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Our 2nd graders learned about clouds. See how clouds are formed More details are here: https://newsnewskillsnewschools.wordpress.com/2017/11/06/skad-sie-biora-chmury/

Polish 7th graders at their work, it was a chemistry lesson.  More details: https://newsnewskillsnewschools.wordpress.com/tag/kl-7/

The second grade students with teacher Raimonda Zaiciene The second grade students with teacher performed a flowering bush experiment . The purpose of the experiment was to find out if the water colored with various materials affects the  bushes. The students were divided into three groups and each group received a different bush. In the first jar was simple water, in another water with ink and in another water with  potassium permanganate. The teacher wrote the students' guesses what color will be flowers bloom. After three weeks, the results were discussed. There we saw  flowers bushes with the same colour. Third-grade students with teacher Lina Stasiuliene   Third-grade students have been told that water is magical: it can become a cloud, rain, dew-fall, fog, snow, ice and hail. We have been finding out that water is very strong: it can break the toughest rocks, turning them into sand. Kids were familiarized with water's state during winter, understood important e...

Romanian dissemination of "New Skills New Schools", at "Theater School",                                    in Rotterdam, Netherlands.  ( Educational Romanian-Dutch exchange of group of students)

Greek pupils working on the topic of "Water" After having taught the "Water" unit for a few weeks and having seen water from many different aspects, we decided to work on the children's metacognitive skills . We asked them how we could pass the knowledge on  to younger children and they decided to make board games in order to achieve this goal. In their water-groups of 4 they came up with very interesting ways to apply everything they had previously learned about water. They were very excited and got down to work right away! Our year 4 pupils then played their board games with year 2 children. They felt like teachers! The home simulation game, where they made "water wasting" zones in the kitchen, bathroom and garden. Water monopoly.  The water tank went full as children answered correctly.  They made all questions by themselves.                T he snakes & ladders water game. It included interesting facts about water. They also...

Finnish students working on the topic of Water and Air   We are studying water consumption in different countries and you can see it here:  https://www.thinglink.com/scene/972060248661557252 The second topic is the Air. We found out that air is a substance and it opposes other substances. We thought that: Does the airplane stay in the air if the engine goes out?  

LITHUANIA, KLAIPEDA TAURALAUKIS PROGYMNASIUM Our the youngest students with teacher Jolanta Siliene prepared Christmas cards. The oldest students will write on them. The fifth grade students with teacher Ingrida Lekstutiene wrote Christmas wishes on the cards. The sixth grade students prepared Christmas cards. Teacher Rima Seskeviciene prepared beautiful Christmas cards for all partners schools.