ELT in Greek Primary Schools

1st Primary School of Almyros – November Issue – ΣΥΝΕΝΤΕΥΞΗ ΑΠΟ ΕΝΑ ΔΗΜΟΣΙΟΓΡΑΦΟ / ΙΔΙΟΚΤΗΤΗ ΕΦΗΜΕΡΙΔΑΣ

Posted on March 12, 2010September 29, 2017 by Vivi Hamilou

ΣΥΝΕΝΤΕΥΞΗ ΑΠΟ ΕΝΑ ΔΗΜΟΣΙΟΓΡΑΦΟ / ΙΔΙΟΚΤΗΤΗ ΕΦΗΜΕΡΙΔΑΣ
από τους μαθητές της Στ’ Τάξης

Στις 4 Νοεμβρίου 2009, μετά από επίσκεψη στα γραφεία της εφημερίδας «Ο ΛΑΟΣ ΤΟΥ ΑΛΜΥΡΟΥ», προκειμένου να γνωρίσουμε το χώρο που εργάζονται οι δημοσιογράφοι, υποδεχτήκαμε στην τάξη μας τον κ. Τσιντσίνη, δημοσιογράφο και ιδιοκτήτη της εφημερίδας, ο οποίος πρόθυμα και υπομονετικά απάντησε στις ερωτήσεις μας. Οι απορίες μας είχαν να κάνουν με τη δημιουργία της εφημερίδας (σχετικό άρθρο στα αγγλικά, σελ. 14), αλλά και με το επάγγελμα του δημοσιογράφου.

Όσον αφορά το τελευταίο, ο κ. Τσιντσίνης μας ενημέρωσε ότι το πρώτο σκίρτημα για τη δημοσιογραφία το ένιωσε στη δική μας ηλικία, 10-11 χρονών, αν και αρχικά ήθελε να γίνει συγγραφέας και να βρίσκεται σε ένα απομονωμένο νησί με τη γραφομηχανή του. Τελικά, μπήκε στο χώρο της δημοσιογραφίας σε ηλικία 28 χρονών, αφού πριν προσπάθησε να κάνει και άλλες δουλειές. Μας εξήγησε ότι, παρόλο που υπάρχουν πολλά πράγματα που του αρέσουν σ’ αυτό το επάγγελμα, για να γίνει κανείς δημοσιογράφος δεν πρέπει να είναι τεμπέλης, πρόκειται για μια δύσκολη δουλειά.

Ανέφερε, επίσης, ότι εργάζεται στην εφημερίδα εδώ και 11 χρόνια. Στην ερώτησή μας για το αν έχει εργαστεί ποτέ στο εξωτερικό, μας απάντησε ότι έχει συμβεί πολλές φορές αυτό, συνοδεύοντας πρωθυπουργούς, παρακολουθώντας γεγονότα, αλλά ακολουθώντας και την Αργώ στο ταξίδι της. Επιπροσθέτως, μας αποκάλυψε ότι επέλεξε ο ίδιος το όνομα της εφημερίδας του, προτιμώντας να συμπεριληφθεί η λέξη «λαός», γιατί είναι δισύλλαβη και εύηχη.

Όταν ρωτήσαμε εάν έχει συνεργαστεί με κάποιο γνωστό δημοσιογράφο, μας απάντησε ότι έχει συνεργαστεί με το γιο του, που εργάζεται για την εφημερίδα «Νέα». Όσον αφορά τους κινδύνους του επαγγέλματος, μας ανέφερε ότι συγκρούεται πολλές φορές με την εξουσία και το λαό. Αναρωτώμενοι για τα οικονομικά οφέλη της δουλειάς του, δήλωσε πως αν ήθελε να γίνει πλούσιος, δε θα γινόταν δημοσιογράφος.

