The School of Polish Language and Culture undertook their own Creative Learning Project.  They generously shared their Polish culture with Calder Primary in the form of musician Martin Gluch.  In contrast they were able  to experience some Scottish culture and historical context to the area they now live in with a day of workshops with storyteller and musician Gerry Durkin and a visit and education workshop at Summerlee Museum of Scottish Industrial Life, Coatbridge. 

Here are some of the comments of what the pupils thought of these visits :

Bartosz  gr IV

It was a normal day at school, boring classes, a ton of homework and the loud noises outside of the class. I was just sitting and daydreaming about what I will do when I get home, but then a storyteller came in the school. Everyone got called up to the assembly area and the storyteller did what he does best, tell us some stories. The first one was called ‘The ghost of Dundee’. It was about a ghost in Dundee which scared people. But it had a twist. Every time the storyteller played a certain note the audience had to go ‘Oooooh’. I found the story very interesting. The storyteller sang a couple of songs and told more stories. The last one was about a boy that was born with a crew inside of a bellybutton. At the end the boy turned the screw and his bum fell off. Overall I really enjoyed it and it was a good laugh.

Szymon gr IV

27^th April 2013 to Polish school came story teller. He spoke about Scotland legends. He played on guitar. He tell about scary and funny ghost. I never hear about Scotland legends. I think this is an interesting legends.

Agnieszka gr IV

On the 20^th of April in Coatbridge. We’ve been there with the Polish school. I really like it. It was good. We’ve been learning about Victorians, it wasn’t that good but the best part was with the clothes we were dressing up as Victorians. It was really good. We’ve created a poster with a group. Was a really good poster and nice. I think it was fun and I really want to go there again.

Michal  gr IV

20^th of April we left School of Polish Language and Culture. We were going to visit Summerlee Museum to see lots of displays of the past.

Firstly we arrived to Summer Lee. The journey took about 30 mins. When we entered the museum we entered a tram and took a short ride. After that we meet a lady that worked at Summer Lee. She told us the history of Summer Lee and showed us a fantastic powerpoint. Obviously, we did not go there without any point. We came to Summerlee to hear some of the Scottish history.

After that trip, I learned that Scotland had lots and lots of iron and coal. Shortly saying, Scotland was famous to me for having that lot of iron and coal, also they powered Scotland in materials.

I just didn’t like that they took children to work. If I had a chance, I would visit Summerlee again. It was fun.

Karolina  gr IV

On the 20^th April, the older pupils of our school visited Summerlee museum. At around midday, we set off to the museum in Coatbridge. When we arrived, we had the privilege of going on a tram around the building. Following that, we met our guide who told us all about the Victorians and their culture. The Industrial Revolution, Queen Victoria and different aspects of their day-to-day life. We also dressed up and played with toys from that period. It was very fun. We even made posters complete with pictures and information.

All in all, I think it was great combining education with elements of fun.

Justyna gr IV

On the 20 of April our Polish school went to a Sumerlee museum.

We went on a historic train, kind of. It was a very short ride. We went to a Victorian museum for a presentation afterwards. Then we dressed like Victorians and played with Victorian toys. In our groups we made a poster. We had to work with the boys. Then we went for a couple of minutes to the park. Everyone enjoyed that.

It was a very fun trip because of the park at the end. I liked smelling the Victorian soap, it was stinky.

Andrzej gr IV

On the 20^th April I went to Summerlee Heritage Centre with my friends in the Polish School of Language and Culture in Motherwell. We went to see a PowerPoint about the Victorians and we got a chance to experience what the life was like back then. The trip was quite enjoyable but I did not find it really interesting because I’ve already been there a couple of times.

Kacper gr IV

One day a funny guy came to my school and told to us many interesting legends and stories also, he was playing on guitar. His songs like about uncle Walter who killed his wife and others was good, but sometimes he was boring.

Jakub gr III

I enjoyed the trip to Summerlee because I thought it was interesting and fun. The tram ride was the best thing. I also enjoyed the dressing up and the play part. I learned a lot of new things about Victorians as well.

Marcin  gr III

Last week we were on a trip to Summerlee with the school.

We went in the building and the lady told us about how the children played, worked, dressed and done housework. It was fun because we could dress up as what they were wearing

Przemek  gr III

Last two week we were on a trip to Summerlee. I really enjoyed it. First we were on a train, it was full of fun and I made photos from my ipod. Next we studied stuff from the Victorian times, we also made big posters. And last we all have 10 minutes on the swing park. I really loved it and all the trip was awesome.

Kacper  gr III

Last Saturday me and my school went to the Summerlee Museum. We learned lots of things about the Victorian times. After that we dressed up as the Victorians. Finally we to play in the park and went back to school.