European Week Kerava/Finland - teaching and learning activity

Once every year the Erasmus+ Project culminates in a „European Week“ that is a „teaching and learning activity“ according to the framework of the project. This brings together teachers and students from all seven partner schools and thus provides an opportunity for students to also visit partner schools, meet their peers there and become multiplicators when they return to their schools and talk about their experience (see students´reports further below).

Visiting project teachers became acquainted with the Finnish School System, they learned about „Finnish students on the move“, an initiative for more movement in everyday school life and about the concept of projects that cover different subjects and age groups (see presentation below).

As planned in the project, all project schools presented their various activities in the field of digitalization (see presentations below) and discussed experiences and strategies in this field.

Also, all schools reported about their experience with tryouts of the new teaching concept „Picture-Based Learning“ (presentations below). Both topics had been presented by Sweden in Stockholm.

Then the Finnish hosts presented the concept of “Phenomenon-based learning” (presentations below). All partner schools were asked to try out this concept, as far as time allows (May – Oct is a very short time) and also the concept of “Students on the move”, as far as possible.

Finnish Schools on the Move.ppt

Phenomenon-Based Learning Finland.ppt

Five students from each school were integrated into school life, participating in Kerava´s „Workshop Week“. Here are individual reports from the Austrian students:

Right after the arrival I knew the week was going to be great. And I was right. We had so much fun whilst learning about the Finnish culture. We participated in workshops on Thursday, Friday and Monday. On the weekend, we visited the region of Lake Tuusula and Helsinki. There were guided tours and museum, which we visited on Saturday at Lake Tuusula and then we spent the evening in a sauna next to the lake. We went for short swims after each sauna session and the water was freezing! Personally, I thought that was the best day. I also enjoyed Helsinki. Especially the Oodi library. Overall, it was a great week. We made a lot of new friends and learned about Finnish traditions. The host-family was very nice and I hope to see them again soon. Stefan Ragossnig, 6C

This year, I had the opportunity to be part of the Erasmus+ students programme in Finland to learn about the Finnish culture and also to improve my English communication skills. I stayed in a host family in a small town near Helsinki called Kerava for a week. During this week, we had to do three workshops that we had chosen in advance. In two of these, I was the only international student. It was hard at the beginning but luckily, there was always someone who would translate everything in English and help me. Being part of this project, I have not only gotten to know the Finnish culture, I also made new friends from many different countries. If I had the chance to experience this again, I definitely would! Elisa Liu, 5C

My second workshop of the week was the walk through Helsinki. After having met at the school in Kerava, we took the train to central Helsinki. The first building we visited was the Oodi Library. Its state-of-the-art architecture impressed me a lot. I also learned about the importance of libraries to the Finnish culture. (….) Harrison Smith, 6C

I took part in the 2019 Finland trip funded by the EU as part of Erasmus+. It was a great experience to make because I met students from all over Europe. All in all, if you include the Finnish hosts, there were students from seven countries. The workshops themselves were loads of fun but that was mainly because of the people I met there. The first two workshops I was the only international student and so it was a bit of a shock because I had expected there to be at least one other international student to whom I could talk to. It was fine though because the Finns were very kind and I was able to make some friends. Lucas Rollinson, 6C

EUROPEAN WEEK IN KERAVA, FINLAND

24.4. – 30.4.2019

Keravanjoki school

Jaakkolantie 8, 04250 Kerava

STUDENTS	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday	Monday	Tuesday
8-10	Arrival: airport pick ups	8.15 – 14.00Workshops: Global, renewable and multicultural Finland	8.15 – 14.00 Workshops; Global, renewable and multicultural Finland			8.15 – 14.00 Workshops: Global, renewable and multicultural Finland	Possibility to come to school if departuring late
10-12		Lunch at school 30 minutes between 10.45-12.00/ packed lunch from school	Lunch at school 30 minutes between 10.45-12.00/ packed lunch from school			Lunch at school 30 minutes between 10.45-12.00/ packed lunch from school	Lunch at host families (or at school) / packed lunch from host families
12-14	13.00 Team Italy T1 13.00 Team Spain T2 13.10 Team Portugal	Workshops	Workshops	12.00Meeting at school Sightseeing by bus around Lake Tuusula 12.30Museum 1 13.15Museum 2	12.00 Meeting at Helsinki central library Oodi: walking tour (Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Ateneum Art Museum, The Senate square, The Lutheran Cathedral, Helsinki Market Square…)	Workshops	Departure: airport transportations 2 hours earlier 12.45 Team Italy T1 13.40 Team Spain T2
14-16	14.40 Team Austria			14.00Museum 3 15.00Onnela (picnic, lakeside sauna, swimming, campfire)	Suomenlinna Sea Fortress & museum Lunch at own cost / packed lunch from host families	14.00Afternoon tea at school, farewell
16-18	16.40 Team Poland						17.15 Team Poland
18-08	18.25 Team Sweden	18.00Finnish ball games at school field	Free evening	19.00 Back to school	Free evening	Departure: 20.25 Team Sweden 6.35 Team Portugal	18.30 Team Austria

ADULTS	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday	Monday	Tuesday
8-10	Arrival: airport pick ups	8.15Breakfast coffee 8.30Welcome info 9.00Presentations of Stockholm meeting	8.15Breakfast coffee 9.00 Kerava methods in theory: Finnish schools on the move			8.15Breakfast coffee Workshops	Departure:
10-12		10.00Presentations of Stockholm meeting Lunch at school Kerava methods in theory: Phenomenal based learning	10.00 Workshops / presentations Lunch at school			10.00 Workshops Lunch at school
12-14	13.00 Team Italy T1 13.00 Team Spain T2 13.10 Team Portugal	12.15 – 14.00 Kerava methods in practice: Phenomenal based learning and Finnish schools on the move (Lapila)	12.15 – 14.00 Workshops: Global, renewable and multicultural Finland (according to phenomenal based learning)	12.00Meeting at school / Kerava railway station Sightseeing by bus around Lake Tuusula 12.30Museum 1 13.15Museum 2	12.00 Meeting at Helsinki central library Oodi: walking tour (Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Ateneum Art Museum, The Senate square, The Lutheran Cathedral, Helsinki Market Square…)	12.15 – 14.00 Sum up, plans for the next meeting	12.45Team Italy T1 13.40Team Spain T2
14-16	14.40 Team Austria			14.00Museum 3 15.00Onnela (picnic, lakeside sauna, swimming, campfire)	Suomenlinna Sea Fortress & museum Lunch at own cost / packed lunch from host families	14.00Afternoon tea at school, farewell
16-18	16.40 Team Poland						17.15 Team Poland
18-08	18.00 Social evening at Restaurant Zetor 18.25 Team Sweden	Free evening	18.30 Dinner at Restaurant Konstan Möljä	19.00 Back to school	Free evening	Departure: 20.25Team Sweden 6.35 Team Portugal	18.30 Team Austria