So, This is Christmas....

Merry Christmas.....

Christmas Truce through music

(Lyrics & Music Mike Harding)
Christmas Eve in 1914, stars were burning, burning bright
And all along the Western front guns were lying still and quiet
Men lay dozing in the trenches, in the cold and in the dark
Far away behind the lines a village dog began to bark

Some lay thinking of their families, some sang songs while others were quiet
Rolling fags and playing brag  to pass away this Christmas night
As we watched the German trenches, something moved in no man's land
Through the dark there came a soldier carrying a white flag in his hand

Then from both sides men came running, crossing into no man's land
through the barbed wire, mud and shell-holes, shyly stood there shaking hands
Fritz brought out cigars and brandy, Tommy brought corned beef and fags
Stood there talking, laughing, singing, the moon shone down on no man's land

Christmas Day we all played football in the mud of no man's land
Tommy brought some Christmas pudding, Fritz brought out a German band
when they beat us at the football we shared all our grub and drink
Then Fritz showed me a fainted photo of a brown-haired girl back in Berlin

Four days after no one fired, not one shell disturbed the night
For old Fritz and Tommy Atkins, they'd both lost their will to fight
So they withdrew us from the trenches, sent us far behind the lines
Sent fresh troops to take our places and told the guns, Prepare to fire

The next day in 1914, flak was beaming, beaming bright
The message came, Prepare offensive! Over the top we're going tonight
And men stood waiting in the trenches, looked out across our football park
And all along the Western front the Christmas guns began to bark

The magnificent fourteen!!!!!!!!!

Congratulations to the fourteen students of the sixth grade of our school for the spectacular performance they gave us yesterday evening. Their parents, the teachers and our guests enjoyed their play and travelled for a while back in time, on Christmas Day 1914. They lived for thirty minutes in the trenches and the battlefields of World War I and they joined in The Ghristmas Truce of 1914.

We are back again, with a short theatrical play!

1914  Wa.r-T.ruce-Ch.ristmas    F.ear-Ri.fle-Ends

     

The sixth grade students of the 83^rd Primary School invite you to attend their Christmas performance “Wa.T.Ch F.Ri.Ends, The most special Christmas of all” on Thursday 19^th December 2013 at 08:30 in the evening at the school premises.

Yesterday, The Beatles

The song of the 5th Unit of our book in the 6th grade

Enjoy it.... :)

Environmentally Conscious, 5th grade suggests ...

by Konstandinos P., Maria G., Marianthi P., Nick P., Nick K.

by Evie A., Nephely K., Asteris K., Kleopatra Z., Zacharias N.

by George A., Chloe A., Helen K., Dimitris K., Kostas Ch.

REDUCE, REUSE, RECYCLE,

CLEAN THE SURROUNDINGS,

PLANT TREES, BE ALERT, BE ACTIVE

Fun corner, Part 3

Activity 7
Find the 13 hidden aeroplane words by George V.

A	P	R	E	S	P	A	U	O	L	T	H
I	T	S	S	E	A	P	L	A	N	E	O
R	E	L	O	M	S	A	X	W	Z	Q	O
P	N	F	R	G	S	N	L	I	F	T	W
O	G	L	A	R	E	E	N	A	Q	D	E
C	I	Y	I	A	N	F	S	P	E	E	D
K	N	P	R	V	G	L	Z	A	R	E	R
E	E	E	P	I	E	I	G	Q	W	U	A
T	C	R	L	T	R	G	Y	N	S	V	G
Q	W	U	A	Y	V	H	M	W	X	O	K
G	L	A	N	D	R	T	I	C	K	E	T
O	N	T	E	L	O	R	O	C	K	E	T

Any help? speed, lift, airpocket, seaplane, passenger,
airplane, ticket, gravity, flight, drag, land, rocket, fly.

Activity 8

Let's listen to the airhostess' announcements. What's this? Somebody, Heeelp!!!!! by, Maria Th.

moeclew no radob, naftes oruy ates tlbe, llecednac edu ot abd aewrhet dnosniotic, ria ficfatr tnolroc woret.

Activity 9
Find the coloured word by Juliana S.

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1) Planes sometimes fall into it.

2) The ______ controls the plane.

3) It travels to the moon

4) When the plane leaves the ground.

5) Another word for airplanes.

6) This force pulls the plane downward.

7) The travel on a plane.

Have you found the hidden word?

Fun corner, Part 2

Activity 4
Find the 12 hidden parts of the aeroplane by Sotiris R.

L	G	F	U	S	E	L	A	G	E	A	W
A	A	O	Y	H	I	V	E	R	L	I	P
N	O	S	E	W	H	E	E	L	F	L	X
D	A	B	C	I	D	E	N	F	G	E	H
I	I	K	L	N	M	O	G	P	O	R	S
N	O	S	E	D	T	Y	I	V	W	O	X
G	Y	U	Z	O	A	B	N	F	I	N	A
G	L	T	Y	W	I	C	E	S	C	A	R
E	P	C	O	C	K	P	I	T	P	R	S
A	H	O	U	S	E	P	I	D	O	O	R
R	U	D	D	E	R	R	O	W	I	N	G

Our help: door, rudder, engine, fuselage, window, fin,
nose wheel, cockpit, aileron, landing gear, wing, nose.

Activity 5
We are at the airport and everything has been mixed up! Can you help us find our way with the procedures? by Giolena D.

ceckh-ni, ordbangi dcra, ugalgeg,
airalvr, parduetre, ardignob miet, atge.


Activity 6
Can you solve this crossword? by Irene T.

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Across

2) People who travel on a plane.

3) This force pulls the plane upward.

8) The plane uses it to land.

9) The pilot sits in the ________ to fly the plane.

