101st Primary School of Thessaloniki
101st Primary School of Thessaloniki
- Ammochostou 2, Thessaloniki 54454, Greece
- +30 2310 925 168
- info@101thes-erasmus-arc.gr
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Our school is called 101st Primary School of Thessaloniki, is located in an area called Ano Toumpa and it is quite near to the city center. It was established in 1987 and it is a local public Elementary school with 280 students and 35 teachers of all specialties. In the 12 classes pupils aged 6-12 years old study , a lot of activities take place every year (athletic, environmental, art, scientific and so forth).
Our students come from various countries and cultures including all economical background. We participate in European programms that deal with human rights, social and cultural diversity. Some of our students face special needs while some of them are refugees.
The teaching language is Greece and our students of all levels learn English as a foreign language, plus German and French for grades 5 and 6. There is a team of 35 teachers including primary teachers, foreign languages teachers and teachers for PE, music, drama, art and ICT. Since there is a number of students facing learning difficulties our school offers classes where special educationalists provide help to the children in need.
Our school also offers “parallel support” within the classroom environment to children facing autism. We have participated in local, national and European projects that deal with human rights, social and cultural diversity, plus projects involving sustainability and environmental awareness.
Our school holds a number of awards in numerous regional and national competitions in Science, Literature and Sports. Our proposal regarding European projects is to change the orientation of our school. We wish to give a European thought to all the co-operators of our school, especially to our students and parents.
Our priority is to enhance active participation in projects towards this direction: – We encourage tolerance and co- operation among our students regardless of different social – economical backgrounds.
Our teachers are regularly trained in seminars and experiential workshops, thus, constantly improving not only, their teaching skills but they are also keeping up with the latest methods in education.
We think is is the correct time to catch the European and universal ideas of civil rights of humans, independently of race, language, religion and abilities. Our staff is communicate and sensitive concerning social and humanistic problems.
Some of them have teaching experience in other European countries and they are willing to contribute to the project by working responsibly and mainly by offering to their students the opportunity to implement their social, communicative as well as learning skills.
ERAZMUS WEEK 5-9 NOVEMBER 2018
Video /soon/
Presentation of the school of Greece
I love planet
.Lazarines songs
The swallow song
Paralimpics
Arrival 101 Primary School of Thessaloniki in Sofia – Bulgaria
Spyros Lambrou Children’s Choir – Γίνε Μαζί Μου Παιδί
e-tool kit – Educational resources lesson plans
A week for people with disability – Italy
Volunteering Italy
Greek traditional foods – (video)
Composting – video
Earth day – (video)
Traditional Dances – (video)
Fossacesia – Italy (video)
4th meeting – Istanbul (video)
1st meeting – Thessaloniki
This is my school – 101 Primary School of Thessaloniki (video)
What is volunteering for me (video)
What is Active and responsible citizenship
Traditional games 2nd grade (video)
The water cycle in comics 2nd grade (video)
Ecological recycling society 6th (video)
Diversity – human rights 6th Grade (video)
Diversity – human rights 5th Grade (video)
Photo album
Active and responsible citizenship (video)
My beautiful city Thessaloniki (video)
Culltural heritate – 101 Primary School of Thessaloniki (video)
Active Citizenship and Environment
Cultural Heritage lesson plan – Triliza Greece
BE A VOLUNTEER, MAKE A DIFFERENCE!
Comics Magazine
Spyros Lambrou Children’s Choir – Γίνε Μαζί Μου Παιδί
Carnival customs
The three weeks before Clean Monday are called Apokries (Carnival). During this period there are a lot of customs. Some of them are presented here.
Maypole
It’s a dancing game. It comes from Pontus and Asia Minor. 13 people participate in it. One person holds the pole in the centre and 12 coloured ribbons are attached on top of it. Each one of the 12 dancers holds one ribbon and they dance in pairs while singing. In this way, the ribbons are woven in colourful combinations. When all ribbons are wrapped up, the dancers dance to the opposite. The whole dance finishes when all ribbons are unwoven.
