City plan

 City plan

We’re building a model of Restland

 

After a few days of planning, drawing, and teamwork, the moment we were all waiting for finally came — we built the model of our eco city, Restland! 

Together, we decided where to place the houses, schools, parks, playgrounds, and bike paths. We wanted our city to be not only beautiful but also friendly to both people and nature. 

To build our city, we used recycled materials – boxes, cardboard, bottle caps, paper rolls, and everything that could get a second life. 
Every detail was carefully thought out: there were solar panels, wind turbines, recycling bins, and lots of green spaces. 

Working on the model was full of joy and cooperation – everyone had their own task and idea.

The result was a dream city where people live in harmony with nature, support one another, and care for the environment. 

It was a wonderful stage of our Happy Islands – Eco-Cities of the Future project, and we are truly proud of the result! 

We illustrate the slogan of the Islands of Happiness.

 We illustrate the slogan of the Islands of Happiness.

Building Our Own Wind Power Plant!

 

During the lesson, we talked about renewable energy sources and how important it is to take care of our planet. We decided to put theory into practice and build our own wind power plant!

We proudly present the result of our work — our little energy island is running at full speed! 

Learning About Endangered Animals – Protecting Nature in Flowerland

 

We are learning the names of endangered animals and discovering why it is so important to protect them. In Flowerland, our residents care deeply about nature and the environment, and this activity reminded us how everyone can help preserve our planet.

Thanks to Iwona Pawłowska for organizing this fantastic lesson! It was not only educational but also inspiring, showing how humans – and Flowerland’s citizens – can care for amazing creatures and their habitats.

It was a great way to combine learning with curiosity and creativity, and now we feel more motivated to protect endangered species around the world.

Class 1b in the World of Renewable Energy!

 

Today we watched an interesting film about renewable energy sources. We learned where electricity from the sun, wind, and water comes from, and how we can use these forces of nature to protect our planet.

We really enjoyed the film, and it inspired us to take further action – we are already planning our own eco-friendly projects!

Our model of the virtual city of Flowerland

 

Our class is currently finishing up a model of the virtual city of Flowerland, which was built on the Happy Islands. For the past few weeks, we've been working in teams of several people, planning, building, and decorating our unique city of the future.

Each group designed their own streets, complete with buildings, parks, and more.

Our model is not only the result of collaborative work but also a lesson in planning. We still have a few ideas

Code Week – The Photons sprang into action!

Today we had another online meeting with our friends from class 3a at Primary School No. 3 in Piotrków Trybunalski. Together, we are working on an innovation project with Photon robots, and once a month we meet for joint lessons.

This time, we combined three wonderful initiatives — our innovation, the international project “Happy Islands,” and the European Coding Week – Code Week 2025.

Our task was very important: to clean up and sort the rubbish. The children from both classes prepared interesting missions for each other, and the Photons got to work!
The robots had to find the scattered waste and then program a route to place it in the correct bins.

There was lots of excitement, laughter, and learning. We discovered how important cooperation, ecology, and logical thinking are. Each Photon did a fantastic job — these were truly green special missions!

Planting Irises – A Garden Grows!

 Yesterday, 2nd grade students dug and prepared the soil in which they planted IRISES. Our parents also helped us.

Today we celebrated Thanksgiving Day for the fruits of the earth and Bread Day.

On that occasion, we visited the local church of St. Mark, which is a cultural monument of the Republic of Croatia. It was built in the 16th century and is made entirely of wood. There is a Baroque altar in the church. The priest told us that we should be grateful for the fruits that the earth gives us, but that we should also be grateful to each other. We should be spiritual food for each other and encourage mutual growth.

Glowing Fish - Udičarka

 

We also made a glowing fish out of clay. With the help of a student's dad, we connected a lamp and a battery.

We learned that this fish lives in great depths. In the dark, no one can see it. It doesn't need beauty to survive. It uses light to hunt its prey, that's how it feeds.

Code Week 2025

We created our city from waste and packaging.

We created our city from waste and packaging.

We also tried to make a city with the help of clay. We drew streets and squares - a city plan

Musical Riddles and Rhythm Coding

Students from Koszalin sent us their musical riddles, which became an inspiration for our class. Fascinated by their ideas, we created our own rhythmic patterns using virtual Korbo blocks. In this way, we combined the world of music with coding. The activities brought lots of joy and showed that learning through play is a great way to explore both music and logic.

Virtual City

 

The main goal of the Happy Islands project is to create an ecological city of the future completely from scratch. We build it in various ways, searching for innovative and inspiring solutions. Artificial intelligence supports our work by helping us create visualizations of objects based on our descriptions, as well as entire districts of our virtual city — Flowerland. Thanks to teamwork and collaboration, a guide to our unique city is being created.

Our presentation:

At our school, we have announced a competition for an ECO SCHOOL LOGO.

 

Glowing Fish

 

After we laminated the balloon, we cut holes and formed the body of the fish. We added a plastic tube above the eyes. We put lights in its mouth, like those used to decorate a Christmas tree. Our fish started to glow. I have never seen such happiness in my class.

Tatjana <orešković, 2. a, OŠ Frana Galovića, Zagreb

Our vehicles

 Our vehicles

3D house designs - Tinkercad

 

Today in our class we turned into real architects!

 

As part of the project “Happy Islands – Ecological Cities of the Future,” we hosted an architect who told us about her extraordinary work. We learned how building designs are created — from the first ideas and sketches all the way to finished constructions. She showed us that modern houses can be beautiful, functional, and environmentally friendly.

We talked about ecological solutions such as green roofs, solar panels, rainwater tanks, and houses built from natural materials. We understood that each of us can influence what the world around us looks like — even through small decisions.

And then… it was time for action!
In the spirit of STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art & Math), we combined knowledge and creativity:

• as engineers, we designed the structure of our cardboard houses,

• as artists, we gave them shape, color, and character,

• as scientists, we tested which parts of the construction were the strongest,

• as ecologists, we thought about how to make our houses friendly to nature.

We created fascinating buildings. Each project was unique, just like our ideas and dreams about the future.

 

Building Houses of the Future!

Today we met with an architect who told us about her work and eco-friendly building ideas. Inspired by her story, we became young architects ourselves! As part of our project “Happy Islands – Eco-Cities of the Future”, we designed and built cardboard houses. Our eco-buildings of the future are creative, strong, and kind to nature! 

ECO-FRIENDLY VEHICLES

 This week, we created eco-friendly vehicles. Some of them will travel around eco-cities, and one of them will go on a Math*s Safari.

We used recycled materials and created wonderful vehicles. Take a look for yourselves!

Ecological vehicle autorstwa Klasa 3a SP