Watching Shrek :-)

One of our task was to watch Shrek 1 and find as many fairy tales creatures  as possible. Donkey is our favourite character

but in the film you can also meet... can you imagine somebody has already made the list !


List of Shrek characters 


Anyway we translated some into 6 languages of our project. 


English - Polish - Slovenian - Latvian - Portuguese - Catalan - Dutch 

Cinderella – Kopciuszek – Pepelka – Pelnrušķīte – Cinderela – Ventafocs - Assepoester

Snow White – Królewna Śnieżka – Sneguljčica – Sniegbaltīte - Branca de Neve – Bancaneus - Sneeuwwitje

Sleeping Beauty – Śpiąca Królewna  – Trnjulčica - Guļošā princese - Bela Adormecida – La  Bella Dorment - DE SCHONE SLAAPSTER

Witch – czarownica – čarovnica -  ragana – bruxa – bruixa – heks

Fairy – wróżka – vila – feja - fada – fada - fee

Pinocchio – Pinokio – Ostržek – Pinokio – Pinóquio – Pinotxo - Pinokkio

3 Little Pigs – Trzy małe świnki - Trije prašički -Trīs siventiņi - 3 porquinhos - Els Tres  Porquets – De Drie Biggetjes

 Gingerbread – Pierniczek – Piškotko - Piparkūku vīriņš - Pão doce - L’Homenet de Pa - HONINGBROOD

Ogre – Ogr – Oger – milzis – ogre - L’ogre - ogre

Wizard – czarodziej – čarovnik – bur vis – feiticeiro - bruixot - tovenaar

Magic  Mirror – magiczne lustro - čarobno ogledalo  -  burvju spogulis - Espelho mglico - Mirall Magic - MAGISCHE SPIEGEL

Dragon – smok - zmaj - pūķis – dragão – drac - draak

Prince – książe – princ – princis - principe – princep - prins

Princess – księżniczka – princeska - princese – princesa – princesa - prinses

Knight – rycerz – vitez – karalis - cavaleiro – cavaller - ridder

Castle – zamek - grad – pils -  castelo – castell - slot

Dwarves - krasnoludki – palčki – punduri – anões - les nanes - dwergen

Writing and illustrating stories

As part of Polish teaching and project work pupils wrote stories and illustrated them. They also designed covers. The stories were based on popular Polish legends and fairy tales e.g Warsaw Mermaid or The Legend of Three Brothers Lech, Czech and Rus.


LINKS TO POLISH LEGENDS:


Lech, Czech and Rus
Warsaw legends
Lajkonik

The Trumpeter of Cracow ( something you should know before going to Cracow)

The hejnal of Cracow, which is played from the tower St. Mary's Gothic church, is one of Cracow's customs. 

The Dragon of Cracow

Even more Polish legends here 

THE LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD – LA CAPERUCITA ROJA

Pupils from our school learn Castellano as a second language.  The 3rd class grade did a performance of the tale for the other pupils. 
Little Red Riding Hood in Castellano  is called La Caperucita Roja 

Didactic materials - teaching tales

We created some teaching materials and used ideas of our partners in the project.

Tiny Tom - story, colouring pages, memory game and maching cards

St Jordi legends material created by Catalan school

INTERESTING LINKS TO TEACH  FAIRY TALES


Fairy tales - not just for kids


Goldilocks and Three Bears


Little Red Riding Hood


Goldilocks


Cinderella


Snow White

Our games

The games based on our legends were one of our project tasks. We made board game, puzzle and memory.

Presenting project work at Artes

During our meeting at Dr Ferrer School we could see how our Catalan partners work in the project. All the classes were involved in preparing show based on our chosen legends. 
There was a performance of Dutch legend of Hans Brinker who saved Haarlem.

The Latvian legend of "The Time Man and his Lantern"

Polish, Catalan and Portuguese legends was prepared as Power Point  and presented in Catalan and English. 

click here POWER POINT  and look for PRACE UCZNIÓW Z ARTES

LEGEND OF GOLDEN GOATSKIN

LEGEND OF PRZEMYSL CREST

The youngest pupils showed a nice Slovenian Legend about 

THE CAT WHO STEALS SLIPPERS

CAT WHO STEALS SLIPPERS

La Llegenda del Gall de Barcelos

Pupils of first and second level of Dr Ferrer School in Artes drew and told a Portuguese story of The Cock of Barcelos. The pictures were shown as Power Point presentation during Comenius meeting in Artes.

LEGEND

"Puss in Boots"

"Puss in Boots" was performed by Class 2c and their teachers Mrs Ewa Fida and Mrs Malgorzata Jefimow. Beautiful  costumes and scenery were made by parents and grandparents. The story was shown to all pupils, parents and our neighbours first during School Festival then again at school.
The tale was written  by Charles Perrault (1628–1703)

Game based on our legends.

One of the products of our project is a board game. The rules are very simple - the winner is the one who first reaches the end of the board. Along the way,  a lot of surprises are waiting - including a prison in Barcelos (Portugal), searching for treasure in Artes (Catalonia),trying a lovely bread in Pohorje ( Slovenia), the encounter with a bear in Przemysl (Poland), getting lost at night in Cesis ( Latvia) or saving Haarlem from flooding (the Netherlands). The game is based on the legends of our partners in the project.

Most of the pictures are created by pupils of Szkoła Podstawowa nr 11 in Przemyśl, Poland

Presentation of project work in Oranje-Nassauschool

During our meeting in Oranje-Nassauschool in Nijkerk we had a chance to see how Dutch pupils and teachers introduce project ideas and tasks to the curriculum. We could watch the performances e.g "The Emperor's New Clothes" by Hans Christian Andersen, dances, Dutch songs. We could admire works of young writers presenting their books- written and illustrated by them.All around school there were posters about partners` countries, art works presenting fairy tales and legends. We could observe lessons based on famous tales e.g "The Frog Prince" by Grimms brothers.

More pictures from the performance: Photos

The works of pupils were presented to parents too. Photos below:
Presenting Project Work

EN PATUFET - TINY TOM

EN PATUFET - TINY TOM is a very popular tale in Catalonia. Our pupils in Dr Ferrer School love it… 
If you go to this link, you’ll find the story in English as well as in Català…
You’ll see how people create /design the drawings while you listen to the story.

EN PATUFET