Let's build a house

Grade 4 during communication classes had a task to talk about their dream houses. Firs,t they build them up. They used paper, cardboard, scissors and glue.  We all had a lot of fun, and all the stories created were creative and memorable.
We hope our students will be able to ha such houses in the future.







By Anna Cudowska and Aleksandra Zapolnik

Reading challenge

Our first graders from class 1b took part in a national reading competition, whose main objective is to make reading more interesting and absorbing. It consists of three different types of reading showing our students various stories from the fields of: funny stories, stories about animals as well as our national stories.

                                     

                                   

By Iwona Tylman

Autumn Scavenger Hunt

Taking advantage of the beautiful, sunny weather, third graders went for a walk in search of  signs of autumn. Each pupil was equipped with "Autumn scavenger hunt list" and was supposed to find, feel, touch and listen to various treasures and charms of autumn. The sensory exploration turned out to be an excellent nature lesson and a joyful way to explore the world around us.

Maths with Lego Bricks

Addition,substraction, multiplication and division are easy  if you can use Lego bricks.

Maths lesson in grade four.

 by Ewa Zielińska

E-twinning label

In our school we conduct many different activities and projects. Very often we participate in projects on the e-twinning platform. Some of them involve lots of work and students' involvement but it is always worth to cooperate with people from different countries. For our last project we were awarded with the e-twinning label. It was really a good job. Congratulations to all of us:)

https://www.spolecznaszkola3.bialystok.pl/index.php/power-gotowi-na-zmiany/projekty-e-twinning/4114-etwinning-label

by Joanna Cudowska-Kolendo and Iwona Tylman

Teachers' mobilities

During summer vacations teachers from our school took part in language and methodological courses in Malta, Oxford and Cyprus. I you would like to know how their spent their time, please check our posts and see their pictures:

https://www.spolecznaszkola3.bialystok.pl/index.php/power-gotowi-na-zmiany/mobilnosci

by Joanna Cudowska-Kolendo and Dorota Szubzda

Teddy Bear's day

On 6th of November we celebrated international teddy bear's day, each child had to bring teddy bear to our school . During lessons  we discussed the origins of that day with our students, there was also a theatre show. That was a very nice day to all of us.

Taking part in Power gotowi na wyzwania.

Our school is taking part in Power project- gotowi na wyzwania. Project was introduced in our school  in 2018 and will end in 2020.The aims of the projects are: developing languages skills of teachers from our school, presenting innovative methods of learning, shaping students' skills which are necessary among young people.Expecting results of the project: introduction CLIL teaching in our school, introducing innovative methods of teaching with biolingual elements or idea steam( Science, Technology,Engineering, Art, Mathematics).
15 teachers from our school will take part in language courses in England, Malta and in Cyprus.Teachers will have an opportunity to increase their English skills and knowledge.

International Teddy Bear Day

On 26^th November 2018 our school celebrated International Teddy Bear Day. Each child came to school with their favourite plush toy. There were different activities related to that day. The youngest pupils had teddy bear gymnastics and games. There were also teddy bear jigsaw puzzles, memo games and mathematics. Everybody enjoyed poems and  rhymes about teddies. Kids learnt how teddy bears came to be named after president Theodore Roosevelt. They also described the appearance of different teddy bears, tasted gingerbread bears and painted beautiful portraits of their favourite plush toys. Our pupils’ parents celebrated Teddy Bear Day with us. It was so much fun.

Let's go shopping - lesson plan with interactive board.

Subject: Let’s go shopping – interactive exercises.

STUDENTS’ AGE:

- 6-10 years-olds

TEACHING AIMS:

- revision of shopping vocabulary,

- improving listening skills,

- developing perceptivity,

- practicing asking and answering the questions,

- mastering the ability of using an interactive board.

WORKING METHODS:

- interactive games.

TOOLS:

- interactive board

TIME:

- 45 minutes.

                                                     PROCEDURE:

INTRODUCTION:

Ex.1.

The teacher shows the students pictures of different shops. They name the products one can buy there.

PRACTICE:

Ex. 2.

http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/fun-games/trolley-dash

Pupils play an interactive game "trolley dash". Each students has to memorize the shopping list and goes shopping in a virtual shop.

Ex. 3.    

http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/short-stories/monster-shopping-trip

Pupils watch the story „The monster shopping trip”.

PRODUCTION:

Ex.4.

After watching the movie students answer the following questions:

Tell us about a special birthday present somebody gave you.

- What was the present?

- How old were you when you got it?

- Who gave it to you?

- Do you still have it?

Ex. 5.

http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/word-games/paint-the-words/shops

Students colour the products the same colour as the shops they come from.

SUMMING UP:

Ex. 6.

One student finishes the sentence: "Yesterday, I went to the shop and bought ….(e.g.biscuits)". The next person has to add his product and repeat the previous ones mentioned.

EXTRA ACTIVITY:

Ex.7.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSC9Etw0ZHQ

„The shopping song”. Students listen and sing the song.

Lesson plan - Kazoo - how a simple instrument works

Specific objectives:

Student:

is able to build a simple musical instrument on their own

is familiar with the principle of kazoo operation

gets to know the vocabulary of the experiment in English

General objectives:

developing  scientific thinking - the ability to draw conclusions based on empirical observations

improving  teamwork skills

stimulating the need to learn science in English

Working methods:

assimilation of knowledge – a talk, lecture

independent investigation into knowledge

experimental

Materials:

toilet roll tube

tissue paper

elastic band

instruction  in English from The Mad Scientist Teaches: Physics

Lesson phases:

Preparation:

1.Class division into experimental groups

2. Subject and goals specification

Development:

1. Video presentation        

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pF0elA6mzmg

2. Video content  discussion

3. Presentation of the Kazoo instruction

4. Doing the experiment

5. Testing how the instrument works

Recapitulation:

1. a discussion of how the instrument works.

2. doing tasks on an e-learning platform:

https://learningapps.org/watch?v=p1t33kxm517

by Agnieszka Drowanowska

and Anna Dołżyńska

Colour a flower

During our last classes the 4th graders decided to color white flowers. For our experiment, we needed a few white flowers, several packages of food dyes and some jars with water. We didn’t have to wait long for the final effect. White flower petals started changing color after just a few hours. We like  exploring the world through experiments.

by Agnieszka Drowanowska

and Anna Dołżyńska