PUBLIC SECRET by Cagla Altintas https://padlet.com/caglaaltintas/pqzea9tb5ekia2le eTwinning Project en-us 2021-10-10 11:25:48 UTC 2025-12-23 15:45:45 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f33b.png Çağla Orkan-Çatalca Gazi Primary School-İstanbul-Turkey caglaaltintas https://padlet.com/caglaaltintas/pqzea9tb5ekia2le/wish/1805295978
Hi.I am an English Teacher in Gazi Primary School in Çatalca,İstanbul. My school was founded in 1939 and used to have just three classrooms when it was first opened.It has been rebuilt and reconstructed for several times and a Primary School since 2013.The school has around 300 students at the age of 6-11. My "eTwinning" team and I are ready for our new project's tasks and activities. We are pretty sure that we will both do our bests and enjoy the process
]]> 2021-10-10 12:33:33 UTC https://padlet.com/caglaaltintas/pqzea9tb5ekia2le/wish/1805295978 DOT DAY ACTIVITY-1 caglaaltintas https://padlet.com/caglaaltintas/pqzea9tb5ekia2le/wish/1805298006 Çağla ORKAN-Çatalca Gazi İkokulu
International Dot Day is every September 15 and, today, we chose videos of professions and watched them. My students tried to guess the jobs. Finally they drew the professions that they want to be in the future on Dot Day worksheet. By using Quiver web 2.0 tool, we had great fun.
]]> 2021-10-10 12:35:17 UTC https://padlet.com/caglaaltintas/pqzea9tb5ekia2le/wish/1805298006 DOT DAY ACTIVITY-2 caglaaltintas https://padlet.com/caglaaltintas/pqzea9tb5ekia2le/wish/1805302812 Çağla ORKAN-Çatalca Gazi İkokulu
International Dot Day is every September 15 and, today, we chose videos of professions and watched them. My students tried to guess the jobs. Finally they drew the professions that they want to be in the future on Dot Day worksheet. By using Quiver web 2.0 tool, we had great fun.
]]> 2021-10-10 12:38:50 UTC https://padlet.com/caglaaltintas/pqzea9tb5ekia2le/wish/1805302812 DOT DAY ACTIVITY-3 caglaaltintas https://padlet.com/caglaaltintas/pqzea9tb5ekia2le/wish/1805304419 Çağla ORKAN-Çatalca Gazi İkokulu
International Dot Day is every September 15 and, today, we chose videos of professions and watched them. My students tried to guess the jobs. Finally they drew the professions that they want to be in the future on Dot Day worksheet. By using Quiver web 2.0 tool, we had great fun.
]]> 2021-10-10 12:39:52 UTC https://padlet.com/caglaaltintas/pqzea9tb5ekia2le/wish/1805304419 Our First Meeting-10th of October caglaaltintas https://padlet.com/caglaaltintas/pqzea9tb5ekia2le/wish/1805324099  It was a great meeting. We discussed October-November and December's activities and cleared our minds. Thanks for participation. I hope to see you next month again. Nice to meet you all.]]> 2021-10-10 12:52:32 UTC https://padlet.com/caglaaltintas/pqzea9tb5ekia2le/wish/1805324099 CODE WEEK ACTIVITY caglaaltintas https://padlet.com/caglaaltintas/pqzea9tb5ekia2le/wish/1805358456 My students cracked the code and coloured the pictures. We enjoyed and studied on the templates of éwww.zaplycode.it/play/zpixel/create" My students created and coloured the words of family members such as father,mother,sister etc. I appreciate their work.]]> 2021-10-10 13:12:47 UTC https://padlet.com/caglaaltintas/pqzea9tb5ekia2le/wish/1805358456 News of Code Week Activity caglaaltintas https://padlet.com/caglaaltintas/pqzea9tb5ekia2le/wish/1805543655 Our Code Week activity took place and published on Twitter and Instagram pages of Çatalca District Directorate of National Education, eTwinning İstanbul and Çatalca Gazi Primary School.]]> 2021-10-10 14:48:11 UTC https://padlet.com/caglaaltintas/pqzea9tb5ekia2le/wish/1805543655 The news of my Project "Public Secret" caglaaltintas https://padlet.com/caglaaltintas/pqzea9tb5ekia2le/wish/1805563293 My project is on the official website of our school. You can read about it :
