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European Youth Murals Athens Exhibition

European Youth Murals Exhibition in Athens

                Το  e Twinning στο σχολείο μας 

          Διάκριση σε Ευρωπαϊκό Διαγωνισμό

Οι μαθητές της Ε2 τάξης τελικά κερδίζουν την 3^η θέση σε ευρωπαϊκό διαγωνισμό  με τη Γοργόνα τους, την αδελφή του Μέγα Αλέξανδρου.

   Our 4th graders and their Mermaid finally won the 3rd prize, after France and Croatia, in the mural competition taken place in Spain  in November 2014.

Στα πλαίσια του ευρωπαϊκού καινοτόμου προγράμματος e Twinning oι  μαθητές της Ε₂ τάξης συμμετείχαν  στο συνεργατικό, σχολικό έργο: “ European Youth Murals”:  «Έργα ζωγραφικής των νέων της Ευρώπης για την προώθηση της φιλίας και της ειρήνης στον κόσμο». Το συγκεκριμένο έργο στο οποίο συμμετέχουν 270 εκπαιδευτικοί  απ’ όλη την Ευρώπη μαζί τους μαθητές τους και είναι ενεργό από το 2012,  έχει βραβευτεί με την Ευρωπαϊκή Ετικέτα Ποιότητας.

Το έργο των μαθητών μας  « Η Γοργόνα, η αδελφή του Μέγα Αλέξανδρου» ολοκληρώθηκε τον Ιούνιο του 2014  και πήρε μέρος  μαζί με 55 ακόμη έργα στον ευρωπαϊκό διαγωνισμό-έκθεση  που διεξήχθη στα μέσα Νοεμβρίου στο σχολείο Elisabeth, ιδρυτή του έργου, στην πόλη Salou,στην  Tarragona της Ισπανίας κερδίζοντας την 3^η θέση. Ορισμένα από αυτά τα έργα φιλοξενούνται αυτές τις μέρες και στο σχολείο μας.

Οι μαθητές συνόδευσαν την αφίσα τους με την περιγραφή του θρύλου της γοργόνας, της αδελφής του Μέγα Αλέξανδρου, θέλοντας να διαδώσουν  το μήνυμα της αέναης αναζήτησης  του σύγχρονου ανθρώπου όλων αυτών των ιδανικών για τα οποία αγωνίστηκε ο Αλέξανδρος : το σεβασμό για τον πολιτισμό των άλλων λαών , τη γλώσσα ,τη θρησκεία και τις παραδόσεις μέσα από την παιδεία ,την αλληλεγγύη και την ειρηνική συνύπαρξη των λαών.

Στο μήνυμά τους, τα παιδιά εξήγησαν ότι η  γοργόνα ρωτώντας του ναυτικούς αν ζει ο βασιλιάς Αλέξανδρος  περιμένει ν’ ακούσει ότι ζει και βασιλεύει και τον κόσμο κυριεύει , περιμένει ν’ ακούσει ότι  όλοι οι νέοι και νέες θα αγωνιστούν για να διαδώσουν την ειρήνη, τη φιλία και τη δικαιοσύνη  στον κόσμο, σαν άλλοι μικροί Αλέξανδροι γιατί, όπως πίστευε και ο Αλέξανδρος, σημαντικό δεν είναι να κυριεύσεις τον κόσμο αλλά να κρατήσεις τους ανθρώπους ενωμένους με τα δεσμά της ειρήνης και της φιλίας.

Συγχαρητήρια λοιπόν στους μαθητές μας.

Εuropean Youth Murals: Participation in a European competition

The pupils of the 4^th grade of the 3rd Primary Schoolof Agii Anargyri, Athens are going to take part in the  European Youth Murals competition with their work: “The Mermaid, King Alexander’s sister” inspired by the popular Greek legend. The exhibition – competition will take place in the city of Salou, Tarragona, Spain  in autumn.

                                                                                                         Athens, 15th June 2014

Dear friends ,

There exists a popular Greek legend which talks about a mermaid who lived in the Aegean for hundreds of years who was thought to be Thessalonike,   sister of Alexander the Great.

•       After conquering the world, Alexander decided that he would conquer death as well. He asked the wise men how to go about this. They said that the water of life would grant him immortality if he could kill the dragon that guards it.

•       Alexander accomplished this feat and brought the water back to his home.

•       Tired as he was ,  he took a nap.

•       While sleeping, his sister Thessalonike found the water and thought it was only regular water. She didn’t know that it was the water of Immortality. She took a sip for herself and watered some plants.

•       Those plants never died but changed and became perennials.

•       When Alexander woke  up and  discovered what his sister had done  cursed her horribly.

