In September 2025 the pupils devoted their Saturday lessons to the letter ‘ą’ – the same one heard in the words ‘wąsy’ (moustache) and ‘miesiące’ (months). The new letter was accompanied by paper moustaches, which that day adorned the faces of the pupils and even of the teacher.
Together, the pupils read and discussed the class rules. Each of them stuck the class code into their exercise book and signed it to show that they agreed with it. Clear rules from the very first weeks help to organise working together in the new school year.
The children also completed worksheets and practised writing the new letter in their exercise books, and at the interactive whiteboard they searched for capital and lower-case ‘ą’ among other letters. In Polish, the letter ‘ą’ stands for a nasal vowel. Interestingly, no Polish word begins with it, which is why it is practised with examples such as ‘wąż’ (snake), ‘wąsy’ (moustache) and ‘miesiące’ (months).
The class also learnt the names of the months together. Most of them are of native Slavic origin and refer to nature or work in the fields: ‘lipiec’ (July) takes its name from the flowering lime tree (‘lipa’), ‘sierpień’ (August) from the sickle (‘sierp’) used during the harvest, and ‘listopad’ (November) from falling leaves.
To finish, the pupils played team-building games – ‘głuchy telefon’ (Chinese whispers) and ‘kalambury’ (charades) – which teach careful listening and enrich vocabulary in a fun way. More photos from the lessons can be seen in the gallery.
