Farra News Issue 1 - Sunderland Learning Hub

Poland comes to VISIT!The Poland Day in SchoolBy Stephanie SmithTo celebrate the visit of 8 studentsand 2 teachers fromKrakow, Farringdon held a“Polish Day” to help everyonefind out a little bit more aboutthe country and what it is like.Many lessons gave us a tasteof ‘something’ Polish.In Maths, for example, studentswere learning to countto ten; in History, studentsfound out that when the Germansinvaded Poland on the1st September 1939, theyused something called“Blitzkreig” which means“Lightening War”.R.E taught us that 95% of Polishpeople were RomanCatholic. In music, studentsheard and found out that thefamous “Funeral March” waswritten by Fredrick Chopin.The English Departmentlooked at some poems, for exampleabout the Polish circus(Cyrk) Students were alsogiven a questionnaire to fill inas they went around theschool, finding answers intheir subjects and in signsstuck around the building.“It was a really interesting week; it’s great to see people ofdifferent cultures working together.”Ms SheridanPolskaOther Fun!Written by Charlotte KennedyDuring their time here our Polishvisitors visited many of theregions sights, including; theBaltic, The Sage, Keswick,The Stadium of Light and ofcourse, the ‘fantastic’ FarringdonSchool! The whole reasonthey were over in the UK wasbecause they are involved inthe Dreams + Teams council,and to make friends with thelovely JSLA (Junior SportsLeadership Award) girls! Itwasn’t all fun and games,there was a bit of work involved.Between them thevisitors and the JSLA studentshad to organize an‘International Sports Day’ for70 loud and easily excitable 8to 9 year olds.Everyone enjoyed the activitiesbut bless, the schools thathad to walk back—it was theday of ‘that downpour’ andbarbeque! All of the JSLAgirls miss the Polish visitorsand we really hope we canraise enough money to go outthere ourselves next year.