Outdoor games

My younger pupils like moving around, so this Thursday I decided to have our lesson outside. There was a lot of running and screaming but, at least, nobody minded.

We played different games, but Houses-Foxes-Earthquake and Rock-Paper-Scissors turned out to be the best. 

For the game Houses-Foxes-Earthquake, children make a circle, with pairs holding hands like a roof of a house and one child standing under the roof. When the child in the middle of the big circle calls out, 'Foxes', all 'foxes' change their houses and he/she can find their own house. When the child calls out, 'Houses', all 'houses' make a new house with another child. When the child calls out, 'Earthquake', everyone changes places/roles.

Rock-Paper-Scissors is a well-known game, but we played it in a slightly different way. The child who loses the game twice, stands behind the winner and cheers for them while they play another child.

European Day of Languages 2017

This year we've decided to celebrate the European Day of Languages in a slightly different way. With the exchange of postcards between my students and the children around Europe, and a video greeting my students made as part of an eTwinning project, pupils and teachers from several schools had the opportunity to emphasise the importance of learning foreign languages at the central event on 26 September in our Regional Centre for Professional Development.

The programme was filled with songs and music. There were also some interactive games for the audience who showed a good knowledge of Internet slang and European languages.

As usual, the activity is in the Council of Europe's Calendar of Innovative Events. Voting is open until 20 October.

EDL 2017

This September, we joined two eTwinning projects: European Day of Languages and Languages Unite, both aimed at showing the linguistic and cultural diversity of Europe. 

We prepared a short video, wrote and sent postcards (in English and Serbian) to the children from European countries, and also received lots of postcards from different parts of Europe (mostly in English, but also in other languages). I can't describe my students' excitement when we got the first postcards. They all read them with interest and couldn't wait for the others to arrive.