In Saturday's lessons, pupils in class A2 travelled back to old Kraków. They watched the puppet show ‘Legenda o Smoku Wawelskim’ (‘The Legend of the Wawel Dragon’) and followed the performance with great concentration.
The legend of the dragon that made its home in a cave beneath Wawel Hill and struck terror into the inhabitants of the town is one of the best-known Polish tales. According to the most popular version, the beast was defeated by a clever young shoemaker: he left out for it a sheepskin stuffed with sulphur, and the dragon, quenching its thirst, drank water from the Vistula until it burst. To this day, at the mouth of the Dragon's Den (Smocza Jama) there stands a sculpture of a fire-breathing dragon – one of the symbols of Kraków.
After the performance, pupils found Kraków and the Vistula on the map of Poland; in front of the map stood a model with cardboard townhouses. They then made a piece of artwork – the fire-breathing Wawel Dragon. At shared tables they coloured and cut out the individual pieces, which together became long, colourful dragons.
The artwork also had a language aim: thanks to it, the newly learnt letter S – as in the word ‘smok’ (dragon) – became even more firmly fixed. Pupils also practised the letter S in worksheets and in games on the interactive whiteboard, in which they matched pictures to words such as ‘sroka’ (magpie) and ‘termos’ (Thermos flask). More photos from the lessons can be seen in the gallery.