https://catalcagaziio.meb.k12.tr/icerikler/yeni-donem-yeni-projeler_11886925.html]]> 2021-10-10 14:58:10 UTC https://padlet.com/caglaaltintas/pqzea9tb5ekia2le/wish/1805563293 Parents' Consent caglaaltintas https://padlet.com/caglaaltintas/pqzea9tb5ekia2le/wish/1819350250 I informed the families and took necessary permissions for the project.]]> 2021-10-15 10:33:22 UTC https://padlet.com/caglaaltintas/pqzea9tb5ekia2le/wish/1819350250 My students' logo creation process caglaaltintas https://padlet.com/caglaaltintas/pqzea9tb5ekia2le/wish/1819380284 They created Public Secret logos via Canva. Congratssss......]]> 2021-10-15 10:57:24 UTC https://padlet.com/caglaaltintas/pqzea9tb5ekia2le/wish/1819380284 Our logos caglaaltintas https://padlet.com/caglaaltintas/pqzea9tb5ekia2le/wish/1836391706 My eTwinning Team created their logos by Canva.]]> 2021-10-22 14:08:45 UTC https://padlet.com/caglaaltintas/pqzea9tb5ekia2le/wish/1836391706 Our New Secret Names caglaaltintas https://padlet.com/caglaaltintas/pqzea9tb5ekia2le/wish/1846177766 We created our Secret Names (Japanese Names) :) My students enjoyed the process. They wrote down and read their new secret names and that was the funniest part. They are keeping their new secret names for the coming activity.]]> 2021-10-26 20:06:41 UTC https://padlet.com/caglaaltintas/pqzea9tb5ekia2le/wish/1846177766 My students' Secret Messages with Ceaser Wheels caglaaltintas https://padlet.com/caglaaltintas/pqzea9tb5ekia2le/wish/1864320159 We createed our Secret Messages by ceaser wheels. It was fun. Now it is your turn my dear partners :) Can you and your students decode our messages?]]> 2021-11-03 11:29:23 UTC https://padlet.com/caglaaltintas/pqzea9tb5ekia2le/wish/1864320159 Ceaser wheels are great caglaaltintas https://padlet.com/caglaaltintas/pqzea9tb5ekia2le/wish/1864323270 The process of creating our secret messages with the ceaser wheels]]> 2021-11-03 11:31:05 UTC https://padlet.com/caglaaltintas/pqzea9tb5ekia2le/wish/1864323270 2nd Meeting-15th of November caglaaltintas https://padlet.com/caglaaltintas/pqzea9tb5ekia2le/wish/1920229448 2021-11-30 12:33:11 UTC https://padlet.com/caglaaltintas/pqzea9tb5ekia2le/wish/1920229448 3rd Meeting-24th of November caglaaltintas https://padlet.com/caglaaltintas/pqzea9tb5ekia2le/wish/1920230697 2021-11-30 12:33:54 UTC https://padlet.com/caglaaltintas/pqzea9tb5ekia2le/wish/1920230697 Our meeting on Chatroom-24th of November caglaaltintas https://padlet.com/caglaaltintas/pqzea9tb5ekia2le/wish/1920234821 Our teams collaborated, communicated and enjoyed the activites.]]> 2021-11-30 12:36:26 UTC https://padlet.com/caglaaltintas/pqzea9tb5ekia2le/wish/1920234821 Googe Forms-Mentimeter-Quizizz caglaaltintas https://padlet.com/caglaaltintas/pqzea9tb5ekia2le/wish/1920238799 We met on chatroom, enjoyed the activities, answered the questions on Google forms, Mentimeter and Quizizz. Our teams  communicated and collaborated. They answered the questions of Mentimeter and Quizizz and the survey of Google Forms. The teams worked together.]]> 2021-11-30 12:38:51 UTC https://padlet.com/caglaaltintas/pqzea9tb5ekia2le/wish/1920238799 My team on Chatroom caglaaltintas https://padlet.com/caglaaltintas/pqzea9tb5ekia2le/wish/1920553399 My students entered the chatroom on Twinspace. I helped them while doing activities, answering questions on Quizizz and Mentimeter. We are perfect.]]> 2021-11-30 14:45:01 UTC https://padlet.com/caglaaltintas/pqzea9tb5ekia2le/wish/1920553399 4th Meeting caglaaltintas https://padlet.com/caglaaltintas/pqzea9tb5ekia2le/wish/1929478276 MEETING-5th of December
We met and decided the process of exchanging letters between schools from different countries. 

