Happy New Year:)

That's not been said a thousand times?
The new years come, the old years go,
We know we dream, we dream we know.
We rise up laughing with the light,
... We lie down weeping with the night.
We hug the world until it stings,
We curse it then and sigh for wings.
We live, we love, we woo, we wed,
We wreathe our prides, we sheet our dead.
We laugh, we weep, we hope, we fear,
And that's the burden of a year.

New Year's eve is like every other night; there is no pause in the march of the universe, no breathless moment of silence among created things that the passage of another twelve months may be noted; and yet no man has quite the same thoughts this evening that come with the coming of darkness on other nights.
Resolve to make at least one person happy every day, and then in ten years you may have made three thousand, six hundred and fifty persons happy.

A very happy New Year to everyone!

Carol of the Bagpipers (Zampognari) ITALY

In Abruzzo the carol is traditionally played on the zampogna (a type of large, sweet-toned bagpipe with two drones and two chanters) and the ciaramella (a small clarinet or shawm) by groups of between two and four shepherds who come from the mountains to the villages …

 

 

...to be honest they are doctors from Ortona!

 

 

Enjoy the video clicking on the link!

https://docs.google.com/open?id=0BzMrZzk9CEWdM3ZBUTdURlBJUk0



 

Dissemination of our Project

Dear Friends, I have attended the annual eTwinning workshop in Turkey and I did my best for dissemination of our project.I took great pleasure every minute of it.Many new and experienced eTwinners visited my stand and i explained them our project.
Cheers
Yıldız

Puzzle - Snowman

If you like puzzles you can try something seasonal. Snowman and fir trees were made by students using origami technique. Success!

A unique Nativity Scene

Have look. We're sure you'll like it!

http://www.krzysztofpiatek.eu/_pan/szopka.swf

Christmas wishes from the Greek team

Our best wishes for a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 

International carolling

Polish students took part in International carolling organized last Friday in Gimnazjum nr 14 in Ruda Śląska. We sang mainly in English and French but we also enjoyed singing in Italian, Spanish and Finninh:-) This event was an opportunity to realize that no matter what language we speak, the most important thing is to experience the JOY OF CHRISTMAS! Our carroling was a great chance to share this joy!  

A surprise from Poland

http://www.slideshare.net/werkus/surprise-15743514

Waiting for Santa Claus

Christmas Wishes from Italy

 

 

 

 

Buon Natale e Felice Anno Nuovo

 

 



for eTwinners Ortona in tour

To present our city ’Ortona‘  Italian students are creating movies … It is the class Second D who made the second   tour   … the second  video just to let you know the place where we live!

Clicking
on the link you will know our history and culture!

https://docs.google.com/open?id=0BzMrZzk9CEWdcV9wZEk0SzBxLVU

Christmas wishes from Poland

Polish students are sending you best Christmas wishes - may this special time bring you joy and peace!

The History of Thessaloniki in brief

  written by Anna T.

Thessaloniki was founded in 316 BC by Kassandros and it was named after his wife’s name and the name of Alexander the Great’ s sister. The city was one of the most important cities in the Macedonian Kingdom, because  it was the first port of Macedonia.    

   The city’s presence was also remarkable during the Roman period. In fact, the Roman conquerors declared the city free and it maintained its Greek character. The Byzantine period, though, was the time that the city prospered the most. For more then five centuries, Thessaloniki was considered to be one of the most important cities of the Byzantine Empire and a big center of Hellenism. 

That means that the title “co-capital’’ was not given to it by luck. In 1432 AD the city was conquered by the Ottomans. Since then, the Ottoman period began and lasted approximately 500 year. During the Ottoman rule, the glamour of Thessaloniki was initially lost, but soon things got better and the city began to obtain economic robustness. In 1492 Jews who were ejected from Spain and Portugal settled in Thessaloniki. A substantial economical and cultural development was observed, during the 16th Century. Until the Balkan Wars (1912-1913), the city was a part of the Ottoman Empire.  When the first Balkan War started, Bulgaria tried to conquer the Macedonia territory, including Thessaloniki, but after consecutive successes of the Greek army and navy, the city finally gained its freedom, on 26th October 1912.

The rest of the century was a rebirth for the city which, now being a part and co-capital of the newly independent Greek nation, regained its role as one of the most important cities of the Balkans, whereas the beauty of the city, thanks to its medieval monuments and its famous seafront, made Thessaloniki a  fascinating European city. 

Our postcards from Ortona

 

... for eTwinning students

 

Greetings from Ludovica, Giulia and  Maria Pia

class 3rd F 

 

Reporters  Ludovica and Giulia

Photographer  Maria Pia



 

 



ORTONA - History Art and Faith

 

For  eTwinners students of “ Blogtrotters across Europe”

the class Second D shows you one of the  masterpieces from Ortona … it is the first video  to let you know the place where we live!

Francesca G, Francesca S., Eliana, Francesco B., Lorenza D., Alice S., Annalivia 

 

 

Just click on the link

https://docs.google.com/open?id=0BzMrZzk9CEWdSjBtb0x6VzMzLU0



French - Polish videoconference

On 10December Poland and France had an opportunity to meet on line and enjoy a videoconference. Although there were some technical problems we're happy we could see our friends, chat with them and learn something about them:-) Looking forward to meeting again and to meeting other project partners:-)

ORTONA on Costa dei Trabocchi

These Postcards were made by Matteo 1^F

 



 

These Postcards were made by Maria Pia 3^ f



75. Yıl Primary School new year song for etwinning project

Celebration of the Italian School

Celebration of the birth of the new school “Istituto Comprensivo n.2”

 

Yesterday 7^th December  all the students  - aged 3 to 14 -  gathered in the Sports Centre in Ortona to celebrate the birth of their new school, made up of nursery, primary and secondary school.  There were a lot of people: students of course, as well as their families, friends , teachers, the headmistress, local politicians and the school band. The celebration was opened by the headmistress who made a speech about the importance of the constitution of this new type of school.  Each different kind of school prepared some dances, songs and the school band played the Italian national anthem “Fratelli d’Italia” sang from all the people in the sports centre. At the end of the celebration a group of students presented the logo of the new school , composed of three parts, each of them representing  the face of the pupils which belong to each school.  

( English Teacher Letizia)

 

 



Our school in Glogster