On October 28, 1940, the former Prime Minister of Greece, Ionannis Mitaxas, simply said “NO,” or “Ochi” to Mussolinis ultimatum demanding an Axis invasion in Greece during the second world war. October 28th marks Greece’s participation in the war – which brings forward many emotions among the Greeks, including national […]
Monthly Archives: September 2017
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The 4th class of the Second School of Vrontados has finished the models made from recycled materials!! For our E-twinning project “Be the change you want to see in the world”. After our students’ hard work the reward is here, we can admire now our students beautiful work. The models […]
The second and third classes of the Second School of Vrontados are working in the E-twinning project “Be friendly to insects”. This project gives to the children the opportunity of learning more about the insect’s anatomy, their way of life, observe the insect’s growth and learn how to be friendly […]
eTwinning – the platform that connects teachers and pupils from all over Europe. Some weeks ago, we, for the first time, had the chance to present the eTwinning platform to the primary school of Karfas. Karfas is a town located in the south of Chios Island. We started driving to […]
Although it’s already October and autumn started last week, the weather is still sunny on Chios Island. Pupils and teachers of the Second Primary School of Vrontados took advantage of the warm temperatures for an excursion to the soccer fields and the fire department, which is placed next to the […]
ETwinning, a platform to connect European countries. More and more teachers found interest in it; they just need somebody who can help them through the first steps and introduce them. We visited one primary school in Nenita to introduce the teacher there in the using of eTwinning. After a little […]
The 13th of June was the primary school’s final celebration leading into the summer holidays with a duration of three months. This grand and special celebration took place in the famous place of the Island: in Δασκαλοπετρα (“Daskalopetra”) near the “Homer Stone” with all the children that trained a performance […]
The summertime starts now and so it’s the best time to make an excursion around the Island of Chios to visit different places. All the classes of the Primary School of Vrontados, their families and many teachers participated on one beautiful day at the beginning of June. In the morning […]
On Thursday, the 23rd of May, the students of the Second Primary School participated in an athletic tournament with three teams consisting of pupils from the 4th, 5th and 6th class. Two of the teams, one male and one female, were playing handball against sides from other primary schools. The […]
During the period before Easter, a Greek tradition is to color eggs, like in other countries all over the world. So also the children at school were coloring eggs with their teachers. We were invited to watch the coloring and to learn about this Greek tradition. Even tough some volunteers […]