The goodness of strangers! =)

Check out this link to see how a Canadian student was reunited with his wallet when he returned to Canada, after losing it in Europe.
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/blogs/dailybrew/canadian-student-reunited-wallet-lost-while-travelling-overseas-182426656.html

Exercise your cooking skills!

 How to make Tomato and Pork Fried Rice, Chinese style! =)

 

Hi from Bianca! =)

Hello, dear students of Kalajoen lukio!

I'm Bianca, and I'm from a town called Markham (just north of Toronto), in Ontario, Canada. I have been in Kalajoki for almost a week now and have enjoyed the wonderful company of your lovely people! I am excited to begin my adventures at your lukio and look forward to bringing a little bit of my lovely country to your wonderful town. =)

Dog talking fun!

Problems in the EU- some facts?

With all the news of the problems in the EU and the euro it is hard to ignore the fact that we are all in the middle of quite a big crisis that could have far reaching political effects for us all. At the moment the situation within the EU is creating alot of trouble and mistrust between members. The PIGS of Europe are, well most of them, trying to their best to make the situation better but with big changes needed it has hard for the people of the EU to understand whats going on.

To try and begin to learn about the current issues I suppose we need to think about the basics of the countries that are in the news at the moment. The three that come to my mind are Italy, German and Greece. These three countries have caught the attention and minds of the EU media and now it is time to do a little research into what makes them work and how the basics of their government function- or dont in some cases!

For this class the fantastic students were split into three groups and given about 20 mintues to research, using the amazing powers of the internet, about the parliments and governments that make up these three countries. The students then came back to the class were we shared the findings together by talking about what they  had researched . The result being a blackboard (more green in Finland...) full of facts and thoughts about these 3 elements that make up the EU. I like this method as the students themselves find the information and have to tell me what they found..sssh...dont tell them, but, they have to say it outloud to me...in English! So I like that..plus they come up with somethings that my middle aged mind just wouldnt think off!



As always thanks to the students for using their brains!

What if?

As part of today’s class, Thursday 20th of October, we watched part of a BBC horizon documentary about nuclear power and how the disaster in Fukushima, Japan has affected people living there.

I learned some new things and I hope the students did also. The documentary seemed to be quite fair and gave a clear picture of what happened in Fukushima. This sort of information is becoming more and more relevant since the announcement of the construction of nuclear power plant in Pyhäjoki, some 20odd km north of Kalajoki.


We will be taking a break for a week now with the school having their autumn holidays. When we come back I hope to watch the rest of this documentary and then maybe do some research in nuclear power and try to understand how it can be a benefit and a hindrance for society. Big things to think about!

BBC Horizon Fukushima: Is Nuclear Power Safe? ¦ 720p [1/4]