EQL 2019

A total of 1288 projects received the European Quality Label on 30 October for their outstanding work. I am proud to say that six projects I started and/or collaborated on with my students are among them:

• Professor Balthazar travels around Europe / Profesor Baltazar putuje Europom;
• A Funny School Year;
• Famous people in Europe;
• Hello, I am Charlie from London;
• A Bridge across the World;
• European Day of Languages Celebration.

The European Quality Label is awarded by the Central Support Service (CSS) to teachers in a project which:
- has been proposed for the European Quality Label by at least one National Support Service, after a screening process.
- includes at least two partners that have received the National Quality Label.

All about me

This autumn I asked my Class 8 students to create their own Padlets and post everything that interests them there. Here is the result.

eSafety

 Being safe online is very important. It's one of the topics we cover in our lessons as well.

My Class 4 students checked how much they know about eSafety in quizzes prepared by our eTwinning friends and later created their avatars. We used the Lino online board to post the avatars and write the introduction.

The Flex Programme

Branislav Nolin, a Grammar School student who spent 10 months in the USA as an exchange FLEX student organised an interesting presentation for Class 8 students on 3 October. 

First, he introduced the FLEX programme funded by the US Department of State, explained the criteria and methods of appying and testing. He also shared a few tips on how to complete the application.

Then, he talked about his host family and friends he met in the USA, his school, the town he lived in, voluntary work and his trip around the USA. 

A classroom full of students showed interest in the American laws, school subjects, and after school activities.

This was an excellent opportunity for Class 8 students to find out more about the American way of life and education system from a person who has recently experienced it. Several of them expressed their willingness to apply for the Scholarship in the next round.

European Day of Languages 2019

Most of this year's European Day of Languages activities were connected to language challenges and an eTwinning project Language Mission: Possible! founded by an Italian teacher and me. 

My younger students and I recorded video messages and learned how to count to 10 in different languages.

My older students decided on more than 30 language challenges.

We also organised language quizzes for our older students. They listened to and tried to guess the language spoken in the Which language is it? game or to match English and Serbian idioms. A few students also said poems in Greek, Spanish and Chinese. Judging by their comments, they all had a lot of fun. 

The activity is part of this year's Council of Europe Event Calendar and Intelligence Day events.