Fanos (bonfire) in Kozani
Fanoiare bonfires which are set alight in all around the city of Kozani. The fires burn all night surrounded by feasting with songs and dances. At start, love songs are sung and later, there are mocking songs to tease men and women, with the accompaniment of traditional wind and copper instruments.
Koudounarei (bell carriers) atSochos
On the last Sunday of Carnival and on Clean Monday the bell carriers are gathered at the centre of the village (Sochos) and dance unstoppably. The roots of the ritual are placed in Dionysian celebrations and are related to fertility and bountiful harvest. They’re dressed in black goatskins with bells hanging around their waists and on their shoulders, wearing masks with moustaches. They hold traditional wooden rods, called glitsesor swords. Their bells weigh 18 to 20 kilos.
Flour war (Galaxidi)
At the harbor residents and visitors give epic battles with flour. They throw plenty of flour and coloured dust to each other. Their faces are dyed with charcoal, indigo, shoe polish and other.
Boubounes in Kastoria
In Carnival Sunday twilight, large bonfires are set alight at the squares of the city. It’s a pre-Christian custom. Around the bonfire, the attendees drink and taste the treats consumed in sight of Clean Monday. Folk orchestras play local traditional melodies and the dances take place until every bonfire (boubouna) is put out.
Genitsari and Boules in Naousa, Imathia
It’s a traditional dancing parade. It begins in the morning of the last Sunday of carnival with the dressing of Genitsarosand the gathering of their group members, boulouki(genitsari and boules – all men). The dressing code, the masquerade and the attitude of the performers are conditioned by traditional rules. By noon, the dancing procession arrives at the town hall where they request permission from the mayor to perform the festivity in the streets. Accompanied by zourna (a traditional instrument like clarinet) and daouli (a kind of drum), the group members parade through the old city until late in the afternoon. Then, their masks are taken out and their faces are revealed. The custom is dated in the 18thcentury., while its roots are traced in ancient Greek rituals relevant to god Dionysus.
Koudounarei (bell wearers) at Distomo, Viotia
Bell wearers are billygoat-figured human beings who wear bells around their waists. They hold sticks on top of which an olive tree branch is tied and this symbolizes rich fruitfulness. The ritual starts at the cemetery of the village where they ring their bells to signify the joyful resurrection of nature. All through carnival days, the bell wearers stream along the streets and neighbourhoods. They sing in a joyful Dionysian enthusiasm: “Welcome to Lent in garlic and lettuce, welcome to xolampra in songs and laughter”.
Genitsari and Boules in Naousa, Imathia
It’s a traditional dancing parade. It begins in the morning of the last Sunday of carnival with the dressing of Genitsarosand the gathering of their group members, boulouki(genitsari and boules – all men). The dressing code, the masquerade and the attitude of the performers are conditioned by traditional rules. By noon, the dancing procession arrives at the town hall where they request permission from the mayor to perform the festivity in the streets. Accompanied by zourna (a traditional instrument like clarinet) and daouli (a kind of drum), the group members parade through the old city until late in the afternoon. Then, their masks are taken out and their faces are revealed. The custom is dated in the 18thcentury., while its roots are traced in ancient Greek rituals relevant to god Dionysus.
Vlach wedding in Thiva
The vlach wedding is a folk custom which marries elements of the ancient worship of god Dionysus with the modern Christian faith (habits and customs of the vlach people). It constitutes a satirical variation of the ritual of the shepherd wedding. The celebrations begin on the Thursday of Tsiknopempti and reach their peak on Clean Monday. The role of the bride is traditionally played by a man. The custom stages are: the shaving of the groom, the adornment of the bride and the matchmaking ceremony, which ends in dancing and feasting.
