C CLASS SPELLING BEE 2024-2025

 

OUR E-MAGAZINE #20 VIDEO

 

OUR E-MAGAZINE #20

 

Magazine Issue 20

Publish at Calameo

2nd INTERSCHOOL SPELLING BEE COMPETITION 2023-2024

 

OUR E-MAGAZINE 19 VIDEO

 

OUR E-MAGAZINE #19

 

2nd INTERSCHOOL SPELLING BEE COMPETITION-school version

 

WORD LIST PRONUNCIATION

 

UNUSUAL SPORTS

 

ΚΡΑΤΙΚΟ ΠΙΣΤΟΠΟΙΗΤΙΚΟ ΓΛΩΣΣΟΜΑΘΕΙΑΣ

 

SPELLING BEE COMPETITORS

 THOSE WHO WISH TO LISTEN TO THE PRONUNCIATION OF SOME WORDS FOR THE COMPETITION, YOU CAN GO TO THIS LINK: 

PRONUNCIATION

Ms. Samaras' Classroom

 https://sites.google.com/view/samaraclassroom/%CE%B1%CF%81%CF%87%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%AE-%CF%83%CE%B5%CE%BB%CE%AF%CE%B4%CE%B1

VASILOPITA 2024

 HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE AND TO MY JOURNALISM TEAM!! 

ALL THE BEST!!

CHRISTMAS WISHES

With Christmas on our minds B3 decided to create a BIG Christmas card with lots of wishes for their families, friends and themselves during their English lesson. They also collaborated with their French teacher Ms. Vogli and wrote wishes also in French!

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

JOYEUX NOEL ET BONNE ANNEE!!

                         

HALLOWEEN

 Written by Angeliki Karavas, English Teacher

Halloween is on 31 October and it's celebrated by many children, teenagers and adults around the world. A lot of the Halloween traditions that we know today began in Ireland, England, Scotland and Wales hundreds of years ago. When Irish people went to live in America in the 1800s, they took their traditions with them, and now Halloween is very popular all over the United States. So what exactly do people do to celebrate Halloween?

Pumpkin lanterns

Many people decorate their homes with pumpkin lanterns. These are sometimes called jack o'lanterns. To make the lantern, cut the top off a pumpkin, empty the inside and cut shapes to make a face with eyes, a nose and a mouth. When you put a candle inside, the light makes the face look scary. Making a pumpkin lantern can be difficult, so it's a good idea to have an adult to help you! Sometimes there are competitions for the scariest pumpkin lantern.

Halloween costumes

A lot of children and teenagers wear costumes for Halloween. In the UK some of the most popular costumes are witches, vampires, skeletons and zombies. Some people buy their costumes, but other people make their own. In some countries, like the USA, there are lots of different costumes, not just scary ones. So there you can see superheroes, princesses and rabbits as well as scarier costumes.   

Trick-or-treating

On Halloween evening, lots of children go trick-or-treating. They dress up in Halloween costumes and go to friends' and neighbours' houses or flats. At the front door, they say 'Trick or treat!' They usually get a treat, like sweets or chocolate. Many people put pumpkin lanterns or other Halloween decorations outside their house to show trick-or-treaters that they are welcome.  

Halloween parties

Halloween parties are a lot of fun. There are usually orange and black decorations, like pumpkins, spiders and bats. The food is often scary too, for example sandwiches that look like witches' fingers or cakes that look like spiders! Children play Halloween games, listen to music and sometimes watch scary films.

So, now you know what happens on Halloween! Will you celebrate it this year?

EUROPEAN DAY OF LANGUAGES

 

Συνοπτική Έκθεση Δημοσιογραφικού Ομίλου

 “Paros Junior High Ink.redible Magazine”

 -Εμπλουτισμός του Δίγλωσσου Ηλεκτρονικού Περιοδικού

του Γυμνασίου Πάρου-

 

Με στόχο την ανάπτυξη και καλλιέργεια δεξιοτήτων και κλίσεων των μαθητών μας μέσω της δημιουργικής απασχόλησης, της εμπλουτισμένης επικοινωνίας και ελεύθερης έκφρασης, της συνεργασίας και της βιωματικής μάθησης μέσα από την έρευνα σε πλούσιο ηλεκτρονικό και έντυπο υλικό, η Γ΄ Τάξη του Γυμνασίου Πάρου για 9η συνεχή χρονιά δημιούργησε το ηλεκτρονικό τους δίγλωσσο σχολικό περιοδικό με τη συμμετοχή 8 μαθητών/-τριών (μία μαθήτρια από την Α΄ Γυμνασίου που ήθελε να πάρει μέρος στην διαδικασία) από διαφορετικά τμήματα του σχολείου μας. Το περιοδικό κάλυπτε θέματα από όλα τα πεδία γνώσης.

