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COMENIUS PROJECT

2012-2014

March 2013

Number 2

EDITO…

Here is the second edition of the newspaper ‘COMENEWS’, created by the pupils of the participating schools

and countries of the Comenius project. It is the compilation of 3 months of work, meetings and exchanges

between the schools.

The theme chosen is ‘FREE TIME’. In this newspaper you’ll find all traditions and customs of the participa-

ting children during their free time.

Enjoy!

Contents

Page 2 : France

Page 6 : Malta

Page 10 : Bulgaria

Page 14 : Shetland

Page 18 : Belgium

Page 22 : Poland

Page 26 : Italy

Page 30 : Finland

Page 34 : Norway

COMENEWS 2

FRANCE

FRANCE

FRANCE

FRANCE

MALTE MALTA Sports by 2.4

Cartoons we watch by 3.1

I’m Chayenne and I have a lot of fun doing gymnastics. Every Thursday I go to do gym-

nastics. There I meet many friends. Our teacher teaches us how to turn on one foot.

I’m Harrison and my favourite hobby is playing football. I like to kick the ball. I

shoot the ball in the net. I play football on Saturday and on Sunday. I like to

run faster with the ball.

My name is Rhys and I’m six years old. I have been training Karate for 2 and a

half years. I wear a yellow belt and I have won two silver medals for placing

second in competitions. I train with Sensai Joe Tanti at De La Salle Karate

Club. Next month I’m going to have my third competition.

My name is Leonor. My hobby is training Judo. I go for my Judo lessons on Wednes-

days, Fridays and Saturdays. In Judo I learn to exercise. I also learn to play with other

judokas. Last year I won a medal. I like Judo.

I am Russell. My hobby is playing drums. Every Wednesday I go for my

lesson. I practise on my drums everyday. My drums are black.

I’m Jordan and my hobby is football. I train my hobby with Hibs. My football

kit is black and white and my shoes are green and red. I also train football

with my dad. I like to score goals but I also defend well.

I’m Keira and I like to dance. I go to dance lessons every Saturday. I have lots of friends

there. My teachers are Miss Kim and Miss Gaby.

MALTA

Some days ago a lady came to our classroom to show us the beautiful craft of Maltese lace. In Maltese

it is called bizzilla. This lady showed us the tools that she needs for her hobby. She uses a very hard

pillow called trajbu, wooden bobbins called ëombini, a pattern, lots of pins and thread.

Our teacher showed us old photos that showed even children making bizzilla! We saw some beautiful

objects made of bizzilla, made some puzzles about bizzilla and even tried it out ourselves!

First she pins a pattern on the pillow, then she fills the bobbins with thread. Afterwards she weaves the

bobbins very carefully to make beautiful designs. She uses lots of pins to keep her work on the pillow.

She also explained that it is a very old craft and that in the past many people especially women used to

sit outside in the warm weather with their friends and they would make bizzilla together.

Maltese Bizzilla by Class 2.2

More Cartoons we

watch by 3.1

MALTA Prinjolata Recipe by 3.3

Today, 5th February, 2013 was a

special day for us because we got our aprons out and together we made the prinjolata. Here are some pictures showing what we did! We had to let it set for the night and the day after we deco-rate it with icing, chocolate, nuts and cherries……….mmmmm delicious!!!

Nachelle

Dressing up for Carnival by 3.3

I love carnival very much because I can wear anything I want. This year I’m going to wear a costume of Snow White. In school we have lots of activities including the carnival parade, where we parade in the school yard for all students to see.

The pictures show some of us in costume. We look great, don’t we? Carnival is celebrated over 5 days in Malta. It starts on a Friday and ends the following Tuesday. On Monday and Tuesday we have no school, so we have more leisure time to go and enjoy Carnival with our family in Valletta, the capital city of Malta. Chayenne

VIVA L-KARNIVAL

Can You speak Maltese: Try saying these words :)

iva (yes) ëaw (bye)

le (no) grazzi (thankyou)

bonāu (goodmorning) tajjeb (good)

bonswa (good evening) ħaŜin (bad)

MALTA Passju by 2.3

To play this game you need to draw a design

with numbers on the floor. We used chalk to

draw it.

