TEA PARTY - food, games, fun and learning

We organised a TEA PARTY. We invited some of the other teachers. The students' parent prepared the food. We made the decorations - Alice in Wonderland theme party. We created our own photo booth and we took some great photos. We played games:

1. Put the cherry on top - draw a big cupcake on the board or on a piece of paper. Make the contestant close his/her eyes and try to put the cherry on the top of the cupcake.
2. Draw the teapot - allow the contestants to look at a teapot for 30 seconds, then make them close their eyes and with their eyes closed they should try to draw the teapot on a piece of paper.
3. Tongue twisters - each contestant needs to say the tongue twister three times. The one who does that best is the winner;)
4. Charades - make up sentences, write them on a piece of paper and have a good laugh while the pairs try to act out and guess the sentences.
5. Guess the type of tea - choose a few tea bags with a strong scent.Put them on a tray, then ask contestants to try to guess the type of tea by only smelling it with their eyes closed.
6. Tea tray memory - put a few object on a tray, ask contestants to look at it for 30 seconds then take the objects away and ask them to put the objects in the correct order again

Christmas Brunch - Learning can be fun!

My opinion is that learning a language does not only focus on vocabulary and grammar of a certain language but also learning about a different culture, customs, holidays and habits. That’s why I try to present this and cherish this as much as I can with my students. This is how we learn about Christmas.

Christmas is the time of year where good will and joy are all around us. Last year we decided to organize a Christmas Brunch. The whole event was organized in the way that we had a Christmas crafts display in the hall of the school, a group of Carolers performing traditional English and Macedonian songs, as well as some traditional American/ British and Macedonian Christmas dishes.

This is how my students performed the carols. My colleague and I made the costumes out of different kinds of paper. It took some time and effort but it was worth it!

A friend in need is a friend indeed - eco play text

You can see the video of the play in one of my previous posts and now here's the text

A FRIEND IN NEED IS A FRIEND INDEED

Mary: Ahhh I love being here in the park, I like listening to the birds sing and I like looking at the flowers, come Tom let’s sing a song :

Flower song

Red flower, red flower, you look so nice

Green flower, green flower, you bring me the light

Yellow flower, yellow flower standing tall in the sun

Purple flower, purple flower you are so much fun

Pink flower, pink flower how sweet you are

White flower, white flower you look like a star

Blue flower, blue flower you are a special thing

All the flowers, all the flowers they make me wanna sing.

Black flower, black flower haven’t seen you in a while

Orange flower, orange flower you make me wanna smile

Brown flower, brown flower, so beautiful to see

All the flowers, all the flowers they make me wanna sing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBoHLbIicxY

Flower: Oh please stop! I can’t listen to that song,

Boy and Girl: But why???

  Flower: Well can’t you see???? I’m lonely and sad, my friends are all dead

                 I have no fresh smell, and I don’t feel well.

                 Every day I live in fear that a foot is coming too near,

                 No children, no people care for us, the colourful flowers and the green grass.

Boy and Girl: Oh my, oh dear, we didn’t know you live in fear

Tree:  Ha! Listen to me! I have a sore throat and my lungs and head hurt both.

A number of cars speed by, but nobody hears me cry.

The air is becoming thick and gray, the nasty fog is covering us and is here to stay.

I see no children’s play and I’m dreaming of a bright new day.

Boy and Girl: Oh my, oh no, we didn’t know the situation was so

Fish: And what should I say? I have no place to swim or play

As polluted as ever is this stream, and a nice clean water is only a dream.

Children: We hear you all, and we’re opening our heart to you like a door.

We promise you all now and forever, we’ll care for you all together.

We will not pick the flowers or walk on the grass

We will ride a bicycle or a bus

We will not throw any garbage in the water, and we will care for you like I’m your daughter.

Our friends will help too and we’ll say to all the bad habits shoo shoo.

We promise to keep you safe and these problems will no longer be grave.

Fish, Tree, Flower : Thank you for such a good deed. A friend in need is a friend indeed.

They sing all together:

The more we get together, together, together

The more we get together the happier we’ll be

For your friends are my friends and my friends are your friends

The more we sing together, together, together…

2,4,6,8, who do we appreciate?

The more we sway together, together , together…

2,4,6,8, who do we appreciate?

The more we dance together, together, together….

2,4,6,8, who do we appreciate?

The more we clap together, together, together…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lldmkrJXQ-E