1. Comenius 2013 Orbis Pictus School days diary 3 3rd PRIMARY
SCHOOL OF NEW IONIA, VOLOS, GREECE
2. Our school is located Northwest from the port of Volos.
Students comes mostly from families of industrial workers,
emigrants from Albania and Roma. . , .
3. September
4. September Walking to the park close to our school, students
have opportunities to walk, to play, to observe... . , ,
5. October
6. October
7. October
8. November
9. November Walking in the city. Students made a long walk in
Volos . . .
10. November
11. December Christmas Celebration on 23rd December, the day
before Christmas holidays. The students presented short theatric
plays, and Christmas songs. . 23 , .
12. January A team of teachers and students of the Gymnasium of
Geri, Nicosia, Cyprus visited our school in place of a bilateral
exchange during 19th and 23rd January. We had the opportunity to
discuss, excurse, sing and dance together. It was an excellent
experience. 19 23 . , . . We made an excursion
13. Educational project related to Art. Students had the
opportunity to learn about art, to participate in creative
activities and to draw. The teachers and the students from Cyprus
participated, too. . . . , , . January
14. An excursion to Lake Carla. Carla is a tectonic draught at
the first period of the Quaternary era. There is an archaeological
site with many mythological, historical and folkloric elements. The
colleagues and the students from Cyprus came with us. We all had
the opportunity to visit the Museum and see the exhibition of the
civilization had been developed there. . . . . January
15. On 30th January we celebrate three saints of our church who
lived on 4th century. They are honored for their wisdom and for the
rich literature work they donated to us. This day the ceremony
takes place at the basilica of St. Barbara close to school. 30 . 4
. . January
16. February We celebrated the Carnival in our school.
Gaitanaki is a traditional carnival dance. There is a rod with many
colored stripes around it. Each child keeps one of them and dances
in a particular way. . . , . .
17. March
18. March
19. . , , . , , . March Our school participated in an
experiential learning program, about painting. The students took
part in planned activities on dancing and painting, which were
intended to help them perceive the way each painter approaches art.
The students themselves, through a game of imagination, based on
some details of the paintings, created their own work.
20. Within the sports activities organized for schools by the
Prefecture of Magnesia, our school took part in the basketball and
handball tournament. , . - March
21. March
22. On 25th March is the anniversary of the declaration of the
start of Greek War of Independence, also known as Greek Revolution,
from the Ottoman Empire, in 1821. The Revolution is celebrated on
25th March by the modern Greek state, which is a national day. This
day, students play theater , sing and dance folk songs. 1821 . , ,
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23. April
24. - Greece September 2014
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26. Consecration On the 11th September it was the beginning of
our school year and according to the Greek custom of consecration,
the priest of our local church gave wishes to pupils ad teachers
for a happy new school year. All different All equal In our school
yard all pupils celebrated the Day Against Racism by practicing in
some activities and games such as basketball, volleyball, relays. A
visit to an old factory On November 18th 2014, we visited an old
factory. We saw some old machinery, we hears a lot about of the
factorys history. We also made some little houses with small pieces
of bricks. It was a very exciting visit and we all enjoyed that
very much.
29. National Day On 28th October is our national day. On that
day in 1940 Greece entered to 2nd World War against Fascism and
Nazism. Our students took part in a parade in honour this
anniversary. Comenius meeting Two teachers of our school attended
the Comenius meeting in Izmit, Turkey, in order to evaluate the
project and plan the works for the second year. A visit to the
Greek House of Parliament On Octomber 10th, 2014 the 6th grate of
our school visited the Greek House of Parliament. Up to 1858 this
building used to be a palace. We attended a session, we met some
Members of the Parliament and also the Chairman. It was
unforgettable experience. Kids Athletics A team event for children
Our students got familiar with Kids Athletics, a team event for
children. They practiced on running, jumping, kids javelin throw,
hurdles, relay, long jump.
30. November 2014 - Greece
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32. A visit to a theatre The 3rd and the 4th classes attended
the theatrical play The Little Prince, written by Antoine de Saint
Exupery and everybody enjoyed it very much. A national anniversary
On November 17th it was the 42nd anniversary of the students
protest (revolution) against dictatorship. We sang songs, read
poems and real life stories but mostly we learnt a lot about our
history.
33. - Greece December 2014
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35. Information on safe web browsing Our school participated in
a teleconference on safe internet browsing . The teleconference
took the form of lecture . Children had the opportunity to submit
written questions to the speaker. The responsibility of the event
were the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Public Order and
Citizen Protection , Department of Electronic Crime and the Greek
School Network. A visit to the weather station We visited the
weather station unit, where the experts told us how a weather
report comes out. We saw tools as rain gauge, anemometer,
hygrometer etc. It was a wonderful day full of experiences..
38. A visit to an Entomological Museum We visited an
Entomological Museum and we saw a great collection of colorful
butter flies all around the world, and a lot of species of
different insects such ass beatles and bees. A theatrical
performance " The heart of the princess ' The children of first and
second class had the opportunity to watch the play "The heart of
the princess ." The play was based on the novel of the Greek author
Delta Penelope. At the end the children were photographed with the
actors on stage . The celebration of the Three Hierarchs On the
30th January we celebrated the Three Hierarchs. We went to church
and the priest talked about the life of these three saints.
39. February 2015 - Greece
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41. Carnival celebration For the celebration of Carnival
children of the 5th and 6th grades have prepared a choreography .
We were dressed up and we were dancing in our school yard . We had
a lot of fun. A visit to a traditional musical instruments
exhibition In February we visited the Giorgio de Chirico museum,
where. there was a music instrumentals exhibition. E saw lots of
traditional Greek instruments such as lauto (an old guitar) lyre,
violin a santouri and a kanonaki (other instruments). We had the
chance to play some musical instruments and it was great.
42. March 2015 - Greece
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44. Lyravlos - Musical Instruments recycled On Friday, March
13th 2015. we had a unique musical experience. The team "Lyravlos"
visited us and gave the performance " The sound recycling. "
Children had the magical experience to see how 40 everyday objects
can be transformed into musical instruments and play exquisite
music. Under the slogan "do not throw anything, recycle music
'children participated in an interactive show filled with music,
songs, humor and inventiveness. A visit to the natural history
museum A paleontologist visited our school and informed us about
the geological evolution of our prefecture, Magnesia. We saw a
presentation and we took part in an experiential working with
fossils found in our region. We visited the Museum where we admired
the exhibits.
45. April 2015 - Greece
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47. Crafts for Easter The students of the 6th grade made
candles for Easter . Then they sold them and they donated the money
to the institution ' White Butterflies , an institution for
children with disabilities A visit to the institution " White
butterflies " The pupils of the 6th donated money to the
institution " White Butterfly ". They delighted that they gave joy
to these people and they hoped to a better future for them.
50. Acquaintance of the place of Gymnasium The children of 6th
grade visited the Gymnasium which will attend next year. The
director of the school welcomed and guided the pupils and students
the school grounds ( gym, music room , physics and chemistry ,
technology , library etc .) Teleconferences with partner schools In
place of the Comenius project, students held two teleconferences
with the students of the " ,Dobrich , Bulgaria and the students of
the school Ulubatl Hasan ilkokulu, Izmit , Turkey. The children had
the pleasure to exchange a brief greeting and a song with the
students of both schools .