Ready for sending and receiving the letters. 
Looking forward to decode the secret messages hidden in the letters.


]]> 2021-12-05 12:27:05 UTC https://padlet.com/caglaaltintas/pqzea9tb5ekia2le/wish/1929478276 "SECRET MESSAGES" ACTIVITY FOR CHRISTMAS :) caglaaltintas https://padlet.com/caglaaltintas/pqzea9tb5ekia2le/wish/1931271917 Here are some works for Christmas.

We decoded the hidden words-sentences about SantaClaus.

Thanks Reny for suggesting these worksheets, the activities are great :)

]]> 2021-12-06 14:43:09 UTC https://padlet.com/caglaaltintas/pqzea9tb5ekia2le/wish/1931271917 Our crafts on the school board :) caglaaltintas https://padlet.com/caglaaltintas/pqzea9tb5ekia2le/wish/1931652899 Here are some works for Christmas. 
We hang the crafts on the school board. 
All my students in the school have chance to see and observe our works and the project. 

We decoded the hidden words-sentences about SantaClaus.]]> 2021-12-06 17:03:43 UTC https://padlet.com/caglaaltintas/pqzea9tb5ekia2le/wish/1931652899 DEAR SANTA I HAVE A MESSAGE FOR YOU caglaaltintas https://padlet.com/caglaaltintas/pqzea9tb5ekia2le/wish/1936811994 We prepared and decorated our postcards, letters and christmas trees with secret messages on it.

Our letters, secret messages and christmas postcards are ready to be posted to Spain, Dear Carolina' s students :)

