Friday 21 June 2013

21st June - Summer solstice by Google!


The latest Google Doodle celebrates the summer solstice, the longest day of the year, which begins in the UK on Friday when the sun rises at 4.52am.

The doodle features an animation of five swimmers bobbing in and out of the water as a wave splashes over them. British internet users might be forgiven for taking it as a reference to the country's washout summer.

The solstice marks the peak of summer and takes place when the sun is at its highest point in the sky. After Friday, the days get shorter until the winter solstice on December 21 when they start to get longer again.

The summer solstice has been celebrated since ancient times and people still flock to prehistoric monuments like Stonehenge in Wiltshire to view the sunrise.



Source: guardian.co.uk

Sunday 16 June 2013

World Environment Day - 5th June 2013


On the occasion of World Environment Day on 5th June 2013, the students took part in guided environmental activities: the younger students cleaned the parks and open spaces, whereas the older ones cleaned or covered offensive graffiti on various walls on the buildings in the village.

Class 5 & 6 - Portugal presentation


This is a small presentation about our penfriends' country. Enjoy!





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Monday 10 June 2013

Class 5 - Guinness World Records!

Some time ago, inspired by the relevant lesson in our book, the students of 5th grade expressed an interest in knowing more about the Guinness World Records. Some of them did their own research and here are the results!



Saturday 8 June 2013

Class 4 - OSIMO, My Town




Osimo is our Italian eTwinning partner's hometown! Have a look at this beautiful part of Italy!




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Monday 3 June 2013

Class 4 & 5 & 6 - MY TOWN (eTwinning presentation)

 

This is the final part - My Town - of our eTwinning project. All students of the 4th, 5th and 6th grade took part by lending their voices to the presentation.





To watch the presentation, click on 'Start Prezi', zoom in and use the left/right arrow keys on your screen or on your computer keyboard to move forward. In case of a slow Internet connection, you can watch the main video by clicking HERE.



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Θεσσαλονίκη 'πολύγλωττη πόλις' - 7, 8, 9 Ιουνίου 2013

O Δήμος Θεσσαλονίκης, στο πλαίσιο δραστηριοτήτων της Διεύθυνσης Εκπαίδευσης και Αθλητισμού σε συνεργασία  με τη Δ.Ε.Π.Θ.Ε και άλλων φορέων της πόλης μας, διοργανώνει τη Γιορτή της Πολυγλωσσίας, που θα πραγματοποιηθεί στις 7, 8, 9 Ιουνίου 2013 σε χώρους του Νέου Δημαρχείου Θεσσαλονίκης.

Sunday 2 June 2013

Class 3 - Where is it? > On / In / Under


  


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Class 3 - There is / There are




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Class 4 - Jobs

An interactive book to learn/revise and practise some of the most common jobs! 


...and after that, you can have fun with these vocabulary games about (what else?).....JOBS! 



 

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Class 5 & 6 - The Simple Past, some videos

                             Regular Verbs                                                      Irregular Verbs
  
   
Verb TO BE (was/were)


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Sunday 26 May 2013

A very windy day in Thessaloniki, 26th May 2013



Source: www.cityportal.gr / www.parallaximag.gr

Class 4 - Our penfriends' SCHOOL!


This is our penfriends' school in Osimo, Italy. Enjoy!



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Adopt a stray animal!

Elena, a Kindergarten girl from Giannitsa, Greece, wants to adopt a stray puppy. Is she up for the challenge? Does she know exactly what is involved? Is she AND HER PARENTS ready for such a long-term responsibility? 

Her classmates are trying to help!

A song about stray animals protection


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Sunday 19 May 2013

Class 3 - CAN/CAN'T

What CAN or CAN'T my favourite hero do?

click on the picture below to watch the slideshow


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Class 4 - Vocabulary games

Here are a few vocabulary games to practise some of the lexical items of our most recent lessons!

Click on each picture to practise!

DAILY ROUTINE
FARM ANIMALS
PETS
WILD ANIMALS








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Class 6 - Past Continuous


  


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Saturday 18 May 2013

Class 4 - Animals in our classroom!

Each student was 'assigned' an animal and had to find and present some information:

- where does it live?
- what does it eat?
- how much does it weigh?

a bear, a rabbit, a cow, a horse
a pig, an eagle, a chick
a hippo, a donkey, a dog, a lion
a hen, a tiger, an elephant
a wild goat
a sheep, a monkey, a cat, a fox, a wolf
a duck, a zebra, a giraffe

Class 3 - Happy or sad teeth?


Class 3 - My Favourite Season!

My favourite season is...
(you can listen to the music by unclicking the sound icon)


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Friday 17 May 2013

Thursday 16 May 2013

Class 4 - Caretta caretta

'Inspired' by the relevant lesson in our book, here's a few information about caretta caretta

 
 

Η Καρεττούλα και το Φολκσβάγκεν



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Class 5 & 6 - Volleyball tournament

Our girls' team participated 
in the school volleyball tournament of Western Thessaloniki that took place in the end of April. Although they didn't win any of the first places, they received flattering comments from the
organisers, the coaches and the referees about their fair and technically correct way of playing.
  

