Exploring our local products

First and second graders are learning to communicate and respect the place they live in with its quality and its assets. Messinia province is the area with the largest production of figs all over Greece and one of the finest in Europe. Each year the exports are large and the biggest production unit only 10km away from our school. Today was a great day to do that!

We went there and we got to see how the preparation of the figs which remains the same (without additions and preservatives) since 1910 when it first started. The only flavor added is the amazing messinian oregano which the students got to add to figs.

10th P.S. of Kalamata celebrates World Day for Disability

Today we celebrated the world day for disability by doing something different. We explored our neighborhood, in different terms. We were blind for one day. This is collaborative way of learning at its best. Our students were divided into small groups of 5 or 6 with specific roles. One acted as the disabled person. He/She was blindfolded and used a broom stick to provide him/her with the needed guidance along with oral instructions by a classmate who acted as the friend. The other three or four students, depending on the team, monitored and recorded the experience while at the same time they wrote down all botchery, errors and ill-practices by our fellow citizens and municipal authorities  in our neighbourhood towards short-sighted or blind people.

Reducing Plastic

Now in our second-year teaching through global goals changes are an everyday reality for our school. Decisions and actions are part of our life. Returning from Poland everyone thought we should take a step further. Best changes come from within! 

Day of Mediterranean Coast

Our school cited next to the sea, gave us the perfect opportunity to take action as responsible citizens. We organized ourselves by record, separate, declutter and gather all things not needed in a clean environment. Based on the collaborative learning and working as a team, students used critical thinking on a problem based environment in order to make decisions.

Final Day in Zblewo

During the final day of the project participating teachers also had the opportunity to discuss various aspects of Global Citizenship Education, such as Democratic Education. As part of the discussion we examined various teaching and learning methods that we could incorporate in our teaching. Below is the coordinator of our project, Wendy, and the coordinator from the Polish school, Joanna. 

Tree Planting in Zblewo

During the mobility all participating teachers and pupils from the Polish school had the opportunity to participate in a tree planting experience. Caring about our environment is in the heart of all of us and our Erasmus project “Guiding the Development of Responsible Citizens.”

THURSDAY 17 TH OCTOBER 2019

We are now 5 days in Zblewo. Each day we go further into polish way of thinking, understanding more and more that people in Europe have a lot in common. Our beautiful day started with our team deciding in details about common goals and activities of our project. Work goes always first, combined with the excellent polish hospitality.