On the 2nd of December our St ENL students had the privilege of having an online meeting with author Eugenia Triantafyllou as part of the Immigration Unit of Inquiry. Her short story My Country Is a Ghost, published in Uncanny Magazine, was nominated for the prestigious Nebula prize in 2020 and served as an opportunity to discuss the effects of immigration on national identity. The students enjoyed the experience and asked questions about the sto...
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As part of the IB Diploma Programme’s mandate of brining real world learning into the classroom, our Business Management students and their teacher welcomed three representatives from the U.S. Embassy’s Commercial Section who gave a guest lecture on the current business environment in Greece and an overview of how the Embassy Commercial Section supports U.S. companies who wish to make inroads and succeed in the Greek market. It was a unique o...
The students chose their favorite works of art and recreated them by stimulating their imaginations. The original idea was from the Paul Getty Museum in the USA, where its purpose was to encourage people to become creative during quarantine. The process was simple: choose a work of art, use three everyday household objects, recreate the composition. Ιωάννα Α. Πρωτότυπο Γιαλής Ξενοφώντας Πρωτότυπο Αθαν...
The cultivation of learning and study skills is an important element of our programme and is relevant to our approach to all subjects, as it is part of the IB Primary Years Programme (IB PYP) philosophy adopted by our school. The homeroom teacher is primarily responsible for the development of the relevant skills and works closely as well as with other class teachers.. Completing the lessons for the next day is not a priority at CGS, as the study...
Each CGS student participates in Sport and Motion activities in the compulsory programme and has the opportunity to develop their motor skills through pedagogical and recreational games, to improve their teamwork and co-operation with others. Among other things, the sports programme includes students’ participation in school teams, inter-house and inter-school championships, cross-country races and school festivals and / or at Private Schools' ...
The Bookworms Club helps us make the enjoyment of reading a daily habit! If I like to read literature, then I can also become a member of the Bookworms Club. How? Easily and in a fun way!!! I visit my school library, where there are special baskets for the bookworms in my class. In them I will find the selected books that are included in the list of books for bookworms. This list, which is different for each year and revised annually, contains ov...
One of the prime objectives of the philosophy of the PYP Programme is the holistic development of skills through a variety of stimuli. Within this framework, Clubs for Primary School students with diverse interests are run. Through actively participating in the Clubs, all students have the opportunity to: develop new interests cultivate their creativity and critical thinking deal with issues that are of interest to all students broaden their hori...
IB PYP escapes from the rigorous student-teacher context and adds value to a coherent learning environment that encompasses students, teachers, directors and administrative staff, parents and guardians, the wider community. It places special emphasis on human relations and all members of the community are called upon to commit themselves to: collaborating with one another on the common goal of optimizing the learning process and the learning envi...
The educational programmes offered at CGS aim to highlight students' individual talents and skills by providing them with the right conditions to develop their critical ability and to correctly formulate selection criteria. They combine learning experience with social reality, providing students with specialized and general knowledge through trans-disciplinary learning.All IB PYP schools follow six large common trans-disciplinary units of global ...
