Yearbook 2012: Middle by British Council Madrid

Yearbook

Middle

2012

Middle Yearbook 2012

Dear Students and Parents, Well here it is - the Year Book and what a great Year Book it is thanks to all your hard work and creativity over the past year. This is not only a record of some of the great pieces of work that you have produced in 2011-2012, but also of the things we have all shared as British Council family and friends. It is more than a record of your learning and achievements - it is a record of people and relationships and of course the place - the British Council.

From everyone at the Teaching Centre, Have a great summer and we’ll see you next year!

Many thanks to all of you who produced so much excellent writing and such beautiful art work. This is your work – enjoy it! Cliff Parry Academic Manager

Contents How we See the Future....3 My Best Friend....4, 5 Stories....6, 7, 34, 35, 48, 49, 54, 55 Jokes....7, 35, 49, 55, 60, 61 My Web Page....8, 9, 24. 25, 36, 37, 44, 45, 50, 51, 58, 59 A Day in my Life....10, 11, 18, 19 How does the World see Greece?....12,13 Super Heroes....14, 15 My Wonderful World Record....16 Test ‘How Shy Are You?’....17, 27 My Hobby....20 Snapshots....21, 29, 53

All about Me....22, 23, 30, 31, 42, 43 Biographies....26, 27 Test ‘How Adventurous Are You?’....28, 43 My Eating Habits....32, 33, 40, 41 Visit Greece.... 39 Books and Films....46, 47 Shopping in Athens....52 How we Feel about the Greek Language....56 A Person I Admire....57 Book Summaries....60, 61 Amazing Discoveries....62, 63 Graffiti Walls....64, 65, 66, 67

How we See the Future Maria Moutzouri, MI4 I don’t think I’ll find a good job because of the problems with money and the situation in Greece. I hope I find a new home in the countryside. I

can’t predict more things about the future, so I’ll just wait to know more facts in the present! Nick Lagouros, MI4

Alexandros Lionis, MI4 In my opinion,

in some years there won’t be an economic crisis in Greece.

Life in the future might be better. People will be rich. Young people will be able to study at University and after that, they will be able to find a good job. I hope there will be a lot of opportunities for young people to have a good life. I am optimistic about the future. Evi Chaviari, MI4 I hope that there will be flying machines, something like rockets. You will wear them on your back and fly away. Everyone will have one! Many animals might disappear, but if we stop polluting the environment,

I think that in the future people will love one another. I hope there won’t be cars, buses or trains. On the roads, children will play with a lot of toys. All the animals will be very friendly. The children of Africa will have enough water and food. I

love the future and I want it to come quickly!

they might not. A

lot of people will visit the Moon and other planets. There might

be space buses which will travel from the earth to other planets. I also think that, in a thousand years, robots will live with us. I’m optimistic about the future!

Artemis Iossif, MI4 I hope I find an interesting job, but don’t think I’ll get a lot of money because we have an economic crisis. I think that

a lot of people will move to other countries. in the future

My Best Friend Alberto-Mar Lomadilla, MI3

My best friend's name is Nick. He is an Albanian and we go to the same school. We both go to the 5th grade of Primary school. He’s blonde,

tall and he also loves dancing. He’s very interested in cars. We often play ‘tag’ after school, during our free time.

Aristidis Lykos-Desyllas, MI3

My best friend is Stella. She’s twelve years old and is tall, has fair hair and blue eyes. She

football very much and so do I! We play all

kinds of games together, especially football and PS3. Some weekends I go to her house and others she comes to mine. I like her very much. Elias Parthenios, MI3

Stephan Nikolaou, MI3 My best friend’s name is John. He is ten years old. He goes to Geitonas School and he’s in fifth grade. He’s got short, brown hair and green eyes. He’s

very tall and clever.

He has got a brother in Athens College. He lives in Elleniko, in Athens. I met him for the first time when I was five years old. That is my best friend. Konstantina Tsante, MI4 My best friend is Helen. She is ten years old. We play football, basketball and volleyball together.

She likes karate and she often rides her bike.

She has also got a sister, Dimitra, and now Dimitra is 8 years old.

likes

My best friend’s is George. He is 13 years old. He has got black hair and black eyes. He has got one sister. Her

name is Ana. George

has five cats and

two hamsters. In our free time we play Lego and go to the cinema. We enjoy playing and we always have fun. Miltos Tsihlis, MI3 My best friend is Alex. He is very intelligent. He is tall and slender, has brown hair, green eyes and he

smiles all the time. He is very

active, loves to play football and tennis and he’s a good swimmer. I love to play with Alex in the schoolyard. I hope we will be friends forever!

Angelos Houliaras, MI3

My best friend is George. He’s tall and thin, is nine years old and he’s seven months older than me. He has got a small nose, small ears and brown eyes. He’s not very handsome but he’s friendly. When we play, we

have fun and we

don’t fight. His favourite team is AEK. I don’t want to lose him as a friend.

Costas Tsihlis, MI3

My best friend is Elias and he is eleven years old. We are at about the same height and weight. He is popular at school because he’s a very good student and has a

great sense of

humour. We have been friends since third

grade and I would like us to be best friends forever. In our free time we like to play football together at school or at Panionios football club.

Daphne Kostea, MI5

George Katimerizis, MI5

My best friend is called Vasiliki. We do a lot of things together. We also love each other a lot and we hang out a lot. Vasiliki has dark brown hair and eyes. She is 12 years old, just like me, and every weekend we go to the cinema or eat in restaurants. Sometimes I go to her house or she comes to mine and we always have a great time together. Vasiliki is a very good person, but unfortunately, next year she is moving to England.

I have many friends, but my best friend is Panagiotis. He’s in my class and he’s a very good friend. I met him at school. Panagiotis is polite and serious, but sometimes funny, too. He’s good at maths and he’s an excellent student. He has a brother and three sisters. His family is from Mani and he lives in Kypseli. In his free time, he plays basketball. We go to the cinema together or we go to play football or basketball. We like the same types of music. We read and we do our homework together. He’s my best friend because he helps me in difficult situations.

I’ll miss her a lot, but she has promised that we

will talk on the phone every day!

Stories A Day on the Coast George Dalmiras, MI5

Mr. Tedinger saw a tall girl with tired blue eyes and wet blonde hair trying to unlock the door of his house. ‘It’s Poly!’, he said. He opened the door, he made some tea and took Poly to her bed. Poly fell asleep. When she woke up, she ran to Mr. Tedinger. ‘Show me the special thing!’ she said. Mr. Tedinger took Poly to a secret room. Poly opened 40 doors (door after door) and went into a big castle. She opened the first door of the castle and in the room there was a letter: “Poly, if you are reading this letter, it means I’m dead. If you’re over 15, you must know the truth.

You’re not like all the others. You are a princess and this is your kingdom.’ Poly was excited. A princess? But I’ll always remember the day I visited the old house by the sea. It was a cold autumn night and I was with my best friend Aristidis and our families. We were near the marina of Zea in Pireus. Suddenly Aristidis asked me ‘Can you see that old house?’ The house had two floors and a roof. On the fence of the house there was a sign saying ‘Keep Out’. But my friend and I took the risk of going into the old house. When we got in,

we heard screams, bats flying

and windows knocking in the wind! Then the lights went out and two ghosts started chasing us and we called our parents, who were outside. After a while, they came with the Greek police and the Gr.A-G.T. (Greek Anti-Ghost Team). Finally, they caught the ghosts and we were heroes!!!

The Secret Room Evi Chaviari, MI4 In 1868, in the city of London, a little baby was born at midnight. It was a girl, a very pretty girt. She had blue eyes and blonde hair. Her parents were very rich and they gave the little girl everything she wanted. When the girl was 15, her father had a heart attack and died. After that, Poly’s mother got ill because of her grief. Before she died, she said to her daughter, ‘Go to Mr. Tedinger. He will show you something special.’ Then she died. Poly ran away from her home, far, far away. One day, a few weeks after Poly left,

why? She opened another door. There was a letter in this room, too. ‘Did my dad write that?’ she asked. ‘Yes, Poly. You are a princess now’, Mr. Tedinger said and then he disappeared. After that, an old man with a white beard, like a wizard, appeared. ‘Come with me’, he said. Poly followed him and he showed her her castle: 70 bedrooms, 15 bathrooms, 2 living rooms and 2,000 soldiers, but only one horse. It was a strong, white horse with long hair. Poly went towards it. ‘No! Don’t go there!’ the old man said, so Poly left the horse. The years passed and Poly was now 30 years old. Her kingdom was wonderful and full of love. But only one person didn’t have love: Poly would be a queen without a king next to her. She never stopped thinking about that horse. One day, she decided to go and ride the horse. It was a sunny day and she started talking to the horse like her best friend. The horse’s name was Paul. He understood everything Poly said but he couldn’t answer. Then, one day, Poly got lost in the forest, but her horse jumped over the trees and saved her. She gave him a big kiss and then something amazing happened: the horse became a prince! Poly and Paul fell in love with each other, they married and they had a little princess.

The Alien Dog

The Princess and the Horse

Vassilis Vogiatzis, MI4

Athina Bekou, MI4 Some years ago, there was a princess who wanted to become a queen. But, to get the Queen’s title, she had to find the

most beautiful horse in the kingdom. A

week before the big celebration, she went with

It was 12 noon and I was in the park. As I was playing football, I saw a strange dog – I thought it was an alien! The dog started running and I started, too. We kept running through parks and docks. People were staring at me and they were probably wondering why I was chasing that strange dog. Half an hour later, I finally reached it…But when

I caught the dog, my hands turned green!

When I looked at the dog, the dog was brown. I couldn’t believe what was happening. Why were my hands green while the dog was a different colour? Did I have an alien illness? A few minutes later I saw that…the dog was painted and it was wearing an alien’s costume!

her sister to find their horses. Her sister chose a beautiful, strong, fast horse with long black hair. But there wasn’t a pretty enough horse for the princess. The days were passing and, the day before the celebration, the princess took a little walk around the castle and she found a secret room. Inside, there was a very pretty white horse. She let it free and she chose it for herself. The next day she became a Queen, because she had the prettiest horse.

School Jokes Student: I'm tired of doing homework! Teacher: Listen, hard work never killed anyone. Student: I know, but I don't want to be the first! Teacher: Tom, I'm happy to see that your handwriting has improved. Tom: Thank you! Teacher: But now I can see how bad your spelling is!

Teacher: Helen, how do you spell "crocodile"? Helen: "K-R-O-K-O-DA-I-L" Teacher: No, that's wrong! Helen: Maybe it's wrong, but you asked me how I spell it!

My Web Page Kalli Vekrelli, MI4

About me I’m 9 years old. I have brown eyes and long brown hair. I love animals and I have two pets: a dog called Rosa and a naughty rabbit called Canellina. My friends say I’m funny in this photo because I’ wearing a fluffy pink dress, colourful flowers for a belt and a big silver crown. What do you think? Am I funny? My School I’m a student at Moraitis School in Psyhico. It takes half an hour to get to school by bus. I’m good at history, English, maths and Greek. My worst subject is geography. That’s because we have to draw the map of Greece!!! My Friends My best friends are Sophia, Ioanna, Anastasia and Emily. Sophia is tall and a bit shy, Ioanna is generous and funny – she always makes me laugh. Emily is athletic. She doesn’t do sports, but she does things with her body, for example she can do the splits! Anastasia is sometimes moody but smart. My Home I live in an apartment on the 4th floor. From my bedroom window I can see Lycabettus Hill, but it is usually night when I’m in my bedroom, so I don’t see much. My

parents are always happy because my room is always tidy.

Favourite Movie My favourite movie is ‘The Pirates of the Caribbean 4’. I love adventure films and I also like 3D films, because the heroes come towards you! My favourite actor is Johnny Depp. He’s the greatest pirate of all!!! Music I love pop music. I like Shakira, I have all her CDs. My favourite songs by Shakira are ‘Waka Waka’ and ‘Loca’. Favourite Places My favourite place is England. I have visited Oxford, London and the Cotswolds. I liked the parks in London, the castles in Oxford and the pubs in the Cotswolds.

Hobbies My favourite hobbies are playing the piano, dancing and swimming. In the summer, I like finding shells on the beach. I have lots of them! I also collect stickers with my friends at school.

Dimitra Psalida, MI4

About me I’m 13 years old and I have short curly brown hair and brown eyes, but I guess straight hair suits me better. I’m quite short and I’m

a very happy person.