Μας επεσήμανε ότι, για να δουλέψει, χρησιμοποιεί πάντα ένα μαγνητόφωνο, φωτογραφική μηχανή και ηλεκτρονικό υπολογιστή. Θεωρεί δε ότι ο ηλεκτρονικός υπολογιστής είναι το πιο πολύτιμο εργαλείο σ’ αυτό το επάγγελμα. Ανέφερε ότι έχει δουλέψει και σε ραδιοφωνικό σταθμό, του οποίου τον εξοπλισμό διαθέτει ακόμα, αλλά εργάζεται και σε άλλες εφημερίδες και περιοδικά. Συζητώντας, μας ανέφερε ότι θα άφηνε τη δημοσιογραφία μόνο αν είχε κουραστεί πολύ. Για τον ίδιο, η περισσότερη δουλειά γίνεται το βράδυ και η δουλειά του είναι κουραστική μόνο όταν δεν έχεις όρεξη και επιθυμία να την κάνεις. Τέλος, μας αποκάλυψε ότι έχει βρεθεί σε δύσκολη θέση, λόγω οικογενειακών ή οικονομικών προβλημάτων, αλλά δεν δίστασε ποτέ, σε όποια θέση κι αν έχει βρεθεί.

Μέσα από το άρθρο μας, ευχαριστούμε θερμά τον κ. Τσιντσίνη για την συνέντευξη που τόσο πρόθυμα μας παραχώρησε, τα αντίτυπα της εφημερίδας του που μας χάρισε, αλλά, πάνω απ’ όλα, την υποστήριξη και ενθάρρυνσή του στο φετινό μας εγχείρημα, τη δημιουργία δικής μας εφημερίδας!

5th Grade, 6th Grade, School Paper Articles

1st Primary School of Almyros – November Issue – Interviewing A Reporter / Newspaper Owner

Posted on March 12, 2010September 29, 2017 by Vivi Hamilou

INTERVIEWING A REPORTER / NEWSPAPER OWNER
by Alexia A. (6th grade)

On Wednesday 4th November we, the 6th graders, visited the office where the local newspaper “Ο ΛΑΟΣ ΤΟΥ ΑΛΜΥΡΟΥ” is prepared. We saw there the room where the reporters work and, on the same day, Mr. Tsintsinis, the owner of the newspaper, came to our school and we asked him some questions.

First of all, we asked Mr. Tsintsinis some things about the newspaper. We found out that the newspaper was founded eleven years ago. He also told us that an article can take from 30 minutes to one day to be edited. In addition, we got the information that in this newspaper there are four important categories of professionals working for it: the reporters, the technicians, the secretary and the marketing manager. Moreover, we were told that, for the newspaper to be printed, all the articles are ready from the previous day. Finally, when we asked him which article he considers to be most successful, or influential among those he has written, he told us that he thinks that his article about contaminated water consumption in Almyros was one that was discussed a lot, he received a lot of criticism about it and he was even led to trial for it, only to be acquitted afterwards.

We are really grateful to Mr. Tsintsinis for the opportunity he gave us to get to know more about how a newspaper is created and what the job of a reporter is all about (see also the article in Greek for extra information on the interview).

5th Grade, School Paper Articles

1st Primary School of Almyros – November Issue – Babades

Posted on March 12, 2010September 29, 2017 by Vivi Hamilou

BABADES
by Vasso B. (6th grade)

Ingredients:
4 eggs
¼ cup of sugar
¼ cup of cocoa milk
¼ cup of brandy with coffee flavor
¾ cup of flour
1 packet of baking powder
1 packet of vanilla flavor
For the syrup:
3 cups of water
3 cups of sugar
some lemon juice

Preparation:
Firstly, we beat the eggs. Then, we add the sugar and mix. While we mix, we add all the ingredients one after the other. We bake for 30-40 minutes. We boil the ingredients for the syrup for 5-6 minutes. 2-3 hours after our babades have been baked, we pour the warm syrup. We can decorate our babades with cream.

5th Grade, 6th Grade, School Paper Articles

1st Primary School of Almyros – November Issue – Change Your Eating Habits

Posted on March 12, 2010September 29, 2017 by Vivi Hamilou

CHANGE YOUR EATING HABITS
by Vasso B. & Despina K. (6th grade)

Healthy nutrition is important for our organism. There are habits we can change, if we want to have a healthy body, strong hair and a great skin. Our suggestions are the following:

 We have to eat all kinds of food.
 We have to eat lots of fruit and vegetables every day.
 We recommend whole-grain bread.
 We have to eat dairy products.
 Our nutrition should include fish, rice, eggs, green vegetables and beans.
 We should not eat fattening products, like sweets, or fast food.
 We have to drink 7-8 glasses of water every day.
 We have to chew our food very well.

