I’m very happy to announce that the project ‘Sing and Write Christmas‘ class ST’ worked on last year recieved not one, but TWO AWARDS!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yippee!
The project was awarded the QUALITY LABEL
and the EUROPEAN QUALITY LABEL.
Only 33 Primary Schools in Greece (among which is our school- hurray!) were awarded the EUROPEAN QUALITY LABEL this year. Click here to visit the announcement on the eTwinning website.
Class ST’ worked really hard so they dererve the best!
CONGRATULATIONS!
Two weeks ago we received a surprise packet from our Polish friends! It was a box full of gingerbread cookies, a traditional Christmas recipe.
They were beautifully decorated and delicious!
Class E’ tasted them and absolutely loved them!
Thank you, friends! You’re excellent cooks!
Today it was the day that class E’ presented the eTwinning project, called Sing & Write Christmas, to their parents and classmates.
As the eTwinning project SING AND WRITE CHRISTMAS (15 schools from 13 countries) came to an end, let us see how the pupils of class E’ worked on the project from October to December 2012:
1. They learned the countries’ and nationalities’ names in English
2. They spotted where each partner country is on the map of Europe.
3. They draw flags and the project’s title and created a special board in class.
4. They presented themselves, talked about our town and school with a text they wrote. You can read their presentation and the other partners’ presentations here.
5. They presented our school with a power point presentation (click on the photo).
6. They made 14 Christmas cards, one for every country and send them by post.
7. Then, Argyroula, Anna and Nickolas announced the project on eWriters.
8. They recorded the wish ‘Καλά Χριστούγεννα’ for their Europeand friends to listen on a VOKI. Here it is:
9. They recorded the Greek Christmas Carols on Video. All European carols turned into an online songbook (click on the photo to flip through it).
10. They exchanged written messages in English with their partners on the Twinspace.
11. They met online their Polish friends and talked about Christmas in Poland and Greece through Skype based on questions they had prepared. It was the best experience, as they said and asked to repeat it!
12. Then ,they published an article about their outcomes and overall experience of their skype session on eWriters. Here is a posting that miss Monica, the Polish teacher, wrote about our meeting on her blog.
13. And of course, they read and listened to a lot of English through the wonderful presentations of customs or videos that our partners prepared. Click on the following link to read about some countries’ CHRISTMAS TRADITIONS.
The day that they opened the cards they recieved was really special. Each one searched for their card (it was tricky to find out which country it was from, just looking at the stamp!), then presented it in class and pinned it on the project’s notice board.
Overall it was a wonderful project, during which the pupils used English to communicate with people from other countries in written or while speaking, learned a lot about many European countries , their schools and their Christmas traditions and they experienced how technology can bring people together.
I can only say WELL DONE, class E’! You worked really hard and you created an excellent project!In the following wall you can stick your thoughts on our project.
Before I close this posting, I’d like to share some really wonderful news: our Polish friends from Zabor were awarded the QUALITY LABEL AWARD for their effort and quality work they put into our eTwinning project SING AND WRITE CHRISTMAS!
Congratulations friends, from the pupils and the teaching staff of our school!
You’ve earned it!
Today class E’ learned all about their European partners’ countries, flags and nationalities.
The boys in particular were amazing!
They knew almost every flag due to football!
This year class E’ asked me to have another eTwinning card exchange project ,as they enjoyed last year’s so much. So, they will participate in a Christmassy project called ‘SING & WRITE CHRISTMAS’. They will work with 13 schools from 12 European countries!!! They will do more difficult things now that they’re older. They will:
exchange Christmas cards by post
sing Christmas carols and make videos
present themselves in English
describe our school
learn how people from other countries say and write Merry Christmas
…and many more! Yesterday they started making the cards under miss L’s instructions in English. Here are some photos.
The Irish school that takes part in the project has announced it in it’s blog!
Take a look at it HERE.
