We are trying to get our children to be BIGGER thinkers. Every month a 'thought', 'question', 'idea' or 'photo' will be placed on this page for us to think about in our classes or at home with our families....
June:
What do you think now?
As the project comes to an end and you go off for your summer holidays discuss what you have learnt about yourself throughout the project? Are you more healthy? More active? Do you have a healthier mind?
What could you do now?
Mental Health is very much in the news - saying we should all be more open and talk more.
What do you think?
What do you think now?
As the project comes to an end and you go off for your summer holidays discuss what you have learnt about yourself throughout the project? Are you more healthy? More active? Do you have a healthier mind?
What could you do now?
Mental Health is very much in the news - saying we should all be more open and talk more.
What do you think?
May:
Should pupils wear a uniform to school?
Should teachers wear a uniform?
Should parents have a dress code for coming to school?
In the news recently there has been lots of discussion about what parents wear to school to pick up their children. In some schools in America they have introduced a dress code for parents and in one school in the UK they asked parents NOT to drop off their children at school wearing their pyjamas!!
There has also been a lot of discussion about whether teachers should have a uniform for school?
And finally in some of our partners schools pupils wear uniform everyday and in others they don't have too. What do you think? Is it a good idea or not?
Interesting - what do and your classmates think? what do your teachers think? and what do your parents think?
Should pupils wear a uniform to school?
Should teachers wear a uniform?
Should parents have a dress code for coming to school?
In the news recently there has been lots of discussion about what parents wear to school to pick up their children. In some schools in America they have introduced a dress code for parents and in one school in the UK they asked parents NOT to drop off their children at school wearing their pyjamas!!
There has also been a lot of discussion about whether teachers should have a uniform for school?
And finally in some of our partners schools pupils wear uniform everyday and in others they don't have too. What do you think? Is it a good idea or not?
Interesting - what do and your classmates think? what do your teachers think? and what do your parents think?
April:
Learning a Language?
Should all pupils learn a foreign language????
Discuss as a group and present your ideas to the rest of your class. Then take a vote - YES or NO?
What do you decide and why?
Learning a Language?
Should all pupils learn a foreign language????
Discuss as a group and present your ideas to the rest of your class. Then take a vote - YES or NO?
What do you decide and why?
January:
New Year Resolutions?
Often people make a New Year's resolution in January. Do you think this is a good thing? Why do you think people make resolutions? Are some resolutions harder to keep than others? Why? Why not? Have you ever made a resolution? Did you keep it? Why did you choose that resolution?
If you had to make a New Year resolution for someone else who would it be and what would it be? Why?
New Year Resolutions?
Often people make a New Year's resolution in January. Do you think this is a good thing? Why do you think people make resolutions? Are some resolutions harder to keep than others? Why? Why not? Have you ever made a resolution? Did you keep it? Why did you choose that resolution?
If you had to make a New Year resolution for someone else who would it be and what would it be? Why?
December:
Older or Younger?
Do you think it is better to be younger or older? What are the pros and cons of each? Do you like being the age you are now? Ask people who are older if they like being the age they are now or would they change? What is the most popular age that people would like to be? Why?
Older or Younger?
Do you think it is better to be younger or older? What are the pros and cons of each? Do you like being the age you are now? Ask people who are older if they like being the age they are now or would they change? What is the most popular age that people would like to be? Why?
November:
Design and make a machine/device that will help someone in the world. It could help a person complete a task they find difficult. It could help the world in someway. Think about how your device/machine could impact on the life of another human or animal or the world.......
Design and make a machine/device that will help someone in the world. It could help a person complete a task they find difficult. It could help the world in someway. Think about how your device/machine could impact on the life of another human or animal or the world.......
October:
Do you think that mobile phones and tablets are a good thing? Discuss
September:
TOGETHERNESS
What does this mean? Discuss.
TOGETHERNESS
What does this mean? Discuss.
May:
Plastic!!!!
The world's oceans are being polluted with plastic and animals are being hurt and killed because of it.
Can you design a poster to encourage people to recycle more and not pollute the oceans with plastics?
Plastic!!!!
The world's oceans are being polluted with plastic and animals are being hurt and killed because of it.
Can you design a poster to encourage people to recycle more and not pollute the oceans with plastics?
April:
What makes a good friend or neighbour?
Should we help those people we don't know? Write a recipe of what makes a good friend or neighbour.