My School I’m a student at the Experimental School of the University of Athens. I always go there by car. There are twenty-two students in my class. I’m good at maths and art and my worst subjects are history and ancient Greek. I hate history, because I can’t remember all those names, dates and places. I hate ancient Greek as well because I think it is the most difficult subject. My Home I live in an apartment on the first floor. My bedroom is quite small and I can’t see anything interesting or beautiful from my bedroom window, but it is my own personal space. I have my desk there and I spend a lot of time in my bedroom. My Friends My best friends are Christina, Nicole, Artemis and Stella. I met Christina and Nicole at my dance lesson. Christina makes me laugh a lot, and Nicole too. I met Artemis and Stella at school. Artemis is a really honest person and Stella is the most generous person I know. We are really best friends. The Best Day of my Life I think the best day of my life was when I went to a maternity hospital and I saw my sweet cousin for the first time. When I went into my aunt’s room and saw the little baby in her arms, I felt very emotional because my cousin was only 3 days old! Music I listen to rock music and my favourite groups are: Paramore, Evanescence, 30 Seconds to Mars and Blink 182.

A Day in My Life Yannis Verriopoulos, MI4 During the week, the day starts at seven in the morning. We get up and prepare breakfast. My parents have coffee and biscuits. My sister and I usually have milk and corn flakes. While we eat, we talk about our plans for the day. When we finish breakfast, we prepare our sandwiches to take with us to school. My dad goes to work by car. Many Greek people use the Underground (the Metro) to go to work. My mum doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t work, so she stays at home to do the housework and prepare lunch. I go to school by bus but my sister walks to school and she sometimes meets her friends and they walk to school together.

Konstantinos Anagnostopoulos, MI2 On a school day, my day begins at 6:30. I have breakfast with my mum, my dad and sometimes with my brother Freddy. For breakfast, I have a ham and cheese sandwich and I drink milk. I always go to school by school bus. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m at the bus stop at 7 o'clock. The school bus arrives at school at 7:40. Lessons start at 8 o'clock, so I have 20 minutes to play with my friends. I get home at 3 o'clock and I have lunch. In the afternoon, I do my homework very fast. Afterwards I

always

go to basketball practice. I'm a

member of the Panathinaikos Basketball Team Academy. We have a game every Saturday. After practice, I return home and I play chess with my dad or sometimes I go to the Judo Club. Finally, I have dinner with my family. I always go to bed at 9:30. I have a busy day, don't I? Markos Hatziminas, MI2 Between half past two and half past three the family returns home to have lunch. During lunch we usually talk about our day. Then Eva and I go to do our homework. My dad takes a nap and my mum watches TV. In the afternoon, my dad usually goes for a walk to a mountain near our house, my sister talks to her friends on the phone and I play computer games. In the evening, Eva and I usually eat a toasted sandwich and milk and go to bed at about half past ten. My parents sometimes watch a movie on TV and go to sleep at about half past twelve, after midnight. At the weekend, we sometimes go

on excursions to beautiful traditional villages near our town. Sometimes on Saturday morning my dad and I go to play football and Eva plays volleyball with her friends. On Sunday afternoon, we have lunch in a restaurant with our friends.

On a school day, my day begins at 6:30. I always have breakfast with my brother and my mother. I go to the bus stop at 7:20 and the school bus comes at 7:28. I catch the number 9, and I usually walk to the bus stop. I get home and rest for half an hour. In the evening, I do my homework and when I finish,

I play

with my parrots and I usually go outside to play football. Around 9:30, I go to bed.

Kleoniki Mastorakou, MI2 One weekend day, my family and I got up at 6 o'clock. We went to Santorini by boat. When we arrived, our friend Paul picked us up from the port in his car. We all had lunch together in a nice taverna. My mum and dad talked to Paul about houses on the island. A week later, we owned a in Santorini!

beautiful house

Nikitas Vemmos, MI2 On Thursday I wake up at 7 o'clock. I drink my milk and then I put on my clothes. I go to school by car, with my mum. School starts at 8:10. I go home at 2:30. I eat lunch and I watch TV. At 5 o'clock I do my homework. At

about 7 o'clock I finish my homework. I

play on

the computer and when I finish, I eat dinner. Then I go to bed, at 11 o'clock.

Kosmas Ioannidis, MI2 On a school day,

my day begins at 6:45. I have

breakfast with my mum and my sister. I usually go to school by bus. I catch the number 33 at Tatoiou Street. I get home at 4:30. I do my homework and sometimes I watch TV. At 8 o'clock, I have dinner with my family. At 9 o'clock I go to bed. Maria-Simoni Tsakiri, MI2 On a school day, my day begins at 7 o'clock. I have breakfast with my sister. We leave the house at 7:55. We usually go to school in my mother's car. I get home at about 2 o'clock. In the evening, I do my homework. I often play the piano and twice a week I have dance lessons. I sometimes watch TV and I often read books in my free time.

Katerina Koukouvitaki, MI2 On a school day, my day begins at 6:45 I have breakfast with my dad. He leaves the house after me because he starts work at 9. I go to school by school bus every day. I usually walk to the bus stop with my dad. I get home at about 4. I watch TV with my parents and I do my homework. I sometimes play

computer games.

Aris Chloros, MI3 I get up at 7 o’clock. I have breakfast and I put on my clothes. At 8 o’clock I go to school, and I come back home at 2 o’clock. After lunch I go to Olympiakos

Football Academy. I

finish at 6 o’clock and then I do my homework. I go to bed at 10 o’clock.

How does the World see Greece? Maritina Denissi, MI4 People imagine that Greece is a beautiful country where the sun shines every day, the sky is always blue and the sea is always calm, where the streets are full of people singing and dancing. This is true! Even now with the crisis,

we still have our history, our good weather and our strong spirit!

Dimitris Kokkotas, MI4 I believe tourists have two different opinions about Greece. Some think positively, They adore the beautiful sun, they love our

enjoy the hospitality of Greek people. But beaches and

some believe that we are untruthful and

lazy people. In addition, they say we are dirty. I hope that most people hold the first opinion!

John Verriopoulos, MI4 They think about the Parthenon, the Acropolis and other ancient monuments, shops with honey, nuts and jam,

narrow streets with small houses,

a lot of churches and squares.

Nick Lagouros, MI4 When they think about Greece, most people in the world think about the delicious ‘souvlaki’ and when they come to Greece, they eat it! But

in the last two years the

economic crisis has ‘killed’ our country.

Alexandros Lionis, MI4

People imagine Greeks are very

friendly and hospitable

but not very hardworking. They think Greeks go out to tavernas and bars and enjoy their life.

Artemis Iossif, MI4 People think about great dishes like moussaka, tzatziki and souvlaki, then they think about mythology and the ancient gods. They think Greeks

make fantastic food and swim very well.

Maria Moutzouri, MI4 Something that people from other countries admire in Greece is the food (like souvlaki), the beaches and the Acropolis. But the

Greek beaches arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t always clean, because the people who visit them donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t always clean their rubbish. They sometimes leave it on the sand.

Julia Florou MI4 They certainly think

about the Olympic

Games, because

they were born in Greece. Unfortunately, they also think about the economic crisis, because the last 2 years have been a hard time for us.

Evi Chaviari, MI4

Nicholas Depountis, MI4

Some people imagine that Greek people can sometimes be rude, but a lot of people think

that they are friendly

and helpful.

Athina Bekou, MI4 When people think about Greece, they think about the Acropolis and the Parthenon and probably think about Greek islands and their

fabulous beaches,

too. When people ask me where I come from, I always say I am Greek. Vassilis Vogiatzis, MI4

Tourists usually think about the Acropolis, museums and archaeological sites. They also think about our famous dishes, like souvlaki and moussaka.

People think about the Greek islands and beaches, and about the Spartans and Leonidas. But now they also think about the economic crisis, something not good for Greece, which I think is the

best country in Europe!

Super Heroes Anastasia Kakaletri, MI3

The Seaman was born in the sea. He

Anastasis Pichion, MI3

holds

the ocean in his hands. Through time,

he is always the same. His house is deep in the sea. His wife is Waterwoman. She helps him with his rescues. Together, they rescue the forest from fire. He also fights the bad guys with his assistants, the sharks. His favourite colour is blue and he likes swimming and sailing. He hates the oil that pollutes the ocean.

My Hero is Greenoulis. Greenoulis is a little monster. Its eyes are green. Its hair is black and curly. Its character is brilliant, because it is

friendly and very cool. It helps me to

do my homework. It can do this because it is the smallest and the smartest robot in the world. I ask it questions from my lessons and it gives me a true answer. I love it very much! Dennis Pidhayetskyy, MI3

Dimitra Alevizou, MI3

My super hero is Stam. He lives in Athens, the capital of Greece, and he is from England. He is an angel. He has strengths and weaknesses. Penchildren lived in America. They were born in 1999. They were very strong. They are able to walk

on their hands and they shine in the dark. Their weakness is sweets. Their hobby is drawing while they’re running! They’re afraid of mice.

Stam can fly to the sun. He likes judo on

the Sun and on the Earth, dancing on ice, playing football or basketball and he also likes reading books and swimming in the sea. He hates playing computer games and volleyball, dancing and going to the park. He works as a programmer in a small company in Greece. He’s my super hero.

George Fotos, MI3

Anastasia Koupelidou, MI3

My Super hero is Lightning. He can run very, very fast. He’s from New York. He wears a red shirt and red trousers. On his face he wears a mask because he’s a super hero and other

people must never see his face. He has got a

lot of energy and he’s very clean. He uses his power to save those at risk. Danil Manusevich, MI3 Name: Martin Gray Age: 25 How he got special powers: he was examining a pterodactyl bone when an electronic discharge passed through the bone and the pterodactyl’s DNA penetrated him. What powers he has: he can become a pterodactyl, he can fly while being

The Flyman was born on Mars. He can fly and he can see very well in the dark. He can even see you behind him! He has got a tattoo of a fly on his right wrist and he has got knives for nails. His tattoo changes colour, from black to red, to warn him. The Flyman hasn’t got any weaknesses and he

hasn’t got fears because he’s very strong. He likes to do Taekwondo on Earth and he likes to teach Taekwondo on Mars. He likes to take photos of our solar system and he shows them to his mother. Joanna Balbouzi, MI3

a man, he is very

strong, fast and dexterous and

he also has a high attention span. What his Super Hero name is: PterodactylMan What he likes doing in his free time: he likes reading, watching films, fixing computers and he also does a lot of other interesting things.

Billy is a super hero. He wears a green T-shirt, blue jeans and yellow shoes. He has got blue eyes and dark hair. He can fly and swim. He

likes to help good people.

My Wonderful World Record Venetia Poulaki, MI3

In 2010, I held 20 eggs in my hands!

Christina Konstantoulaki, MI3

I read ten books in one day!

Aris Lazos, MI3

In 2009, I had a strange friend for a while. It was a little deer and we played for an hour. I ran, it ran too but it was much faster than me and it always won. We played for a lot of time and then I had to go home. Maria Gerasimou, MI3

In 2010 I read 4,589 books in one hour! The books had 900 pages each!

Evita Konstantoulaki, MI3

I collected 90,000 paper clips in 5 days!

I stood on my head for 2 hours and 6 minutes!

Marsia Staikidi, MI3

I ate 100 kilos of chocolate in 24 hours and I am still alive! Marie Kontothanasi, MI3

Konstantina Katsa, MI3

I stood on my hands for one week!

Arietta Tsolou, MI3

In one day, I walked from Athens to Paris on my hands! I lived in the Amazon for four years! I stayed under water for three minutes! In one day, I swam from Britain to Italy!

Apostolia-Galateia Tsakiri, MI3

In 2009, I stood on my head with my hair instead of my hands! I stayed there for 120 minutes!

How Shy Are You? Personality Test Evi Chaviari, Vassilis Vogiatzis, Maria Moutzouri, John Verriopoulos, Artemis Iossif, Dimitris Kokkotas, MI4 5. How often do you go to parties? a. Very often b. Sometimes c. Never 6. You win the first prize in a competition and you’re asked to give a speech. What do you do? a. Give the speech. b. Say that you will think about it. c. Run away crying.

