Welcome to the Creative English blog for EFL teachers and learners. Feel free to check out creative project ideas, artwork, poetry, short films and more. Think Outside the Box! Enjoy being creative!
Thaumatropes, these spinning toys that make two pictures look like one, foster creativity, enhance fine motor skills and offer a fun way to explore the principles of stem concepts by combining science, maths and engineering skills.
Enjoy a presentation with videos of thaumatropes designed by the fifth graders.
The United Nations celebrates English Language Day on April 23rd, a date that traditionally marks both the birth and death of William Shakespeare.
This choice recognizes Shakespeare's profound influence on the English language, as he remains its most celebrated playwright.
5th grade pupils were engaged in various activities to celebrate this special day! They wrote biopoems based on the Bard's life, read quotes and created thaumatropes inspired by some of his most well known quotes.
Here's a presentation with a selection of pupils' work.
On Thursday, April 3rd, 2025, at the ERT Broadcasting Studio, our school received an award for the stop motion animation film "Cooking up Hope" at the 5th International Student Audiovisual Creation Competition "Schools Broadcast on ERT". The event was co-hosted by the ERT Archive and the Educational Radio-Television of the Ministry of Education, Religious Affairs, and Sports.
We proudly dedicate this award to our beloved pupils of E1 and E2 classes from the 2022–2023 school year. Now high schoolers, it was their creativity, passion, and teamwork that brought this stop motion animation film to life.👏👏👏
Read the press announcement about the ceremony here.
Our school has been awarded the eTwinning School Label for 2025-2026 as a recognition for our dedication and commitment to promote eTwinning and its values, which are represented by the eTwinning School's mission.
The 50th, 53rd and 54th Primary Schools of Thessaloniki participate in the 8th National School Competition for Primary and Secondary Education. The competition, Bravo Schools is part of the initiative 'in action for a better world – Creating a better world.' It is implemented in collaboration with the World's Largest Lesson (a recognized education program by the United Nations), UNICEF, and UNESCO at an international level. The competition aims to highlight the most comprehensive educational approaches related to the 17 Global Goals for Sustainable Development.
Our competition entry includes our collaborative project, "Click on Rebetiko," which aligns with the 11th Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) - particularly Target 11.4, which focuses on protecting and preserving the world’s cultural and natural heritage.
Click on the link of our competition entry to find out more about our project:
The pupils of E2 class had the opportunity to interview five Slovenian teachers who visited our school as part of their Erasmus KA1 project. Our guests talk about life in Slovenia, covering topics like the weather, food, famous landmarks, and the school system.
Teachers in charge: Vasiliki Tsioumari, Notis Genitzes and Katerina Koupa.
A few words about the process:
Pupils worked in groups in order to prepare the interview questions, the podcast poster and the music. Two of them conducted the interview and one of them was responsible for the recording and the mixage. Take a look at some photos.
The questions that were prepared by pupils
Click on the link below to listen to our podcast and learn all about Slovenia.
Our school had the opportunity to host five Slovenian teachers for a week as part of the Erasmus KA1 - Job Shadowing program, which they are implementing. Here is a presentation of the activities our teachers organized during their visit.
A humorous podcast series that explores proper internet use and safe browsing through the mishaps of a family in the digital age. The podcast was created by the 6th grade pupils of the 50th Primary School as part of the European School Radio campaign for Safer Internet Day 2025.
We are very happy to announce that our school has received recognition in one of the six categories of the "BE Safer @ European School Radio 2025" competition. Our podcast series "Wi-Family: A disconnected Family" was awarded the "Best Approach" prize for its creativity, originality and educational impact! Congrats to the sixth-grade pupils and their teachers!
On Friday February 7th,2025, our school participated in an online event about online safety. The event was organized by the Ministry of Education and the Hellenic Police as part of the celebration of the International Safer Internet Day 2025. During the event, they had the opportunity to watch informative videos and learn valuable tips on how to stay safe online.