So, what do you think? Isn’t it time to change our eating habits? If you follow these simple rules, you will have a healthy and beautiful body.

5th Grade, 6th Grade, School Paper Articles

1st Primary School of Almyros – November Issue – Famous People

Posted on March 12, 2010September 29, 2017 by Vivi Hamilou

FAMOUS PEOPLE
by Alexia A. (6th grade)

Personal Data:
Name: Emma Watson
Date of Birth: April 15th, 1990, in Paris
Parents: Her father’s name is Chris and her mother’s Jacqueline
Hair: Dark blonde
Eyes: Brown
Height: 1,63m

Biography:
Emma Watson, the famous Hermione Granger, was born in France in 1990. When she was 9 years old, she went to a casting for the movie “Harry Potter and The Philosopher’s Stone”. She made a difference among thousands of girls and she took one of the lead roles. Now, she is a young woman who loves shopping. She has said: “After the last Harry Potter, I want to finish the university and not do another movie until I finish it!”

Personal Data:
Name: William Bradley Pitt
Date of Birth: December 18th, 1963, in Shawnee, Oklahoma, USA
Parents: His father’s name is William Alvin Pitt and his mother’s Jane Etta
Hair: Blonde
Eyes: Blue
Height: 1,80m

Biography:
Brad Pitt was born in Oklahoma, USA, in 1963. When he was young, he wanted to become a reporter, but it turned out that this job was not for him! He went to an acting school and he tried to be an actor. In this effort, his parents did not support him. At the age of 23 he did his fist movie and, after this, he became famous. Some years later, he got married to Jennifer Anniston and they were together for seven years. While making the movie “Mr. and Mrs. Smith”, he met Angelina Jolie. He fell in love with her and now they are very happy with their seven beautiful children.

5th Grade, School Paper Articles

1st Primary School of Almyros – November Issue – Chocolate Cake

Posted on March 12, 2010September 29, 2017 by Vivi Hamilou

CHOCOLATE CAKE
by Despina K. (6th grade)

Ingredients:
2 bars of dark chocolate (125gr)
2 bars of milk chocolate (85gr)
1 cup of sugar
1 packet of butter
2 cups of flour
2 packets of vanilla flavor
a bit of baking powder
5 eggs
Preparation:
Melt the butter, the dark and milk chocolate in a saucepan in low heat. Mix the sugar with the eggs and then add the chocolate mixture. In the end, put the flour, the baking powder and the vanilla flavor. Spread some butter on your cake mould and bake the mixture in a pre-heated oven in 180 Celsius degrees for 15-20 minutes.

School Paper Articles

1st Primary School of Almyros – November Issue – Μάζεμα Σκουπιδιών

Posted on March 12, 2010March 13, 2010 by Vivi Hamilou

ΜΑΖΕΜΑ ΣΚΟΥΠΙΔΙΩΝ
του Δημήτρη Μ. ((6η Τάξη)

Ήταν 25 Σεπτεμβρίου όταν από κάθε σχολείο η έκτη τάξη άρχισε να μαζεύει τα σκουπίδια της παραλίας του Αϊ Γιάννη. Το μάζεμα διήρκεσε περίπου μισή ώρα και μαζεύτηκαν πάνω από πέντε σακούλες σκουπιδιών.

Όμως, η μεγαλύτερη ντροπή για τον τόπο μας ήταν σκουπίδια τα οποία βρέθηκαν στις ακτές, όπως: γκαζάκια, γυάλινα μπουκάλια, πιάτα. Και τα περίεργα: παντόφλες και άλλα είδη ρουχισμού! Όλα αυτά, με τη βοήθεια 30 παιδιών, μαζεύτηκαν μόνο σε μισή ώρα. Και ποιος μπορεί να φανταστεί πόσα σκουπίδια τέτοιου είδους θα βρίσκονται στις ακτές και τις θάλασσες; Ίσως περισσότερα, κάτι το οποίο δεν είναι καλό για τον πλανήτη.

