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Building lasting connections with schools that share our vision, creating a chain of educators and students united by the exploration of our shared cultural heritage through innovative learning tools.
About us
Our consortium consists of four Primary schools in Florina, northern Greece with a total of 360 students aged 6-12 years old. Head of our consortium is the 5th Primary School of Florina “Theodoros Kastanos” and the other three participating organizations are the Experimental Primary School of Florina, the Primary School of Vevi, and the Primary School of Ydrousa.
Erasmus+ Accreditation
We have been awarded an Erasmus+ accreditation (2021-1-EL01-KA120-SCH-000051589). For the school year 2024-2025 we have an approved plan that includes group mobilities of pupils, job shadowing and teaching assignments (2024-1-EL01-KA121-SCH-000216726)
Our interests
Our consortium focuses on the following thematics
Group student mobilities
Give our students the chance to learn together with their peers from another country in structured activities.
Job Shadowing for teachers
Give our teachers the chance to learn new practices and gather new ideas through observation and interaction with peers.
Teaching Assignments for teachers
Give our teachers the chance to collaboarate with schools abroad, plan lessons and implement them during the mobilities.
Cultural heritage
Explore customs, beliefs, ceremonies, traditions, arts, crafts, foods, that influence culture, behavior, history.
Art
Create artifacts with imagination and skill in ways that expresses important ideas or feelings and can connect us.
Innovation
Explore and design new innovative ways of teaching, learning and collaborating between our schools.
Schools working with us
So far
7
Ongoing projects
41
Student mobilities
34
Teacher mobilities
Latest Projects
We are working with schools and educational organizations in various projects
Art remodeled
Explore cultural backgrounds and emotions through sustainable art and fashion
Dream Planet
Is establishing a new human colony on another planet possible? How can we organize to achieve such an accomplishment?
ReFashion!
Virtual Fashion enterprise between students from Greece and Spain.
Art is everywhere!
Explore how technology can be innovative in art exhibitions, and outdoor art activities.
Our Europe
Focusing on our common cultural heritage in an eTwinning project with two schools in Austria.
Educational Materials
Latest educational materials we have developed in our projects.
Cultural Walks
An android game application for exploring a city while visiting its history. Find the places of the past and take new selfies!
Orienteering with Microbit
An android game application for exploring a city while visiting its history. Find the places of the past and take new selfies!
Kinetic Sculptures
A design thinking activity using educational robotics platforms! Students get inspiration from known sculptures and create their own adding motion, sound and lights!
WeDesign!ForSTEAM
A Design Thinking Methodology for supporting the ideation process of student teams.
We'd Love To Hear From You
Get in touch with us to share ideas and establish cooperation with our consortium.
Mobilities 2022-2023
26/9/2022 - 30/9/2022 Hosting Sepolno Krajenskie13/3/2023 - 17/3/2023 Hosting Huelva13/3/2023 - 17/3/2023 Visting Sevilla27/3/2023 - 31/3/2023 Visiting Lliçà d'Amunt and Terrassa8/5/2023 - 12/5/2023 Hosting Lliçà d'Amunt and Terrassa15/5/2023 - 19/5/2023 Visiting Knock29/5/2023 - 2/6/2023 Visiting Sepolno Krajenskie29/5/2023 - 2/6/2023 Hosting Sevilla
Mobilities 2023-2024
30/10/2023 - 3/11/2023 Hosting Tampere20/11/2023 - 24/11/2023 Hosting Monzon4/12/2023 - 8/12/2023 Hosting Braila15/1/2024 - 19/1/2024 Visiting Guliena19/2/20204 - 23/2/2024 Visiting Huelva11/3/2024 - 15/3/2024 Visiting Pescara11/3/2024 15/3/2024 Hosting Guliena and Sandnes15/4/2024 - 19/4/2024 Visiting Monzon22/4/2024 - 26/4/2024 Visiting Tampere13/5/2024 - 17/5/2024 Visiting Sandnes13/5/2024 - 17/5/2024 Hosting Tampere13/5/2024 - 17/5/2024 Visiting Braila20/5/2024 - 24/5/2024 Visiting Šiauliai20/5/2024 - 24/5/2024 Visiting Tampere3/6/2024 - 7/6/2024 Visiting Rosny-sous-Bois
Mobilities 2024-2025
26/11/2024 - 28/11/2024 Hosting CEIP Ferrer y Racaj- 10/03/2025 - 14/03/2025 Visiting Binefar
- 17/03/2025 - 21/03/2025 Visiting Palermo
- 24/03/2025 - 28/03/2025 Visiting Madeira Torres
- 31/03/2025 - 04/04/2025 Visiting Paris
- 07/04/2025 - 11/04/2025 Visiting Ejea los Caballeros
- 05/05/2025 - 09/05/2025 Visiting Bologna and hosting Venice
- 12/05/2025 - 16/05/2025 Visiting Walim
- 19/05/2025 - 23/05/2025 Hosting Walim, Palermo, Bologna, Landerneau
- 26/05/2025 - 30/05/2025 Visiting Olstzyn
- 02/06/2025 - 06/06/2025 Visiting Stockholm
Meet Our Team
Giannis Arvanitakis
Coordinator and contact person of the CHAIN Consortium
Ioanna
Zachou
Director of the 5th Primary School of Florina "Theodoros Kastanos"
Kostas
Sechidis
Director of the Experimental Primary School of Florina
Stavros Voskopoulos
Director of the rural Primary School of Vevi in
Florina
Sotiris
Georgiou
Director of the rural Primary School of Ydrousa in
Florina
Areti Oikonomidou
Contact person
of the
CHAIN
Consortium
Our schools
5th Primary School of Florina
"Theodoros Kastanos"
The head school of our consortium is a typical primary school with 160 students that emphasizes in art and cultural heritage.
