Miss Alexandra and Miss Konstantina

Dedicated to all our wonderful students who have put so much effort to this piece of work.

Preview audio:

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This book is the outcome of a collaborative writing project that is organized and implemented by the students of D class from two different schools in Greece.

The schools that are involved in it are Astakos Primary school in Etoloakarnania and Derveni Primary school in Korinthia.

Supervision and organization : Velle Alexandra, Garida Konstantina .

Astakos Greece / Derveni Greece 2021-2022.

PART 1

My school

My school is in Astakos, Greece. My school is very nice. It is big. There are seven classrooms and there is a computer room. There is a big playground and a basketball court. There are one hundred and fifty students and seventeen teachers.

Look at our school!

Do you like it? We can't wait to read about your school. D1/D2 class

Your school looks amazing! It is bigger than ours. There are more classrooms, more students and more teachers!

This is what our school looks like!

PART 2
Interview Time

Sports & HOBBIES

We interviewed our classmates and our family about their free time activities. You can see the questions we asked and the answers we got.

I asked my sister.

Now we have some questions for you.

D Class

Hello. I like windsurfing and tennis, but I don't like sailing. I.K.

Hi. I don't like reading books , but I like writing stories, playing online games and basketball. G.K.

Hi. I don't like windsurfing but I like reading books, playing basketball and horse riding. P.A.

Hello. My favourite sport is football. It is played in a football field, by eleven players. You need a ball and goalposts to play. J.M.

Hi. My favourite sport is tennis. It is played in a tennis court by two players. You need a racket and a small yellow ball to play it. A.

Hello. We are the students of D2 class, from Astakos. We conducted a survey about hobbies in our class. Here are the results

Three students in our class like windsurfing. Eight kids like sailing and nine kids like horse riding. Eight kids like reading books and seven kids like writing stories, but seven kids like reading comics. Finally, ten students like playing computer games.

PART 3

OUR TOWN

Let's find out about each other's hometown!

The town square is at the centre. There is a church opposite the square and a police station. Our school is near the church, opposite the supermarket. There is also a High School next to our school. There's a hotel and a lot of cafes at the beach. There is a big park near the playground and lots of supermarkets, only at the centre of the town.

Unfortunately, there isn't a toy shop or a cinema in our town. Nevertheless, we love our town and we like living here!!!!

Panoramic view of Astakos

The mountain above our town is called Veloutsa

Astakos is in Etoloakarnania, Western Greece. It belongs to the municipality of Xiromero. There are three thousand people in Astakos. It is a small town near the sea. There is a port in Astakos where the ship from Kefalonia and Ithaki arrives. In our town there are a lot of houses with gardens, cars and shops but there aren't many blocks of flats.

My school is next to the High School, near the supermarket. There is also a big church opposite the square, near the butcher's shop. In Astakos there are a lot of cafes where you can drink coffee. The port is near the cafes at the beach. There is a folklore museum too. It is next to the police station at the square. Finally, there is a beautiful park in Astakos with a lot of trees, flowers and some benches. It is near the sea opposite the playground.

I love Astakos, it's great!!

Old and modern buildings in our town

Derveni is a big coastal village in Korinthia. It is in the south-eastern part of the Peloponnnese. It is a quiet village in winter but very busy in summer!

There are 2000 people. There are lots of houses with gardens but there are a few blocks of flats. There are some old houses and many of them are painted in bright colours. There are a lot of cars, especially in summer!

In our village there are cafes, supermarkets, shops, and a butcher’s shop. There is also a post office and a bank.

Our school is next to the High school and opposite the town square. The beach is in front of the big town square. The church is opposite the houses. There are some football fields and two basketball courts. There is a big stadium near the school.

We love living in Derveni!

Derveni, Korinthia, Peloponnese, Greece
Our town square

Rozena is a big mountainous village. There are 750 people. There aren’t any blocks of flats. There are lots of houses with gardens.

In our village there are mini markets, cafés, bakery, church, town square, school and a butcher's shop.

We go to school in Derveni because there isn't a primary school in Rozena. There is only an old school, which is between yellow and red houses. There is a playground opposite the school. Also, there is a town square between the church and a mini market. Unfortunately, there isn’t a toy shop or a cinema.

We love Rozena!!!

Our village,
Rozena, is in the mountains of Evrostina in Korinthia. It is near Derveni.

Petalou is coastal village next to Derveni. It is in Korinthia in the South-eastern part of the Peloponnese. It is a very small village, there are only fifty-six people.

There are lots of beautiful houses with gardens but there are some blocks of flats. ln our village there aren’t any supermarkets, shops, or other shops. There isn’t even a post office or a bank. We go shopping in Derveni.

There isn’t a primary school in Petalou so we go to school in Derveni. Our school is next to the High school.

There isn’t a town square, but we can go to Derveni and ride our bikes there. The town square is between the old building of our school and the beach.

The beach of Petalou is really beautiful so there are a lot of tourists in summer! We love it!

Hi, we go to school in Derveni but we don't live in Derveni. Guess what? You can read all about the small villages we come from. One is called Mavra Litharia and the other one Koumarias.

Mavra Litharia is a small coastal village. There are 170 people. There aren’t any blocks of flats. There are lots of houses with gardens. In our village there aren’t any café, supermarkets or shops. There isn’t a post office or a bank. There isn’t a town square. There is a church near our village.

We love Mavra Litharia because it’s beautiful.

Koumarias is a very small mountainous village. There are only 100 people! It is near Rozena and Derveni!

There aren’t any blocks of flats but there are lots of houses with gardens. Our village is quiet as there aren’t many cars. In our village there aren’t any café, supermarkets nor shops. There isn’t a post office or a bank. There isn’t even a town square. There are a lot of trees!

I love Koumarias because it’s beautiful.

PART 4

Let's play a guessing game!!!

Please read the riddles and guess the pet / animal.

MATCH THE ANIMALS TO THE TEXTS

I am brown and small. I have got four legs and a long bushy tail. I eat meat. I am a ...............

I am black. I have got two legs, fingers and a long tail. I eat fruit and nuts. I am a............

Your choices: hamster, fox, spider, monkey