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08.11.2006  Aatos-evening

Students´ government organizes Aatos-theme day every year. This autumn it took place in
the evening, because of the anniversary-year. It was organized for all students and
teachers. There were several singing performances and the highlight of the evening was
Mr. Aatos competition. Five boys and one girl took part in the competition and the four
judges gave them points for every one of the four tasks they had to do. These tasks were
the funniest outfits, the fastest bread eaters, a quiz and making a statue out of a
potatoe with a spoon. Our special guest of the evening was Mr. Aatos Erkko, who is the
owner of the biggest newspaper company in Finland, which is Helsingin Sanomat.

Written by Ina Aalto and Emmi Mäkelä, 1st grade


    



05.12.2006  Celebrating The Independence Day of Finland

We celebrated our Independence Day on 6. December. Finland reached the age of 89.
It was the last day of our exam week in school and still had one exam left. So first in
the morning we went to the school yard, lifted the flag up and listened to the national
song. After that we went to do the exam. Then we had the lunch time: the whole dining
hall was very pretty and there were candles on the tables. How nice.

After finishing the lunch we went to the big gym hall, where we had sort of an
Independence Day gala. The choir of our school sang songs a few students from our school
graduated and got their diplomas and their white caps.

In the evening the President of Finland had Independence Day Party in her castle, where
politicians, sportsmen, artists and common people had been invited by the President.

Written by Krista Vesa,1st grade.


  



24.03.2007  Journey from Orimattila to Burgkunstadt

Saturday 24th March
We started our trip from Erkko sixth form to Helsinki’s airport. Our flight left at 16.00 to Munich. The flight was nice and we had a dinner there too. From Munich we had a very long trip to Burgunstadt. We went there by train and we were there at 23.30. Our host families took us to their homes and we went right away to bed, because the trip had been so long.

Sunday 25th March
In the morning we had some free time and at 14.30 we went at the thermal spa “Obermain-Therme” in Bad Staffeistein. There was very salty water in the thermal spa but it was very beautiful and big. We enjoyed the thermal spa very much.

Monday 26th March
Monday was our first school day. School began at 7.40 and we had lessons in the host students’ classes. In was very interesting to get known about German school system.
At 11.00 we had official welcome in Multimedia Room. At 12.45 we had a tour trough the school building and after that we walked trough Burgunstadt. The town and buildings were beautiful and totally different than in Finland. After walk we had free time and we went bowling.

Tuesday 27th March
Between at 7.40 and 12.35 we were in lessons in the host students’ classes. At 13.30 we had an interesting guided tour to the Jewish cemetery. The tour was in English. After that we had free time. In the evening we had the dinner in the restaurant “Anker” in Weidnitz. Food was delicious.

Wednesday 28th March
In the morning we had lessons with the host student. We had also a possibility to use computers during lessons in the computer room. In the afternoon and evening we had free time.

Thursday 29th March
We had lessons only between 7.40 and 9.10. After that we left to the Bamberg by train. There we had guided tour and lunch at the Italian restaurant. Pizza was delicious! Also Bamberg was very beautiful town. After tour we had some free time for shopping. After that all we left to Munich and were the last night in hotel.

Friday 30th March
In the morning we ate some breakfast in the hotel and we travelled to the airport by tube. Our flight left at 8.55 and we were back to Helsinki at 12.55. We went from Helsinki to Orimattila by bus.

Made by: Anna-Mari Niutanen

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Saturday 24th March 2007

Our journey from Orimattila to Burgkunstadt took 11 hours. We travelled by taxi, airplane
and by different trains. Once we got to Burgkunstadt, it was already midnight. Our
host families picked us to out “homes” and we were so exhausted that we went straight to
bed.

Sunday 25th March

On Sunday we had a chance to visit the thermal spa and a beautiful park and churches.
After that we had free time with out host families The Day was really fun and relaxing.

Monday 26th March

On Monday we went to school with out host sisters and -brothers and attended their
lessons. We also had an Offical welcome Ceremony and tour through the town and school
building. Their school was really nice and quite big. After school we went to “Muk” pub
for delicious pizzas. Then it was time for bowling with some German and Turkish students.
We had a lot of fun there and we got to know each other better.