Experimental Primary School of Florina
We serve 130 students and we emphasize on STEAM, Educational Robotics, Design and Computational Thinking.
Primary School of Vevi Florina
We are a small rural school serving two villages in the region of Florina. We emphasize on the environment, and sustainability.
Primary School of Ydrousa Florina
We are a small rural school serving six villages in the region of Florina. We emphasize on the environment, and inclusion.
Latest News
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Visit of Spanish Teachers from CEIP Ferrer y Racaj to Our Consortium Schools
We were delighted to welcome three Spanish teachers, Raul, Alberto, and Eva, from CEIP Ferrer y Racaj in Ejea de los Caballeros, Spain, as part of a job shadowing program. During their visit, our colleagues had the opportunity to explore all the schools in our consortium, learn about our educational practices, and share valuable experiences.…
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Job shadowing in Collège Albert Camus
Three teachers from two schools of our consortium (5th Primary School of Florina and Primary School of Vevi) visited Collège Albert Camus at Rosny-sous-Bois near Paris, France, between 3-7/6/2024 for job shadowing activities. The main goals of the activites were: Our teachers had the chance to observe Musical education in 7th and 8th grade, observe…
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Job Shadowing and Teaching at Tampere
Four teachers from our consortium visited Tampereen yliopisto Normaalikoulu, yläkoulu in Tampere, Finland between 20-24 of May 2024. Kostas Sechidis and Kiki Amarantidou from the Experimental Primary School of Florina were involved in Job Shadowing activities and Giannis Arvanitakis (Experimental Primary School of Florina) and Sotiris Georgiou (Hub of Innovation in Education of Florina) were…
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Student group mobility in Šiauliai
Eight students and four accompanying teachers from two schools of our consortium (5th Primary School of Florina and Experimental Primary School of Florina) visited Sandoros progimnazija in Šiauliai, Lithuania for student group mobilities as part of the project Our Europe during 20-24 of May 2024. Our team arrived at Riga, Latvia on the 19th of…
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Job shadowing in Brăila
Three teachers from two schools of our consortium (5th Primary School of Florina and Primary School of Ydrousa) visited Radu Tudoran School in Brăila, Romania during 13-17/05/2024 for job shadowing activities. Main goals of this LTTA were: During their stay at the school our staff had the chance to participate in the following activities and…
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Dream Planet goes Sviland!
