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21 March is celebrated as a spring festival in Turkey

and in many other countries.

Nowruz marks the first day of spring and the beginning

of the year in Iranian calendar. The first day on the Ira-

nian calendar falls on the March equinox, the first day

of spring. At the time of the equinox, the sun is ob-

served to be directly over the equator, and the north and

south poles of the Earth lie along the solar terminator;

sunlight is evenly divided between the north and south

hemispheres.

The people of this land know Nowruz as a beginning of

the spring of nature and the start of the revitalization of

nature and freshness in the World.

Nowruz was held in Turkey until the early years of the

formation of Turkey Republic among Turkish in this

country. In Turkey, the community come together and

put on a type of street festival where traditional foods

and gifts are distributed among friends and family, and

the community spirit is renewed.

We celebrated the Nevruz on 21 th of March in our

school. Students took food and make picnics in school

garden. We prepared the traditional Nevruz fire and all

of us(students,

teachers and the

others) jumped

over the fire to

have a good start

for the spring.

And to leave the

all old and un-

happy events

back of us after

jump over the

fire.

It is the tradition

of people to jump

over the fire on

Nevruz Day.

An hour for the Earth

On the 31st of March, millions of people switched off

the lights at half past twelve for an hour. They did not do

it to save as much energy as possible in an hour, but to

manifest their care for the environment. We also showed

that we care and our school worked without the electrici-

ty for 60 minutes.

Our school

also prepared its

own Earth Day.

During the artis-

tic assembly, we

organized the

ecologic poetry

review and the

ecologic fashion

show. Students could see or present the fashion show of

costumes made from the secondary raw materials.

On the 21st of April, in

Elbląg, on Jagieillończyk

Square we participated in

the Hospice Help Day.

This event has it` s name:

Daffodils- Fields of Hope.

There were a lot of people

present because they want-

ed to help older people from Elbląg Hospice. Two of our

students took part in the competition, they danced and

sang. What is more, during the event, money were col-

lected in order to help the Hospice. We threw some mon-

ey to special cans and we got a small present- a daffodil.

Our pupils took a second place in the competition. They

were very happy as they could participate in this event.

The Gospel of St. Mark was the subject of the Biblical Competition which in Pri-

mary School no 12. Julia Dąbrowska, Milena Pruszak,

Weronika Długołęcka represented our school. Students

demonstrated their enormous knowledge concerning this

subject. In the final three there was our pupil, Julia

Dąbrowska. Congratulations

Artistic Competition “Elbląg- My Town”

Our school friends Kinga Szymańska and Danuta

Rzeszotek, students from II b class, received awards in

the inter- school daily room competition titled “Elbląg-

My Town”. The competition was organized by the Pri-

mary School no 16. We wish further successes!

The XXVII Little Reciting Competition

4 students of our school took part in The Little Reciting

competition organized by The Culture Youth House.

Sandra Giszczak, Ewa Bieczewska and Kamila Sawicka

presented beautiful poems or our Polish poet while Julia

Dąbrowska recited a part of prose by Janusz Korczak

titled “Confession of Butterfly”. All the participants of

the competition received

diplomas, the youngest were

given mascots, older ones-

book awards. Sandra

Giszczak, a student of III a

won a first prize. Congratu-

lations girls, great perfor-

mance.

Sing,

nightingale!

12th January 2012 there takes

place a school round of show of

folk songs in our schoolwhich is

called „Sing, nightingale!“.

Twenty-nine children took part in this singing show.

Several parents and grandparents came to support their

children. Here is an interview with Klára who took part in

this show. What´s the name of your song?

My song is called „Horička zelená“.

Did you like this show?

Yes, it was good. I was there for the fourth time, so I am

used to nervousness.

Who presented this show?

Miss teacher Pavlína Hubíková. She had a folk costume.

Silvie Vyoralová

Autumn

exposition Autumn exposition was held

in a week from 17th to 21st

October 2011.

Do you know where could

you find it? In outdoor

classroom. You could go there

whenever you wanted. And if

you weren´t there, we will

write you what was there.

There were beds for elfs, natural jams, caterpillars and

boats from chestnuts, autumn lanterns, pictures from

products of nature, hedgehog from seeds and autumn hats.

If you weren´t there, don´t be worried – the next year it

will be again.

Klára Pelcová Natálie Juřičková

Creation from ceramic clay For whom was this action?

It was for children and their parents.

When did it také place?

It took place on 6th and 8th February. And because of

great interest it took place also on 13th and 15th February.

How many children were there?

There were 45 people alltogether.

What products did people create?

Suns, dogs, hearts, rabbits, wells, …

Did you like this action?

Yes, I did. It´s nice to see that parents join in with

enthusiasm for creation.

Can we see the products anywhere?

There are photos on our school website

www.zsmaratice.cz

What did you create?

