1. Adventure on the ice Princess and the wolf Tobogganing Ice fishing
Soccer
Sausages and hot cocoa

2. Social evening School choir and school band
Traditional and well known songs (Cat scratch fever, excited, Africa,...)
Traditional song and dance from the Spanish girls with long dresses
We all enjoyed the night!

3. First impressions of Vaasa
Snowy, clean, safe
’Concrete’ (blocks) but pretty
Cold but flat and beautiful
Nice nature and forests
Friendly people
Big city, cozy

4. Vasa övningsskola SPORTS:
- Team sports: volleyball, basketball, soccer, relay race, floor hockey
- Gymnastic lessons: summer sports (football on the grass, swimming…), winter sports (ice skating, country cross skiing,…) and aerobics.

5. Hungary: weightlifting, football, table tennis, volleyball, handball, basketball, roller skating, swimming, fitness and aerobics
No school teams
Can play with each other on several locations (Santa-cup for football)

6. Belgium: school teams for rugby, football, basketball, chess,…
Gymnastic classes. Badminton, handball, running (long distance and sprint)
Students from boarding school: horseback riding, squash, swimming, table tennis, athletics,…

7. MUSIC:
- Finnish students are really good at it
- They can play different instruments
- Hungary: not really a music class, but learning about music history and listen to different types of music
- Belgium: just the basics
(read notes, recognize
instruments,sing, listen and history)

8. The different languages
NICE TO MEET YOU:
(Dutch) Leuk je te ontmoeten
(Swedish) Trevligt att träffas
(Hungarian) Örülök, hogy làthatlak
(Basque) Pozten naiz zu ezagutzeaz
(Welsh) Neis i gwrdol ’a chi

9. ?!Tobogganing!?
You slide down in snow from a hill sitting on a plastic “sledge” (= ’pulka’) or plastic bag
It was very cold so we had some hot chocolate
It was a lot of fun

10. Describe the week with one word!
FUN
• COLD
• RELAXING
• INTERESTING
• EXTREME
• FANTASTIC
• ENJOYABLE
• SNOWY
• BUSY
• WHITE
• COMMUNICATION
• THE-BEST-WEEK-EVER

11. Interview 1 What is your name? Satu Väre How old are you? 17
Where do you live? I live in Vasa
How many people live with you in your home?
3. Me, Mum & Dad
How far away do you live from school? Around 7km
How do you get to school? In a car
How long does it take you to get to school? It takes 8 mins
What are you favourite lessons? Music, singing. Psychology
What would you like to do when you grow up? Dancer is my dream job
What do you enjoy doing in your spare time? I do a lot of dancing

12. Interview 2 What is your name? Ulla Granfors
Where do you come from? Vasa
Do you enjoy living in Finland? Yes
Do you enjoy being the head teacher of a school?
Most of the time, but it sometimes it gets a bit stressful
You school is beautiful, how do you keep it so tidy?
We have nice and effective cleaning staff and pupils
that take care of their environment
If you could change anything about your school what would it be?
Breakfast and healthy snacks during the day and ways to avoid stress
Do you find it hard to drive in the snow? No
Do you teach any subjects? Yes, Swedish