Philosophy
Objectives
The Day Care Centre and Kindergarten lay the foundation for the sound development of the child. Students learn to discover themselves; they take initiative and develop skills, combining knowledge with creative play. Expert educators help the youngsters forge a balanced and well-rounded personality through the use of modern pedagogic methodologies, on a friendly, secure campus, full of joy and care, love and creativity.
Students of the Day Care Center - Kindergarten:
Familiarize themselves with the Greek language, Mathematics, new technologies, and foreign languages (English, French, and German).
Express themselves creatively by engaging in various arts: children’s literature, music, theater, painting and the “live art gallery.”
Cultivate their spirit through educational excursions, cultural events, and entertaining activities, and exercise their bodies in daily physical education classes and in clubs.
Enjoy themselves and cultivate team spirit through various social activities and creative play.
Curriculum
Children of preschool age, in a suitable communication environment and through a comprehensive educational system, participate and learn while having fun. The interdisciplinary approach of subjects - language, mathematics, environmental studies, creation and expression, information - is in sync with their needs, interests, experiences and capabilities. Games become the core of the program and the consolidation of language is reinforced in the teaching of all subjects. The program encourages interaction between children and helps them to work together to solve problems, to take initiative and responsibility, and to share experiences and feelings.
Pre-school children with computers and state-of-the-art software, in an appropriate communication environment and with an integrated teaching system, participate and learn while having fun. The interdisciplinary approach of subject modules, language, mathematics, environmental study, creation and expression, information technology is related to their needs, interests, experiences and abilities. The game becomes the core of the program and the role of the language is supported by all subject modules. The program enhances the interaction of children and helps them collaborate, solve problems, take initiatives and responsibilities and share experiences and feelings.
The IT field contributes to the educational process with computers, which constitute a teaching aid and an educational tool with a broad range of possibilities.
Kindergarten teaching takes place in a specially designed laboratory that uses selected educational software. The lessons are done exclusively in English so that students get familiarized with foreign languages.
Educational material is posted on the platform where each student has access to an enormous interactive teaching material database (e-books, notes, educational videos, tests, topical scientific articles).
Our young students are informed about the main computer protection rules. They learn what the right position of the chair and the body is according to ergonomic rules. They apply what they learned through practical exercises as well as individual and collaborative activities.
Students are trained on the dangers a computer can pose on human health both from its misuse and from its excessive use.
Educational material is posted on the platform where each student has access to an enormous interactive teaching material database (e-books, notes, educational videos, tests, topical scientific articles).
English
The aim of this program is to encourage contact and familiarization of all students with the English language, through a series of educational activities, tailored to their specific characteristics and abilities.
Our students:
- Become familiar with the English language, using new technologies on their computers daily.
- Are introduced to the world of literature with the Booktime program.
- Are entertained through English clubs.
- Practice speaking in the extracurricular sections After School Link.
Mandoulides English Garden
This program is aimed at schoolchildren 3 - 6 years old, who have English as their native language or want to become as proficient in English as in Greek.
In Mandoulides English Garden, along with learning the Greek language, history and tradition, and with the guidance of experienced teachers who are native speakers, students gain knowledge of the English language. They travel in the magical world of fairy tales, legends and traditions, customs, music and songs and learn to love English through games and team play, music, painting, computer use, gymnastics and other activities.
Morning Program 07:00 - 09:30
Teachers welcome students from 07:00 to accommodate working parents.
Creative Activities Program
For the convenience of working parents, the Schools provide the optional creative activities program on a daily basis from 14:10 to 15:45. The program is free of charge and does not include teaching.
During the program, children have the opportunity to eat in a place that meets all the requirements of hygiene and safety, to rest, to sleep in a specially designed space or to work creatively.
The daily creative activities program includes theatrical games, art, music, storytelling and play.
Students return home on school buses at the predetermined stops of regular services.
Children also have the option to stay in the school until 17:00, in which case parents need to pick up their children
Creative Activities during school holidays 07:30 - 17:00
The Schools remain open and offer creative activities programs during the holiday breaks at Christmas and Easter as well as other school holidays, from 07:30 to 17:00.
Summer Creative Activities 07: 30 - 17: 00
The Schools offer the summer creative activities program during June and July and remain closed throughout August. They welcome students with a variety of activities, innovative programs, lots of games, relaxation and joy. In a safe and creative environment, children:
- Learn, while nurturing inclinations and interests.
