On a cold Tuesday we went with the first and the fourth class to an excursion. In the morning we visited the sewage-works with the children. It was immediate at the sea and it smelled a little bit bad. For the children it was very funny and also interesting, because the workers […]
Excursions and Celebrations
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As a highlight of all our aid in preparing and organizing some different costumes alone and together with the children for the right time, training with them the Christmas songs and their roles and dances for the already advertised highlight: the Christmas Play. On the 20th of December every costume was ready and prepared […]
On the 12th of November the 3rd grade of the local primary school went to an excursion to the Educational Museum in Vrontados. We accompanied them, helped to keep them safe and quiet during their trip. Meanwhile we also learned a lot as we followed the guided tour with the […]
On Sunday the 28th of October in Greece the “OXI-DAY”, the “NO-DAY” is celebrated in Greece. Greek prime minister Ioannis Metaxas said “OXI” to the ultimatum made by Italian dictator Mussolini on October 28th in 1940. As it is a very special day in Greece, also the primary school had […]
In the morning of the 10th of October, the volunteers got a call that they were not going to school as it was actually planned, since we had to finish painting the walls in the library of the primary school for the New-Opening-Celebration. Instead we went to the near beach “Daskalopetra” […]
Over the summer a new building was built for the 2nd primary school of Vrontados. On the 20th of October was the official opening ceremony. In this new building we have helped to transfer the new chairs, tables, black boards, etc., install the computers, decorate the new school yard with educational […]
In October the weather on Chios island gets worse. Therefore it is the perfect moment to do excursions. The excursion of the third and second class of the primary school was to Korais Library, one of the largest libraries in Greece, which is located in Chios city. Our task was to […]
Some primary- school pupils of different age went on Monday, October 24, 2012 at 8:15o’clock to the windmills, located in the north of Chios by bus. Three volunteers of the “TES”- project were allowed to join in the pleasure trip to assist the teachers to watch the pupils that they […]
On the 24th of October, all the classes of the local primary school of Vrontados went for an excursion. For the fourth grade the destination was the Maritime Museum of Chios, which is located in a traditional Chios architecture style building from the beginning of the 20th century. We had the […]