Program of the activities in Kalamata
Saturday 18 of April
Saturday 18 of April
All groups will arrive at Kalamata around 7:00-7:30 in
the afternoon.
Host students and their families will wait for the
guest students at school in order to welcome them and take them to their
houses.
Guest teachers will find accommodation at their hotel.
In the evening, Greek teachers will have dinner
together with guest teachers.
Sunday 19 of
April
Day trip to Ancient Olympia(150 km far from Kalamata). Olympia
is the birth place of the Olympic games.
There, we will have a guided tour at the
archaeological site and at the local museum, where masterpieces of ancient art
are in exhibition.
In the ancient stadium, a group of 5 girls (one girl
from each country), and a group of 5 boys (one boy from each country), will compete in a short running race.
Lunch at a local restaurant
We will return to Kalamata late in
the afternoon.
Monday 20 of
April
In the morning
at school at 8:15.
1st hour: Tour of the school. A few minutes
video presentation about Greece.
2nd and 3rd hours: Presentation
of the five countries in the school hall.
4th and 5th hours: Basic Greek
language lessons.
6th hour: Basketball and volleyball games
in the schoolyard.
7th hour: getting experience of the lesson
in a Greek classroom: a biology teacher will teach host students a lesson about
cell.
In the afternoon, hiking along the beach.
While walking along the coast, we will have a stop at
a hotel located by the beach, where an expert in tourism will give a presentation on the touristic development of Kalamata.
Tuesday 21 of
April
In the morning at school at 8:15
1st hour:
basic Greek language lesson.
2nd hour: brief information about next
day’s trip to Ancient Messene.
The rest of the activities of the day, will take place outside the school.
a. visit to the
town hall.
b. a guided
visit to the local archaeological
museum.
In the afternoon, we’ll have a guided tour in the historical center of Kalamata.
Wednesday 22 of April
Half day trip to Ancient Messene (25 km far from
Kalamata).
Guided tour at the archaeological site.
In Ancient
Messene, an international drama festival
will be held for a week. Schools coming
from different parts of Europe meet
there and give performances of ancient drama plays.
On that day, the theatrical group of our school will perform
Ploutos.
Ploutos, is
a comedy written by Aristophanis, the renowned playwright of comedies in antiquity.
Lunch at a local restaurant.
We ΄ll be back to Kalamata early in the afternoon.
Thursday 23
of April
In the morning at school at 8:15
1st and 2nd hours: basic Greek language lessons.
3rd hour: photo contest for the best photo
taken in Poio.
4th hour: drawing workshop.
5th,6th and 7th
hours: traditional Greek music and
dances in the school hall.
Friday 24 of
April
Departure of all groups
Some notes
1. Lessons start at 08:15 and finish at 14:05.
2. The daily school program includes 7 teaching hours,
with 10 min break between them.
·
1st 08:15-09:00
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2nd 09:10-09:55
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3rd 10:05-10:50
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4th 11:00-11:40
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5th 11:50-12:30
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6th 12:40-13:20
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7th 13:25-14:05
Some useful links:
http://www.ancientmessene.gr/site/index_en.php
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