On both the 1st and 2nd of April authors visited the 3rd Primary School of Vrontados. The first author presented 2 of her books to the 1st and 2nd grade, including reading out parts of her books. The children enjoyed it a lot and listened carefully. At the end the […]
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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, […]
On the 22nd of February one of our volunteers accompanied the first and second graders of the 3rd Primary School of Vrontados. The Excursion started at 8:30 am, when the children got picked up from the school by a bus. They then drove to the city of Chios, where the […]
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 […]
On the 13th November 2018 the 3rd and 4th class of the 3rd primary school of Vrontados had an excursion to the Center for Environmental Education Chios (Κπε Χιου – Κέντρο Περιβαλλοντικής Εκπαίδευσης).
On the 31st of October 2018 people with special needs visited the 3rd primary school of Vrontados. The day’s program was divided into two parts, in order to adapt the activities to the children’s needs.
The 28th of october is an important date to all Greeks, for it is the date on which, in the year 1940, the Greek prime minister rejected Mussolini’s ultimatum. The ultimatum was about axis forces entering Greek territory and occupying certain, unspecified ‘tactical locations’. ‘Ochi’ means ‘No’ in Greek, and […]
On the 5th of October 2018 the 1st, 2nd and 3rd primary schools of Vrontados had an excursion, where the students spent the day outside.
Twice per week, one or more of the EVS volunteers went to the building of the 3rd and 8th primary schools of Vrontados. There they have a ‘Zoo’ with different species of birds for the local children to see. The kinds of birds include different chickens, pheasants, a peacock, special […]
On Friday the 23rd of March we had a very nice theatre around the topic of the Turkish people who wanted to occupy Chios Island. The 6th class prepared together with the volunteers and the teacher a play, representing the resistance. It was in 1821 on the 25th of March. […]
On 16th February we had a carnival celebration in school. Therefore, of course, we had a lot to do. We prepared the decoration inside the building that were garlands out of the kites the children made in the art lessons. We also helped preparing the technical equipment for the party […]
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 […]