In Greece the summer starts already at the beginning of June and the days become very hot. All children were looking forward to play at the beach and go swimming. But the weeks before the summer break are a very important time for all school children. While the students at […]
2017/2018
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At the 7th of June the kindergarten and the primary school went to excursion together and of course we volunteers participated in the trip into the south of Chios.
Even trough the children in the kindergarten do not walk alone to school, they should know some basic traffic regulations.
In March the children in the kindergarten learned more about Easter in Greece. The Greek name for Easter is Πάσχα (Pascha) and it is the most important celebration of the Greek Orthodox Church. In the first week of the Easter preparations the children learned more about the religious background. By […]
“Better a single hour that is free, then forty years of slavery and prison.” These are the words of a Nikos Ksilouris song for the Greek Independence Day, a national holiday celebrated on the 25th of March. Not only at this day the Greek people are commemorating the start of […]
In the kindergarten the children do not only prepare their skills and knowledge for school. Also, they are training their social competences by playing and working together. Of course from time to time a child becomes a bit angry because another child is playing with its favourite toy or it […]
In February the children in the kindergarten learned a lot about the carnival in Greece which is called “Apokries“. For us volunteers was it a great possibility to experience a new kind of celebrating carnival. The preparations in the kindergarten started in the second week of the carnival time with […]
At the 25th of January the children of the kindergarten went together with the first three grades of the primary school to Kallimasia. Because it was the first excursion of the school year every child was very exited and just going together with a bus was an adventure. After we […]
Christmas time is a magical time with sweets, stories and small presents. Also the children at the kindergarten had four weeks full of beautiful Chrisstmassy actions. So we volunteers had a great time in which we could learn and help a lot, too.
It becomes autumn and even in Greece it becomes at least a bit cold outside. Also in the kindergarten we talk about this fascinating time of the year. Firstly, the children learned about the leaves that fall off the trees now and appear in many different colors: yellow, red, brown… […]
On the 27th of October the children, the teachers as well as the EVS volunteers celebrated the Oxi Day together in the kindergarten. Of course all of them will be participated in the public celebration on the 28th of October too, but because of this is a Saturday, they made […]
It’s time to sort! We are at the beginning of the schoolyear and we do not only help to clean and sort the cupboards and rooms but we make everything a bit more colourful. We started with a new bench for the kindergarten which now looks like a flower meadow […]