On Tuesday, April 17 at 2 o'clock p.m. Võru County's
Teachers of English gathered at Võru Kreutzwald Gymnasium to listen to Ruth and Eve who shared what they had learned about formative assessment.
In Ruth and Eve’s seminar the teachers of English were:
- made to think what is formative assessment
- where and how it could be implemented into language classes
- introduced some ready-made students’ self-assessment grids
- shared experiences with of how one or another implementation has worked out in everyday usage
- given a folder of practical materials to test out in classes
- were made to work out assessment grids for the students’ events organised by Võru County’s English teachers’ Board
Thank you Eve and Ruth!
On Saturday, April 14, 2012 at 10 o'clock took place the second ever Crossword Solving Competition for Form 7 Students at Võru Kreutzwald Gymnasium.
17 2-membered teams had 2 hours to do a big crossword. The students could use English -English, English - Estonian, Estonian - English dictionaries while doing the crosswords and then had to write the solution words to the answers' sheet.
The crosswords were graded by Maila Vilu, Tiia Allas, Ruth Talmet, Maive Salakka, Marju Purge (all from Võru Kreutzwald Gymnasium), Merle Paat (from Antsla Gymnasium), Hille Juss (from Võru I Basic School), Marin Kuslap (from Mõniste Basic Schoo), Mare Veiderpass and Ly Kõiv (both from Võru Kesklinna Gymnasium) and Maiu Pajumets (from Rõuge Basic School).
The best of the best were:
I team "MILKSHAKE" (with 38.5 points)
Rodny Verner Reeder
Pärt Dolenko
(Võru Kreutzwald Gymnasium, teacher: Marju Purge)
II team "GRAMMAR GUYS" (with 37.5 points)
Karel Räppo
Indrek Virk
(Võru Kreutzwald Gymnasium, teacher: Tiia Raag)
III team "MTV-M" (with 35 points)
Tuule Müürsepp
Mari Vijard
(Antsla Gymnasium, teacher: Merle Paat)
IV team "KULDREKAD" (with 34 points)
Kelly Püvi
Helen Mary Vartšun
(Kuldre Basic School, teacher: Karin Hellamaa)
V team "CREAMERY" (with 32 points)
Kris-Sten Saarepuu
Liis Kikas
(Võru Kreutzwald Gymnasium, teacher: Marju Purge)
A huge thank you to Maive Salakka for putting together the crossword.
A big thank you to all the participants and the teachers whose students participated in the competition, to all the teachers who helped to carry out the event and grade the papers.
A tip for the future:
Dear students! Please take care not to misspell the words when copying them from the crossword to the answers' page!!
See you next year!
Enjoy the photos of the event!
Ruth's and Eve Unt's seminar "Formative Assessment in Foreign Language Class" on Tuesday, April 17 at 2 o'clock p.m. at Võru Kreutzwald gymnasium.
Ruth and Eve are going to introduce what is formative assessment, how to implement it into your language class and share their practical experiences on this new and important aspect of the new national curriculum.
Please register for the seminar by April 13 via emailing maive.salakka@gmail.com.
On Saturday, April 14, 2012 at 10 o'clock takes place the second ever Crossword Solving Competition for Form 7 Students at Võru Kreutzwald Gymnasium.
Like last year, we expect 2-membered teams. The students can use dictionaries (English -English, English - Estonian, Estonian - English). Teachers, please register your participants by April 11 by emailing Maive the number and full names of your students at maive.salakka@gmail.com.