1. You are at a friend’s party and a stranger asks you ‘Do you want to dance with me?’ What do you say? a. Yes, of course. b. Err, I’m not sure. c. You pretend that you didn’t hear. 2. Your teacher introduces you to his/her son or daughter. What do you do? a. You say ‘Hi, how are you?’ b. You say ‘Err, hi…’ c. You don’t know what to do. 3. You see your teacher in a shop. What do you do? a. Say ‘Hello Mr./Mrs …. How are you?’ b. Walk around and pretend that you didn’t see him/her. c. Hide behind your mum or dad. 4. Would you go to a restaurant for dinner alone? a. Yes b. Maybe c. No

7. You get the results of an exam and realise that you have a very bad mark. Your classmates want to see your mark. What do you do? a. You show them your mark and you start laughing. b. You lie to them. c. You don’t show the mark and you start crying. 8. Someone says something wrong. Do you agree with him/her? a. No, I have my own opinion and I say it. b. No, but I don’t say anything. c. Yes, I don’t want to look silly. 9. You are at a party and you like someone. What do you do? a. You go and talk to him/her immediately. b. You think about it. You don’t know if he/she likes you. c. You do nothing and someone else dances with him/her. 10.

Would you like to change schools? a. No, I wouldn’t – I would miss my friends. b. I don’t know, maybe. c. I have no friends, so I wouldn’t mind.

(Test results on page 27)

A Day in My Life Leonard Stratis, MI2

Hi! I wake up at seven o'clock and I get dressed, then I have breakfast with my sister. I brush my teeth and I go to school. I usually go to school on foot. At school we learn R.E., P.E., science, history, geography, maths, English and language. In the break, I often play hide-and-seek with my friends. In the afternoons, I usually play tennis, I play the guitar and, of course, I play computer games.

Sophia Paschentis, MI2

On Sundays, I go for a ride on my bike. I get up early, because I have to eat and to put on my clothes. We usually go to a park to ride our bikes. Then we go to a cafĂŠ to eat. I eat a sandwich but my parents drink coffee. We leave the cafĂŠ at two o'clock and we go back to our house. We have lunch at three and my parents go to sleep at half past three.

Klearchos Michiotis, MI2

George Kozamanis, MI2

On a school day, my day begins at seven o'clock. I have breakfast with my mum. For breakfast, I have milk and toast. I go to school in my mum's

On Monday, I get up at ten past seven. I have breakfast at twenty past seven with my mum and my dad. I go to school at quarter to eight. I go to school alone, on foot. When I get there, I go to my class. We have many subjects: English, Language, Maths, Science, Geography and French. At two o'clock I finish school and I go home. In the evening, I do my homework and I sometimes

car. My

favourite subjects are maths and history. I get home at half past three. In the evening, I do my homework and I watch TV. I sometimes play PSP and I play with my cousin. I have dinner at half past eight. I usually have chicken and potatoes or spaghetti.

watch TV or I play different games. At half past nine or ten o'clock I go to sleep.

Dimitris Konstantinidis, MI2

My day begins at seven o'clock. I have breakfast with my father and then I go to school. I never go to school by bus. I

walk with my friend

Alex. I get home at four o'clock. In the evening, I do my homework and I play computer games. I go to bed at ten o'clock. Helen Protopappa, MI2

On a school day, my day begins at seven o'clock. I have breakfast with my parents. At half past seven, I start to go to school. I always go to school in my dad's car. In the car, I often listen to my favourite group, 'The Queen'. They play really old rock and I love this! I get home at about half past three. In the afternoon I do my homework, I do my English homework and on Tuesday I go to my

Chinese class. In the evening, I always play computer games and I sometimes watch TV. On Monday evenings, I go to a sports club. I love sports!

Dimitra Zafira, MI2

On a school day, my day begins at seven o'clock. I drink milk with my brother. I

always go to

school by bus. I catch the number 9 at

Kalimarmaro. I get home at ten to five. In the evenings, I do my homework. I sometimes play computer games or watch TV. Odysseas Spyropanos, MI2

On a school day, my day begins at quarter past seven. I get dressed and go to have breakfast. I go to school at quarter to eight. I go to school by car. My mum takes me to school every morning. My mum is a painter. My school is called 'Leontios'. It is a very big school and I like it. I

am very happy when I go to school. I get home at about two o'clock. In the afternoon, I do my homework and I watch TV. I sometimes play the guitar. I seldom play electronic games because I don't have any time.

My Hobby Tina Spanomaridi, MI5 I'm interested in music, so I decided to learn how to play

the piano. It's quite

entertaining

because if you are good, everybody gives you credit, and obviously we all like that! When I was five years old, I went to a friend's house and I heard her grandfather playing the piano. I loved it so I took it up. Now I'm really good at it and I practise a lot so as to be a great piano player. The piano is a very creative instrument and in the future I would like to play the piano professionally in an orchestra. Nefeli Vasiliadi, MI5 In the last three months, I have been working on a website about the environment. Creating a website is very enjoyable. I find articles on the Internet, I add them to my site and then I elaborate them. Moreover, by editing the articles, I think I improve my writing skill. I started the website in October. At first I thought I couldn't make it. I had neither free time, nor ideas about what to write. A month later, I came upon a website about the environment. The articles were very interesting, so I uploaded them to my website. Gradually, I found more interesting websites and added more and more articles to it. Afterwards, my site was full of great articles, so I recommended it to my friends. Now, my website has about 100 visitors per day. I'm so excited! I love it when my website notifies me that more people have visited it. I don't see the website as a kind of obligation, but as a pleasant activity. That's why I may do this professionally in the future.

Maria Tsapatsari, MI5 I'm quite good at sports, so about five years ago I decided to learn how to ski. I went to the mountain and loved

it straight away.

The first time I tried, I thought it was very difficult and I fell all the time. But I wanted to learn to ski and I didn't give up! After an hour, I could ski!!! Now I have learned to ski well. I can go very fast without falling down. I have bought my own skis, my boots and special warm clothes. The best thing about skiing is the freedom you feel when you do it. I like to ski for hours and I love it. In the future, I will go skiing with my friends on the mountains and I will have a great time! John Albert Agana, MI5 Last summer, I joined a summer camp in Salamina. One of the usual activities was to explore the area around the camp site. We were divided into teams which were named after animals. My team was called 'The Penguins'. Our leader had given us a map so we could find places to cook our food, to swim, to go round and see different plants, animals and other things. It was really enjoyable because we were not told what to look for, or how and when to do things. We

were given the chance to make decisions, make plans and do what we had planned. What I liked best was the freedom that was given to us to explore the place. I learned a lot and I would like to join a summer camp of this kind next summer.

Snapshots: Classes

Snapshots: Break Time

All About Me Mariza Harera, MI2

Antony Manolakis, MI2

My name’s Mariza Harera. I’m nine years old. My birthday is on 23rd December. I live with my family in Argyroupolis. My best friends are Rania, Nefeli and Eva. I’m a student of the 5th Elementary School of Argyroupolis. Argyroupolis is a town near Athens. It’s quite near the sea. I’m quite good at history and I’m interested in maths. I’m

good at volleyball.

very

My name’s Antony. I’m ten years old. I’m a student at Saint Josef School. It is a school in Greece. My best friend is George. I have a sister. Her name is Athina. She is tall and thin. She is thirteen years old. My dad’s name is George. My mum is tall and thin and she

mum!

Dimitra Psillou, MI2 Hi! My name’s Dimitra and I’m 10 years old. I live in Athens, Greece. Athens is the capital of Greece. It’s a big city. It has got many ancient temples. The Acropolis is one of the most famous ones, with a long history. I’m a student of Arsakeio School. I’m in class D2.

My favourite subjects are Maths and English, but I’m also interested in French.

My best friend is Helen. Her favourite subjects are Art and ICT. This is my family. My dad has got brown hair and brown eyes. My mum is a brunette with long hair. My sister is four years old. I have got curly brown hair and big brown eyes.

is a very good

Athina Mazi, MI2

My name’s Athina. I’m nine years old. My birthday is on 26th June. I’m a student at the Primary School of Maroussi. I’m in D class. I’m quite good

at Language. I’m interested in music and I’m not bad at history. I live in Maroussi with my family. My dad, Spyros, is a composer. My mum, Maria, is a music teacher and my sister, Marina, is a student at Primary School. I love dancing and shopping. I play the piano and the violoncello. I have a cat, Damianos, and two parrots, Lily and Kenay.

Calliopi Giampoura, MI2

Hi! My name is Calliopi Giampoura and I’m ten years old. I live with my family in Athens. My town is in the centre of Greece and it is its capital. 5 million people live here. It isn’t the most beautiful city in my country, but it has got a very long history. I’m a student of Arsakeio-Tositseio School. My best friends are Christina, Victoria and Sofia. I’m interested in music and art. My

favourite school subjects are ICT and Maths. Bill Kalaitzoglou, MI2

My name’s Bill and I’m 10 years old. I’m in the fifth grade. I live in Nea Makri. I’ve got a sister and a dog named ‘Homer’. It is 7 months old and very funny. I do kung-fu and now I’ve got a green belt. It’s my fifth year and it’s my favourite sport. I play chess, I cook and I like travelling. I’ve got many friends and my favourite

I want to be an astronaut! subject is maths.

Mina Karampella, MI2

My name is Mina. My

favourite colour is

light blue. I’m nine years old. My favourite

school subjects are Drama and Physical Education. I’m interested in geography and ICT. I’m quite good at maths, music and English. I live in Athens, Greece. I go to Arsakeio Primary School. I have a brother. His name is Kyriakos and he’s three years old – he’s a baby. My mum’s name is Cleo and my dad’s name is John. This is my family! Eleftheria Vorria, MI2 My name is Eleftheria Vorria. I’m eleven years old. My birthday is on 31st January. I live in Athens with my family. I like computer games and sports. I’m a student of the 2nd Primary School of Agia Paraskevi. Agia Paraskevi is an area in the east of Athens. I’m quite good

at sport and I’m

interested in history. I’m not very good at maths!

My Web Page George Gatsios, MI4

All About Me I’m ten years old and I’ve got brown hair and brown eyes. I’m quite tall. I’m not very happy to be tall because I’m different from the others, but it isn’t so bad to be the tallest person in the class! My

friends say that I look cool in this T-shirt. I have a photo of me and my friend wearing this T-shirt.

My School I’m a student at Arsakeio in Palaio Psychiko. It takes 30 minutes to get to school by bus because I live far away. Every morning I get up at 6:30 a.m. and at 6:50 a.m. I’m at the school bus stop. I don’t have breakfast because my bus leaves the bus stop at 7:00 o’clock and it doesn’t wait for me! There are thirtytwo students in my class. I’m very good at maths, history, physics, music and art. My worst subject is French. My Home I live in a flat on the 4th floor. I can see the Acropolis from the living room. It is very hard to see tourists because we are very far away, but I can see the Greek flag. I often play with my little brother in the living room and my mum says that we make it untidy! My Friends My best friend is Elias. Elias is like me, he is very independent and hard-working. This is the reason we get on together. On Fridays I go to his house or he comes to my house. We’ve been very good friends since play school. Last time I went to his house, we played Wii, board games and other wonderful games. It was fantastic! Favourite TV Series: Doctor Who. I love adventure series and David Tennant (the Doctor) is my favourite actor. He is very special. Music: My favourite music group is the Greek group Lax. I have all their CDs. Their music is great! Joke One day and Englishman, a Scotsman and an Irishman walked into a pub together. They each bought a pint of Guinness. Just as they were about to enjoy their beer, three flies landed in each of their pints, and were stuck. The Englishman pushed his beer away from him in disgust. The Scotsman fished the fly out of his beer and continued drinking as if nothing had happened. The Irishman picked the fly out of his drink, held it out over the beer and then started yelling “Spit it out, Spit it out!’

Sports: I’m very good at football and basketball. My favourite sport is football. I play in my team every Wednesday.

Phidias Georgiadis, MI4

All about me My name is Phidias. I am 9 years old. I am clever. My favourite subjects are maths and art. My hair is brown and my eyes are brown, too. I am from Athens. My Hobby

I love drawing. I do not like painting my drawings, I only want to sketch. I often draw when I finish my homework or when I’m bored.

My School I go to Costeas-Geitonas School. My school is big, with a lot of students. In my school there is an Art Room, a Music Room, a Computer Room, a swimming pool and many, many classrooms. My favourite place in my school is the Art Room. I like it because I love art and because all my work becomes better there, because I always have more tools to make works of art. But I also hate it a bit, because when we finish the lesson, we have to tidy up and we lose the break. The room is really big, with three tables and a lot of chairs. There are two sinks and cupboards with bottles of paint. Behind the table, there is a bookcase with our portfolios.

