About us and our school
Szkoła Podstawowa nr 34 im. Mikołaja Kopernika
Our School
Our school can be found not in the centre of town, but in the suburbs, in a quiet, green district called LIGOTA.
Our school got its name to commemorate a famous Polish astronomer, medieval scientist MIKOŁAJ KOPERNIK known to the world as Nicolaus Copernicus. He is said to have stopped the Sun and moved the Earth.
ON THE OUTSIDE
Our school - general view
This is our school as it looks from the front - you can see the main entrance.
Our school - the playground
This playground is a nice play area for all the pupils and we all like spending breaks there.
Our school - the sports fields
This is one of the sports fields. We have handball, volleyball basketball and football areas around the school.
INSIDE THE SCHOOL
Walking along the corridors
The classrooms
THE LIBRARY
DAY CARE ROOM
CANTEEN
LOCKERS
At the gym
AND HERE THE MOST IMPORTANT PEOPLE
the Head Teacher
the Deputy Head
OUR EUROPEAN PROJECTS
We have done some Comenius projects, some Erasmus+ projects, we've hosted two language assistantships and sent a lot of our teachers to international training courses.
You can check all our international experiences here:
ABOUT THE EDUCATION SYSTEM IN POLAND
For the first three years children attend grades 1, 2 and 3, which are called “beginners’ education”. They have most lessons with their own teacher only, just Religion and English are usually taught by some teachers from “outside”. They do not get marks for separate subjects, but at the end of each school year they are evaluated by their teacher in a descriptive way. They follow the course of the so-called “early education”, which includes such areas as Polish, Maths, Environment, Sports, Art and Music.
In our school there are now seven classes of the beginners’ education, with 18 – 26 students in each class.
For the next five years students follow the course of elementary and junior secondary education (grades 4,5, 6, 7 and 8). They now have each subject with a different teacher and they get one teacher who is their counsellor, their form teacher. He or she is responsible for them, goes with them for class trips, holds meetings with parents, fills in the register book and generally takes care of them.
In year 4, students have the following subjects: Polish, English, Maths, History, Science (combining elements of Biology, Geography and Physics), Art, Music, PE, Computers, Religion and one lesson with their form teacher to organize class things.
In year 5, subjects of Geography and Biology are added to the list, in year 7 - Physics, Chemistry and German and in year 8 - Civics.
At this stage students get marks, from 1 to 6. 1 is the worst, 6 the best. Students who get 1 in a few subjects at the end of the year have to repeat the year.
Right now there are 12 classes of this "older" stage in our school.
KLEKS), a Tourists’ Club, a cheerleaders’ band, a school choir, a school theatre group, a regional heritage group, an art club or additional Maths and Polish lessons for students who have problems at school.
Our Cheerleaders
Our Regional Heritage Group
Our art club
See you at our school!
Email: sp34_katowice@interia.pl
Website: www.sp34kat.pl
Location: Katowice, ul. Zielonogórska 3
Phone: 32 2525168
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