- Read, narrate and dramatize favorite tales.
- Get to know their city, their country and the world.
- Play with nature and mathematics.
- Play sports, dance and sing.
Clubs are an innovative initiative of the Schools that enables our students to:
- Discover and cultivate their specific inclinations and talents.
- Express their creativity and ingenuity.
- Take initiative in the spirit of teamwork.
- Engage in something unique.
Day Care Center, Seniors, Seeds
- Fun with Arts and Crafts
- The Wonderful World of English Fun and Games
- Musicland
- Once Upon a Time (Fairytales - Dramatization - Theatrical play - Shadow theater)
- Young Chefs in the Kitchen
- Athletes in Action
- Young Explorers
Kindergarten, Pre-Kindergarten, Blossoms
- Computer Magic
- Film Producers
- Save our Planet and Gardening
- Young Explorers
- Around the World in a School Year
- Fabulous Treasures, Letters and Numbers
- Dolls Come Alive
- Writers of Tomorrow
- Young Chefs in the Kitchen
- Team Games
- Board Games
- Recycling and Creating
- The World of Gymnastics
- Shoot, Penalty and Dribble
Kindergarten, Kindergarten, Beatles
- Computer Magic
- English Cooking
- Film producers
- Save our planet and gardening
- Young scientists
- Around the world in a school year
- Fabulous Treasures, Letters and Numbers
- Dolls Come Alive
- Writers of Tomorrow
- Team Games
- Board Games
- Recycling and Creating
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Shoot, Penalty and Dribble
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The World of Gymnastics
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Orange Ball Wizards
Nature and me
Love for Mother Nature and her unique creatures, as well as respect towards the environment, are cultivated from a young age, not only through literature, music, visual arts, but also through educational, experiential excursions.
The bean and chickpea
Fairies and kings, dragons and giants! Beloved heroes come to life through our imagination and lead us to the magical land of fairy tales. In this particular world we are also transported, by reading and performing dramatizations of stories, in order to discover an inexhaustible treasure of knowledge and creative thinking.
Learning to live healthily
Children’s keen interest to get to know their bodies is an appropriate trigger to learn, and to promote daily hygiene habits within the school, like brushing teeth. We learn to live healthily, by playing and creating.
Others and me
What color is joy and what love? What causes us fear? When do we feel sad? With books, music and painting as our precious assistants, we talk about what we have hidden inside; we play the game of emotions and dramatize different situations, expressing what we feel with our bodies. We explore ourselves and others in order to discover the rich world of emotions.
Heroes of myths
A fascinating journey through time begins with our favorite heroes of Greek mythology as they are brought to life through their stories. The admirable labors of Hercules and the exciting adventures of Theseus and Jason stimulate children's imagination. We dramatize scenes from their lives, create artistic projects and look for these heroes in artwork.
Animals seek their rights
To celebrate the love of children for animals, a journey whose final destination is the expression of love and respect for animals and nature, begins in the first days of the school year. We hear the stories of our little friends and learn about their rights. Through experiential activities children are sensitized to the issue of stray animals and take action to provide assistance to those animals that need our care.
I build my body right ... by always eating healthily
Through a variety of experiential activities, children understand that it is necessary to promote their health through proper nutrition and exercise. Vitamins, fruits and vegetables appear in fairy tales and songs, urging us to act, learn, and play.
Art and Child
The Educational program "Art and Child", held in Kindergarten throughout the school year, enables children to come into contact with the work of Greek and foreign artists. Through observation they get to know and familiarize themselves with diverse forms of art and a variety of techniques. In addition, they cultivate their aesthetic education, develop their skills and imagination, and express themselves in a creative way.
The Sun’s Neighborhood
The journey to our solar system begins. First station: planet Earth. We learn about its movement around its axis and around the Sun, day, night, seasons and the "magic power" that it possesses, gravity. Next station: Sun, the star of our solar system. Following are the rest of the planets that move around it and their satellites. We get to know the ancient Greek gods from whom they took their names, as well as various myths about constellations. Astronauts, spaceships, black holes, comets, meteorites become the basis for experiments, artistic creations and role plays. After having completed our "space mission", we graduate with honors from "Space School".
