Even in the time of the long summer holidays of the pupils we volunteers are active in the Primary School. That means that we on the one hand work to renovate the school and the garden, on the other hand to play with children. Every day from Monday to Friday […]
Primary School 2011/2012
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After Iceland, Norway, Estonia, Poland and Italy was Chios the last station of the Comenius programme. Because of this there were 22 teachers coming from five different countries to the Greek island located in the Aegean Sea. All members of Comenius wanted, like the target of the programme says, to develop the […]
The programme, the teachers set up, involves presentation of the visiting countries held by the children of each class, so our task was to assist the classes’ teachers to gather materials and to teach them to the pupils. Each volunteer was responsible for one class, so we searched for customs, […]
Already in the beginning of March 2012 we took part in preparing, step by step, this project which will take part in the middle of June 2012 for 5 days. We sat together with the primary school teachers to discuss, in which ways we can be an assistance for them […]
The Comenius Programme focuses on all levels of school education, from pre-school and primary to secondary schools. It is relevant for everyone involved in school education: mainly pupils and teachers but also local authorities, representatives of parents’ associations, non-government organisations, teacher training institutes and universities. Part of the EU’s Lifelong […]
During the Christmas time we had the very nice opportunity to take part at the preparations for the decorations of the primary school. In the morning we participated at the lessons of the 2nd grade. The teacher read out some Christmas stories, which they really enjoyed listening to. Afterwards, they […]
In the beginning of every new year the head of the Orthodox Church of the Island – who is Archbishop Markos – visits the schools. On this occasion the teachers and children prepare a special celebration, the Archbishop blesses children, teachers, and the school and cuts “Vasilopita”. This is a […]
In the beginning of march we were invited to help the 2nd class with the preparation for welcoming the spring. We created bracelets, that protect them against the sun of march with them and also assisted them in finishing their traditional spring decoration by tying the paperbirds on a wooden […]
We made Kyria Sarakosti together with the children of the 2nd class. They had fun taking part in this activity while we had the great opportunity to learn more about the Greek culture. Kyria Sarakosti is part of the Greek Easter tradition. Her mouth is hidden behind a scarf because […]
Two days before the 25th of March, the Greek Independence Day, the students of the 6th class of the primary school performed a play to tell the story behind this national holiday. The whole school was invited to watch their performance in the P.E.K.E.B. builiding, so we escorted them down there. […]
In the week before the Easter holidays some parents and grandparents offered to come to the school to make “koulourakis” with the chidlren. They prepared the dough down in the libray and then the classes came down one by one to form the small Greek cookies. We also had the […]
The last day before Easter Vacations was celebrated with a special Easter- Schoolday in the Primary School of Vrontados. This day was full of different Actions and Creations. The whole school started with a short service in the church of Panagia Erithiani, which is the name holding church of our […]