On Tuesday the 17th November we celebrated at school the Athens Polytechnic uprising of 1973. It was a massive demostration of popular rejection of the Greek military dictatorship (widely known as "hounta") of 1967-1974. The uprising started on November 14th, 1973, escalated to an open anti-hounta revolt and ended in bloodshed in the early morning of November 17th, after a series of events starting with a tankcrashing through the gates of the Polytechnic.

Our school celebration was based on a play by a famous Greek writer George Sarri, who has written many children's stories; the play is called "The Birthday" and it refers to the difficult years of the military dictatorship.

Here you can see some photos from the performance, as well as watch a few short extracts from the songs we sang on that day.

On our last schoolday before the Christmas holidays, Wednesday the 23rd of December, we watched a theatrical performance entitled "The Adventures of Baron Munchausen". The enchanting adventures of Baron von Munchausen follow him on his journey to save a town from defeat. Being swallowed by a giant sea-monster, a trip to the moon, a dance with Venus and an escape from the Grim Reaper are only some of the improbable adventures. 

 

 

 

 

 

 This is our school, Ralleia Experimental Primary Schools of Piraeus, Greece. We would like to thank our ICT teacher Ms Aggeliki  for her help while creating our presentations.