Standing in front of the passju, you throw a

little stone on number 1. If you miss, you will

lose your turn. If the stone lands on the num-

ber, you jump on both feet (on 1 and 2), then

on one foot (on 3), on both feet again (on 4

and 5) and keep on jumping on one or both

feet until you reach number 9.

When you reach number 9, you will jump

back to 1 and 2 and grab the stone from

number 1. You then give the stone to the

next person playing. When it is time for

your turn again, you will throw the stone on

number 2. Then repeat for all numbers. The

person who arrives on number 9 first wins

the game.

This is a simple game which we, as

a class enjoyed playing a lot with

our teacher during the PE lesson.

The teacher told us that instead

of drawing the design with chalk,

we can also use mats with numbers

and form the same design.

bulgaria

GAMES

We are young actors. We

are getting ready for the

big stage.

WHAT ELSE CAN WE DO AT SCHOOL?

SOU “PEYO YAVOROV”-

BUL-

ТHEATRE

We are second graders and we find magic in mathemat-

ics. Fairy tales heroes help us and we use our logic to

solve the problems. And of course, we have lots of fun

Dry flowers and fruit, autumn

leaves and thread. A little

imagination and you have a

wonderful picture

Ceramic plate

How many triangles can you

see?

You need mind and heart to do Maths Using natural material

bulgaria

It is the best place for walks even in

winter. Especially when a flight of

swans comes from the north. Lots of

people come to see them and feed

them. .

Мartenitsa

Necessary materials:

• white woollen thread

• red woollen thread

• cardboard 5-6 сm

Preparation:

1. You need a white and a red woollen

thread

2. Tie the two threads at one end

3. Stretch tightly the threads and start

twisting them in one direction

4. Match the two ends and let them free.

The two threads will twist themselves.

5. Fold the cardboard and start winding red

thread around it.

7. Tuck the twisted thread into the folded

part of the cardboard.

8. Cut the wound thread where it is not tied

to get tassels.

9. Take another piece of thread and tie at a

lower place to form the head. This way you

can make the hands and Penda is ready. To

make Pizho, follow the same procedure but

you will need to make his legs.

Young tourists and ecologists

Walking in the Sea Garden

BABA MARTA is an old Bulgarian tradition. On 1st March each year we start wear-

ing martenitsas. They are different designs but Pizho and Penda are the most popular.

Red colour means good health and white means long life. We wear them until we see

the first stork. Then we take them off and tie them on a fruit tree.

We are third and fifth grade students. We often walk in the near forest, learn how

to use a map and a compass and how to put up a tent. We renew the marking and

collect the litter.

In the end we play games and have a picnic.

I am making martenitsas with mum

Pizho Penda

BUL-

bulgaria

IT IS NICE TO PLAY HANDBALL

I look forward to playing handball. We form two teams and the game starts.

Time passes quickly and we feel tired when we get home.

CHEER LEADERS

Find the right way!!

BULGARIA

Music, dance and pretty costumes. We learn how to dance

at the rhythm of the music. It is hard but fun. The best

time is when we can show what we have learnt and our

classmates applaud us.

LET’S DANCE TOGETHER

Dance is the magic of soul. It drives away tiredness and bad

mood.

We study modern dances and Bulgarian folk dances.

www.folklorika.com

SUDOKU

Fill in the empty squares in lines and

columns without repeating the num-

bers.

bulgaria

Blind man’s buff

Blind man's buff is played in a spacious area,

such as outdoors or in a large room, in which one

player, designated as "It", is blindfolded and

gropes around attempting to touch the other

players without being able to see them, while the

other players scatter and try to avoid the person

who is "it", hiding in plain sight and sometimes

teasing them to make them change direction.

In one of the versions “the blind man” has to

guess who is the player that he has caught.

