On 7 June the kindergarten already celebrated the end of the school year because the Greek summer holidays are very near. From Thursday 15 June no school will be open anymore. We volunteers in the kindergarten were a big part of this celebration. We learnt the songs and choreographies with […]
Daily Archives: September 15, 2017
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Every year before the summer holidays most schools go on a „big excursion“. Why “big”? Because this excursion, unlike others during the school year, lasts the whole day. What really surprised us was that every child was accompanied by a family member, so per child it was at least a […]
On Friday 28 April the first three classes of the primary school went on a little adventure. Three teachers, one volunteer and 33 children got on a bus that would bring them to two places on the island. Because it was really hot that day every child had to wear […]
Today we had a special guest in 2nd primary school of Vrontados. A police officer from the Traffic Police Station of Chios came to speak for two hours to the children about the main ways of transportation, street signs and security information. The awareness of the significance of this topic […]
On Friday 5th of May, Sassa Voulgari, a storyteller coming from Athens, performed in front of the children in the school library. Firstly A’, B’ and Γ’ classes and later the remaining ones had the pleasure to listen to her enchanting stories about princesses, kings, castles, sailors, birds and beautiful landscape […]
In preparation of the Christmas Theater the TES volunteers made paper masks for the scene where the witch Frikantela magically changes children into frogs, ducks, cats, dogs and then cows. With the help of our handicrafts and some light and fog effects it looked really mysterious in the end! To see all […]
It is the beginning of May, the days are warmer and the end of school is in sight. What better time to take the school for an excursion. In Nenita you do not have to walk far to find a beautiful place with a lot of space for children to […]
Since November of the school year 2016/17 the 3rd Primary School of Vrontados established a music group under the guidance of one of our TES volunteers and in cooperation with the headteacher and music teacher of the school. Every week the group of 16 children from the fifth and sixth […]
The last Monday was a unique day for us, because we TES volunteers went to the school football competition – but not as visitors! We were the coaches of the team of our school because the sport teacher was with other children on an excursion abroad. Before the math day, […]
On October 5 our school took a trip to the beach Daskalopetra. This beautiful beach is actually not that far from our school and therefore the perfect location for an excursion with the whole school. Next to the beach there’s a playground and a basketball court. The children had a […]
On 15 June the school year officially ended in Greece. To celebrate the beginning of summer the students presented songs and theater plays in front of parents and classmates. Especially the first and last class of the school thought of something special for the event. Also we had to say […]