Within the frames of the project: Integrated bilingual primary school (IBPS), besides realization of the regular educational process in Macedonian and Albanian language, there are everyday afterschool bilingual activities (of informal type).
The planning and realization of those activities is done by 2 class teachers – one Macedonian and one Albanian, who are working at the same time with all students from both 1st class grades, i.e. 10 Macedonians and 11 Albanians.
Owing to the bilingual approach, i.e. the rephrasing, there are everyday joint afterschool activities. These activities are of a different type. NDC Skopje has prepared 5 annual programs for afterschool activities within the frames of the:
Art section
Drama section
Eco section
Ethno section
Program for education in peace and tolerance.
The “game approach” dominates in those activities and at the same time the team and tandem work of the children are being promoted.
The duration of the informal bilingual activities is 2 school classes, which are being realized in one classroom, right after the end of the regular curricular process during all 5 working days.
Initiating quality and constructive interaction and communication between the children from the Macedonian and Albanian ethnic community;
Overcoming the stereotypes and prejudices of the children related to their different ethnic, cultural and language background;
Spontaneous preservation of the non-native language, as well as preservation of the native language;
Developing skills for constructive solving of the conflict situations;
Introducing the children with the cultural inheritance of the other ethnic communities, as well as respecting the own cultural and historic treasure;
Initiating children’s originality, creative potential, as well as supporting their curious spirit;
Creating a positive social and emotional climate in the whole group with ethnically heterogeneous structure.
Gallery of extracurricular activities from the 1st grade students