In our school’s new innovative program, our young scientists come into contact with the magical world of science and art for the first time. Flying glasses, apples that change color and Halloween pumpkins that come alive all form a spectacular backdrop, through which young children learn to explore, observe, classify and create. Thus, the first steps in the world of science, technology and art remain unforgettable since they are combined with joy and inventiveness. The program is aimed at students of all levels of preschool education through the appropriate adaptation of activities depending on age.
In our school’s new innovative program, our young scientists come into contact with the magical world of science and art for the first time. Flying glasses, apples that change color and Halloween pumpkins that come alive all form a spectacular backdrop, through which young children learn to explore, observe, classify and create. Thus, the first steps in the world of science, technology and art remain unforgettable since they are combined with joy and inventiveness. The program is aimed at students of all levels of preschool education through the appropriate adaptation of activities depending on age.
In our school’s new innovative program, our young scientists come into contact with the magical world of science and art for the first time. Flying glasses, apples that change color and Halloween pumpkins that come alive all form a spectacular backdrop, through which young children learn to explore, observe, classify and create. Thus, the first steps in the world of science, technology and art remain unforgettable since they are combined with joy and inventiveness. The program is aimed at students of all levels of preschool education through the appropriate adaptation of activities depending on age.
Bookmates
Within the framework of the Bookmates program, students of Day Care Center - Kindergarten have the opportunity to become acquainted with books, authors and illustrators of a publishing house during a school year. Thus, the book becomes a game, joy, knowledge, communication, an act of creation.
Booktime
Under this program English Garden students read literary books not only to practice their English, but also to enjoy reading and to share the joy with their peers, teachers and parents.
In addition, an interdisciplinary approach to the books with visual tasks, language exercises, games, and dramatizations serves to spur discussions.
The Schools, since their foundation, have the ancient saying “healthy mind in a healthy body” as a guide in combining sports with excellent education.
Sport is an integral part of school life and supported by highly qualified teachers of physical education and coaches, as well as by outstanding infrastructure.
Our students’ numerous and significant distinctions on a world and national level fully justify this choice.
School Sports
According to grade, age and class in the course of Physical Education, objectives and priorities are reached through the following actions:
- Exercises that help them to become familiar with and control their body, and to develop space perception.
- Develop motor skills.
- Use of gymnastics equipment (rings, trampolines, balls, climbing racks, mats, sand bags, obstacles, balance beam, bars, blocks, ropes, etc.).
- Use of music and musical instruments (rhythm, music therapy).
- Kinetic cooperation exercises.
- Team games (urge students to follow rules).
- Introduction and implementation of simple protective measures.
- Development of stimuli for participation.
- Video presentations in animated form about motor activities.
- Initiation to the world of sport.
- Understanding and valuing diversity.
- Initiation to Olympic education.
Environmental projects
Visits to environmentally important areas for our younger students of kindergarten and elementary schools, and environmental projects, excursions, and various activities for older students of our Junior High School, cultivate the sensitivity of our children towards nature. The environmental actions of Mandoulides Schools have repeatedly been singled out for the Green Flag award by the Greek Society for the Protection of Nature.
Art and Performance
Programs
Music
The early learning music program of the Day Care Center and Kindergarten opens a window to the wonderful world of music.
Objectives of the program are:
- Cultivation of love for music.
- Smooth and well-rounded development of the child.
- Experiential approach to the world of music through games, drama and visual work.
- Attainment of sufficient knowledge for children who want to continue their musical studies.
- Development of the imagination.
These goals are achieved by:
- Musical kinetic games, active listening of music, songs, musical tales, audio stories.
- Accredited pre-education music systems (Orff, Dalcrose, etc.).
- Introduction to audio and musical improvisations, but also musical phrasing and forms.
- Encouragement of expression and imitation of various melodies and rhythms.
Art Gallery
The wondrous world of the arts comprises an endless source of inspiration for the cultivation of children’s aesthetics, as well as for the development of a personal relationship with culture. Pre-Kindergarten and Blossoms students come into contact with paintings of famous artists, such as Wassily Kandinsky, Franz Marc, et al. Students engage in a range of interdisciplinary activities. They observe works of art, talk about shapes, colors, and lines, as well as the reactions these elicit. Inspired by such works of art, students manage to depict these paintings in their own way, using various materials and techniques. This process cultivates students’ ability to perceive the world that surrounds them in a multidimensional manner. Finally, through the program students are taught that art is a realm of freedom, expression and collaboration.