A dog for a pencil.

Will this action bet he next year?

Yes, surely, it will.

How can children register this action?

Teachers will give them the application forms.

Competition in recitation The competition in recitation took place in February. A

lot of children took part in this competition. I also was

there. The name of my poem was „Dupynožka“ Children

were divided into three

categories. The winners

Kryštof Andrýsek and Rad-

ek Šipka went up to a

district round.

Klára Pelcová

“JU CALENNE”

At Villagrande, a small village near L’Aquila, every year

in the night of April 30th and May 1st is repeated a very

ancient rite, “ JU CALENNE ”.

It is a tall tree that is cut into the wood and put in front of

the churchyard of Villagrande: all the branches are

stripped, except the higher branch, on which the Italian

Flag is put.

The tree must be placed in front of the church before

dawn, because the owner could take it back.

This tradition has ancient origins and it dates back to pa-

gan rituals of the Lombards, who celebrated the fertility

of earth.

For this reason the church has tried to combat this cele-

bration, but the tradition continues even now.

The tree is removed on May 31st, it will be auctioned and

the proceeds

used for the feast of St. Antony, celebrated in June.

“ANCIENT FOUNTAIN”

On April 19th ,2012 we went to Vigliano: to see an

ancient fountain. Vigliano is a small village not far

from our school

Our guide was a country gentleman, Pietro Narduc-

ci ; he gave us some information about it.

The fountain dates back to the ancient Romans;

maybe it was in which way the waterwork was built.

The life of the people of the village depended from

that fountain up to 1934.

Women used to catch there water to drink and put it

in their “conche”, copper containers. They carried

them on their heads.

During summer there was a little water, so women

had to queue for many hours.

What did they do? They told news of the village or

talked behind the back of other women; sometimes

they quarreled over a trifle; sometimes they met their

boy friends.

Women went to the fountain to wash clothes in the

left side; they used soap made at home. The clothes

where very dirty.

The right side of the fountain was used by farmers.

They brought their animals twice a day to drink wa-

ter: cows, horses, sheep and donkeys.

Sometimes , in warm days, young men had a bath in

the fountain when women were absent.

After 1934 the fountain was abandoned because it

was no longer needed: a new nearer one was built.

In 2003 the fountain was restored to preserve the

memory of the past.

Sixth grade students are

going to perform “The

beauty and the beast”

by the end of the

course. It is a musical

play based on the Dis-

ney’s famous picture,

with humour, songs and a great love story.

The performance will be held in the “Teatro

Moderno” in Cabanillas del Campo, on May the

24th at 5 pm.

Sixth grade boys and girls, directed by teachers Jo-

sé Miguel and Víctor García, are working really

hard to present a really good play that we hope you

enjoy a lot.

Many people have a dog at home

nowadays and we must learn

how to treat our pet friends. Here

is some advice:

Pay special attention to the food. You must choose

it rationally, according to the dog’s age, race, the

exercise it does and its health an physical form.

The dog must be trained in order not to give prob-

lems and to obbey you.

A dog needs to go out and play frequently (twice a

day at least and for a long time), specially medium

and big dogs.

As other animals, dogs love their owners, and if

you treat them well they will love you as much as

you love them.

SCHOOL PROGRAMME

Our school has its own

school programme every

year. All the students take

part in it with the leading

of the teachers. We have

been preparing for it since

the beginning of the

school year. The programme is performed in the house

of culture in February or March. In the morning we

show our performance to other schools and to the

parents, grandparents and friends int he afternoon. We

have already prepared programmes about our country,

we have been travelling around the world etc. It is

always a great success.

SLOVAK POETRY

COMPETITION

The name of the

competition is ”Dobré

slovo” which means ”A

Good Word”. The aim of

the competition is to find

young talents and improve our Slovak language

knowledge.

The competition is organized in a small village Bátka

near Rimaszombat every year. Those who want to take

part in the competition have to send a message to the

organizers. There are only two conditions: to speak the

Slovak language fluently and to tell a story or recite a

poem. First we have a school competition then the best

ones can continue their performances in the dictrict

competition. I always participate in this competition

since I have been 7 years old. Fortunately, I win one of

the first three prizes every year. I am very happy to be a

participant of this competition because I can compare

my Slovak knowledge with other students’ one. I am

very proud of representing our school.

MIHÁLY TOMPA´S NATIONAL POETRY

AND PROSE COMPETITION

Mihály Tompa´s National Poetry and Prose

Competition is organized in Rimaszombat in spring

every year. Children from primary schools, students

from secondary schools and adults show their talents in

the poem and prose saying, singing poems and lyric

theater. The finals of the competition is held in our

town because this is Mihály Tompa, the famous poet´s

birthplace.

Our school was represented by Krisztina Bede,

Sándor Ádám and the group Tompa Virágai