hocuspocusheartandmindinfocus

 8th primary school of Thebes in Greece | Teachers: ΜΑΤΣΑΓΓΟΥΡΑ ΕΙΡΗΝΗ & ΤΣΙΟΥΤΣΟΥ ΖΩΗ On the occasion of World Water Day (March 22), the students of class E2 from our school took part in an educational and collaborative activity as part of the eTwinning project “SEL Wiz: Hocus Pocus – Heart and Mind in Focus”. The aim was to raise awareness about the value of water and the importance of its sustainable use. Through discussion, research, and creativity, the students co-created a collaborative quiz using Wordwall, featuring questions on water use, the water cycle, and global water-related challenges. This activity helped students: Recognize the importance of clean water and equal access to it, Understand the concept of sustainable water management, Develop digital and collaborative skills. The action supported the UN Sustainable Development Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation for All by 2030. Once again, our young learners became ambassadors of environmental awareness, using thei...

  8th primary school of Thebes in Greece | Teachers: ΜΑΤΣΑΓΓΟΥΡΑ ΕΙΡΗΝΗ & ΤΣΙΟΥΤΣΟΥ ΖΩΗ On the occasion of Safer Internet Day, celebrated every year on February 11th, the students of class E2 from our school participated in a creative and collaborative activity as part of the European eTwinning project “SEL Wiz: Hocus Pocus – Heart and Mind in Focus: Discovering Nature’s Magic Within”, which promotes UNESCO Days for Sustainability and Peace through the development of Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) in students. The aim of this activity was to raise awareness among students about safe and responsible internet use. Each class from the participating schools was invited to contribute one good practice for safe browsing. These student-generated safety tips were collected in a shared Google Document and transformed into an engaging interactive Genially presentation titled “Safe Internet Day 2025”. During the activity, our students: Discussed the dangers of the internet and how to...

 8th primary school of Thebes in Greece | Teachers: ΜΑΤΣΑΓΓΟΥΡΑ ΕΙΡΗΝΗ & ΤΣΙΟΥΤΣΟΥ ΖΩΗ The students of class E2 from our school proudly participated in a creative and collaborative activity as part of the European eTwinning project “SEL Wiz: Hocus Pocus – Heart and Mind in Focus: Discovering Nature’s Magic Within”, which celebrates UNESCO Days for Sustainability and Peace by cultivating Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) in students. In this activity, students contributed to the creation of Collaborative Digital Calendars for Sustainability. Each calendar page was dedicated to a partner school, which uploaded their students’ drawings inspired by the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Our students focused on the following two important global goals: Goal 1: No Poverty Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals Through their drawings, the students reflected on themes such as social justice, solidarity, and cooperation among nations to achieve a more sustainable and eq...

In this activity we celebrated 20 years of eTwinning. We made postcards that said "Happy Anniversary" in all the languages. Later, we decorated abig poster saying HAPPY ANNIVERSARY 20 YEARS. we inflated heart-shaped balloons.We took photos while we worked, finally we took a final photo with the poster and everything we had done. Nada and Safa

At the beginning of the school year, when we started our class, we read one of two chapters of the Wizard of Oz. Each student read a fragment. The first chapter was in English and we translate it together, but the rest of the chapters were in catalan easier for us. This book talks about one girl called Dorothy, and she lives in Kansas with her aunt and uncle and her dog Toto, but one strong cyclone moved her house to another land called Emerald city. Dorothy wants to go to visit the Wizard of Oz to return to Kansas, but along the road she find cowardly lion, the  scarecrow, the tin man and there were also the east and west witch. After have read the whole book every one made 3 questions for every chapters and in the final part we made a Kahoot for the students from the eTwinning project. Carmen, Ivet and Júlia

We made a logo about the European Languages Day, and in this logo we could only use three colors since we had to make a simple logo.  Many schools from differents countries around Europe would participate, such as: Greece, Germany, Turkey, France... We had to vote for the one we like the most, by voting added a point to that logo and the one with the most points won and would be the logo that would represent our Etwinning Project.  Thanks to the logo, individually we were able to make the poster using three random colors plus black and among the class we had to choose the one we like best and vote to upload it in the contest. Carmen, Ivet and Júlia

  With experiences like this one, our bond gets stronger, our heart bigger and the chances for a greener, safer planet better

                          Our students wrote their messages for our partner schools in code week using morse code.

                     We wore orange and celebrated Unity Day. Our students preapred posters and visited classes in our school to make a presentation.

                       After drawing the characters of the book, our students commented about the book using our twinspace student discussion part.  

We first read the book "Wizard of Oz" and watched a short animation about it. Then, our students drew pictures of the characters.

              We read the Netiquette Rules together and discussed.   

              Our students played kahoot prepared by our team for online safety.  

         Our students created posters for World WAter Day.  

              We spent a day out and inspired by the nature to draw the characters of the book "The Wizard of Oz".  

    First Teachers' Online Meeting.  

                     Second Teachers' Online Meeting.

We drew our posters for European Languages day. We searched the meaning of the word "Peace" in different languages.  

         We introduced our project to our students. We talked about several topics like mindfullness, SEL and Sustainable Development Goals.   

         These are the moments of First Students' Meeting.  

             We had visitor lecturers from a local university for a seminar for our students. We had the chance to make a presentation of our project the groups of students and the lecturers.  

We visited a nearby school to introduce our project. Our students made a presentation about our project.   

 Our students played our common Actionbound game.

Our students joined the chat room discussion meeting. They shared their ideas and feelings about our project.

 We watched videos about mindfullness and we talked about our emotions. Then, we practiced breathing and mindfullness exercises in our School garden.

 4th Primary School of Nafplio Greece  4th Grade-D3  Chatroom discussion  Aisopou Aikaterini  Dritsa Aikaterini

 8th primary school of Thebes in Greece | Teachers: ΜΑΤΣΑΓΓΟΥΡΑ ΕΙΡΗΝΗ & ΤΣΙΟΥΤΣΟΥ ΖΩΗ As part of the “SEL Wiz: Hocus Pocus – Heart and Mind in Focus” project, our students practiced mindfulness techniques to boost their emotional well-being. Through breathing exercises, body scans, nature meditations, and gratitude circles, children learned to calm their minds, listen to their emotions, and stay focused.  These short daily moments helped students improve concentration, empathy, and self-regulation – key skills for learning and life.

It was one of the most exciting experiences for our students to hear our common song!  

 4th Primary School of Nafplio Greece  4th Grade-D3  Final student survey  Aisopou Aikaterini

 4th Primary School of Nafplio Greece  4th Grade-D3  Final student survey  Dritsa Aikaterini

 4th Primary School of Nafplio Greece  4th Grade-D3  Mindful activities  Aisopou Aikaterini

 4th Primary School of Nafplio Greece  4th Grade-D3  Mindful activities  Dritsa Aikaterini

 4th Primary School of Nafplio Greece  4th Grade-D3  Our students are writing their opinion on the common menti during the student meeting  Aisopou Aikaterini  Dritsa Aikaterini

 4th Primary School of Nafplio Greece  4th Grade-D3  Final student meeting  Aisopou Aikaterini  Dritsa Aikaterini

 

 4th Primary School of Nafplio Greece  4th Grade-D3  Our students are working on the Canva Aisopou Aikaterini