Let’s play together with stories

Dear friends we wish you a Merry Christmas!

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Dear friends - partners. students and parents,
we are in the pleasant position to announce you that our project won the 1st prize on Greek 5th National Competition for the best Etwinning projects in category: ages: 5-12
Thank you all for the great job and collaboration!!!
Congratulation on our success!!!

You can find the announcement here:

5 χρόνια eΤwinning - 5α Εθνικά Βραβεία eTwinning: Οι Νικητές!

It's in Greek but using a translator I suppose you'll have a pretty good translation in your own language :-)

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Hello friends,
here you can have a look to a presentation of our project in the Greek Portal as a paradigm of projects which won the Greek National Quality Label. We have won three Labels by Greek NSS!
Dear European partners the text is in Greek , you can use a translator to have an idea about!
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Congratulations to our students and their parents!
Thank you all for the nice collaboration!
Mary

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Dear friends,
I am in the pleasant position to inform you that yesterday I received a message from eTwinning Team. They anounced me that our Kindergarten was awarded with the European Quality Label for our project.
Congratulations to all!
Mary

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The kids of 1st kindergarten are narrating the story of Thumbelina by heart

They recorded it using the recorder on Computer.
Well done kids, bravo!!!
Mary Fournari

The presentation created by using Windows Photo Story 3 and upload on YouTube
Mary Fournari

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Students are narrating (reading) Thumbelina in English! Don’t forget that it’s only their first year!!! It’s a wonderful example that teaching a foreign language should be meaningful. The recording was done on a mobile phone.
Enjoy!!
Well done kids!!

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The pupils of Polish kindergarten are reading the story of Thumbelina.
Congratulation kids, you all are able to read! We are impressed!
Mrs Maria, Mrs Mardarit and Mrs Mary and your friends from 1st kindergarten, Greece.

This presentation created by using Windows Photo Story 3 and then uploaded on YouTube.
greetings!

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Reading and recording...

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Thumbelina came to Greece from Portugal by post.
She is totally completed!!!
She is so pretty!
All children used their creative imagination, so Thumbelina is a perfect doll with hut and purse and not only...
Observe please the details....

Excellent job dear students! Perfect done !!!!!
Congratulation to all of you!!!
warmest greetings
Mary Fournari

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Thumbelina the doll had with her this paper in her trip to all our countries!
On this paper participants wrote Thumbelina's name in their own language.
It was in the envelope from Portugal with her.

Nice job!
Congratulation kids to all of you!
Greetings!

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Some weeks ago I received an envelope from Portugal. I wondered what it is. When I opened it I saw Thumbelina , the doll completed, a perfect doll.
I was pleasantly surprised and I felt very happy, but I couldn't show her to our students because the school had already closed for summer vacation.
I ' ll post her photo so, kids, you'll be able to see what you created collaborating among all of you!
A fantastic doll named Thumbelina! The paper with her name written in all our languages
Here are some photos from the envelop and the things in it (he paper with her name written in all our languages and......)

warmest greetings
Mary Fournari

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Dear colleagues, students and parents, we are in the pleasant position to inform you that we were awarded with the
National Quality Label for our project by Greek NSS. It's the third National Quality label we won!!!

What are the criteria for winning a quality label?
A project has to broadly achieve excellence in the following areas:
(1) Pedagogical Innovation and Creativity
(2) Curricular Integration
(3) Collaboration between partner schools
(4) Creative use of ICT
(5) Sustainability and Transferability
(6) Results and Benefits
From the above, it seems we do great job!

CONGRATULATIONS on your success everyone!!!

Mary Fournari

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Safer Internet in English :
:http://www.saferinternet.org/web/guest/safety-issues;jsessionid=D096491CDF27BA179095078DABF6EA54

Αγαπητοί γονείς,

Το Πανελλήνιο Σχολικό Δίκτυο κατέγραψε μια σειρά από συμβουλές, θέλοντας να εξασφαλίσει την ασφαλή παρουσία των παιδιών σας στην δικτυακή κοινωνία, την καλή χρήση των υπηρεσιών του Διαδικτύου και την αποτροπή ανεπίτρεπτων συμπεριφορών. Θεωρούμε χρήσιμο να τις διαβάσετε προσεκτικά.