HIDE—AND—SEEK

In Bulgaria indefinite

number of children

can play the game.

One has to be chosen

for “seeker” and the

others are “hiders”.

The seeker closes his

eyes and counts slowly aloud to a certain

number while the other players are hiding.

Hiders should make a dash for Home Base,

which is previously marked. Touching the

base area makes a hider safe, and the aim

of the game is to touch base without being

tagged. The seeker continues to search for

hiders and if he/she finds none then he is

the seeker again in the next game. How-

ever, if he finds and tags someone before

they are able to touch base, he calls out in

a loud ‘That’s Michael! But if the seeker

confuses the name of the player the game

starts from the beginning.

Broken phone

Broken phone is a game that Bulgarian children

play. Children are placed side by side in a row

and the first one whispers in his neighbour’s ear

any word, phrase or sentence. The action re-

peats until the last child hears the word and says

it aloud. Very often the last child says something

that has nothing to do with the original word and

this is the fun of the game. If the final word is not

correct, the child goes last in the telephone row.

Burn, burn handkershief

Burn, burn handkerchief In this game the children squat in a

circle. Only one kid holds a handkerchief and runs around the

circle singing “Burn, burn handkerchief, the dog is pulling it!”.

His task is to drop the hanky behind one’s back. The one that

gets the hanky stands up and starts chasing the other one and

tries to take his place in the circle. This game is really funny and

you should try to play it.

White butterflies

White butterflies is a game that is

widespread all over Bulgaria. The par-

ticipants are mainly girls. They ar-

range in a circle. Two girls hold their

hands under the elbows and dance

spinning around in the middle of the

circle. Everybody sings:

White butterflies, Where did you fly? Near is your way, Select your pals ... The first is mine The second is yours…

While singing the last words each of the dancing girls runs to the

others and selects one that encircles them. The new couple

enters the circle and begins dancing under the accompani-

ment of the song.

SHETLAND Cullivoe Primary School

In our Spare time ….

Number 2

I love to play on my DSi

and the game I play most of

the time is called Moshi

Monsters.

You have to find all the

Moshi Monsters pets and

their eggs, it is really fun. I

also play Pokémon and in

that game you travel around

the Pokémon world battling

the wild Pokémon and train-

ers.

I love my DSi and it is fun

to play with!

By Christina Anderson

I have 2 Cats and 2 Rabbits.

In my spare time I play the

xbox 360 or feed the ani-

mals. I like going outside

and playing with friends. I

like some sports, my favour-

ite is Dodge Ball.

Kyle

I enjoy going to my

Granny and Granddads

house because there is

lots to do. When I am

there I help them in

their cabbage patch, I

help Granddad with his

Poly tunnel, I help in

spring with the lambing

and I like to jump on

their hay bales, it is lots

of fun!

I also love ponies and

work with Shetland po-

nies a lot, nearly every

weekend! Some times I

can’t because of the

weather but most of

the time it is decent

weather to work with

the ponies.

By Sarah

In my spare time I really

like to kick a ball about, I

normally don’t stay out for

long because it is so cold.

On Monday after school I

get a bus to Mid Yell Lei-

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In my spare time I play foot-

ball with my brother Alfie. I

am the goaly and Alfie is the

striker. Normally I play with

my Lego. I have Lego Star-

wars and Lego Harry Potter.

I have lots of fun!

By Ben

sure centre to learn how to

play Badminton and make

new friends.

By Alfie

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Alfie playing Badminton

SHETLAND

Hobbies

I have a cat and 3 dogs

I help dad on the

croft. I feed the cows

and sheep in spring.

I feed the caddie

lambs. I like sewing

and I have sewn lots

of different things. I

have sewn toys. One

of them is a monkey, and I

made a cushion. I love do-

ing this, it is fun and easy

when you get

the hang of it. I

like reading

books, it is a

Cycling

I like to cycle in my

spare time because

it is fun.

Playing with the cat

I like playing with

the cat in my spare

time because he is

cute and cuddly.