Live Art Gallery
When children are inspired to create art themselves and come into contact with adults’ artwork, they better understand how art is created, what it can express and how it pervades everyday life.
Objectives of the program are:
- To nurture children’s aesthetic culture.
- To develop children’s personal relationship with culture.
- To decode the language of images and incorporate art in everyday life in order to beautify it.
- To help the new generation understand that art is place of free expression and encounter with others.
Upon completion of the program by the end of the year, a live gallery is created on the Schools’ premises, with the children themselves portraying various works of art (vases, sculptures, mosaics, paintings).
Theatrical Games
This program aims to contribute to children’s sense of expression and ultimately to their balanced development.
This is achieved by:
- Participation in a variety of experiential activities.
- Improvisation, imitation, creative expression with movement and speech.
- Providing the right stimulus for the integration of students into the magical world of drama.
- Activating the imagination.
- Spurring creativity.
- Cooperation, encouragement of initiative and critical thinking.
Eating
Healthily
The fast paced life of families nowadays, after all, often renders the establishment of a healthy diet difficult. Mandoulides Schools, in a continuing effort to educate their students and increase awareness for parents as far as following a healthy diet is concerned, have been implementing the program “Eating Healthily at Mandoulides Schools.”
- Free breakfast for the Day Care Center and Kindergarten, which includes: bread, cheese, marmalade, honey and fresh milk.
- Optional catering service for all students.
- Labels with calorimetric analysis and nutrient percentages accompany the products offered by the canteens.
- On the individual meal packages that meet all health requirements, calories and nutrients are listed.
Special Programs
Mandoulides Schools give students the opportunity to attend Special Programs that aim at providing an integrated education and cultivate their skills.
In the Special Programs of the Schools:
- The trust we have placed in the Schools’ standards and experience is substantiated.
- Presentation, guidance and supervision are provided by select, experienced associates and educators.
- Classes are carried out in the Schools’ state of the art facilities.
- Classes are held in a safe environment.
- Students are transported using a school bus service.
- Parents save precious time.
| Special Educational Programs |
Level |
| Arkki (School of Architecture for children and youth) | Pre-Kindergarten, Kindergarten |
| BEE (Bilingual Experience & Entertainment) |
Pre-Kindergarten, Kindergarten |
| FREE (French Experience & Entertainment) |
Pre-Kindergarten, Kindergarten |
| GEE (German Experience & Entertainment) | Pre-Kindergarten, Kindergarten |
| Modern Dance | Pre-Kindergarten, Kindergarten |
| Ballet | Day Care Center, Pre-Kindergarten, Kindergarten |
| Robotics | Kindergarten |
Sports Academies
Mandoulides Schools give students with the opportunity to attend Sports Academies that aim at providing an integrated education and cultivate their skills.
In the Sports Academies of the Schools:
- The trust we have placed in the Schools’ standards and experience is substantiated.
- Training is provided by highly qualified and experienced coaches
- Classes are carried out in the Schools’ state of the art facilities.
- Classes are held in a safe environment.
- Students are transported using a school bus service.
- Parents save precious time.
| Sports Academies |
Level |
| Swimming | Pre-Kindergarten, Kindergarten |
| Basketball | Kindergarten |
| Soccer | Day Care Center, Pre-Kindergarten, Kindergarten |
| Tae Kwon Do | Pre-Kindergarten, Kindergarten |
| Tennis | Kindergarten |
Summer Programs
The Schools continue operating in the summer months and offer several educational and sports programs.
Why choose the Schools’ summer programs?
- We creatively utilize our free time.
- We acquire knowledge in a fun and playful way.
- We develop our social skills.
- We participate in excursions and outings.
- We practice our favorite sports.
- We learn by playing and creating in a safe and familiar environment.
| Summer Programs |
Level |
| Summer Creative Activities | Day Care Center, Pre-Kindergarten, Kindergarten |
| English & Adventure Camp | Pre-Kindergarten, Kindergarten |
| Soccer Camp | Pre-Kindergarten, Kindergarten |
| Swimming Camp | Kindergarten |
| Tennis Camp | Kindergarten |
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