Comenius 2010-2012: Helsinki

mardi 4 octobre 2011

Lilly

Lilly Liito-orava
The Flying Squirrel called Lilly

Colour: light grey all year long
Eys: big and black
Home: 3-8 homes, my favourite is a nest in aspen or a spruce. Sometimes I live in parks or buildings too!
Special skills: I know how to move quietly during night. Also, I can fly even 40 metres!
Difficulties: I must admit that I’m a bit clumsy at moving on the ground!
Worried about animas in danger (and endangered!)
Whenever she sees an animal in danger she flies to rescue him
Unfortunately, although Lilly means well...she often is the one getting into trouble like in this newspaper article in Helsingin Sanomat...

mardi 20 septembre 2011

Les écureuils volants

La classe de maternelle section francaise a dessiné des écureuils volants et les a recollé dans la forêt du parc national de Nuuksio qui se trouve tout près de Helsinki. Les enfants ont travaillé avec des crayons de couleurs et des feutres noirs puis leurs production ont été scannées et ils les ont "découpés" numériquement sur les tableaux interactifs pour les coller ensuite sur la photo de la forêt.

jeudi 15 septembre 2011

jeudi 26 mai 2011

We Got the Green Flag!

This year we have been working hard on waste reduction at European Schooling Helsinki through Comenius and the Eco-Schools programme:

“Eco-Schools is an international programme for environmental education and management, which aims to raise students' awareness of sustainable development issues through classroom study as well as school and community action.

With the emphasis placed on a democratic and participatory approach, the programme encourages children and youth to take an active role in how their school can be run for the benefit of the environment, highlighting the importance of civic values.

Successful Eco-Schools are awarded the Green Flag, an internationally acknowledged symbol for environmental excellence.”

Eco-School

We are very proud to announce that after reviewing our work, the Finnish Eco Schools Committee has awarded us the Green Flag!

Here are some activities that we did this year:

- a Green Flag committee comprised of students to plan and evaluate our activities

- a visit to the landfill near Helsinki to see how waste is sorted and treated

- recycling workshops to teach students how and why waste is sorted

- an Exchange Your Toys –day to learn that we don’t always have to buy new things

- Biospies checking during snack and lunch that students eat everything they take

- collecting and reusing scrap paper, bits and pieces of cardboard and other materials in different activities: note taking, arts and crafts etc...

- evaluating our recycling practices and making them more environmentally friendly

Next academic year we are going to continue our efforts with a second theme which will be either electricity or water. We encourage all the other schools to find more about the Eco-Schools programme and to think about joining us!

mercredi 11 mai 2011

Our game in the making / Lautapeliä valmistamassa

In the Finnish P2 class we have made a first version of our board game which we call "Itämeren putsaus" (in English it can be translated as "Cleaning the Baltic Sea"). We first made the board, then the markers and the boats. With the boat you move on the board and you try to collect as many markers (rubbish) from the Baltic Sea as you can.

We think it's a really good game!

Me P2-luokkalaiset olemme tehneet ensimmäisen version lautapelistämme, jonka nimi on Itämeren putsaus. Me teimme ensin pelilaudan, sitten kortit ja pelinappulat. Pelissä liikutaan laivalla pelilaudalla ja kerätään mahdollisimman paljon kortteja eli roskia pois Itämerestä.

Meistä se on tosi hyvä peli!