The students of 4th grade class of 101st Primary School of Thessaloniki
LESSON PLAN environment
LESSON PLAN
SUBJECT: ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
CLASS: C
TOPIC: ENVIRONMENT, LITTERING ISSUE, RECYCLING
AIM:
To get students in contact with one of the most significant socio-environmental problems of our era: over-consumption and waste handling, emphasizing on recycling.
TARGETS:
To realize that the problem of waste handling is an important environmental issue.
To discover solutions to the problem, i.e. reducing, reusing and recycling waste.
To realize how useful recycling is in reducing and reusing.
To discover the travel of rubbish from our households to the recycling station, to comprehend the recycling stages, tο recognize our individual responsibility as consumers and our significant part in the recycling procedure.
To comprehend the necessity that all citizens should try to participate in reducing, reusing and recycling waste and recognize their own part as active citizens who respect and act for the environment and sustainability.
MATERIAL: Internet (3 videos about recycling)
ACTIVITIES:
1.Introduction to the speculation on the issue of recycling.
Littering is one of the most important problems of our planet and demands immediate solutions. Teacher presents a relevant video to students in order to discuss their everyday experiences about the issue and therefore, highlight their ideas about the problem of rubbish.
2. Acquaintance with the travel of rubbish from households to recycling station.
Teacher presents a second video to students about the travel of rubbish from our households to the recycling station. Whenever it is considered necessary, teacher pauses the video and asks appropriate questions to raise discussions about the various stages of recycling.
3. Creating a poster about recycling.
Children draw a poster about recycling on pieces of paper. They present the dimension of the littering issue on their own way, they highlight recycling as a nice solution to the problem and, they demonstrate their own message. Students in single or pair work draw a world without rubbish, within smiling bins, and write down their own message about recycling. Teacher records every student work on the camera and shoots the craftwork procedure in real time. He/ She asks students relevant questions and stimulates them to describe their drawings and writings. At the end of activity, the video recording is presented in class. Students express their views about recycling issue (self-reflection).
4. Children sing about recycling
Teacher presents a third video about a recycling song. Students sing along and the teacher records their singing on a camera.
5. Children send their own message about recycling (final activity)
Whole class brainstorm to come up with a team message on recycling and they form a slogan. Two students hold the paper recycling bin and all class chant the slogan.
Lesson plan volunteering
101st Primary School of Thessaloniki
ACTIVE AND RESPONSIBLE CITIZENSHIP
Project: Volunteering and Tradition
Number of students: 273
Classes: All the classes in our school ( 6 grades, 12 classes)
Aims:
- To familiarize the children with traditions and customs of our country connected to Spring and Easter.
- To create Art projects different for each grade.
- To exhibit and sell the children’s creations in order to donate the money to the “Child’s smile”, during “The Parents Day” that took place in our school playground on 17 April 2019.
- To help children work in teams in a loving, non-threatening and fully supportive atmosphere in order to experience the importance of volunteering. To help them realize the fulfillment one can feel when you offer without expecting something in return. Especially when it concerns people in need and children who seek our support.
Materials: school books of Language, History and Religious Education, relevant activities during Music and Art classes. Each class worked on a particular topic and with the assistance of the Music and Art teachers, together with the teachers of each class, created a number of art crafts related to the coming of Spring and Easter.
Grade 1 activities:
Grade 1 organized a short event concerning Lazarus Resurrection (New Testament reference). The children sang a relevant traditional song, “Lazarakia” holding decorated baskets in their hands. Walking in front of the students, teachers and parents who took part helped the students collected eggs according to the tradition.
In addition the first grade draws the important sights of Thessaloniki and with the help of their teachers their drawings were turned into wonderful placemats.
Finally they made little baskets which were decorated with flowers and ribbons, really amazing to look at.
Grade 2
The second graders brought candles and decorations like ribbons and different miniatures which they used to decorate their own Easter candles according to their individual taste.
Grade 3
The third graders created bunnies and Easter eggs using different materials (cotton, cotton buds) with wonderful results, as it was proved by the sales.
