We started our work looking for information about Christmas Truce 1914 - we watched documentaries and historical films: "War Horse":
and "Merry Christmas":
We found out a lot and we made some drawings after watching "War Horse" as this film is really moving and educational.
We loved making cards for partner schools:
We loved receiving cards from you as well. THANK YOU!
We disccussed while we were voting for the best logo. Even though our favourite didn't win, we also voted for the winning one!
In November we celebrated the anniversary of the end of World War One and Independence Day in Poland:
We had English lessons about Christmas Truce. One of them was watched by our head teacher.
We talked about ww1, we had a listening task with a part of "Merry Christmas" film
and we wrote about ww1:
We learned Christmas carols from your videos:
And admired you singing and speaking English:
Before Christmas we performed Nativity Play and sang Polish Christmas carols:
In December we made two displays about our project:
Wiktoria made a presentation for you about Christmas traditions in Poland:
We studied history of ww1 and we made some presentations.
Students reflections about "Chriatmas Truce":
I liked the project very much. Thanks to the films we watched ("War horse" and "Merry Christmas") I realized how life was difficult in those days. I found out a lot of interesting facts. I saw how trenches were built and I saw how soldiers lived and what weapons they used during World War One." Mela
I liked listening to Christmas carols in different languages and the videoconference. I learnt that during such a magic time as Christmas even enemies stop fighting. Robert
I liked the project very much. Thanks to films and presentations I have learnt a lot about history of ww1. I liked the atmosphere - singing Christmas carols, voting for logos, videoconference, The part of the project I liked most was the videoconference. Dawid
Project "Christmas Truce" let me know the history of World War One in an interesting way. Rafał
For me the films "War horse" and "Merry Christmas" were very interesting and learned me about the history of ww1 a lot. Voting for our poject logo was very exciting. Paweł
I liked singing Christmas carols together with children from another countries. The film "War Horse" was very exciting and moving and I liked it very much. I found out about soldiers nad civilians' life during World War One. Marcin
Thanks to our project I realized I should respect the others more and I appreciate what I have and the way I can live. The film "War horse" was fantastic!" Jakub