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ARTFUL CHRISTMAS 2025

An Artful Merry Christmas Activity

My 4th grade and 6th grade pupils brought art-inspired Christmas trees to life by colouring them in the styles of famous painters and iconic artworks. From bold brushstrokes to playful patterns, every tree turned into a unique little masterpiece that captured the pupils' creativity and imagination. The activity blended art with English as pupils wrote their own Christmas wishes and messages alongside their creations.

A short guide to painters and their iconic artworks:

A collage of pupils' creations

The Christmas tree worksheets were available as free printables on the site: maestrainbluejeans.com

CHRISTMAS COUNTDOWN

Christmas Countdown Clock

EUROPEAN DAY OF LANGUAGES 2025

We celebrated European Day of Languages, 2025 through Lara’s First Journey booklet, exploring a variety of languages and cultures. Pupils enjoyed listening to different languages and tried to learn some new words. In a collaborative lesson in the subjects of Art and English, our pupils participated in the poster and the T-shirt logo design competitions inspired by this year’s theme: "Languages Open Hearts and Minds".

Lara's language journey across Europe booklet

Lara's language journey across Europe - How do languages sound

T-shirt Logo "Languages Open

Hearts and Minds"

Logo Poster

These are the two designs we submitted to the logo T-shirt competition:

1st design

2nd design

Danai G., Rafail K. and Michaela A. designed the logo using canva. Their thoughts while designing the logo: "Just like electricity powers and turns on devices, language empowers and lights up our hearts and minds. Language connects emotions with thoughts, feelings with understanding."

EDL Posters

EUROPEAN DAY OF LANGUAGES FOR PEACE 2024

EUROPEAN DAY OF LANGUAGES

INITIATIVE FOR PEACE 2024

"Peace" in different languages worksheet

"Peace" in different languages video

"Imagine" by John Lennon worksheet

English & Art

A collaborative poster created in the subjects of English and Art, inspired by John Lennon's iconic song "Imagine". Our pupils participated actively in the EDL 2024 initiative "Languages for Peace" by contributing their artwork and vision for a more peaceful world.

5th grade pupils' poster

...Let's not forget

"Peace begins with you & me"

6th grade pupils' poster

European Day of Languages and the Selfish Giant

26th of September

European Day of Languages

This September Oscar Wilde's masterpiece "The Selfish Giant" inspired my colleagues and I to create a collage with the giant and his garden in Greek, English, French, Italian, Russian and German. Kind words make his garden bloom while hate words make flowers and trees to deteriorate.