Even in the time of the long summer holidays of the pupils we volunteers are active in the Primary School. That means that we on the one hand work to renovate the school and the garden, on the other hand to play with children. Every day from Monday to Friday […]
Daily Archives: September 6, 2017
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After Iceland, Norway, Estonia, Poland and Italy was Chios the last station of the Comenius programme. Because of this there were 22 teachers coming from five different countries to the Greek island located in the Aegean Sea. All members of Comenius wanted, like the target of the programme says, to develop the […]
The programme, the teachers set up, involves presentation of the visiting countries held by the children of each class, so our task was to assist the classes’ teachers to gather materials and to teach them to the pupils. Each volunteer was responsible for one class, so we searched for customs, […]
Already in the beginning of March 2012 we took part in preparing, step by step, this project which will take part in the middle of June 2012 for 5 days. We sat together with the primary school teachers to discuss, in which ways we can be an assistance for them […]
“ChiosMania”, the name already says it: this website is for everyone who is mad about Chios made by volunteers who are mad about this beautiful island. It is also for everyone who wants to visit Chios and wants to find out more about it. You can get very good impressions […]
The Comenius Programme focuses on all levels of school education, from pre-school and primary to secondary schools. It is relevant for everyone involved in school education: mainly pupils and teachers but also local authorities, representatives of parents’ associations, non-government organisations, teacher training institutes and universities. Part of the EU’s Lifelong […]
During the Christmas time we had the very nice opportunity to take part at the preparations for the decorations of the primary school. In the morning we participated at the lessons of the 2nd grade. The teacher read out some Christmas stories, which they really enjoyed listening to. Afterwards, they […]
As the original website “Rocketwar.gr” was created in 2005 as a result of the youth exchange “Fire 2005”, the design of the site was already old-fashioned compared to our recent websites. So, we transfered the content of the former site to a new template to give it a more appealing […]
In the beginning of every new year the head of the Orthodox Church of the Island – who is Archbishop Markos – visits the schools. On this occasion the teachers and children prepare a special celebration, the Archbishop blesses children, teachers, and the school and cuts “Vasilopita”. This is a […]
In the beginning of march we were invited to help the 2nd class with the preparation for welcoming the spring. We created bracelets, that protect them against the sun of march with them and also assisted them in finishing their traditional spring decoration by tying the paperbirds on a wooden […]
“Learning starts with Curiosity”, this is the reason why we have created this website. We offer you interesting articles and facts about very different topics. You are interested in science? Great! We explain fascinating phenomenons to you that make you understand our world around us. If you are more interested […]
We made Kyria Sarakosti together with the children of the 2nd class. They had fun taking part in this activity while we had the great opportunity to learn more about the Greek culture. Kyria Sarakosti is part of the Greek Easter tradition. Her mouth is hidden behind a scarf because […]