It was the initiative of the Deputy Director of the 2nd Elementary School of Nea Bodrum in HeraklionHowever, lately it seems that the results it has brought, lead to other schools in its implementation. This is the so-called “Music School Bebue”, an idea by Mary Stavrakakis, which was implemented shortly after Easter holidays at school and already has somehow changed the daily lives of students, teachers, and residents of the neighborhood where the school is located.
«It was an idea that I had in mind for years. I was imagining a school with a musical bell, so since last year I took over as deputy director, I was aiming to accomplish it, “said the inspirer of the school bell, who was excited about the students going out for a break or to go out for a break,
In order to implement this idea, as Mary Stavrakakis mentioned, school installation work had to be done, which included an amplifier installation, many cable measures, as well as speakers for indoors and outdoors. Best time for these tasks, it was estimated that it was the Easter holiday period, since the “Music School Bell” was a pleasant surprise for the students, with the completion of their vacation and their return to school.
“My goal was for music to stimulate students’ emotional development, to positively affect their relaxation, the release of anxiety, to create a calm and enjoyable climate through classical music and to help avoid the manifestation of aggressive behaviors,” he said. RES-EIA that “in the last one and a half months of the bell, students and teachers when we enter the classroom we hear Beethoven and when we go out we hear Vivaldi.”
“I’ve been choosing a list of classical music and foreign music sounds for a long time. Generally relaxing sounds, which will alternate during the school year, and there will be timely sounds in our bell, depending on the celebration or season, “said Ms Stavrakakis, who added that in addition to the bell, during breaks, there are often songs.
“Music only beneficial properties can also be evident from changing our school, both for students and teachers. Every time I hear the bell, I feel great joy and emotion and my joy gets older when I see the kids coming out of the classrooms by shaking their hands at the rhythm of music. It is the same joy that I feel when my colleagues convey that their students are now calmer when they come out of their ranks. “
As Mary Stavrakakis pointed out, at school lately, for their initiative, they are congratulated daily by both parents and neighbors, who are enthusiastically conveying their enthusiasm, as the “music school bell” also changes their own.
“Today’s school, it must be a more friendly place for children, respecting diversity, linking man with society and the environment, with the general purpose of creating an integrated citizen and developing critical thinking and social reflection,” explained the Deputy Primary School of the 2nd Elementary School. Initiative for the bell, significant actions were implemented, and other innovative actions for the future are planned.
“There are other actions for the future in our thinking, with innovation. These are actions that greatly help to build another students’ relationship with school, as they come to it with great joy and recognizing that their own school is trying to improve their daily lives, “said Stavrakakis, adding that, among other things, in the context of modernization, schooling and schooling is already in modernization. Learning and teaching are in their daily lives by expanding the horizons of not only students but also teachers themselves.
“I and my colleagues are glad to work in such a school where we try to give our best every day, always with the benefit of our students,” concluded Mary Stavrakakis, deputy director of the 2nd Elementary School.