Ongoing activities

What we have done or are doing:

Autumn 2015:

• We had a team meeting in September where we set more specific goals for the first quarter of the project and divided tasks and responsibilities between ourselves.

• We have informed all the staff, students and their parents about the project.

• We have made preparations (planning a programme) for the first “short joint-staff training event” to be organized by our school in November.

• In English and PE, our 8E sports class is currently working on a game called “Mölkky” – the object is to make an instructional Youtube video of how to play the game. /DONE!

• In Technical work they are making a game set for Mölkky. /DONE!

• In English several classes of 8th formers are creating a board game on Finland with questions ranging from cultural and historical aspects to flora and fauna spiced up with some humour.

• In Art some students are designing the actual game board for the Finland-game.

• Class 9C (an English-oriented group) have taken photos of Joensuu and written commentaries for them; these are now being edited into a PPT presentation by some IT groups. /DONE!

• In History, students are asked to brainstorm some traditional Finnish outdoor and party games to be researched in more detail.

• In English, class 7F has prepared AdobeVoice presentations on our school: they have taken photos of the school and prepared written and audio commentaries for them. /DONE!

• In English, class 8E is preparing PPT presentations on different aspects of Finland. /DONE!

• in Art, students of both the Finnish and the Spanish school will be asked to design a logo for the project: there will be a competition where students get to vote on the best logo./DONE!

• Mobility 1 (Spanish teachers’ visit to our school) was implemented according to plan in November 2015. 

Spring 2016: 

• January 2016: together with our Spanish partners we established a shared Schoology site where students can share their work and chat with each other.
• February 2016
• A competition has been set up for all the students of Lyseo comprehensive school: The task is to come up with new ways of using and playing with the traditional Pekka-cards as means of learning English.
• In English, class 8F is preparing an Adobe Voice presentation on a traditional Finnish board game called African Star. In History another class is going to study the historical background of the game. /DONE!
• Preparations are under way regarding Mobility 2: Four Finnish teachers are leaving for Spain, Albacete/Fuenteálamo in April 2016.
• We have also started preparing for Mobility 3 (in October 2016) when Spanish students visit our school. We are currently looking for host families to accommodate our guests.
• Preparations for Erasmus+ theme week (week 13) are under way: several foreigners, including many Spaniards, have offered their input regarding the workshops we are planning to set up for our students!
• Finnish and Spanish students have created a shared Whatsapp group to get to know each other better – this communication takes place in their freetime and is not supervised by any teachers.
• Erasmus+ theme week (week 13) successfully implemented
• Mobility 2 (4 Finnish teachers’ visit to  Albacete/Fuente Alamo/IES Miguel de Cervantes) took place 9th – 16th April 2016
• Host families for most Spanish students have been found
• Planning of Spanish Students’ visit (Mobility 3) under way: Finnish students will be asked to join the Erasmus team to plan the week’s programme
• Different types of discussion prompts have been inserted in Schoology for Spanish and Finnish students to share and compare their opinions about various topics

Autumn 2016

• Preparations for the Spanish students’ mobility to Joensuu started in August
• Spanish students’ week’s mobility to Joensuu was carried out according to plan in October.
• The mobility week (3rd-7th October) was an “Erasmus theme week” in our school with different types of activities to allow our students to interact with the Spanish guests
• The Finnish and Spanish students started designing a new boardgame “European adventure” when meeting face-to-face in Joensuu: the project will continue on-line through Schoology
• The selection of the 24 Finnish students who will participate in the student mobility to Spain was made in November

Spring 2017

• Preparations for the Finnish students’ mobility to Fuenteálamo are under way