Πρέπει όμως να θυμόμαστε κάτι σημαντικό, κάτι το οποίο θα μας κάνει να διατηρούμε τον πλανήτη καθαρό, κάτι σαν ένα σύνθημα, όπως αυτό:
ΟΧΙ ΣΚΟΥΠΙΔΙΑ ΣΕ ΘΑΛΑΣΣΕΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΚΤΕΣ!

School Paper Articles

1st Primary School of Almyros – November Issue – Λαογραφικό Μουσείο Φθιώτιδας

Posted on March 12, 2010March 13, 2010 by Vivi Hamilou

ΛΑΟΓΡΑΦΙΚΟ ΜΟΥΣΕΙΟ ΦΘΙΩΤΙΔΑΣ
από τους μαθητές της ΣΤ’ τάξης

Στις 25 Νοεμβρίου, εμείς, τα παιδιά της ΣΤ’ τάξης του 1ου Δημοτικού Σχολείου Αλμυρού, επισκεφτήκαμε το Λαογραφικό Μουσείο Φθιώτιδας στη Λαμία, στα πλαίσια του προγράμματος «Γνωριμία με τα παραδοσιακά επαγγέλματα.

Η ξεναγός, αφιέρωσε χρόνο για να μας δείξει και να μας πληροφορήσει για το Μουσείο. Μας μίλησε για το έτος ίδρυσής του, που είναι το 1984. Μας είπε ότι ανήκει στο Δήμο Λαμίας και έχει δημιουργηθεί από την ανάγκη να δει ο κόσμος αντικείμενα παλαιότερων χρόνων, καθώς επίσης γιατί έπρεπε αυτά να συντηρηθούν.

Εκεί, είδαμε μερικά επαγγέλματα που τώρα πλέον δεν υπάρχουν, όπως: ο λούστρος, ο σαμαράς, ο βαρελοποιός, ο βοσκός, ο τσαγκάρης, κ.α. Η κυρία που μας ξενάγησε, μας ενημέρωσε ότι υπάρχουν αυτή τη στιγμή 1400 παλαιά αντικείμενα. Στο Μουσείο εργάζεται επίσης και συντηρητής έργων τέχνης που βοηθά στη σωστή συντήρηση των αντικειμένων σε περίπτωση αλλοίωσης.

Οι περισσότερες επισκέψεις στο Μουσείο πραγματοποιούνται κυρίως από σχολεία, περαστικούς και, την καλοκαιρινή περίοδο, από τουρίστες.

Ευχαριστούμε την ξεναγό που μας έδωσε μια γεύση από την παλιά εποχή και σας προτείνουμε να το επισκεφτείτε.

Από το φυλλάδιο του Μουσείου:

Τhe Municipality of Lamia has founded the “Folklore Museum” of Fthiotida, in 1984. The “Women’s Society for the Improvement of the En¬vironment and Culture” of Lamia, insistent in that direction, in order to create an organization, that would collect, catego¬rize, restore, conserve and exhibit the materialistic ev¬idence of the traditional civilization of Lamia and Fthi¬otida in general. The Municipality of Lamia assisted this effort of individuals and as a result the Folklore Muse¬um was founded.

Nowadays the museum is housed in a newly built, four-storied building, financed by the municipality of Lamia in Kaliva – Bakogianni pedestrian road that leads to the historical “Laou” square. The exhibits (arts and crafts productions, rural fife and stockbreeding, costumes, jewelry, weaving, housing e.t.c.) are dis¬played on the first and second floor of the building. 1300 items are exhibited in the museum which come from donations by citizens of the region. We are deeply indebted to those people since it was due to them that a great part of our tradition has been con¬served.

The 3rd floor of the building houses a conference room and a small library with folklore and historic books. Our effort of making known the folklore culture of the region led us to the publication of several books that are available in the museum. The books are “Tra¬ditional Recipes of Roumeli”, “Folklore of Fthiotida” and “Greek traditional tastes in Lamia”.

6th Grade, School Paper Articles

1st Primary School of Almyros – November Issue – Swine Flu

Posted on March 12, 2010September 29, 2017 by Vivi Hamilou

SWINE FLU
by Jim M. (6th grade)

Everybody talks about the new virus. How dangerous is it and how can we protect ourselves? The pathologist, Dr Nikolaos Sarris, was kind enough to answer some questions and give us some information.

