April 2019

Edition 54

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Spyros Giantsoulis The VENICE Carnival

website:
In the middle of winter, there is an amazing festival in Italy called
www.theanoixiherald. Carnival. The festival is celebrated all over the country but in Venice this
weebly.com 10-day holiday is particularly
special.
The spooky story of
Angelina Avazou There is something happening
continues!! wherever you go! For instance there
are street performers and acrobats
Also read about.. on every street corner. In addition,
musicians and singers perform
 Friendship
throughout the city and there are
exciting fireworks displays in the main square.

But the real reason the Venice Carnival is so famous is that people all over
the city wear masks and get dressed up in costumes. It’s easy to buy
masks, but many people prefer to make their own.

 Interesting The Carnival days in Venice are unique, because every day is an
facts from adventure!!! Anna Kostalou 1st Grade
around the
world

Getting ready for the 25th of March

parade !!!------

Friendship
By Christine Velissarakou 1st Grade

Friendship is one of the most important

things in someone's life. Friends, when
they are real, may be better than family.
That’s because YOU have chosen them.
Friendship has to come from both sides. If
you consider someone your friend but he
doesn't, you aren't real friends.
 What is your favourite
Understanding and love may be the most important things in life. celebration of the year?
So, if your friend makes mistakes you can simply forgive them!
You have to support their decisions and believe in your friends. Mine is Easter and here is
You must never lie. On the contrary, you have to tell the truth! why. Many countries
Also you must always be there when he/she needs you. celebrate Easter in spring.
Easter is a celebration of
Friendship is holy as the old people used to say. Today, someone
Jesus giving his life for his
can rarely find a true friend because people are becoming more people on the cross. But
withdrawn and selfish. even for Non Christians
To sum up, it's difficult to find a friend today but you can do it. It Easter represents the
isn't impossible!! beginning of spring. So here
is a handy article of how the
UK celebrates Easter.

INTERESTING FACTS FROM AROUND THE WORLD In the UK, Easter starts
by Fani Mantzaridou -1st Grade with Pancake day at the
beginning of Lent. Lent is the
40 day and night period that
Do you know all about animals? leads to Easter. Good Friday
and Easter Monday are bank
 The elephant’s gestation is the longest animal gestation and takes holidays in the UK, meaning
22 months! a lot of people take these
 Many people believe that the flying squirrel flies but this type of days off work. School and
squirrel has membrane that it uses like a parachute for landing onto university holidays are also
the ground. the norm on Easter days.
Easter egg hunts are
Are you good at Geography? common across the UK for
children. Christians are likely
 In a valley of Peru the debris of ‘’Matsu Pitsu’’, which are also
to attend church service on
called “the lost village of Incas’’ have survived. Easter Sunday celebrating
 The Palm Islands in Dubai are the three biggest artificial islands Jesus' sacrifice.
in the world. There are many dwellings and recreation areas
too. To sum up , this is how
English people celebrate
Are you interested in different religions? Easter . I hope you liked it; I
 The symbol of ‘’Om’’ is the main symbol of Hinduism and know I did and I am looking
represents the god of ‘’Brahma’’. Hindus make this forward to spending next
sound when meditate. Easter holidays in the UK .
st
 The ‘’Sido’’ is a Japanese religion. In Japan there are Sofia Georgousi 1 Grade
almost 100.000 Sido temples.
SPOOKY STORY (CONTINUED FROM REVIOUS ISSUE)

Four hours later, I woke up because I had heard a strange noise.

<<Joahn. Joahn wake up>>.
<<What is it?>>
<<I heard something>>.
<<Probably it was nothing. Go and sleep again>>.
Then, I heard the same sound. Joahn must have heard it too, because she opened her
eyes and she ran at the door.
<<Do you hear it now?>>
<<Yes, so be quiet>>.
<<I think that I hear footsteps>> she said after a while.
<<Footsteps?>> I asked.
<<Come on. Let’s go and see what makes that sound>>.
<<Are you sure?>>
<<Yes! Come on>>
We opened the door and we went at the corridor. We heard the same sound again and
we realized that this noise we had heard wasn’t footsteps but knocks. Someone was
knocking the door at the end of the corridor. My sister and I looked each other in the
eyes. We were scared.
Suddenly, the door opened and it looked like it was coming closer to us. It was
coming closer and closer and a woman appeared in front of our eyes. She was flying,
her hair was freezing and she had her mouth opened. She was transparent. She was a
ghost. She started screaming.
<<GET OUT OF MY HOUSE YOU FOOLS. I WILL KILL EVERY LIVING
CREATURE INSIDE THIS HOUSE. I WILL KILL YOU.>>
Joahn and I started screaming. We ran at the room of our parents. We told them to
leave. We were screaming and shouting and in the end we left. Fortunately, it had
stopped raining and we could drive again.
The scariest of all was that this woman had a very big cut on her neck. Someone had
killed her. She was part of the royal family. She was fifteen years old and her father had
murdered her. Me and my sister didn’t know how we knew all of these things but we
knew one thing. This was the worst holiday ever.

Angelina Avazou
3 grade
rd
 PHOTOS FROM THIS YEAR’S FANCY DRESS PARTY

CELEBRATING !! 15 MARCH
2nd Grade’s visit to the Athens Municipality Gallery to enjoy Japanese
engravings. We made our own engravings and masks as well!