Discovering the Italian National Park of Circeo

Spring is here! It’s time to go out and discover our beautiful natural surroundings with our friends,   the National Forest Rangers.

The National Park of Circeo  lays in Lazio; it’s a land  rich  of nature , culture and history. It includes a promontory , an island , over 20 kilometers of dunes overlooking the sea , four coastal lakes , wetlands , over 3,000 hectares of lowland forest, hundreds of  species of animals and plants. Here man lives since prehistoric times and has managed to maintain a balance between its presence and the surrounding environment .

 

 

 

 

 

Before Spring Forest Rangers came in our school to give children  lots of information about the soil and plants of the Park using five senses : we watched, touched, smell  and sowed.

 

On  April  9th we spend a day out visiting the lake of Fogliano and the natural museum of Sabaudia.

                   

The Borgo and Lake of Fogliano consists of a complex of historical buildings, built in the late eighteenth century . It was long a possession of the Caetani family who provided also staging the botanical garden , where numerous species of plants were gathered from various parts of the world . Inside it was realized  one path that people can visit only by booking; there is also a large green area,  an environmental education workshop about wetlands and an ornithological museum.

The museum shows, though light displays, aquariums, terrariums the main features of the environments of Circeo National Park.

             TOUCH! SMELL! WATCH! 
                     AND……..HEAR!

 

 

Neo Rysio Primary school-Natural sounds

Going to school on a stormy day 4th grade students were inspired to impersonate a similar happening and relate the natural sounds to the gods of antiquity.

Neo Rysio Primary School-Visualising sounds

Hearing-History Video-Neo Rysio Primary School

Hearing-Science video-Neo Rysio Primary School

Neo Rysio Primary School-Activities involving the sense of Hearing

Concerning the activities involved in our Erasmus+ programme the choir together with the orchestra of our school, visited the Faculty of Fine Arts ( School of Musical Studies ) of Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki .The students were taken on a tour in the Faculty’s libraryand also got acquainted with a great collection of Anciet Musical Instruments.

Concerning the activities involved in our E-Twinning programme “MUECA” the choir and the orchestra recorded part of their orchestral repertoire.It was our first professional attempt on recording musical pieces of our orchestra.

It was an exceptionally interesting and creative experience for our students to perform in an academic environment.

THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF AUTISM

April the 2nd  is the  day dedicated to those special old and young people who see the world  through an other window but who have our same feelings, hopes and fears.

This year “Lelia Caetani” Institute of Sermoneta has celebrated it with some activites in order to leave a track and  remember to include autistic persons in our everyday life.

We decorated schools with  blue, the colour of autism.

In the primary school of Sermoneta Scalo  we recited a poem, flew blue balloons and watched movies about this different condition.

LET’S LIGHT UP US WITH BLUE!

LIKE THE SKY WITHOUT CLOUDS

LIKE THE SEA WITHOUT WAVES

LIKE A DREAMS WITH WINGS

LIKE A WORLD TO HUG

LIKE THE STRENGH TO WEIGH

LIKE THE LIGHT THAT DOESN’T HURT

LIKE WHO KNOWS AND CAN UNDERSTAND

LET’S LIGHT UP US WITH BLUE!

 

Neo Rysio Primary School-Spring excursion

We welcomed Spring with lots of outdoor activities !!! Warm weather ,lots of sunshine and ….no classes!!!!

11th International Marathon Alexander the Great

Our school participated in the International Marathon ! It  was a great experience for all of us!! 

Marathon. Born in Marathon of Greece in 490 B.C. by the heroic effort of the soldier Phedippides who ran this distance to announce to the Athenians the victory of the Greeks, falling dead  because of exhaustion. Today in every corner of the world thousands of marathons are being conducted, making thus this sport the one with the most participants in the world and the word “marathon”, the only common one among all spoken dialects worldwide.

The International Marathon “ALEXANDER THE GREAT”, refers to the route Pella-Thessaloniki. Pella is the ancient capital of Macedonia and the birthplace of Alexander  the Great, whereas Thessaloniki is the modern capital of Macedonia. This International Marathon which symbolizes one of the most recognizable personalities of humanity, Alexander the Great, is not just a major and International sporting event. It is a path in history, a path in ancient Greek culture, a path full of symbolisms. The first International Marathon “ALEXANDER THE GREAT” was held on the 16th of April in 2006, and was the result of a vision of many people who represent athletic and cultural institutions all over Greece. This event is of social, cultural, environmental, tourist and above all historical significance and it is the perfect representative of our city, of our Macedonia and our country, worldwide. THE ALEXANDER MARATHON FLAME LIGHTNING MARATHON EXPO

The Alexander Flame is lit on the eve of the Marathon, on Saturday morning at the archaeological site of Pella and in cooperation with Pella’s Municipality and Archaeological Museum. The Flame of Sports and Culture, the Flame that represents the strength of human body and mind, is transferred to the White Tower of Thessaloniki via torch relay. The Alexander Flame after travelling around the areas of the racing programme, where it is hosted by the local authorities with special events in its honour,

The OC of the International Marathon “ALEXANDER THE GREAT”, in the context of its offer to the society and the human values protection, acts, contributes and addresses environmental and cultural issue.The main concern is to act for the benefit of the environment and also to initiate the children, “the future of our country”, who participate in the 1km Elementary School Students Race, into actions of environmental love and sensibility. Envelopes with the inscription “The Marathon Race is a Race for the Environment ” that contain paper cards with organic seeds of herbs are distributed to the young runners as soon as the finish along with their diplomas and their medal.

MARATHON RACES:

10km HEALTH AND POWER WALKING RACE

5km HEALTH AND POWER WALKING RACE

1km ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS RACE

It is dedicated to the protection of the environment, with the slogan “The Marathon race is a Race for the Environment”.