]]> 2021-12-08 20:59:50 UTC https://padlet.com/caglaaltintas/pqzea9tb5ekia2le/wish/1936811994 SECRET MESSAGES : READY TO BE POSTED caglaaltintas https://padlet.com/caglaaltintas/pqzea9tb5ekia2le/wish/1939077172 My students decoded one secret word about Christmas. We also had a cipher of Roman numerals. They are ready to be posted to Spain and Serbia.]]> 2021-12-09 20:11:03 UTC https://padlet.com/caglaaltintas/pqzea9tb5ekia2le/wish/1939077172 NEWS ON OUR WEBSITE caglaaltintas https://padlet.com/caglaaltintas/pqzea9tb5ekia2le/wish/1955838203 My students' works, crafts and activities of Public Secret were published on our school's official website.]]> 2021-12-19 20:08:01 UTC https://padlet.com/caglaaltintas/pqzea9tb5ekia2le/wish/1955838203 Pretest for Teachers caglaaltintas https://padlet.com/caglaaltintas/pqzea9tb5ekia2le/wish/1957602894 I prepared the test, questions, results, graphics and video.]]> 2021-12-20 19:54:22 UTC https://padlet.com/caglaaltintas/pqzea9tb5ekia2le/wish/1957602894 Our Secret Messages in Spain caglaaltintas https://padlet.com/caglaaltintas/pqzea9tb5ekia2le/wish/1960896543 My dear partner Carolina and her students have received our letters, postcards and christmas trees with secret messages. They have decoded the words that my students deciphred by painting on christmas trees. It is great to see that they all enjoyed our letters. A great connection and happiness between two countries' students :)]]> 2021-12-22 17:26:07 UTC https://padlet.com/caglaaltintas/pqzea9tb5ekia2le/wish/1960896543 Dissemination on Twitter and Instagram caglaaltintas https://padlet.com/caglaaltintas/pqzea9tb5ekia2le/wish/1961021557 All of our activities, crafts and tasks of the project are regularly published on our school's official social media accounts- Twitter and Instagram.]]> 2021-12-22 19:16:10 UTC https://padlet.com/caglaaltintas/pqzea9tb5ekia2le/wish/1961021557 OUR LETTERS ARE FROM SPAIN caglaaltintas https://padlet.com/caglaaltintas/pqzea9tb5ekia2le/wish/1963249859 We received our secret messages and letters from Dear Carolina and her students. It was a great joy for my students to decode the messages. Thanks for all the crafts, letters, ceaser wheels, good wishes and the kings :)]]> 2021-12-24 20:52:45 UTC https://padlet.com/caglaaltintas/pqzea9tb5ekia2le/wish/1963249859 Letters on the school board caglaaltintas https://padlet.com/caglaaltintas/pqzea9tb5ekia2le/wish/1965694813 We are exhibiting the secret messages and letters on the board of our school for dissemination. ]]> 2021-12-27 18:36:30 UTC https://padlet.com/caglaaltintas/pqzea9tb5ekia2le/wish/1965694813 One More Secret Message from Serbia caglaaltintas https://padlet.com/caglaaltintas/pqzea9tb5ekia2le/wish/1980303497 We received one more "Secret Message" from Serbia. Thanks Jasna, dear partner and founder... 
We deciphered your students' message. 
It is "GIFT :)" 
]]> 2022-01-07 10:05:27 UTC https://padlet.com/caglaaltintas/pqzea9tb5ekia2le/wish/1980303497 my students' decoding crafts of secret messages from Spain caglaaltintas https://padlet.com/caglaaltintas/pqzea9tb5ekia2le/wish/1989124795 2022-01-12 20:52:48 UTC https://padlet.com/caglaaltintas/pqzea9tb5ekia2le/wish/1989124795 Our 5 th Meeting caglaaltintas https://padlet.com/caglaaltintas/pqzea9tb5ekia2le/wish/2031461431 Our 5th Meeting- 6th of February
We planned and had an online meeting with our partners. We discussed and decided the Safer Internet Day activity. We also planned the students' meeting to be held on coming days.
]]> 2022-02-06 14:20:51 UTC https://padlet.com/caglaaltintas/pqzea9tb5ekia2le/wish/2031461431 SAFER INTERNET DAY ACTIVITY-1 caglaaltintas https://padlet.com/caglaaltintas/pqzea9tb5ekia2le/wish/2038350218  SAFER INTERNET DAY  :For our safer internet day task of project,  I chose and printed some well-known kids songs. My students created their longer and safer passcodes from the first or last letters of the words of the lyrics. Here are some photos of the process and the crafts: ]]> 2022-02-09 16:43:17 UTC https://padlet.com/caglaaltintas/pqzea9tb5ekia2le/wish/2038350218 SAFER INTERNET DAY ACTIVITY-2 caglaaltintas https://padlet.com/caglaaltintas/pqzea9tb5ekia2le/wish/2038351524  SAFER INTERNET DAY  :For our safer internet day task of project,  I chose and printed some well-known kids songs. My students created their longer and safer passcodes from the first or last letters of the words of the lyrics. Here are some photos of the process and the crafts: ]]> 2022-02-09 16:43:48 UTC https://padlet.com/caglaaltintas/pqzea9tb5ekia2le/wish/2038351524 SAFER INTERNET DAY ACTIVITY-3 caglaaltintas https://padlet.com/caglaaltintas/pqzea9tb5ekia2le/wish/2038356813  SAFER INTERNET DAY  :For our safer internet day task of project,  I chose and printed some well-known kids songs. My students created their longer and safer passcodes from the first or last letters of the words of the lyrics. Here are some photos of the process and the crafts: ]]> 2022-02-09 16:45:50 UTC https://padlet.com/caglaaltintas/pqzea9tb5ekia2le/wish/2038356813 DISPLAYED ON OUR SCHOOL BOARD caglaaltintas https://padlet.com/caglaaltintas/pqzea9tb5ekia2le/wish/2044460241 My students colored some posters about safer internet day. They are on our school board now]]> 2022-02-13 11:31:45 UTC https://padlet.com/caglaaltintas/pqzea9tb5ekia2le/wish/2044460241 My students doing the crafts of safer internet day tasks caglaaltintas https://padlet.com/caglaaltintas/pqzea9tb5ekia2le/wish/2044460582 2022-02-13 11:32:17 UTC https://padlet.com/caglaaltintas/pqzea9tb5ekia2le/wish/2044460582 Cooperation and Collaboration with my Colleague caglaaltintas https://padlet.com/caglaaltintas/pqzea9tb5ekia2le/wish/2067638855 My colleague Arife Teacher and I presented a  seminar about the technology addiction and kids guide to the internet. It was a perfect collaboration for the Safer Internet Day activity. Thanks to Dear Arife Teacher for her help and willingness to contribute something to my eTwinning project. Here are some photos of our Safer Internet Day seminar:]]> 2022-02-26 17:09:57 UTC https://padlet.com/caglaaltintas/pqzea9tb5ekia2le/wish/2067638855 Walk Like an Egyptian Game caglaaltintas https://padlet.com/caglaaltintas/pqzea9tb5ekia2le/wish/2097838668 WALK LIKE AN EGYPTIAN ACTIVITY

SPAIN-ITALY-TURKEY

The students of three countries had an online meeting yesterday. My students tried to answer the questions that Dear Carolina and her students had created for us. It  was a good opportunity for our students to communicate with each other and practice English. 