Grade 4, 5 and 6
The students of the last grades were involved in the creation of Easter candles. The classrooms were turned into workshops where the children together with their teachers used their imagination to create real pieces of art. Ribbons, stickers, different miniatures were used to decorate the candles turning them into works art. The “decoupage” method was also used with outstanding results.
After working hard for about 3 weeks on 17 April 2019, our school was open and ready to welcome the students’ parents. A warm atmosphere embraced us all on that day and everybody was smiling showing his satisfaction.
Little stalls were installed in a very short time in the school playground and each class was ready to sell its creations while other groups were creating together with the parents new candles, baskets and eggs in small workshops.
The teacher of the Grade 2 created a small workshop giving «macramé” lessons to the children and adults too.
Our playground was filled with the 1st graders voices singing “Lazarakia” and their little baskets were filled with Easter eggs offered by the pleased audience.
The students of Grade 6 were under the responsibility to collect the money earned by all the classes, to count it and with the school headmistress’ help , their teachers and the Parents Association, the money was donated to the “Child’s smile” , a non-profit organization dealing with abused children.
The satisfaction and pleasure in the children’s eyes after the end of the event, was very moving. The parents were also very eager to take part in different activities, which made their children feel proud of them.
The students worked all together, supported and helped each other. They were really interested in having a good outcome and finally enjoyed the results of their cooperation.
The teachers felt that our aim, to make our students realize what volunteering really means, was fulfilled making us really happy and proud of this.
There were no problems at all during the process of the activities. On the contrary everything ran smoothly and we were all very generously awarded.
Lesson plan volunteering
101st Primary School of Thessaloniki
ACTIVE AND RESPONSIBLE CITIZENSHIP
Project: Volunteering and Tradition
Number of students: 273
Classes: All the classes in our school ( 6 grades, 12 classes)
Aims:
- To familiarize the children with traditions and customs of our country connected to Spring and Easter.
- To create Art projects different for each grade.
- To exhibit and sell the children’s creations in order to donate the money to the “Child’s smile”, during “The Parents Day” that took place in our school playground on 17 April 2019.
- To help children work in teams in a loving, non-threatening and fully supportive atmosphere in order to experience the importance of volunteering. To help them realize the fulfillment one can feel when you offer without expecting something in return. Especially when it concerns people in need and children who seek our support.
Materials: school books of Language, History and Religious Education, relevant activities during Music and Art classes. Each class worked on a particular topic and with the assistance of the Music and Art teachers, together with the teachers of each class, created a number of art crafts related to the coming of Spring and Easter.
Grade 1 activities:
Grade 1 organized a short event concerning Lazarus Resurrection (New Testament reference). The children sang a relevant traditional song, “Lazarakia” holding decorated baskets in their hands. Walking in front of the students, teachers and parents who took part helped the students collected eggs according to the tradition.
In addition the first grade draws the important sights of Thessaloniki and with the help of their teachers their drawings were turned into wonderful placemats.
Finally they made little baskets which were decorated with flowers and ribbons, really amazing to look at.
Grade 2
The second graders brought candles and decorations like ribbons and different miniatures which they used to decorate their own Easter candles according to their individual taste.
Grade 3
The third graders created bunnies and Easter eggs using different materials (cotton, cotton buds) with wonderful results, as it was proved by the sales.
Grade 4, 5 and 6
The students of the last grades were involved in the creation of Easter candles. The classrooms were turned into workshops where the children together with their teachers used their imagination to create real pieces of art. Ribbons, stickers, different miniatures were used to decorate the candles turning them into works art. The “decoupage” method was also used with outstanding results.
After working hard for about 3 weeks on 17 April 2019, our school was open and ready to welcome the students’ parents. A warm atmosphere embraced us all on that day and everybody was smiling showing his satisfaction.
Little stalls were installed in a very short time in the school playground and each class was ready to sell its creations while other groups were creating together with the parents new candles, baskets and eggs in small workshops.
The teacher of the Grade 2 created a small workshop giving «macramé” lessons to the children and adults too.
