Participating in the eTwinning project was a truly rewarding yet challenging experience for our first-grade class at 2nd Primary school.of Ag.Nikolaos Primary School. This particular age group is just beginning its journey into literacy, learning their first letters and words , and taking their initial steps in reading and writing. As a result, engaging with the project's themes required thoughtful adaptation and simplification of complex ideas. The educator carefully introduced concepts related to the 17th Sustainable Development Goal (Partnerships for the Goals) and Mindfulness , using age-appropriate language and activities. These ideas were taught cross-curricularly , blending seamlessly with the subjects of Language, Mathematics, and Environmental Studies . This interdisciplinary approach helped children connect with the topics in a natural and engaging way, within the context of their everyday learning. One of the highlights was our celebration of World Water Day . Th...
At the beginning of the school year, when we started our class, we read one of two chapters of the Wizard of Oz. Each student read a fragment. The first chapter was in English and we translate it together, but the rest of the chapters were in catalan easier for us. This book talks about one girl called Dorothy, and she lives in Kansas with her aunt and uncle and her dog Toto, but one strong cyclone moved her house to another land called Emerald city. Dorothy wants to go to visit the Wizard of Oz to return to Kansas, but along the road she find cowardly lion, the scarecrow, the tin man and there were also the east and west witch. After have read the whole book every one made 3 questions for every chapters and in the final part we made a Kahoot for the students from the eTwinning project. Carmen, Ivet and Júlia
The creation of the eTwinning 2024-25 program , titled “SEL Wiz: Hocus Pocus: Heart and mind in focus – Discovering Nature’s Magic Within” – Celebrating UNESCO Days for Sustainability and Peace through cultivating SEL in students, aiming for our school's inclusion in the UNESCO AspNet Schools Network , allowed our students to collaborate with schools from other countries. This European collaboration helped them deepen their knowledge of the SDGs, exchange ideas, and share best practices in conjunction with technology. Simultaneously, it fostered the development of essential skills for 21st-century citizens, including the cultivation of social and emotional intelligence , critical thinking , problem-solving , and intercultural communication , thereby empowering them to actively contribute to the creation of a sustainable future. By connecting the Blue Schools program with the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) , our sc...
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