Skills 4 Life in My Hat

The two weeks before the winter holidays were full of fun and activity. Pupils from Classes 1, 2 and 5 made cards for our friends in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Italy, Lithuania, Spain, Taiwan, Türkiye, and the USA. In teams, my 7- and 8-years-olds enjoyed creating digital and animated cards ( Merry Christmas and Snowman ) which we later added to the collaborative calendar in the Art Class  project, while my 11- and 12-year-olds worked together with their eTwinning friends on a digital card for the Skills 4 Life   project. The youngest children also designed their paper baubles as a class.  To finish off the celebrations, Classes 2, 5, and 6 played Christmas quizzes and escape room games, which everyone loved. Dragana Videnov, Serbia

 Class 6 pupils began their financial literacy activities with a European Currencies Quiz. They enjoyed recalling which countries use the Euro and which still have their own money. Some shared memories of family trips abroad, remembering how their parents compared prices and how they still keep magnets and souvenirs from those journeys. They created an infographic about our banknotes and explained who appears on each.  Afterwards, they completed a questionnaire and showed how they spend and save money.  They discussed how much money they usually get and spend in a month, and they realised that some receive more for birthdays or hobbies, while many mostly spend their parents’ money on things like sports equipment or treats. They found monthly budgets confusing, since they don’t manage regular expenses, and realised they need easier examples like pocket money. Using the Six Thinking Hats technique, they learned how to solve a problem with budgeting.  As Future Savers...

 As part of our Skills 4 Life in My Hat project, Class 6 pupils took part in several creative and thoughtful activities.  First, they watched a short video about Edward de Bono’s Six Thinking Hats and discussed the idea and benefits of looking at problems from different perspectives.  Then they enjoyed another video showing how to fold paper hats using the origami technique. Using six different colours, pupils made their own hats. Some worked on their own, while others preferred to make hats in pairs. We decided to use these colourful hats to form teams in future workshops. The pupils found the activity fun and creative, and it gave them a chance to combine teamwork with imagination.  Afterwards, pupils brainstormed on “skills for life” using AnswerGarden . Some of the words they chose were: be creative, solve problems, and work in teams. These ideas will guide us in the next stages of the project and show how pupils understand the importance of life skills in their ...