In honor of Chios’ independence day on November 11th, the kindergarten where I volunteer has planned a special excursion for the children. As an ESC volunteer and assistant teacher, I get to know the history and culture of Chios together with the children, this is, among other things, my favorite […]
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October 28th, 1940. The day on which the Greek said “όχι!” The day on which the resistance of the Greek soldiers started and the national pride strengthened.This day went down in history as the day that the Greek Prime Minister Metaxas refused the ultimatum given by Mussolini, who wanted free […]
The 28th of October is a very special day for the Greeks. This year I got the opportunity to learn a lot about the history of this national holiday and I could even gather some first-hand experiences of the traditions and celebrations. About the history. The “Επέτειος του Όχι” which […]
The day of the NO sounds weird but it is one of the most important National holidays in Greece. On the 28. of October Military and different school groups march through the cities of Greece and Cyprus and in many Other countries with a big Greek community people celebrate. They […]
On the 11 of November, the day when in Germany the carnival officially begins and all Germans start singing carnival songs the whole island of Chios meets up for a special celebration as well but not for carnival. No on this day something much more important happened in Chios a110 […]
After almost ten months, the school year in the Agios Markos primary school finally came to an end. For both, children and teachers, that’s an exciting and emotional moment which is why every year on the last day there is a big celebration involving the whole school. In the weeks […]
Each year before the summer vacation children, teachers and parents come together at the Agios Markos primary school to present what the children have learned during the school year and to have fun moving together. Due to the pandemic this year was the first time in two years that the […]
Yesterday the final celebrations of the school year of the Kindergarten took place. We all celebrated together in the beach of Daskalopetra, with the children, family and friends. The children did some plays and dances and the oldest ones graduated and said their goodbyes. But in order for all of […]
Christmas is a very special time of the year, specially if you are working with kids. Even though you think you don’t like this season of the year, being surrounded by children definitely makes you change your mind about it. In the 3rd Kindergarten of Vrontados, this month has been […]
The 28th of October also known as OXI- day is a very important celebration in Greece. On that day in 1940 the Greek dictator Ioannis Metaxa refused to surrender to the Italian forces leaded by Benito Mussolini. Even though this decision ended in war Greek people are still very proud […]
After a long and hot summer holidays, it is time to start school again. But due to the current situation of corona school started one week later than actually planned before. Therefore, the students and the children were supposed to go to school on the 14th of September again. The […]
After a long break of summer holidays schools finally started again on 14th of September. In the kindergarten we already started preparing everything two weeks before the children arrived at school. Every year the kindergarten teachers select a motto for the whole kindergarten. As this year’s motto is “castle” we […]