In the school-wide Bethlehem scene competition, our class of Grade 1A led by Katerina and Gabriela won the prize for the most stylish Bethlehem scene.

The children and Gabriela first talked about Bethlehem, we created a mind map, and together we shared ideas of what ours could be like (made of paper, dough, gingerbread...) The whole class had to work on it. We decided on a live scene, and everyone thought of which figure they would like to represent in the Bethlehem scene. They drew a picture of their character and what costume they should wear. In cooperation with their parents, the children then prepared their costumes. We made a video of a live performance, which was projected in the school corridor - at an exhibition together with other Bethlehems.

Our Bethlehem was awarded, and the class received a reward value of 1000 Czech crowns.

MEAL SELF-SERVICE IN KINDERGARTEN

November in Kindergarten ZŠ a MŠ Chýně - we introduced the independent preparation of snacks with the children (the children have the spread in a bowl and spread it on their own bread, yogurts and porridge themselves from a larger bowl) and we are also successful in serving lunches independently.

The school kitchen came to our aid and supplies us with smaller food containers, from which the children take their own portion of lunch. Everything is going wonderfully, no one has gone hungry yet and the children are extremely clever.

We are attaching a few photos for better imagination.

SECOND STUDY VISIT OF CZECH TEAM TO ICELAND

SECOND STUDY VISIT OF ICELANDIC TEAM TO CZECH REPUBLIC IN OCTOBER 2022

FIRST STEP IN PILOT TESTING OF THE METHODOLOGY IN PREPARATORY CLASS 

Czech Republic - Preparatory Class from ZŠ a MŠ Chýně is doing the first little steps in pilot testing of the methodology.

Iceland map - we start with introducing Iceland island to the children at the Preparatory class. Our Iceland map shows all the wonders we can observe here.

We start with the scheduling of the next month - "Moderator of the day". This works great, pupils are very excited and they look forward to their turn to come. They feel the importance of their moment.

The Mind Map is another tool we use and compare at the beginning of the week as well as at the end.

FIRST STEP IN PILOT TESTING OF THE METHODOLOGY IN PRESCHOOL CLASS 

Czech Republic - Our preschool class ZŠ a MŠ Chýně also started with the first steps in pilot testing of experiences gained during the study visit to Iceland. We began with mind maps and moderator of the day concept. 

MAGIC BOXES AT KINDERGARTEN

Our kindergarten children, together with their teacher Martina, tried another example of good practice that inspired our team during a partnership visit to Iceland. We have boxes marked with letters of the alphabet, and children insert different objects or pictures and drawings that start with the same letter into it. The boxes are thus slowly being filled and children learn new words and enlarge their vocabulary.

MIND MAPS AND CARNEVAL IN "FOXES" DEPARTMENT

Message from our teacher Hanka:

We tried to apply a great idea of Mind Maps from Rjupnahaed to our class, Foxes, at the end of February. We planned a carneval in our kindergarten and as we wanted to be more creative and independent, we tried to produce our own costumes.

Furthermore, we used mind maps for thinking about what carnival means for us, what type of costumes can we create, what we WANT to be.

Once every child had an idea, we created a design. Thereafter, we started with coloring t-shirts that children brought from home.

After that, there was a time for finalizing our costumes! It was great fun, and we also learned that we CAN do it by ourselves! We ended up our work with carnival - everyone loved its own costume and was proud of it, and that was the main point of our project.

MIND MAPS OF TEACHERS FROM CHÝNĚ - AUTONOMY AND DEMOCRACY

LUPI BOOK

•  There was an online meeting between the teacher of the preparatory class in the Chýně primary school, Gabriela, and two teachers from the Leikskollin kindergarten Unnur and Heiða last week. They talked about the book they use in kindergarten (LUPI BOOK). Gabriela would really love to create something similar. The biggest sense is visible for pre-school groups. She found out how he works with the book, and what is the meaning of pictures and texts.

• The idea is to make at least A3 posters similarly within our project team. It could then be used as project output. It could be downloadable for a sum of money, and it could be laminated and provided to our school departments.

• At the same time, it could be offered to kindergartens with an explanation of its meaning and how to work with it.