Virtual trip to Poland

POSTCARDS FROM TURKEY ARRIVED - THANK YOU!

Dear friends,
We would like to thank you very much for your beautiful postcards.
xoxo :)
Greetings from Poland

Meet Our Tale Characters

Water Nymph Duru - Duru means "pure" in Turkish so we chose this name for our character and used the Tugçe Nur Çağlar's face because of her beauty
Old Dwarf of the Forest - he is a lovely and helpful character.
He helps Pan with his brother for rescueing Gani from Witch's castle.
White Eagle - is the symbol of freedom and nobility, it saves our characters from Witch's Castle. It is also the Symbol one of the most prestigious football teams of Turkey called Beşiktaş -BJK
Pan is a joyful character like as Yunus Emre Köse
Gani -is characterized by Eray Öztürk. we chose him because he is tall and strong like an hero.He is also a modest boy.
Wise Owl - is characterized by Osman Uğurli, look at his eyes you will understand the reason :)
Wise Lion * Lion is characterized by Muhammet Arpacı.We used Muhammet's face because he is famous for his wise and strange sayings.

POLAND - celebrating the third of May

The Constitution of May 3, 1791 is generally regarded as Europe's first and the world's second modern codified national constitution, following the 1788 ratification of the United States Constitution. The May 3rd Constitution was designed to redress long-standing political defects of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and its traditional system of "Golden Liberty". The Constitution introduced political equality between townspeople and nobility (szlachta) and placed the peasants under the protection of the government.

This is how we celebrated this event this year.

A letter from Poland

Dear Friends!!!

I’m Daria. I’m 13 years old. I’ve got long, brown, curly hair and green eyes. I’ve got a sister Kamila. She is 10. I like animals and I’ve got a dog, a hamster and fish. I’m interested in music and dance. I play the guitar. I dance in the folklore group called “Bielsko”.
This year we were in Turkey in Istambul taking part in “The International Pendik Children Festival”. We represented Poland on this festival. We danced our national dances as: Polonaise, Cracow Dance, Kuyavian and others. People liked our performance very much :) . I lived in Turkey for a week and Turkish family hosted me. Turkish people are very nice and hospitable. We visted Turkish school, too. We became friends with a girl whose name’s Sude.

Istambul is a big and beautiful city. One day we had a chance to go and see The Topkapi Palace and The Miniature Park.
I liked it very much.
In Poland I live in Bielsko-Biała. It is a beautiful city situated in the mountains Beskidy.There are a lot of architecture monuments in Bielsko-Biała for example Castle of Sulkowski.Best wishes DARIA :)

"Everything is possible in the dreams" - creating stories

Here is one of the stories that Polish students have created using their imagination.

DRAGONS

WORLD OF FANTASY
European Dragons

In European folklore, a dragon is a legendary creature.
The dragon is typically depicted as a huge fire-breathing, scaly and horned dinosaur-like creature, with leathery wings, with four legs and a long muscular tail. It is sometimes shown with feathered wings, crests, fiery manes, and various exotic colorations. Iconically it has at last combined the Chinese dragon with the western one. Asian dragons are long serpent like creatures which possess the scales of a carp, horns of a deer, feet of an eagle, the body of a snake, a feathery mane, large eyes, and can be holding a pearl to control lightning. They usually have no wings. Imperial dragons had five claws (for a king), or four for a prince, or three for courtiers of a lower ranking. The dragons were bringers of rain and lived in and governed bodies of water (e.g lakes, rivers, oceans, or seas). Asian dragons were benevolent, but bossy . In Western folklore, dragons are usually portrayed as evil, with exceptions mainly in modern fiction.
Many modern stories represent dragons as creatures who can talk, associated with powerful magic.

The most famous Polish dragon is the Wawel Dragon or Smok Wawelski. It supposedly terrorized ancient Kraków and lived in caves on the Vistula river bank below the Vawel castle. According to lore based on the Book of Daniel, it was killed by a boy who offered it a sheepskin filled with sulphur and tar. After devouring it, the dragon became so thirsty that it finally exploded after drinking too much water. A metal sculpture of the Wawel Dragon is a well-known tourist sight in Kraków. It is very stylised but, to the amusement of children, noisily breathes fire every few minutes. The Wawel dragon also features on many items of Kraków tourist merchandise.

Other dragon-like creatures in Polish folklore include the Basilisk, in Polish – Bazyliszek - living in cellars of Warsaw.