What makes a good friend or neighbour?
Should we help those people we don't know? Write a recipe of what makes a good friend or neighbour.
March:
Global Warming - The Ice Caps are melting!
Discuss the photo and talk about Global Warming and the ice caps melting. What can we do?
How should we help?
Should we just ignore it as it's not our problem?
Global Warming - The Ice Caps are melting!
Discuss the photo and talk about Global Warming and the ice caps melting. What can we do?
How should we help?
Should we just ignore it as it's not our problem?
February:
Read the story of KING MIDAS who turned things into gold when he touched them.
Discuss the story.
"Would you like to be able to turn everything you touched into gold?"
"Would it be a curse or a benefit?"
Read the story of KING MIDAS who turned things into gold when he touched them.
Discuss the story.
"Would you like to be able to turn everything you touched into gold?"
"Would it be a curse or a benefit?"
January:
This month there is a photo to discuss.
This month there is a photo to discuss.
December:
If I were king or queen for a day?
what would you do if you could make the rules?
would you do good?
would you just think of yourself?
If I were king or queen for a day?
what would you do if you could make the rules?
would you do good?
would you just think of yourself?
November:
What is beauty?
discuss this idea
What is beauty?
discuss this idea
PORTUGAL
Portugal (November)- What is Beauty?
TURKEY P4C ACTIVITIES
Turkey P4C October 2017- Kindness Sack
Turkey designed a kindness bulletin board for October. Kids did some act of kindness and put them in the sack-on the board.
Turkey P4C November 2017- Beauty
Turkey P4C December 2017: Queen or King for a Day
Turkey P4C February 2018: King Midas Story Discussion
Turkey P4C April 2018: Good Neighbour/Friend
Turkey P4C May 2018: Plastic!!!
Turkey P4C September 2018: Togetherness
P4C Turkey Togetherness 2
Let's make home "work" together:)
Turkey P4C November 2018:
Designing a Helpful Device/Machine
TURKEY - December - New Year Resolutions
TURKEY - March - Stop Bullying!
TURKEY - December - Young or Old ?
TURKEY - April - Learning a new language
Most of the pupils said "YES ! ". They suggest it because of need for interaction with the world, for work, for helping tourist etc.
TURKEY - May - Uniforms to be or not to be
POLAND
Poland - November - What is Beauty?
Poland - December - If I were king or queen for a day?
Poland - January
Poland - February - King Midas
Grade 5 B
Grade 3 C
Poland - March - Global warming
After discussing the issue of global warming in class, our 6th year students have prepared presentations, which they showed to other students.
Poland - April - What makes a good friend?
Poland - May - Plastic is NOT fantastic!!!
New Year Resolution
Following many talks and discussions about bullying, some of our students prepared a play on the subject of different ways of dealing with the problem, should it occur. They also came up with ways to prevent bullying and promote friendship and solidarity instead.
All of our students agree that learning foreign languages is very important, for various reasons.
Most of our students are happy wearing what they wish to and voted against introducing uniforms.
They are willing to afford their teachers the same freedom. :)
Their parents too...
However, some students were more than happy to design possible uniforms.
ITALY
4th classes pupils wondered about beauty first, then, they produced a top ten choosing among lots of photos representing the most beautiful things according to their opinions.
Pupils of 4th grade were questioned about it.
Many of them said they would be good rulers: they would help the poor by providing clothes, money, work, houses….
Some students were inspired by one of the most beautiful songs by M. Jackson “Heal the world”.
They said they would create a peaceful world and stop all wars.
Few students have thought about using power and money for their own interests.
Next, all the students wrote their thoughts on star-shaped cards and hung them
on the branches of a Christmas Tree, to share their opinions with others.
Many of them said they would be good rulers: they would help the poor by providing clothes, money, work, houses….
Some students were inspired by one of the most beautiful songs by M. Jackson “Heal the world”.
They said they would create a peaceful world and stop all wars.
Few students have thought about using power and money for their own interests.
Next, all the students wrote their thoughts on star-shaped cards and hung them
on the branches of a Christmas Tree, to share their opinions with others.
January
They looked for other pictures to compare them with this photo and to highlight the right behavior: more respect for animals, for nature, more physical activity.
February
We have read the legend of King Midas, and discussed about what we wish and
about what is really important to have in our lives
March
Students of the 4th classes deepened this topic through the vision of documentaries and cartoons.
