TOPIC: Winter, snow and climate change
Duration: 23th of January – 28th of January 2023
Monday
- sightseeing bus tour in Helsinki
- Oodi, the new central library
- lunch stop at Tampere viking restaurant
- bus travel to Toholampi
- students to host families, teachers to Sulola B&B
Tuesday
- welcoming event at Toholampi school
- meeting and info, getting to know each other
- tour around Toholampi schools
- workshops (1. making a snowflake out of metal wire, 2. baking traditional Finnish cookies, etc., 3. creating a video of news and fake news, 4. studying snow)
Wednesday
- lecture at the town hall: ”What is the EU doing to tackle climate change and biodiversity loss?”
- sledding with hot chocolate and traditional Shrovetide buns
- trip to FinnsSpring spring water factory, presentation of the firm and how they try to decrease their carbon footprint (with pizza, swimming and sauna)
Thursday
- workshops continued
- bus trip to Kokkola
- Rödsö reindeer farm with reindeer, goats and farm stuff (reindeer soup)
- visit to Keskipohjanmaa newspaper, a presentation on a journalist’s work and how to make sure everything they publish is truthful
- free time in Kokkola
- evening activities/sports at the sports hall
Friday
- Watching senior student practice for their upcoming dance ball
- workshops continued
- finishing touches to the news videos
- teachers’ meeting at the same time
- concert at the school hall
- final meeting: presentations of photos, videos and other work done during the week, diplomas
- making tortillas together and buffet dinner, games: Among us!, Kahoot!
