We had a very nice and active week with our new Danish friends.
33 Danish pupils and 5 teachers arrived on Sunday evening and were taken home to their host families.
On Monday we had a welcome morning assembly for the whole school: we learned some Danish words/sentences and sang together "Brother Jacob" in many languages. That was also a start for our MOK-week (Lohja 700 years) at our school.
We got know each other by playing different games, talked about democracy and how to influence one´s own life.
In the evening we gathered at school and had an International Evening and Amazing Race with pupils, families and teachers. We also had a potluck and many different things to eat:) We raised money for Ukrainian.
On Tuesday we continued with the subject "Democracy". We created political parties, simulated debate and elections. It went pretty well and we were proud of our pupils! During the day the Danes also went on a bus trip round our city Lohja and visited Lohja and main sites.
On Wednesday we left early for Helsinki to visit Sibelius Monument, Finnish Parliament, Temppeliaukio Church, the main library Oodi, Senate Square etc. The Finnish parliament was interesting and informative place to visit!
On Thursday we had a lesson about social media and influencing for the 8th and 9th graders of the school. Jari, our history teacher, interviewed Sami Ibrahim, youth worker about his life and his ways of influencing. After that the Finnish and Danish pupils played football against each other: Finland won 5-0. Congrats!
In the afternoon we left for a walk through Lahokallio and went to Liessaari and to the Yacht club. There we had good time, we grilled, went to the sauna and for a swim, hanged around...That was our farewell party for our Danish friends:)
On Friday morning the bus left at 6.30. to the airport. It was time to say good bye! But we will meet again in April! We are really looking forward in meeting you all again! Take care, we had a very nice week together:)