Attica Zoological Park
The Attica Zoological Park is the only zoological park in Greece today, hosting hundreds of thousands of visitors of all ages, from all over the country, every day.
Students will take part in a unique journey to the five continents, having the opportunity to get to know more than 2,000 animals from 400 species hosted in the facilities of the Attica Zoological Park, which has an area exceeding 49 acres.
Reservations Manager : Dikaia Mayorkinou
Days and hours: Tuesday to Friday, 10:00-17:00
Phone: 2106634724
E-mail: [email protected]
National Observatory
The programme takes place at the Penteli Visitor Centre of the National Observatory of Athens.
Students will take part in an interactive/participatory programme dedicated to the Sun, its activity and its relationship with our planet. The historic NEWALL telescope (built in 1869) is on display and, weather permitting, a live solar observation will be carried out using a special telescope. Alternatively, children can watch a 20′ educational film on astronomy. The visit will last approximately 90′ in total.
Reservations Manager: Vangelis Kolokotronis
Days and hours: Monday to Friday, 10:00-13:00
Phone: 210-3490931
E-mail: [email protected]
Athens International Children’s Film Festival
The Athens International Children’s Film Festival invites children and teenagers to discover short films and feature-length movies, animation and live action films from all over the world, in their pan-Hellenic premieres. The world cinema for children and adolescents has its own unique celebration in Athens.
Reservations Manager : Sofia Thalassinou
Days and hours: Monday to Friday, 10:00-14:00
Phone: 6980560557
E-mail: [email protected]
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The Athens International Children’s Film Festival selected and curated thematic programs featuring premiere short and feature-length films. A discussion follows where students discover filmmaking techniques and delve into narrative methods, while simultaneously developing their critical thinking through the reading and understanding of audiovisual media.
“The Weekend Rebels” exclusively for schools. The film is aimed at students in Primary and Middle School (from the 4th Grade of Primary School)
More info here
“Blood, Sweat and Cheer”
exclusively for schools. The film is intended for students in the following age groups: upper primary (from 5th grade), middle school, and the first year of high school.
More information here.
SKEP – Association of Social Responsibility for Children and Youth
SKEP – Association of Social Responsibility for Children and Youth is a non-profit association founded in Athens in 2008. Its vision is an inclusive society where everyone feels accepted and useful, while its purpose focuses on the social integration of people with disabilities and socially vulnerable groups in general.
Reservations Manager: Irene Trompetta
Days and hours: Monday to Friday, 09:30-13:00
Phone: 6939174848
E-mail: [email protected]
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“Fingerprints” educational programme
The “Fingerprints” educational programme consists of Interactive Workshops (educational – artistic – athletic), where young people with and without disabilities participate together, from primary and secondary education schools, special schools and social institutions.
Indicative description of the programme & the workshops
The programme will be implemented on Wednesday, 27 November 2024 at the Vorres Museum (Paiania, Attica) during school hours (9:15-12:30).
Participants should bring their school supplies and they must be accompanied by their teachers and social workers.
The SKEP team will coordinate the activities (they are all carried out simultaneously), making sure that participants will mingle smoothly, getting to know each other through the creative process.
– Interactive Artistic Workshops: t-shirt painting
– Athletic Workshop: Playing Bocce all together
– “STEPS by SKEP”: Be the catalyst for social change – Open discussions by SKEP’s motivational speakers with disabilities, with the aim of helping students discover the daily limitations that people with disabilities have to face, as well as the existing solutions.
– “Labyrinth of Senses”: To cross the Labyrinth, participants will use touch, hearing, smell and sight as tools for a journey using a different perception and way of thinking.
This workshop held by AMKE KINITRO helps you perceive a world where diversity, equality, acceptance and respect prevail.
Back to Nature
Farm Visit
The program takes place at a 45-acre multifunctional farm in Megara, Attica, organized by the environmental team of Agále.
Students will have the opportunity to connect with nature, farmers, and agricultural production through numerous hands-on environmental activities, including guided tours of the farm’s plantations and animals, creating seasonal vegetable gardens, identifying herbs, composting, and building a worm farm.
Additionally, students will participate in a beekeeping and honey-tasting workshop, where they will learn all about bee society, beekeeping equipment, and bee products. They will also observe a transparent enclosed hive with bees, gaining an understanding of their vital role in the ecosystem.
All activities are conducted by agronomists and beekeepers and include souvenirs for each student. The duration of the activities is 1.5 to 2 hours, with the option to relax at the farm afterward.
The minimum number of students required for the visit is 40.
Booking Contact: Varvara Kouneli
Days & Hours: Monday to Friday, 09:00-18:00
Phone: +30 210 6140985, +30 6946735471
Email: [email protected]
Center of the Earth
Children’s minds, emotions, and skills flourish in the ideal environment of an organic farm.
The “Center of the Earth” is located within the privately owned “Pyrgos Vassilissis Vineyards”, next to Antonis Tritsis Metropolitan Park, just 5 km from the center of Athens. It has been recognized as the best global initiative for connecting people with nature by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
We Invite Students and Educators to Join Our Experiential Workshops
For more information, call +30 210 2388275 or email [email protected] (Attn: Ms. Nicoletta Karystinou).
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– Travel to a 19th-Century Farm
An interactive workshop that combines history, nature, tradition, and sustainable practices.
Students engage all their senses to explore, observe the natural environment, and travel back in time.
The experience includes four interactive activity stations:
Horse Stables
Historic Pyrgos Vassilissis Tower
Birdwatching Observatory
Gardens
Recommended for: Kindergarten, Elementary, Middle, and High School students.
– Cultivating the Land
Students discover the secrets of an organic vegetable garden.
They become familiar with daily farming activities, learn to use light gardening tools, touch the soil, and take part in seasonal agricultural tasks such as:
Sowing and planting
Composting
Weeding
Watering
Harvesting
This program helps students connect environmental protection with growing and consuming healthy, organic, local, and seasonal foods.
Recommended for: Kindergarten, Elementary, Middle, and High School students.
