Marya Antypa is the principal of the school n. 13 in Athens; Stella Retsiou is the teacher of Physical Education in the same school.

Athens is a big city;  Greek schools are called by numbers and not by name. The school number 13 is big and new; as it is beautiful, it has got a lot of students : 301. There are 19 teachers. In each class there 25 children.

There are children from 6 to 12 years old; they have 6 grades. In the Greek school there are many breaks : 10 minutes every 45 minutes.

Twenty years ago children were wearing uniforms, but now no more.

The timetable in the school n.13 is from 8.20 to 12.40 for the first and second graders. From the third grade children go home at 1.30. In the afternoon there are some activities: computers and sport.

Subjects in primary school: Greek, P.E., geography, history, maths and English.

At the end the teachers showed us some words written with the Greek alphabet:

aqhna  is Athens.

Class IV

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