My Friends I have lots of friends but my best friends are Jim and Panos. Jim is easy-going, because when I broke his pencil sharpener, he didn’t get angry. Panos is generous: when someone hasn’t got something like a pencil, he always gives him one. My favourite colour is green. My favourite food is pasticcio. My favourite animals are cats. My favourite singer is Shakira. My favourite sport is football.

Biographies Katerina Tzima, MI3 Ruth Hantler (1916-2002) invented Barbie. She watched her daughter Barbara playing with paper dolls and she noticed that she often enjoyed giving them adult roles. Barbie is a fashion doll, manufactured by the American company Mattel. Ruth Hantler gave the name Barbie from her daughter’s name, Barbara. In 2009, it was Barbie’s birthday: she became 50 years old. I like Ruth’s idea very much. Barbie was one of the first toys advertised on TV. Billions of dolls have been sold around the world:

three Barbie dolls are sold every second! In my room, I have got a lot of Barbie

Anastasia Ravnali, MI3

Michalis Hatzigiannis is a popular Greek-Cypriot recording artist. He was born in 1979 in Nicosia,

Cyprus. He has received over 30 prizes in Greece alone, making him one of the most successful artists of the decade. He is also known for representing Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1998. In 2010 he released his first English language album in Europe. Yakinthi Papadaki-Metzikof, MI3

dolls. I love playing with them.

Alexandra Skoupa, MI3 Her real name is Taylor Alison Swift. She was born on 14th December 19889. She likes to eat pasta with cheese and her favourite colour is white. She

learned to play the guitar by herself! Her grandmother was a famous opera singer. Her best friends are Miley Cyrus and Selena Gomez. She also has a dog.

Selena Gomez is one of my favourite singers. She has played in many films on Disney Channel. One of them is ‘The Wizards of Waverly Place’. She made her television début in the programme ‘Barney and Friends’ and she became famous after that. Apart from her good acting, Selena sings very well. Her

songs are famous all over the world.

Caterina Tzima, MI3

Odysseas Elytis was born in Heraklion, on the island of Crete, on November 2, 1911. His real name was Odysseas Alepoudelis. His parents were from Lesvos. In 1914 his family moved to Athens. He was one of the greatest Greek poets of the 1930s. In 1960 he won a prize for his poetry. He wrote a lot of famous poems, for example ‘Axion Esti’ in 1959 and ‘Orientations’ in 1979. For these poems, he won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1979. Many of his poems are set to music. In 1964, Mikis Theodorakis wrote music for ‘Axion Esti’. Odysseas Elytis died on March 18, 1996, at the age of 84. Margarita Sakellariou, MI3

Evgenios Trivizas is a famous author. He writes books for children. He became famous when he wrote ‘Frutopia’. The story of his book became a TV programme. He has also written another book with great success, called ‘The Three Little Wolves’.

Electra Kafhitsa-Malikiosi, MI3

Nicole Scherzinger is an American singer, songwriter, dancer, model and actress. She is perhaps best known as the lead singer of ‘The Pussycat Dolls’. The group’s second single reached number

one on the UK

Singles Chart. She is also a judge on the US version of ‘X Factor’ and was the winner of the tenth season of ‘Dancing with the Stars’.

Test Results: How Shy are you? More A answers: You are not shy at all - you are very bold! You like to communicate with other people and try new things without fear. You can make a lot of friends and be a very sociable person. You probably like parties and spend a lot of time with your friends. You are probably also a very talkative and delightful person! Continue to be like this! More B answers: You are a bit shy. You can speak to other people without becoming red like a tomato but you need to try hard to be brave. You are a normal person, do you want to be friends? More C answers: You are very shy and this is not positive for you. You are terrified when you talk to someone you don’t know. You should change your character and try to be more selfconfident.

How Adventurous Are You? Personality Test Alexandros Lionis, Athina Bekou, Nick Lagouros, Maritina Denissi, Julia Florou, Lina Dellaporta, Artemis Iossif, MI4 7. Which of these free time activities do you like best? a. chess b. tennis c. rafting 8. Would you like to spend three days on Mount Everest? a. No, never! b. Maybe – with my family and friends. c. Yes, of course I would!

1. Would you like to see a lion up close? a. Certainly not! b. Well, maybe. c. Yes, of course – lions are great! 2. Would you ever swim with rattlesnakes? a. Definitely not! b. Probably not. c. I’m really brave, so I would. 3. Would you like to go camping in a forest? a. No, I’d be scared at night. b. Maybe, it depends. c. I’d love to!

9. Would you like to travel to Africa? a. Probably not. b. Maybe. c. Very likely. 10. Would you swim with dolphins? a. No, I’d be a bit scared. b. I don’t know. c. Yes, I’d love to! 11. When you were a child, did you climb tall trees? a. I’ve never done it. b. I only did it once. c. Yes, I did it all the time!

4. Would you like to try bungee jumping? a. I don’t think so. b. Only if all my friends tried it first. c. How about tomorrow?

12. Which of these holidays would you prefer to go on? a. Beach holiday, stay in a hotel. b. Camping on a mountain. c. Canoeing in the Amazon.

5. Would you swim with sharks? a. No way! b. Maybe, with very small sharks. c. What a great idea!

13.

6. Are you scared of ghosts? a. Yes, I’m terrified. b. Not really. c. Not at all.

Would you like to travel to space? a. Absolutely not! b. I’m not sure. c. Yes, I’d love to.

(Test results on page 43)

Snapshots: Byzantine Walk

All About Me Elli Dimitriou-Malikiosi, MI2

My name’s Elli. I’m twelve years old. My birthday is on December 22nd. I live in Athens with my mum and my dad. I like athletics and music. I’m a student at Marasleio School and I’m in the first class of high school. I’m quite good at sport and art. I’m not very good at maths. This is a photo of me and my friend Olga in Nafplio. Antigoni Davrou, MI2 My name is Antigone. My birthday is on June 3rd. I’m very good at sport. I’m interested in tennis, basketball and volleyball. I live in Athens. Athens is a city in the centre of Greece. The name of my school is Leontios.

I have a lot of friends. Their names are Marios, Fani, Constantinos and Peter. Danae Zadeli, MI2 My name is Danae. I’m 9 years old. I live in Athens, in Palio Psyhiko. My school is Psyhiko College. I’m in class 4F. I’m quite good at music and I

like sports and horse-riding. This is a photo of me and my friend Vasiliki.

Alkyoni Manoloudi, MI2

My name is Alkyoni Manoloudi. I am ten years old. My birthday is on December 19th. I live with my parents and my brother in Athens. I

like chess

and reading books. This is a photo of

me and my friends Amalia, Athina and Ilia. We are in my parents’ bedroom. I’m a student at Montessori School. I’m quite good at maths and I’m interested in science. I’m not very good at geography. John Schinas, MI2 My name’s John. I’m ten years old. My birthday is on June 10th. I live with my family in Athens. I’m a student at Moraitis School. I have maths today. Athens is a city in Greece. My friends are Dimitris, Tasos, Paris and Thanos.

I’m good at maths and I’m interested in science. George Giokas, MI2

My name’s George. I’m eleven years old and this is my sister Chryssa! This

is my birthday party,

with my friends and my mum. That’s my school. It’s very big and grey.

Dimitris Konstantinidis, MI2

Hi! My name’s Dimitris. I live in Athens and I’m eleven years old. My

town is big and

pretty. I’m a student of Kantza School. My best

school friends are Agis and Stellios, my best friends for ever. There are 8 people in my family. This is all about me – now tell me something about you! Mary Papagianni, MI2

Melenia Smarianaki, MI2

My name is Melenia Smarianaki and I’m 10 years old. I live in Athens. This is my sister. Her name is Tzina. These are my parents. My dad’s name is Michalis and my mum’s name is Sissy. These are my friends. Their names are Kyriaki, Violeta, Elena and Kyveli. I sometimes play Cluedo. This is my school, Ellinoelvetiki. I’m good at physics, maths, music and geography. My

interests are music, dance, sports and the piano. Mike Paterakis, MI2

My name’s Mary and I’m nine years old. I live in Glyfada. Glyfada is very beautiful and big. It is near the sea and it has got a lot of trees. My best friend is Alkistis. She’s very beautiful and very

My name is Mike Paterakis. I’m nine years old. My birthday is on 14th January. I live in Athens with

school is interested in poor and old people. My dad’s name is Kanelos. My mum’s

play the violin, too, and I’m interested in football. I’m a student of Lakoniki School. I’m in class O2. I’m quite good at maths and I’m interested in science. My country is Greece. It is a nice country and many tourists come here in the summer.

good. My interests are running and shopping. My

name is Vivi and my sister’s name is Katerina.

my mum, my dad, my sister and my little brother.

I like animals, art and computer games. I

My Eating Habits George Boutsikos, MI1

I always have milk for breakfast. I often have cereal. My dad never eats cereal. He has coffee or tea. For lunch we

often have

vegetables. We sometimes have spaghetti. On Saturday, I always eat a cheese pie. Then I have a croissant. My mum hates cheese. She always has coffee in the afternoon. George Zelenitsas, MI1

I always have milk and cornflakes for breakfast. My little brother, Konstantinos, always eats the same. For lunch, we often eat salad, chicken or spaghetti. Every afternoon

I drink orange

juice. For dinner, I usually eat omelette and

salad and I drink milk. On Sundays, we often go out and eat in a taverna with friends. Mediterranean food is healthy! I love spaghetti and Italian food!

Harry Kampougeris, MI1

I always have milk for breakfast. I sometimes have an egg. My sister sometimes drinks milk and she eats a doughnut and cake. For lunch, we sometimes have fish. We

salad.

always have

Danai-Athanasia Zoupa, MI1 On Mondays, I always have milk, because my mother says 'Milk is good for your bones, darling,

because it contains calcium'. My breakfast is the same every morning except on Saturdays and Sundays. I have 'Kruncy' with 'nur mit Reissirup gesĂźĂ&#x;t', but it is German and I can't understand. At school, I usually have a banana, sometimes a sandwich, often mini cheese pies and NEVER

croissants, chocolate or chips. For lunch, we always have a salad and NEVER burgers!

Helen Lobzanije, MI1

Konstantinos Sarantonis, MI1

I always have tea for breakfast. I sometimes have an egg. My little brother never eats eggs. He has milk, bread and butter. For lunch, we often have salad. We sometimes have pizza. On Sundays,

I always have milk for breakfast. I sometimes have

we sometimes go to a restaurant. Then I

have

beef, potatoes and carrots. My brother

bread and jam. I never drink coffee. My little brother never eats eggs for lunch, but we often have salad. We never have pizza. On Saturdays, we sometimes go to a restaurant. Then I have chicken and chips.

hates potatoes. He always has rice.

Stamatis Sofronis, MI1

Anastasis Kontis, MI1

I always have milk for breakfast. I sometimes have bread and jam. My sister never eats bread and jam. She has tea and eggs. For lunch, we often have salad, chicken or fish. We

sometimes

have hot dogs. On Sundays, we sometimes go to a restaurant.

I sometimes have a toasted sandwich with cheese for breakfast. I often have chicken for lunch. My

dog Rex is also crazy about

chicken and rice. For dinner, we have souvlaki and Rex eats his dog food.

Stories Orange Juice

My Little Story

Theodora Nikolaidi, MI6

Maria Mantrivi, MI6

I had been walking through the

creepy

forest for several hours

when I suddenly heard something behind me. My first thought was that a dangerous animal was following me. I started walking faster and faster. The strange noise behind me hadn’t stopped yet. While I was running in the forest, there was a rock in front of me I lost my balance and fell down. I started to cry because I couldn’t stand up. I didn’t have a choice so, with a scared face, I looked back. You can’t even imagine the thing that I saw behind me! It was my mum with my orange juice yelling ‘You haven’t drunk your orange juice young lady!’ Finally, I…drank my orange juice and I continued my walk in the forest.

The Best Day of My Life George Katimertzis, MI5 The best day of my life was last Friday. We had a carnival party at my school, which started after the first four hours of lessons. The teacher seemed upset because we were all dressed up, impatient and noisy. Some of us had brought pistols, capsules and small dynamites. We let the teachers do the lesson but we kept drawing clowns, running around the classroom and playing...in other words, the teachers could do nothing but let

us do whatever we

liked! When the bell rang, we all shouted and

ran out. We put loud music on my laptop, ordered pizza and threw a party. It was fantastic! I was glad that my classmates were having fun.

