12/10/09
Hello from Thomas More Catholic School
Dear all,
Thought I would say hello to you all. Our pupils are really looking forward to visiting Spain in February. It should be a great learning experience.
Best wishes
Mrs Tucay (England)
Thought I would say hello to you all. Our pupils are really looking forward to visiting Spain in February. It should be a great learning experience.
Best wishes
Mrs Tucay (England)
12/9/09
A Little Bit of Each Country
Here are the works we've been doing here in Merijärvi during this school year. You can find all of these works on our web page http://www.merijarvi.fi/. There you'll find the links education and Comenius.
Our Village – Merijärvi
Merijärvi is situated in northern Ostrobothnia near Oulu. Merijärvi is a little, but lively village. There are about 1,200 inhabitants in Merijärvi. The municipality manager is Mrs. Kaija Eskola.
All the basic services can be found in Merijärvi. There are a school, a library, a sports hall called Kilpukka, a sheltered housing Salmenranta, a health care center and a little grocery store Sale and a gas station.
The main sources of livelihood are agriculture, small- scale industry and services.
Sights of Merijärvi are e.g. the Lutheran Church, the local history museum Tähjä and of course the beautiful nature in Merijärvi.
There are classes 0-9 in Koivupuhto School. There is also a preschool here. We have about 200 students; in primary school there are about 150 students and in secondary school about 60 students. We have 20 teachers. We study English, Swedish, mother tongue; Finnish, maths, biology, geography, physics, chemistry, household, sports, crafts, arts and crafts, civics, religion, word processing and agriculture and forestry. We have 30 hours a week. Free school lunch is served in our school every day. During our school year we have an autumn holiday (one week), a Christmas holiday (two weeks), a winter holiday (one week), Easter holiday ( four days) and a summer holiday (two months).
This is our school called Koivupuhto. This is the sports hall of Merijärvi, Kilpukka. You can do sports and organize parties here.
This is the library of Merijärvi. There you can read newspapers, listen to music and borrow books which is free here. The library is open five days a week.
This is a sheltered housing of Merijärvi, Salmenranta and in the same building there is the health care center, where you can find a doctor’s and a dentist’s appointment and a children’s clinic.
The Lutheran Church of Merijärvi was built 1781.
Written by Eveliina Saukko and Raisa Saukko.
Pictures from the Merijärvi municipality site.
Made by the support of the EU Comenius School Partnerships
Our Village – MerijärviMerijärvi is situated in northern Ostrobothnia near Oulu. Merijärvi is a little, but lively village. There are about 1,200 inhabitants in Merijärvi. The municipality manager is Mrs. Kaija Eskola.
All the basic services can be found in Merijärvi. There are a school, a library, a sports hall called Kilpukka, a sheltered housing Salmenranta, a health care center and a little grocery store Sale and a gas station.
The main sources of livelihood are agriculture, small- scale industry and services.
Sights of Merijärvi are e.g. the Lutheran Church, the local history museum Tähjä and of course the beautiful nature in Merijärvi.
There are classes 0-9 in Koivupuhto School. There is also a preschool here. We have about 200 students; in primary school there are about 150 students and in secondary school about 60 students. We have 20 teachers. We study English, Swedish, mother tongue; Finnish, maths, biology, geography, physics, chemistry, household, sports, crafts, arts and crafts, civics, religion, word processing and agriculture and forestry. We have 30 hours a week. Free school lunch is served in our school every day. During our school year we have an autumn holiday (one week), a Christmas holiday (two weeks), a winter holiday (one week), Easter holiday ( four days) and a summer holiday (two months).
This is a sheltered housing of Merijärvi, Salmenranta and in the same building there is the health care center, where you can find a doctor’s and a dentist’s appointment and a children’s clinic.
Written by Eveliina Saukko and Raisa Saukko.
Pictures from the Merijärvi municipality site.
Made by the support of the EU Comenius School Partnerships
12/2/09
First Comenius Meeting - Portugal - September 2009
It was with great pleasure that the Portuguese Team prepared everything to receive our dearest partners. We must thank our coordinator because she had a lot of work. We were all eager to meet each other again. Our Finnish partners (Leena and Jaana) brought four students who stayed at their portuguese friends homes.
The first day was spent at O’porto. Despite the rain, I think that everyone was able to enjoy this city which was classified as world heritage by Unesco in 1996. Overlooking the Douro River, Porto is one of the most ancient European cities. One of the most significant aspects of Porto and its historical centre is its landscape, combining harmony with the urban structure and presenting a frame of rare beauty. Besides its welcoming and conservative environment, Porto is also contemporany and artistic. This is shown not only in the streets, architecture, monuments and museums but also in the terraces, restaurants and leisure and shopping areas. It was a day that no one will forget.
On the 3rd day the comenius team went to a beautiful monastery and to the house of one of the most known portuguese writers, Camilo Castelo Branco. In the afternoon, there was a 2nd meeting and then they went to Vila do Conde and Póvoa do Varzim.
On the 4th day there was a 3rd meeting at Santo Tirso public library and in the afternoon, they visited an old celtic and roman archaeological station.
On the 5th day it was time to go to “Guimarães” and visit its palace and castle. In the afternoon it was time to say goodbye.
Meanwhile our finnish and portuguese students were getting along so well that when they had to say goodbye there were many tears, kisses and hugs. Finnish girls didn’t want to go home!
We must say that everyone enjoyed portuguese food a lot! Didn’t you???
We must thank our town hall, specially Mrs Ana Maria Ferreira, who offered us a bus for the trips, a tasty lunch and some souvenirs.
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