We discussed causes and remedies and then they represented them through pictures. They acquired more awareness about the dangerouos consequences for all the living beings due to the global warming and they made a poster to emphasize what we can do to avoid or at least reduce such consequences.
We discussed causes and remedies and then they represented them through pictures. They acquired more awareness about the dangerouos consequences for all the living beings due to the global warming and they made a poster to emphasize what we can do to avoid or at least reduce such consequences.
April
Second and third grade students reflected about friendship, and wrote a funny recipe
May
We saw cartoons on this topic, we debated it and ... eventually they made a
poster to show everyone what THEY DO NOT WANT: A PLASTIC WORLD!
poster to show everyone what THEY DO NOT WANT: A PLASTIC WORLD!
September
Togetherness has been discussed in the 5th classes since the beginning of the new school year.
We Made an acrostic and for each letter we found a word related to its different meanings:
Teamwork, Help, Respect ... in short, words referring to the basic
rules for a better society starting from the scholastic context.
We Made an acrostic and for each letter we found a word related to its different meanings:
Teamwork, Help, Respect ... in short, words referring to the basic
rules for a better society starting from the scholastic context.
October
Positive and Negative effects of mobile phones/tables have been discussed
and summarized in posters by 5th grade pupils
and summarized in posters by 5th grade pupils
November
After discussing different topics, pupils of class 5
had fun designing useful machine/devices for people,
animals and, above all,, to save the Earth.
had fun designing useful machine/devices for people,
animals and, above all,, to save the Earth.
December
Third grade pupils, after a brainstorming, wrote a brief poem
about the difference between being a child and being an adult.
about the difference between being a child and being an adult.
January (2019)
Third grade pupils (delegazione complex) discussed about new year resolutions and they wrote some on a post-it. We will keep the post-its on the wall to have always a visible reminder of our resolutions!
March
Students of 5th year discussed bullying and cyberbullying.
They suggested a code of behavior to respect and wrote it on a poster
They suggested a code of behavior to respect and wrote it on a poster
April
Third grade pupils discussed about the importance of learning a foreign language, and above all English. We tried to list all the things we couldn't do if we didn't speak and understand English. Then pupils wrote a letter to an Italian friend about all this.
May
This topic was debated by 5th grade students.
Many of them found it interesting.
In their opinions both pupils and teachers should wear a uniform.
Teachers and parents agree with them.
This topic was debated by 5th grade students.
Many of them found it interesting.
In their opinions both pupils and teachers should wear a uniform.
Teachers and parents agree with them.
Many of them found it interesting.
In their opinions both pupils and teachers should wear a uniform.
Teachers and parents agree with them.
This topic was debated by 5th grade students.
Many of them found it interesting.
In their opinions both pupils and teachers should wear a uniform.
Teachers and parents agree with them.
June
Fifth grade students made a poster to show and share
with others what they’ve learnt through the project
and what they’ll keep on doing!
with others what they’ve learnt through the project
and what they’ll keep on doing!
MORDIFORD - UK
November - Beauty
We worked in groups to look at a range of photographs and order then from most beautiful to least beautiful. It was very tricky and we had lots of great discussion.
We worked in groups to look at a range of photographs and order then from most beautiful to least beautiful. It was very tricky and we had lots of great discussion.
December - King or Queen for the Day
January - Dog walking photo
Year 5 and Year 4 enjoyed looking the photo and discussing it
February - King Midas
Our Year 6 pupils studied the story of King Midas and then discussed how they would feel if they could turn everything to gold. Would it be a curse or amazing!!!
March - Global Warming
Several classes discussed this topic and came up with some amazing thoughts and ideas.
Several classes discussed this topic and came up with some amazing thoughts and ideas.
May - Plastic!!!
Our pupils were very concerned about this issue and we spent a great deal of time thinking about it and how we can help. Our School Council are writing to our milk and dinner providers to ask them to cut down on their plastic use and we are saying NO to plastic drinking straws.
As part of our Family Values this term on the theme of HOPE we are making ECO-BRICKS. when we get enough we aim to build something with them on the school grounds.
Our pupils were very concerned about this issue and we spent a great deal of time thinking about it and how we can help. Our School Council are writing to our milk and dinner providers to ask them to cut down on their plastic use and we are saying NO to plastic drinking straws.
As part of our Family Values this term on the theme of HOPE we are making ECO-BRICKS. when we get enough we aim to build something with them on the school grounds.
