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We had special visitors at school last week and we'd like to share some photos with you.The visitors were paragliding instructors. Gliding and paragliding becomes more and more popular in our area. ŻAR Mountain is the local center of these sports.
Our guests told us all about flying the wing.
The paraglider sits in a harness suspended below a fabric wing. The shape of the wing is formed by its suspension lines and the pressure of air entering vents in the front of the wing. Paragliding is a recreational and competitive flying sport. Is is also classified as exteme or adventure sport.

POLAND - Christmas Dance

POLAND

Listen to some Polish tonguetwisters.


Ania and Kasia, 6c:
"Bursztynowy pierścionek."
Amber ring.
"Szedł sobie Sasza szosą, w czasie suszy szosa sucha."
Sasza was walking along the street, the street's dry during the drought.
"W Szczebrzeszynie chrząszcz brzmi w trzcinie, a Szczebrzeszyn z tego słynie."
The beetle sings in the reed in Szczebrzeszyn city, and Szczebrzeszyn is famous for that.
"Nie słuchaj bezmyślnej sprzeczki uczenninc."
Don't listen to thoughtless quarrel of the students.
"I cóż, że ze Szwecji."
So what, that it's from Sweden.

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St. Andrew’s night is celebrated in Poland since the XVI century. There is a long tradition of fortune telling on the November 30th in Poland. The most popular is pouring hot melted wax through a key into a bawl of cold water - hardened wax is held up to the light and the future is guessed from its shadow cast on the wall. The shape of the shadow is observed from different angles. The candlelight create an unusual atmosphere of this evening.
Another custom was arrange the shoes of all the girls one after another along the wall and move gradually in the same order to the door. The girl whose shoe would first cross the doorstep would be married first. One more belief was to try to remember your dream at St. Andrew’s night - if you would see a man in a dream - this might be your future husband.
Presently people do not take seriously the fortune-telling during st. Andrew Day but this day is still celebrated because it is lots of fun. Each year at our school students have a dicsco party at St Andrew’s Day.

POLAND, SP NR 32 W BIELSKU-BIAŁEJ, our school's 85th anniversary