Here are some dragons drawn by students of 32 Primary School of Bielsko-Biała

Word Cloud for Smok Wawelski

http://www.wordle.net/gallery/wrdl/782686/Smok_Wawelski

Listen to the National Anthems of Turkey and Poland

Postcards From Poland

We have received your postcards. We have been waiting for a month and Postcards made us very happy.
Thanks all the students who wrote to us.
Now it is time to sent you our postcards as soon as possible.
Best Regards
Turkey

COLOURS IN POLISH

BASIC POLISH VOCABULARY

YES - TAK
NO - NIE
GOOD MORNING - DZIEŃ DOBRY
HI - CZEŚĆ
GOODBYE - DO WIDZENIA
THANK YOU - DZIĘKUJĘ
SORRY - PRZEPRASZAM
PLEASE - PROSZĘ
POLAND - POLSKA
TURKEY - TURCJA
SCHOOL - SZKOŁA
BOOK - KSIĄŻKA
HOUSE - DOM
CAT - KOT
DOG - PIES
CAR - SAMOCHÓD
I - JA
YOU - TY
WHAT'S YOUR NAME? - JAK MASZ NA IMIĘ?
DO YOU SPEAK ENGLISH? - CZY MÓWISZ PO ANGIELSKU?

We've Watched Your Presentation Again to Refresh Our Knowledge

This is How We Got Information About Poland

QUIZ - Turkish students learn about Poland

Answers
1. The capital city of Poland is Warszawa.

2.The national symbol of Poland is White Eagle.

3.The longest river in Poland is Wisla

4. Rysy Mountain (2499m) is the highest mountain in Poland.

5. Hancza (with depth of 108.5m) is the deepest lake in Poland.

6. Baltic Sea borders the Poland.

7. Bielsko - Biala is situated at the foot of Beskidy Mountains.

8. Poland in short has a very temperate climate. The weather here is cold, cloudy, moderately rigorous winters and calm summers with regular showers and thunderstorms. The summer here are very hot and the winters are generally are wet, cold and dreary. Rainfall is well disseminated throughout the year with summer receiving the maximum rainfall. During the winters it receives good amount of snowfall.

9. The colours of Polish flag are red and white ( the same as ours)

10.Krakow and Warsaw are the Most Famous Cities in Poland.

Polish Legend by Wojtek

A QUIZ FOR OUR TURKISH FRIENDS

1. What is the capital city of Poland?
2. What animal is a national symbol of Poland that is placed in our coat of arms?
3. What is the longest river in Poland?
4. What is the highest mountain in Poland?
5. What is the deepest lake in Poland?
6. What is the sea that borders Poland?
7. Where is the city of Bielsko-Biała situated?
8. What is the climat of Poland?
9. What are the colours of Polish flag?
10. What are the biggest and most famous cities in Poland?

Here we are working, learning about Turkey and answering your questions

QUIZ - Polish students learn about Turkey

We were trying to find the answer for your questions today. We used our maps, books and the Internet to find the information. Check our answers, please:

1.The highest Mountain in Turkey is Mount Ararat, Ağrı Province 5,165 m

2.The most crowded city in Turkey is Istanbul

3. The hottest place: The southern tip of Iskenderun in Turkey along the Mediterranean Sea against Syria

4. The largest lake in Turkey is Lake Van
The lake lies on the high grounds of Eastern Anatolian region near the border with Iran.

5.Antalya is the most touristic city on the Mediterranean coast of southwestern Turkey.

6. You can spend holidays in Turkey in places like Dalaman, Bodrum, Izmir, Antalya, Istanbul, Ankara, Mersin, Ephesus, Cappadocia, Gallipoli, Miletus, Troy, and many more .

7. The capital city of Turkey is Ankara.

8.In Istanbul and around the sea of Marmara (Marmara region) the climate is moderate(winter 4 deg.C and summer 27 deg.C); in winter the temperature can drop below zero.

In Western Anatolia (Aegean region) there is a mild Mediterranean climate with average temperatures of 9 deg.C in winter and 29 deg.C in summer. On the southern coast of Anatolia (Mediterranean region) the same climate can be found.

The climate of the Anatolian Plateau (Central Anatolian region) is a steppe climate (there is a great temperature difference between day and night). Rainfall is low and there is more snow. The average temperature is 23 deg.C in summer and -2 deg.C in winter.

The climate in the Black Sea area (Black Sea region) is wet, warm and humid (summer 23 deg.C, winter 7 deg.C). In Eastern Anatolia and South-Eastern Anatolia there is a long hard winter, where year after year snow lies on the ground from November until the end of April (the average temperature in winter is -13 deg.C and in summer 17 deg.C).

