Adventure on the ice

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Adventure on the ice

• Princess and the wolf
• Tobogganing
• Ice fishing
• Soccer
• Sausages and hot cocoa

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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!

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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

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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.

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• 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)

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• 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,

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• 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)

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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

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?!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

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Describe the week with one word!

• FUN

COLD
RELAXING
INTERESTING
EXTREME
FANTASTIC
ENJOYABLE
SNOWY
BUSY
WHITE
COMMUNICATION
THE-BEST-WEEK-EVER
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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

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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