Czesc, do widzenia, dzien dobry, dobranoc. Translation: Hello, goodbye, good morning, good night.

They're the words spoken in Polish every Saturday morning by some of Tauranga's Polish community.

Izabella Polomka, 8, and Aurelia James, 8, doing the national Polish dance. Photo: Tracy Hardy.

Polish Community Trust's Polish Language School hosts classes at St Thomas More Catholic Church every Saturday morning.

There, Polish Language School teacher Magdalena James teaches the language, culture and traditions, while creating a belonging community for Polish children and families, or English-speaking families to learn Polish.

'We start to teach them words that are most often used,” says Magdalena. 'My main goal is to help them be able to communicate. Then I will try to teach them how to read and write.”

Magdalena says on average there's about 15 adults and children, aged two to 12, attending the school each week.

She guesses the majority of Polish families follow their husbands or wives to New Zealand and wish to continue educating their children about where they're from.

'I came because my husband couldn't get work in Poland. We decided it would be easier to grow a family here. I had a huge need for my children to speak Polish.”

The mother-of-four started the Polish Language School about three years ago with her children, aged 10, eight, six and four, and another Polish family. 'We started little and soon the numbers tripled in three years,” says Magdalena.

Children attending Polish Community Trust's Saturday school will present a theatrical performance at Multicultural Tauranga's Living in Harmony event this Wednesday. Multicultural Tauranga hosts a free monthly Living in Harmony event to showcase and get to know the various cultures of people who live in the Tauranga region.

Participants will also be treated to a performance by Polish-born pianist Magdalena. Open to the public, the Living in Harmony event is at Historic Village Hall on November 18 from 7pm-9pm.

Entry is free, however donations to Multicultural Tauranga are appreciated. Participants are encouraged to bring a plate of food to share and come and meet the Polish community.