The four seasons and the names of the months were the topic of a Saturday lesson. The pupils began by matching pictures to the right seasons: on colourful boards showing spring, summer, autumn and winter they stuck the matching pictures. Then, to the sound of songs, they learnt the Polish names of the months in the right order, and to finish this part of the lesson they completed worksheets to consolidate what they had learnt.
The Polish names of the months hold a great deal of information about nature and the old rhythm of farm work. Unlike the English names, which come from Latin, most of them are of native origin: ‘kwiecień’ (April) refers to flowering, ‘sierpień’ (August) to the sickle (‘sierp’) used during the harvest, ‘wrzesień’ (September) to flowering heather (‘wrzos’), and ‘listopad’ (November) to falling leaves. The exceptions are ‘marzec’ (March) and ‘maj’ (May), which, like their English equivalents, come from Latin.
At the end of the day the pupils made beautiful cards for Mother's Day, which in 2026 fell on 15 March in the UK. The British Mothering Sunday is celebrated on the fourth Sunday of Lent, so its date changes every year; in Poland, Mother's Day falls on 26 May. Bouquets of paper flowers in lace doilies took shape on the green cards. It was a very creative and joyful end to the lessons together.
More photos can be seen in the gallery.
