Tsiknopempti (in Greek “Τσικνοπέμπτη “) translated to English means the “Smelly Thursday” or “Barbecue Thursday”. This Thursday got its name from the smell of grilled meat in the air and is part of the traditional celebrations for Carnival in Greece. In general in Greece there exists the three weeks of […]
Primary school Nenita
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The day began with a lot of excited children, and a lot of excited volunteers. This excursion would be very special because the children of the kindergarten as well as the first three grades of the primary school would spend this day together. For many of us, it was the […]
Every year before the summer holidays most schools go on a „big excursion“. Why “big”? Because this excursion, unlike others during the school year, lasts the whole day. What really surprised us was that every child was accompanied by a family member, so per child it was at least a […]
On Friday 28 April the first three classes of the primary school went on a little adventure. Three teachers, one volunteer and 33 children got on a bus that would bring them to two places on the island. Because it was really hot that day every child had to wear […]
It is the beginning of May, the days are warmer and the end of school is in sight. What better time to take the school for an excursion. In Nenita you do not have to walk far to find a beautiful place with a lot of space for children to […]
In the kindergarten of Nenita we work as assistant teachers. Our task is to support and to help the teacher in the everyday work every time they need it. We assist the teacher to supervise children or to contribute during the lesson. Usually, most of the work is to prepare […]
This week in the primary school our children(smiling all the time) cooked the chocolate cookies with a lot of funny shapes(stars,teddy bears,hearts,trees) helped by our wonderful volunteers and with the presence of teachers, parents. There were two girls (the special guests) who have a proper cuisine website taught us this […]
The sun shining all the day, temperatures up to 20 degrees with nearly no wind, a giant football court for the kids: the 30th of March was a lot of fun for all of us, kids as well as volunteers! And this was because the classes 1, 2 and 3 (1 […]
The 29th of February was for us at Nenita school in many ways a special day. First, and this is what made it special all over the world, is it a leap day, a day, we have only once per 4 years. But second, and much more important, it was […]
In the Primary School of Nenita (which is only 3 km from Kataraktis) we volunteers are working activly since already some months this year, helping the teachers during every lesson and trying to make the days of the children full of smiles, games and educational activities. So, as we know time […]
In the middle of June, the school year came to an end. For teachers as well as for kids this meant: Holidays! But before this, there was still something to prepare and to present: the final theatre performances of the school year. Every class made on last performance and presented […]