10) Through these you can get onto the plane.

Down

1) Serves people on plane.

4) This force pulls the plane downward.

5) This force pulls the plane forward.

6) This force pulls the plane down and backward.

7) The person who flies the plane.

Fun corner, 6th grade plays with "planes" Part 1

How much do you know about planes? Let's find out...
Activity 1
Find the 10 hidden words by John G.

C	F	R	U	D	D	E	R	R	E
A	U	W	G	O	D	F	P	T	A
G	S	I	L	F	B	E	A	O	I
F	E	N	G	I	N	E	O	W	L
A	L	D	I	N	O	R	E	I	E
T	A	O	E	Q	S	E	F	N	R
B	G	W	R	Y	E	O	L	G	O
O	E	P	E	Z	X	Q	O	O	N
Z	O	C	O	C	K	P	I	T	F
X	P	Y	Z	X	D	O	O	R	I

Do you need any help? The hidden words are: door, window, cockpit, nose, rudder, wing, aileron, fuselage, engine, fin.

Activity 2
Can you find the jumbled words? by Ariadne S.

rpatiro, gftihl, tetick,sportpas,adnl, lpito,
atek fof, tesa, resspagne, thosairess.


Activity 3
Find the seven words by Evie G.

1) _ 3) 7) 2) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 5) _ _ _ _ _ 4) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 6) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Across 2) A person who helps you in a plane. 4) The pilot flies the plane from there. 5) __ help the plane to fly. 6) The plane starts to fly.  (2 words) Down 1) A person who travels on a plane. 3) It travels to the moon. 7) The plane sometimes falls into it.

Our Honourable Guest

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: (1564 – 1616) 

An English play writer, one of the most famous ever, born in Stratford-upon-Avon in Eng;and. Among the most famous of his plays are the tragedies of Romeo and Juliet, Julius Caesar, Hamlet, Othello, King Lear and Macbeth, the comedies A midsummer Night’s Dream, The Merchant of Venice and Twelfth Night and the historical plays Richard III and Henry V. Many well-known expressions come from Shakespeare and his work is famous for its sensitive view of human nature and for the richness of its language. Shakespeare also wrote some very good poetry, especially the Sonnets and worked as an actor in Globe Theatre in London. He married Anne Hathaway in 1582 and had three children. He is buried at Stratford-upon-Avon and houses connected with him and his family can be visited there, as well as the Royal Shakespeare Theatre where his plays are regularly performed. 

This house is considered to be Shakespeare's birthplace

Shakespeare's Quotes

In Romeo and Juliet

Juliet: "A thousand times goodnight!

Romeo: "A thousand times the worse, to want thy light!" (giolena d.)

Juliet: "O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?" (irene t.)

In Hamlet

Hamlet: "To be or not to be, that is the question!" (bill ch.)

Hamlet: "God has given you one face and you make yourself another." (anastasis k.)

Ophelia: "We know what we are but know not what we may be." (sotiris r.)

In Julius Caesar

Julius Caesar: "Et tu Brute?" (antonis k.)

Julius Caesar: "Cowards die many times before their deaths, the valiant never taste of death but once." (panos k.)

In As you like it

Duke Senior: "We have seen better days." (ariadni s.)

Jaques: "All the world's a stage and all the men and women merely players, they have their exits and entrances and one man in his time plays many parts." (alex z.)

In All's Well That Ends Well

Mother to son: "Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none." (savvas k.)

In The Merry Wives of Windsor

Ford: "Better three hours too soon than a minute too late." (john g.)

In The Tempest

Ariel: "Hell is empty and all the devils are here." (george v.)

In Macbeth

Lady Macbeth: "What is done is done." (evie g.)

In The Merchant of Venice

Prince of Morocco: "All that glisters is not gold." (maria th.)

In Henry the VIII

Cardinal Wolsey: "For goodness' sake" (anna v.)

In Richard the III

King Richard: "A horse, a horse! My kingdom for a horse!" (julian s.)

In Henry the IV

King Henry: "Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown." (aris d.)

let's imagine together....

6th grade seeks, finds and presents

Proverbs, idioms and useful expressions (comparative - superlative)

• well begun is half done (john g. - anna v.)                                       
• hope for the best and prepare for the worst (alex z. - giolena d.) 
• the more you get the more you want (bill ch. - ariadni s.)             
• all's well that ends well (george v. - maria th.)
• better late than never (aris d. - panos k.)
• better now than later (anastasis k. - antonis k.)
• better safe than sorry (anna v. - evie g.)
• the least said the better (irene t. - julian s.)
• blood is thicker than water (giolena d. - savvas k.)
• more haste less speed (ariadni s. - sotiris r.)
• a bad excuse is better than none (maria th.)
• for better or for worse (panos k).
• more and more (antonis  k.)
• worse and worse (evie g.)
• more or less (julian s.)
• the sooner ... the better (savvas k.)
• pretty much / well (sotiris r.)
• for good (alex z.)
• hard times (bill ch.)
• by far (george v.)
• as clear as crystal (john g.)
• as high as a tree (aris d.)
• as busy as a bee (anastasis k.)
• and last but not least (irene t.)

 A nasty experience

by John G. 

Last Sunday morning me and my family went to our village. We set off late in the morning, but "better late than never",  I thought. On our way to the village we saw a strange man who was as tall as a tree. When we arrived at the village we faced something bad, the housedoor was opened. It was as clear as crystal that the house had been broken into. My father called the police immediately, but it took them a long time to come because they were as busy as bees. When we looked around to see what was missing things got worse and worse. The house had been damaged by the thieves. That was by far the worst Sunday of my life. 

(feb. 2013)

Welcome to our english corner .... so let's have our first dance together .....