At the Zoo! (kids singing)

Here's another cute song about animals from our course books, sung by my class IV6 in April 2012.

The lyrics are as follows:

We're at the zoo,

Me and you,

The lions are here

And the zebras too!

The hippos are happy,

The crocodiles are sad,

And look at the monkey!

It's smiling at Dad!

We're at the zoo, 

Me and you, 

The elephants and the tigers, too! 

The dolphins are clever, 

But they don't go to school, 

They have all their lessons 

Right here in the pool!

UK Day

On Thursday, 5 April, 10 of my Year 4 pupils and I visited Đura Jakšić Primary School and joined the celebration of UK Day there. 

We visited the Museum of important Britons, listened to live music in the pub, saw the Queen at her palace, helped ourselves to some biscuits and tea, met some knights and 'took' a double decker ride. 

My pupils enjoyed the visit a lot:

Record breakers (examples)

Find record breakers in the animal kingdom and write them down.

An ant is the smallest insect.

Anja Berić, IV2

A hyena is the happiest land animal.

Luka Važić, IV2

A hummingbird is the smallest bird.

Elena Brkanlić, IV2

A seahorse is the slowest sea animal.

A peregrine falcon is the fastest bird.

Kristian Balaž, IV2

A tortoise is the oldest animal.

A shark is the scariest sea animal.

An elephant is the biggest and fattest land animal.

Tijana Varađanin, IV2

A sloth is the slowest animal.

Ivana Komarek, IV2

A rabbit and a tortoise (comparisons)

 Compare a rabbit and a tortoise in as many sentences as you can. 

Try not to use the same adjectives.

A rabbit is faster than a tortoise.
A rabbit is bigger than a tortoise.
A tortoise is cleaner than a rabbit.
A rabbit is taller than a tortoise.
A tortoise is slower than a rabbit.
A rabbit is fatter than a tortoise.
A tortoise is younger than a rabbit.
A tortoise is smaller than a rabbit.
A rabbit is longer than a tortoise.
A tortoise is wiser than a rabbit.

Ivana Varađanin IV2

My favourite painting (articles)

What's your favourite painting? Who painted it? What does it show? How does it make you feel? Write it in an article.

Girl Before a Mirror

Teodora Stankov VIII1

The painting is from 1932. It was painted by Pablo Picasso. 

Ever since I first saw the painting, it left a strong impression on me. So, please let me describe this great piece of art and explain to you why I like it so much!

The painting is really colourful. There is a woman, but she is not realistic. The young woman is looking at herself in the mirror. 

Most people think that this painting represents the day and the night. One half of the face of the young woman is the sun. She is very beautiful. But, when she looks at the mirror, she sees the night. Her reflection in the mirror mostly contains blue and purple colours. That represents the night. Some deep thinkers and philosophers might say - maturity. 

We can all look at the painting and see how one single painting represents darkness and light, a young woman and mature one, day and night, the moon and the sun.

Teodora Stankov, VIII1

Dragana Komlenić VIII1

The Scream

You know how I make you wanna scream? Well, my favourite piece of art is The Scream! It was painted by a Norwegian artist called Edward Munch.

The painting was brought to life somewhere between 1893 and 1910.

There are four versions of The Scream. The one from 1893 is in the National Gallery of Oslo. The Munch Museum holds the one from 1910 and one pastel, while the one from 1895, in pastel as well, is owned by a Norwegian businessman.

For me, the one from 1893 is the best. I like it ‘coz it’s so cool. All those splashy colours, they just amaze me. And the sky… I especially love the blood red sky. This painting is so unordinary and I love the stuff that no one does like!

Occasionally, this painting is called The Cry or The Scream of Nature.

Edward Munch explained his inspiration for The Scream in his diary, "I was walking along a path with two friends – the sun was setting – suddenly the sky turned blood red – I paused, feeling exhausted, and leaned on the fence – there was blood and tongues of fire above the blue-black fjord and the city – my friends walked on, and I stood there trembling with anxiety – and I sensed an infinite scream passing through nature."

The moment I saw the painting in a CN cartoon called “Courage, the cowardly dog” years ago, I was amazed by this piece of art!

To some people, it’s creepy and they don’t know the meaning of this painting. But, I just love it.

Dragana Komlenić, VIII1

Endangered species (project work)

Aleksa Rosić VIII2

Dunja David VIII2

Doroteja, Ana, Jelena & Anastazija VIII2

My favourite animal (notes)

A snake has a long body, small eyes and a small nose. It is from Africa. Snakes are very clever animals. They eat insects, but they don't eat cheese! Snakes like small mice very much.

Anđela Tomić, IV5, March 2012

Lions are my favourite animals. They've got an orange body, a small nose and ears. They eat meat. They've got short legs and a tail. Lions are very fast animals.

Miona Vujošević, IV5

Mina Vidović IV1

My favourite animal is a panda. It eats bamboo. It is beautiful and it can climb trees. There are black and white and red pandas. Pandas live in China.

Mina Vidović, IV1

Adam Petrov IV1

My favourite animal is a rabbit. It eats carrots. It has got a short tail but long ears. Rabbits have got four legs. They are sweet animals.

Adam Petrov, IV1

Igor Zagorac IV1

Jovana Kljajić IV2

My favourite animal is a giraffe. Giraffes live in Africa. They are the tallest animals. They have got a long neck and a short tail. Giraffes are orange with brown points. They don't eat meat. They eat the leaves of trees.

Jovana Kljajić, IV2

Kristian Balaž IV2

My favourite animal is a giant panda. Pandas live in China. They have black and white fur. They have got a big round body and a short tail. Pandas eat any of the twenty-five bamboo species in the wild.

Kristian Balaž, IV2

Milan Jakšić IV2

My favourite animal is an elephant. It has got big ears and a big body. It has got big tusks. It has got a long tail and small eyes. It can hear very well. It looks like a mammoth. An elephant hasn't got a nose. It has got a trunk. I like elephants very much.

Milan Jakšić, IV2

Tijana Varađanin IV2

Dolphins are sea animals. They're grey and they have flippers. Dolphins are very clever. They eat fish. They can swim very fast.

Tijana Varađanin IV2

Tijana Varađanin IV2

Parrots are birds. They live in jungles. They eat seeds. Parrots have got two legs, a beak and colourful feathers. They can fly very fast.

Tijana Varađanin IV2