*Φροντίστε να ενημερωθείτε για το Διαδίκτυο.........

Η ιστοσελίδα είναι: http://www.saferinternet.gr/
Και το ιστολόγιο: http://blogs.sch.gr/internet-safety/

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We also won the European Quality Label!!!

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We are in the position to announce that our class won the National Quality Label prize!

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Our friends from Slovakia responded in our invitation to participate in the “flags activity”. Thank you very much for the cooperation! I added your drawings in the same slide show , but I can’t read and write your names.
Kisses from all of us.
Mary from Greece

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Thumbelina is ready to travel to Portugal in order to be totally completed.
A commemorative photo before she leaves by Post:
the doll in kids' hands and also the paper where they wrote Thumbelina in Slovakian, under the witting in other languages. This paper is traveling every where she goes, in her envelop :-) in order to have her name in all partners' languages and in English by 3d grade of Greek Elementary school.

Well done kids! Congratulation!
Let's see what you left for your Portuguese partners to do. It seems you finish her. :-)
But we are sure that our friends in Portugal have very creative imagination and will find something awesome to do!!!
bye!

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Some glimpses of the collaborative creation of the doll.
The kids work on it and they watch their partners working in this activity, in Twinspace:

(Presentation made by Windows Photo Story 3)
In this video Polish school pupils are watching relative photos from Slovakia.

Nice job our friends!
Thanks!

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Dear friends we prepared a common activity and we wait to complete it if you want to.
Please print our drawings with flags and write your name next to the kid next to your flag.
The initial idea was Mrs Regina's, a kid's mother and we extended it.
Then you can post yours in our blog.
Greetings
Mary

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Thumbelina leaves 1st kindergarten having: body, head, hands, legs face, eyes, and wonderfull hair!
She is going to kindergarten of Agios Thomas by post. Our friends will continue her construction.
We are very curious about the continue!!!!!
Have fun!

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We received Thumbelina from 5th Elementary School Irakliou Attikis, Greece, She had a body, hands and legs. Then we discussed how to proceed to continue adding characteristics and leave some job for the next partners. We put her hair and eyes and sent her to Agios Thomas Kindergarten by post.
Here are some photos of the procedure, We can’t describe the kid’s enthusiasm and the storm of ideas about this activity.
We enjoyed it very much!
Margarita Apostolidou

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Here you can see us sawing the legs and the arms of Thumbelina and putting hair and eyes on her head...live!!!!
We enjoyed it! Did you?
Greetings
Kids and Mrs. Maragarita Apostolidou

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Making Thumbelina the doll 1st Kindergarten Iraklio
Moments of the procedure

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We received the body of Thumbelina (doll) from our friends in Poland. After discussion among the students of both grades we decided to add hands and legs.
The children were very excited with this activity. So was I. We hope you enjoy it too.
We are looking forward to seeing what our friends are going to make.

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Dear Mrs Jola and friends from Poland , we had a great pleasant surprise by receiving your Easter gifts!
Thank you very much!
Jesus is Risen! = Christios Anesti = Χριστός Ανέστη!
Here is a video about your envelop:

We try to read our friends' names:

Kids from 1st Kindergarten, Irraklio, Attiki and teachers Maria Kordera, Margarita Apostolidou and Mary Fournari.

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Τhese are some videos of the procedure of making Thumbelina doll! The children enjoyed the activity very much! The videos were recorded by the children! As you can see they have in mind not to record their faces (for safety reasons)!

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In 1st kindergarten Iraklio, Attiki, Greece, we are watching our friends drawings' presentations on our computer via our project's blog.