Many thanks to  my dear partners,Carolina and Domi... We were a great team.
]]> 2022-03-16 11:34:37 UTC https://padlet.com/caglaaltintas/pqzea9tb5ekia2le/wish/2097838668 7th Teacher Meeting caglaaltintas https://padlet.com/caglaaltintas/pqzea9tb5ekia2le/wish/2097873517 7th TEACHER MEETING- We decided and planned the task-TELL ME/SHOW ME]]> 2022-03-16 11:58:36 UTC https://padlet.com/caglaaltintas/pqzea9tb5ekia2le/wish/2097873517 FINAL TASK-CREATING AND CIPHERING STORIES caglaaltintas https://padlet.com/caglaaltintas/pqzea9tb5ekia2le/wish/2126679485 We completed our final task. My students wrote a story about our town,Çatalca. We omitted some words and ciphered the words by mors alphabet. We used dots and lines instead of letters.
We will share the whole story soon and invite you a challange to decipher our story.
]]> 2022-04-02 18:52:10 UTC https://padlet.com/caglaaltintas/pqzea9tb5ekia2le/wish/2126679485 Our final task- a story of our town, Çatalca caglaaltintas https://padlet.com/caglaaltintas/pqzea9tb5ekia2le/wish/2129028230 Hi my dear partners. We've completed our final task, a story of our town,Çatalca. Some sentences are ciphered by my students. 

It is your turn to decipher and read about our town's story.

I am uploading the mors alphabet chart for decoding.

]]> 2022-04-04 16:35:11 UTC https://padlet.com/caglaaltintas/pqzea9tb5ekia2le/wish/2129028230 Dissemination Seminars and Meetings caglaaltintas https://padlet.com/caglaaltintas/pqzea9tb5ekia2le/wish/2131393291 I've had seminars in Çatalca District Directorate of National Education
and  presented Public Secret. to the teachers and headmasters.]]> 2022-04-05 20:03:32 UTC https://padlet.com/caglaaltintas/pqzea9tb5ekia2le/wish/2131393291 PARENTS VIEW AND THOUGHTS caglaaltintas https://padlet.com/caglaaltintas/pqzea9tb5ekia2le/wish/2136320013 My students' parents replied and wrote down answers for three questions; 1-What do you think about the project,Public Secret?  2-What kind of effects and changes does the project have on your child? 3- Do you want  your child to participate in an eTwinning project again? . My parents are so pleased and thankful. All of them have positive comments and thoughts.]]> 2022-04-08 13:19:35 UTC https://padlet.com/caglaaltintas/pqzea9tb5ekia2le/wish/2136320013 Certificates for my students caglaaltintas https://padlet.com/caglaaltintas/pqzea9tb5ekia2le/wish/2143033122 The heroes of the project are certainly my students. They have done their best and enjoyed ciphering and deciphering tasks. I think they deserve to be rewarded. Therefore,my school headmaster Mr.Kasap and I've given eTwinning certificates to my eTwinning team. I congratulate all :)


]]> 2022-04-13 21:54:36 UTC https://padlet.com/caglaaltintas/pqzea9tb5ekia2le/wish/2143033122 The results and graphics of the posttest for teachers caglaaltintas https://padlet.com/caglaaltintas/pqzea9tb5ekia2le/wish/2144409743 2022-04-14 22:56:01 UTC https://padlet.com/caglaaltintas/pqzea9tb5ekia2le/wish/2144409743 Final Webinar caglaaltintas https://padlet.com/caglaaltintas/pqzea9tb5ekia2le/wish/2172065331 We are a great and active team for around nine months. It is a long-term partnership and should be never ended, dear partners. Thank you all. :)
 And Dear Jasna, the founder, you did your best and answered our endless questions :) Thanks you :)
Wish Quality Labels for all of us :)


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