4th project meeting in Ireland, May 2017

The 4th project meeting was held in Ireland in the spring of 2017. There were Finnish teachers travelling to the project meeting and pupils travelling to their learning activities during the same week (May 6th/7th-12th). There were five 6th grade children that were chosen to travel to Ireland. Here we are at the airport in Copenhagen waiting for the next flight to Dublin.

We arrived in Dublin on Sunday afternoon, got to the hostel and went walking to the city centre. The weather was really nice. There were a lot of people having a picnic in the park.

On Monday we had a meeting with some of the teachers and pupils from the partner school. They had travelled by train to Dublin from Tralee. We went on a Viking bus tour and visited Croke Park Stadium with them.

Some new vikings...

Croke Park

Learning how to play hurling.

We travelled to Tralee by train with our friends. It took four hours. On Tuesday morning we had a meeting at the school with the local media. We also had practiced a performance of  the similarities and differences of Finland and Ireland with song, dance, music and power point pictures. It was funny;)

We also went to see the classes in smaller groups.

Then had some project presentations of the food maps that we had prepared earlier at school. The topic was food traditions of each country in a visual presentation. 

Wednesday was a culture day. We had a bus and drove along the coastline in the Dingle Peninsula.

We had a traditional Irish lunch in Dingle - fish and chips!

On Thursday the teachers had a project meeting and the children were attending the classes. In the afternoon we visited Killarney national park.

On Friday morning the children baked traditional scones at school and we had some tea at the staff room.

Then it was time to head back home. Thank you Ireland! We had a lot of fun;) See you all again!

 This is our Finnish team by the sea.

Healthy Breakfast Day 27.1.2017 in Tesomajärvi, Ikuri and Kalkunvuori

We had a very successful Healthy Breakfast Day in Finland at the end of January. All the parents were invited to have a free healthy breakfast at school with their child. There were many who wanted to come:) we had more than 500 people eating breakfast on January 27th at Tesomajärvi, Ikuri and Kalkunvuori. This kid of happenings are rare in Finland. The parents were really grateful and we got a lot of good feedback. Many parents were chatting at the tables with each other after eating and enjoying the time together.

Some pupils interviewed the parents about their eating habits. They made some diagrams of the results.

We also had visitors to help with the information we wanted to pass on to the children. They were students who are studying at the Health Care Institution to become a nurse. Here are some of them.

The pupils were told about how to spend the time in the afternoon wisely - it is not healthy to spend hours by the computer, TV or phone.

There was a sugar exhibition. Many products contain a lot more sugar that we expect.

There was also information about eating habits and how much energy do you need in a day. The sports classes had their own lectures designed for children who train a lot.

Sports in the classrooms

Some nice activities to make the children move during the lessons.

One Minute Sports (easy short breaks during the lessons)

X-breikki (introduction to X-breikki)

GoNoodle (introduction to these activities)

Sählyhaaste / Floorball challenge

Goal-kerho järjesti Lokakuussa 2016 liikuntahaasteen jossa piti kuljettaa vaahtomuivi mailoilla sählypallolla. 3 parasta 1-4 ja 5-6 luokilta.


Goal-club organized sport challenge in floorball in october 2016. Here are the best results.


 1-4 class
Aleksi 3.a 8.00
Iivo 3.a 9.00
Sofia 4.b 10.30
5-6 class
Mauri 6.b 7.00
Anniina 6.a 8.00
Niklas 6.a 8.30

Kuvia tänne

GOAL club - sport challenges January 2017

Mr Niinimäki is leading the GOAL club at our school. He likes teaching sports.
Here are some opinions of the pupils who go to the club. They try different sports together and plan sport challenges for the breaks.

- I like doing sports in GOAL! and it's fun to do challenges. (Laura)
- In goal club organizes sport challenge. (Elle)
- Aloitin tänään goal kerhon, joten en kommentoi. (Matias)
- Haluaisin,että goal-kerho olisi useammin viikossa. (Sofia)
- Goal-kerhossa liikutaan paljon. (Liisa)
- Goal-kerho on hauskaa (Janne)
- Goal-kerho on kiva. (Mico)
- Kivaa. ( Nico)
- Tää on kivaa. (Martin)
- Kiva kerho. (Laura)


This is what the teacher thinks:
We like to play different kind of games in goal club. Every Wednesday we have fun.


Here are some pictures.

Irlantiin / To Ireland

In spring five six graders are going to Ireland. We are really waiting for it.

Keväällä viisi kuudesluokkalaista menee Irlantiin. Odotamme kovasti sitä.

Matkaan valitut oppilaat ovat Elle, Anniina, Laura, Niklas ja Konsta. These were the children that were chosen to Ireland.

3. project meeting in Spain

3. projektitapaaminen järjestettiin Espanjassa, Tomellosossa 24. - 28.10.2016.

Aiheina oli kuuluisat urheilijat ja paralympialaiset. Katsoimme eri maiden esityksia urheilijoiden vierailuista kouluilla seka pelasimme Kahootia, jonka urheiluaiheiset kysymykset oppilaat olivat laatineet. 

Koululla oli tervetuliaisjuhla, johon osallistui koulun henkilokunta, oppilaat, vanhempia seka kaupungin edustajia. Oppilaat olivat valmistaneet meille esityksia, jotka esitettiin meille ulkona auringon paisteessa. Pääsimme itsekin osallistumaan tanssimalla Macarenaa.

Keskiviikkona vierailimme historiallisessa Toledossa ja torstaina pidimme suunnittelukokouksen koululla.