The virus began in the U.S.A. Many cases appeared in Mexico, too. The first cases in Europe were in England, France and Spain. The virus infects people through the air with drops from our breath, mouth and hands. There is a variety of symptoms that are very gentle, like temperature, cough, or vomit and diarrhea, but sometimes our breathing system gets worse and this may lead to death. We can cure the signs of illness, but we cannot cure the virus at all, because the antivirus we know today cannot solve the problem.

Because of this, we must take prevention measures by taking care of our health or being injected with the vaccine for virus H1N1. This way, the existence of the virus will become less. Some doctors prefer the vaccine, while others do not.

In Greece, deaths are not so many. We have got about 10 cases that passed away, but we do not know how things will be pretty soon. In Magnesia, and particularly in Almyros, there are only few people who have had the flu, but, luckily, all of them have got over it now.

We would like to thank Dr Nikolaos Sarris for his time and the information he gave us.

5th Grade, 6th Grade, School Paper Articles

1st Primary School of Almyros – November Issue – Getting to Know Places

Posted on March 12, 2010September 29, 2017 by Vivi Hamilou

GETTING TO KNOW PLACES / ΓΝΩΡΙΖΟΝΤΑΣ ΜΕΡΗ
by Maria K. / από τη Μαρία Κ. (6th grade / 6η Τάξη)

This is the information we got about the Folklore Museum of Stock Farming in Anavra from the village website (www.anavra-goura.gr) and a booklet issued by EKPOL Magnesia.

Παρακάτω βρίσκονται πληροφορίες που συγκεντρώσαμε για το Λαογραφικό Μουσείο Κτηνοτροφικής Ζωής στην Ανάβρα από την ιστοσελίδα του χωριού και ένα μικρό βιβλίο που εκδίδει η ΕΚΠΟΛ Μαγνησίας.
Λαογραφικό Μουσείο Κτηνοτροφικής Ζωής
Το Λαογραφικό Μουσείο Κτηνοτροφικής Ζωής Ανάβρας Μαγνησίας στεγάζεται στη κάτω στάθμη του κτηρίου του Νηπιαγωγείου. Είναι μια μεγάλη ενιαία αίθουσα στην οποία θα εκτίθενται αντικείμενα που έχουν ήδη συγκεντρωθεί και αναφέρονται στις συνήθειες και τον τρόπο ζωής των κτηνοτρόφων στη διάρκεια των τεσσάρων εποχών. Ήδη βρίσκεται στη φάση της υλοποίησης η μουσειολογική μελέτη εφαρμογής που έχει εκπονηθεί.
Το Μουσείο έχει είσοδο από το βοριά, από τη πλατεία, και έξοδο στο νοτιά σε δική του αυλή, που ανοίγεται στη θέα των γύρω βουνών.
Πηγή: www.anavra-goura.gr

FOLKLORE MUSEUM OF STOCK FARMING ANAVRA IN MAGNESIA

The Folklore Museum of Stock Farming in Anavra is a non-profit organization that belongs to and is run by the Local Authority of Anavra in Magnesia. The Museum, operates in its own building. The collections of the Museum consist of farming and livestock farming tools, textiles, utensils, and objects that were used in daily life by formers, residents of the region, until the 1950s. The collection has been formed almost entirely from donations offered enthusiastically by the residents of the village.
Museum responsible: Dr.Machi Karali
Telephone: 22320 91210, 91382, fax: 22320 91030
email: anavrama@otenet.gr, www.anavra-goura.gr
Address: Kindergarten Building (1st level). Local Authority Building of Anavra, 5010 Domokos
Group Visits: telephone required in advance
Admission: free

Source: EKPOL Magnesia

6th Grade, School Paper Articles

1st Primary School of Almyros – November Issue – My Country

Posted on March 12, 2010September 29, 2017 by Vivi Hamilou

MY COUNTRY
by Alexia A. (6th grade)

My name is Alexia and I am 12 years old. I live in Greece, a beautiful country. Greece borders with Albania, Bulgaria, FYROM, Turkey and Italy.

Greece has mainly got mountains and plains, but actually its beauty comes from the many seas we have.

The weather is cold and it often rains in winter, but in summer the sun shines.

