What a Week!

This song is full of unusual activities, great for revising the days of the week and practising the past form of regular verbs:

Oh, what a week, oh, what a week,
Oh, what a terrible, terrible week!

On Monday, my friend Jonathan
Played football with a flea.
On Tuesday, my friend Caroline
Played the violin for me.

On Wednesday night, I watched a film,
And I was really scared.
On Thursday night, an elephant
Climbed on my father's chair!

Oh, what a week...

On Friday after school,
I rode a dinosaur back home.
On Saturday, I phoned my gran,
But her dog ate up her phone.

It's Sunday, and I'm in bed,
I want to stay here all day long,
But then I switch the radio on
And what I hear is this song.

Oh, what a week...

Listen to a mixed group of my Class 4 pupils singing about a terrible week:

HIPPO 2024 National Finals

 This year's National Finals for pupils from local schools were held at Đura Jakšić Primary School on 19 April. For some reason, the contestants did their exams online which was a bit stressful.

Both my pupils did their best on more challenging tests and made it to the orange list, which means that they will be invited to the next round if some of the RQ candidates do not confirm their participation. 

Hippo 1: Nina Stijelja, IV2 (Reading: 38/40, Writing 25.5/42 - compared to the first on the list),

Hippo 2: Nikola Tomić, VI2 (Reading: 33/34, Writing: 28.5/39 - compared to the first on the list).

CVs

 On the day before spring holiday, my Class 8 pupils and I finally managed to organise our lesson in the computer room. The internet was working, and nearly everyone was willing to do some serious work, create their avatars and design their CVs in Canva, following a model. Fast finishers were of huge help I have to say.

Earth Day 2024

 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, Class 4 and Class 6 pupils have designed posters. Class 3 pupils have also created a 22-day Climate Action calendar. Class 8 pupils have discussed the seriousness of the global issues and ways of solving them.

Think Green!

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Butterflies

 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.

This year, I've suggested my pupils to use chopsticks or drinking straws for their mobiles.

Celebrating Easter

 This spring, I've challenged my Class 4 pupils to write a short chant about Easter and illustrate it. Then, I read the chants to their peers from other classes, without revealing the authors' names, and asked them to vote for the best ones in their opinion. I've sent the best 4 to the international contest organised by Marijampolė Petro Armina Progymnasium, Lithuania, and the authors (Hristina, Kalina, Sara and Teja) received their certificates.

Republic Foreign Languages Competition 2024

 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.