On the 29th of August, our school celebrated one of the most special and eagerly anticipated events in our calendar — our annual Book Day!
It was a wonderful day filled with literature, art, creativity and shared fun. The programme included:
🎤 Recitation Competition
🎨 “My Warsaw” Art Competition
👑 Best Costume Competition and Costume Parade
📖 Polish Book Fair
Our students presented themselves beautifully! They impressed us with their courage, creativity, commitment and wonderful preparation for each competition. We are incredibly proud of them! 👏❤️
We would like to extend our special thanks to our distinguished guests who kindly accepted our invitation to join the judging panels:
🎤 Recitation Competition:
Joanna Borkowska-Surucic — SBS Polish
Marta Kiec-Gubała — Teatr Fantazja
Piotr Rakowski — Consul General of the Republic of Poland
🎨 “My Warsaw” Art Competition:
Barbara Zielińska — artist
Piotr Rakowski — Consul General of the Republic of Poland
Grażyna Van der Haven — fashion designer
👑 Best Costume Competition:
Barbara Zielińska
Piotr Rakowski
Grażyna Van der Haven
We sincerely thank all members of the judging panels for their time, commitment and for celebrating this special occasion with our school community.
The Polish School of Sydeny received 3000zł towards the prizes awarded to the competition winners as part of the Book Day celebrations, funded by the Institute for the Development of the Polish Language from the Polish state budget.
The funding was provided for the project “White and Red ABC: A Programme Supporting Polish Community Schools in Australia”, as part of the programme “Polish Community Education — Support for Polish Schools Abroad”.