September - Togetherness
Our oldest and youngest children are 'buddies' and work together throughout the year, helping each other learn and grow.
Our oldest and youngest children are 'buddies' and work together throughout the year, helping each other learn and grow.
October - Tablets & Phones
We have been thinking about this question and here are some of our thoughts.....
We have been thinking about this question and here are some of our thoughts.....
November - Machines to help
We had great fun designing our machine to help....
We had great fun designing our machine to help....
December - Older or Younger?
Year 4 had a very interesting discussion about this
Year 4 had a very interesting discussion about this
April - Should all pupils learn a language?
Year 6 pupils worked in groups to discuss this and then held a class debate - they decided that yes pupils should learn a language
Year 6 pupils worked in groups to discuss this and then held a class debate - they decided that yes pupils should learn a language
May - School Uniform
Year 2 had a fantastic and interesting discussion about this topic. We talked lots about the differences between our partner schools and what the pupils wear to school. The children then designed their own uniforms, wrote about what they thought about the school uniform and redesigned our school badge.
Year 2 had a fantastic and interesting discussion about this topic. We talked lots about the differences between our partner schools and what the pupils wear to school. The children then designed their own uniforms, wrote about what they thought about the school uniform and redesigned our school badge.
SPAIN
Spain - November 2017 - What is Beauty?
Pre-school and primary students have participated in the “What’s Beauty?” activity.
Spain - December 2017 - King or Queen for a day?
Spain - January 2018- Discuss the photo
Most students don't agree with this image. They think it is very dangerous and not fair..Poor Dog!!!
They have given solutions like taking it for a walk to the park or getting the dog into the car.
They have given solutions like taking it for a walk to the park or getting the dog into the car.
Spain - February 2018- King Midas
Our 3 and 4 graders worked on the story of King Midas and discussed about the possibility of turning into gold everything they touched. Would you be happy?
Spain - March 2018- Global warming!
Our 5 and 6 graders studied the global warming.
Spain - April 2018 - Be a good friend!
Pre-school children talk about friendship and make lovely pictures about it.
Three-year old kids delight us with the song 'Being good friends'. I attach the lyrics in English.
Spain - May 2019- Stop oceans plastic pollution!
We discussed this topic in our classes. They saw adapted videos about oceans pollution, they researched the possible causes and consequences of it. Finally, they made a poster against Plastic pollution. These are some examples of Year 1 and 2.
Spain - September 2018- Togetherness
Students in year 1 play together in small groups. They help one another, share materials and respect games rules.
Spain - October 2018- Mobile phones and tablets
Year 6 discussed about the advantages and disadvantges of phones and tablets nowdays. Here are some samples of their work.
Spain - November 2018- Inventions
Year 1 watched several videos about classic Inventors and their inventions. They talked about how useful the machines are for people and finally, they became great inventors. Here are some of their machines that hug people, tell stories, make us laugh, etc.
Spain - December 2018- Younger or Older
Year 4 worked on pros and cons of being younger or older. Here are some results.
Spain - January 2019- New Resolutions
Year 5 and 6 made New Year Resolution. Here are some examples.
Spain - March 2019- Bullying!!
Year 3 made a project on Bullying at school we would like to share. They participated on a local radio programme Onda Polígono Toledo (107.3FM) where they interviewed a local policeman, expert in child abuse. Finally, the children created a rap song called 'Break your silence' with the help of teachers.
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Spain - April 2019- Learning a second language!
Year 5 and 6 discussed about the advantages of learning a second language. These are some of their projects.
Spain-May 2019- School Uniform
Year 1 and year 4 worked on this topic. Here you are some examples.
Spain-June 2019 - What have you learnt throughout the project?
Year 4 discussed about this topic and these are some results.
WORCESTER - UK
Worcester - January - Year 4's response to the photograph
Worcester - February - Discussed King Midas
What is beauty?
This is the order that year 6 thought- what do you think? Do you agree?
This is the order that year 6 thought- what do you think? Do you agree?
March - Global warning
Year 3's response to Global warming.
" The people who are responsible should help to fix it. We are all responsible for it so All human beings should fix it."
Year 4 discussed the problems of global warning and suggested things they could do to help, such as walking to school instead of driving.
April - What makes a good friend?
Year 6 discussed what makes a good friend then made a recipe using all the ingredients necessary for friendship.