Students and teachers from the schools of our consortium (Experimental Primary School of Florina, 5th Primary School of Florina and Primary School of Vevi) participated in the third LTTA of the Dream Planet project that was held at the Sviland Skule in Norway between 13-17 of May 2024, with empasis on robotics and STEM activities.…
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Job Shadowing in Monzon
Three teachers from the schools of our consortium had the chance to visit CEIP ARAGÓN on Monzon between 15-19 April 2024 for Job Shadowing and Teaching Assignment activities. During the Job Shadowing Activities they discussed with the local teaching and administative staff about the organization of the school and the everyday school life. They observed…
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Job Shadowing at Pescara
Five teachers from the schools of our consortium visited Pescara during 11/03/2024 – 15/03/2024 for job shadowing activities at in various school of the city that were organized by Associazione Submeet. The main themes of the activities were:
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Expressing emotions in fashion, at Tampere
Six students and three accompanying teachers from our schools visited Tampereen yliopiston normaalikoulu between 22-26 April 2024 as a part of our common project Art remodeled. Our students along with students from the local school worked together in various workshops that were prepared by the local staff: They also had the chance to attend various…
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Job shadowing in Huelva
Four teachers from three different schools of our consortium visited CEIP Profesora Pilar Martínez Cruz school at Huelva, Spain between 19/2/2024 and 23/2/2024. Our teachers had the chance to see how the school is organized, and discuss with the local teachung staff the methodologies they utilize. CEIP Profesora Pilar Martínez Cruz is a billingual school with…
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Dream Planet in Florina
The second Students Group Mobility of the Dream Planet project took place in Florina Greece, between 8-12 April 2024. Apart from the six students and three teachers from CEIP Guliena and six students and three teachers from Sviland Skule from Norway we also invited and hosted ten students and four teachers from Šiaulių Sandoros progimnazija,…
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Dream planet goes to Guillena!
Between the 15 and 19 of January 2024, CEIP Guillena hosted the first LTTA of the project Dream Planet. Six students and three teachers from Norway (Sviland Skule) and six students and three teachers from our Consortium in Greece visited Guillena. They participated in the activities that the hosts had prepared and were focused on…
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Hosting teachers from Brăila
The schools of our consortium hosted six teachers from the Radu Tudoran School in Braila, Romania, during the week between 4/12/2023 and 8/12/2023. On Monday, 4/12, they visited the Ydrousa school where, after the tour they attended activities about diversity and inclusion with the first and second grade. They also attended activities using the Braille…
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Hosting teachers from Monzon
The schools of our consortium hosted three teachers from CEIP Aragon from Monzon, Spain, between 20-24 November 2023. The visiting teachers were interested in learning about the Greek educational system and the school organization, teaching methodologies, and activity design concerning sustainability, inclusion, diversity, literacy, and physical education. Monday 20/11/2023 Our guests visited the Primary School…
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Dream Planet’s first online meeting
Students and teachers from CEIP Guliena (Spain), Sviland Skule (Norway), and from three schools of our Consortium (5th Primary School of Florina “Theodoros Kastanos”, Experimental Primary School of Florina and Primary School of Vevi) met online at 14/11/2023. In this first meeting of the project Dream Planet, they introduced their towns and schools and voted…
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Myths and emotions in Florina
From the start of the 2023-2024 school year, students in Florina and Tampere have been working on discovering the characters’ emotions in national mythology through various art forms. Eight students and two accompanying teachers from the Tampereen yliopisto Normaalikoulu, yläkoulu visited the schools of our consortium at the end of October 2023. Local families of…
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Preparation for the visit in Florina
Our consortium will host eight students and two teachers from Tampere, Finland, from 30/ 10 until 3/11/2023 as part of the Art remodeled project. During this week, we have organized art, music, and technology workshops, theater events, and games in all our schools. On Friday, 27/10, an online meeting was held in which students from…
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Hosting teachers from CEIP Francisca Romero, Sevilla
Our consortium hosted Fran and Alejandro from CEIP Francisca Romero for job-shadowing activities between 29/05/2023 and 02/06/2023 as part of the project Practical STEAM.
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Trip to Sepolno!
Seven students and three accompanying teachers for the schools of our consortium visited Szkoła Podstawowa nr 1 w Sępólnie Krajeńskim for group student mobility activities between 29/5/2023 and 2/6/2023 as part of the Art is everywhere project. Teachers from the hosting school organized various activities for our students. Monday 29/5/2023 The opening ceremony and the…
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Hosting students from Lliçà d’Amunt, reFashion project
From 8/5/2023 to 12/5/2023, our consortium hosted eight students and two teachers from INSTITUT ESCOLA MIQUEL MARTÍ I POL from Lliçà d'Amunt for the reFashion project.
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Job shadowing in Austrian schools
Four teachers from the three schools of our consortium visited three different primary schools and the Private Padagogische Hochschule Augustinum teacher academy in Austria during 2/5/2023 – 5/5/2023 for job shadowing activities in the project Our Europe. Tuesday 2/5/2023 We visited the Volksschule Bruck an der Leitha, where: Wednesday 3/5/2023 We visited the Volksschule Großsteinbach…
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Group student mobility and job-shadowing in Lliçà d’Amunt and Terassa
Eight students and six teachers from the schools of our consortium visited Lliçà d'Amunt and Terassa between 26/03/2023 - 31/03/2023 for group student mobility and job-shadowing activities as a part of the refashion project.
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