Dogs

I sometimes feed

the dogs. I feed

Miley, she is very

excited.

Climbing

I like climbing be-

cause you can jump

Spare

Time and

Hobbies

SHETLAND

N A X C Z K R S L R B Q H T Y

U Q T K S I L A Y I C I L G H

A T M K Q L C V B A R W F P H

X K K X C S C F E B D P U H T

B U T T E R F L Y S I I A N H

S E E B M I S F G J L T L J V

S O D R F H L L D A C H S O F

G N I T U O R P S K Y R H L H

M P S U N S H I N E E F O G G

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M S M A O E E K S Y M Z R I P

V A I U M L N L A M B S A N S

Y A S Y X Q B P M V J A L G Q

APRIL

BEES

BLOSSOM

BUTTERFLY

EASTER

FLOWERS

GROWING

HOLIDAYS

LAMBS

MARCH

MAY

POLLEN

RABBITS

RAIN

SPRING

SPROUTING

Spring

Fun!

Can you find all the Spring words?

Signs of Spring in our school garden—the crocus

bulbs we planted in Autumn are coming up!

This year our Up Helly

Aa took place on the 22nd

of February.

Our Jarl this year was Mi-

chael Nisbet.

Cullivoe Primary School

performed our School

Squad act for him and his

Squad.

We also had Lunch with

them and rode to school

in the Viking galley!

SHETLAND Cullivoe Primary School

Jokes...

Why did the M and M

go to school?

He wanted to be a

smartie.

Why did the bird go

to the hospital?

It needed tweetment.

Knock knock.

Who’s there?

Boo.

Boo who?

Don’t cry, it’s only a

joke!

Knock knock.

Who’s there?

Ach.

Ach who?

Bless you!

March 2013

Shetland Bannock Recipe

Ingredients

1 kg self raising flour, large tub natural yogurt, 2 tablespoons of oil, pinch of

salt.

Add all your ingredients together. Mix and fold the mixture with a knife. If

the dough is too stiff add a little milk. Roll the dough on to a board covered

in flour. Cut out square or triangle shapes and cook on a floured tray in the

oven at 180C for 10-15 minutes. Enjoy!

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How to make an igloo with sugar cubes and ic-

ing sugar

Mix some icing sugar with water

Get a paper plate

Put icing in the middle

Stick the sugar cubes on the plate and build your

igloo.

By Kane (P1)

Why did the flower go

to the garden in win-

ter?

Because it wanted to

bloom early.

This term we have been

learning about the far

north. We built igloos

using sugar cubes and

icing sugar! It was great

fun. We made a lot of

mess!

BELGIQUE

POLand

Questionnaire for students on free time.

I'm interested in how you spend your free time from school. Read the following

questions and circle the correct answer.

1. What does free time mean for you (choose three things that you do most often)?

a) I read a book.

b) I watch TV.

c) I help parents.

d) I do nothing

e) I see a friend / colleague

f) I participate in extracurricular activities.

g) Other (highlight) video games, discos, listening to music, foreign languages, foot-

ball, walking .............................. .................................................. ...........

2. Do your parents organize your free time?

a) Yes

b) No

3. Do you use activities organized by youth clubs, sports, etc?

a) Yes

b) No

If so, how often

a) once a month

b) once per semester?

4. Do you use a library?

a) Yes

b) No

If so, how often

a) once a month

b) once per semester?

5. Are you using the classes taught by your school?

a) Yes

b) No

If so, how often

a) once a month

b) once per semester?

POLand

6. Do extracurricular activities include:

a) Your choice,

b) The obligation imposed by your school,

c) The obligation imposed by the parents?

7. Do extracurricular activities:

a) develop your interests,

b) complete your knowledge,

c) are for you a nice time spent in a good company.

d) strengthen your values?

8. Do you have a set schedule of classes?

a) Yes

b) No

9. What are the lessons you would choose if they were conducted by the school?

1. If you had the most a' s, you are a great student.

2.If you had the most b' s, you are a good student but you have to work harder

at school.