Our playground was filled with the 1st graders voices singing “Lazarakia” and their little baskets were filled with Easter eggs offered by the pleased audience.
The students of Grade 6 were under the responsibility to collect the money earned by all the classes, to count it and with the school headmistress’ help , their teachers and the Parents Association, the money was donated to the “Child’s smile” , a non-profit organization dealing with abused children.
The satisfaction and pleasure in the children’s eyes after the end of the event, was very moving. The parents were also very eager to take part in different activities, which made their children feel proud of them.
The students worked all together, supported and helped each other. They were really interested in having a good outcome and finally enjoyed the results of their cooperation.
The teachers felt that our aim, to make our students realize what volunteering really means, was fulfilled making us really happy and proud of this.
There were no problems at all during the process of the activities. On the contrary everything ran smoothly and we were all very generously awarded.
E-TOOL KIT Educational resources-lesson plans
RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES SUN – AIR INEXHAUSTIBLE ENERGY
The students of grade 6 in our school as part of the activities for the Erasmus+ programme Active and Responsible Citizenship, we dealt with renewable sources of energy.
Seeking for help in our class Science book as well as on the internet, we searched and found information on the issue under discussion. We were also activated by making posters for the renewable sources of energy. The two classes working together created an article which refers to renewable sources of energy.
So we came to the conclusion that every natural resource which gives us energy is called a source of energy. The sources are divided in renewable and non-renewable.
The renewable sources never expend and can endlessly exist in the environment. Such sources are the sun and the wind.
The solar and wind power are sustainable sources which do not cause any pollution. However, they require very expensive equipment for their exploitation and are not always available.
Air pollution is a very serious sanitary, environmental, social and economical problem because gases, such as carbon dioxide, which cause the pollution, may have very serious consequences. Some of them are global warming, respiratory and other health problems. As a result using renewable energy sources is necessary in our days.
In our country we do not exploit the sun and the wind to a great extent, despite the fact that these two sources are in abundance. According to Wikipedia ‘In 2008 the renewable energy sources represented 8% of the total energy consumption in our country, with a slight rise, compared to the 7.2% in 2006, but still it was far behind the
average percentage of 10% in the E.U for 2008. 10% of the renewable sources of energy of the country comes from solar power whereas most of the energy is produced by biomass and waste recycling. According to the E.U directive for renewable sources of energy, Greece seeks to take 18 % of its energy from renewable sources till the year 2000.’
Our country is a blessed place since the sun shines almost throughout the year and the winds are so intense, causing problems most of the times, but yet they can be used by windmills for the production of electricity in most parts of our country.
Will our country and the whole world be ever able to produce electricity only through the exploitation of renewable sources of energy?
We the students of grade 6 hope that this will come true some day and we make a promise as we grow up to try to become active and responsible citizens in order to protect our big home, our planet.
The students of grade 6 of the 101st Primary School of Thessaloniki.
Thessaloniki 17/10/2019
Volunteering videos
Volunteering Helpihn the homeless 3 101st
CARING FOR THE ENVIRONMENT
Nature, our house
Ever since we were kids we have learnt that everything around us , what we see and what delights our eyes is a gift of nature and a symbol of generosity. Consequently, we should acknowledge that we need to become responsible in order to be able to protect the environment .
Our school is situated in a region with a vareity of landcapes: hills , large forests , steep valleys and mountains , wild nature , where animals live in their natural habitat and lots of wild plants and flowers grow. Our school lies in the center of Dambovita County , in the southern half of the country.
The activities of the Active Citizens Clubs have helped our students identify the most important environment issues in our village and the surroundings.