In Greece there aren’t only Greeks. There are also people from other countries. Almost half of the foreign people are of Bulgarian or Albanian origin.

I don’t think Greece is the best country of all, but it is my country and I love it!

6th Grade, School Paper Articles

1st Primary School of Almyros – November Issue – Future Schools

Posted on March 12, 2010September 29, 2017 by Vivi Hamilou

FUTURE SCHOOLS
by Chris P. (6th grade)

I think schools in the future will be fantastic! Why do I think that? Because we all see that technology moves forward.

Schools in the future will have computers and children will have computers, too. They will probably not have a board to write on. Maybe there will not be human teachers, because there will be robot teachers that will teach the subjects in a very simple way. All children will have a robot and, when a child is ill, a robot will go to his/her house. The students will eat in school and do their homework there. There will also be a flying bus to take the children from home and return them from school.

I hope schools in the future will be fantastic, very good and funny!

6th Grade, School Paper Articles

1st Primary School of Almyros – November Issue – Let’s Dance!

Posted on March 12, 2010September 29, 2017 by Vivi Hamilou

LET’S DANCE!
by Effie T. & Georgia S. (6th grade)

Here, in Almyros, there is a dance teacher, Mrs. Ritsa Karanika, who teaches modern hip – hop, oriental, latin, tango, jive, cha – cha to like who like dancing. She was kind enough to answer to some questions about dancing.

First of all, we asked her what she thinks dancing offers to children and she answered that it offers a beautiful and worked-up body and maybe for some children an opportunity to have a good job. Then, we asked her how she has decided to set up her dance school and she answered that, when she was young, she loved this job and she chose to do this professionally.
Our next question was for how many years she has been teaching dancing and she said to us that she has been doing it for 8 years. We also wanted to know why she likes dancing and she informed us that it combines both gymnastics and fun!
After that, we asked her how many performances she has organized and in how many of them she has participated and she told us that she has organized 16 performances and participated in 12 of them. In the end, our last question was about the cities where she teaches dancing and she said that she teaches dancing in Thessaloniki, Athens, Zagora, Stefanovikio, Risomilos, Almyros and Volos.

We would like to thank her for her time and the information she gave us. We advise you to go to this dance school because it is fantastic! We love our teacher very much, because she is a very kind and good teacher. This dance school is at the place where KTEL used to be in Almyros and its name is “Magic Steps”. It is suitable for all ages and – in our opinion – Mrs Karanika teaches in the best possible way!

5th Grade, 6th Grade, School Paper Articles

1st Primary School of Almyros – November Issue – Beautiful Deastinations

Posted on March 12, 2010September 29, 2017 by Vivi Hamilou

BEAUTIFUL DESTINATIONS
by George K. & Jim M. (6th grade)

A place we recommend for visiting is the Atomium in Brussels, Belgium.

You can visit the Atomium, a unique building, as you can see in the picture. It was ready in 1958 and the man who made it is André Waterkeyn. He wanted to represent the nine atoms of iron crystal and he wanted his building to be the highest in the area. Its height is 110m.

Atomium is the symbol of Brussels with a magic view from the top sphere. In general, Belgium is a beautiful country and we suggest you visit it some time in the future!

5th Grade, School Paper Articles

1st Primary School of Almyros – November Issue – A Day in my Life

Posted on March 12, 2010September 29, 2017 by Vivi Hamilou

A DAY IN MY LIFE
by Maria E (5th Grade)

My name is Maria Ekizoglou. I am 10 years old and I go to the fifth class of Primary School. I get up at 7 o’clock because I have to go to school. I eat my breakfast. Then, I wear my clothes and my shoes. I brush my teeth and make my hair. Then, I go to school.

At school, we learn Maths, Language, Geography, Physical Education, History, Music, English, German and Physics. School starts at 8:15 and ends at 1:30 or 1:55. In school we have six teachers.

Then, I get home from school and I do my homework. I eat my lunch and I study for my English and German afternoon lessons. Then, I go to my English school and after that I go to my German school. After that, I get home and play with my friends. Then, I go to the ballet school. I like dancing very much.

Before I go to bed I watch TV and I eat my dinner. There are many programs on TV but my favourite is the “X-Factor”. I go to bed at ten o’clock because it’s time to sleep.