Teachers in charge: Vasiliki Tsioumari and Katerina Koupa
Pupils of the 50th and the 72nd Primary Schools of Thessaloniki worked together through a shared link on Canva in order to design a collaborative poster on Internet safety during our eTwinning project "Dream City -Smart and Sustainable". The pupils of the 50th Primary School contributed by listing and designing the important “’Do’s” of online safety while the pupils of the 72nd focused on the “Don'ts.
Teachers in charge:
Vasiliki Tsioumari, Katerina Koupa and Stella Fetsi
Here is our pupils' collaborative poster!
Our school is a proud SID supporter!
We are happy to present our school's certificate for organizing and supporting events dedicated to Safer Internet Day 2025.
Holocaust Remembrance Day is celebrated every year on the 27th of January to honour the victims of the Holocaust and remind us that hate and discrimination should not have place in our world.
Here is a presentation on Anne Frank's life with links, videos and worksheets for classroom use.
🎉 We are happy to announce the official opening of our brand new school radio studio! The creation of the studio was planned and brought to life during the 2023-2024 school year with the contribution of parents, teachers and pupils. Pupils from the sixth grade classes participated actively in the process under the guidance and supervision of the Art teacher. The patterns adorning the soundproof panels are inspired by the pupils' own designs .
The operation of the radio studio opens up new ways of expression and creativity for our school community. Our first radio shows are airing on the welcoming online platform of the European School Radio. Additionally, our studio is ready to host student groups from other primary and secondary schools who wish to record their own radio shows and podcasts.
👇Check out the video below for a behind-the-scenes look at the studio's construction and our first recordings.
5th graders prepared and recorded a radio show with Christmas wishes and songs from Greece, Italy, England, Ireland, Ukraine, Russia, France and Germany. We hope you will enjoy it!
Our eTwinning project "Dream City - Smart and Sustainable"! Here you can get some information about the project and keep up with the monthly activities we have planned. 😃
This month we learned all about logos! We also became logo designers in order to make a creative logo for our eTwinning project. You can read more below in order to see how we worked for this month's planned activities. 😃
3rd month activities -
Meeting each other
January
This month we enjoyed a variety of activities such as games, virtual tours, an online meeting, a visit to an art exhibition and more. You can see below how we worked for this month's planned activities. 😃
4th month activities -
February
This month we visited an art exhibition and associated the visit to our project. Pupils learned about the electrification of Moscow, an important technological achievement for urban development in the early 20th century and saw Andreeva's artwork which highlights the connection between art and urban growth. All the other activities were dedicated to online safety. On the 11th of February we celebrated Safer Internet Day and collaborated with our partners on various tasks in order to promote online safety and netiquette. 😃
5th- 6th & 7th month activities -
March - April & May
Smart and sustainable cities
Our school participated in the 9th Recycling Festival in Thessaloniki, an annual event that aims at raising awareness about recycling and proper waste management among students and the community. Our exhibition, titled "Sustainable Art – Sustainable City," was inspired by our eTwinning project, "Dream City."
Pupils explored the concept of innovative and eco-friendly cities through a variety of resources such as texts, games and videos and gained a deeper understanding of how technology and sustainability shape the cities of the future.
They found solutions to the sustainability challenges our cities face today.
They teamed up with their partners in transnational groups in order to design our smart and sustainable Dream City. Our transnational team focused on the theme of entertainment.
The final products of pupils were a city catalogue and a website promoting their Dream city, as well as a brochure with guidelines for the city's residents.
As our Dream City project drew to a close, a series of evaluation activities were carried out, including questionnaires for teachers and students. At the same time, learners were given the opportunity to express their thoughts and feelings about the project. Finally, the project and its outcomes were shared with the wider school community.
Our eTwinning Corner
eTwinning Presentation Event
On June 13, 2025, our school successfully hosted a presentation event for the our "Dream City" project. The sixth-grade pupils proudly presented the project's activities and final outcomes to their parents, demonstrating their awareness and commitment to a sustainable and "smart" future.
We sincerely thank the parents and guardians for their presence and enthusiastic support during the event.
Congratulations to our students for their dedication, teamwork, and creativity throughout this project!