Tuesday, 30 September 2014
Impressions of Finland
Class photo at the school...
Global School
Teachers and students were very welcoming and it gave us the opportunity to think about what we can learn from them.
Particular favourite is the art work on the incredible resource suitcases that we learnt about today, have a feeling we will be working with these more! Exciting!
Ashling, UK
School visit and global school, kouluvierailu ja maailmankoulu
Today we have spent afternoon at visiting two different level of Finnish schools at Kokkola, primary school and secondary school. Also after school visits were done, we have spent few hours at center of Kokkola. We also had change to hear about Global school.
Tänään vietimme aamupäivän kouluvierailuiden merkeissä. Kävimme tutustumassa kahdessa eri Kokkolalaisessa koulussa, ala-asteella ja ylä-asteella. Kävimme myös Kokkolan keskustassa, jossa vietimme muutaman tunnin katsellen paikkoja. Tutustuimme myös Maailmankouluun.
-Kimmo Laine-
The 21st century human
Monday, 29 September 2014
Greetings, ehtoota
After long day where we were learning things about 2020 project and after small walk to close by lighthouse, few brave participant went to sauna and to swim. While these brave participants were at sauna rest of the group light the campfire.
Pitkän päivän jälkeen jolloin opimme asioita 2020 projektista ja läheiselle majakalle tehdyn pienen kävelyretken jälkeen muutama rohkea osallistuja meni saunomaan ja uimaan. Sillä aikaan loppu ryhmästä sytytti tulen nuotioon.
-Kimmo Laine-
Finland trip
Day 2 at Villa Elba
How can we create a better future for our young people? What tools and practise can we use? Let's get talking .....
Day one
Sunday, 28 September 2014
Guillem Porres. Education Inspirations
Teambuilding - creative treasure hunt
Saturday, 27 September 2014
Hello,
My name is Janita. I am with the English crew currently on the train to Kokkola. Thank goodness for wifi!!
I am the youth manager for a wonderful charity called Hackney Quest. Check out the website www.hackneyquest.org.uk :-)
Finland so far has been great. Got to wonder around the market at Tikkurila drinking hot chocolate in the glorious sunshine (who said Finland was cold?? Lol!)) and learning the finish word for thank you...Kiitos
Look forward or meeting you all
Janita
Excited to be here!
My name is Rosa and I work as a Membership Development Officer at London Youth.
London Youth is a vibrant network of 400 youth organisations across the capital who are supported by the London Youth team in London and at our two centres. We're here to support and challenge young people, whatever their background and whoever they are, to reach their full potential.
In my role, I get to work with many of our members, three of which are also going to be present at the course.
I am looking forward to arrive to Villa Elba and meeting all of you!
UK girl gang
Introductions from UK
Friday, 26 September 2014
Who to expect...
Villa Elba
Guess where we are?
Thursday, 25 September 2014
Sadie :)
I'm Sadie, one of the UK participants coming along with momentum world. I'm currently a trainee Secondary school teacher but have also done some volunteering over the summer with momentum!
Can't wait to meet everyone and see what Finland has install!
See you all soon!
P.s I hate flying so one of you guys may need to hold my hand!
10 unusual facts about Finland
Finland has over 188000 lakes with 98000 islands.
Fact 2:
Finland have a wife carrying championship.
Fact 3:
Mobile company Nokia was founded in Finland.
Fact 4:
Finland is one of the only countries in the world which broadcasts news in Latin.
Fact 5:
There are 1.8 million saunas in Finland.
Fact 6:
Finland has two official languages, Finnish and Swedish.
Fact 7:
Donald Duck comics were banned in Finland because Donald Duck doesn’t wear pants.
Fact 8:
Santa Claus has his office in the North of Finland.
Fact 9:
Finland is the seventh largest country in Europe, in terms of area.
Fact 10:
The population of Finland is about 5 million and about 1 million of them live in the capital Helsiki
Amy's HELLLLLLLOOOOO
Wednesday, 24 September 2014
2 days to go before Finland
So on Friday we depart for Finland to run the Education Inspirations programme. Today we have been packing resources printing off materials and checking the weather. It promises to be colder than the visit a few weeks ago but we are hardy British people used to going out in T-shirts and short skirts.
So what does the week hold for our participants? All I can say is it will be full on, involve some trips out exploring Finish culture, some film challenges, development of some amazing new ideas and a chance to take on a new 2020 Education project.
But there is more...
You will also get the opportunity to:
- build new friendships
- work with 4 other countries
- experience an amazing host project
- pass on your skills
- hopefully really push yourself out of your comfort zone
Hello Everyone
For more information about what we do visit www.haringeyshed.org
Friday, 19 September 2014
Looking forward to the Inspiration
I was at Villa Elba just a few weeks ago, and I can honestly say it is a fantastic place with a great team of people - and plenty of good food, which is always important to keep energy levels up on a course like this. Villa Elba has been a partner of Momentum World for two years now, and we share an interest in developing innovative educational projects for young people and youth workers.
What is the purpose of education? How far do our schools actually prepare people for the challenges of the 21st century, with all its interconnected global problems? How do other countries do things? What is the added value of youth work, non-formal learning and international projects? "Education Inspirations" is all about these kinds of questions.
Please bring your ideas, energy and sense of humour. We will have some interesting discussions, new ideas, and real team challenges during this week. At the end, we will go back with some simple action plans that we can put into practice with our organisations, youth groups, or just our friends. We will learn about each other's cultures. And I am sure we will have a lot of fun.
I look forward to meeting everyone next Saturday!
Welcome from Paul Oxborough - Momentum World
Hi everyone I am Paul Oxborough from the UK a very warm welcome to this blog and the Education Inspirations project.
I am part of the training team on this project. Very excited about visiting Finland, we have worked a number of times with Heli from Villa Elba but never had the pleasure of visiting this wonderful country.
My interests are walking my dog, motorbikes, reading and travelling.
My background... I professionally qualified as a Youth Worker in 1992 then worked for the local authority in Buckinghamshire before moving into staff development and training role. After 6 years of this job I set up my first company using my youth work and film making skills. We set Momentum World up in 2008. I have had some amazing travelling opportunities doing a job I love.
Really looking forward to meeting you all and having a great week together. If you need anything I can be reached by emailing paul@momentumworld.org