TRADITIONAL GREEK BEAN SOUP RECIPE (FASOLADA)

One of the most traditional Greek dishes.There are many variations of this recipe in different areas of Greece but this one here is from Northern Greece, Macedonia. Healthy, simple and extra comforting, fasolada is with no doubt the national Greek dish! This is the authentic recipe for Greek bean soup, a trademark dish that has nourished generations! Just for your information, the success to a great Fasolada starts from the type of beans you will find. They should have a thin skin (peel) and they should have a rich sweet flavour! You will probably find good quality beans at a delicatessen! Give it a shot!

enjoy our tutorial video,created by our students.

As part of an Erasmus+ workshop about famous painters, the 4th grade students represented some famous paintings….

The main objectives of introducing art into the educational process were,the development of Critical thinking and Visual literacy.To conquer the visual literacy, we worked in three directions: The student as a viewer of works of art, The student as a critic of works of art, The student as producer of works of art.

The planning of activities was based on experience learning and elicited physical and emotional responses.Our students studied the works of some artists and then gave flesh and bones, to some of them. What did they do? They became models themselves trying to represent these great paintings! They posed in front of the camera with confidence and the result will surely impress you!

Works of art are an unknown, often incomprehensible, fascinating world, and in order to decode its messages, our students activated their own senses and emotions. The children’s contact with works of art and the artistic currents of various times broadens their intellectual horizons and cultivates their creativity

A cultural trip was organized with the participation of the students of 4th grade , in order to discover the main features of their local architecture. They learnt about the architectural symbols and heritage of our region through Outdoor Learning. Students took pictures and chose the more relevant ones to send to the Slovenian school. The Slovenian school will create a slide show of photos from all partners with the local regions’ architectural symbols and heritages. A school exhibition highlighting the variety of our rich architectural heritage will be organized in each school. It will allow all students to discover the similarities and differences between our European cultural patrimonies.

In the following video the process of the implementation of the the above mentioned activity is presented.

Μήλο μου κόκκινο (red apple of mine)

The students of 3rd grade worked cooperatively,sang and recorded the traditional song:'Milo mou kokkino'

Action evaluation was done with questionnaires to students, teachers and parents

  It is a love song from Macedonia. A young man’s love has met with no response. The girl he loves avoids him.  He calls her “apple” and “pomegranate”, like a nice, sweet fruit.  In his attempt to go close to her, the young man speaks to the girl’s mattress, as if it was a person. Her mattress informs him that the girl has gone to the fountain to drink water and fill her jug.This phrase is metaphorical.  The fountain of a village was the place that young people met, by chance or not.  Maybe the girl has gone there to meet somebody else she is in love with and in this way she refuses to see the man of the song. The young man’s disappointment as well as the girl’s refusal show their feelings which are true and simple, personified by natural and physical things.

The European Day of Languages on 26 September is a well-established opportunity to raise awareness about language learning and linguistic diversity. The celebration of the European Day of Languages ​​on 26 September was established by decision of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, on 6 December 2001.Languages ​​are an integral part of the world’s cultural heritage, which we must preserve, cultivate and highlight. For this reason, the  6th grade classe together with the English teacher of the 4th Primary School of Edessa carried out actions within the school, highlighting the importance of learning foreign languages.

Students draw and color different greetings ,with the colors or shape of each country`s flag and made a nice poster.

They  also created the European languages tree using wordart.

Open the following link:

https://wordart.com/9pqklnox215s/european-day%20of%20languages



They recorded greetings in different languages

 They made a video with instructions for the game ‘Tzami(tower)

Students can continue the activities by following the link below and enjoy this wonderful foreign language journey.

Do you want to learn to introduce yourself or say “I love you” and “Thank you” in 24 different languages? Open the link, click on the Select a language field and find out how… If you press the speaker, you will also hear the pronunciation!

https://op.europa.eu/webpub/dgt/languages-take-you-further/en/discover/

Students of the 6th grade of our school worked  in groups and chose  the traditional

dance of our country syrtaki. They learnt and recorded their  performing of the dance.In this way they will have the opportunity to present and teach their traditional dance to all participating schools .

Finally, a video was created by our students Matziridis Ioannis and Hatzimoysiadis Hector. Utilizing the potential of modern multimedia, the students worked enthusiastically, proving that there are no obstacles when there is will for work, imagination, creativity and collaboration.

“Kitty ,η φύλακας της Παντόφλας”

Fourth graders of 4o Dimotiko Sholio Edessas,read Slovenia’s traditional fairy tale “The sleeper keeper Kitty” in English, translated it into their native language and dramatized it. In this way our students had the chance to practice CLIL method. The main key objective was  for our students to know, value and respect the basic aspects of other counties’ culture, history, artistic and cultural heritage. They were engaged and interested in the topic so  they were more motivated to use and learn the language needed to communicate.

The book was kindly offered by the  Primary school of Rače-Slovenia.The Theatrical play was recorded and posted on the project’s platform and  Twinspace.

Students from each school of our partnership visited a museum/gallery( physically or virtually),  learnt about local or national artists and pieces of art.

Then ,they made coloured drawings on A4 paper about their artistic heritage. They reflected on art after visiting museums thus achieving a balanced growth as social beings in tune with their culture through project work.

Each school sent two of their best drawings  to the Greek school that undertook the task to create a calendar for the project. Each partner  contributed to the creation of two calendar pages(the Slovenian and the Greek school offered to make three paintings each)  

The Greek school constructed and will print the final calendar of the project.

5 hard copies will be handed out to the partners during the meeting in Portugal on March 2022.

For reasons of sustainability we chose to create a calendar for the years 2024-2025. Therefore this final product can be used after the end of the project.

You can find the digital version of the calendar on the following link:

https://www.canva.com/design/DAE5FjH2wcA/ScVWotMEtpLXo9XJizmoPg/view?utm_content=DAE5FjH2wcA&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link&utm_source=homepage_design_menu

The first transnational meeting hosted by the OsnovnašolaRače school in the town of Rače in Slovenia was implemented, from 11th  to 15th  October 2021,with the presence of 12 teachers from  Greece,Portugal,Spain and Estonia.

 Αt the same time, during our stay, the host school ,OsnovnašolaRače was responsible for the perfect organization of online activities / workshops in which participated  students and teachers  of 4o Dimotiko Sxolio Edessas  

During this online Short-Term exchange of groups of pupils,  on Monday,11th of October ,pupils of OsnovnašolaRače, through a virtual tour, presented the village of Rače and the city of Maribor .

On Thursday,14th of October, Traditional dances and traditional songs were taught to the partners’ students. By watching the video, students learned a simple Slovenian dance aws well as some songs.

 All the children found this activity very creative, as it gave them the opportunity to see, even from a distance,  students of the same age ,to get acquainted with the culture of Slovenia and to practice the English language in real conditions of communication with other students from abroad.

“Highlights of the online activites on the following photos“