The lower secondary school of Alove

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9uFae7ofChxYlJFSDVBVTFOS2c/view?pli=1

Christmas caring and sharing at Vändra Gymnasium, Estonia.

Estonian students have organized Christmas fairs at our school to collect money for charity purpose. Have a look at Triin`s and Pille-Riin`s presentations about this and also our school Christmas decorations.
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1pERt8PnhE9oypfpD-dPJ2_Q_Be8s9w_-rDC_WH6RnmE/edit#slide=id.g4598dd86c_09

Follow this link. Danish students are collecting money for less fortunate families in Odense. It's in Danish, but I think you'll get the picture:-)

 http://www.tv2fyn.dk/arkiv/2014/12/6?video_id=78529&autoplay=1

                  Odense Zoo (written by Arttu)

 

On Thursday afternoon we went to the Odense zoo. Some of us rode a bike there and some of us walked. The Danish students didn’t come with us because I think they had been there quite many times. When we got there, the Finnish and Estonian students split into groups by themselves and the teachers went in their own group. We ran to the first animal which was a tiger. I personally think it was the best animal we saw because there were many different places we could see it or take photos of it.



A turtle

Some fish in the green water

In the zoo there were many different animals like tigers, monkeys, turtles, a firefox, penguins and many others. As I said, first we went to see the tiger and after that there were some elks. Then we saw some makis and they were all in a little bunch. Then we saw these humongous turtles and after that some giraffes. Then there were zeebras, alpacas, camels and other animals like that. Then there were Shetland ponies which are these little horses, and there was also a petting zoo next to it. Then there was the second best thing which was the aquarium. In the aquarium there were some manatees, catfish, these weird long, flat and long fish and lots of other animals/fish. The last thing we saw was a penguin place which was really cool and it was really cold there


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Trip to Odense Zoo (made by Selma-Sofia)

Trip to Odense Zoo

We left the school on Thursday afternoon. Some of us biked some of us walked. The Danes took us and the Estonians to the Zoo. The Danes didn’t come to the Zoo.

          When we got in we ran straight to the tigers’ cage. We hoped we could see some kittens but there were not any little tigers. The cage was really cool we could go up on it at two sides and then there was a cave where we could go in. We got some really awesome photos and left those beautiful cats.

    We had a lot of fun with plenty of turtles, monkeys,

giraffes, zebras, pigs, chickens, lamas and ponys.

 

 

      There was this superfun swinging thing and we had much of fun. Just saying the rope wasn’t soft p.s my head.

      After having a great headache we went to the aquarium it was super duper cool. There were much of scary and beautiful fishes. Most of them had big scary teeth. Then there were big white fat balls oh well not exactly it’s just what they looked like.

 

       And we continued to the penguins’ cage. It was just like in the northern side of earth. We putted more clothes on and admired the few. There was penguins swimming, sleeping and hanging with each other.

                              We had a wonderful trip to the Odense Zoo. JJJJJJJJ

Diary of the trip to Odense (made by the Finnish students)

Monday 27.10.

We came to the school in the morning. Then a bus took us to the airport. We flew to Copenhagen and waited there for the Estonians. When they came, we took the train to Odense. The host families picked us up from the station. In the evening we spent time with the host families.

 

Tuesday 28.10.

We went on a tour around the school. Then we were divided into groups, and in those groups, we started a Foodwaste - project. It was a video about wasting food. Then we had activities in the gym. After that we went home with the families. Some of us went to a restaurant or to the cinema.

Wednesday 29.10.

In the morning we learned how to say some easy sentences in Estonian and Danish. We also taught them some Finnish. Then we continued doing the Foodwaste - project. After the lunch we went to a H.C. Andersen tour. It was interesting. We saw his childhood home and some other places he had been to. In the evening the host families organized activities like going to a restaurant.

Thursday 30.10.

In the morning we had another language lesson. Then we finished the Foodwaste - projects. Then we went to the zoo for 3 hours. Later we had an international evening. The Finns and Estonians had brought some traditional food like rye crisps and chocolate. We watched the videos and we got diplomas for participating the project.