I had been walking through the forest for several hours, when I suddenly heard something behind me. I looked back, but I couldn’t see anything. I started to walk again, but I was really scared. Then the noise came again and everything was so strange in that forest! I

couldn’t feel my legs! Suddenly, I felt

something touching my dress. I turned around and saw a small cat looking for something to eat. I felt relieved! What could this little kitten do to me? I took it in my arms and I started to stroke it. I was happy because I had a new friend. But whatever happens, I’ll never forget the touch I felt when I was walking in the forest!

An Amazing Discovery Lina Dellaporta, MI4 Last summer I was in Alonisos. While I was swimming in the sea, I found a broken ancient vase. I gave it to my parents and then we went to the police station and gave it to the authorities. Two months later, we received a call from an archaeologist, who informed me that the vase was important,

as it was of the 14th century BC. The Archaeological Museum of Athens offered me 1,000 Euros for my discovery! I’m going to spend the money on a trip to Great Britain next summer!

I Found Company

Planning a Special Sunday

Maria Mantrivi, Theodora Nikolaidi, MI6

Lena Koumantou, MI4

It was Christmas Eve and I was alone. I could see lights and people carrying presents. All the people were laughing and I didn’t know why. Only

one person seemed different from the others. A man was sitting on a bench,

alone and very sad. I could understand him, because he was like me: he didn’t have anyone in the world. My first thought was to go closer to him. But then I thought that maybe he wanted to be alone and think. Suddenly, I saw him coming to my side. He put his hand on my shoulder and started to stroke me. I was so happy to have company that dark, cold night! Finally, the poor man took me with him! From that moment, I followed him for the rest of my life!

School Jokes Teacher: Every time I turn around, I catch you doing something you're not supposed to be doing. What can we do about that? Student: Tell me when you're going to turn around!

Caterina: Hi girls – what about going to the Acropolis Museum? Frida: I’d love to! Caterina: I’d rather go to the Parthenon. Lena: That’s a really good idea, too. Margaret: I think we can go to both. All: That’s fine with me. Lena: OK, but if we have time, why don’t we go to the National Gallery? I’ve heard there’s a competition there. Frida: Oh, really? Caterina: Yes, I’ve heard this, too. Margatita: OK, we can go to the Acropolis Museum first, then to the Parthenon and after that to the National Gallery. Lena: Oh! Then we’ll

Sunday!

have a very special

Margaret: I agree with you! Lena: Then let’s go! All: Let’s go!

Teacher: John, the story you gave me called "Our Dog," is exactly like your brother's. John: Of course Miss! It's the same dog!

My Web Page Nikolas Zanaras, MI4

About me I’m 10 years old and I have blond hair and blue eyes. I’m quite tall. My School I’m a student at Athens College. At half past eight I go to the bus stop and from there it takes half an hour to arrive at school. There are twenty students in my class. My best subject is biology. My worst subject is history. My Home: I live in a big house. We have a swimming pool so I can swim whenever I want to. My Friends: My best friends are Dimos and George. George is easy-going and Dimos is very friendly. My Favourite Movie: My favourite movie is ‘Catch me if you Can’. I love action movies. Sports: I’m the best swimmer in my school.

Peter Dimas, MI4 My School I’m a student at Psychiko College in Greece. It takes an hour to get to school. When I’m waiting at the bus stop, I stay in my car until the bus

comes. When I’m going to school, I listen to music on my iPod. There are 25 students in my class. I’m quite good at maths and my worst subject is history.

About me I’m 10 years old and I have black hair and brown eyes. I am tall. I like being tall because my favourite sport is basketball and I can shoot more easily.

My Home I live in Athens, in Psychiko. I can see a mountain from my room. It is called Ymittos.

Chryssanthi Kouroukli, MI4 My School I’m a student at the Second Experimental Junior High School. It takes 15 minutes to get to school because I go by bus. There are 26 students in my class. I’m quite good at computers and art. My worst subject is history. I like computers because it’s and I always know what to do.

About me I’m 13 years old and I have brown hair and brown eyes. I’m quite tall and I like wearing jeans and T-shirts.

easy for me

My Home I live in an apartment on the 4th floor. I can see other apartments from my bedroom window. In the past, I could see the Acropolis from my bedroom window but now there’s an apartment between my house and the Acropolis. My Friends My best friends are Stella and Alex. Stella is very good at sports and Alex likes reading books. Her favourite book is Harry Potter, and Stella’s favourite sport is tennis. I look like Stella, so people often think we’re sisters. I like playing tennis with Stella and volleyball with Alex.

Antonia Franzikinaki, MI4 About me I’m 12 years old and I have brown hair and brown eyes. I’m quite tall. My friends say I look very cool.

My School I’m a student at the 15th Junior High School of Peristeri. It only takes five minutes to get to school because I live nearby. There are twentyfour students in my class. I’m quite good at maths and ancient Greek. My worst subjects are history and biology. My Home I live in an apartment on the first floor. I can see some trees from my window. My mother often tells me to wash the dishes and tidy my room. I share the same room with my little sister. I sometimes get angry with her because she’s lazy and she doesn’t help me to tidy our room. My Friends My best friends are Konstantina, Tzina, Stathoula and Evelina. Konstantina and Tzina are a bit crazy. Stathoula is shy and generous. Evelina is clever and adventurous.

Sports

I like playing tennis – it is really exciting.

Music I love music! My favourite singer is Justin Bieber and my favourite band is ‘Rec’ – they’re the greatest!

Visit Greece Panos Zoumpourlis, MI4

The square of Syntagma was named on September 3, 1843. At that time, Greek people revolted against king Otto and the king was forced to grant the people the first democratic

In the Greek language, Syntagma means Constitution. Constitution.

Near Syntagma Square there is the Greek Parliament, the National garden and the oldest neighbourhoods of Athens: Plaka, Monastiraki and Kolonaki. In the last two years, many demonstrations against the government have taken place in Syntagma square, which is a symbolic place for democracy. George Stathopoulos, MI4

Nafplio was the first capital city of Greece. It is big, with many places to see like

Palamidi, Bourtzi and others. You can go to the beach, walk around the harbour at night and eat at one of the many taverns and restaurants. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a nice place for kids, with a lot of playgrounds and a lot of children.

Jason Kyriazis, MI4

Thessaloniki is the second biggest city in Greece and is in the north of Greece. It took its name from princess Thessaloniki, who was the sister of Alexander the Great. Thessaloniki has many sights. The most famous sight is the

White Tower, part of its ancient walls. There are also

many Christian monuments, such as the churches of Agios Dimitrios and Agia Sofia. Elias Papalabrou, MI4 Crete is the biggest island in Greece and the second biggest island (after Cyprus) in the east Mediterranean Sea. The capital of Crete

is Iraklio. Other big cities are Chania, Rethymno, Ierapetra, Agios Nikolaos and Sitia. The island has got a lot of mountains. Olive oil from Crete is one of the best in Greece and famous all over the world. Crete is also well-known for its beautiful beaches. You can travel to Crete by boat from Pireus port; the voyage takes four hours.

Elias Papalabrou, MI4 In Zagorochoria, there are 46 beautiful villages. There are also

wonderful gorges like Vikos

Gorge. There are a lot of lakes, too. The villages have got many springs with cold water. One of the most famous villages is West Zagori. In the valley of the Voidomatis river, where there are the villages of Papigo, Aristi, Agios Minas and Mesovouni. At the Voidomatis river, you can do extreme sports. It takes 7 hours to go there by car from Athens. Mikes Magkoulias, MI4 Delphi lies in the foothills of Mount Parnassos, in Phokis. If you go to Delphi, it is a good idea to visit the Archaeological Museum, where you can see ancient statues and sculptures. The most important monuments in the area are the Temple of Apollo, the ancient god of music, the Athenian treasure, the theatre, the Stadium and the Gym. The Archaeological Museum of Delphi is one of the most important Greek museums. It presents the

history of the famous Delphian temple and the

most famous Oracle of the ancient years.

Mark Minadakis, MI4 Areos Park is near the centre of Athens and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s on Alexandras Avenue. Recently, they have made some works of art and they

improved it a lot: they have have

added fountains, trees and other great stuff!

George Stathopoulos, MI4 Pelion, the beautiful

mountain of the mythic Centaurs, is an

excellent choice for your holidays. It offers a nice combination of mountain and sea, and a modern city, Volos, the capital of Magnesia, is situated at the foot of the mountain. You can do things like cycling, running, swimming and sports at the beautiful beaches. Athanasia Retsa, MI4 Vikos Gorge is in Ipiros. It has a path that leads to a big cave. 2,000 can fit in the cave! The path is really narrow and it hasn't got railings, so it's possible for someone to fall! It's really beautiful up there. The gorge is 1km deep and there is a river running through it. It is very green and, when the sun sets, the gorge has really beautiful colours in it! It's a wonderful place and it's really worth seeing!

My Eating Habits Manolis Gousias, MI1

I always have orange juice for breakfast. I sometimes have a toasted sandwich with cheese. My mum never eats toasted sandwich with cheese; she has an egg with

coffee. For lunch, we always have salad. We

sometimes have pizza. On Saturdays, we sometimes go to a restaurant. Then I have spaghetti with tomato sauce.

Stellios Kontis, MI1

I always drink milk in the morning. I sometimes have bread and jam for breakfast. My family often has rice and chicken on Sundays.

I never drink Cola. For lunch, my brother

Anastasis often has spinach, but I hate spinach. On Saturdays we sometimes go out for dinner. I usually have potatoes and meat.

John Dedes, MI1

I always have milk for breakfast. I often have pancakes. My sister never eats pancakes. She always has milk and she sometimes eats bread. For lunch, we often have vegetables. We often have hamburgers. On Sundays, we sometimes

have a barbecue. Then I eat sausages. My sister hates sausages. She always has vegetables. One day, my sister will grow up and she will become nine years old, like me, and she will be able to eat all the best and delicious food. Odysseas Bakaras, MI1

I always have tea for breakfast. I also

have milk, bread and butter. We sometimes have pizza for lunch or go to a restaurant. Then I have beef and potatoes. My sister hates beef.

Panagiotis Niarhos, MI1

I always have milk for breakfast. I sometimes have an apple. My big sister never has fruit for breakfast. She has milk, pizza and jam. For lunch, we often have potatoes. We sometimes have chicken. On

Sundays, we always have lunch at home. We eat meat, chefâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s salad, rice, fruit and cake.

Konstantinos Zelenitsas, MI1

Periklis Christopoulos, MI1

Hi, I'm Periklis. I always have milk, bread and butter with honey for breakfast. I

sometimes eat

cereals. For lunch, I always have salad and I

sometimes have beef and vegetables. I always like spaghetti and pizza. At the weekend, we sometimes eat souvlaki and tzatziki. I like eating a lot. Vassilis Fouskolagoudakis, MI1

I always have milk for breakfast. I

sometimes

have bread and jam. For lunch, we I always have milk with cornflakes for breakfast.

I sometimes have cake. My big brother

often have salad. We sometimes have pizza. On Sundays, we sometimes go to a restaurant. There I have beef, potatoes and carrots. My brother hates potatoes. He always has rice.

has the same breakfast as me. For lunch, we usually have fish or chicken, spaghetti and salad. I never eat rice and my brother hates cheese.

All About Me Maria Soumbasi, MI2

Hi! My name is MariaKaterina Soumbasi. I’m 10 years old. I live in Athens, in Kolonaki. Athens is the capital of Greece! My birthday is on 25th November. My school is the 114th. It’s in Lycabettus. It’s good. I’m interested in ballet, modern dance, and I’m

interested in dancing on ice! My

favourite school subjects are maths and geography. My best friend is AnnaMaria. She’s very good at art.

Chryssanthi Mimikou, MI2 Hi! My name is Chryssanthi Mimikou. I’m 10 years old. My birthday is on 22nd February.

I’m interested

in sports, swimming and computer games. I live

in Athens with my family. I like history and maths but I don’t like religion and English. Athens is the biggest city in Greece and it’s the capital of Greece. My best friends are Myrto, who lives in Halkidona, a suburb of Athens, and Olga, who lives in Hania, a city in West Crete.

Marios Giannoulis, MI2

My name’s Marios. I’m 10 years old. My birthday is on 10th June. I have my mum, my dad, a brother and two sisters. I like sports, computer games and

movies about animals. I live in Athens.

