The seven weeks of fasting officially begun! That is the reason why Kiria Despina visited the Second Primary School of Vrontados and showed the 2nd and 3rd class how to bake the traditional Kira Sarakosti. Kira Sarakosti is a small figure baked of bread dough which has seven feet and […]
Monthly Archives: September 2017
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October 28th marks Greece’s participation in the Second World War, which brings forward many emotions among the Greeks, including national pride, unity and strength. On October 28, 1940, the former Prime Minister of Greece, Ionannis Mitaxas, said “NO,” or “Ochi” to Mussolinis ultimatum demanding an Axis invasion in Greece during […]
At 26th of February, the students of the 2nd and 3rd class of the Second Primary School in Vrontados learned how to build a traditional kite. Therefore, Padelis Panajotis came to the school and showed to children what to do. At first he constructed a hexagon by connecting three wooden […]
At 17th of November the 2nd primary school of Vrontados celebrated the so called “Polytechnion”. This day symbolizes the Greek freedom of dictatorship and the way towards democracy. With much thought the children of the 5th class prepared an informative presentation about the historical background of that important Greek day. […]
Because the Greek carnival is not so far away, on 14th of February the 6th class made a colorful kite. Therefore, the kids nailed several wooden sticks together to create a frame. They connected all sticks at one point in the middle so the frame looked like a star. Then […]
Painting chairs in school Back to school after nice holidays, every child seemed to be very motivated for new knowledge, lessons, fun and workshops. So we continued our holiday workshop with the children of the primary school. The general idea of this workshop is to let children color some old […]
In the second school of Vrontados the third class commemorate the 11th of November, an important day in the history of Chios Island, because it was the day that the island stopped to be part of the Ottoman Empire and returned to be a part of Greece. But first let […]
The silkworms that our students from the second class are breeding are ready for flying! They are huge now and they are laying their eggs for the next year so we will enjoy them in the next months too! Good job students! They proved they are very friendly to insects […]
It’s October and the school year in Europe, or better in Chios began one month ago. But not without us, the volunteer team of the TES organization! One month, time enough to speak about our activities we did in the second and third primary school in Vrontados. On the first […]
The students from the 4th class made scale models about a region in Chios Island called Kambos. This region is known for their fruit trees, and the good practices they have doing their products as juices, marmalades…etc. They learned more about their island, how is the process of the harvest […]
What better way to teach our students about the different plants in nature than with our own garden directly at school? We want the children to experience every step of the way from a little seed up to a fully grown plant with it’s own seeds! Therefore we have to […]