We've accepted this year's Empatico Community's challenge and organised various activities to raise awareness of environmental issues and the importance of taking care of our environment.
Class 3 and Class 4 pupils have designed posters and a 22-day Climate Action calendar, while Class 6 and Class 8 pupils have discussed the seriousness of the global issues and ways of solving them.
The lesson about the life cycle of a butterfly, followed by matching, colouring and cut-outs activities, has proved to be a success with this year's Class 3 pupils as well.
Nearly 1,500 Class 8 pupils from different regions of Serbia took part in the Republic English language competition on 7 April in Belgrade.
Vanja tried his best to do reading (8/8) and listening (6/7) comprehension and grammar (19/30) tests, and qualify for the speaking test, but the grammar part was a bit challenging (missed 6 points), so he was not invited to the last round.
Nevertheless, it was a fantastic opportunity for him to meet new friends and hang out with them, walk along the famous pedestrian streets and round Kalemegdan Park, and visit the Uroš Predić – the Noble Essence of Everyday Life exhibition at the SASA Gallery showcasing artwork from various collections.
Here are the results of the 12th International Hippo English Language Olympiad which took place on 16 March in Đura Jakšić Primary School:
HIPPO 2:
Nikola Tomić, VI2 (Reading: 34/34, Use of English: 28.5/30 = 62.5/64 points), national finalist,
Luka Baba, VI2 (Reading: 34, Use of English: 27 = 61/64 points),
Ivana Popov, VI1 (Reading: 31, Use of English: 27 = 58/64 points),
Nataša Đurin, VI2 (Reading: 32, Use of English: 24 = 56/64 points),
HIPPO 3:
Stefan Vujin, VIII3 (Reading: 31/34, Use of English: 25.5/30 = 56.5/64 points),
Ana Popov, VIII1 (Reading: 29, Use of English: 24 = 53/64 points),
Anđela Badrljički, VIII3 (Reading: 29, Use of English: 16.5 = 45.5/64 points).
Although only two of my pupils qualified for the national finals, the total points of most who participated last year have improved and that is great.
After learning a catchy song about the months of a year, talking about our favourite seasons and the reasons why we like them, I asked my Class 3 pupils to write a poem about the season they were born in. I shared a model with them, too.
Then, I asked them to make a line according to their birthdays. What followed was teamwork on posters. Divided into teams according to the seasons they were born in, my Class 3 pupils created their mini posters sharing their favourite activities, the food they eat and clothes they wear in that particular season, and, of course, their birthdays:
The competition for local pupils was organised on 16 March in Đura Jakšić Primary School.
Two of my oldest pupils were among 50 Class 8 pupils who took part in this year's Regional Foreign Languages Competition held on 10 March at Vuk Karadžić Primary School.
To our great surprise, nearly half of them (23) ended the competition in first 3 places.
With 37 points, Vanja won the second place, while, unfortunately, Ognjen had 30 points which were not enough for the State Competition.
The types of tasks were similar to the test in the previous round.
This catchy song's excellent for practising reading, revising colours and prepositions of place, and introducing was/were to young pupils:
There was a blue fish in the pool,
Mum was scared, but I was cool.
There were green fish in my bed,
There was one on my mum's head.
Fish, fish, everywhere,
On the sofa, on the chair.
Quick, quick, Sue and Frank,
Get the fish back in the tank!
There was a pink fish on the mat,
It was really big and fat.
There were red fish on the floor,
Five or six, or maybe more.
Fish, fish, everywhere,...
What animals do you like? What do they look like? Is your favourite animal big or small? What colour is it? Where does it live? What does it eat? What can it do? What are some fun facts that you would like to share with us?
This year's Safer Internet Day has been an excellent opportunity for my pupils to remind themselves of some of the most important rules to stay safe in the online world.
My older pupils have designed their class posters with top 5 Internet safety tips:
We've also joined in some interesting activities with our eTwinning friends:
Municipal Foreign Languages Competition took place on Sunday, 4 February 2024. Three of my oldest pupils took part, but, according to the new scoring system, two qualified for the next round. Vanja won the second place with 38 points and Ognjen won the third place with 36 points. Unfortunately, this year, 33 points were not enough for Nikola to join them.
This is one of the latest chants my Class 3 pupils have learned. It's great for revising clothes, toys and prepositions of place, but also 'encouraging' somebody to tidy up their room.
What a mess!
What a mess!
What a mess!
Please, tidy up your room.
There's a schoolbag on the floor,
The jeans are on the armchair.
The T-shirt's on the lamp,
There's a plane under the bed.
There's a pencil on the mat,
There's a ball on the table.
There's a book on the wardrobe,
And a sock on the clock.
Your cap's on the mirror,
Your train's on the sofa.
And, where's the other sock?
On the chair, over there!
What a mess!...
As a follow-up on our lesson about past activities, I've carried out a survey among my Class 4 pupils about where they were last Saturday, and here are the results:
The eTwinning European Quality Labels (a total of 15190) for 2002 projects carried out during the 2022/23 school year were awarded on 15 January 2024. I'm proud to say that the project I founded and the project I collaborated on with my pupils are among them: