The first Comenius special week was held on the second week of November. During this week the Finnish pupils observed the weather and measured the temperature every day, took photos of each other in Finnish autumn landscape, wrote traditional Finnish recipes for our partner schools' pupils to try, drew pictures of Finnish autumn harvest, among many other things. The pupils really enjoyed the Comenius week and are excited about this project! Here is a glimpse of what we did.Finnish Weather
The lower grades observed the weather every day. We had very typical Finnish November weather: some days were cloudy, some were sunny, and in just two days the temperature dropped from +10C down to -1C. Below is a weather chart compiled by class 3A. This must look very cold to pupils in Cyprus! (click to enlarge)
Finnish Autumn Landscape
To show you what the nature looks like and what Finnish pupils wear outdoors in the beginning of November, the pupils of class 5C brought their cameras to school on Tuesday 8.11. and took photos of each other and of their school siblings on class 1C in Hesperia park very close to our school. The pupils loved taking and posing for the photos. Afterwards they chose the best shots to be added here. We hope you enjoy them! (click to enlarge)
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| On our way to the park |
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| Some trees have already dropped their leaves |
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| Greetings to pupils in Cyprus, Germany and Slovakia! |
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| Leafy ground |
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| Bald trees near our school |
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| We love playing with fallen leaves! |
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| We had lots of fun in the park |
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| The view across Töölönlahti bay |
Finnish Recipes and Harvest
The fourth grade drew pictures of Finnish vegetable harvest and wrote you some traditional Finnish soup recipes to try out. (click to enlarge)
Potato & leek soup (Purjo-perunasosekeitto)
1 big leek
6 potatoes
2 dl of cream
2 tbsp of butter
white pepper
salt
water
Bring the water to boil. Peel, chop, and boil the potatoes. Wash and chop the leek. Melt the butter in a pan, add the chopped leek, fry and then add it in the boiling water. Add the spices in the soup. Bring to boil and let the soup simmer for a while. If you don't want the potatoes to be chunky, use a masher to break them down. Add cream just before serving. Enjoy your meal :)
Trumpet-shaped chanterelle soup (Suppilovahverokeitto)
1l trumpet-shaped chanterelles
1-2 onions
6dl water
2,5dl cream
a pinch of thyme
black pepper
chopped parsley on top
Clothing
The pupils do a lot of handicrafts during the school year. Here are pictures of cheerful gloves and colourful woollen socks the 2nd and 6th grade pupils have done this autumn. We truly need warm clothes in Finnish autumn and winter!
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| Cute gloves |
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| Colourful socks |
This is how the first special week looked like in Finland. We are looking forward to the next special week in February!
