Unity is Strength

 Together with our project partners, we recreated the title of The Seagull and the Cat eTwinning project.

My Class 1 pupils had just finished learning the Cyrillic Alphabet with their class teachers. In our English lesson, they enjoyed colouring the letters that are the same in the Latin Alphabet, using ScrapColoring.

Class 2 pupils joined in by making the letters N and S with their bodies, showing how teamwork can bring letters to life.

Finally, we used Copilot to design the letter T, inspired by the story itself. 

Each international team contributed in a different way, and the whole activity showed that unity really is strength.

The Gingerbread Man

 In our first lesson after the winter break, I read The Gingerbread Man with my Classes 1 and 2 pupils. Before starting, I asked if they had heard the story before, and reminded those who had to keep quiet so they wouldn't reveal anything. 

First, Class 1 pupils drew the characters and then watched a short video of the story. Then, I asked them to number the characters in the correct order. I also asked them simple comprehension questions and whether they liked the story, what they enjoyed, or what they didn’t.

Class 2 pupils also drew the characters in their notebooks, but they labelled them as well. We read the story together and did some fun tasks that they really enjoyed. 

It was a lively start to the term, and both groups showed great enthusiasm for the story and activities.

New Year Wishes for 2026

 We were delighted to receive beautiful cards filled with warm wishes from our friends, pupils, and teachers—Zemira from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Alison and Joana from Spain, Margherita from Italy and Heng-Ting from Taiwan. Their creativity and kindness brightened our days both before and after the winter break. Even more, our friends from Taiwan surprised us with traditional cakes, which each child from my ten groups sampled and voted on to choose the best of three flavours. 

Christmas 2025

The two weeks before the winter holidays were full of fun and activity.

Pupils from Classes 1, 2 and 5 made cards for our friends in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Italy, Lithuania, Spain, Taiwan, Türkiye, and the USA.

In teams, my 7- and 8-years-olds enjoyed creating digital and animated cards (Merry Christmas and Snowman) which we later added to the collaborative calendar in the Art Class project, while my 11- and 12-year-olds worked together with their eTwinning friends on a digital card for the Skills 4 Life project.

The youngest children also designed their paper baubles as a class. 

To finish off the celebrations, Classes 2, 5, and 6 played Christmas quizzes and escape room games, which everyone loved.

Teddies

Here's a cute chant, perfect for learning or revising prepositions of place and furniture. My 7-year-olds find it amusing.

A teddy on the table,
A teddy in the bath,
A teddy on the sofa,
Teddies everywhere!

A teddy on the cupboard,
A teddy on the bed,
A teddy on the armchair,
Teddies everywhere!

Financial Literacy in Action

 Class 6 pupils began their financial literacy activities with a European Currencies Quiz. They enjoyed recalling which countries use the Euro and which still have their own money. Some shared memories of family trips abroad, remembering how their parents compared prices and how they still keep magnets and souvenirs from those journeys.

They created an infographic about our banknotes and explained who appears on each. 

Afterwards, they completed a questionnaire and showed how they spend and save money. 

They discussed how much money they usually get and spend in a month, and they realised that some receive more for birthdays or hobbies, while many mostly spend their parents’ money on things like sports equipment or treats. They found monthly budgets confusing, since they don’t manage regular expenses, and realised they need easier examples like pocket money.

Using the Six Thinking Hats technique, they learned how to solve a problem with budgeting. 

As Future Savers, pupils answered a poll and shared comments on the forum, discussing their spending habits: 

• I spend my pocket money on clothes, gaming gadgets and slime.
• I also spend money on clothes.

With their blue hats on, they collaborated on the e‑book on financial literacy. 

Finally, they tested their knowledge by playing the Truth or Lie quiz, making learning about finance fun and interactive.

Book Reports

 In teams of 3 to 4, my Class 6 pupils have recently read and presented their first graded readers. Most of them used previously prepared templates in Canva. After each presentation, I asked the listeners to give their classmates feedback using the 'Two Stars and a Wish ' method.