3.If you had the most c, d, e, f or g's, you are an intelligent student but you

have to care more about learning

My hobby is reading books. I read in my free time in my room. I like reading be-

cause books are interesting and talk about life. Most of the time, I buy books in a

bookshop but sometimes I also buy books on the Internet.

Joanna, class 5a

My hobby is playing different musical instruments. I go to

a music school. Over there I play the recorder. In my free

time, I play my guitar in my home. I play different instru-

ments, because I love music.

Natalia, class 6a

POLand

My hobby is playing computer games. My favourite

games are The Sims 3, Minecraft, Slender and LOL.

Every day I play these games in my house. On Saturday I

play games even for 5 hours. I play games after school.

Once a month I buy a new game with my pocket money.

My hobby is reading comics. I often read them. I read them in

my free time. I read comics in the house or in the garden. I read

them because sometimes I have nothing else to do. :-D

Children games in my country

In our free time, we like to play different games. During the breaks at

school, we spend time playing games such as:

Tag

It's a game on a small or larger area . A person who is a tag catches up and

has to touch any of the other children before he or she squats or touches for

example a wood thing. If he or she is touched, they become a tag. There are

plenty of types of games, one of them is a frozen tag. It consists in the fact

that a person is caught with legs apart and can not move until the other per-

son does not move under her legs. A tag wins if he or she can catch (freeze)

a l l p a r t i c i p a n t s p l a y i n g t h e g a m e .

A tag can be combined with "Old bear fast asleep." At the end of all the

songs, they disperse and the "bear" wakes up and chases the participants,

and the person who he touches first becomes the bear and the game begins

again.

Peekaboo

The rules are not complicated and I think they are known to all of you. The

person (or group of individuals) covers his or her eyes and counts to a fixed

number, and the other participants playing this time look for the best hiding

place. The winner is the one who is found the last. A person found first be-

comes looking for in the next round.

POLand

Children games in my country

Rubber game

How to play the gum? The rules are simple, but extremely difficult to describe. To play

you need a flexible rubber, in which there are two people, a third jumps. You have to

jump and pop . You jump at the lowest level to jump, then at calves, knees, thighs, and

on up until the neck. He who can do that at all levels is unmistakably called a true

c h a m p i o n .

Stalking The younger children can have fun playing stalking – a game that will turn an ordinary

family on an exciting adventure walk. One person goes and leaves behind traces, such

as tying a coloured ribbon on the branches of trees, or drawing with chalk arrows, so

that others can find it later. Stalking is similar to the search for a hidden treasure. In

some mysterious place such as trees cracking, you hide "a treasure chest". Mark the

path to the treasure with arrows made out of sticks, chalk-drawn or pre-prepare a sim-

ple map, through which children will find a sweet surprise.

Caps

Draw a line on the ground with a piece of chalk or stone on the pavement, beaten with

a stick on the ground or smooth sand on the edge of the sandbox. The track width is de-

pendent on the number of participants - the more players, the greater should be the

track. Mark the start line and the finish line, and between them everything could

" h a p p e n " , T h e t r a c k c a n t u r n .

Set the caps at the start, side by side, the front side to the back, and flip a cap to move

forward. We snap a change and so we race to the finish line. Falling outside the line of

the track means missing a turn. The winner is the player whose cap crosses the finish

l i n e f i r s t .

The game should begin by collecting a sufficient number of caps and flags to decorate

the countries whose representatives take part in cycling races. An interesting idea may

be a small change in the rules such as caps adorn the flags of countries participating in

the Euro 2012 tournament.

Hopscotch

The game is based on skillful passing through the eight fields, throwing a pebble and

maintain for a long time on one leg.

A participant throws the first stone and is on one leg, jumps in the field, raises the

stone, skips and jumps out the rest of the field outside. You jump in the “arms” both on

the way to and in the way back. For the last field ("head"), he or she jumps, rotates in

t h e a i r a n d j u m p s b a c k .