 Το φετινό περιοδικό δημιουργήθηκε στην πλατφόρμα του Πανελληνίου Σχολικού Δικτύου με στόχο να διαβαστεί από όλη την σχολική κοινότητα και όχι μόνο.

 Επί 8 μήνες δουλέψαμε αδιάλειπτα μετά το σχολικό ωράριο, κάθε Πέμπτη  2.15-15.45. Η σημαντικότερη παράμετρος επίτευξης στόχων μας ήταν ο ενθουσιασμός των παιδιών. Κουραστήκαμε πολύ. Όλοι. Τα παιδιά, σου επιστρέφουν ωστόσο, πάντα εις διπλούν ότι τους χάρισες....

 Η δράση μας παρουσιάστηκε στις 29/05/2023 για την σχολική και τοπική κοινότητα. Η ανάγνωση πολυτροπικών κειμένων διευρύνει τους ορίζοντες, ανοίγει τις “κλειστές” πόρτες της ψυχής, καλλιεργεί το πνεύμα όλων-συγγραφέων και αναγνωστών μας !!

                                                                  

                                                                         Η Υπεύθυνη Εκπαιδευτικός του Ομίλου

                                                              Αγγελική Καραβά, Εκπαιδευτικός της Αγγλικής Γλώσσας

OUR ENGLISH-GREEK E- MAGAZINE

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1st INTERSCHOOL SPELLING BEE COMPETITION

 presented by Angeliki Karavas, English teacher

To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out is a spark. Victor Hugo, Les Miserables

This year 23 3rd-Year High School students had the opportunity to take part in the 1st Interschool Spelling Bee Competition going against 21 3rd-year students of Archilochos Junior High School. 

It wasn't the first time students from Paros Junior High School competed in a Spelling Bee competition.The spellers had competed last year too, as 2nd-year students.

It all started out with a Preliminary competition, went on to Semi-Finals, where the 44 students-spellers from both schools made their way to the Final Competition

The Finals were hosted by Paros Junior High and took place on May 17, 2023 almost at the end of the school year. The competition was held at the "Yagos Argyropoulos" hall (Polygoniko) located on the premises of an adjacent school, making it a first-time event  to ever take place on Paros and especially between schools. It is a feat which intrigued and enticed competitors and audience to repeat such an event. The spellers' classmates and the Teaching Staff  of both schools composed the audience which cheered and applauded each and every competitor.

The Spelling Bee Competition was a project undertaken by English teachers -Ms.Angeliki Karavas and Ms Lilian Samara, both being vice -principals at Paros Junior High School and Archilochos Junior High School respectively.

Project coordinators from Paros High School were also: Ms. Panagio Nastou, Ms. Vagia Goula, Ms. Eftychia Gkolia. Recording the event with a video camera recorder in hand was Ms. Vassiliki Ragkousi.

The purpose of this competition is to help students improve their spelling, increase their vocabulary, learn concepts and develop correct English usage that will help them in all their activities when using English as a foreign language. It is also a great way to motivate students to paticipate in school events.

Hopefully we will see you next year with another Spelling Bee competition!!!

Penny Klironomou (3rd place)  from Archilochos High School

 Anton Jamal Quast (1st place) and Mona Tagrin (2nd place)

Winners: Mona Tagrin (2nd place) and Anton Jamal Quast (1st place)

Treating my spellers after the competition and awarding them with a certificate for their participation in the competition

   

 

   

 

some practice after the semifinals:

The Spelling BeeMovie

 

EUROPEAN DAY OF LANGUAGES

 

Celebrated on 26 September, the European Day of Languages (EDL) is a means of promoting awareness among the general public of the importance of language learning and protecting the linguistic heritage.

The objectives of the European Day of Languages are:

• -Celebrating linguistic diversity in Europe, the plurilingualism of its citizens and lifelong language learning;
• -Improving awareness of Europe’s linguistic heritage and promoting its rich diversity by encouraging openness to different languages and cultures;
• -Motivating European citizens to develop plurilingualism (the ability to use different languages, to whatever standard) to achieve a degree of proficiency in a number of languages, including those less widely used or taught;
• -Encouraging and supporting lifelong language learning for personal development.

On that note my C' Classes looked at English, French and German tongue twisters. A sentence or series of words that is hard to say correctly is called a tongue twister. Children love tongue twisters and challenge their friends to try to say them fast several times in row. For language learners, tongue twisters are a fun way to work on one or two sounds at a time to get the pronunciation just right. Start by saying the tongue twister slowly, then try to speed up. Once you can say a tongue twister through, try to say it twice or three times in a row for a bigger challenge. 

 Here is what they sound like! (FYI: The students  actually had a lot of fun!!)