SCHOOL NEWS 34th Primary School
GRADE 6th
SCHOOL YEAR: 2017-2018
By Maritina, Ps.
HALLOWEEN Halloween is celebrated on 31st October. Also it is sometimes called “All Hallows Eve”. The children dress up in fancy costume and then visit the houses in their neighborhood asking for a “trick or treat”. The neighbors give them sweets or money as a “treat”. If they don’t give them treats, the children play a trick on them, as for example they may throw soap or paper at their windows. Playing tricks on people may not be kind. However, there is almost always a treat waiting for the children that go from door to door. But if you don’t have a treat, the children will most likely play a trick on you. That’s what Halloween is about! By Antonis & Konstantinos, B.
Halloween Halloween is celebrated on the night of October 31 and it is a Western Christian feast. The children wear costumes, go to parties, light bonfires, play apple bobbing and they go house to house and they say: trick or treat? The people give to them candies and no fruits. Τhe custom of pumpkins has got roots from an old Irish fairytale, with that stinging and crazy Jack. It has called the hell to drink a drink together. The root of the word comes from all-hallows-eve and it declares the eve that they celebrate all Saints Day. By Helen & Κalliopi
HALLOWEEN STORY
GRANDMOTHER: Τom, do you want me to tell you a story? TOM: Yes, whatever. GRANDMOTHER: It was 12 o’clock midnight and three children went to school for a HALLOWEEN PARTY. TOM: Oh I’m “scared”! GRANDMOTHER: LISTEN!! DON’T BE RUDE!!! TOM: Sorry, Grandma. GRANDMOTHER: Ok.Ιt was 24:00 and three children went to school for a Halloween party. They were telling scary stories and three minutes
later they heard footsteps from a class that was closed for years. After a few minutes they went to the class which was closed for years and they saw a dark shadow. Ohhh! I forgot it! You must go to bed. TOM: PLEASE, GRANDMOTHER, I WANT TO LISTEN TO THE WHOLE STORY. GRANDMOTHER: OK. You will sleep when I finish the story. TOM: THANK YOU GRANDMOTHER!!! GRANDMOTHER: You’re welcome!! So, they opened the door and they saw a cat with her kittens. TOM: Oh is this the end? I thought the end would be scarier……. GRANDMOTHER: HA HA HA…!!! HAPPY HALLOWEEN By Jane and Ilianna
HALLOWEEN JOKES
----What is a ghost’s favourite fruit? ----Booberies -----Why is a skeleton so mean? ----Because he doesn’t have a heart. __Why didn’t a skeleton want to go to school? ---Because his heart wasn’t in it. __What do ghosts use to wash their hair? ----Shamboo By Maritina & Evagelia.
SCHOOL NEWS _____________________________________________________
WORLD DAY FOR THE ELDERLY PEOPLE On October 1st we celebrate the day for the elderly people. We must look after them and we have to listen to every wish that they have. WORLD DAY FOR SPORTS On October 2nd our school visited a sports club in ALIMOS. It was the world day for sports. On this day all the people of the earth have to do sports. WORLD DAY FOR NUTRITION Once a year we celebrate the world day for nutrition. On this day we eat vegetables and fruits. This day is on the 16th of October. OTHER NEWS: On October 28th it was a National Day for Greece. We celebrated the big “NO” of Metaxas, the Prime Minister at that time. He said “no” and a big war began. It was a war between Italy and Greece. On November 8th our school went to the Museum of technology in Athens. There we saw a lot of things about robots. We even hugged a mini robot. Its name was Meganoit. By Anastasia
THANKSGIVING DAY Thanksgiving Day is a national holiday celebrated in Canada, the United States, some of the Caribbean islands, and in Liberia. Each year Americans in the United States celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday on the fourth Thursday of November.
It is celebrated as a day of giving thanks for the blessings of the harvest and of the preceding year. History Prayers of thanks and special thanksgiving ceremonies are common in almost all religions especially after harvests and at other times, too. The Thanksgiving holiday's history in North America has its roots in English traditions dating from the Protestant Reformation.
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It is like a harvest festival, even though the harvest in New England takes place before the late-November date on which they celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday.
Foods The most popular foods of the thanks giving day are: -cranberry sauce, -Turkey -Mashed potatoes -rolls
By Mathew, K. & Nick, V.
A FEW MORE THINGS ABOUT THANKSGIVING………. In Canada, Thanksgiving is celebrated on the second Monday of October. In 1863, Abraham Lincoln set the last Thursday of November as a National Day of Thanksgiving for the United States. American immigrants brought these customs to Canada. Thanksgiving was first celebrated to give thanks for the harvest. Pilgrims first celebrated Thanksgiving after their first harvest in the New World in October 1621. The feast lasted three days and both Native Americans and Pilgrims attended it. Americans eat about 46 million turkeys on that day. By John, P.
The Marathon Race The Marathon Race starts at 09.00ΑΜ sharp from the Marathon Start Venue in the town of Marathonas. The first 200m of the course are slopping, leading the runners away from the Start area. The first 4 kilometers go downhill. The runners run along Marathonos Avenue up to the 4thkm, where they turn left and enter the Marathonomachon Str., and the area of the Marathon Tomb (War Memorial), which they follow for the next 2.2km. Then, the runners follow Mesogeion Avenue, going through the districts of Chalandri and Cholargos, meeting flat and downhill parts of the course up to the finish. The most characteristic downhill part is the one that starts form the Ministry of National Defense and finishes at the Katechaki Junction (37.5km), where the runners pass under the bridge. Right after the Erricos Dynnan Hospital, the runners continue left on Michalakopoulou Avenue until the traffic lights at Michalakopoulou and Pheidippidou crossroad. They continue running on Pheidippidou Str., until the crossroad at Kiffisias & Alexandras Avenue. The latter crossroad highlights the 39thkm, while the runners continue left on Vas. Sofias Avenue. On Vas. Sofias Avenue,
the runners pass by the American Embassy, the Athens Music Hall and the Park of Liberty (40km), where the last feed zone is located. As they reach the Hilton Hotel, they slightly turn right heading towards the Syntagma Square, passing by the Evaggelismos Hospital and the War Museum. At the last part of the Marathon Course and having turned on the Hrodou Attikou Street, the runners have eye contact with the Panathenaic Stadium, passing by the Presidential Residency and the National Gardens. Only a few meters remain in order for the runners to enter the Stadium and run the last meters inside it, before reaching the finish line. The runners enter the Panathenaic Stadium from the left side, where the Finish Arch is found . ( Source: http://wikipedia.gr)
By Νancy