NEO RYSIO PRIMARY SCHOOL- WORKSHOP ON TOUCH

4th grade students participated in a workshop involving activities which enhance and   emphasize the significance of the sense of touch .We worked on clay , created our own works ( decorative roof ornaments – typical of Ancient Greek architecture ). We sensed the feeling of creating just by using our palms , listening to whispers from the clay (!!) with eyes closed , simply following guidance from the sense of touch straight to our brain and soul!!

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Mrs. “Befana” has come to school.

Mrs. “Befana” has come to school.

During the night between 5th and 6th January in Italy Befana enters the houses of children to put sweets and little toys into the stockings they have hang up at the foot of their beds in the evening. If they were a little bit naughty they receive  lumps of coal.
The tradition says that Befana looks like an old awful woman wearing old ragged cloths and riding a flying broom.

It’s a pagan tradition wich falls on the same date the three Wise Men , according the catholic tradition , bring gifts to the Holy Infant.

Yesterday Befana visited also the school of Sermoneta Scalo to give children stockings full of sweets and chocolates: nobody was naughty!

 

Neo Rysio Primary School

As we celebrate Christmas, let’s use all the senses—every avenue we have—to praise God for his blessings and for an event both human and divine , the birth of Jesus.

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Christmas  is  coming. All  our  five  senses  are ready  to enjoy  the  spirit of  these  holly days. Students  in  our  all-day school  (3rd  and  4th  grade ) made their  Five Senses  Christmas book    this special time of  the  year.

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MERRY   CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY  NEW YEAR  TO YOU ALL !!

Neo Rysio Primary School- Olive tree-A trip through the senses.

It is autumn,traditionally the time for collecting olives.Looking back in time , the students had the chance to enjoy a fascinating trip in the world of the senses.They smelled , touched and tasted all the products originating from the olive tree.

olive-treeThe olive tree was a sacred tree and a ritual symbol in Ancient Greece.It symbolized peace , prosperity , resurrection and hope.

Students visited the fields , collected crops and finally experienced the miracle of the tranformation of olives in the miraculous virgin olive oil  in a production unit.

We wish the best for a rich harvest!!!

Neo Rysio Primary School -Opera at Thessaloniki Concert Hall

E class students visited  The Concert Hall  and attended the opera “The Barber of Seville” It was a play by Caron de Beaumarchais  who became famous when the Italian composer Gioachino Rossini chose to present it as an opera.

“The Barber of Seville” is not a fairy tale.It is a project that contains all the ingredients of a recipe for a perfect musical tale.  It is an interesting plot , full of magic ,realism and humour.The idea was to transform the opera in a play for children with songs inspired by the beautiful melodies of Rossini, so the  children are acquainted with sounds of classical music. Sounds so necessary for the cultivation of the musical sensor ”

 

The project is adapted with the utmost caution, keeping the more melodic parts of opera and converts arias and vocal ensembles,  creating a beautiful musical theatrical image. All these joined together with narrative, theatrical dialogues, dancing stage equipment and colourful costumes hold the interest of the children at its peak to the last moment.

We all had a wonderfull time and had the chance to explore our senses – hearing , seeing , touching ….. we even tasted the flavor of success at the end of the performance !!!