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MONDRIAN AND THE PRIMARY COLOURS

TEACHING THE THREE PRIMARY COLOURS

National Quality Label for our "Dream City " Project

Our eTwinning project “Dream City, Smart and Sustainable” has been awarded the National Quality Label.

The National Quality Label is a national distinction and recognition for teachers, students, and schools participating in eTwinning collaborative projects. It rewards the high level of quality, innovation, and teamwork demonstrated by the participants. Our project was implemented during the 2024–2025 school year with the 6th grade pupils.

Congratulations to our pupils for their collaboration, imagination and creativity!

Two truths and a lie - Summer Edition

TWO TRUTHS AND A LIE

Summer Edition

A fun icebreaker for the first day of school! A quick and engaging way to get pupils talking about their summer holidays!Each student comes up with three sentences about their summer break. Two are true and one is false. The rest of the class has to guess which one is the lie.

Here's a worksheet for the activity.

THAUMATROPES - FILM EDUCATION & STEM

THAUMATROPES

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.

PRESENTATION LINK

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.

Shakespeare

Here's a worksheet on Shakespeare's most memorable quotes.

Here's a link to the educational site we visited in order to explore Shakespeare's life and work through videos, worksheets and games.

British Council Learn English Kids

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

Our schools have become proud ambassadors of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals-SDGs and members of the QualityNet foundation network for schools!

Certificates of participation in the Bravo Schools 2025 competition.

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 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.

Podcast link

ERASMUS 2025 SLOVENIA

School Year 2024-25

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.

English Erasmus Slovenia - Greece Presentation

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.

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!

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