

Hey and you should be grateful to me. as regardless of your ungreatfulness and moronic ways I sill talk to you.

In all probability, Paw is polishing his ballet flats and admiring tight leotards, like a real man should, preforms most difficult pirouettes for upcoming leading role
in the High School play called "Cazed Femminin Pinocchio"

Ale para!
Jak z ruskiego samowara!

hahahaha

I am happy to be living in your heads rent free. :):):):) You can`t stop thinking of pawian. Ha!!

You know nothing about Poland, actually. But you refuse to learn from my course. Music class is only in primary school. Ha!!!

You have to admit, practicing for a ballet role, especially High School play at your age, and the somewhat cumbersome length of Pinocchio style nose,
would attract attention whether you like it. Besides, no one is writing but you, so you are my last hope. Now try something fitting for a season: imaginative, peaceful. Calming, full of serenity, thankful, and soothing; some may reply in kindness; on the other hand, in your case, rehabilitation passed you by a long time ago

Rent free! :):):):)

I knew more about Poland in my early teens than you'll ever learn taking dancing classes. No doubt about it, I am ten times, at least, a superior Pole than you can dream about.

Yes, supervillain from Am Polonia. Do not offend true Poles/Polesses calling yourself one so falsely. Kremlin Stooge.

Where your insane conclusion comes from is a mystery to me. Yeah, I admit to liking Bobko, but he is 50% Polish, and I distinguish the difference between
Russian, the ruling class, and the rest of the country. You are forever destined to be a descendant of the plebian class, a fact permanently engraved in your inferior
genetic pool. So yeah, you are inferior in every possible way.You might not be Polish at all, but that is open for debate. For now I will agree you are Polish, inferior but probably Polish ::::))))

Kremlin stooge, stop polluting this thread. :):):)

What does it mean to be 50% Polish? What is his other 50%? What a disappointment...

And Bobko? From his posts, I would bet my guns that he is Russian.

The same as yours - 50% Polish, 50% Soviet. Ha!!!