This game can freely be played and diversified by e.g. arranging squares with numbers

in the shape of an envelope, or using a snail shell or putting a pebble on the bent legs

while jumping. And so on and so on …

ITALYITALYITALYITALY

Hanging around

In Italy we like to hang around in our free time with a group of friends.Boys and girls stroll along two streets: Via Prione and Corso Cavour. In these streets there are many types of shops. We sometimes stop and sit to look at the boys and girls that pass to check them out!

Moreover, along the streets there are squares that we call piazze. There are community centres that we call oratori where we play foot-ball, mini football, basketball, ping- pong, and board games. Oratories belong to the church and they are free to attend. In summer, we go to the beach. While in winter we go to the luna park, cinema and park. We also play many sports. The most common are: swimming, football, basketball, karate, kick boxing and dance. We like listening to music. (Camilla, Cristiana, Asja, Naim 11)

We love football! We go training two times a week with our team Arsenal Spezia and on weekends we play against other teams. We are also fans of Inter favourite football club. We have a local team too called Spe-zia. In Italy there are 20 football clubs in the premier league/A series. The first teams go on to play in Champions League while the others go on to play in Europa League. The top team wins a shield (scudetto). Every four years we look forward to the world cup! The most famous footballer to play locally as a boy is Gigi Buffon, now Juventus goal-keeper. (Cristiano, William, Salvatore 11 )

Hi, we love dancing! We train six days a week for one and a half hours each time. We wear black leggings and a t-shirt with our dance school’s name on it. We have compe-titions like the one we did in Florence last month. We do lots of types of dancing, for example, modern, Boogie Woogie, classical, break dance, hip hop, acrobatic, choreo-graphic composition and disco dance. There are 14 girls and 1 boy in our class. We have been dancing for nine years. Eleonora & Laura (12 years old)

I love swimming. With my school I go once a week and after school I go too. (Virginia 12)

In our free time we like swimming. (Manzoni)

We like volley-ball. We go training once a week with our team (Revere)

All pupils of our primary schools play basket-ball this year. An instructor teaches every class to play basket-ball once a week. (Manzoni)

I sometimes play football but my favourite sport is

fencing. I'm very good at it! (Leonardo).

I do Athletics (Greta) Campo Montagna where I do Athletics (Benedetta)

We sometimes go skiing (Leonardo and Benedetta)

We usually play video games on the xbox 360, the wii, the 3DS and on the PC in our free time. For ex-ample: FIFA 13, Darksiders, Rayman evolution and other games :D. We prefer to play together online and with friends. We call ourselves nerds. Alexandru, Raffaele, Alessio (12 years old)

We love origami. Here we'll give you a website where it shows you how to make a tree. (Gemma & Sharon 11) http://www.origami-fun.com/origami-pine-tree.html

We are playing at the carpenters! (Manzoni)

I love cooking cakes and biscuits. I can give you a recipe.

(Benedetta).

I and my friends often go shopping. Do you like these sun-

glasses? (Chiara).

I like to make bracelets and earrings and painting my nails

with coloured nail polish. My best friend and I sometimes buy

pairs of earrings together and then each one of us keeps an

earring of every pair (Emma).

We always listen to music walking, doing homework, at home and SOMETIMES…AT SCHOOL!!!! J (II B).

We like reading . We have a big school library(Revere) We like puppets (Stra)

We like playing in the garden. Our favourite game is ring-a-ring-of-roses. Click onto the picture (Stra)

GIRO GIRO TONDO

Giro giro tondo, gira il mondo, gira la terra ,

tutti giù per terra.

Giro giro tondo il mare è fondo tonda è la terra

tutti giù per terra.

We love picture-card albums. Albums are given free by the publishers then we have to buy the stickers on newsstands where they also sell newspapers. We exchange doubles. The purpose is to have the album completed with all the stickers. All of this is fun for us (Maggiani)

FINLAND FINLAND

Written by 1B –class, age 7-8

We have 15-20 minutes breaks 3-5 times during the

schoolday. Our schooldays usually start at 8 or 9 and end at

12.00-13.00. We go out and play in the schoolyard in any

weather. Only when it’s –15 c we stay inside.

