Students thoughts about the project (Vyronia Junior High School - GREECE)

 

This year we took part in an eTwinning project titled "Let's fight for a better world" in which each month we were involved in different themes and activities, such as women's rights, the environment, tolerance of violence, bullying, etc.

It was one of the most beautiful school activities we have participated in because not only did we come in communication, through the internet, with other schools in Greece and abroad, but we also discussed and learned about issues that have been of concern to the whole world for many years.

This was done in various ways, such as online meetings where we presented our work and talked about the topic in question.

I am really sad that "Let's fight for a better world!" has unfortunately come to an end and I hope that next year we will have the opportunity to experience something similar again.

Georgia-Iliana A. (8nd grade student, 2023-2024)

Vasilis K.: It was very nice!
Philipos T. : I loved it and I want to do it again!
Pavlos A. : I liked it very much. We learned a lot of things!
John K.: It was great and very interesting.
Zoe T. : It was a lot of fun and I loved it, I would like to do it again!
Stavroula K.: It was a very useful experience, I would like to do it again.
Spyridoula P. : It was interesting, with beautiful messages!
George N. : I extremely enjoyed “Let’s fight for a better world” project and I believe it was very helpful!
Thodoris A. : I liked it very much and I think that it would be good if we repeat it
Dora A. : To my view, this year’s project was really fan and surely taught us a lot of new things. I had an amazing experience and I would definitely want to do it again!
Dimitris K. : I think this project was fantastic because we did so many interesting things.

4th online meeting with students (Vyronia Junior High School - GREECE)

 

On Tuesday 21 May, the 4th and last online meeting of the students of the etwinning project "Let's fight for a better world!"
The meeting was attended by schools from Romania, Turkey, Croatia, Spain and Greece.
First of all, the topic that we dealt with in May ("Cultural Identity and Divercity") was presented where our students George N. and Theodora A. read the myths of Prometheus and the Rapture of Persephone  explaining their connection with human rights and the need for man to respect the environment (climate change) respectively.
The meeting ended with a review of the project and its activities.

In the etwinning project "Let's fight for a better world!" we addressed the major challenges of the modern world (poverty, hunger, inequality and climate change) and tried to raise awareness about the importance of acting in time and the belief that every action and effort matters.

We bid you farewell dear friends and hope to work together again in the future in beautiful and creative projects.

The values of a better world in the myths of our culture (Vyronia Junior High School - GREECE)

 

Our Declaration for Climate Change (Vyronia Junior High School)

 

Working on Climate Change (Vyronia Junior High School)

 

In April, the topic we dealt with was climate change. Activities related to climate change were carried out in order to increase awareness and understanding of climate change among students through collaborative activities.

Initially, the topic was presented in class where students, under the guidance of Ms. Bouziani, discussed issues related to the impact of climate change on the environment and by extension on our lives. Then, in the computer lab, they answered the question: "Can using less electricity at home help reduce our carbon footprint and slow down climate change?" and then split into three groups and were asked to give their own ideas on how to create a declaration on the environment:  

What are our concerns? 

What are our concerns? 

What are our concerns?

Our declatation for Climate Change

My Shero - Our common booklet

 

 

How is my SHERO?

Click to read this book, made with Book Creator

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Thoughs about my mother (Vyronia Junior High School - GREECE)

 

4th Students Online Meeting (GREECE) - March 2024

 

 

From the students of the 9th grade Maria Kon. and Maria K.

Today we participated together with all the children of our class and the 8th grade in an online meeting with students, in the project eTwinning "Let's fight for a better world!". The meeting was attended by schools from Romania, Croatia, Croatia, Turkey, Moldova and Greece. It was an exciting and unique experience - for all of us in the third grade.
At first we all gathered together in one classroom and the schools started to "enter" the digital room one by one. We noticed with great curiosity the children from the other schools, the teachers, their classes.
At 11:00 the meeting started and the founder of the project Ms. Lacramiora Fira greeted us in English (a chance to practice it already) and explained what was to come. The Romanian school showed us a wonderful presentation on women's rights, where we were concerned that in many countries women are still struggling to gain basic human freedoms. Their rights are not respected.

