RZECZPOSPOLITA POLSKA REPUBLIC OF POLAND

THE PRESIDENT OF POLAND LECH KACZYNSKI

. Lubartów MAPOFPOLANDMAPOFPOLAND

POLSKA/POLAND Location: Central Europe Capital city: Warsaw (Pol. Warszawa) Population: 38,500,696 (July 2008 est.) Area: total: 312,679 sq km, land: 304,459 sq km, water: 8,220 sq km. Coastline: 440 km Climate: temperate with cold, cloudy winters and mild summers with frequent showers Terrain: mostly flat plain; mountains along southern border, lowest point: near Raczki Elblaskie -2 m, highest point: Rysy 2,499 m Rivers: Vistula (Pol. Wisła) –1047km, Oder - 854,3km (in Poland 741,9 km)

POLISH NATIONAL SYMBOLS THE POLISH FLAG IS RED AND WHITE The flag of Poland consists of two horizontal stripes of equal width, the upper one white and the lower one red. The two colors are defined in the Polish Constitution as the national colours.

The White Eagle (Polish: Orzeł Biały) is the national coat of arms of Poland. It is a stylized white eagle with a golden beak and talons, and wearing a golden crown, in a red shield. COATS OF ARMS

WARSAW IS THE CAPITAL OF POLAND

KRAKOW WAS THE CAPITAL OF POLAND

LUBLIN IS THE CAPITAL OF THE REGION LUBELSKIE

LUBARTOW - THE TOWN WHERE WE LIVE

OUR SCHOOL – Headmaster: Krzysztof Świć Number of students: 248 Number of teachers: 27 Age of students: 6-12 Classes: „0”, Ia,Ib,IIa,IIb,IIIa,IIIb,IVa,IVb,Va,Vb,VIa,VIb

POLISH COAST

FAMOUS PEOPLE Nicolaus Copernicus ( ) - renowned astronomer. He studied in Torun, Cracow and then in Bologna, Padova and Ferrara, where he earned a doctorate in canonical law. As the first in modern times he developed a heliocentric theory of the Solar System. He published his discoveries in the year of his death in the work ‘On the Revolutions of the Celestial Spheres’ (De revolutionibus orbium coelestium).

Frederic Chopin ( ) - pianist and the greatest Polish composer. Born in Zelazowa Wola near Warsaw. Spent most of his life abroad, amongst other places, in France. He wrote his works especially for the piano, including concerts, sonatas, etudes, preludes, polonaises, mazurkas and waltzes. His works had an enormous influence on the music of the end of the 19th and early 20th centuries.

Maria Sklodowska-Curie ( ), renowned Polish physicist and chemist, who lived and worked in France. She was the first female professor at the Sorbonne. Together with her husband Pierre Curie she discovered polonium and radium in She was twice awarded the Nobel Prize: in 1903 in physics (jointly with her husband) for research in the area of natural radiation, and in 1911 in chemistry for extracting pure radium.

John Paul II, Karol Wojtyla ( ) - Pope from 1978 to He was a lecturer at the Theological Department of the Jagiellonian University and from 1956 a professor and head of department of the Ethics Faculty at the Catholic University in Lublin. In 1958 he became a bishop, five years later the archbishop of Cracow and in 1967 a cardinal. The pontificate of John Paul II was characterised by an openness to dialogue with the world and active spiritual work. He was the first in the history of the Church to hold prayer meetings with all religions. He opened up dialogue with the Jews. He was on more than 200 foreign trips, several times to Poland. The important message of the pontificate of John Paul II were: respect for human rights and the right to work, struggle for peace, opposition to totalitarianism, and also new evangelism.

Lech Walesa (born 1943) - trade union activist, politician, Nobel Peace Prize winner in He holds honorary degrees from several universities, including Harvard, Columbia and Gdansk. In 1980 he headed the strike at the Gdansk Shipyards, and later became head of the Inter-factory Strike Committee. From 1980 to 1981 he was head of the Solidarity National Committee. He took part in negotiations with the communist authorities, the outcome of which was the agreement reached at the Round Table talks. In 1990 he was elected leader of the Solidarity trade union. Polish president He is the author of books including: ‘The Path of Hope’ (1987), and ‘The Path of Freedom’ (1991).

POLISH EVERYDAY WORDS Hello, Hi – Cześć, Hej, Witaj Good morning (also Good afternoon) – Dzień dobry Good evening – Dobry wieczór Goodbye – Do widzenia Bye, See you – Na razie, Do zobaczenia Good night – Dobranoc I’m sorry – Przepraszam Thank you – Dziękuję How are you? – Jak się masz? I don’t understand – Nie rozumiem Yes – Tak No – Nie I don’t know – Nie wiem

NUMBERS 1 - JEDEN 2 –DWA 3 – TRZY 4 – CZTERY 5 - PIĘĆ 6 – SZEŚĆ 7 – SIEDEM 8 – OSIEM 9 – DZIEWIĘĆ 10 - DZIESIĘĆ 100 – STO TYSIĄC – DZIESIĘĆ TYSIĘCY – STO TYSIĘCY MILION