There are always fevers spreading like wildfire every winter, and on Friday, 10th February, a serious case of DISCO FEVER hit the pupils of Years 4, 5 & 6! The children excitedly piled back to school on Friday evening for a few hours of crazy dancing and exuberant antics in the cultural hall. Teachers loved seeing the children delightedly laughing, grinning at each other and spinning their little legs as much as they could in time to the music... and occasionally not so in time to the music but it's the effort that counts, isn't it?

With the classic half time snack of pizza and juice on offer to revitalise any weary dancers, the dance competitions continued the fun and saw many-a-pleased child take home a pair of cinema tickets for their whole-hearted efforts. Bravo kids!

...was first an amateur," as Ralph Waldo Emerson once said. The St Lawrence Junior School Art Club has been underway since September encouraging the amateur in every child to come to fruition. It has a great collection of works to show for their efforts again this year. Our Lilliputian artists have been busy in this popular after school club creating their own mini masterpieces!

Paintbrushes have been at work making a slew  of new color combinations and creative designs. Newspapers and magazines have been combined, cut and stuck in unusual collages that seem to jump off the paper at you. Shaving cream has even become Santa Claus' beard! Sports themed paintings positively burst with energy!

What new ideas await our budding artists in the coming months? Watch this space!

Mediocrity was certainly not on the menu on 2 February, as 94 members of our St. Lawrence College community breathlessly watched Peter Shaffer’s AMADEUS, as it was broadcast live from the Olivier Theatre in London, to our very own Megaron!
 
Our ever-growing group of theatre goers watched in awe as the riotous villain, Antonio Salieri, played by Luciano Msamati, plotted the demise of the genius Mozart. The play skilfully brought to life the story of the uninhibited, young prodigy Mozart as he arrives in Vienna, the music capital of the world, determined to make his mark. Amazed and simultaneously tortured by Mozart’s genius, Antonio Salieri, has the choice to either promote Mozart’s talent or to bring about his deeply disturbing end. We all thoroughly enjoyed this larger than life production and watched awestruck as Salieri had to finally admit to and embrace mediocrity.  

St. Lawrence College regularly attends National Theatre Live’s productions in Athens. So far, we have enjoyed: Hamlet, Jane Eyre, No Man’s Land and Dangerous Liaisons.

And that's just the children! On Wednesday, 1st February, Year 4 took themselves off to the Athenaion Cinema in Athens to participate in a 3-D interactive programme all about wildlife in Greece. They learned about the animals and their habitats as part of the children's current unit of study in Science.

The children responded ever so enthusiastically to the experience and answered many questions on the topics explored.  Our little experts did so well in fact, that Nicholas Giannopolous and Leo Droggitis excelled themselves, winning first place out of the three schools who attended the show.

All in all, it was a highly entertaining and super informative experience for these young scientists who are growing up to have an excellent awareness of real-life issues are of relevance to them here in Greece.

Orientation day for Year 12 (September 2017) & Higher Education 

Orientation day for Year 7 (September 2017)  

Orientation day for Year 10 (September 2017) & IGCSEs

Parent – Teacher meeting for Years 7 – 10

On Thursday 26th January, the St Lawrence College boys' basketball team participated in a tournament for Years 7 & 8, hosted by Campion School. Four international schools of Athens participated and our boys triumphed, as they won all three games, getting 1st place!

As always, we are extremely proud, and will see them on the courts again soon.