Keep Calm and Teach English

We are really proud that our work was awarded a European Quality Label.

We are very proud that our 2012-13 eTwinning project was awarded a quality label. Congratuletions to all the students who worked for it.

Our eTwinning project has slowly come to its final step. The song that inspired us was " Χέρια σαν κι αυτά " by Locomondo. The Greek team adapted the lyrics into English and our friends from Poland made their own version of the song. Lucyna managed to conduct a brilliant choir with herself on the piano. Our cover of the song was much plainer due to the fact that we are in the middle of our final exams, but still it was worth the effort! Special thanks to everyone who devoted their time on the task.

Part of our eTwinning project is a joint presentation of our countries' pop music. We gathered basic information about popular singers and songs during our chat and we continued with a research for more information, photographs, music and lyrics on Google and Youtube. It took us some time but we finally managed to produce short videos on Windows Live Movie Maker which we uploaded on Prezi. Here are our presentations:

On the 21st March the Italian, the Polish and the Greek eTwinning teams arranged to meet on Twinspace for a chat and an interview on pop music. At 19:00 local time (18:00 for Italy and Poland) about 15 students and their teachers, Ms Lucyna Dlubak and Ms Alessia Marcon, had the opportunity to use English for real communication, to get to know each other better and come closer. The chat lasted for more than an hour and a half, and although it was an "after school activity", and even "exhausting" for some, we all agreed that it was a unique experience. Many students made new Facebook friends and even came back for more the next day! The students who took part were awarded with a special certificate in recognition of their work.

The students of B4 in the Philipeio-1st Gymnasium of Veria are currently working on an eTwinning project titled: Where Words Fail, Music Speaks. We have teamed with Publiczne Gimnazjum Nr5 in Kluczbork, Poland and Scuola Media Statale in Pianiga, Italy. The students have introduced themselves, their schools and their towns using Powerpoint Presentaions. Kluczbork Pianiga