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.

🎬 Watch our pupils' film here.

eTwinning School Label 2025-2026

 

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.

BRAVO SCHOOLS 2025

 

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:

Link

European School Radio Podcast - All About Slovenia

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 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.

Podcast link

                                                                           

THE WI-FAMILY: A DISCONNECTED FAMILY

 

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. 

Listen to the podcast episodes here. 

Snapshots from the recording process!

SAFER INTERNET DAY - SID 2025

 

Let's celebrate together the Safer Internet Day!

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

 

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.

ANNE FRANK PRESENTATION 

A sample of 6th grade pupils bio-poems on Anne Frank's life. 

RADIO STUDIO AT OUR SCHOOL

 

🎉 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.

CHRISTMAS RADIO SHOW

 

🎄 A collaborative Christmas project 🎄

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!

🎄Stay tuned to listen to the show online : 

https://europeanschoolradio.eu/episode/11115

                      

🎄Recording the show in our school studio 

WE WISH YOU ...

Coding@Christmas Pixel Art

5th graders broke the code

and uncovered the Christmas pictures!

Certificate of participation

Coding@Christmas Colour-by-number

 

   3rd graders are coding for Christmas

A holiday themed colour-by-number activity where pupils colour a snow globe featuring a Christmas tree. 

Certificate of participation

eTwinning 2024-2025 DREAM CITY

We are happy to announce the beginning of our new 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. 😃

Introduction to the project

& 1st month activities - 

Let's get to know each other

November 

 

 2nd month activities - 

Logo designers

December 

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 and 6th month activities - 

March & April

March was dedicated to 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. 

Introduction to Smart and Sustainable Cities

SMART AND SUSTAINABLE CITY

Sustainable Entertainment

SMART AND SUSTAINABLE ENTERTAINMENT

COMMENDATION FOR EXCELLENCE IN ENVIRONMENTAL INITIATIVES

 

On November 14th, we were honored to represent our school at an awards ceremony hosted by the Municipality of Thessaloniki. Our school proudly received a commendation for excellence in environmental initiatives and active participation in the 8th Recycling Festival, April 2024.

 Here are some photos from our school’s participation in the 8th Recycling Festival of the Municipality of Thessaloniki, held from April 24 to 26, 2024, at the Thessaloniki International Fair facilities. The festival aims to raise environmental awareness regarding proper waste management and recycling.  We showcased our students' environmental posters and artwork made of recyclable materials. They also had the chance to  see the work of students from other schools. Moreover, they joined recycling workshops and enjoyed eco-themed performances and games.  Congratulations to all participants!