NQL 2022

Our eTwinning National Support Organisation has just awarded 284 projects with Quality Labels. This school year, however, one teacher could apply for the NQL with only four projects. I'm happy and proud to say that four projects I started and collaborated on with my pupils have received the Labels:

- Let’s walk around USA!: An excellent project with successful student collaboration in international teams. The students have widened their knowledge about an English speaking country, gaining language, communication and collaboration skills on the way. The teacher showed an excellent command of organising and mentoring mixed-age peer collaboration. Also, her personal contribution to organising, documenting and sharing interesting and useful material is notable. Materials produced and developed during the project can be used in future classes. 

- If I were...Tom Sawyer!: A project well-integrated into more than one curricula. The students obviously enjoyed doing it and the teacher showed excellent mentoring and organisational skills. The dissemination is creative and the end results are sustainable and can be used for different school subjects in classes and for future projects.

- The Magical World of Beatrix Potter: The Magical World of Beatrix Potter is a frame within which the students of different ages, from 7 countries, worked together on developing their creativity, digital literacy, knowledge on internet safety, tolerance and other key competences, while making friends and having lots of fun. 

- eTwinventors are on the stage: Doing research, solving problems and imagining the future - these are the key features of this project and what's most valuable about it. The teacher and the students did real collaborative work, created stories, e-books, dictionaries and had a lot of fun on the way. They learned a lot about inventors and their inventions by researching and discussing. 

We've taken part in several other projects this school year, but I think that we've contributed the most to these four.

Happy Holiday!

 This song's just perfect for the end of the school year, and my Class 2 pupils loved it the moment they heard it the first time. 

Let's go to the beach.
Let's look for shells.
Let's play in the sand.
Let's run hand in hand.

Happy holiday,
Happy holiday,
For you and me.

Let's take a photo.
Let's catch a fish.
Let's swim in the sea,
1, 2, 3!

Happy holiday...

 
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I also asked them to add their own two lines and illustrate them, and here are the results:

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Cool Cats

 This is another song my Class 2 pupils enjoy singing. Probably because of the 'Meow' sound, but okay. It's great for revising clothes:

I'm a cool, cool cat.
Meow, meow, meow!
I like this super hat.
I'm a cool, cool cat.

Cool shoes and cool jackets,
Cool socks and super shorts,
Cool T-shirts and cool sweaters,
And cool, cool skirts.

We're cool, cool cats.
Meow, meow, meow!
We like these super hats.
We're cool, cool cats...
Meow!

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Clothes

This is a catchy song about clothes, things and colours. My Class I3 like singing it:

Our Pets

Ever since they've learned the Pet song, my Class I2 pupils ask to sing it in every lesson. It's perfect for learning or revising the names of pets and opposites.

When, at the end of the school year I asked them to name their favourite song, most of them voted for this one:

Meera: My name's Meera,
And this is my fish.
It's a long fish.
It's a long fish.

Lenny: My name's Lenny,
And this is my bird.
It's a happy bird.
It's a happy bird.

Stella: My name's Stella,
And this is my cat.
It's a clean cat.
It's a clean cat.

Suzy: My name's Suzy,
And this is my dog.
It's a big dog.
It's a big dog.

Mrs Star: My name's Mrs Star,
And this is my horse.
It's a beautiful horse.
It's a beautiful horse.

Stella: My name's Simon,
And this is my mouse.
It's a small mouse.
Suzy: It's an ugly mouse.
Simon: No, it isn't.
Stella: It's a dirty mouse.
Meera: It's a short mouse.
Lenny: It's a small mouse.
All: Yes, it's a small mouse.
Simon: Yes, it is.

Little House

When my pupils heard this song for the first time, they wished it was Halloween, because of its spooky sound. Since then, we've sung it at the beginning of our lessons and most of them have learned it by heart:

Come on, come on and see me,
In my little house.
There are lots of lovely animals,
In my little house.

There's a cat in the living room.
There's a spider in the kitchen.
There are seven crocodiles,
In my lovely bathroom.

Come on, come on and see me...

There's a snake in the cellar.
There's a lizard in my bedroom.
There are tigers, lots of tigers,
In my lovely garden.

Come on, come on and see me...

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Acrostic Poem

Writing a collaborative acrostic poem with their friends from Spain and Poland was a lot of fun for my Class 4 pupils. They added three lines starting with T (These views are amazing), E (Excellent trips, come on here!) and S (Something unique in each state).

Looking at the map of the USA
Exchanging amazing information
Together we can explore
So, let's walk around the USA!

Walking through the countries
Adventure tourism from home
Looking up and down
Key places to visit

All the activities are creative
Right or left
Or
Up and down
No matter what
Day you will visit them

These views are amazing
Happiness of sharing them with you
Excellent trips, come on here!

Understanding new cultures
Students can celebrate now
Amazing country the USA!