Nice to meet you again here, dear friends!
you've done a great job!
greetings

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The children of both 2nd and 3rd grade agreed to make arms and legs for Thumbelina the doll!
Here are some moments of our conversation in the classroom about how and what to do.
The video is captured by a pupil of 2nd grade. You can notice that kids avoid to look straight at the camera, in order not to show their faces for safety reasons.

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In April, before Easter, we have prepared Easter decorations. First we have made Spring flowers and Easter eggs from coloured paper. One week before Easter we have planted seeds. We were taking care of these plants putting some water. When green plants have appeared we have added earlier prepared Easter decorations and each of us has taken them with us to our homes. Some Easter eggs we have sent by post to our friends from Greece.

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Moments in the Polish Kindergarten.....
Discussion about Greek issues: they know about Greek salad: "Sałatka grecka"
I'm excited!!!
Mary

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I visited the Polish Kindergarten we cooperate with.
He says: "Welcome Mrs. Mary" in Greek and I answer in Polish: "Thank you very much!"
Unforgettable and indescribable moments..... moments of the joy of being a teacher and especially an Etwinner teacher!
Thank you, "Dziękuję bardzo"!!!
Love
Mary

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After a walk in Lancut Palace with Jola's family, Jola had an excellent idea: to post cards to our partners. So we went to the Post office. But there, we realized that we hadn't with us all the partners' addresses. We apologize for that, but you must know that we tried hard to find them by phone! We didn't found all, but you all have our love!!!

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Presentation made with tool Windows Photo story 3

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Here is a part of our tour in the school of Kraczkowa.
In ground floor you can see some wardrobes organized for each class. The pupils put their jackets, shoes, extra equipment mostly in winter rainy or snowy days that the soil is wet and muddy.

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Here are some photos from our shhool's neighborhood Q
The photos are kindly offered by Nikos Fournaris from his personal collection created by him. He studies Αrchitecture, and likes the art of photography. So, he is in action :-)
Nikos Fournaris is my nephew.(Mary Fournari)

Thank you very much Nikos for your kind offer!

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Some views from our country, Greece captured by Nikos Fournaris' camera.
Some of them are pieces of art! Have a look at Niko's grandmother preparing material for a cheese pie (photo in black and white)
Thank you Nikos for you kindness!
Be well!

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Holly Mount Athos is the centre of Eastern Christian Orthodox Monasticism. Set in an area of outstanding natural beauty, it is a treasury which houses and guards many artfacts and monuments of religion, national and artistic value. It is also a "workshop" where religion's arts and crafts are still practiced to this day, and where deep and genuine spirituality is allowed to flourish and bear fruit. As an institution Mount Athos is, and has been, the chief standard bearer of Orthodox Christianity. http://www.inathos.gr/

The photos are kindly offered by Nikos Fournaris from his personal collection created by him. He studies Αrchitecture, and likes the art of photography. So, he is in action :-)
Nikos Fournaris is my nephew.

Thank you very much Nikos for your kind offer!

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When we draw our pictures, we all learn how to scan them in our Computer using the scanner.

This activity done in a collaborative way and it was related with Mats, language, ICT use, according our Curriculum.
We learned from each other in a collaborative way.
We enjoyed too much scanning!

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Dear friends here are our drawings representing ourselves. Mrs Mary published them in a electronic book. We like very much this book which contains ourselves! We hope you like it too!
Kids from 1st kindergarten, Iraklio, Attiki, Greece

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Children from Jardim de Infância de Miragaia - Abragão - Penafiel - Portugal present themselves...

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Dear partners, kids, parents and friends, we are a little delayed, but finally we managed to make a presentation.
It is made by using Movie Maker, and includes photos and videos about:
1. Introducing eTwinning activities
2. Narration of Thumbelina by teacher Maria Kordera
3. Drawings scanning from Chapter 2 activities: Thumbelina and the frogs
The narration video and some photos were captured by a pupil.
All these activities implemented by Mrs Maria Kordera supported by me a little bit :-) (mostly in collaborative organizing and in technical issues, ICT using)
I delayed, because of the multitude of activities that I had to organize in a Movie Maker presentation.
Greetings
Mary

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Here is a video of our school and our classroom!

