Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all the partners!!!!

Greek Christmas traditions

Christmas in Greece

The festival period lasts from 30 November to 6 January on the Greek calendar. 25 and 26 December is a public holiday in Greece. Christmas is known as Christougena (Χριστούγεννα) and people wish 'Merry Christmas' to each other saying 'Kala Christougana'. Most families set up Christmas trees and shops have decorations and lights. Presents are placed under the Christmas tree and are opened on 1 January, St Basil’s Day. In Greek tradition, Basil’s [of Caesarea] name was given to Father Christmas and he is supposed to visit children and give presents on 1 January [when Basil’s memory is celebrated], unlike other European traditions, where this person is Saint Nicholas and comes every Christmas.

Our partners' Christmas cards

These days we received the Christmas cards from all our partners! They are really nice! We put them on our Christmas tree and our Christmas boat, near the Comenius Corner! Dear partners thank you!

ΚΑΛΑ ΧΡΙΣΤΟΥΓΕΝΝΑ!!!

ΕΥΤΥΧΙΣΜΕΝΟ TO 2014!!!

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all the partners!!!!

Making Christmas cards

Before Christmas the Comenius students of our school made Christmas cards and we sent them to all our partners. 

Let's meet all the partners!

Here you can find some info about our European team

Info about this project

You can find some information about the project "Youth involvement in Europe-Join in!", in the text below.

And the winner is...

... the SPANISH LOGO! The Bulgarian kids  interpreted the Spanish logo like this: the pencils symbolize the children from all the teams who live together in the EU and who will have their sensitivity to all EU issues sharpened and also become  smart and "well-groomed" and more like each other.

 The winner logo resulted as follow: 

See all the logos here

These are the logos of the participant countries. Aren't they nice? It will be very difficult to choose...
Dear partners, good luck to you all!!!

The Greek logo

This is the Greek logo:

The sun represents light and wisdom. The eight beams represent the eight participant countries of this project. The eye is the clear look of the young people staring to their future in the E.U. That's why the symbol of the E.U. is inside the eye.

1st visit to Lappeeranta, Finland

The pedagogical teams of all participant counries, within the framework of the Multilateral European School Partnership, Comenius, visited the city of Lappeeranta, Finland from 7/10/2013 to 11/10/2013.
It is important to state that this meeting concerned educators only, since it took place at the beginning of the school year and in that meeting were set the ground rules of the whole project as well as the details of the mobilities.

The Greek team was represented by 5 teachers of the 11th Gymnasium of Larissa.

Presentation of the Greek comenius-blog by Fivi Baloti, the Greek coordinator 

11th Gymnasium of Larissa

11th High School of Larissa has about 150 pupils, aged from 13 till 15.

Our school tries to apply new techniques and activities that allow our students to participate actively in the learning process. To stimulate their interest we constantly look for new creative activities, to: a) make the lesson more attractive to teenagers and b) to mobilize them in values and attitudes required as future citizens and employees.

The city of Larissa

Larissa (Greek: Λάρισα) is the capital and biggest city of the Thessaly region of Greece and capital of the Larissa regional unit. It is a principal agricultural centre and a national transportation hub, linked by road and rail with the port of Volos, the city of Thessaloniki and Athens. Τhe regional unit of Larissa reached a population of 284.325 (in 2011). Today, Larissa is a major commercial and industrial centre in Greece. Legend has it that Achilles was born here, and that Hippocrates, the Father of Medicine, died here.

The beginning of the project

The Project Coordinator informed the teachers board and the Parents Association for the Comenius program.
Formation of "Youth involvement club".
Comenius classroom. A space with wifi conection, used as working place and exhibition of our creations and the presesnts from our friends.
Posted the relevant items on the school blog and in the local newspaper to inform the local community.
A presentation of the begining sequence is above:

Preparatory meeting

The preparatory meeting took place on January 14th - 18th 2013 in Halle/W, Germany. During preparatory meeting, the 11th Gymnasium of Larissa was represented by the teacher and local coordinator of the project Comenius, Fivi Baloti

Welcome to our blog

We welcome you to our blog for the project Comenius of 11th Gymnasium of Larissa, Greece.
Soon, photos, information and all the relevant details will be posted here.