The country is mostly famous for the beautiful beaches and the incredible islands.

Greece has also got many mountains and plains. The highest mountain is Mt. Olympus.

It has also got rivers and lakes such as lake Kerkini and the River Axios.

Our country Greece(Hellas)Geography

Lake Kerkini Mt. Olympus

In winter, it's quite cold. It often rains and it sometimes snows.

In the summer, it is usually very hot and sunny.

The weather in Greece

Greece shares borders with F.Y.R.O.M, Albania , Bulgaria and Turkey.

The capital city of Greece is Athens.

The flag of the country is blue like the sea and white like the white sand of the beaches.

Greek people are kind , polite, friendly, peace-loving.

Nowadays, they face economical problems but they try to be happy.

People

Some greek sights

The White Tower,

Thessaloniki

Aristotelus square,

Thessaloniki

Knossos,Crete

Epidaurus ancient theatre,

Peloponnese

Meteora,Trikala

The Acropolis,Athens

THESSALONIKI

The second biggest city of Greece!

THESSALONIKI

The population of Thessaloniki is about 900,000 people. Thessaloniki is situated in the north part of Hellas, Macedonia.

Thessaloniki was founded by Cassandros and was named after his wife Thessaloniki who was the sister of Alexander the Great.

The landmark of Thessaloniki is the White Tower!!!!

Part of the old fortification of Thessaloniki.

The White Tower at night.

Saint Dimitrios' Church

OREOKASTRO, OUR TOWN Oreokastro is a suburb in the northwest of Thessaloniki . It has a population of about

40.000 people. It was founded in the 1920s.

PAST TIMES

The first people who settled in Oreokastro were Greek immigrants from the Black Sea region (the Greek people of Pontus). They named the small town after a castle located in Adrassa, a town on the coast of Pontus Euxinus (The Black Sea). “Oreokastro” means “beautiful castle”.

KONTAXOPOULIO SPORTS CENTRE

• Kontaxopoulio is the most popular sports centre in Oreokastro.

• There ,children can do lots of sports like football ,basketball , volleyball , tennis etc.

3rd Primary School of Oreokastro.

Past times of the school

•It was the first school that was built in Oreokastro.•It was made of stone and there were two floors.•The new school building was built in 2006!

Our school today• It is a very big building. There are 3 floors.

• On the ground floor, there are 7 classes, a computer lab and a music lab. There is also a small gym!

On the first floor there are 5 classes ,a science lab, a library, the teachers'office, the headteacher’s office and the toilets.

On the third floor, there are 6 classes and a school theatre.

The view from up there is fantastic!

Our school yard !

The end!Thanks for watching