Today I wanted to talk about the Lunar New Year to my 1st grade students; it’s a great opportunity to get them acquainted with things other than what they already are familiar with. 2019 is the Year of the Pig! I […]

Ένα εξαιρετικό πρόγραμμα αγωγής υγείας ξεκίνησε στο 2ο Δημοτικό Σχολείο Αμαλιάδας, από τις τάξεις Α1 και Α2 και τις υπέροχες δασκάλες τους, Λέττα και Λένα, με θέμα «Οι αξίες του σχολείου». Για τη συμμετοχή μο […]

«A soul cake, a soul cake,
Please, good missus, a soul cake,
An apple, a pear, a plum or a cherry,
Any good thing to make us all merry.
A soul cake, a soul cake,
Please, good missus, a soul cake,
One for […]

Have you ever felt that things somehow fall into place, and you suddenly see they are going to work out just fine? Well, it was the case this last week of May. I really felt we were left behind on the project, but […]

The last two Roger Hargreaves books we dealt with in class were Little Miss Contrary and Mr. Cheerful. The students were willing to read the books this time, page by page, and I was very pleased they are feeling […]

My 2nd grade students are beginning to feel comfortable with the English letters, recognise them and read a little. I am so happy they also enjoy the popular books by Roger Hargreaves. They loved Mr. Messy and Mr. […]

Year after year, my 6th graders are usually very hard to deal with. They are beginning to hit puberty, they talk back every chance they get, they rarely want to do their homework, they stay up late wasting their […]

On the 29th of March I was fortunate to have been invited to present at the «Language and Culture» one day seminar, organised by our School Advisor, Ms Marianthi Kotadaki. The 1st Junior High School of Pyrgos is a […]

I recently happened to come across this great article called «7 Fin Ideas for Writing and Publishing Student Poetry», by Hannah Hudson, on the We Are Teachers website. It was great, because I wanted to get ideas […]

For the past couple of lessons with my 2nd graders we’ve been discussing different body types, like Mr. Tall (also Mr. Tickle, Mr. Nosey, Mr. Greedy and Mr. Small, who appear in the book) and Little Miss […]

It was about time my 4th grade students showed me how much they have understood of the Simple Present. I used a permanent marker to write words and / or phrases onto coloured wooden popsicle sticks, gave each […]

I am excited to see the children get more involved in our project. Little Miss Wise was next in line, and we got to discuss her behaviour. A student (girl) brought Little Miss Neat in class, too, so there she was, […]

Today is the 1st of March already, the first day of the first month of spring. And I would like to take some time to talk about something cultural: The feast of St. David, patron Saint of Wales.

There are so […]

It was so enjoyable to see how the young students of 2nd grade reacted to the stories, they really liked them a lot. There was colouring of letters and figures, playing and letter making with play-doh, the kids […]

This New Year’s Day I celebrated with my family. The next day I received a message from Ms Marianthi Kotadaki, our School Advisor, that the Teaching English to Dyslexic Students course I had signed up for was […]

So many things in today’s society, factors outside the classroom, are ripping the students’ team spirit apart: The antagonism is sometimes insane, and it is often one of the roles of the teacher to reconcile […]

In the context of a project about the olive tree, which 4th grade students did with their teacher, Ms Stratigoula Lazaraki, we thought about creating an advertisement flyer for our very own, imaginary, olive oil […]

It’s so interesting how 6th grade students were taught a lot of food vocabulary. Why not put that new knowledge to good and timely use?

Christmas mood is everywhere!

No, dear smiling Greek student of a little town school who thinks he knows everything, we don’t celebrate Black Friday today. Today is Thursday, and it is Thanksgiving.

Thanksgiving is one of my most favourite […]

In the hot summer month of July I was fortunate enough to have been invited by the School Advisor, Ms Marianthi Kotadaki, to present the work I did on Beatrix Potter during 2016-17 with my then 3rd grade students. […]