Then students from different schools took the floor and expressed their views on the position of women in our times, mentioning the assets and obstacles they face.
The question followed: "Do you think that women's rights are fully respected in your country?" where we were asked to answer - we students - using our mobile phones (I really liked that!)
At the end we were asked to describe what we think a "female heroine" (a She + HERO i.e. SHERO) should be like and to write down our thoughts about our mother.
It was a great experience because we got to hear the views of children from other countries and I would love to do it again!

4th teachers meeting (GREECE) - March 2024

 

February 2024: Bullying and Cyberbullying (Greece)

 

Our theme for February 2024 is bullying

But what do we mean when we talk about bullying?

Bullying is an aggressive and repetitive behaviour in which a person or group of people deliberately causes distress and discomfort to another person who is perceived to be weaker or vulnerable.

• Bullying is intentional - it harms another person deliberately
• Bullying involves abuse of power in a relationship
• Bullying is usually not isolated - it is repeated or has the potential to be repeated over time
• Bullying involves behaviour that can cause harm

On Thursday 22 February 2024, my students were asked to test their knowledge of safe internet browsing (I think most of them did very well) by answering the questions in the "Do you know how to behave online?" questionnaire. We then addressed the topic of bullying and cyberbullying, the phenomenon was defined and its main characteristics were presented (what it is, what are its main characteristics, what can we do...).

Our proposal for safe internet rules

"Be polite and careful. Remember that your posts are public."

 This was followed by a short story "Gone to far" where the children, divided into groups, were asked to "put themselves in each other's shoes" and describe the feelings and thoughts of the heroes of the story (perpetrator, victim, observers).

 

2nd online meeting with students (GREECE)

 Vyronia Junior High School (GREECE)

Karakasidou Alexandra, Bouziani Maria 

 

Ilianna - Georgia (8th grade student)

 Tuesday 6 February 2024 at 10:00 am, the meeting started and schools from Greece, Romania (where our team coordinator belongs), Croatia, Turkey etc. started to connect. We all feel nervous but also happy. The experience is unprecedented...

At the beginning, the project coordinator Ms. Lacramiora Fira presented the topic we were working on in January 2024, the activities and the creations that came out of the collaboration of all the schools. We were then informed about the results of the online Quiz in which all schools took part (the theme was about "Social inclusion") and the winners (a student from a school in Sweden) were announced. This was followed by the announcement of the topic we will be working on this month: "Bulling and Cyberbulling" which I find very interesting. I can't wait to get started...

Finally, the floor was given to us and we, the students of the schools, were invited to express our thoughts and opinions on the topic of "Social Inclusion" and the activities we have been engaged in the previous month. One by one the students came in front of the microphone and developed their views. Spyridoula and Dimitris and Dora and George spoke about our school (in English). Well done guys!

 And so the time passed, the meeting came to an end and the schools

Somehow the time passed, the meeting came to an end and the schools said goodbye with joy and beautiful wishes! Until next time!

 

The students' views on the meeting

  Zoe (2nd grade)

We asked our classmates about the meeting and most of them said that their opinion was positive and that they had a quite enjoyable time.

 In more detail, to the question "What did you think of the meeting?"  the answers we received were: "Good", "A bit stressful", "Pleasant", "Exciting", "Fantastic", while to the question "Would you like to do it again?" most of them answered positively with the most enthusiastic ones adding: "Yes, because it was great", "It was so much fun!"

Finally, it should be mentioned that it was Theodore who took it upon himself to record moments from the meeting with his camera.

 

What we learned about social inclusion?

In our opinion, with the word "inclusion" we combine many different things. Every person is different, from a different country, culture, with different characteristics, customs and traditions, but we all have equal rights. So we all need to understand that it is necessary to accept each person exactly as they are, without putting labels on them. Moreover, we should realize that we cannot judge anyone based on their outer appearance or origin, but on their personality.

Spyridoula-Panagiota, Dimitris (8th grade students)

About the January 2024 activities (Social inclusion)

 In our opinion, the activities we have been involved in during the last month were very useful as they helped us to understand how important it is to be able to "put yourself in someone else's shoes". In class and based on a short video, we talked and exchanged views on the concept of inclusion. We then collaboratively wrote a story. Finally, we answered a questionnaire and played a game.

