A group of creative, hardworking 7th grade students from Primary School Sesvetski Kraljevec took part in a wonderful eTwinning project called GPE Challengers under the mentorship of their English teacher Ms Damjanović.
The project lasted from September 2019 till June 2020.
The project's acronym GPE stands for good practices in English teaching and learning and it was about sharing ideas and good practices in developing the four language skills: listening, reading, writing and speaking. It was also about getting to know peers from other European countries and communicate about our lifestyles, culture and customs..
The students' names:
We made a video to present our school.
We went on a field trip to show our hometown to our partners.
After the teachers introdouced themselves, it was time for students to do the same. They've introdouced themselves on Flipgrid. Here are Lana's and Sara's video.
CHALLENGE #1 - READING
The first challenge was to read at cultural places in our cities. We chose to read poems by two of the most famous Croatian poets in front of their statues in Zagreb, Here are the poems.
Our next task was to read about our partner countries and their flags and make an interactive game. We made a Kahoot. You can play it by clicking on the button below.
CHALLENGE #2 - LISTENING
To practice listening we used a fun app called Lyricstraining and the song selected by the partners was Count on me by Bruno Mars but we didn't stop there, We continued practising with our favourite songs.
The next listening task was to find some really hard to pronounce English words and make a shared Quizlet to practice listening.
We were challenged to a Spelling Bee by a Turkish art school and we enjoyed making new friends immensely while learning by challenging each others.
NEW YEAR'S WEBINAR
We exchanged New Year cards and wishes with our partner school from Turkey.
CHALLENGE #3 - SPEAKING
Our speaking challenge was a lot of fun, We made a podcast using the Anchor app with our partners from Turkey, Romania and Lithuania. Our podcast's name is Mr. Universe and it's about a funny Mr. Universe competition. We were responsible for the trailer and the first part. Lana recorded the trailer, Antonio was Mr. Universe and Tereza was the host of the show. Click on the button to hear the whole podcast.
Another speaking challenge was Singing in our partner's languages. This was the most challenging task for us.
The speaking challenge that we enjoyed the most was to speak English incessantly during class. It turned into quite a competition among the seventhgraders. And here are some of the results:
As part of the project we recorded a Safer Internet Day video message against cyber-bullying.
CHALLENGE #4 - WRITING
Then we joined our project's Edmodo class where we continued to write to our new friends.
The next writing challenge was the Storyjumper challenge. This was a teacher-student task and the student was Lana Šekerija. Click on the button and read our pages in this wonderful book!
One of our last tasks was to prepare a lapbook. We could use whatever topic we wanted but the real challenge was keeping up with the size requirements (10 x 10 cm). We chose to write about Australia.
The challenge that we enjoyed the most was the RAP challenge. Each school was challenged to sing another school's rap lyrics and then had to come up with their own lyrics to challenge the next school. The Betygala Maironis gymnasium from Lithuania challenged us.
We wrote these rap lyrics to challenge Adina's students;
G-P-E, SAY G-P-E
LISTEN TO THE BEAT
BAYBE, IT'S YOU AND ME
WE'RE THE COOL E-TWINNERS
AND WE ARE THE WINNERS
THIS PROJECT IS SO BREEZY
AND LEARNING ENGLISH IS EASY
WE LOVE OUR NEW FRIENDS
IT'S SAD IT HAS TO END
G-P-E, G-P-E
BAYBE, IT'S YOU AND ME
WE'RE THE COOL E-TWINNERS
AND WE ARE THE WINNERS!
If you want to hear how we rapped the lyrics that we were challenged with, click on this button.
We've had a wonderful time being a part of this project. It was great meeting all of you and sharing this beautiful experience. We will always remember this school year and this amazing project. All the best to all of you. Until another project....