“From Languages to Codes: A Colourful Learning Adventure in Our School!”

 

On 26 September, the 53rd Primary school of Thessaloniki celebrated the European Day of Languages, a day dedicated to promoting linguistic diversity, multilingualism and cultural understanding.
Our pupils took part in a variety of fun and creative activities in collaboration with our Art and German teachers. Our younger learners explored colours through colour-coding activities and coloured the official European Day of Languages logo. Students also played interactive games about European countries and took exciting quiz challenges to discover interesting facts about languages and countries around the world.
Creativity was part of our celebration too! Using colourful paper cut-outs, our pupils worked together to create a beautiful poster inspired by the European Day of Languages logo.
Through these engaging activities, our students discovered the richness of languages and cultures while developing their creativity, teamwork and curiosity about the world.

Learning English Through Coding! – EU Code Week 2026 – EU Code Week 2026

To celebrate EU Code Week 2026, taking place from 10 to 25 October, pupils from Grades 1, 2 and 3 of our school participated in two creative autumn-themed coding activities.

EU Code Week is a European initiative that aims to introduce children to coding and computational thinking through fun, playful and creative activities.

The activities were organised as part of our English lessons, promoting a cross-curricular approach to learning. By combining English with Mathematics, Art and Coding, pupils had the opportunity to expand their vocabulary and use English in a meaningful, creative and engaging way. At the same time, they developed computational thinking, observation, logical reasoning and problem-solving skills, discovering how learning becomes more exciting when different subjects are connected. 

"The Leaf Thief – An Autumn Adventure"

In the first activity, our young learners explored Pixel Art, creating autumn-themed pictures on a grid by following specific instructions and colour patterns. Through playful learning, they practised pattern recognition, sequencing and spatial awareness while developing essential computational thinking skills.

Activity 2: "Autumn Coding" – Maths and Colour Coding

In the second activity, pupils combined Mathematics with Colour Coding. By solving simple addition and subtraction problems, they matched their answers to specific colours and coloured the corresponding sections to reveal autumn-themed pictures. Through this enjoyable process, they strengthened their mathematical skills, concentration and logical thinking while discovering basic coding principles.

Two autumn-inspired activities that showed how learning can become an exciting journey of discovery, creativity and collaboration!