Fest Quest

 As part of our Celebrate with Us! eTwinning activities, I challenged my Class 4 pupils to spin the wheel, research, and create an infographic about a festival. They agreed to spin the wheel until one remained, so they finally landed on Hallowe'en.

Using trusted online resources, they explored key facts and selected images for their collaborative infographic.

Later, they teamed up with their international friends to use shared infographic details in creating an interactive escape room game. Playing it in our last lesson was a lot of fun.

Clothes

My Class 1 pupils enjoyed learning about clothes through a chant and a song!

We started with a chant. To help them remember, we drew a washing line with the clothes in the order they appeared in the chant. The pupils soon added their own movements, pointing to their clothes and acting out each item.

In the next lesson, we learned a new song. We drew stick figures of a boy and a girl, dressing them in the order mentioned in the song. The pupils joined in with actions.

With singing, drawing, and movement, they quickly picked up the vocabulary—and had lots of fun along the way!

Think outside the proverb!

 This May, I encouraged my pupils from Classes 1, 4, 5, and 7 to explore proverbs in a creative way as part of a creative contest organised by Express Publishing.

Classes 1 & 4 chose endings and illustrated their proverbs. Some clever results included: The early bird catches the ... Lena, Balša, Nikola, Mila, Sara: coffee, Neda, Tijana: glasses, Tisa: prize, Andrija, Milijana, Relja: crown, A leopard never changes its ... Lorena, Iva, Dejana: crown, and Slow and steady wins the ... Lenka, Marko: crown, Dimitrije, Jovan: prize, Katina: coffee, Vukašin: parking spot.

Classes 5 & 7 worked in groups to write short stories based on proverbs. 

There was once a girl working in a restaurant at noon. She was looking out the window and saw a restaurant that looked better to her. Her manager saw her and said, 'The grass is always greener...'. She thought about these words and focused on her work. Soon, she got promoted to an assistant manager. She was very happy and proud of herself.

Nina, Jovana and Mila, V2

Ellen loves picnics. One summer day, she and her friend Kira go to the beach. They play volleyball and eat pizza. Suddenly, it starts to rain. The girls pack up and go home. On the way, they pass a beautiful garden. 'I wish we'd stayed there,' says Kira. Ellen smiles and says, 'The grass is always greener on the other side.'

Emilija, Tara, Ena and Nina, V2

Later, they individually came up with unique endings to famous sayings (The grass is always greener ... Nina: without the trash / Nađa: when you look at it with love, understanding and clarity / Nadežda: until you find out it's covered in paint / Mateja: when you look with rainbow eyes, When one door closes, ... Jovana: second luck opens / Kalina: see if the fridge is open, A rolling stone ... Nikolina: just wants a Wi-Fi and snack, Where there's a will, there's ... Aljoša: will do) and illustrated them.

I'm thrilled that Andrija from IV3 is among the 10 winners of the contest and will have his drawing turned into stickers.

Twinkling Tale

As part of our Celebrate with Us! eTwinning project activities, Class 4 pupils created a unique chain story with their friends from Lithuania, Spain, Taiwan and the USA. 

First, the Tale Weavers from IV3 shared their ideas in the class and then on the forum. They discussed what to include in their part of the story. Then, they wrote their first draft, refined their writing, and finally added it to the book. Next, they shared their feelings in the poll. It was challenging, but they felt proud.

The representatives of IV2 used Gemini and Copilot AI to create illustrations for the Spanish team's part. They discussed what to include in their prompts to make sure the illustrations matched their ideas. Most illustrators felt inspired and imaginative while making the images. Others were curious and thoughtful to see if AI would understand what the images should show.

By the way, our friends from Lithuania illustrated our part.

Read this book made on StoryJumper

Touch

One of the last songs we learned this year helped my 7-year-olds learn and later revise the parts of the head. They loved the movements, touching their eyes, ears, nose, mouth and hair, and the fun 'woo' sound.

Hop, hop, hop

One of the first songs my Class 1 pupils learn is a fun one that gets them moving and smiling. They hop, jump, count to five, and play the air guitar. It's a great way to take a break, recharge, and get ready for the next activity.

Poetry Contest

 This spring, I've challenged my Class 5 pupils to write a poem and express their creativity. Three girls accepted the challenge, but only two completed their poems during our lesson, so I sent both to the poetry contest organised by Jovan Jovanović Zmaj Primary School in Novi Kneževac.

I'm thrilled that Hristina's poem won first prize in the contest! She's received some amazing prizes, and we're all proud of her.