On Monday 10th of June, the children of the 3rd kindergarten of Vrontados made an excursion to Daskalopetra. As we arrived at a time the kids normally eat their snacks, the first thing we did was have a small break, where everyone had the chance to eat whatever they had […]
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Near the end of the school year 2018/19, the 1st Kindergarten of Vrontados invited its children, their parents and families to have a picnic at a cafe at Daskalopetra. It was the second last school day and also a goodbye-celebration for all the children leaving the kindergarten and their parents. […]
Easter is one of the most important festivities for Christians all around the world and as Greeks like to celebrate, you’re probably not surprised if I tell you that also the schools had big celebrations on the last day before the two-week Easter break. The first kindergarten and primary school […]
It is that time of the year again – Greek Carnival. This Celebration marks the beginning of a 3 week period known as „Αποκριά (Apokria)“. The first week is the so called preannouncement week, the second week is the week of meat, and the third week the week of cheese, […]
For this years christmas, the primary schools and the kindergarten of Vrontados prepared celebrations. In the first primary school of Vrontados, the children of the first class already rehearsed since the beginning of December for a play their teacher wrote by herself. The story was about christmas elves, a sad […]
In Greece the summer starts already at the beginning of June and the days become very hot. All children were looking forward to play at the beach and go swimming. But the weeks before the summer break are a very important time for all school children. While the students at […]
At the 7th of June the kindergarten and the primary school went to excursion together and of course we volunteers participated in the trip into the south of Chios.
Even trough the children in the kindergarten do not walk alone to school, they should know some basic traffic regulations.
In March the children in the kindergarten learned more about Easter in Greece. The Greek name for Easter is Πάσχα (Pascha) and it is the most important celebration of the Greek Orthodox Church. In the first week of the Easter preparations the children learned more about the religious background. By […]
“Better a single hour that is free, then forty years of slavery and prison.” These are the words of a Nikos Ksilouris song for the Greek Independence Day, a national holiday celebrated on the 25th of March. Not only at this day the Greek people are commemorating the start of […]
In the kindergarten the children do not only prepare their skills and knowledge for school. Also, they are training their social competences by playing and working together. Of course from time to time a child becomes a bit angry because another child is playing with its favourite toy or it […]
In February the children in the kindergarten learned a lot about the carnival in Greece which is called “Apokries“. For us volunteers was it a great possibility to experience a new kind of celebrating carnival. The preparations in the kindergarten started in the second week of the carnival time with […]