•       When Alexander died, his sister  stricken by grief felt responsible for her brother’s death  and  attempted to end her life by jumping into the sea. Instead of drowning, however, she became a mermaid passing judgment on mariners throughout the centuries and across the Aegean and  the seven seas. She was to live forever in the sea growing larger with each passing year. Her form a woman from the waist up, but from there down she was to have two tails instead of legs.

•       She has become gigantic and can lift an entire ship with one hand. When she encounters sailors she asks them if Alexander is still alive:"Is King Alexander still alive?"

•        If they say:"He is dead" she raises great waves and their ship is lost sending every sailor to the bottom of the sea.

•        If they say:"He lives and reigns and conquers the world"  she allows them sail safely in calm seas. In Greece she is called the Gorgona.

      
                                                                       

                          ...... and a different message from our pupils.........

“Nowadays  the quest of the mermaid for her brother is a symbol of the quest of modern man  for  all those ideals Alexander the Great  stands  for and has fought for: respect  for each other’s civilization including language , religion  and traditions  through  education,  collaboration and  solidarity  among all the peoples.

• Let’s fight for the peaceful co-existence of people  against  injustice,  giving our support  to the weak  and less privileged. And as Alexander  believed:

•       “It is not important to conquer the world  but to keep all the people united in peace  and friendship”.  

•       If you meet a mermaid  in your voyages try to remember the correct answer and  as modern little Alexanders , let’s all  try to spread the values of peace and friendship around the world.                             

                                                                          
                                                                               

                                                                       Warm  Greetings  from  Athens, Greece.

Συμμετοχή σε Διεθνή Διαγωνισμό

Τα νήπια του Πρότυπου Πειραματικού Νηπιαγωγείου Πανεπιστημίου Θεσσαλονίκης συμμετέχουν στον 6ο Διεθνή Διαγωνισμό Ζωγραφικής σε υπολογιστή με τίτλο

"The journey with my best friend"

Ο διαγωνισμός διεξάγεται στην Πολωνία

Για να δείτε μερικά από τα έργα τους πατήστε εδώ

A school visit to the Acropolis of Athens!

                                                                                            Agii  Anargyri,  April 6th,2014

                       At the shade of the most ancient olive tree of Athens, Attica.

                       Projects made by the pupils themselves.

 Dear  e Twinners,

   We are students of the 4th grade of the 3rd Primary school of Agii Anargyri and we would like to tell you a few things about the most important monuments of our town and the city of Athens.  

Agii Anargyri, is a nice suburb only 7 km away from the city of Athens and the Acropolis. We are very lucky, aren't we? 

In the pictures below you can see  Peisistratus’ olive tree , the only one left in the district of Attica, Athens from the ancient olive grove. The tyrant of Athens, Peisistratus ( 560-527 B.C) had ordered all the citizens of Athens,  to plant as many olive trees  in the broader area of Athens as they could. This olive tree has remained alive in the centre of our town for almost 2.500 years. Olive trees in Greece have been considered as sacred trees since ancient times.It is a preserved nature monument ,stillgreen and alive after allthose years.

Υou can also see the church of Saint Anargyri , Kosmas and Damianos the protectors of our town. There are also some pictures of a very beautiful environmental park surrounding our town full of trees, flowers, birds and smallanimals like tortoises,,lakes with ducks and fish and so many other places for fun nad adventure for kids like us.  We enjoy visiting the park with our families on Sundays.

However the most important monument of the Ancient Greek civilization is the magnificent temple on the Acropolis of Athens, known as the Parthenon. It was built between 447 and 432 BCE in the Age of Pericles, and it was dedicated to the city’s patron and protector , goddess Athena. It has been standing at the highest edge of the city of Athens for almost 2.400 years! 
My town is very close to the Acropolis,  in the city of Athens.We often visit this place.We feel like living in Ancient Greece! 
(*acropolis : the highest point-edge of the city )

Here are  some pictures of the Parthenon and the city of Athens, we have taken by ourselves on a recent school visit to the Acropolis.

The five Caryatids waiting for their 6th sister,  standing all alone in the British Museum with the rest of the Marbles of the Parthenon , stolen by Lord Elgin in 1801. Please click on the following link and take part in the campaign  in favour of the return of the Marbles of the Parthenon  to their birthplace , Athens, Greece.
www.bringthemback.org

Sea view from the Acropolis

Peisistratus' olive tree..2.400 years old!

The Town Hall of Agii Anargyri

Female statue  representing  Hellas (our country)

The Christian  Orthodox church of  Saint Anargyri.

The environmental park surrounding our town.

We hope that we have helped you get a ...picture of our city!

           

                                                                                           Warm Greetings from Athens

                                                                                                          the 4th graders