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School life · 2025

Highlanders at the Polish school – a lesson about Poland's mountains

Our school welcomed some very special guests: real górale, the Polish highlanders. Meeting them was a beautiful, moving and enriching lesson, from which the pupils took away a wealth of knowledge about the highlanders and Poland's mountains, and the fun carried on from the Theatre Hall into the classrooms. The photos show a map of Poland, a highlander's hat decorated with shells, elements of folk costume, as well as soft toy animals and paper artwork featuring a mountain landscape. The górale are the inhabitants of the Polish Carpathians – including Podhale at the foot of the Tatra Mountains – and are known for their own dialect, music and richly decorated costumes.

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A collage of three shots: pupils pose with soft toy animals and paper artwork showing a mountain landscape.A collage of three shots: pupils hold soft toy animals and semicircular artwork showing sky and a green meadow.A collage of three shots: smiling children in the classroom hug soft toy animals in front of a screen showing mountains.A collage of three shots: children present paper artwork with cotton-wool clouds and soft toy animals.A collage of three shots: pupils in the classroom with soft toy mascots tied with green ribbon.A collage of three shots: pupils with soft toy animals and a close-up of one mascot's snout.A collage of three shots: guests in regional costume show the children fabrics and talk about a large map of Poland.A collage of four shots: an embroidered bodice and a floral shawl, a map with a hat, photos on a board and refreshments.A collage of three shots: a black highlander's hat decorated with shells, and the presenter leading the session by blue boards.A collage of three shots: groups of children look at photos pinned to blue display boards.A collage of three shots: girls in folk costumes with embroidered bodices at a table with a map.Collage of two shots: guests in highlander costume and children in folk costume during a presentation in the hall.

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