HISTORY OF ART

Today, in the Arts and Crafts class with Sirjie, the students from 8th grade (14 years) had a practical class. There were 15 students and Sirjie told us that they only have 1 session per week. Today’s lesson was practical and they were doing calligraphy in order to prepare a Father’s Day card, celebrated on the 13th November. The students were seated in pairs but they worked individually. They had samples of calligraphy and they had to use rulers and special pens to do the activity. They enjoyed the class.

ENGLISH

Marju is a great English teacher. She started the classes telling the students how the session was organized. She told us that she usually has half of the class, only 8 students but today they were all together, 16 students. The students were seated in groups of 3 and asking each other “What are you wearing today? I’m wearing…” after that they had to describe someone from the class and the rest of the group had to guess it “This person is wearing…”. Marju went around the groups to correct or help them and she also time the length of the activity. Even though there were not any compulsory structures to be used, some students used comparatives, negative sentences. After the speaking activity, they did a fill in the gaps exercise individually and one student read the text aloud. The teacher used the sticks with the name of the students on it to make the groups. Finally, in groups of 3, they played games they had invented a couple of weeks ago. In 5th grade, the students can learn a second language such as Russian, German or French.

IT (5th grade- 12 years)

Pel que fa a la competència Digital, la mestra Ranelle comença la classe demanant al seu alumnat que facin estiraments. al cap de 2 minuts, els 12 estudiants s’asseuen en parelles i miren un video anomenat STOP BULLYING “Let’s fight it together”, sobre els perills d’internet i les xarxes socials.

L’objectiu de la mestra és que l’alumnat tingui estratègies per saber què cal fer si es troben en una situació de ciber assetjament. Mitjançant l’aplicació del MENTIMETER, l’alumnat escriu emocions o sentiments que creuen que pot sentir el protagonista del vídeo.

• Les classes duren un total de 50 minuts i en els 10 minuts restants, l’alumnat pot sortir 10 minuts al passadís a esbargir-se. Surten sense cap professora i molts d’ells aprofiten per jugar als jocs al terra del passadís. Les classes estan molt ben aïllades.

PE (6th grade; girls)

Parece ser que en Estonia, durante las clases de Educación Física, siempre han hecho un grupo para los niños y otro para las niñas. Olga, de directora de la escuela nos ha explicado que están intentando que la Educación Física sea mixta.

Hoy hemos podido disfrutar de una clase impresionante con Karin, especialista en Educación Física. El grupo de 12 estudiantes trabajaba la orientación. Les ha dado un mapa del pueblo a cada uno (ella previamente había escondido 8 pistas) y los ha dejado en el pueblo. El objetivo de la actividad es fomentar la autonomía del alumnado.

Durante la clase, Karin nos ha enseñado la organización de la temática de orientación des de 1r curso. También ha compartido otros materiales muy interesantes. Gracias, Karin! Nos ha encantado!