by Georgia Kourti

One of the most famous pieces of art of all time is Mona Lisa, also known as La Gioconda, painted by Leonardo da Vinci in about 1503. The painting is not only known for its artistic value, […]

Crime and Punishment (Russian: Преступлéние и наказáние, tr. Prestupleniye i nakazaniye, IPA: [prʲɪstʊˈplʲenʲɪje ɪ nəkɐˈzanʲɪje]) is a novel by the Russian author Fyodor Dostoyevsky. It was first publ […]

What is a reading club?

A reading club is a group of people who have agreed to meet at regular intervals (usually once a month) to discuss books which they have all decided to read.

In effect, a reading club […]

Collaborative learning is a situation in which two or more people learn or attempt to learn something together. Unlike individual learning, people engaged in collaborative learning capitalize on one another’s […]

Στην παρακάτω σελίδα έχουν αναρτηθεί αρχεία σχετικά με την Παγκόσμια Ημέρα Ποίησης την οποία φέτος αφιερώσαμε στο Άγγλο ποιητή και φιλέλληνα, Λόρδο Βύρωνα.

Have lots of fun at school
and you’ll be sure to do all right,
you’ll make new friends and learn a lot,
your whole year will be bright.
Enjoy Yourself!

Our students’ fantastic performance fascinated the critics in yesterday’s music competition at the 5th English on the Spot Festival. El. Tsourlaki, M. Salvaraki, Ag. Tournaki, Chr. Apostolaki got the 1st prize […]

Like Candlemas, Lammas and Halloween, May Day is one of the corner days which fall between the solar festivals of the year (the equinoxes and solstices). The ancient Celts called this holiday Beltane and began celebrating at sunset on April 30th. It marked the beginning of summer, time to move with the flocks up to […]

The silver trumpets rang across the Dome: The people knelt upon the ground with awe: And borne upon the necks of men I saw, Like some great God, the Holy Lord of Rome. Priest-like, he wore a robe more white than foam, And, king-like, swathed himself in royal red, Three crowns of gold rose high […]

World Poetry Day is on 21 March, and was declared by UNESCO (the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) in 1999. The purpose of the day is to promote the reading, writing, publishing and teaching of poetry throughout the world and, as the UNESCO session declaring the day says, to «give fresh recognition and […]

Sonnet 98 by William Shakespeare (1609) From you have I been absent in the spring When proud-pied April, dress’d in all his trim, Hath put a spirit of youth in every thing, That heavy Saturn laugh’d and leap’d with him. Yet nor the lays of birds, nor the sweet smell Of different flowers in odour and […]

To Autumn by William Blake O Autumn, laden with fruit, and stain’d With the blood of the grape, pass not, but sit Beneath my shady roof; there thou may’st rest, And tune thy jolly voice to my fresh pipe, And all the daughters of the year shall dance! Sing now the lusty song of fruits and […]

Have lots of fun at school
and you’ll be sure to do all right,
you’ll make new friends and learn a lot,
your whole year will be bright.

Enjoy Yourself!