International Day of Forests – March 21, 2025

 To honor the importance of forests for our planet and our lives, we celebrated World Forestry Day with a meaningful action:

We planted a tree in our schoolyard and officially adopted it through an "Adoption Act"!

Our tree will grow along with us—strong, rooted in love and responsibility! 

BeeBot activity Dangers of the Forest

Let's scan the code to reveal the dangers the forest faces.

 

Internacional Day of Forest - EBI da Praia da Vitória(JIFOC), Açores-Portugal, Margarida Paim

As part of the World Tree Day celebrations, we accepted the invitation from the Praia da Vitória City Hall (CMPV) and signed up for the activity promoted by the Praia da Vitória Environmental Interpretation Center.

During the activity, we learned about the characteristics of trees, their development and needs. In the end, we received three trees to plant at our school.

We also took the opportunity to present to the guests the work that has been developed throughout the project.

We planted the "URZE" tree with the help of Mr. Luís, our school's education assistant. We record the tree data on the certificate and write down the commitments to our tree.

E. azorica (common name URZE) is a species of the best-known natural vegetation of the Azores, occurring on all the islands of the archipelago, in habitats ranging from the coastline to the highest mountains, being absent only from the top of Pico Mountain. Despite being abundant, it is a protected species whose destruction requires licensing from the environmental agency.

 

Electronic Newspaper

 A collaborative newspaper with the aim of spreading forest news around the world. A short message about the actions we can take to protect the forest, along with a corresponding creative art/drawing or photo of our action.

Foteini Tsirli, 7th Kindergarten Thessaloniki, Greece

 March - April activities

Foteini Tsirli, 7th Kindergarten Thessaloniki, Greece

 Safe Internet Games and Certification 

Foteini Tsirli, 7th Kindergarten Thessaloniki, Greece

Collaborative game

 

World Poetry Day

 We celebrate Poetry Day by creating a collaborative poetry collection. For the implementation of this specific project, we collaborated with the 1st Kindergarten of Makrochori and the teacher Anna Stamatelou. The poem was written by the children of the 1st Kindergarten of Makrochori and illustrated by the 3rd morning class of the 11th Kindergarten of Kalamaria.

International Day of Poetry, Collaborative activity Romania & Greece

 

International Day of Forest -Floresti Kindergarten, Romania

 

The Forest Elves.

 We created little elves from various materials to protect our precious forest. We hid them in our yard and played with them. We had a lot of fun.

                                         

Recycled paper - EBI da Praia da Vitória(JIFOC), Açores-Portugal, Margarida Paim

With the paper pulp we prepared to make recycled paper, we modeled the letter E for the slogan.

 

Collaborative poster with trees and slogan - EBI da Praia da Vitória(JIFOC), Açores-Portugal, Margarida Paim

 "In the forest, every tree is a home. By destroying it, animals lose their homes and lives." - Protect the forest, protect the animals!

Tree from recyclabe materials - EBI da Praia da Vitória(JIFOC), Açores-Portugal - Margarida Paim

 We really enjoy building the tree and by reusing materials we contribute to a sustainable planet.

Codeweek - EBI da Praia da Vitória(JIFOC), Margarida Paim, Açores-Portugal

 

CodeWeek - Kindergarten Arediou, Cyprus

 

5th Students meeting Secrets of the Forest

 Playing kahoot with our partners

Family made animal and bird feeders

 With their parents’ help, the kids made bird feeders, combining creativity with caring for the environment!

Beebot activity

 

Discover the forest's gifts!

We spun the random choice wheel and guided Kolby and Beebot along paths that reminded us of the forest’s benefits. This fun, interactive activity helped the children explore the importance of forests through hands-on learning, blending robotics with environmental education.

Forest Benefits – Science Experiments in Action!

 Kids love experiments—they learn best by doing!

We watched a video about how plants breathe, then tried it ourselves. We put leaves in a bowl of water, left it in the sun, and after a few hours, tiny bubbles formed on the leaves—oxygen released through photosynthesis. Science comes alive!

We watched a video and made an “Air Pollution Trap” to see tiny particles in the air.

Using paper plates, petroleum jelly, and string, kids spread jelly on one side of the plates, tied the strings, and hung them on trees. This experiment helped us “catch” invisible particles floating around us!

Bird cage with recyclable materials

 

4th Students meeting

Thank you Evanthia Siomou/ 2nd Kindergarten of Kastoria