1616-2016: celebrating 400 years of Shakespeare’s cultural and intellectual legacy 2016 marks 400 years since the death of William Shakespeare, English literature’s greatest name. It’s not just the Bard’s writing that has endured for centuries but his legacy which has had …
The “Brontës Vs Bullies” honoured Valentine’s Day, the 200th birth anniversary of Emily Brontë as well as the works of all 3 Brontë Sisters! Our students combined art with literature and produced unique Valentine’s Day cards containing quotes by the …
QLS schools around the country made a difference in the lives of underprivileged families in their communities, for yet another year. They inspired their students to offer goods (food and toiletries) as part of the “Be Kind With QLS” Christmas …
The QLS Network successfully participated in UK Anti-Bullying Week 2017 on a nationwide level, form November 11 to 17. During that week we focused on respecting and understanding each other more. Our week included: •Training & Certification of QLS Anti-Bullying …
We continue to make the world a better place through our new prestigious collaboration with the Anti-Bullying Ambassadors programne of the Diana Award charity in partnership with the British Department for Education. After the successful day-long training of 60 QLS …
For the month of May, the QLS Smilers met up to formulate their first Anti-Bullying Policy. Their collective brainstorming will lead to the formulation of a common Anti-Bullying Policy for all QLS schools …from children to children!
In April, the QLS Smilers’ Volunteer Teams celebrated the UK’s National Kindness Day, a day inspired by the kindness which Princess Diana displayed during her short life. Kindness Walls were created by the volunteers in participating QLS schools full of …
Loyal to the QLS “Keep Smiling: From Children To Chlidren” Volunteer Year, the teams of young QLS Smilers all over Greece welcomed the Easter holidays with a very special project! They created Easter Anti-Bullying piñatas filled with candy, gifts and …
As part of the QLS “Keep Smiling: From Children To Children” Volunteering Year, school members around Greece organized the “Shakespeare VS Bullies” Art Project for January 2017. The project’s aim was to sensitize students about bullying as they were required …
As part of this school year’s Volunteering Project “Keep Smiling: From Children To Children”, many of QLS’s member schools around Greece organized Christmas events based on volunteering. Funds were raised and goods were placed in Smiley Bags for local charities. …
The project was part of QLS’s “Keep Smiling: From Children To Children” Volunteering Year 2016-2017 which has a mission to share smiles and optimism around the country. The song “Be A Qool Smiler” is the anthem of the QLS Volunteering …
Have you noticed how quickly your mood changes when you are among warm, positive and smiling people? That is what Harvey Ball may have noticed when he came up with World Smile Day. According to Mr. Ball, a smile …
Volunteering helps teach children compassion, caring, humanity and selflessness. Through offering, young people gain a sense of accomplishment and pride. In its endeavours to raise educational standards and to embrace the social aspects of education, the QLS Education Team …
Debate Festival: Building Strong Oratory Skills in QLS Learners The first QLS Pan-Hellenic Online Debate Festival is now a reality. Primarily as educators, QLS schools are aware of the overwhelming academic research supporting the many benefits that accrue as a …
Debating facilitates the involvement of learners in a truly challenging activity; a combat of sorts with “words as their weapons” as Denzel Washington termed it in the film The Great Debaters 2007. The need to defend one’s position and to …
People assimilate knowledge, understand and behave in very diverse ways, which formulate their very personal learning intelligence profile, which can now be charted by specialised tests. The “LEARNING to LEARN” project has utilised two such tests: a) the ARISTON MI, …
QLP – QLS Learning Profile (Presentation of QLP at the EAQUALS conference in Lisbon by Asimenia Featham and Panagiota Bourtsoukli) As part of the QLS on-going effort to improve language teaching with educational projects that will make a difference, it …
Once again QLS proves itself as a pioneer with its QLP – QLS LEARNING PROFILE, a programme of Differentiated Instruction which is being implemented in the member schools of its Network. Always keeping abreast of the demands of the times, …
