Friendship bank in our school.

The United Nations Anti-Bullying Day took place on 4 May. People who are bullied are more likely to suffer from depression and anxiety. They might lose interest in the activities they enjoy, avoid spending time with other people and not go to classes or school, which has a negative effect on their learning. The message is that bullying is never OK. 

Trying to prevent these aspects in our school, and coordinate with the psychologist from our school, a group of students from Secondary started at the beginning or the the course a special action called FRIENDSHIP BANK. The students are in charge of ensuring that all those students who need  can come to the friendship bank during break time and share their concerns, always are under the supervision of the school psychologist. They usually have systematic meetings with her and talk about how we can help students who have some type of need during the course, above all we take care of listening to them during recess hours.

The friendship bank is a place where boys and girls who suffer from problems or bullying are helped by a group of children who are committed to attending to the needs of others and thus make them feel accompanied instead of alone.

🛑 TOGETHER WE CAN STOP BULLYING!

Jules Ferry Middle school celebrates Carnival

 

Safer Internet Day and Netiquette

 In February and March we dealt with online safety because we commemorated the "Safer Internet Day" and we were divided into 5 different collaborative groups which created different presentations about 5 different topics related to Internet.

The five topics were:

cyberbullying

Presentation about cyberbullying 

IT: Domenico G., Alessandro S

SP: Eric, Alejandro, Víctor

 

social networking and fake profiles

Presentation about social networking and fake profiles

IT: Asia M., Angelica P.

Hacking and data protection

Presentation about hacking and data protection

IT: Ikhlase, Flavio A.

SP: Aitor, Marco, Alfredo, Adrián, Daniel, Rubén

 

pedophilia and pornography protection

Presentation about pedophilia and pornography protection

IT: Daniel C., Lorenzo S.

SP: Lola, Javier, Pablo, Manuel Ángel

 

fake news detection

Presentation about fake news detection

IT: Sebastiano V., Gregorio U., Gabriele T.

At the end of this activity we created a common questionnaire where each school added some questions to ask their pairs and then all the students answered them. We will publish the results soon in a common article.

We also created a common infographic about the netiquette which we all must respect in this project and online: All the students added some tips.

Netiquette di Elena Piazze "

The italian students also created a video set in their school where they invented a plot of a story about cyberbullying.

Here you can have a look at it.! Enjoy!!!

Collaborative stories set in the school partner in the project

 In January after having introduced our school through photos, videos,and presentations we used those settings to create five different narrative stories which took place in the schools partner in the project. We were divided in five different groups: one for each school where the story took place and we have to create as many characters as we needed to accomplish the task.
All the groups did the best to create the most involving story.

Group 1 sets a thriller story in the Italian school. This group is composed of:
Italy: Asia M., Angelica P.
Greece: Nikolas, Thomas, Byron
France: Sacha, Marley, Milan, Camille, Marine, Manon
Slovakia: Ivana, Nina, Veronika

Group 2 sets a horror story in the Spanish school.Group 2 is composed of:
Italy: Gregorio U., Gabriele T., Sebastiano V.
Greece: Chris, Anastasis
Spain: Javier, Marco, Lucía, Alejandro, Manuel M., Aitana, Lola
Slovakia: Ivana, Nina, Veronika

Group 3 sets a mithological story in the Greek school. 
Italy: Flavio A., Lorenzo S.
Greece: Xrysa-Anna, Aimilios
Spain: Aitor , Adrián, Carmen, Javi, Pablo, Dayenú, Alfredo
France: Ange, Théo, Angélina, Willian. Mayana, Lola, Mathias
Slovakia: Natália  

Group 4 sets a romantic story in the French school and it is composed of:

Italy: Ikhlase L., Daniel C.
Greece: Giannis, Dimitra, Marios
Spain: Daniel, Mario H., Mario L.,Mauro,Lara, Nayra, Sara.
France: Kéliana, Mathilde, Constance, Louane, Raphaël, Axel,Noham, Julien, Nathan C ,Angel
Slovakia: Natalia, Karolina, Nela

Group 5 sets a thriller story in the Slovakian school and it is composed of:
Italy: Domenico G., Alessandro S.
Greece: Dimos, Konstantinos
Spain: Sandra, Sara, Leo,Ainhoa, Santiago, Evan, Verónica.
France: Léna, Juliette,Mahé,Gabriel, Noémie, Eva,Baptiste, Loani, Erika

The following is an ebook including all the stories:

Short Stories di Isabelle Gubert

And here you are the shared documents where we worked to create the collaborative stories.

IC Sestri Levante di Elena Piazze Group 2 sets a horror story in the Spanish school and students can add as many characters as they need to create the story. Group 2 is composed of: It: Ulivi, Traversi, Villa Gr: Chris, Anastasis Sp: Javier, Marco, Lucía, Alejandro, Manuel M., Aitana, di Elena Piazze Gymnasio Soufliou di Tech Souf Group 4 sets a romantic story in the French school. Students can create as many characters as they need to develop the story. The group is composed of: It: Ikhlase L., Daniel C. Gr: Giannis, Dimitra, Marios Sp: Daniel, Mario H., Mario L.,Mauro,Lara, di Elena Piazze Group 5 sets a thriller story in the Slovakian school. Students can add as many characters as they need to develop their story. Group 5 is composed of It: Gaviglio, Simonini Alessandro Gr: Dimos, Konstantinos Sp: Sandra, Sara, Leo,Ainhoa, Santiago, Evan di Elena Piazze

Lesson concert held by Ms Nastasi and Pietro Piva

 Written by Daniel C., Ikhlase L., Alessandro S., Lorenzo S., Flavio A., Domenico G.

