Zespół Szkół Nr 11

Jastrzębie Zdrój

Poland

2009

Country: Poland

Poland

• A country in Central Europe

• Area – 300,000 square km, from the Baltic Sea to the Tatras mountains, the 9th largest country in Europe,

• Population – over 38 million people

• Coat arms

• Warszawa – the capital city

• Kraków – the historical capital city

Region: Industrial

Town – Old Spa

Jastrzębie Zdrój

• In 19th century Jastrzębie was a spa village. It was granted city rights in 1963.

• Nowadays - a town with a population of 100,000 inhabitants, an important coal mining centre. Old guest houses and sanatoriums were converted to education centers.

• Jastrzębie lies near the Polish – Czech border.

Modern Town

Education

• Children in Poland go to school at the age of six / seven.

• After primary school they go to Gimnazjum. It ends with an exam.

• Then they can continue their education in Liceum.

ZS11 – Our School

Students & Teachers

• Zespół Szkół is a state school.

• 44 teachers teach various subjects to 450 students. We learn English from the first grade. German in Gimnazjum is another foreign language. We are not bad at computer studies but our favourite is Sports. We have won a lot of competitions and matches.

Sports

Grading system

• 6 – excellent

• 5 - very good

• 4 – good

• 3 – sufficient

• 2 - passing

• 1 – insufficient

Classes – we sometimes learn

…and sometimes have fun

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