HIPPO 2025 Preliminary

 Here are the results of this year's Contest which took place on 10 March in Đura Jakšić Primary School:

HIPPO 1:
Nina Stijelja V2 (Reading: 29/30, Use of English: 24/30 = 53/60 points), national finalist,
Mila Petrović V1 (Reading: 29/30, Use of English: 22.5/30 = 51.5/60 points),
Anastasija Đomparin V3 (Reading: 28/30, Use of English: 22.5/30 = 50.5/60 points),
Marija Đurin (Reading: 29/30, Use of English: 21/30 = 50/60 points),
Anđela Mijandžić (Reading: 29/30, Use of English: 10.5/30 = 39.5/60 points)

HIPPO 3:
Nikola Tomić VII2 (Reading: 33/34, Use of English: 25.5/30 = 58.5/64 points), national finalist,
Nataša Đurin VII2 (Reading: 33/34, Use of English: 19.5/30 = 52.5/64 points),
Luka Baba VII2 (Reading: 33/34, Use of English: 18/30 = 51/64 points).

HIPPO 2025

 Two groups of my pupils took part in this year's preliminary round of the Contest organised on 10 March in Đura Jakšić Primary School.

Most pupils found the tests easy, especially the reading part, though some felt the use of English was too challenging. 

This year, the application process and the Contest were organised under unusual circumstances, with fewer pupils participating than before. A lot of schools in our country, including ours, have suspended classes since 20 January due to widespread protests and teacher strikes. A few of my pupils who felt prepared, followed my advice and applied individually.

New Year Wishes for 2025

 We've received creative cards with warm wishes from our friends, pupils and their teachers Vita from Lithuania, Heng-Ting from Taiwan, Alison and Araceli from Spain, Mioara from Romania, Elçin from Türkiye and Janina from the USA, which made our days before and after the winter break fantastic.

Christmas 2024

Two weeks before winter holiday have been pretty busy.

Class 1 and Class 4 pupils enjoyed making their cards for our friends from Lithuania, Romania, Spain, Taiwan, Türkiye and the USA.

Together with their friends from Croatia, Greece, Romania and Türkiye, Class 7 pupils created a digital card. They added some lights and the gingerbread man to the Christmas tree and put the image of the elf's legs in the snow. They also added some spring images to April in the collaborative calendar.

Class 1 pupils learned the famous song about Santa with ease.

 

They also joined the GSA contest and designed their baubles as a group. Everyone put their unique touch on them.

We organised online meetings with our friends from Mallorca and the Canaries on 10 December and New York on 17 December, shared how we celebrate Christmas and New Year, and sang We Wish You a Merry Christmas song.

As part of the Festive Coding activity, Class 4 pupils had fun coding in Scratch and drawing using Pixel Art while as part of the Eco-Coding Wonderland activity, Class 7 pupils enjoyed collaborating on the design of a virtual sustainable city with a Christmas theme. With their project partners, they also created and played a digital escape room game and decorated a virtual Christmas tree with eco-friendly ornaments.

Sustainable Future

To inspire my Class 7 pupils to explore environmental issues and sustainable practices, I decided to involve them in the eTwinning project Sustainable Future: Our Actions, Our Impact.

We started by completing pre-surveys and discussing the SDGs in the lesson and online, on the forum.

In teams, my pupils designed logos and later voted for the best ones in their opinion. We also created a video introduction for our project.

The topic of food waste really captured my pupils' interest. They created surveys on food waste at school and at home and conducted them among Class 5-8 pupils. They analysed the results and used AI Music Generator to create a rock song about food waste at home called Wasted Plates and a disco song about a balanced diet called Healthy Vibes.

They got creative with recipes that use leftovers, which helped them understand how important it is to reduce food waste and make the most of available resources. 

Collaborative cookbook

Click to read this book, made with Book Creator

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Where is?

Whenever I want to introduce my youngest pupils to the rooms of the house, I play this song. With memorable moves and yeahs, it always proves to be a success.

Where's Grandpa?
In the dining room.
What's he doing?
He's eating fish.

Where's Simon?
In the living room.
What's he doing?
He's watching TV.

Where's Suzy?
In the bathroom.
What's she doing?
She's having a bath.

 Where's Stella?
In her bedroom.
What's she doing?
She's reading a book.

Where's Grandma?
In the hall.
What's she doing?
She's opening the door.
And going to the kitchen.

 

How many?

This is yet another old song which is great for learning numbers and plurals. It's always enjoyed by my youngest pupils:

How many, how many, how many?
Ten girls, ten girls.
How many, how many, how many?
Nine boys, nine boys.

(Eight windows, Seven doors, Six footballs, Five bikes, Four chairs, Three tables, Two rubbers, And one ruler.)