A big thanks to the girls and their coach from all of us!

 

The Dubliners - Salonika

Irish Folk Song of World War I. The Greek port of Salonika (Thessaloniki) came to prominence in 1915 when it was used to mount and supply the Gallipoli expeditionary force. The song probably originated in Cork, Ireland, but became known in the British Army (many of whose members were in any case Irish, especially during the First World War). The verse mentioning Sinn Fein was no doubt a later addition. Salonika, in common with other World War I landmarks, would have been well-known in the poorer parts of Cork City at the time, as many of the men were forced for economic reasons to enlist. This is an anti-recruiting song and the terms 'soldiers' and 'slackers' are used for those who enlisted and those who stayed at home. While the soldiers were away their wives received what was known as separation pay. These women were known as 'Separas' and were very much despised by the other women. Most of the verses of this song were collected from Mrs. Ronayne, grandmother of Mick Murphy of Stoker's Lodge. (Notes Jimmy Crowley, 'The Boys of Fair Hill').


= LYRICS =
Oh me husband's in Salonika
And I wonder if he's dead
And I wonder if he knows he has a kid
With a foxy head

So right away, so right away
So right away Salonika
Right away, me soldier boy

When the war is over
What will the slackers do?
They'll be all around the soldiers
For to loan 'em a bob or two . . .

So right away, so right away
So right away Salonika
Right away, me soldier boy

And when the war is over
What will the soldier's do?
They'll be walking around with a leg and a half
And the slackers
They'll have two

So right away, so right away
So right away Salonika
Right away, me soldier boy

They tax'd a pound of butter
And they tax'd the ha'penny bun.
And still with all their taxin'
They can't bate the bloody hun!

So right away, so right away
So right away Salonika
Right away, me soldier boy

They tax'd the colloseum
And they tax'd St. Mary's Hall!
Why don't they tax the bobbies,
With their backs against the wall?

So right away, so right away
So right away Salonika
Right away, me soldier boy

When the war is over
What will the slackers do?
For every kid in America
In Cork there will be two!

So right away, so right away
So right away Salonika
Right away, me soldier boy

They takes us out to blarney
And they lays us on the grass . . .
They puts us in the family way
Then they leaves us on our arse!

So right away, so right away
So right away Salonika
Right away, me soldier boy

There's no lino in the parlour
And in the kitchen too.
And a lovely glass-backed chiffonier
That we got from Dickie Drew

So right away, so right away
So right away Salonika
Right away, me soldier boy

Oh never marry a soldier
A sailor, or a marine
And keep your eye on that Sinn Fein boy
With his yellow, white, and green!

So right away, so right away
So right away Salonika
Right away, me soldier boy

So right away Salonika
Right away, me soldier boy!

Tuesday 14 May 2013

Class 3 - Magic Book (Unit 5, THIS IS THE WAY song)

THIS IS THE WAY


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Doodle 4 Google competition (Greece) - The Winner!


The painting of a student in Litochoro, a town in Greece, has been featured on the search engine’s central page for May 14. Asterios Reynik, a young pupil from the second elementary school in Litochoro, was the winner of Doodle 4 Google competition that took place in Greece and was open for all students from 6 to 18 years old in Greece.
The competition’s purpose was to encourage the students to use their creativity in order to design Google’s logo. The subject of the 2013 competition was My Greece and doodle reflects what young pupils think of Greece.
At the same time, Google strongly promotes Greek tourism by combining the beginning of summer with Greece, projecting the sun and the sea.
The title of young Asterios’ drawing is 'My Greece, Sun and Sea'. The basic features of the winning doodle also includes the Greek flag. Through his children’s eyes, Asterios added a small boat on the sea and two seagulls on the sky. This is Greece for him – and many around the world, especially with tourism season getting into full swing and hopes of better times for Greece.
The voting was held from April 15 to May 7. The ceremony of the final winner’s announcement took place on May 13. The winner will be enjoying for 24 hours the number one position at the first page of the largest search engine, on May 14.

Source: greekreporter.com

World's Top Languages!


Monday 13 May 2013

Class 5 & 6 - Solutions to Easter crossword!

Dear students,

Here are the solutions to the Easter crossword! How many did you find?

1. DAFFODIL
2. BONNETS
3. BUNNY
4. HOP
5. CHURCH
6. LAMB
7. TULIPS
8. BASKET
9. NEST
10. EASTER EGGS
11. GRASS
12. GREETING
13. CHICK
14. LADYBUG
15. PAINT
16. CHOCOLATE EGG
17. DECORATION
18. HOT CROSS BUNS
19. SPRING

SECRET PHRASE: DO YOU LIKE EGG HUNTING?
 




Saturday 11 May 2013

Class 5 - 5th Student Conference of Computer Science of Central Macedonia

Our school, and more specifically the students of 5th grade, took part in the 5th Student Conference of Computer Science of Central Macedonia. The conference took place at the Science Center and Technology Museum NOESIS on 24th-25th April 2013. The title of our entry was  
'Creating an e-book using Storybook Weaver Deluxe'.

Click on the picture below to watch our presentation!





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