Sustainable Future: Our actions our impact

In our latest lesson on sustainability, Class 7 pupils explored what makes a sustainable school. As Eco Agents and Eco Avengers, some joined forum discussions exchanging ideas on how schools can become more eco-friendly: In schools we can use drainage to collect rain water for plants because that water is better for plants than tap water. In schools, students and teachers use paper and a lot of it goes to trash. We can renew old paper and use it many times. The teachers can organise the class where students will learn how they can contribute the eco schools and the sustainable future of the schools. The technologies will be eco and use electricity. There will be solar panels which collect energy for all electricity in school for better future. For every tree cut down, we should plant a new one. We should replace normal trash bins with recycling ones. We should encourage others to recycle and care for plants. I think the perfect green school would be if pupils followed a few rules. Numb...

In our lessons about extinct and endangered animals, we usually discuss those living in other countries. This time, I asked my Class 7 pupils to turn their focus closer to home.  Working in teams, pupils researched and designed infographics and posters showcasing Serbia's endangered animals, including the griffon vulture, brown bear, and otter.  Some enjoyed working on our collaborative acrostic poem. They added three lines ( Earth is our home, let's keep it clean! Inspire each other, every day; Create a world where every new day looks bright ), created accompanying images using Canva, and recorded their messages using Chatterpix Kids. Later, we used AIMusicGen.AI to transform the acrostic lyrics into a catchy pop tune. Finally, as members of an international team, they imagined themselves as animals facing various challenges and expressed their feelings. They also suggested solutions to solve certain problems. You can find their ideas in the collaborative e-book Savi...

 My Class 7 pupils got very inspired by the topics of clean water and its importance, as well as the animals living in the water.  While one group focused on different aspects of the water cycle, others suggested tips for saving water, shared slogans discouraging water waste and designed posters with slogans shared by other partners.  Later, I asked my pupils to imagine themselves as animals living in the water, so they explored their lives and explained their choices to their international friends in a joint presentation .  Some wrote poems about the sea and the ocean and left comments on the  Underwater Poetry Wall . The activities were suggested by the partners of our  Sustainable Future: Our Actions, Our Impact eTwinning project.