- Sound disturbance because of the national roads DN71 Bucharest-Târgoviște and DN 72 Târgoviște-Găiești
- Air pollution – gas emissions caused by traffic and some factories -Mechel Târgoviște, Nubiola Doicești
- Soil pollution
- The Garbage Dump which is used by the whole county, located in Aninoasa
- Litter dropping in unappropriate places
- Oil rigs exploitation
- Waste coming from Mechel Steel Company Târgoviște and in Doicesti , Sotanga
- Water pollution through :
- Garbage dumping in rivers
- Accidental Waste Dumping – from factories or as a result of oil rigs exploitation
- Soil erosion – for Ialomița and Dâmbovița rivers because of sand and gravel expoitation as well as the hills area due to landslides , deforestation and unappropriately carried our agriculture .
The members of the Active Citizens Club have identified and looked into these environmental issues .
The way our students intend to protect environment in the area they live has been shown in more of their activities :
- Taking part in national Clean- up campaigns : ”Let’ s Do It , Romania !” as well as the campaigns organized by The Active Citizens Club
Nature, our house
Ever since we were kids we have learnt that everything around us , what we see and what delights our eyes is a gift of nature and a symbol of generosity. Consequently, we should acknowledge that we need to become responsible in order to be able to protect the environment .
Our school is situated in a region with a vareity of landcapes: hills , large forests , steep valleys and mountains , wild nature , where animals live in their natural habitat and lots of wild plants and flowers grow. Our school lies in the center of Dambovita County , in the southern half of the country.
The activities of the Active Citizens Clubs have helped our students identify the most important environment issues in our village and the surroundings.
- Sound disturbance because of the national roads DN71 Bucharest-Târgoviște and DN 72 Târgoviște-Găiești
- Air pollution – gas emissions caused by traffic and some factories -Mechel Târgoviște, Nubiola Doicești
- Soil pollution
- The Garbage Dump which is used by the whole county, located in Aninoasa
- Litter dropping in unappropriate places
- Oil rigs exploitation
- Waste coming from Mechel Steel Company Târgoviște and in Doicesti , Sotanga
- Water pollution through :
- Garbage dumping in rivers
- Accidental Waste Dumping – from factories or as a result of oil rigs exploitation
- Soil erosion – for Ialomița and Dâmbovița rivers because of sand and gravel expoitation as well as the hills area due to landslides , deforestation and unappropriately carried our agriculture .
The members of the Active Citizens Club have identified and looked into these environmental issues .
The way our students intend to protect environment in the area they live has been shown in more of their activities :
- Taking part in national Clean- up campaigns : ”Let’ s Do It , Romania !” as well as the campaigns organized by The Active Citizens Club
Our country
Cultural values
Parents Day – Laboratories
The world’s day of education
Human rights through the perspective of diversity
On Wednesday the 20th 2019, the students of the 5th and 6th grade of our school, participated in an exceptional programme with the subject ‘The Human Rights through the Perspective of Diversity’.
Our students managed to distinguish the rights, the needs and the desires of people, through the impeccable guidance of the instructors of the NGO ‘ANTIGONI’ who were in charge of the programme. They made a circle and realized that all humans are equal when they stand like this since they have the same distance from the centre of the circle.
Then, through an interactive role-play game, they discovered that people all over the world do not have the same potential or the same opportunities to fulfil their goals.
Finally, our students set some questions and expressed the thoughts as well as the concerns which emerged after the interactive game they played. They tried to give answers, to find solutions and to bring themselves face to face with the problems and their own responsibilities.
It was a wonderful experience for the children and we would like to warmly thank Ioanna and Kyriakos, the instructors of the programme for sharing it with us.
Article: What is volunteering for me?
Volunteering is when we offer to our fellow man without expecting any reward, just for the benefit of the society. Volunteering is not obligatory and everyone can offer what he wishes.
Volunteers can offer things like money, clothes, old toys, medical treatment e.t.c. There are different ways to help. We can take part in volunteering organizations, national and international. For example, The Child’s Smile, Children’s villages S.O.S, W.W.F, Unicef, Medecins sans Frontieres, Medecins du Monde.
Volunteering is important because we help our fellow man at difficult times.
We would like to be volunteers, too because when we see someone pleased and happy, we feel the same too.