Athens is a city in the southwest of Greece. It is surrounded by mountains. It is quite near the sea. I live in Exarhia. I’m a student at 14th Elementary School. I’m in class E2NT. I’m quite good at history and I’m interested in sport, science, music, computer science, geography, maths, art and literature. I’m not very good at Religion. This is a photo of me and my friend Konstantinos in our swimsuits at the Sea of Messini. Marios Trigkas, MI2 My name is Marios. I’m 10 years old. My birthday is on 1st April.

art and motocross. I’m interested in

My favourite game is Farmerama. I live in Athens, the capital of Greece. Athens is the most beautiful city in Europe after Paris, London, Barcelona, Madrid and Cambridge. I’m a student at Lycee Leonin in Nea Smyrni. I’m in the fourth class. I’m good at sport, music, computers and art. My best friends are Pantelis, George and Marios.

Peter Xenoulis, MI2 My name is Peter Xenoulis and I’m ten years old. My birthday is on April 3rd. I live with my family in Athens. I like books and films about animals, history books and computer games. I’m a student in the fourth class of primary school. I’m very good at maths, art, history and sport. I’m also interested in science. My best school friends are Alex and Antonis. I

play football and

basketball with them every day. Athens is a

city in the centre of Greece. It is the capital and has got six million people. It is quite near the sea and has got many sights. Jason Sotiropoulos, MI2

John Kourousis, MI2

Hi! I’m John Kourousis. I’m 10 years old and my birthday is on 28th January. My best friend is Joseph. My interests are music, cinema, reading books, football and basketball. I live in Athens. Athens is the capital of Greece. My school is Hill School in Plaka. My favourite school subjects are maths, history, geography, English language and sports. My interests are basketball, football, cinema and playing

the electric guitar.

Test Results: How Adventurous are you?

My name is Jason. I’m 10 years old. My birthday is on 20th July. I live with my family in Athens. I like football and basketball. This is me and my friend Nassos. We are at his house. He's my best friend. We're in the same class, in the same school. Athens is a city in the south of Greece. It's near the sea. It snows in the winter. My interests are chess

and athletics. I’m a student at Marasleio

School. I’m in the fifth class. I’m quite good at art and I’m interested in history. I’m not very good at geography.

More A answers: You’re like...a cat in the rain! You’re scared of a lot of things and you don’t want to do dangerous things. You’re scared when you hear the word ‘adventure’. You can only enjoy it on TV. So, stay in your room and play with your toys... More B answers: You like adventure, but you don’t like really extreme things - so, you like a safe adventure! You don’t like losing control and you want to know every detail about what you’re going to do. More C answers: You love danger and you are always ready for it. You like taking risks. You like ghosts, bats, spiders...nothing scares you! Don’t stay at home!

My Web Page Tatiana Drakouli, MI4

My Home I live in an apartment on the second floor. I can see trees from my window. My room is quite untidy. In my room I have a desk, a bookcase, a chair, a bed and a carpet. My School I’m a student at Ursulines Primary School in Maroussi. There are twenty-three students in my class. I am good at English and French. I am worse at history and science. I don’t like my English teacher because she tells the lesson very slowly and she is boring. I hate history, too, because it’s difficult.

About me I’m ten years old, I have got long fair hair, green eyes and I wear earrings. I’m learning Italian. I love Italian because I

have two friends from Italy. I

met Gaia at summer school in England when I was on holiday, and I met my second friend, Elena, when I was in Paros. My Best Friends My best friends are Sophia and Constantina. Constantina is quite silly and easy-going. Sophia is ten years old. She is boring and lazy. We go to see her sister at school together. We also go to Vrilissia to play.

Favourite Places I have been to England, Volos and Thessaloniki with my family. They are beautiful places. This year, from 31st December to 3rd January I’m going to Ioannina. When I was in England, I visited Big Ben, the London Eye, Buckingham Palace, Lego Land, the River Thames, the Natural History Museum, the British Museum and the Science Museum. I also went to Waterstones and I bought books about fairies. Favourite Movie I like ‘Asterix and Obelix’, ‘Johnny English’ and ‘Tin Tin’. At school, in the history lesson we watch DVDs with Asterix and Obelix.

Rania Pilioura, MI4

My School I’m a student at the 4th state school of Halandri. It takes a short time to get there because I live nearby. There are 19 students in my class. My favourite subjects are Theatrical Education and Computer Studies. I think history is the most boring subject at school. My Friends My best friends are Sophia, Nicoletta and Natalia. Nicoletta is very athletic, Natalia is a bit moody and Sophia is very funny. She always does silly and funny things that make me laugh. When we are all together, we laugh all the time!

About me My name’s Rania and I’m 12 years old. I’ve got straight brown hair and brown eyes. My

friends say that I can keep secrets.

My Home I live in Athens, in a flat on the second floor. My room is quite tidy. From my bedroom window I can see Parnitha and the sunset. When I look at the sunset, the sun is red and the sky has orange, pink and light blue colours.

Fast Facts: Favourite Movie: Harry Potter and the Deadly Hallows. It’s a great movie. Sports: I like basketball and volleyball. I also take karate lessons. I started six years ago and now I’ve got the black belt. I have won some karate competitions: the third place, and once the first place. Music: I like almost all kinds of music.

Books & Films Great Crimes: The Kennedy Assassination

Tales of Goha

Calypso-Sophie Sdrali, MI5

Dimitra Pateraki, MI5 One day, Goha decided to build a new house. He wanted a house with two storeys â&#x20AC;&#x201C; a ground floor and an upper floor. He didn't need a second floor, but he felt that a house with only one storey wasn't a real house. However, his wife knew that two storeys was much more work, so Goha

decided he would sell the upper floor and live on the ground floor. He found

a buyer easily and he sold the upper floor to a merchant. The merchant had always wanted to live high up, above everybody else. They both lived happily in the house, but after some years Goha found that his house was no longer convenient. So he decided to build another house in the part of Baghdad near the palace, On the morning of 22nd November 1963, the President of the USA, John Kennedy, arrived in Dallas, Texas, with his wife. He was in his car when, at 12:30, he was shot by someone hiding in a building, so he died from the gunshots. At 2:50, the police arrested a man called Lee Harvey Oswald for killing President Kennedy. Oswald denied that he had killed him. Two days later, the police decided to move Lee Harvey Oswald to another prison. Suddenly, a man whose name was Jack Ruby shot Oswald, who died a few hours later. Jack went to prison and he died there. On November 25, John Fitzgerald Kennedy was buried in Arlington National Cemetery in Washington. At the beginning, almost all Americans believed that Oswald was the only assassin. Very soon, questions were asked about how that terrible thing had happened that day. There were many different

opinions about who had killed the president,

but we'll never know about it. The questions go on even today. The assassination of John Kennedy is one of the 20th century's biggest mysteries.

but first he wanted to sell his ground floor quickly to the merchant. But the merchant didn't want to buy it. After a few days, Goha decided to pull down the ground floor. Suddenly, the merchant realised that he couldn't have an upper floor alone: the upper floor needed to stand on the ground floor, so he agreed. He bought the ground floor from Goha and he paid the price that Goha asked. At last, Goha was (of course) very pleased!

Stephanie Papadatou, MI3

Peter Ioannidis, MI6

Harry Potter is a famous hero created by English writer Joan K. Rowling. She has written seven books with the young magician and his friends Ron and Hermione as the main characters. These books have sold millions of copies worldwide. Also Harry Potter became a cinema hero loved by millions of people, especially young people all over the world. The first film, 'Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone', was played during Christmas of 2001 and the last film, 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part II', was played last July (2011) and it was a major hit in Europe and the USA. Harry Potter in his last adventure (which was filmed

in 3D) faced the evil Lord Voltemort and the evil powers. The most fascinating moment of the film was the battle of Harry Potter and Lord Voltemort and the last scene, where Harry Potter appeared older, after getting married. It was a really touching experience to see Harry Potter greet his little son at the train station before

‘Tower Heist’ is, in my opinion, the

best Ben

Stiller film ever! Ben Stiller is a guy who works

in a skyscraper. But after a long time of working there, he gets fired and he hasn’t got any money. So he takes 2-3 friends and a crook and he decides to rob the skyscraper where he used to work. But this is not very easy…If you like funny adventure films, believe me: ‘Tower Heist’ is for you! Chryssa Gioka, MI6

starting his trip to Hogwart's School of Magic. The actor who played Harry Potter in all the films was British actor Daniel Radcliffe, who is now nearly 22 years old – nit a child any more, as he was in 2001 when he first played the little wizard. This final film has been nominated for this year's Oscars for best art direction, best make-up and best visual effects. I have to say that harry Potter was deeply loved and worshipped by many young kids because the books and the films with this original hero managed to entertain the audience with their suspense stories, their fantasy as well as with the beautiful, fairy-tale scenery. Harry Potter books and films also showed and emphasised the values of friendship, compassion, love, respect and family, which are so important in our lives.

Happy Feet 2 is a fantastic movie, with lots of music and of course dance! This time, Bubble’s son, Eric, who doesn’t like dancing, goes away from home after a misunderstanding. He finds Sven, a penguin that can fly, and who gives him hope. While returning home, he

makes some new friends. But

all the penguins have been trapped! He tries to help them but… what happens?

Stories The British Council Murders Sandy Karagianni, Orfeas Pantelias-Gionis, Nikolina Plivouri, MI6 Drawings: Veronica Manusevich, MI6 It was an ordinary day at the British Council. The birds were singing, the children were in their classrooms and the lessons were going on, when suddenly Miss Rebecca told us that we were going to go to Scotland the next week! After this, we all counted the days until the next Friday! When we arrived in Scotland, we went to the hotel, which was next to a cemetery. Later that night, we heard a scream: a

teacher had

fallen into a grave! We all went out and

we took the teacher back to the hotel. We didn't sleep well: he was screaming all night! The next day he was nowhere to be seen, also the day after that and the day after that! Nicolina was really scared and she couldn't sleep... When we came back to Greece, we couldn't find the teacher, but at the Christmas celebration, we saw him. He was green and his face was bleeding!!! Anyway, the Christmas celebration was magnificent, with the Christmas tree and a lot of gifts...until he came into the classroom. He looked at us and Miss Rebecca screamed! All the children ran out, except us: Nicolina, Orfeas and Sandy. We went under the desks and waited for the children to go out. Then, we opened the door and we screamed, too: about five...hundred green zombies and the zombie teacher were in front of us waiting for us! We started running across the hallway until we reached the stairs. Orfeas ran to the upper floor but Sandy and Nicolina ran into Miss Dimitraâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s office. Nicolina grabbed the fire extinguisher. She pressed the handle, flew back, hit her head on the wall and then she fainted! Sandy grabbed the CD player and hit a zombie who tired to eat Nicolina. Nicolina woke up, took

a clock and threw it like a Frisbee: it cut three zombies' heads off. We left the office and tried to find Orfeas but we couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t find him anywhere. While we were killing zombies, we heard a voice calling 'Spartaaa!' and the zombies started falling on the floor, creating a small mountain behind Orfeas. His clothes were torn and had blood on them. He was holding a stapler and he had four more on his belt. He told us that there were no more zombies on this floor. We were going downstairs when we heard Sandy screaming. We looked at her and saw that she had a scratch on her arm. The zombies could smell the blood and they were following us! We thought we would die when Nicolina saw a lighter and a bottle of gas. We threw them at the zombies and we started running downstairs until we reached the exit. Then we heard an explosion! The third floor was on fire, and the fire burned the zombies: they were falling from the windows. It was a lucky escape... One month later, we all entered the British Council again. There were no zombies or blood inside. Our floor had been built again and we started our lesson. Miss Rebecca asked us to describe our adventures...and we all smiled.

The Old House

The Best Day of My Life

Christina Malama, MI5

Rachel-Zoe Basra, MI5

I was waiting outside the door of the old house when suddenly I got a text message from my friend Trina: she sent me the address to make sure that this was the house, and she told me that she would come after me. I rang the doorbell and I heard a strange noise. Then, an old lady opened the door and she told me to go inside. When I went inside, I saw some old portraits and different antiques and photos. I had been sent by my friend Trina to learn about her dead grandmother. I asked the old lady if she knew anything about Trina Anderson’s grandmother, and she told me that she had been a close friend of hers before the ‘accident’. Then someone rang the bell and it was Trina. The old lady told us that Trina’s grandmother had been murdered

The best day of my life was when I was eleven. September 1st was quite a warm day. I was ready for the first day of school after the holidays. It had been a really dreadful summer and I wasn't very keen on going to school. My mum had said she would put me in a new school, which was quite devastating. As I entered the marvellous gates of the new school, I stopped dead where I was. The school was huge...there,

a huge world stretched out before me and suddenly

all the sulkiness I felt disappeared completely. My mum had never told me what the place looked like. It was really amazing! That's where we met: Jane, a fairly tall girl with straight brown hair and Bill, again a fairly tall boy but he, unlike Jane, had

with a knife in her house. We

learned all the details about her murder. Outside

the house, we found an old newspaper about the murder of Trina’s grandmother and then we realised that the old lady had lied to us...and that she had killed Trina’s grandmother!

