A Christmas tutorial for our eTwinning project!

Christmas is just around the corner and my 6th grade students decided to create tree ornaments out of recyclable paper rolls to foster a green Christmas attitude, as part of their eTwinning project of this school year, called "Greentopia - our sustainable home". 

You can watch their tutorial in the following video! Enjoy and Merry Christmas!

European Day of Languages 2022

True to our habits, we celebrate the European Day of Languages again this year! 

My 5th grade students rendered the phrase "Follow your dreams" in many European languages to celebrate the European Day of Languages 2022 and to remind us to always follow our dreams! 

Here's a video to remember their work! 

Queen Elizabeth's residences!

 A Guide to Queen Elizabeth's Homes

https://www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/real-estate/g14106752/queen-elizabeth-homes/

eTwinning project presentation - Little Citizens in Action!

 Another amazing eTwinning project came to its end! This project was for preschool children!! 

The project was about communication, creativity, critical thinking, collaboration, friendship, sharing information, habits and routines in the form of drawings.

Our aim and goal was to foster intercultural communication, to bring together young preschoolers from different parts of Europe, in order to share their everyday lives, to understand different cultural backgrounds, to appreciate differences and recognise similarities.

The little pupils showed enthousiasm, commitment and teamwork thoughout the year!! 

It was a brilliant experience for all of us! Sit back and take a sneak peek of all the activities we worked on!

Link to the project Twinspace . 

Links to individual presentations: Students' presentation , Cities and schools presentation , Christmas presentation , The swallow's journey, The little citizens adventure.

Presentation of our school!

A video presentation of our school!! 

Mical, a film about dyslexia

Based on a true story of tenacity, a seven-year-old boy struggles to make sense of words on the page. But when Mike is diagnosed with dyslexia and the teachers continue to fail him, his mother takes matters into her own hands to help her son fulfil his true potential. An Official Selection at the Oscar-qualifying LA Shorts International Film Festival 2020, this award-winning film was made to create awareness of children with dyslexia as they are not only being failed, but they are also being damaged. People assume dyslexia is being addressed but in reality, it isn't. 

How old are you?

Are you 8? Are you 5? Or perhaps 35?

Amusing videos and interactive worksheets to practise asking "how old are you?".

Credit: Longman British

Credit: English Tree TV

Interactive activities:

Find the match

Random Wheel

How old are you? Find the pair.

Live worksheet 1

Live worksheet / listening 2

European Day of Languages 2020

It has become our habit to celebrate the European Day of Languages every year! 

So, once again, and being up to speed with current affairs, my 5th grade students rendered the phrase "Stay Safe" in many european languages to celebrate the European Day of Languages 2020! 

Here's a video to remember their day and their work! 

A book about the mask!

The Love Behind the Mask! A book about how important wearing a mask is to protect others and to protect ourselves.

By Lizy Toth, Illustrated by Chris Toth

Copyright 2020

978-1-7354375-0-7

Read aloud by Mary Ellen Ariotti

Wash your hands with Baby Shark

 A song by Pinkfong! Kids' Songs & Stories! Stay safe, stay healthy

Life with eTwinning

How is life in eTwinning? Have a look at the video and discover how to live with eTwinning. We are so lucky to have joined the big eTwinning family! 

Will we be working with eTwinning this year? Yes, of course! 

Every year is better with eTwinning!

The Wright Brothers - a short biography

Orville and Wilbur Wright are remembered as the inventors of the aeroplane! These American brothers built on the work of others but also conducted their own research and hundreds of experiments to create a 'flying machine' that could really fly.
On December 17th, 1903, the Wright brothers made the first successful manned flight of a heavier-than-air craft under its own power outside of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.

This kid-friendly video by Freeschool is filled with facts and information about the Wright brothers and their life. Orville and Wilbur Wright changed history!

The Box, an award winning short film

The Box is a multi-award winning short film about one of the millions of war children, by Merve Cirisoglu Cotur.

3D Shapes!

Learn the 3-dimensional shapes with this amazing song by The Singing Walrus! 

Plurals by Nessy

What is a plural? Why do some plurals end in 's' and others in 'es'?
The Plural-a-tor has the answers!
A funny video by Nessy.

Adjective order

Do you remember the right order of the adjectives in a sentence? Which comes first and which goes last? Confusing? Check out this video by The British Council. There is a clever way to remember!!

London sightseeing

London is the capital city of the United Kingdom. Have you been to London? 

London is very famous for its landmarks! London Eye, Big Ben, Westminster, the Parliament, Trafalgar Square, The British Museum, Saint Paul's Cathedral, Buckingham Palace are just a few ...

Watch the following video and take a walk along London's famous streets! 
Video credit: Loescher Editore video

Here are some words that will help you understand better:
wheel = ρόδα
millennium = χιλιετία
Parliament = Κοινοβούλιο, Βουλή
government = κυβέρνηση
central = κεντρικός
square = πλατεία
column = στήλη
monument = μνημείο
bridge = γέφυρα
Changing of the Guard = αλλαγή φρουράς
apartment = διαμέρισμα
appear = εμφανίζομαι

If you have more unknown words, you can look them up on this online dictionary.

Did you watch the video carefully? Then, answer these questions!

ABC fun...

Let's have some fun with the English alphabet.

1) First, let's listen to an alphabet song by Super Simple Songs and sing along! 

2) Then we can play a game by the Learn English Kids, British Council and find out how fast we can put the letters in the right order. Have fun and see how fast you are!

Play the game here: ABC countdown

3) Now that we are getting better, try this pairing game. Match the letters with the words.

4) Lastly, there is a wordsearch. Can you find all the words in the grid? Good luck!! 

Are we running out of clean water?

Let’s Begin…
Despite water covering 71% of the planet’s surface, more than half the world’s population endures extreme water scarcity for at least one month a year. Current estimates predict that by 2040, up to 20 more countries could be experiencing water shortages. These statistics raise a startling question: is the Earth running out of clean water? Balsher Singh Sidhu takes a closer look at water consumption.

A very informative video by TedEd. You can also access the video following this link.

Some words:
cover = καλύπτω
Earth's surface = επιφάνεια της Γης
population = πληθυσμός
endure = υπομένω
water scarcity= water shortage = έλλειψη / ανεπάρκεια νερού
run out = ξεμένω, εξαντλούμαι
consumption = κατανάλωση
footprint = αποτύπωμα
impact = αντίκτυπος

You can look up other unknown words on this online dictionary.

Then answer the following questions.

The E graders are cooking...eTwinning

As part of our eTwinning project called "The ABCD project", my students had a new challenge. They chose healthy and prepared two snacks in class.

They made easy feta cheese balls and yoghurt with fruit and honey! 

We had a lot of fun, mixing and adding ingredients...

We enjoyed our breakfast snacks, especially because we made them ourselves.