Let's make cookies!

...not only cookies, actually!

We know it took us a while to write this post, but we were "holidaying"! So, we come back stronger and wish you happy holidays by presenting to you our (pre)Easter creations!

1. Making cookies!
After gathering our ingredients (900 gr. flour, 1 glass sugar, 1 glass oil, 1 glass orange juice, the zest of an orange, 1 tablespoon cinnamon  sesame seeds), we began the preparation of the cookies and took our cooking trays to the local Open Care Centre for the Elderly to have them baked!

Ingredients...

Pinnies...

Squeezing...

A little oil...

The dough needs hard work...!

(...for the molding of the cookies watch the video that follows...!) ...we baked them here, though...!

Huh? Aren't they "good-looking"?

Please! Have a treat!

The intermediate procedure you didn't see...:

2. Eggs-works of art!
We thought we should follow the -very- old custom of dying the eggs! Crayons at first and then red dye to "solidify" the drawing!

We draw...

First round is ready!

We sink the eggs in red dye...

And "fish" them with a spoon so as not to get parched!

Careful with that dye!

Ready for egg-fight!

3. Egg-cups in the mood of the days!

Here everyone helps!

And we need quite a few...!

here's one!

...And one with content...!

• We would like to thank the Open Care Centre for the Elderly of Tsesmes for one more time for the excellent cooperation and the help they offered us. 

Our best wishes to everyone-regardless of nationality, colour or religion!

Walking, learning and playing around "Platanias" river!

On the last Wednesday of March, our school went on an outing to river "Platanias".

We started out with identifying the surroundings of our school and with a basic orientation lesson on our school's roof!

"Where's the south, kids???"

Walking side by side on the pavement, we arrived at the bank of our local river, where we talked about the importance of rivers and the river deltas.

Side by side on the pavement...!

The estuary of river Platanias into the sea...

The White Mountains, covered in snow, majestic, lying to the west and Rethymno seemed to relax under their foot. 

 The wonderful beach luckily had little rubbish, which we collected in bags and then started playing!

"Come on, quick! We need to play, too!"

We had brought balls, cones and rackets. We dug in the sand, walked in the small sweeter water  pond and played tug of war. Some of our teachers had got tired and seeked rest quickly. Others, in a better physical shape, played with us!

Here is pitch number 1...

"Mandilaki" running game...

Some of us were fully "equiped!"!!!

...digging was one of our favourite activities...!

Some...immersed themselves in the sand...

...and some were buried -literally- up to their ears in the sand!

...a keepsake photo with our "spoil", the rubbish we collected!

Tug of War: 4th grades-teachers, write one!

 It turns out no cars or distances are needed to have fun!
Let us not forget, our activities matched the programme "Tourism and Environment" of the Environmental Education Centre of Archanes, in which we take part as a partner school!

Original post by Kostas Ververidis