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Our eTwinning project ‘ Christmas is coming’ during which we worked together with our foreign friends from Croatia and Malta has come to an end.
How did you like it?
What was your favourite part of the project?
Let’s think about it and take this survey! 
Class D’ had a very happy time today! First they watched the video with the Croatian Christmas carols that their friends sent for them. ‘What a difficult language to pronounce!’ they said.
The Greek pupils are watching the Croatian carols video
Then they opened the cards from Croatia. Each one was different with a snowman on the outside, made with care and love. There were Christmas wishes and a few things about themselves. After that, the kids expressed their feelings on video.They all said how happy they were !
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Thank you all so much for your love and beautiful Christmas cards!
Have a wonderful Christmas!
Today class C’ made Christmas cards. Some of the pupils who attend All Day School told the rest of the class about how the British hang their cards on a string. So when the wishes were written, each pupil hung his/her card on a piece of string in the English room and wished Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Writing cards the British way then!
We made a really loooooooooooong traditional British Christmas decoration today, piece by piece, helping each other. That’s the Christmas spirit!
Today we received not one, not two, but three (!) videos from Mrs Edyta’s class! We were thrilled! The pupils sang two kinds of carols beautifully especially for us. But to our surprise the third video was not about carols! Instead, we saw our Polish friends opening the cards we sent them! It was so exciting to see the process live! It was as if we were there with them! Thank you so much for this wonderful surprise! We felt so much closer to you!
We’re really looking forward to receiving your cards, too!
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Two days ago, class E opened the envelope from their Maltese friends and the cards brought a smile on everyone’s face. Each card was made with lots of love and one was better than the other. Our friends are really creative and have lots of imagination! The Greek pupils were so thrilled that they had recieved them! They also listened to the Maltese carols. It was a really touching moment as the Maltese pupils were signing so beautifully that they made the Greek pupils sing along…
CLICK HERE if you would like to listen to the Maltese carols again!
The Greek pupils singing the Maltese carols
Thank you all so much for your love and beautiful Christmas cards!
Have a wonderful Christmas!
The lyrics of the Christmas carols shared during our eTwinning projects were gathered in two songbooks for the pupils to sing along. Here they are:
‘Christmas is coming’ Christmas Carols Songbook
Listen to the Maltese carols HERE.
‘We wish you a Merry Christmas’ Christmas Carols Songbook
Here’s what the Greek pupils thought of the Skype Session with the two Polish classes:
Today during All Day School the pupils got creative once again and made use of the video they watched last week! They came prepared with all the material: paper rolls, paper, small gifts and jokes. Then, they watched the video again and got down to making them while listening to Christmas songs!
The oldest pupils were in charge of making the crackers, wereas the youngest ones were in charge of writing the jokes and filling the crackers. They liked making them so much that they’re going to make some at home, too, as they said. Each kid will take a handmade cracker home, put it on the Christmas table and explain their families all about this British custom!However, they were so anxious about it, that C and G pulled one in class!
Today Greek class D2 finally met Mrs Monica’s class from Poland. We were sooo happy! Thankfully the connection was good and the pupils had the chance to get to know each other and talked for a while. Then the Greek pupils took their triangle and sang the Greek New Year’s Eve carols to their Polish friends who listened in awe! In return they sang to us the most beautiful carols in Polish.Those moments were really touching.
Although it was everyone’s first time, it was an amazing experience! The Greek pupils asked to repeat it the moment it was over! Now, they’re going to write about this experience on the wall created especially for the occassion!
Thank you, friends, for a wonderful experience!
Class D1 has just finished the cards for their Polish friends! They’re all ready for the post office tomorrow!Yeahhh!
Last week the kids involved in the British Customs project decided to decorate a tree in the English room. And so they did today. It’s a bit small, but cute!
Today classes C’, D’ , E’ and ST’ discussed their notes they took during the last lesson,while watching how Mr Bean (and all British people for that matter) celebrates Christmas. They also saw and discussed photos of British Christmas. They loved the British customs and they decided which ones they would like to bring to life in class.
So, they wrote down that they want to:
decorate a Christmas tree
make crackers
make Christmas chains
learn English carols
Next week they’ll begin with their most favourite custom, making crackers, and making christmas chains! So, here’s the video the older pupils watched in order to be prepared for the next lesson:
In the crackers there’s usually a Christmas hat. This is a great video on how to make it!
We can’t wait to try out ours!
Yesterday class E’ sang the Greek New Year’s Eve carols for their Maltese friends and made a video. They held their triangles to show them the way we sing carols in Greece. The video came out wonderful!
They also wrote messages to their friends on this wall and expressed their feelings about the video conference.
Well done guys!
Classes D1 & D2 have been really creative these past few days. They have been making and writing pop-up cards for their Polish friends. It’s hard to decide which card stands out, as they’re all wonderful! We hope that our friends will like them when we post them next week…
Today class E’ started making Christmas cards for their Maltese friends. They wrote a few things about themselves and wrote wishes in Greek and English.
Aren’t they wonderful?
Today it was the day to try the pumpkin cake the kids made yesterday! And the most proper way to do this was to complement it with a nice, funny video. To get a glimpse of what the British do during Christmas, they watched the episode ‘Merry Christmas Mr. Bean’. They had a good laugh, but they also had to focus their attention as they searched for info to fill a table about Bristish Christmas. So, today we had both a taste of Halloween AND Christmas in class.
Well done kids! Your cake was delicious!
And if you would like to watch the episode and get into the Christmas spirit, then click on it! I’m sure many of you will decorate a Christmas tree this weekend!
Happy weekend everyone!
Today we waved Mr Jack goodbye and…turned him into a Halloween cake during All Day School. It would be a waste to throw him away anyway.
During the previous lesson class ST’ translated a Halloween pumpkin cake recipe that older pupils had published on our school’s old English magazine some years ago. Then, Anna and Konstantina organized which kid would bring which ingredient to school. The instructions were then written on paper strips in Greek and put in a box.
Baking day arrived (today)! Everything was brought in class according to the girls’ plan but the most basic ingredient brought was everyone’s excitement! Classes ST’ and E’ were the chefs. Each pupils from classes C’ and D’ would draw a piece of paper from the box and act out the instruction. It was the perfect cooperation between the younger and the older pupils!And although they forgot some ingredients they put the main ingredient for a perfect cake: love!
Now We can only wait until tomorrow were we’ll all share it in All Day School.
Our first online meeting with Mrs Edyta’s class was no enjoyable that the pupils asked for more! So, half an hour ago we had the most amazing video conference with our Polish friends! The connection was better this time and we had plenty of time to get to know each other better!
Each kid talked with the kid they’re going to exchange cards with and talked about their hobbies, likes and dislikes.Even though it was the first time for the Polish class they did amazingly well!We’re so excited we have met them!
Next week we’re going to prepare the cards.
We can’t wait!!!!!!
Class E’ expressed their feelings on the Skype session on paper.
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