School Jokes Teacher: Can you give some examples of pronouns? Student: Who, me? Teacher: Very good! Helen: Our teacher talks to herself. Does yours? Peter: Yes, but she doesn't realise it; she thinks we're actually listening!

reddish brown hair and freckles on his cheeks. My best friends, Jane and Bill, are complete opposites but we're still best friends. That's what made that day the best. We had loads of fun that day. That was the best day, and even the best year of my life!

Teacher: Mary, spell mouse. Mary: M-O-U-S. Teacher: Yes... and what's at the end of it? Mary: A tail!

My Web Page Chloi Katrougalou, MI4 About me

Hi! Ancient Greeks said that the body is the prison of the soul, so I’m not going to describe the way I look! The only thing I can say is that I’m quite short. My Home I can see a wild piece of ground, some gardens, the sky and the stars from my window, and some people walking back and forth. My mother says that my room is always untidy. My School I’m a student of High School. I walk to school and it only takes ten minutes to get there. There are nineteen students in my class. My class isn’t as good as the other classes. I can say that it is the worst class in the school! Jokes Teacher: Maria, please point to America on the map. Maria: This is it. Teacher: Well done. Now, class, who discovered America? Class: Maria did!

An elementary school teacher sends this note to all parents on the first day of school: ‘If you promise not to believe everything your child says happens at school, I will promise not to believe everything your child says happens at home!’

- What is the longest word in the English language? - ‘Smiles’, because there’s a mile between the first and the last letter!

Zenia Karampela, MI4 My School I’m a student at the 2nd Primary School of Alimos. There are twenty-four students in my class. I am very good at language and maths. My worst subject is social studies. My Friends My best friends are Christina, Vicky, Deppy and Nick. They are funny and cool. Christina is now in Crete but we are still best friends. My Home I live in a big flat on the first floor. I can see a big street from the kitchen window. My

always clean and tidy. All About Me I’m 11 years old and I have brown hair and brown eyes. I am thin and tall. I am friendly, clever and generous but sometimes I am a little lazy and moody.

bedroom is

Music: I like Shakira. She is very beautiful and popular. I like her songs very much. She is a very good singer! Movies: My favourite movie is Smurfs. I love those little blue people! I think it’s the funniest movie ever!

Sophia Michailaki, MI4 About me My name is Sophia Michailakis and I’m 12 years old. I have got long blond hair and green eyes. My

a good singer!!!

friends say that I’m

My School I’m a student at Moraitis School in Athens. I go to school by bus. I am very good at maths, history, art, English and music. My worst subject is French, because it is boring. My Home I live in a flat near the British Council, on the third floor. I can see my garden from my bedroom window. My garden has many trees and flowers. There is a net for basketball. My Friends: My best friends are Stella, Chryssa and Frances. We are the friendliest girls in the school. We help many people with their problems. I love my friends!!! Favourite Sports: My favourite sports are basketball, volleyball and horse-riding. My horse’s name is Roxy. The only person who can ride Roxy is me!!! Favourite Movies: The Tourist, The Ring, Big Mommas, Bounty Hunter and Twilight. Favourite Music: The Black Eyed Peas, Selena Gomez, Miley Cyrus, Katy Perry and Shakira.

Maria Louisa Papachatzaki, MI4

About me Hello! I’m Maria Louisa and I’m 10 years old. I’ve got brown hair and brown eyes. I’m quite tall and I’ve got a cat. His name is Michael. My School I am a student at Moraitis School at Palaio Psychiko. It takes me a lot of time to get to school because I don’t live near it. There are twenty-seven students in my class. I’m good at Greek and quite good at maths. My Home I live in a flat in Athens, on the fifth floor. I can see a lot of trees from my window. My bedroom is very messy and I like it that way. My Friends I don’t have a best friend, just friends. Some of them are Seti, Helen, Elena, Elina and Nefeli. Favourite Movie: “Johnny English’. I love funny films. Sports: My favourite sport is fencing. I wear a special uniform for that. In my spare time, I enjoy ice-skating. Music: I don’t listen to just one type of music. I like all types of music.

Shopping in Athens MI4 Class Athens is an amazing place for shopping. There are a lot of places to go shopping. First of all, you can go to the centre of Athens, Syntagma, where there is Ermou Street, but also to Kolonaki, where there are shops with the most famous designer clothes and brands. These are some of our favourite shops: If you want to find

weird stuff, go to

‘Octopus’. There you can find strange things, like…an octopus clock!

There are a lot of supermarkets in Athens, but my favourite one is AB Vasilopoulos. There is a variety of goods: vegetables, dairy products, fruit etc.

'Accessorize' is a very nice store. There are a lot of beautiful things there, and they are

cheap.

If you want to buy

If you like weird clothes, you must go to the 'Heel' shop. There are a lot of

expensive brand

clothes at very good prices, the best place to go to is 'McArthur Glen' in Spata. You can find things on sale from 4070% off all year.

strange clothes there.

If you want to buy

books, you must go

to 'Eleftheroudakis' book shop. It’s the biggest book shop in Greece. It’s on Panepistimiou Street and, if you want to find science fiction, fantasy, horror of comic books, it’s the right place to go!

‘Public is very popular

with young people. In Public you can find all video games and electronic equipment, CDs, books,

funny

T-shirts and a lot of posters.

A big shopping centre in Athens is 'The Mall' in Neratziotissa. It is one of the biggest shopping centres in Athens. It has got five floors and you

can find nearly everything there. It has also got cinemas, eight restaurants and a lot of clothes shops.

If you want to go to a place with a lot of shops but not to a shopping centre, go to Monastiraki. It’s close to Plaka and it has a lot of shops with good prices. You can find tourist maps, clothes and souvenirs.

Snapshots: End-of-Year Events

Bookmark Competition Winners 2011

Chryssa Gioka with her teacher Tracy Forrester.

Rania Pilioura

Stories Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll Never Forget what I Found Last Year

An Unusual Discovery Anna Makropoulou, MI5

Nefeli Vasiliadi, MI5 I'll never forget what I found last year. It had been a week since we moved house and I was really sad because I missed my friends and our old home as well. There was a dog in my old neighbourhood, Sparky. We had got on really well. Luckily, my new house wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t that far from my old one. I was unpacking my things when I heard a loud barking coming from outside. I looked out of the window and I was very surprised when I saw Sparky. I opened the door to let him

inside. I told my parents about Sparky and we were all very happy. After a while, Sparky gave me a signal with his eyes, moved its foot and started running. I followed him because I

was very curious about what he wanted to show us. We had been running for about

ten minutes when we arrived at my family's old house. Sparky stood there for a while and then he started running again, until we reached my old neighbourhood park. The dog started sniffing the ground. Finally, he started uncovering something. It was my favourite doll! I hadn't even noticed that I'd lost it! I was very pleased my dog had found it, even though it was a bit dirty.

I'll never forget what I found last year! May was finishing and June was coming. I was very excited because school ended in a few weeks. I had been dreaming about going to New York, and I was finally going to go there on a school trip! This was when everything happened...My class went to a little forest, to plant trees. I had been chatting to my best friend Catherine on the school bus and I was really enjoying myself. Then it was time to start digging. I found a distant spot and started. After I had been digging for a long time, my spade hit something hard. I thought it was just another rock getting in my way. I continued digging and I started to see a shape. It wasn't a rock but a chest, a treasure chest! I was amazed and very proud of myself: I had discovered a treasure chest! I took it with me to my house and told my parents what had happened. We telephoned a museum. The people from the museum told us that it was a pirate treasure chest! I was even more amazed. They wanted to see what was inside, so they tried to make a key for it. After they had been working for hours, they finally made one. When they opened it,

inside

lay real gold! They told us that they wanted it for the pirate exhibition in the museum, so we offered it to them. The next day, our story was in the newspaper!

The Old House by the Sea

The Strange Lake

Billy Faliakos, MI5

Veronika Manusevich, MI6 I had been walking through the forest for several hours when suddenly I heard something behind me. I looked back. There was a lake behind me, but, just a minute ago, there wasn’t one! I felt a bit uncomfortable. I knew there was usually nothing dangerous about lakes if you didn’t go into them, but this one was so strange…It wasn’t blue, or green, or black, it was red – like blood! And it was making a strange noise! And it had appeared from nowhere in 30 seconds! Suddenly,

I recalled a legend which people in the I’ll always remember the day I visited the old house by the sea. I was with my friend John when we saw a haunted house. Around it, there were over twenty signs with ‘Warning’ or ‘Be Careful’ written on them. John wanted to get into the house. I got in first, but the door closed behind me, so John stayed outside. I soon understood that the house was a Ghost Club, without ghosts. Suddenly a TV came on and showed a woman talking about John Lennon’s murder. I was a bit afraid. I ran upstairs and saw John Lennon’s body and, around it, thousands of beetles! Then I screamed and millions of bats flew away…actually, there were only five of them but I was horrified! The Ghost Club opened and I saw lots of ghosts getting in – you can see them only if you are afraid of them. I used John Lennon’s body to break the window and jump out of the house. My friend had left and I was alone. Then I heard my mum say ‘Good morning!’ Thank God, it was just a nightmare!

School Joke Teacher: Tom, give me a sentence starting with `I’. Tom: ‘I is........’ Teacher: No! You must always say `I am...’ Tom: OK, ‘I am the ninth letter of the alphabet.’

nearby village really liked. It was a legend about a lake which could disappear from one place and immediately appear in another. They had told me that, if a person touched the lake, he or she would turn into a monster! I broke into a run. Suddenly, the lake appeared right in front of me! I stopped, but, whenever I went into any direction, it would appear in front of me and maybe I wouldn’t be able to stop so I would run straight into it! I was frightened and tired, so I sat down. Then I looked up and I saw a monkey. It was jumping in a tree and it wasn’t afraid of the lake at all, so I came up with an idea. I was sitting under a huge tree. I stood up and started climbing up the tree. The lake was moving under the tree, but it couldn’t reach me. I went back home travelling from tree to tree, thanks to my brother, who had taught me how to climb! I was really tired and I caught an awful cold, but I was still human!

How we Feel about the Greek Language

From left to right: Alexandros, Evi, Nick, Maria-Hara, Athina Alexandros Lionis, MI4

Nick Lagouros, MI4

The Greek language has given a lot of words to other languages. Also, many sciences use Greek words, for example medical science, maths and physics. I feel proud because my mother tongue is the Greek language. Evi Chaviari, MI4

I like the Greek language a lot, not because it is my mother language, but because it is unique and very rich in words. I also like it because it has

a very long history. It is a living language with a long history! Maria-Hara Panagiotopoulou, MI4 I love the Greek language because it has

difficult vocabulary and a lot of letters

which sound the same. Sometimes I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t believe that I can speak and understand one of the most difficult languages in the world! I love the Greek language! Athina Bekou, MI4 Today, 20 million people speak the Greek language. However, many more people (Greek and from other countries) study ancient Greek

The Greek language has taught us about the culture, the habits and the bravery of Greek people. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m very proud of my language because

thought and other languages.

all universities here and abroad.

texts, because these texts influence

human

it is famous all over the world and it is taught

A Person I Admire Nicholas Depountis, MI4

George Mavrotas was born on April 4, 1967 in Athens . In 1981 he played water polo for the first time with the team of Vouliagmeni and in 1984 he went to the Olympic Games in Los Angeles with the Greek National Team. He was only 17 years old! He participated in 5 Olympic Games, 4 World Championships, 8 European Championships and 5 World Cups (FINA CUP). From 1995 to 2000 he

John Verriopoulos, MI4

Mihalis Hatzigiannis is a famous singer. He was born in Cyprus in 1978, but he lives in Greece. He writes songs and he loves reading. He performed at the Athens Olympics in 2004. He has studied music and he plays the piano and the guitar. In 1998, he sang in the Eurovision Song Contest for Cyprus. Now, he is one of the most successful singers in Greece. Dimitris Kokkotas, MI4

was Captain of the National Team and he holds

the record for participating in the National team 511 times! He stopped

playing water polo in 2002, after 25 years. While he was an athlete, he also completed his studies in the National Polytechnic University as a Chemical Engineer in 1990. In 2000 he also took his Doctorate in Business Research. In December 2003 he started his academic career in the Laboratory of Industrial and Energy Economy of the School of Chemical Engineers in the National Polytechnic University and today he is an Assistant Professor there. In 2010 he wrote his first book, called “The Seven Players Theory”, which is his autobiography and has to do with the importance of friendship, teamwork, winning and losing. He is married to Fani Stathakopoulou and he has two sons: Leonidas and Aris. His son Aris and I have been team mates in the Nautical Club of Vouliagmeni since 2011. These are the reasons why I admire him so much…

George Afroudakis is known as the best water polo player in Greece. He was born on 17 October 1976 in Athens. He is a member of the men's national team of Greece. He grew up in Vouliagmeni, where he started his career. His career in Vouliagmeni lasted for a very long

time. He also won a lot of cups there. Later, he went to Panionios for two years and to Olympiakos for three years. After that, he went to Panathinaikos, where he has been since 2010. I believe that George is a very good player and I think that if he continues in the same way, he will become even more famous, not only in Greece but also abroad.

