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Today we would like to share with you a calendar prepared by our pupils, have fun watching 12 pictures designed and painted by our school kids:

Kalendarz 2013 from frenzz

Storks in Poland

Every fourth stork in the world comes from Poland. There is no other country which can boast nesting of so many birds of this species. It is estimated that recently there have been around 40 900 pairs of storks nesting on the Polish territory. The biggest density of stork nests is observed in the North- Eastern and Eastern part of Poland. The average density for Poland is 13,1 of pairs per 100 square kilometers.

Storks rebuild their nests each year. The key role is played by the male, which brings all building material, and female is arranging it properly. The basis of construction material consists of sticks and branches and inner part of a nest is lined with earth, hay, bits of paper and rugs.

 
Storks leave Poland at the end of August. Before they set off for Africa, they gather at so called gaggles, that is huge flocks consisting of tens and hundreds of birds, which prey and rest together. The spectacular gaggles bring attention of observers because they announce the end of summer.

Storks have been present in the Polish folk culture for centuries. There are a lot of superstitions and beliefs which are strictly connected with the birds and the role they play in our lives. Among the most common ones there is of course the superstition about storks bringing babies. Constructing of stork nest in a particular household is believed to bring its owner good luck and prosperity. It is also believed to protect a house from thunder strikes. Storks are also appreciated for their role as beneficial animals: they feed on species considered to be pests, such as rodents. There is also a belief the stork couples stick together all their lives as well as very often people would say that the same couple visits them every year.

Storks, being constantly present in Polish landscape, remain its vivid symbol and have found their place in our folktales, proverbial sayings, superstitions thus entering Polish culture as its inseparable symbol. 

 

From frozen Poland

Hello our friends!

In this days we have had here a very frosty winter in Poland, temperature is dropping down even to -20 degrees Celcius, we long for a summer.

But we try to remember about our little, weaker friends with wings...
We have prepared for them some food:

Birds like it, but unfortunately they have run away when they saw me and it was much too cold to wait for them.

Endangered species in Poland

Hello!

Our friends from Portugal show us several interesting presentation of endangered species  on their blog. One of our schoolgirls also has prepared one about endangered species in Poland, enjoy watching:

Gatunki zagrożone

View more presentations from k_kamowska

More about logo elections

Hello everyone!

In regards to first post about logo elections we would like to add some more informations. Something about 50 schoolgirls and schoolboys have been voted on logo and almost all votes have got two logos: winner logo that you can see below this post and this one:

Winner logo has got 24 votes, second place logo has got 19 votes (also congratulations for author).

In next days we will post some more informations about our school, follow us and feel free to comment our posts.

From Poland with love :-)

Beginnings are hard... ;-)

Hello everyone :-)

First message is only an attempt, we need to try how blogging works.
Today in school we have done a little elections about a logo, our schoolboys and schoolgirls have decided that in Poland the winner is...

We are sending congratulations to author!

Best Regards from Poland

First Blog

Blogging from our small school will inspire us on the topic of species loss.