Tuesday 27th March

On Tuesday our host siblings took us to their lessons again. Then Mrs. Göbel gave us a
guided tour to the Jewish cemetery. The tour was really interesting and we enjoyed it. In
the evening we had dinner in the restaurant Anker with all Comenius students and
teachers.The Food was really delicious and we had a nice time chatting there.

Wednesday 28th

After school we watched a few presentations of some Comenius projects. Then we had free
time to do what we wanted with our host families.

Thursday 29th

On Thursday we went to Bamberg. We did some sight-seeing and shopping. We ate lunch at
the great Italian restaurant Saloni. After a great day we had to take a train to Munich
and start our trip back home.


Made by: Ina Aalto and Emmi Mäkelä







11.11.2007  Comenius-trip to Ankara

After 13 hours of flying or being stuck at an airport, we finally made it to Ankara, Turkey's capital.
We went to Turkey with the Comenius-project, for culture exchange. We stayed with a local family for the whole week we spent in Turkey and went to the same classes as the hosting student. Altough I had time to have only a few lessons because the school had planned so many activities for the foreigners and our hosts! We went for 'Ankara-tour' on Monday and Tuesday, and it lasted for 4 hours each day. On the tours, we went to Atatürk-museum and a statue museum. I saw Atatürk's picture every day at least 10 times! He was worshipped there, everybody respects him. At our school we had a big painting of Atatürk on the wall. He looked very serious and calm, reliable person. On Wednesday we travelled to Cappadocia, and the trip lasted the whole day, because the bus drives were about 10 hours altogether. We went to see everything great, an ancient underground city, weird looking rocks shaped by nature and old monasteries quarried to crag. I really enjoyed the bus trips, they made the Comenius-teams come together and created a strong solidarity. I must say, the best part of the Turkey-trip was seeing real Turkish, Polish and German people.
I went through many 'culture shocks' and I had to change my mind about Turkey in many things. For example, I thought that every Turkish girl would wear a headscarf, and wouldn't wear any revealing clothes. But it was like any other Europian city! I saw only a few women who actually wore scarfs. The scarfs weren't allowed at schools, so I was very wrong about that! I also thought that women would be 'under mens control', but I really didn't see so much difference between Finland and Turkey about this. Women were more honoured than I would have imagined.
Culture shocks worth mentioning were the kissing and wearing slippers inside the house. Everytime they meet their friend or say goodbye to them, they quickly 'brush' their cheecks against each other and make a silent kissing voice with their lips. Like in France or Spain! The kissing made Turkey feel very exotic from the very first day.
And about the slippers. When they're at home, they wear flip-flops. I've never known how to walk with them so I had trouble getting around the house, hence I must have been an amusing sight to my hosts!
The weather in Ankara was pretty cold, so I needed my jacket more than I thought I would. But luckily it rained only once, on Tuesday, but it really was raining buckets!
When I got to Ankara I realized how little I actually knew about Turkey. I was aware that people go there on vacations because it's warm there, and that the kebabs, Turkey's gift to the World, come from there. I learned so much about Turkey, about the culture, people, food, language, nature, history, everything.
We went to school like we do in Finland. The school, Bahçelievler Anadolu Lisesi, was very different from Erkko upper secondary school. All the students wore uniforms, black jackets, white blouses and a necktie. The necktie had black and yellow stripes on it, and it had the school seal on it. Girls had cute cotton pleatskirts and boys had black strides.
The school started at 8:15 in the morning like in Erkko, but we had only 45 minute lessons and the school served no lunch. They had a kiosk downstairs, and the pupils bought hotdogs and candybars from there. But the school serving no lunch didn't change my budjet. My host wanted to pay for everything! My hosts bought me even bracelets and earrings. That is just one wonderful thing about Turkish people; they are very hospitable.
At lessons, pupils don't rise their hand when they know the answer, they just shout it. Turkish vividness and loudness were also an interesting change after Finland!
When we had freetime, we went ice-skating, shopping and bowling. We had such great time there! I made so many good friends on the trip, from Poland, Germany and Turkey.
All in all, the trip was a very educating and pleasant experience! I wouldn't change the week in Turkey for a year in Finland.

Seni özledim, I miss you.

