Spring Special Week and Arts & Crafts Workshops in Finland

The spring special week was held on 23.-27.4.2012. Here are some pictures the pupils have taken of the Finnish nature waking up after the long winter.


  

 


Arts & Crafts Workshops 24.-25.4.2012

On Tuesday 24.4. and Wednesday 25.4. we had different school days in Töölö: the pupils didn't have normal lessons but participated in two creative workshops instead. The options included mosaics, textile crafts, graffiti art, filming a documentary, woodcraft, electronics, miniatures... among many others! The pupils had suggested the themes themselves and could pick two workshops in total. It was a lot of work, but everyone had an enjoyable time and the outcome was an amazing array of beautiful, creative, original art- and craftwork! Below is a sample of the work we did.

Clay work.

 

"Roskismönkijä", "Rubbish Crawler", made of recycled material.



Making mosaics.

Making a documentary.



Practising graffitis.

An Angry Bird.

The Finnish teachers and pupils have only three school days left before the start of the summer holiday. So, wish you all a warm, happy summer! Finland will be back with new themes in the autumn!

Comenius Meeting in Finland 2.-5.5.2012

On May 2nd we were glad to welcome the Comenius team members to Finland for the second official meeting of this project. Below are pictures taken during their visit. Enjoy!

Welcoming our guests in the teachers' room.

Comenius gathering in the school hall on Thursday morning.

The pupils performed traditional Finnish songs with kantele.

Team members discussing the project and Finnish school system before going to observe lessons.

Visiting the Sibelius Monument.

Part of our group by the sea near our school.

The Finnish Comenius members performed traditional Finnish folk songs in the Welcome Party.

The German pupils got Töölö Primary School t-shirts.

The print says: "Watch out! Smart pupils on the road!"

The whole group on the last evening.

We had a great time in Finland and would like to thank everyone once again for this meeting. We hope to see as many members of the team as possible in Cyprus in September!