9. Seas: Black Sea Sea of Marmara Aegean Sea Mediterranean Sea.

10. Turkey is situated between two continents: Europe and Asia.

Do you know what day it is today?

April Fools' Day or All Fools' Day, although not a holiday in its own right, is a notable day celebrated in many countries including Poland on April 1. The day is marked by the commission of hoaxes and other practical jokes of varying sophistication on friends, family members, enemies, and neighbours. By radio stations television stations, magazines, newspapers, and websites :))
Do you celebrate it?

COUNTRY QUIZ

QUIZ ABOUT TURKEY FOR OUR POLISH FRIENDS



1-WHAT IS THE HIGHEST MOUNTAIN IN TURKEY AND WHAT IS ITS NAME?

2-WHAT IS THE MOST CROWDED CITY IN TURKEY?

3-WHERE IS THE HOTTEST PLACE IN TURKEY?

4-WHERE IS THE LARGEST LAKE IN TURKEY AND WHAT IS IT NAME?

5-WHERE IS THE MOST TOURISTIC CITY IN TURKEY?

6-WHERE CAN YOU SPEND YOUR HOLIDAY IN TURKEY?

7-WHAT IS THE CAPITAL CITY OF TURKEY?

8-HOW MANY CLIMATES CAN BE SEEN IN TURKEY?

9-WHICH SEAS ARE SURROUNDING TURKEY?

10- BETWEEN WHICH CONTINENTS IS TURKEY SITUATED?

Our Ankara Visit for Nevruz

Nevruz is cheerfully celebrated and observed by Turkish people and the related cultural continent and has spread in many other parts of the world, including parts of Central Asia, South Asia, Northwestern China, the Crimea, and some ethnic groups in Albania, Bosnia, Kosovo and the Republic of Macedonia.Nevruz marks the first day of spring ,It is celebrated on the day of the astronomical vernal equinox, which usually occurs on March 21 or the previous/following day depending on where it is observed. These ceremoies has placed in Ankara.

FANTASY FILMS

Polish traditional costumes

Thank you for your presentation :)

Who knows: What is the capital city of Turkey?


 Our virtual trip to Istanbul.


Dziękujemy = We thank you

Turkish Greetings

MERHABA -HI

NASILSINIZ? - HOW ARE YOU?

İYİYİM TEŞEKKÜRLER SEN NASILSIN? = FINE THANKS AND YOU?

Polish Traditional Folk Music

And this is our traditional folk music of our region and our traditional clothes. The dance is performed by our friends: Magda, Michał and Damian.
( The quality of the video isn't so great but we were unable to upload the bigger one which was much better )

Do you like music? These are our favourite songs

Lady Gaga: POKER FACE
James Morrison, Nelly Furtado: BROKEN STRINGS

Amy Macdonald: THIS IS THE LIFE

Maria Mena: ALL THIS TIME

Beyonce: IF I WERE A BOY

Rihanna DISTURBIA

Ciara: GET UP

Edyta Górniak: TO NIE TAK JAK MYŚLISZ

This is the way we say hello

Questions from 8/A Nakkaş P.S.

1.Do you take an exam for attending highchools?
2.Do you have a chance to do whatever you want at your school?
3.Are there strict rules at your school?
4.Have you ever run a project related to environment matters?
5.Does your school have an infirmary in your school?
6.What is Poland famous for?
7.How many classes are there in your school?
8.Are there any Turkish students or people around you or in your city?
9.What are your traditional clothes?
10.We have National Children Fest, Do you celebrate any fests like that?

Turkish Folk Tales "Keloğlan" and "Nasreddin Hodja"

Turkish folk literature is an oral tradition deeply rooted, in its form, in Central Asian nomadic traditions.One example of this is the series of folktales surrounding the figure of Keloglan, a young boy beset with the difficulties of finding a wife, helping his mother to keep the family house intact, and dealing with the problems caused by his neighbors. Another example is the rather mysterious figure of Nasreddin, atrickster figure who often plays jokes, of a sort, on his neighbors.

These tales are anonymous and in every tale Keloglan finds himself in a trouble situation and finally he solves the problems with his cunningness.


We have added some links related to Keloglan Tales and Nasreddin Hodja Anectodes.
You can also have a lot of information about our lterature,culture,folklore,dances,etc by visiting our Ministry of Culture and Tourism's Website.

http://www.kultur.gov.tr/