My Web Page Eleanna Kazani, MI4

About me I’m 12 years old and I have brown hair and brown eyes. I’m quite tall. My friends say I look cool in that hat. What do you think? My Home I live in an apartment on the second floor. I have a beautiful view! I can see the sea and trees from my window. My bedroom is big and it has got lots of windows. I like the window that has a good view of the sea. My Friends My best friend is Helen. She is a bit shy. I look like Helen, so people often think we’re sisters. Last weekend we went to the cinema – it was amazing!

My School I’m a student at Hatzivei School in Nea Philadelphia. It takes 30 minutes to get to school because I live so far from it. There are twenty-seven students in my class. I’m good at maths and history. My worst subject is geography. I’m good at history because it’s exciting and very interesting. I remember some names of kings and important dates. Favourite Movie: ‘Asterix and Obelix’ is my favourite movie. It is a beautiful DVD!!! Favourite Animal: My favourite animals are rabbits. They have BIG PINK EARS. They have beautiful eyes and mouths! They are very sweet!!! Music: I like Jennifer Lopez. I have all her CDs. She’s one of the most popular singers in the USA. Sports: I’m

the captain of my school volleyball team. Last month we won a big competition.

Vangelis Papageorgiou, MI4 Welcome to my web page! If you like graffiti, skates and rap music, you are on the right page! About me I’m 12 years old and I’ve got brown hair and brown eyes, too. As a person I am very confident and when I play in a tennis tournament, I’m sure that I will win. My friends believe that I look very cool with my hairstyle. What do you think? My School I’m a student at Tositseio Arsakeio Junior High School. It takes me only 10 minutes to get to school by school bus. I’m quite good at maths and art. My worst subject is Ancient Greek because it’s very difficult and very different from Modern Greek. My Home I live in a house in the northern suburbs of Athens. From my window I can see the plants that are in my garden. My mother often gets annoyed with me and she

says my room is always untidy. My Friends My best friend is Dimitris. He isn’t very outgoing but he is funny and when we are in the classroom together, we can’t stop laughing. I look like Dimitris. People often think we’re brothers. Last weekend, we went bowling. It was amazing. We often listen to Eminem. We believe that he is a very good singer.

Spyros Zoukatos, MI4 About me My name is Spyros and I’m 11 years old. I’ve got black Welcome to my web page.

hair and brown eyes. I am hard-working and every time I do something, I want to do it right and nicely. I am also generous because when someone wants money, I give it to him.

My School I am a student at Costeas-Geitonas school in Pallini. It is far from my house and it takes one hour to get there. I go by car and I have a lot of fun with my brothers in the car. My House My house is big and it has a garden. I often play football with my brothers in the garden. We have a big living room and eight more rooms. My bedroom is big and it has got a computer, a bed, some games and other furniture. My Town I live in Agios Dimitrios. My town is near a new mall and I often go there. My town also has a big park. I often go there and I ride my bicycle. In the park, I do races with my friends and we play football.

Book Summaries The Ironing Man

The Bermuda Triangle

Sotiris Katsourinis, MI5

Christina Balourda, MI5

Phil was a private detective who was hired by Tom. Tom was almost sure that his wife Tracy was going mad or she was seeing someone, so he hired Phil to spy on her. They both lived in a quiet village. This was Phil's first experience as a detective and he had

to solve a complicated problem. He had to find

out who was The Ironing Man and if Tom's wife was living a double life. As I told you before, he wasn't experienced, and that's why he made a terrible mistake. A friend of Tracy's was in the house and her boyfriend was waiting outside. When she got out, she kissed him. The detective thought that she was Tracy. He spied on her and he found out that her boyfriend was one of the many men she had a relationship with. He told Tom about it. His client was very disappointed, but when he saw the photos Phil had taken, he felt happy again. He decided to take better care of Tracy. His detective's mistake made them fall in love again.

School Jokes Student: Teacher, would you ever punish me for something I didn't do? Teacher: Of course not. Student: Good, because I didn't do my homework

The Bermuda Triangle, also known as Devil's Triangle, is a region in the western part of the North Atlantic Ocean where a number of aircraft and surface vessels such as ships and boats are said to have disappeared under mysterious circumstances. The apexes of the triangle are generally accepted to be Bermuda, Miami, Florida and San Juan, Puerto Rico. People have tried to find natural and logical explanations to these disappearances. Compass problems are one of the reasons, or storms, or even the Gulf Stream. Another possible explanation is human error. There are writers who believe that these disappearances are the result of something paranormal. Some others attribute these phenomena to extraterrestrial beings or UFOs. Others relate the Devil's Triangle to the myth of Atlantis. There are plenty of explanations, both natural and supernatural. Yet, the Bermuda Triangle still remains a mystery.

Teacher: Can you name five domestic animals? Student: Dog, cat, and three chickens! Teacher: I wish you would pay a little attention! Student: I'm paying as little as I can!

Random Soup

Little Nicholas and the Red Ballon

Konstantina Spyropoulou, MI7

Evi Chaviari, Nick Lagouros, MI4

Pongo drawn by Nikolas Margazoglou, Alan Cauliflower drawn by Konstantina Spyropoulou. Today is the big day. Alan Cauliflower is nervous because of the Cooking Competition. Last night he tried to make soup, but it wasn’t as good as it was supposed to be. Time’s passing, and Alan is trying to make another soup. His assistant, Pongo the Monkey, is in town looking for some vegetables to put in the soup. After a while, Pongo the Monkey appeared. Alan stared at him, surprised, because of the food that he had brought. ‘What are these?’ he asked Pongo. ‘How can we make soup with these?’ Pongo made an angry sound, like ‘Aou, Aou, Aaarghhh!’, and started cutting the onions and the carrots. Then he gave Alan a knife and they started making the soup together. Alan was happy because the soup was almost completed, so he started singing a song: ‘Oh, hey! Life

is good with peas

and melon, put some grass and watermelon, cut the carrots, boil the potatoes, roast the chicken, grill the fish, boil the prawns, eat your pasta, eat your chips, Random Soup is ready with all of this!’ Eventually, the soup was ready to win the competition. Only one thing was left to do: put in some CAULIFLOWER and taste it!

The story of the book is about a little boy named Nicholas. One day, Nicholas and his mum went to a shopping centre to do some shopping. While they were there, a man gave Nicholas a red balloon. Later, when they finished their shopping, they took the bus to go home. But as they were getting off the bus, the red balloon burst. After that, a strange thing happened: Nicholas’ mum

stopped talking to him

and his father, too. At the end of the day, Nicholas and his father found out that she had stopped talking to them because she loved the red balloon! We really liked this book because it was very funny!

Animal Jokes - Why couldn’t the chicken find her eggs? - Because she mislaid them! - What’s the best place to park a dog? - A barking lot! - Where do ants eat? - In a restaurant! - Why can’t a leopard hide? - Because it’s always spotted! - What does a cat like to eat on a hot day? - A mice cream!

Amazing Discoveries Evi Chaviari, MI4

from the rock will get the

I was at school with my friends. We were playing hide and seek. Suddenly, there was a light in the place where I was hiding. I touched it and… BOOM! The school, the trees, the kids all disappeared. I was scared until I saw the Black Sword. It was there, stuck to a rock. On the rock there were some letters: ‘The person who will remove the sword

greatest power that has ever existed’. Well, I tried this and it worked! My body was stronger than ever. I had strong armour, too. ‘That is the best discovery!’ I shouted. After that, I took my big white horse and I started riding. A big black rider came in front of me. ‘I’m the Evil King. You will never take over my world. I will stop you!’, he said. His eyes were red and his armour was huge. He hit me on the arm. We fought and fought and I had almost beaten him when…my dad said ‘Evi, wake up!’ Yannis Vogiatzis, MI4 It was 19th June. I was home and I was watching TV when I heard a noise coming from the basement. I went there and saw some rats that were biting into an old chest. When I opened the chest, I saw a

golden sword! It was amazing! Then

I told my parents and they called a Greek museum. An hour later, a man came to my home and told me that the sword was ancient, and it belonged to King Agamemnon! He gave me 200 Euros. With the money, I bought a new PSP.

Alexandros Lionis, MI4 One day, I was on the beach with my family and my dog. We were sitting on the beach playing with the dog. We were throwing a ball far away into the water and the dog was going to bring the ball back. At some point, the dog brought back a bottle! It had a piece of paper in it. I opened

the bottle and I took out the paper. The paper was a map. I read the map and I understood that it led you to island, and this island had a hidden treasure! The next day we went to the island on a boat and using a compass. When we got there, we followed the map and, at the end of the island, we found an old house. Inside it, we found a chest – it was full of gold coins! We were very happy because we were very rich! Julia Florou, MI4 The first ice cream was created for the first time in China around 2000 BC. It was prepared from lightly boiled rice, spices and

milk that was placed in the snow to set. However, around 1560 a Spanish doctor who lived in Rome, Milasious Bilafranka, discovered that by adding a chemical he could freeze everything much faster. The technique of preparing cream with mixing eggs began in France in the 18th century. Ice cream propagated in England and in America thanks to the Italian immigrants, who sold it in the streets.

Yannis Verriopoulos, MI4 This summer I was on holiday in Cephalonia with my parents. One day we rented a boat and went to a small island. When we arrived we went swimming. An hour later, we found a cave near some rocks. We entered the cave, we walked for a little and we saw something shining. We got closer and…what a surprise!

It was a statue, a small statue

of an

ancient god. My father told me that it was

probably the god of the sea, Poseidon. We called the police and they arrived in a few minutes. They took the statue and we continued our holiday on the beautiful island of Cephalonia. Maria-Hara Panagiotopoulou, MI4 I remember last Saturday I went to the sea. My dad and I decided to go swimming very far out. We were very happy. I was wearing my goggles and we went very deep. We were swimming and swimming for 20 minutes. Suddenly, I saw something strange at the bottom of the sea. I told my dad and I gave him my goggles. He dived to the bottom of the sea and he took it. When he came up, he told me that it

was an ancient vase. I saw some ancient coins in it. When we got out of the sea, we called the police and we gave the vase to the local museum. The museum gave us 8,500 Euros! We don’t know what to do with the money, but we’re thinking of going to Italy.

Marily Zafeiropoulou, MI5 I'll never forget what I found last summer. My parents had left, and I was at home alone with some friends. We were playing in the garden and we were having fun, when one of my friends had an idea: to dig and build a castle. When we all agreed with her, we started digging and we found something very interesting: a map! We saw that the map was old and it showed a

secret treasure.

We followed the directions on the map and we found a treasure chest and the key! When we opened the chest, we saw some old jewellery and coins. We took them to the police and, after two weeks, they told us that they were ancient, nearly 3,500 years old! The next day, our story was in the newspapers. Nicholas Depountis, MI4 It was last summer. I was at my grandfather’s house for a holiday. One day, my brother and I decided to explore a nearby warehouse. When we found an old riffle, we showed it to our grandfather and he told us that it was his father’s and it was ninety years old! It had two barrels, it

was

rusty and it was big

and heavy. My brother and I played shooting with it and then we put it back in its place. It was a really interesting discovery!

Yearbooks 2008-2011

Middle Yearbook 2012 ÂŠ British Council Teaching Centre, Athens Photos: Think Stock Photos Clip art: Sierra Print Artist Designed and created by Litsa Andreou Proof reading by Tracy Forrester