Tuesday and Wednesday
The Slovak team arrived in good time and the Turkish team took the train from Helsinki and arrived in Oulu in the morning. The teams were shown different parts of the school, e.g. kindergarten, dentist, the office of the headmistress. According to the programme the children attended various lessons. In the evening our guests got to know their host families.
UK and Czech teams arrived later in the evening and went straight to their host families.
On Wednesday morning all arrived for an 8 am start. The programme of the day included e.g. handcraft, ICT, maths, arts, English. The teachers visited lessons and spoke to local teachers and generally got to know their way around the school. The pupils had their lunch with their Finnish classes. The adults had lunch together and discussed the project so far.
The whole school was gathered in the hall for a party together. There was a lot of singing from all parties involved. The atmosphere was joyful and pleasant. All the 400 pupils enjoyed the experience of having foreign guests at school.
Later in the afternoon the children played games in the hall with their teachers until it was time to have dinner in the school canteen. After dinner the children constructed a Comenius tree made from fabric handprints. After a long day it was time get home to the families.
