Greece in Life Across Europe

Our country-our town-our school in a few words and pictures.

Greece in Europe

Location of

Greece

(deep orange) We come from Greece a small country in the south of Europe.

It has about 11.000.000 inhabitants

Greece and its parts

Greece has a lot of islands and mountainous areas.

It is divided into 13 parts.

We are in the North part just 120 Km away from Thessaloniki

Greek Macedonia

Greek Macedonia is the second largest prefecture in Greece,it is one of the most beautiful regions of Greece and its capital, Thessaloniki is the second largest city in Greece.

The perfecture of Kozani Kozani is the largest prefecture of Western Macedonia of a 3562 square kilometres area and 150,431 people according to the 1991 census. It is studded with archaeological sites, historical monuments and bustling cities full of life and prosperity thanks to trade and deposits of lignite.(Greece has 52 prefectures).

The town of Kozani

Kozani ( Greek : Κοζάνη ), capital of Kozani Prefecture Macedonia Polyfytos .

.It It is located in the western part of . The city lies 710 meters above sea level, 15 kilometers north west of the lake is situated near the Egnatia Highway Ionian Sea with borders.

, which connects the coast of the Thessaloniki and Turkish

The town of Kozani

Kozani is the home of the

Technological Educational Institute of West Macedonia

and the

University of West Macedonia [1] ,

with about 15,000 students from all over

Greece

and other places.

The Folklore Museum and the Town Hall

Some other interesting places

The new park in our town The famous bridge of Polyfytous

Carnivals an important event in kozani

One of the most important aspects of local folklore is Kozani's carnival at the end of the winter, which retains much of the profanity of the ancient Dionysiac cult.

We are all having fun

Our school’s Neighbourhood

The church and the park of St. Dimitrios by our school

This is the 2nd Primary School of Kozani

We are 20 happy teachers and 250 happier students.

This is our headmaster

Our headmaster is Thanasis Zahos.

These are some of the teachers in our school

The others were busy at that moment. We posed in a typical classroom on the opening day!

Ms Despina Soumelidou is our vice headmaster.

Some people more

The music teacher in a relaxing moment The president and the vice president of the Parents Association which is really very active and helpful for the school.

In our school -There are

A small canteen for snacks which our students have during their breaks.

The 2 classes of kindergarten for children aged 4-5 and 5-6. Two offices for teachers - smokers and non-smokers and the headmaster’s office.

14 classes for the needs of teaching.

Our classrooms

There are 6 grades in the elementary (or primary) school ,2 classes for each.

Each class has its own classroom.

There is also a classroom for foreign languages And a classroom for the daily school, where children eat .

Teachers and classes

Every teacher has a class - he is responsible for this class and teaches all the subjects. All teachers are qualified to teach all subjects in all classes.

The P.E, music and foreign languages are taught by specialized teachers who are qualified to teach the specific subject.

The school chorus and our school in a parade

The subjects

In the first and second grade students have Language, Maths, Environmental Education, Arts, P.E. and cross-curricular subject. They come to school for 25 lessons per week.

In the third and fourth grade English, History and Religious are added. They come to school for 30 lessons.

In the fifth and sixth grade French or German, Geography, Science and politics are added. They are in the school for 32 lessons.

Hours in the school

The official program starts for students 8:20 and finishes at 12:30(kindergarten) 13:20 for the grades 1,2,3,4 14:00 for the grades 5,6 (not everyday) There is also the daily school (not obligatory) from 12.30 till 4.00. Children stayed at school for extra lessons.

Here

We are four people: Maria Chantzi (one of the English teachers) Antiopi Gigantidou Rossetta Skraparli (both teachers of the 1 year) st grade for this school Georgios Papadopoulos (the P.E. teacher)

The Greek working team

We are the four of the sixteen that are eager to work and try our best.

We are waiting for you in February to join in and feel the winter festival of carnivals and its cultural dimensions in the school and everyday life!!!