INFO: All the 1st graders

have their own schooltutor.

They are 5th and 6th graders,

and they take care of the little

ones during the breaks. The

school tutors play with the

kids and they also help them

to feel safe at school.

On the speedwheel we have fun.

We take a lot of speed and the we

go round and round. The we

scream and laugh.

”We played football on our break and the result was

tie. I was swinging and I was on a snowhill. I’m also

with my school tutor.” Vertti, age 7

Finnish lesson for recess

Hi = Hei!

Thank you = Kiitos

I’m sorry = Anteeksi

Let’s play = Leikitään!

Come = Tule

See you = Nähdään

Recess in school!

Skiday

On the March 7th in Halkokari`s school we had a skiing day

and we skied to Rastimaja. The total distance was 9 km. Arto

Lauri, our headmaster, skied ahead and everybody followed

him. In Rastimaja we had a fire and we fried sausages. The

smaller pupils skied to Elba. The first class skied on Roska-

ruka. Roskaruka is our twenty meters tall hill. Made by Leevi P, Vili and Oliver

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”My hobby is floorball. I play in a floorball team called

Nibacos. It is fun. It is an indoorhobby.” Vertti, age 7

”On Sundays I go skating or play football. I also train

dancing. I go to a dance school on Tuesdays.”

Pinja, age 8

- Hi! We want to get to know

you!

- Go away, this is our land! - Haa! Be nice to our

guests!

- Aaa, help!

- You need to learn to be nice

to others! Now, clean the

floor! - Thank you! Now we

can see you around!

We also like to play with legos a lot.

We build lego creatures at home and make stories with

them. Sometimes we play with legos at school too.

”We play Indiana Jones with Daniel on the breaks. In that

play we have secret adventures and action missions. I also

wrestle and play football on breaks.” Oliver, age 7

Halkokari’s school break

In Halkokari School we play lot of football during

breaks. We have the Arena and Big Sand Field. Some-

times we get suspensions when we play too hard. In the

winter we have the skating ice in our sand field. Then we

can’t play football there. :( We also have swings and

jungle gums. Here you can also jump skippingrope or

just talk with friends.

Many 6th graders, mostly boys, spend their freetime playing Play

Station games. They named their top games to be World of Warcraft and League of Legends. For them playing is relaxing and a good way

af spending freetime.

Color me!

Color us! Our h o b b i e s!

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ACTING If you want to act, you must be able to empathize with the act. Improvisation

is also important because if you miss your cues you need to know how to im-

provise. Me and my friends like acting. We write scripts ourselves.

Sin Moo Hapkido is a Korean method of self-defense, created by Ji

Han Jae. I have being doing it for almost four

years. I have a blue belt.

Football

KPV GBK

Football teams in Kokkola are KPV, GBK

and KPS. In our school many pupils plays

football of KPV and GBK. We play in big

hall. It’s named Kippari-Hall. Pitch is 100

x 64 meters. In Kokkola there is also heat-

ing artificial turf next to the Kippari-Hall.

Players ages are about 5-16 years. Junior

soccer exercises are 1-4 times a week.

There are also women and men in their

own teams .

I play in GBK millenium girls. I have soccer exercises 4

times a week. We have been in many tournaments.

ICE HOCKEY

I play ice hockey in the team Hermes in Kokkola.

We have played in many tournaments and we did well.

Last season we won one tournament. We won the final

4-2. We have four practices a week and games in the

weekend.

FLUTE

MY NAME IS EMILIA AND I

PLAY THE FLUTE. I’VE

PLAYED 2-3 YEARS. I PLAY

THE FLUTE IN CONSERVA-

TORY. I PLAY IN THE OR-

CHESTRA. THERE I GET TO

KNOW TO NEW PEOPLE

AND GET TO PLAY AT CON-

CERTS. PLAYING IS A LOT

OF FUN!

PIANO

My name is Anna and I play piano.