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Continue reading "Thumbelina and Flower Prince" »

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The kids split into six groups of two or three members. Each group illustrated a chapter working in a cooperative way. They enjoyed the activity very much. Hope you enjoy the slideshow.
Greetings
Dimitra Karatzogianni

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The kids of 2nd grade draw cooperative all the chapters of Thumbelina.
Hope you enjoy it.
Dimitra

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Our children ilustrated the tale "Thumbelina and Winter".

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On 24th of February we had lots of guests. Our Grandmas and Grandpas have visited us.
We have prepared very intensively for this event - please have a look.

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Here is our Thumbelina version!

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1. www.etwinning.gr

2. www.saferinternet.net

3. http://www.etwinning.com

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We have made presentation for the first chapter. Have a look. Comments are welcome.

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On 29th of January 2009 all children from our Kindergarten have participated in great Princesses Party.
Have a look...

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Image Web source : Amazon.com

Here is the Thumbelina's story written by H. C. Andersen
Web source : Classic Fairy Tales & Folktales
At that site you can find Thumbelina's story in English here :Thumbelina

Here is the story.....

Thumbelina/Thumbeline
By Hans Christian Andersen, 1835
Translated by Henry William Dulcken PH.D., 1866 version

Thumbelina: Brad Sneed (Hans Christian Andersen Fairy Tales)

There was once a woman who wished for a very little child; but sho did not know where she should procure one. So she went to an old witch, and said,

" I do so very much wish for a little child! can you not tell me where I can get one ? "

" Oh ! that could easily be managed," said the witch. " There you have a barleycorn: that is not of the kind which grows in the countryman's field, and which the chickens get to eat. Put that into a flower-pot, and you shall see what you shall see."

" Thank you," said the woman; and she gave the witch twelve shillings, for that is what it cost.

Then she went home and planted the barleycorn, and immediately there grew up a great handsome flower, which looked like a tulip; but the leaves were tightly closed, as though it were still a bud. .......continue reading at Extended Entry...

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Here you can see our self-portraits! Hope you like them!

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You can "read" our electronic book and feel the atmosphear before Christmas in our school! .
In some photos you can see us preparing the Christmas cards with our wishes and names which sent you by post
love
kids from 1st kindergarten Iraklio

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2nd grade. The kids draw themeselves and write their names in Greek
and English.
Enjoy the slideshow!!!!
Dimitra Karatzogianni

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Here are some photos of the procedure of the activity "Presenting ourselves"

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The kids from Portuguese school proposed to split the story in 6 following charters.
Each kindergarten was assigned to make drawings for one of the chapters.
1. Thumbelina's birth - Kraczkowa Kindergarten, Poland
2. Thumbelina and the frogs - 1st Kindergarten Iraklio Attikis. Greece
3. Thumbelina in the winter - Slovakian Kindergarten
4. Thumbelina and the bird (swallow) - Kindergarten of Agios Thomas, Greece
5. Swallow and Thumbelina in the hot countries - 3rd class of Iraklio 5th Elementary School, Athens. Greece
6. The flower Prince and Thumbelina - Portuguese Kindergarten

2nd grade of 5th Iraklio Attiki Elementary school drew one drawing for each chapter and wrote the title in Greek.
3rd grade of the same school drew all the chapters and wrote the title in English.

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Here you can see some of the most famous landmarks of Greece.

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We have the pleasure to present you our shool and our classroom.

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1st Kindergarten, Iraklio Attiki
Teachers after Christmas theatre: (....women in black :-) !!!)

Eleni Sigouni: director
Katerina Tsianaka
Maria Kordera
Margarita Apostolidou
Evridiki Siamou
Mary Fournari

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Dear partners here is our brand -new blog! I wish it would be a place where everyone loves to post entries regarding our project.

Warmest greetings!
Mary Fournari

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