The acquaintance with the traditional music and customs of Greece, as well as the transferring of this knowledge to our partners, was the primary objective of our teaching. So we dealt with traditional songs, following musically the cycle of time. Season by season students learned, sang, danced and dramatized the following songs: Christmas and New Year carols, songs for Carnival time (“The Perperouna”, “Marrying the crab”, and “Charalambis”), “Easter songs”, “Lazarus' carols” for Easter time, “Swallows” and “It is said May has come” for spring time, “The small fishing boat” and “Sea school” for summer time.
An equally important goal of teaching was the contact with Greek Art music. Musical songs by great Greek poets and composers, were taught, such as: “The cloud brought rain”, “White boats”, “Girl”, “Hey, your joy Venice”.
Additionally, through the songs we gave some basic knowledge about our national holidays and anniversaries, days of memory and excitement for Greece. The songs taught were for October 28, 1940, March 25, 1821, and for November 17, 1973
.Finally, students learned and taught all our partners how to dance with the rhythm of “Syrtaki”, one of the most representative Greek songs.
As far as Greek Αrt is concerned, on the one hand, we dealt with ancient Greek sculpture, presenting the Caryatids and asking our sculptures back where they belong (video recording).
On the other hand, we dealt with more recent traditional art in different parts of Greece, such as the art of Skyros island (PPt presentation and recording of the presentation by the students, creation of paintings with patterns of Skyros art, exhibition and sale of them in a symbolic price).
We also dealt with the traditional art of Crete and the students of the 1st class painted beautiful patterns on small plates (there was an exhibition of them)
An equally important goal of teaching was the contact with Greek Art music. Musical songs by great Greek poets and composers, were taught, such as: “The cloud brought rain”, “White boats”, “Girl”, “Hey, your joy Venice”.
Additionally, through the songs we gave some basic knowledge about our national holidays and anniversaries, days of memory and excitement for Greece. The songs taught were for October 28, 1940, March 25, 1821, and for November 17, 1973
.Finally, students learned and taught all our partners how to dance with the rhythm of “Syrtaki”, one of the most representative Greek songs.
As far as Greek Αrt is concerned, on the one hand, we dealt with ancient Greek sculpture, presenting the Caryatids and asking our sculptures back where they belong (video recording).
On the other hand, we dealt with more recent traditional art in different parts of Greece, such as the art of Skyros island (PPt presentation and recording of the presentation by the students, creation of paintings with patterns of Skyros art, exhibition and sale of them in a symbolic price).
We also dealt with the traditional art of Crete and the students of the 1st class painted beautiful patterns on small plates (there was an exhibition of them)
Syrtaki
The Maypole (Photos of the Greek custom)
"White boats" song (video by 4th grade)
"A crab is being married", a scetch by 4th grade
"Charalabis", a scetch by 4th grade
A visit to a TV studio - 4th grade - Photos
A visit of 2nd Grade students at the Art gallery
A visit to a folk instruments museum - 4th grade - photos
"May tree" - Dance by 4th grade
"May tree" - Video by 4th grade
"Health and Joy, Venetia" - Video by 4th grade
"The cloud has brought rain" - Video by 4th grade
"A girl" - Song by 4th grade
Carols sung on new year's eve (video)
Carols sung on Epiphany day (video)
Christmas Carols (video)
Perperuna, scetch (video)
Our students are making soap
Art of Skyros (video)
Paintings with the Art of Skyros island
During the Workshop on Art and Music, the students working on the Art of Skyros island, created paintings, which they sold to the rest of the students at school.Some of them were given as presents to the partner schools, as a way of dissemination of the Art of Skyros.
They were divided into teams and they took roles: The human Resources Department, responsible to choose the proper students to the proper position, but also to evaluate the progress of the work done, with the help of the teacher. The production department, responsible for finding pictures and ideas from the internet and books and painting. The accounting Department, responsible for the financial part of the enterprise, having to think about the expenses for creating the paintings. Finally, the Commercial Department, responsible for the selling of their products and what their profit will be when they take the expenses out. This way the students learnt in action how to work a small enterprise at school. The pictures of the paintings were posted to the common website. A similar procedure was followed with the acquaintance of Cretan Art. You can see photos below.
Cariatids (video)
Psaropoula - Introduction and dance (video)
Psaropoula - sung by 3rd grade (video)
Sea school - sung by 3rd grade (video)
Syrtaki (Introduction and dance)
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