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Knowing our community session
Part 1: The Poles
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What we will cover
Poland in Europe
Geography and climate
History and culture
Immigration to the UK
Poles in Banbury
Community links
Comments and feedback
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Poland
in
Europe
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Geography
and climate
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History
Poland as a country
Wars
Poland divided
Back on political scene
World War II
Russian influences
European life
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Culture and faith
Tolerance and diversity
Catholic church
Music
Sport
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Famous Poles
John Paul the II
Lech Walesa
Nicolaus Coprenicus
Michael Marks
Marie Curie
Frederik Chopin
Józef Korzeniowski
(Joseph Conrad)
Roman Polanski
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Pope
Former President
Astronomer
Founder of Marks and Spencer
Chemist
Composer
Writer
Movie director
Two Stream of Polish immigration to UK
World War II
01.05.2004 – accession to European Union
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Statistics
Statistics show four out of ten young Poles live in stress.
Where do the rest live?
In London
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Poles in Banbury
Numbers
Why Banbury?
Are they intend to stay?
What kind of problems do they experience?
How and where do they socialize?
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Tough questions
Why we should support them (benefits etc.)?
Is immigration useful?
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Community links
Polish Association in Banbury
Polish Saturday School
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Do you like football?
Manchester City
Arsenal
Everton
Manchester United
Bolton Wanderers
Arsenal
West Brom
Celtic
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Adrian Cieslewicz
Lukas Fabianski
Lukas Jutkiewicz
Tomasz Kuszczak
Euzebiusz Smolarek
Wojciech Szczesny
Bartosz Slusarski
Artur Boruc
Food
Bigos
Mushroom picking
Blueberries
Swan eaters?
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Thank You
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