Paula Leppänen 07A






06.04.2008  Comenius-trip to Poland

Comenius-trip to Poland 6.-11.4.2008

Sunday 6.4.2008
Our trip started from Erkko sixth form to Helsinki-Vantaa airport at 17.45. The flight to Warsaw depart at 20.45. We changed planes in Warsaw and flew to Katowice. We arrived at Katowice airport at 23.35 and our hosts and some teachers were there to welcome us. When we arrived in Pszczyna it was so late that we went straight to bed.


Monday 7.4.2008
School day started at 10 o’clock and we had a welcoming ceremony in which each group’s representatives gave speeches. Polish students had prepared musical performances and we were given souvenirs. Because of the popularity of John Paul II, we were shown a video about him and given John Paul II –bookmarks.
In the afternoon we toured outskirts of Pszczyna and visited the open air museum of Skansen. Later we went bowling to a near town Bielsko-Biala with our hosts and other students. We had some time to do a little shopping, too.


Tuesday 8.4.2008
School started at 8 am. Each team had made PowerPoint –performances concerning their schools or Comenius-project. In the evening we went shopping to Bielsko-Biala by train. Back in Pszczyna we went to see a movie to Henna’s host. Unfotunately we were all so tired we couldn’t finish it.


Wednesday 9.4.2008
At 8 am we left for Cracow by a bus. In Cracow we went to see the Wawel castle, toured the town and did some shopping. Some students had prepared speeches about the history of Cracow and it was very interesting to hear about it. We were surprised about how well-known Finnish music was there in Poland when we visited a music store.


Thursday 10.4.2008
School began at 8 o’clock and we joined the lessons, for example English and German. We also participated in sport competition, where we played volleyball and badminton. In the evening we came back to school and watched a play, Midsummernights dream, performed by the Polish students, in Polish. A group of students sang Polish love songs. Then we went to eat in a restaurant. There some teachers and the mayor of Pszczyna gave farewell speeches and after eating we all went to celebrate in pubs.


Friday 11.4.2008
In the morning we said goodbye to our hosts and their families and left for Cracow airport.


Written by Jennika Jäppinen and Henna Niutanen






20.04.2009  Comenius week




Comenius-project meeting in Orimattila 20.-25.4.2009

Programme

Saturday 18.4
15.45 Helsinki-Vantaa airport: the Polish participants arrive (in Orimattila at about 16.15 pm)


Sunday 19.4
1.40pm Helsinki-Vantaa airport: the Turkish participants arrive (in Orimattila at about 3 pm)

6.15pm Helsinki-Vantaa airport: the German participants arrive (in Orimattila at about 8 pm)


Monday 20.4
9.30-11.00 The introduction of our school and teachers

12.00 The introduction of Yhteiskoulu ( Comprehensive school) & coffee

In the afternoon: following lessons and starting our project work




Tuesday 21.4
Orimattila-Day

9.30 to school and then on Orimattila tour

10.00 The reception at the town hall

11.30 Art Museum

12.15 Lunch at Lakitupa

1.30pm Candle factory

2.50pm Soile Yli-Mäyry Art Castle

6.15-10pm Sauna-evening in Salusjärvi camp centre

Wednesday 22.4
9.00 am- 7.30pm Excursion to Porvoo - Helsinki

10.00- 12.00 Porvoo

1pm- 5.45pm Helsinki ( Temppelinaukio Church, Sibelius Monument, Senate Square )

The rest of the evening free


Thursday 23.4

9.45- 11.00 Presentations by us and the guests

11.45 Project work

16.45pm-8pm We make Finnish food all together


Friday 24.4
08.15- Following lessons

10.30 Lunch for the Germans
11.00 the Germans leave Orimattila
project work

11.50 Excursion to Lahti
Sports center
Coffee at the harbour / shopping
7pm Farewell dinner, Little Italy-restaurant
Students have their own evening program


Saturday 25.4
11.30 The Turks leave Orimattila

Sunday 26.4
5pm the Poles leave Orimattila


Buses on school days: Heinämaa - Orimattila Orimattila - Heinämaa
7.25 - 7.50 3.05pm - 3.20pm
8.25 - 8.50 4.05pm - 4.20pm