Friday 31.10.

We left our host families. The Estonians took an earlier train to Copenhagen. The Finns stayed in Odense for a few hours. We went shopping in Odense city. Then we took the train to the airport in Copenhagen and flew back to Helsinki.

 

Estonian students`presentation about food waste at school and at home

https://prezi.com/6p22acbp8c6x/food-waste-at-home-and-my-school/

Estonian students` presentation about Estonia, Vändra and Vändra Gymnasium

https://prezi.com/6cc-sqc6lr9r/estonia-vandra-and-vandra-gymnasium/

Photos about Estonians` visit to Odense in October 2014

Photos about Estonians` visit to Odense in October 2014 https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/111963230857556108622/albums/6077901326421956817

Estonians in Denmark in October 2014

 

 

Vändra Gymnasium students in Odense in October 2014

 

 

During October 27th to 31st Vändra Gymnasium’s students  from forms 8 and 9 Carmen Pari, Sille Sempelson, Marti  Orav, Madis Steinberg. Martin Kaljuste, Helen Tilk, Sander Sõmer, Aleks Nugis, Eliise Päärnamets, Pille-Riin Pertel, Triin Toom, Hanna Miina Kivisäk and teachers Silja Enok and project`s coordinator Irina Lõõbas visited Denmark, Odense, within the Nordplus Junior ‘’Teenagers Being Innovators’ project.

This was already the second international project with Hunderupskolen school and the fifth  Nordplus Junior project for Vända Gymnasium involving basic school students.  The current project spans over 2 years, with Denmark, Estonia, Finland and Lihtuania being its partners. There are 21 students from classes 7-9 and 3 teachers in the project from our school.

In Denmark we also met our partner school students from Finland and enjoyed working in various workshops in the groups formed of students of 3 countries.We had interesting possiblities to learn  each others languages in language workshops and play sport together in international teams. 

During the 5 days in Denmark we acquired much knowledge about the lives of Danes: how much they waste food in Denmark, Denmark’s cuisine, and their natural environment. On the first day Martin Kaljuste and Marti Orav presented a slideshow called ‘’Food waste at home and my  school’’ telling others about food waste in Estonia.

Madis Steinberg and Sander Sõmer also presented a slideshow called ‘’Estonia, Vändra and Vändra Gymnasium’’ introducing our school and Estonia to others.

We got to know that the Danes are the world’s biggest wasters of food. We also visited supermarkets and cafes to ask people about how much food they buy and consume. 

 As our project was focused on  food waste in Denmark, we asked the permission to go dumpster diving, although many supermarkets refused, giving the explanation that it is bad for our health, which we really  did not believe.

Later in our really international groups of students from Finland, Denmark and Estonia, we put it all together into a movies, which we showed to Danish families on our last night`s party . Danish families were very friendly and kind, always helping us. We went out to eat a lot. Although we did not get chance to explore the city as we ran out of time and energy due to long school days, we all enjoyed our stay in Odense and our visit to the zoo.

Their school house was nice, equipped with new technology, while also showing a part of the older days,  which had been rebuilt. Everyone in the school was very pleasant, friendly, and kind.

On the day before leaving Denmark we had a big party with teachers, students and the Danish families. We introduced them Estonian food and sweets, which they liked a lot. Everything we put on the table was gone by the minute. Danish students and their families brought warm dishes and Finnish students brought cookies and sweets typical to their country. 

 At the end of the night, we were given letters of thank you by Odense school and we sang the Estonian song of the year called ‘’Kauges Külas’’. After all the parents had left, we ran downstairs, put the music on and danced till late at night.

Although we didn’t spend much time in Denmark, we really got to know each other and going home was hard. Once home, we were all very tired, but happy for this awesome trip to Denmark.

We are looking forward to see our Danish and Lithuanian partners in Estonia in April 2015 and hoping to meet Finnish friends again in Lithuania in April 2016.

 

Sille Sempelson, Triin Toom, Marti Orav and teachers Silja and Irina