Saturday, April 20, 2013
Day 5 - Shopping! Shopping! Shopping! @Porvoo
Our tour guide often wonders why we like shopping so much.
Certainly it's quite a different lifestyle than ordinary Finns.
Still, we're fascinated by the artistic handicrafts made here at Porvoo -- toys, home decor, pottery and jewelry, and more.
Porvoo is really a nice little town.
Certainly it's quite a different lifestyle than ordinary Finns.
Still, we're fascinated by the artistic handicrafts made here at Porvoo -- toys, home decor, pottery and jewelry, and more.
Porvoo is really a nice little town.
Day 5 - Having fun @Lahti Olympic Ski Jump Tower
Having fun with snow is always something that kids (including me) can hardly resist.
Sunday, April 14, 2013
Diary Entry (Day 5 recap by Jocelyn Tsang from 6A)
Today was the end of our performances at Harmala School and Peltolammin School, so we were (hopefully) able to get more sleep. This morning, we took the bus from Tampere to Lahti. the highlight of the day happened there.
At first, we were planning to go inside the Jean Sibelius Concert Hall, where I could sing, hopefully. However, there was a change of plan and we could not go in. I was a bit disappointed, of course. To make up, our tour guide, Ann, let us walk around a frozen sea nearby.
The whole sea had frozen into ice and the ice was covered in snow. When one looked all the way across the sea, one could only see the 'everlasting' patch of snow and ice. What's more, the ships which were parked in the sea stayed on the ice, which meant we got to look at and take photos with big ships in the real sea which was frozen.
I ran over the frozen sea, occasionally stumbling over the uneven ground. The dock in the sea was covered with snow and frozen over the ice. At first I did not even recognize the dock and thought it was a bench! on the dock, I got a piece of ice and examined the pattern closely. It was so beautiful! The pattern was delicate and you could see the lines of it. There it lay, glinting from the sunlight, on my gloved hand. Sparkling and pure. Just like me.
6A Jocelyn Tsang
At first, we were planning to go inside the Jean Sibelius Concert Hall, where I could sing, hopefully. However, there was a change of plan and we could not go in. I was a bit disappointed, of course. To make up, our tour guide, Ann, let us walk around a frozen sea nearby.
The whole sea had frozen into ice and the ice was covered in snow. When one looked all the way across the sea, one could only see the 'everlasting' patch of snow and ice. What's more, the ships which were parked in the sea stayed on the ice, which meant we got to look at and take photos with big ships in the real sea which was frozen.
I ran over the frozen sea, occasionally stumbling over the uneven ground. The dock in the sea was covered with snow and frozen over the ice. At first I did not even recognize the dock and thought it was a bench! on the dock, I got a piece of ice and examined the pattern closely. It was so beautiful! The pattern was delicate and you could see the lines of it. There it lay, glinting from the sunlight, on my gloved hand. Sparkling and pure. Just like me.
6A Jocelyn Tsang
More sharing about the Finnish school experience (2)
Dieter Chan from 6C
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6C Dieter Chan
More Sharing about the Finnish school experience (1)
Crystal Chu from 5C
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5C Crystal Chu
Saturday, April 13, 2013
Day 4 - Learning in Finland
This is the day that we've longed to come -- going to Finnish schools.
We started our school day by giving a concert to the whole body of Peltolammin Koulu and some other neighbouring schools. Once again we impressed our Finnish friends with our talent and hardwork in music. We then got a chance to sit into classes. Since most schools in Finland have less than 300 pupils, our whole group would be too big for one school to take care of. So we split up into two groups (wind band & strings) and went to classes in the two schools simultaneously.
How do Finnish students learn in schools? I'll let our students report on that soon. In general, they have small class sizes. Students seem to have lots of freedom and time to learn their topic of interest. Our students were so happy to meet new friends, and they quickly engaged into conversations about Finnish and Chinese cultures. Some went out to the fields and played in the snow. Our students had lunch at the schools. Our students liked the simple meal of salad and baked potatoes with meat sauce. They even said it tasted much better than our meals in HK. ^_^
Our kids then had a short but wonderful time to play with our friends at recess. For most of our boys, this was their first time to play soccer in the snow, and they would surely remember this experience.
Our two groups regrouped at Harmela Koulu and our string orchestra gave a mini-concert to the pupils at Harmela Koulu. A small singing group from the school led us in singing some Finnish songs. Our time was filled with laughter and cheers.
We started our school day by giving a concert to the whole body of Peltolammin Koulu and some other neighbouring schools. Once again we impressed our Finnish friends with our talent and hardwork in music. We then got a chance to sit into classes. Since most schools in Finland have less than 300 pupils, our whole group would be too big for one school to take care of. So we split up into two groups (wind band & strings) and went to classes in the two schools simultaneously.
How do Finnish students learn in schools? I'll let our students report on that soon. In general, they have small class sizes. Students seem to have lots of freedom and time to learn their topic of interest. Our students were so happy to meet new friends, and they quickly engaged into conversations about Finnish and Chinese cultures. Some went out to the fields and played in the snow. Our students had lunch at the schools. Our students liked the simple meal of salad and baked potatoes with meat sauce. They even said it tasted much better than our meals in HK. ^_^
Our kids then had a short but wonderful time to play with our friends at recess. For most of our boys, this was their first time to play soccer in the snow, and they would surely remember this experience.
Our two groups regrouped at Harmela Koulu and our string orchestra gave a mini-concert to the pupils at Harmela Koulu. A small singing group from the school led us in singing some Finnish songs. Our time was filled with laughter and cheers.
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