I have played piano for 3-4 years.

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Art school

My name is Helmi and I’m 13

years old. In art school we

draw, paint, sculpture and pho-

tograph.

There is an art show in our

school every year. My favorite

thing is working with clay.

Riding

My name is Meri and I’m 12 years old. I’ve

ridden for 5 years. I have a rental horse and I

take lessons once a week. I jump obstacles

and ride classic. Sometimes I race with both.

This is me riding a horse SING AND MUSIC

Hello, I’m Wilma. Me and my two friends are

going every Wednesday in choir. We sing songs in many lan-

guages. They are, for example, Finnish, English and Swedish. We

have lot of concerts in different cities and countries, but they are

also here in Kokkola. We practice the songs for two and half hours

a week.

Here is photo last year Nordic days in Sweden

INFO CORNER

Schedule for 1st graders

8.00-8.45 lesson for group 1

8.45-9.00 break 9.00-10.30 lesson

10.30-10.50 lunch

10.50-11.15 break 11.15-12.00 lesson

12.00-12.15 break,group 1 goes

home 12.15-13.00 lesson for group 2

13.00 The school day is over

Schedule for 6th graders

8.00-8.45 lesson

8.45.9.00 break

9.00-9.50 lesson 9.50-10.10 break

10.10-11.40 lesson

11.40-12.00 lunch 12.00-12.15 break

12.15-13.00 lesson

13.00-13.15 break 13.15-14.00 lesson

(Sometimes there can be lessons till

three o’clock)

14.00 The school day is over

Lesson breaks in our school Almost always we play football or talk some-

thing. 7 and 8 year old pupils play in play-

ground and swing because they are so small.

In the winter, we have ice rink in the school

area. Some pupils like to skip the rope. And

some other ball games are also popular. Tag is

also a popular break game. by Mikko and Aleksi from 6M

Every school day we have 4-5 breaks. One of

them is 20 minutes long. Favorite play is foot-

ball in our school. We have little arena in out.

There we play football. We have one day to

each class when they can play in arena. We

have tournaments too, Teachers against pu-

pils. Little pupils likes to play tag. by Aleksi and Markus 6M

INFO: Food of school

Finnish school food is free of charge. We have versatile foods. We have salad,

milk, sour milk, bread and water every day. Some days we have dessert. Pupils’

favorite food is fish fingers, sausage potato spades and oven sausage. Every kid

in Finland drinks milk every day, because we have little bit sun shining, so we

need vitamin D. By Eetu Huotari and Roope Rintala

Smile!

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When you have

been playing and

running the

whole day, it

must be nice to

sit down and

relax.

What about

colouring

mandalas.

Here you can see

some different

mandalas. One is

easy, and the

other one is a bit

more difficult to

colour.

Have fun!

Mandalas

My name is…... Jeg heter….

I am ….years old. Jeg er ...år gammel

What is your name? Hva heter du?

Where are you from? Hvor kommer du fra?

I like to…... Jeg liker å…...

I don’t like to…... Jeg liker ikke å…...

To play football Å spille fotball

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Samuel plays football with his friends.

Camilla jumps on the trampoline

with her friends. On Fridays she

has a relaxing and nice time with

her family at home. They eat

good food and snacks. They look

at the TV, and play games and

cards.

We are 13 pupils in 1a. We do

a lot of things in our spare

time. Here you can see what

some of us do. To play football

is very popular. We also like

to do karate, jump on the

trampoline, to go for walks in

the forest.

We are an active group of

children, with many interests. Helene loves to play hairdressers, and

she dances.

Alexander plays football all

the time. He practise often,

and gets better and better.

There are a lot of activities we

can do in Skudeneshavn. We

can play football, handball,

swim, climb, do gymnastics,

play different instruments,

scouting, sing, handcrafts to

mention some.

Hobbies and activities for 1st graders

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KID’S CORNERKID’S CORNER Building letters exercise

What letters can you see? We made letters as a team using

ourselves. Try to do it too. Working together is fun!

How to make

snowflake

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