In kindergarten, we enjoyed a fun pre-writing activity based on the story Dear Zoo. First, the children “fished” some picture clues. Then, they looked carefully at the cage and tried to guess the hidden animal. After that, they found the correct word card with a visual clue. Finally, they built the animal’s name in English... Seguir lendo →
Picnic Mission: My Fruit Salad
In English class, we worked on a fun activity about fruit. This activity was connected to a story we read in class. In the story, the characters made a fruit salad for a picnic. This gave us a meaningful context to practise fruit vocabulary and the structures Do you like...?, I like… and I don’t... Seguir lendo →
Speaking English Through Games 3: 4th Grade
This week, 4th Grade practised oral descriptions in English through games and cooperative activities. We worked on character descriptions using: He/She has got...He/She hasn’t got... The pupils listened, spoke, read, dictated and worked together to describe different characters. En 4º de Primaria practicamos as descricións orais en inglés a través de xogos e dinámicas cooperativas.... Seguir lendo →
Speaking English Through Games: 6th Grade
This week, 6th Grade practised future plans using going to through oral games. The pupils spoke, listened, moved around the classroom and worked with their classmates. The aim was to use English in a fun and meaningful way. Esta semana, en 6º de Primaria, practicamos os plans de futuro con going to a través de... Seguir lendo →
A Fun Week of Speaking English! (I)
This week, we started a set of oral activities in our English lessons. The main goal was simple: to speak English, play, listen and learn together. In the English classroom, speaking is very important. Children need time to practise short sentences many times. They also need to feel safe, motivated and confident. For this reason,... Seguir lendo →
There’s a Shark in the Park! Memory Games
This week we are working with the story There’s a Shark in the Park! in our English lessons. Esta semana estamos a traballar a historia There’s a Shark in the Park! nas clases de inglés. To practise the vocabulary from the story, we have created two different Memory Games: Para practicar o vocabulario do conto,... Seguir lendo →
Small Sentences, Big Learning
Today, in our 2nd grade English class, we did a very special activity to practise the structures “It can” and “It can’t” using animals. Hoxe, na clase de inglés de 2º de Primaria, realizamos unha actividade moi especial para traballar as estruturas “It can” e “It can’t” a través dos animais. We used a Genially... Seguir lendo →
The Fruit Basket Game: Learning English with Handa’s Surprise
Today, our 3, 4 and 5-year-old children enjoyed a lovely group activity based on our own version of the story Handa’s Surprise. The children worked in teams with a fruit spinner and an empty basket. They took turns to spin the wheel and say the name of the fruit in English. Then they had to... Seguir lendo →
Snakes and Ladders-Superlatives Edition
We would like to present a new game for our 6th grade students: Snakes and Ladders – Superlatives Edition. With this fun activity, children can practise superlative adjectives in English while they roll the dice, move around the board and answer questions. It is a playful way to improve grammar, speaking and participation in class.... Seguir lendo →
Mission: Find the Red Ball!
Today our classroom turned into a mystery zone. To finish our unit, we transformed the classroom into an Action Zone to practice everything we learned about furniture, animals, and those tricky prepositions (in, on, under). Our goal was simple but challenging: use our Listening, Speaking, Reading, and Writing skills to solve the mystery of the... Seguir lendo →
Ready, Set… Exit Ticket
Today, we want to share one of the most successful routines in our English classes: Exit Tickets. An Exit Ticket is a quick activity (2 to 3 minutes) we do at the end of the lesson. It includes a simple question or challenge to see what the students learned today. Un Exit Ticket é unha... Seguir lendo →
Learning English Through Play: Bingo & Build the Sentence
This week in our English classroom, we continued working with our story Where’s My Red Ball? through two interactive activities that helped us practise listening, speaking and early writing skills in a fun and meaningful way. The first activity was a Bingo game. But not a traditional vocabulary bingo! Instead of calling out single words,... Seguir lendo →

















