The school year is coming to an end, so the time for learning is slowly fading and the days get more relaxed for the children. Last Thursday, the first graders of the 1st primary school of Vrontados built together with the teachers and our volunteer two little volcanos. We started […]
Primary School 2018/2019
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On the 29th of May, the first primary school of Vrontados went to the south of the island and spent the day there. The first stop was the village Olympoi, where the children and their parents had the opportunity to get some drinks or a coffee. Afterwards, we drove to […]
On Friday, the 7th of June the second primary school of Vrontados got a visit of Niretta the Caretta. Niretta the Caretta is a program by the international nonprofit organization MEDASSET created to raise awareness about the endangered sea turtles in the Mediterranean. We volunteers prepared everything for the interactive […]
On the 22nd of May the students from 5th and 6th grade from the school Panagia Erithiani went to the south of the Island to the dripstone cave “Σπήλαιο Συκιάς” of Olympoi. In the morning we started with the bus to drive to the south. The bus ride took around […]
On the 16th of May a science teacher visited the 3rd Primary School of Vrontados. He brought a lot of equipment, reaching from simple lamps and cables to generators and even some chemicals. He then set up his equipment in 5th grade, and gave his lesson for 3 hours. The […]
On Tuesday, 14th of May, the three primary schools of Vrontados competed against each other in a self-organized sports tournament taking place at the stadium next to the first primary school. In weeks of preparation ahead, the sports teachers formed a team (or in case of Agios Georgios two, as […]
Easter is one of the most important festivities for Christians all around the world and as Greeks like to celebrate, you’re probably not surprised if I tell you that also the schools had big celebrations on the last day before the two-week Easter break. The first kindergarten and primary school […]
On the 17th of April, the students from the 5th grade from the school Panagia Erithiani visited the very first leprosy hospital in Greece, which is located around 20 minutes south of Vrontados. Once arrived, we were welcomed by our guide for the day and walked down a little path […]
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 […]
On the 3rd of April many schools sent their 4th – 6th classes or a select few of them to a big sports stadium of one of the primary schools in the city. The children got picked up by a bus at 8:30 in the morning and were transfered to […]
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 […]