On the 27th of March we went to a ex Church to assist a concert lesson held by Pietro Piva, an ex student at our school and Elena Nastasi, a music teacher at IC Sestri Levante. In this lesson we learned about trumpets and the varius types of them. To attend this lesson were a lot of different classes, and of each class 1 student could try to play it. Pietro Piva explained the different components of a trumpet. They also played some songs. This lesson help us further under stand this instrument.

Kyra Sarakosti or Lady Lent

 

"Sarakosti" is a period before Easter in the Greek Orthodox Lenten Tradition.

 

Kyra Sarakosti or Lady Lent is an old Greek custom.

It is a type of calendar that people had in older times to count the weeks from Clean (Ash) Monday to Easter Sunday!

 Lady Lent has seven feet. They represent the seven weeks of Lent. Each passing week, on each Saturday, children get to break off one foot. This is a great visual way to count down the weeks until Easter.

She is in a praying position and she hasn't got a mouth because she does not talk and eat during this period, she hasn't got any ears because she doesn't hear during this time.

 After the last foot is cut off, it is tradition to place this foot in a bowl with fruits and nuts and whoever finds it receives a special blessing.

 

Ingredients of Kyra Sarakosti

2-2 1/2 cups flour

1/2 cup salt

2-2 1/2 tsp. cinnamon                            

water (as much as needed)        

decorations as you wish

* Not to be eaten! *

Written by Nikolas

International Women's day at Gymnasio Soufliou

The Junior High School of Soufli, in collaboration with High School of Soufli and the network of School Mediation Schools of the Pedagogical Department of the university of Ioannina as well as with schools of all levels from all around over the country and municipalities, implemented an action against school violence and bullying entitled  "Break the silence - unite the voices against school violence“ on March 6 in the central square in Soufli.

Written by Ioannis.

International Women's Day at La Encarnación School.

At La Encarnacion school a group of students have prepared a text on International Women's Day to make us reflect on the role of women in our society and the changes have already occurred and must continue to occur to achieve true equality.

International Women's Day is a significant occasion celebrated worldwide on March 8th each year. It's a day dedicated to honoring the achievements of women and advocating for gender equality.

 

On this day, people around the globe come together to recognize the contributions of women in various fields such as politics, science, arts, business, and more. It's also a time to reflect on the progress made towards gender equality and the challenges that still exist.

 

Events and activities are organized to raise awareness about issues affecting women, including gender-based discrimination, violence, and inequality in access to education and employment. These initiatives aim to promote empowerment and create a more inclusive society where women have equal opportunities and rights.

International Women's Day

Concert lesson about string instruments

 Written by Alessandro S., Lorenzo S., Ikhlase L., Domenico G., Flavio A., Daniel C. 

On 4th March Davide Mocini, a guitarist and lutenist, came to an ex monastery in Sestri Levante to tell the students of our school the history of string instruments and to explain the evolution and development in the last four centuries. 

The musician explained the various differences and how the technique of approaching the performance has changed, the different ways of plucking the strings, proposing, for each of them, some pieces and also exposing very particular curiosities, such as the different writing of the notes on the scores . “It is clear that the instrument that attracts  most of the attention” – he added – "is the electric guitar, which is nowadays language  and it is a completely different instrument from the other three on which we are carrying out important work to revive them. Getting into these repertoires is very difficult for a person who has never heard them before. It takes a lot of patience and a lot of listening education to enter this type of world."

Davide Mocini has a diploma in classical guitar and lute, plays in a Renaissance trio and continues further in his studies on the baroque lute. He composes songs with the Renaissance lute which he often combines with the electric guitar, contaminating, without altering, the original atmosphere of that distant world.

Professional orientation & work areas in the pharmaceutical industry

Written by Dimos

The students of the 3rd grade of the Soufli High School participated in the activity "Professional orientation & work areas in the pharmaceutical industry". The activity was implemented by the non-profit organization The Tipping Point for the school year 2023/24, with the aim of the students interacting with each other through live group sessions with professionals of different specialties in order to discover professional paths of their interest, as well as with scientists and executives of the pharmaceutical industry Pharmathen.

Astronomy at school

Written by Daniel, Ikhlase, Alessandro S., Lorenzo S., 

Another activity we have done is that of the astronomer who is passionate about taking photos of celestial bodies.He brought us several images and knowledge to us, helping us better understand how our galaxy is formed.We have conducted ulterior studies on the history of the moon, on the stars, how they are classified, on our galaxy and on nebulae. If another galaxy existed that is ten million years ago and if people went there, they would see how are planet would end.