Yiannis, Hara, Zoe, Theodora, Francesco
Volunteering is freely giving time or money, without having any material motivations, just for the benefit of the society.
Volunteering is not obligatory. Each one of us can choose whether he wants to offer or not. When you offer, you feel pleased and satisfied. Furhermore some people offer money for goods to volunteering organizations and they in turn offer food, clothing and medicine to people in need.
There are different kinds of volunteering, such as the typical and formal which concerns an organisation and the non-formal one which concerns offering at personal level. Some of these organizations are The Child’s smile, Children’s Villages S.O.S, Medecins sans Frontieres, Unicef e.t.c.
We as students have volunteeringly helped to plant our school garden and we have also given money to a foundation. Some of us have also offered toys, clothes and books.
Finally we all believe that volunteering is very important and it makes the world a better place to live in.
Ersie, Emily, Niki, Irene
Volunteering is willingly helping our fellow man in need. There are volunteering organizations all over the world like W.W.W, Unicef, Medecins sans Frontieres and many others.
These organizations offer to society without expecting any rewards. When people in any part of the world need help, these organizations are always present. In this way the living conditions in these societies are little by little improved.
There is also need for goods and medical care. So people who cannot offer their help in person can offer an amount of money monthly or yearly.
Other people collect plastic bottle lids in order to exchange them with a wheel chair for disabled people.
Volunteers not only give help but they too receive positive feelings when they offer to children who lack in material goods in their lives.
Volunteering is very important and every person should offer in any way he can.
Irene, Damien, Vagelis, Harry, Nick
Active clubs of 101st Primary School of Thessaloniki
May, 2019
Erasmus+: Active and Responsible citizenship 101 st Primary School of Thessaloniki
Diversity everywhere…
The students of the 101st primary school of Thessaloniki have drawn Christmas cards thus expressing and celebrating diversity. They have come to realize that despite the fact that we all come from different backgrounds and cultures we are all integrated parts of the beautiful puzzle of Europe.
The pupils were involved in several workshops in order to create their cards. They used carton, paper, beads, ribbons, ear pads, crayons, markers and pencils.
Different artistic styles and artistic features were employed by the children. More specifically, the pupils used the decoupage technique, free painting, abstract painting, painting with dots.
The students also used the cards they designed in order to introduce themselves to the students of the other countries, that is, they described themselves, they talked about their families and the place they live in.
The whole process was very enjoyable for the students as it gave them the opportunity to express themselves and realize that despite the differences we are all equal and have the same rights.
Article for environment
Science experiments
The 4th graders of our school searched for the endangered species worldwide and particularly in Greece. They gathered a lot of information and, finally, wrote a relevant article.
ENDANGERED SPECIES
Endangered animal is the one which is in danger of extinction in the near future.
Every year about 30,000 animal and plant species of our planet have been disappearing. There are three main reasons threatening animals with extinction. These are: uncontrolled hunting, destruction of their habitat, environmental pollution and climate change. Human disrespect of nature cause all the above.
The land endangered animals in Greece are the wolf, the brown bear, the jackal, the red deer, the otter, the rough-legged hawk and the chamois (wild goat).
Some of the species above are rare, they are only met in Greece, and they are of immediate danger.
A lot of environmental organizations work for the animal protection, like WWF Greece, Arcturos, Callisto, the Greek Nature Protection Organisation, Greenpeace Greece etc.
Let’s meet some of these beautiful animals!
It is believed to have a population of about 150 individuals on Pindus and Rodopi mountain ranges. The brown bear prefers plant food and mostly, wild fruit and honey, fish and insects. It’s a lonely animal and usually moves at dawn and in the evening hours.
It is believed to have a population of about 150 individuals on Pindus and Rodopi mountain ranges. The brown bear prefers plant food and mostly, wild fruit and honey, fish and insects. It’s a lonely animal and usually moves at dawn and in the evening hours.
