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- Ganochora - Katerini, Greece
In Junior and Senior Highschool of Platon Schools:
We support students, so that they do not feel threatened for themselves and we give them the opportunity to face everyday situations and to direct their own learning.
We encourage student to express their feelings about the problems they encounter and to suggest solutions.
We develop activities based on the child's physical capacity for learning and the importance students attach to what they are learning.
We respond to the needs and interests of the student and the teachers themselves participate in the teaching practice as simple members of the group giving the opportunity for experimentation, self-action and discovery of knowledge.
In High School the learning processes and the activities in which the students participate are structured in a way that enhances the basic skills that are necessary for their personal and social development.
Understanding through improving the attention, recognition and perception of information.
Memory through learning techniques aimed at enhancing the ability to store, retain and retrieve information.
Critical thinking through activities that require the ability to analyze, compare, classify and link information.
Creative thinking which is reinforced through actions that require the search and production of many possible solutions, synthesis, transformation of information (to change its use) and redefinition of information, ie its processing, in order to make it functional and attractive.
Evaluation associated with the ability to make decisions about actions with given criteria and with the process of prediction, hypothesis, conclusion.
Creativity and personality enhancing tolerance for doubt, desire for new experiences, curiosity, independent judgment, preference for challenges and complex situations, self-confidence and redefined behavioral regulation through internal or internal motivations.
Creativity and emotional processes related to the ability to access emotionally related thoughts, to manage and express emotional experience, to tolerate and manage strong emotions, to empathize, to actively listen, to manage stress, and to adopt a positive attitude towards challenge and resolution problems.
The studies provided at PLATON Schools meet the needs of the basic goal of the Lyceum, which is the nationwide exams. At the same time, the Lyceum provides knowledge of general education through modern teaching methods, contributing to the comprehensive development of the child's personality. The experienced teaching staff of our school with scientific competence and pedagogical training guarantees the full preparation and general support of students and candidates in the national exams.
Computers, projectors, interactive whiteboards, the Moodle e-learning platform (https://moodle.educonlinux.eu/), are important tools in the daily life of our students, who become familiar and trained in the proper use of new technologies at school.
From the very first years of school, children participate in the teaching of English and in the process are asked to choose between German or French as a second foreign language.
In PLATON schools, full preparation is done so that the students are ready to participate in the language exams of the most well-known institutions and to acquire the most popular ones. and recognized certificates. Every year, our school achieves high rates of success in all foreign language certification exams.
In more detail, the students of the school can participate in the following language tests:
English:
Level B2 (Lower):
● ECCE (Examination for the Certificate of Competency in English) Michigan University
● FCE (First Certificate in English) Cambridge University
● TOEIC Listening and Reading (διαβαθμισμένο μέχρι και C1 – Advanced)
● LRN B2 (Learning Resource Network)
Level C2 (Proficiency)
● ECPE (Examination for the Certificate of Proficiency in English) του πανεπιστημίου του Michigan.
● CPE (Certificate of Proficiency in English) του πανεπιστημίου του Cambridge.
● LRN C2 (Learning Resource Network)
German:
● Goethe – Zertifikat (Level Α2)
● Goethe – Zertifikat (Level B1)
● Goethe – Zertifikat (Level B2)
● KPG (State Certificate of Language Proficiency)
French:
● DELF Α1 (Diplôme d’études en langue française)
● DELF A2 (Diplôme d’études en langue française)
● DELF B1 (Diplôme d’études en langue française)
● DELF B2 (Diplôme d’études en langue française)
● KPG (State Certificate of Language Proficiency)
Innovative tools are used in computer science teaching, such as the Scratch programming language, which aims to teach programming concepts to children and adolescents and has been developed by the MIT Media Lab. At the same time, our students come into contact with robotics using the Lego Mindstorms EV3 platform and learn to create from simple to complex robots.
Degree IT Skills Vellum
Computer use is taught in six sections, Computer Use and File Management, Word Processing, Spreadsheets, Internet Services, Presentations, and Databases. Students are fully prepared for the Vellum IT Skills Certification Exams (Standard and Proficiency) which take place in our school which is an examination center.
In the context of preparing students for the theme bank, 1st Senior High School students very often write exams and diagnostic tests for the assimilation of lessons and the control of their knowledge. Every week in the 2nd and 3rd class of Senior High School are held simulation exams in the nationally examined courses.
It is worth noting that our students have the opportunity to participate in european projects, during which they travel to other countries, get to know different cultures and civilizations, exchange views and ideas, thus forming a European consciousness.
The School Vocational Guidance program aims to facilitate students in exploring their personality and supporting career decisions. A number of steps are taken to achieve this goal.
Through their participation the students:
For more information about the competition you can visit the website http://senja.gr/.
During the school year our students have the opportunity to participate in innovative programs of various topics that offer new ways of differentiated learning. They are given the opportunity to create, collaborate, express themselves, raise awareness, have fun and expand their horizons with activities that transcend the boundaries of classical teaching.
Through the participation of our school every year in a variety of European programs and cooperation with educational organizations from all over Europe, new innovative activities are developed with the aim of strengthening the 8 "basic skills" as defined by the European Union.
See all the European Programs of the Platon Schools here.
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