Little Argonauts issue 1st 2014-2015

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CONTENTS

Mana springwater

festival

Centaurs

Apple Day

Unicef

Christmas activi-

ties and events

Happy hours

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Hello

We, the students of the 6th grade, have de-

cided to write our school news in Eng-

lish and publish a newspaper

with the guidance of our

English teacher Mrs. Zoe Louvari and

our headmaster Mr. Iraklis Karagiannis.

There is an editor, reporters, photographers, students who surf the

net and others who draw and paint. We hope you enjoy reading our newspa-

per and we wish you Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Congratulations

We would like to congratulate

Stefania Vatamidou, Rafaella Bourdaki, Fotini

Tratsa, Danae Tsagrasouli, Fotini Kounara and

Triada Popoura who have successfully participated in

the State Certificate of English Language ( -

) in the A2 level .

1st issue Sept. Dec. 2014

Children's rights

The right to food and clean waterThe right to education

The right to freedom

The right to accommodation

The right to be healthy and have access

to medical treatment

The right to play, have fun and be happy

The right to have a safe and healthy family

The right to a clean environment

Stop Exploitation: Working, Fighting with guns, Selling kids or their or-

gans, Abusing


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Mana springWater festival...

On Monday 29thOctober we watched the film ABUELLA GRILLO addressed to younger

students.

On Tuesday 30thOctober: Water Volos: an effort to save water for the next generations

Students and parents discussed the problem and expressed themselves in creative writing.

On Wednesday 1stNovember we watched the documentary Water Drops by Nelly Psarou.

On Thursday 2ndNovember we walked up to the Mana Spring, we saw the Stone Tap and we

discussed about their importance and their role in the past. Then we walked down the path of

the Centaurs. We walked along a small river with clear but cold water, we crossed the small

wooden bridges and we enjoyed our picnic in the autumn atmosphere of the forest. Then, since

it was the National Day of School Athlet- ics, wewent to the Gym and we played team

games. We played one hand bas- ketball

and blindfolded football. After that the

girls of the 6thGrade made a banner about

the Mana Spring and put it outside the

Town Hall.

On Friday 3rdNovember we made posters

and leaflets in order to raise public

awareness on the issue of water. The

slogan of our campaign was Mana the

spring of our life

On Saturday 4thNovember everybody

helped cleaning the path

around Mana Spring and

the path of the Centaurs.

On Sunday 5thNovem-

ber a lot of people par-

ticipated in the feast at

the Mana Spring and had a

great time.

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THE KENTAUROI (or Centaurs) were a tribe of half man {their head, arms, and chest are

those of a human} and half horse {the rest of their body, including four legs, hindquarters, and

a tail is like that of a horse} savages which inhabited the mountains and forests of Magnesia.

They were a primitive race who made their homes in mountain caves, hunted wild animals for

food and armed themselves with rocks and tree branches. The centaurs were mythological

c r e a - tures.

Chiron

Chi- ron was known for his exceptional good-

ness and wisdom. He was the only immortal

c e n - taur. He became the tutor for a number of

famous Greek heroes including: Achilles, As-

clepius, Patroclus, Peleus, Jason and Actaeon.

Despite his immortality he was to end up dying.

Heracles stopped to visit Pholus. Heracles was

thirsty and persuaded Pholus to open a jar of wine

that was the common property of the centaurs. The

other centaurs smelt

the wine and came run-

ning. A fight broke out

between Heracles and

the centaurs. Chiron

took no part in the

fight but, was acciden-

tally wounded by Hera-

cles. As an immortal,

Chiron could not die

but lived in terrible

pain. Chiron then chose

to trade his life for

the release of Prome-

theus.

Centaurs ... Page 3, Little Argonauts, 2nd issue, Jan. Apr. 2014


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On Wednesday 15th October Apple Day was held in our school which involved

many apple-related activities. Children had the chance

t o learn about the importance of apples in our diet, their

v i - tamins and their nutritional value. Everybody tasteda p - ples. The students of A' and B' classes drew apples

a n d sang songs. C' and D' classes made a big apple puz-

z l e . The students of 5th and 6th grade talked about

a p p l es in mythology, religion and nutrition. We made ap-

ple pies, cakes, apple tarts and we ate apple jam. We

p l a y e d apple games in the school yard and we had fun.

W e watched videos about apple varieties on the

i n t e r n e t and we played computer games with apples and numbers. Apples are

also popular in England so here are some proverbs:

An apple a day keeps the doctor away

A word spoken at the right time is like gold apples on a silver tray

The apple doesn't fall far from the tree

One rotten apple will spoil the whole barrel.

Apple Day ...Page 4, Little Argonauts, 2nd issue, Jan. Apr. 2014

United

Nations protect all the children around the world

In the world the kids must have good education

Children with parents

Established in 1946Friends smiling

Unicef is a good-hearted Monster

No, you heard it right

Iknow what I say

Children are protected by it

Education and health are under its umbrella

Frightens the bad and takes care of the children

Childrens rights ...

Useful help in order

Never to be hungry, thirsty, abused, sick, illiter-

ate

Imagine a better world for children

Create a safe environment for them

Every child has rights

Fight for happy children

Umbrella

National umbrella

International umbrella

Children

Education

Friendship


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Cristmas activities and events ...

Monday 15thDecember: Literary Christmas. The writer Elena Staniou presents her

book The New Year's gift of Aris to the pupils of B, C and D grades.

Tuesday 16th December: The Thracian Association of Magnesia presents Christmas

customs and traditional dances to the students of D grade.

Thursday 18thDecember: The students of our school sing Christmas carols in Greek,

English and French. The State English Language Certificates (kpg) will be awarded to

the students of 5thand 6thgrades.

Literary Christmas: The writer Maria Arfe presents her book The Christmas Tree to the

pupils of A and C grades.

Literary Christmas: The writer Dionisis Leimonis presents his book The Seventeenth Box

to the students of 5thand 6thgrades.

The Tree of our Museum: The students of Band D classes decorate the Christmas tree of

the Museum in Portaria with their handmade ornaments.

Friday 19thDecember: The students are going to watch the films: The Little Match

Girl by the Danish author and poet Hans Christian Andersen and The Boy

and the Tree by Greek author Eugenios Trivizas.

Monday 22ndDecember: In the

kitchen of Santa

Claus.Students, teachers

and parents are preparing

and tast ing

C h r i s t m a s

sweets.

Tuesday 23rdDe- cember: We are go-

ing to church. The students of the

choir and the music teacher are sing-

ing Christmas carols in Portaria. The

p r o g r e s s reports of the 1st term will

be given to the parents.

Finally there is a photo exhibition by the stu-dents of the 6th grade in the hall Me Mostra in Portaria

from 19th December 2014 to 11th January 2015



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Happy hours

Drawing

TEAM WORK: Andreadis Konstantinos, Iliadis Michael,Kontogianni Anna Maria, Kounara Fotini, Karabinas Konstanti-

nos, Papavasiliou Athanasios, Popoura Triada, Kousiaris Chrisostomos,Tsagrasouli Danai, Karaiskou Irida, Mastakoulis

Anestis, Mouharem Maria, Latifi Anna, Kalovrektis Dimitrios, Merko Fabio-Alexandros,Desipris Nikolaos.


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