Also, day of the child event. 

On mother's day, a whole block is picked by each grade level and the parents who do not live in that block come to be recognized by the students. It's a project the students work on all year long to put it together for their mothers....

In this work there is an exploration of factors behind learners’ motivation of English as a second language in a primary school in Madrid. A questionnaire based on a scale developed by Ardasheva et al. (2012) to measure the Self-Determination Theory, was administered to more than 100 students. Principal Component Analysis of the answers allows to identify 4 main factors behind Spanish young learners of English as a second language: External regulation, Introjected regulation, Intrinsic motivation, motivation for interest and challenge. Regression analysis showed that external regulation was the key factor for students self-perceived grades performance, while Intrinsic motivation and motivation for interest and challenge where the relevant factors to explain students’ enjoyment of school.

In Chinese legend, a carp turns into a dragon after jumping over the "dragon gate" in the Yellow River. The story is often used to encourage children from deprived families to climb social ladders by studying hard. The Chinese word for "fish" is also a homophone for "abundance" and a symbol of wealth.

"We used to issue notebooks and pencils as awards, but the parents were barely impressed," he said.