Yesterday we took part in a really interesting Greek celebration – the Τσικνοπέμπτη which means literally translated Smelly Thursday or Thursday of the Smoke of Grilled Meat. On this day they eat Souflaki because they celebrate it as the last day where they can eat meat before they will fast […]
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The “Tsiknopempti” (Greek: Τσικνοπέμπτη) is a traditional Greek celebration which takes place in the beginning of February anually. It can be translated as the “dirty Thursday” of the carnival-time. The carnival-period is divided in three parts, one of them is the “Kreatini” (Κρεατινί). It contains the word “κρέας” – meat. […]
Tsiknopempti (in Greek “Τσικνοπέμπτη “) translated to English means the “Smelly Thursday” or “Barbecue Thursday”. This Thursday got its name from the smell of grilled meat in the air and is part of the traditional celebrations for Carnival in Greece. In general in Greece there exists the three weeks of […]
On the 31st of January 2018 the 2nd primary school of Vrontados went on excursion to Daskalopetra. Literally translated Daskalopetra means “teachers stone”. According to the ancient story the Greek philosopher Homer teached his students here. In addition to that the place, located nearby the Agean Sea, has multiple playgrounds […]
On the 21st of December we had a great Christmas celebration in the Theatre called PEKEV in Vrontados. The 2nd class of the 3rd primary school in Vrontados prepared, together with the volunteers and the teachers, one very nice interpretation from the famous play “the nutcracker” from E. T. A. […]
The day began with a lot of excited children, and a lot of excited volunteers. This excursion would be very special because the children of the kindergarten as well as the first three grades of the primary school would spend this day together. For many of us, it was the […]
In January the 1st and 2nd class of the primary school in Nenita had an excursion to the museum of History of education in Vrontados. The children were very excited about this trip. At 9 o’clock in the morning a bus took us to the museum. After a short break […]
For the upcoming Christmasdays the 2nd primary school of Vrontados, Chios celebrated in the library of the school. This time the first and second class prepared a nice role play with the help of us volunteers. Basically it was about the magical change of a person from a bad character […]
To get into the right Christmas mood the best thing is to bake. Because of this, the teacher of the 1st class of primary school in Nenita planned a baking day for the children at the beginning of December. First the children had to think about the ingredients they need […]
Full of enthusiasm we went today in the morning by bus to Katarraktis, a village in the south of the Island. In the primary school they had lots of Aquariums with different kinds of fish from Africa, Latin America or other Continents. After the arrival in Katarraktis we first splitted […]
One day before the 11/11/17 the second primary school of Vrontados/Chios celebrated the liberation of the Chiotes in the school-library. Back then the Turkish oppressed the poor Chiots and slained many of them crucially. The children rehearsed a lot of historical text beforehand, reconstructing the happenings in detail. They presented […]
On Friday the 27th of October the primary school in Nenita organized a theater for the celebration of the Οχι-day. Therefore all teachers, children and their parents met at the theater-room of the school. Greeks are celebrating the resistance of the greek nation against the attack of the Italians on […]