Maria-Theodora, George (8th grade students)

Inclusion Self Assesment Questionaire (Vyronia Junior High School - GREECE)

 

A story about social inclusion (Vyronia Junior High School - GREECE)

 

We were divided into 4 groups according to the age of our students.
Our main objective was to collaboratively write and illustrate a story about social inclusion.
The beginning of the story was given and together we determined the order in which each group would continue the story and who would be responsible for the illustration.
The group from the Vyronia High School was responsible for writing the end of the common story. In class, the students, under the guidance of the philologist Mrs. Maria Bouziani, read what the other teams had written and discussed. They then split into groups to work together and record their ideas about the development and ending of our story.

3rd teachers meeting

The right to EDUCATION

 

Greece and Turkey team work

 

Teachers:  

Greek team: Karakasidou Alexandra, Bouziani Maria 

Turkey team: Ilkay Polat 

The partners work collaboratively (in groups of 2) with the aim of creating a book on human rights - the theme of the project for the month of December - in which each group should cover two pages.
Vyronia Junior High School collaborates with BALÇOVA 80. YIL ORHANGAZİ ORTAOKULU-TURKEY on "the right to education"
Our initial plan is to make a poster with 6 slogans related to our topic (3 per group)

At school, students talked about human rights and especially children's rights in the classroom and in the Literature lesson. They then focused on the right to education. Answered questions such as: "What does school offer us?", "Why should I go to school?" etc and then suggested their own slogans and voted for the ones they thought were the best (When the road to school is a big adventure. Incredible photos with children from all over the world…)
After that, the teams collaboratively wrote and illustrated (using PIXTON)  a story about a child who wants to go to school but can't (including a 6-panel comic). The story was created step by step (like a chain) using the web 2.0 tool PIXTON where we formed our common digital class.

Here are the results of our work

The right to eduction: OUR SLOGANS

Our common story: ANNA'S RIGHT TO EDUCATION

Voting for project's logo (Vyronia Junior High School - GREECE)

November 2023

The students of Vyronia Junior High School voted for the logo they  liked the most and thought best for our project.

2nd teachers meeting & 1st students meeting

On Monday, November 27, 2023 at 19:00 (Greece time), an online meeting of the project teams was held in which, for the first time, our students also participated.

We started with a short presentation of the teachers of the project, followed by the presentation of the students where they were given the opportunity to greet the partners and talk about them and their expectations.

The students were then asked to write "synonyms for tolerance", From the answers a word cloud was created with the dominant word:? "LOVE"

The twinspace of the project was presented and also the e-magazine with the posters containing the slogans of the groups for "Tolerance" (November work)

Finally we had a short game about tolerance (wordWall).
Vyronia Junior High School was represented by Alexandra Karakasidou (informatics teacher) and the students of 8th grade : Dora A., Zoi Th., Dimitris K. and Thodoris A.

Many congratulations to the students for their time!

November, 2023 Tolerance Stops Violence

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Projects Logo - Vyronia Junior High School

 

 

The students created logos for the project as an assignment in the Computer Science class using the web2.0 tool Canva.

Assignment in the elarning platform for the Computer Sience class

 

Tolerance Stops Violence - Vyronia Junior High School (GREECE)

 

Vyronia Junior High School (GREECE)

Karakasidou Alexandra

Bouziani Maria

The 16th of November is the international day for TOLERANCE

 

Project's theme for November is "Tolerance stops Violence"

In the classroom

1. students talked about violence: the forms, the emotions envolved, their experiences
2.  students talked about tolerance. Exchanged ideas and their thoughts
3. Finaly all together, with brainstorming, formed a slogan:

"We strive for a world with tolerance NOT violence"

 

The presentation of the activity in our schools' site: Tolerance stops Violence

Students initial evaluation - Vyronia Junior High School (GREECE)

 Vyronia Junior High School (GREECE)

Karakasidou Alexandra 

Bouziani Maria

 

In the Computer Lab, students answered the initial evaluation questionaire.

1. We read the questions in English
2. We discassed and explained
3. and finaly answered