Professor Michael Gregory once again held a lecture at Savremena Gimnazija

Michael Gregory, a science professor from France, who visited our school at the beginning of the school year, found himself in Serbia again, performing at the Science Festival.

Bearing in mind that he has good relations with his colleagues from Savremena Gimnazija, he gladly agreed to come to Savremena before the festival and show some interesting experiments to the first-grade students attending the Combined Programme.

Students realised that science is all around them

So on Wednesday, 3 May, Professor Gregory shared with our students some experiments concerning pressure and the Bernoulli effect, sound and resonance, and electric charge.

Students actively participated in the demonstration, posed hypotheses and answered the professor's questions. In this way, the students realised that science is all around them and that it can explain many phenomena from everyday life.

Linguistic importance of this lecture

In addition to the scientific aspect, this event also had linguistic importance, because the students attending the Combined Programme had the opportunity to listen to a native English speaker since Professor Michael Gregory is from Canada. They listened to scientific concepts in English, understood and followed the instructions and asked and answered questions, which was also an excellent exercise in applying knowledge of a foreign language.

We hope to organise a similar event next year with the same or new guests from abroad or from our country, and until then, we invite all students to share with us some interesting experiments they have heard about.

I am extremely pleased and proud to be the parent of a Savremena student. During my first encounter with the school management, when I asked about my child’s potential enrolment, I saw how much love, enthusiasm and professionalism you put in your work. I was impressed by your approach, ideas and methods. I couldn’t believe something like this existed in our country! It doesn’t take long to realise that this is a school you would recommend to everyone. Creativity, modern technology, top-quality education, and most of all, the humaneness that can be seen throughout the school, make it truly different and worthy of its name – Savremena Gimnazija. With such an approach, the success of this school and, consequently, our children’s success, is unavoidable. Congratulations! Jelena Đorđević, Andrija’s mum
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