On the Mediterranean sea and Greek coasts caretta-caretta turtle has been living 100 million years now. It’s 1 meter long and weighs 90 kilos. It feeds on sea weeds and invertebrates like jellyfish. Every year at the age of 30 years old it lays eggs on the beaches in the sand. Our country hosts 60% of caretta-caretta nests along the Mediterranean, in Lagana bay, Zante , and in Western Peloponnese. It is threatened by fishermen’s nets, sea pollution (plastic bags) and tourists on the beaches where the eggs are laid.
The rough-legged hawk nests on rock edges. It eats rabbits, hares, rodents and small mammals. It lays 3-5 eggs and hatches for 31 days. Young hawks will fly away after 34-43 days. This bird lives 11 years. It’s white with a light-coloured head.
The chamois lives in Pindos (North-Western Greece), in Central Greece, on mount Olympus and Rodopi mountains. These goats have isolated small populations of about 400-500 individuals of their species in total. The chamois doesn’t belong to the same species of the Cretan kri-kri nor does it cross with the common goat. It’s got upright horns with curved endings. During summer it’s got light brown fur which becomes darker in winter.
The otter can be mainly seen in Central Greece, while some isolated populations are met in Corfu and Euboea. It lives in fresh water lakes and clear water river banks. It is an important mountainous water health indicator and thus, it’s protected by the E. U. It feeds on fish, water snakes, birds and small mammals. It gives birth to 2-3 pups every year during spring time.
The monachus-monachus seal lives in the Mediterranean sea and also Greek coasts. The adult seal grows up to 2.5-3 m long. It eats fish and octopuses. It gives birth to one pup every 2 years. It lives about 40 years. Nowadays in the Mediterranean, there is a population of 500 individuals and more 250 ones in Greece. It is threatened by lack of food, fishermen, sea pollution and uncontrolled tourism.
It lives in the Mediterranean sea. In Greece there are 4 species: the stripped dolphin, the bottlenose dolphin, the Risso’s (or Monk) dolphin and the common dolphin. They feed on fish. They give birth to 3-5 calves per year. They are the most intelligent creatures after human. They form a sea habitat health indicator. Dolphin loss signifies the corruption of the overall sea ecosystem.
We should all respect nature and the creatures within it.
The students of D1 and D2 classes
RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES
SUN – AIR INEXHAUSTIBLE ENERGY
The students of grade 6 in our school as part of the activities for the Erasmus+ programme Active and Responsible Citizenship, we dealt with renewable sources of energy.
Seeking for help in our class Science book as well as on the internet, we searched and found information on the issue under discussion. We were also activated by making posters for the renewable sources of energy. The two classes working together created an article which refers to renewable sources of energy.
So we came to the conclusion that every natural resource which gives us energy is called a source of energy. The sources are divided in renewable and non-renewable.
The renewable sources never expend and can endlessly exist in the environment. Such sources are the sun and the wind.
The solar and wind power are sustainable sources which do not cause any pollution. However, they require very expensive equipment for their exploitation and are not always available.
In our country we do not exploit the sun and the wind to a great extent, despite the fact that these two sources are in abundance. According to Wikipedia ‘In 2008 the renewable energy sources represented 8% of the total energy consumption in our country, with a slight rise, compared to the 7.2% in 2006, but still it was far behind the average percentage of 10% in the E.U for 2008. 10% of the renewable sources of energy of the country comes from solar power whereas most of the energy is produced by biomass and waste recycling. According to the E.U directive for renewable sources of energy, Greece seeks to take 18 % of its energy from renewable sources till the year 2000.’
Will our country and the whole world be ever able to produce electricity only through the exploitation of renewable sources of energy?
We the students of grade 6 hope that this will come true some day and we make a promise as we grow up to try to become active and responsible citizens in order to protect our big home, our planet.
The students of grade 6 of the 101st Primary School of Thessaloniki.
Christmas cards
Science experiments:
A song for diversity
„A BRIGHT WORLD“
1st meeting Thessaloniki