Aleksandra Głuch 's extra task in storybird.com

Tym razem będzie o przyjaźni pomiędzy człowiekiem, a pięknym zwierzęciem.
Przeczytajcie sami !

"My best friend" by Aleksandra Głuch

Weronika and Storybird

Kolejna książeczka, która powstała w aplikacji storybird.com to opowiadanie
Weroniki Baran z klasy V.

"My best friend, Olga"

Zapraszam do lektury i przygody z aplikacją !

23 April is SAINT GEORGE'S DAY

Although it is not a big event or a national holiday, St George's Day is celebrated on 23rd April each year. It's a great excuse to enjoy or learn about some of England's customs and traditions, and also to think about knights and castles and dragons! It's also a good time to think about one of England's most famous men, William Shakespeare, who was not only born on 23rd April 1564 but also died on 23rd April 1616.

Saint GeorgeSaint George was the son of a Christian nobleman, born around 275-285 AD in the Roman province of Syria Palaestina. He was raised as a Christian and became a Roman soldier, working for the Emperor Diocletian in Nicomedia and rising to the rank of Tribunus. Diocletian worshipped the Roman Gods and in AD 302 he issued an edict that every soldier must make an offering to the Roman Gods. Christian soldiers who refused to do so must be arrested. George insisted that he would remain Christian, even though Diocletian tried to bribe him with promises of land, money and slaves. Eventually Diocletian decided reluctantly to execute George. Before he was arrested George gave all his money away to the poor, and he went to his death bravely, even though he was tortured horribly.

Saint George is the patron saint of England and many other countries. He is most well known for his part in the story of "Saint George and the dragon".

Saint George and the DragonThere was once a city called Silene. The people of Silene were not Christians but they were happy enough, going every day to draw water from a nearby spring and living a simple life. One day, however, a dragon decided to make its nest by the spring and life became very difficult for them! Many men tried to fight the dragon or chase it away, but they all failed.

As they had to have water, the people of Silene came up with a plan. They would distract the dragon by taking him a sheep every day, for a meal. While he was busy eating, they quickly took the water they needed.

Everything worked fine for a while, but one day they didn't have any more sheep to offer the dragon! They became more and more thirsty and eventually, in desperation, they decided to take the dragon a young girl instead. Lots were drawn to see which young girl would be chosen each day.

One day, Silene's princess was the chosen maiden! The king begged for his daughter to be spared, but nobody listened, and the princess was dragged off to meet the dragon like the other young girls before her.

While the princess stood before the dragon, trying to be brave, Saint George rode by on his horse. Seeing the pretty princess and realising the situation, he made the sign of the cross (to show he was a Christian), bravely fought the dragon and rescued the princess! The citizens were so impressed with his bravery that they converted to Christianity.

(text source: http://www.activityvillage.co.uk/saint-george)

Weronika's assingment: "My school"

My school is Kornel Makuszyński School. There are only 86 students and 12 teachers at the school.
There’s a computer room with eleven computers. They aren’t new. We can draw pictures in paint, and surf the Internet. There’s a small canteen, too. We can eat in it, at half past eleven and half past twelve. On the ground floor there is a cloack room. It is rather small. All students use it, they leave there their coats and boots.

Olga Kowalska's extra assignment

Olga's short story titled "My best friend" written on storybird.com can be found here.
Enjoy reading.

Ola Głuch's book review - APRIL EXTRA TASK

class V, Ola Głuch's  book review  

Książka, którą przeczytałam nosi tytuł ,, Festivals Around the World " co oznacza festiwale na całym świecie. Autorem tej książki jest Richard Northcott. Opowiada ona nie tylko o festiwalach, ale również o świętach oraz tradycjach  na całym świecie. Ta książka dzieli się na dziesięć rozdziałów.
       
Rozdział, który spodobał mi się najbardziej to rozdział piąty. Bardzo zaciekawiła mnie pierwsza cześć rozdziału, która opowiada o tym, iż w Japonii wiosna jest uważana za przepiękną porę roku. Jest również opisane, że Japończycy wprost kochają kwiaty wiśni, które właśnie zakwitają na początku wiosny. Zazwyczaj jest to czas między Styczniem, a Kwietniem. Gdy drzewo wiśni zakwitnie Japończycy organizują pod nimi pikniki na, których jedzą rożne rzeczy i obserwują drzewa.


Bardzo bym kiedyś chciała pojechać na taki piknik.


glossary 

Also-Rownież
(Cherry) Blossoms-Kwiaty (Wiśni)
Carry-Nieść
Cloaks-Peleryny
Cut the crops-Ciąć rośliny
Heavy-Ciężki
Other-Inny
Pick-Wybierać
Pray-modlić się
Sick-Chory

Maciek Cierzak's assignment

Kornel Makuszyński School is a very modern school. There are about 86 students and twelve teachers at our school.

There's a computer room with seventeen laptops.They're all new. We can play games on them.There isn't a gym.

There isn't a tuck shop. We eat lunch in the school canteen. There is a school pitch.