The representatives of 7

partner schools met in the

beginning of October in

Sundby, Finland.

Teachers and head teach-

ers from Cyprus, France,

Spain, Poland, Italy and

The Netherlands were

welcomed in the Town

Hall in Pedersöre on

Wednesday the 5th.They

were given a presentation

about the Finnish school

system and the laws on

children with special edu-

cational needs within the

system.

Several schools that spe-

cialized in children with

educational needs were

visited. Amongst them

“Snäckan” kindergarten.

This school specialises in

helping children with

hearing disabilities, whilst

integrating them fully

with children without spe-

cial needs.

Thursday they first paid a

visit to the finnish part-

nerschool in Sundby and

Backby school. The child-

ren prepared songs and

dances and gave a specta-

culair show.

In the afternoon Sursik

Upper secondary school

was on the program with a

tour and a lecture about

the finnish secondary

school system.

In the early evening we

paid a visit to the arctic

museum in Jacobstad,

named Nanoq. The foun-

der of the museum, the

arctic explorer Pentti

Kronqvist , gave us a very

interesting tour.

The museum is built and

maintained by volunteers

only. Everyone was ama-

zed with the houses and

artifacts they saw. The

stories our guide told us

made come alive to all of

us.

Friday morning a meeting

was held in the hotel.

Plans were discussed, eva-

luations made and the

contract was “signed.

Later we visited a local

shipyard.

Saturday we attende a

lecture on the teachers

university in Vaasa and

some local sightseeing.

Some pictures from Fin-

land.

Logo competition in all countries

In all countries the logo

competition has started.

All students are trying

their best to design a logo

for the project.

The design has to be their

own work and will be jud-

ged on creativity and usi-

bilaty and if it expresses

the meaning of our pro-

ject.

All countries will take

their 3 best logo’s to Po-

land , where an internatio-

nal children’s jury will

pick the winner.

They are the representati-

ves from Hollland, Cyprus,

Italy, Portugal and host

Poland.

The winner will be used

in the blog, newsletter and

all publications of the pro-

ject.

Creating a knight’s

pledge

Nov.

2011

Logo competition Nov.

2011

Visit to Łodź 16-11

-2011

Makin of national

honour code

Dec.

2011

Presentations of Po-

land trip

Dec.

2011

Sending Christmas

cards

Dec.

2011

Opcoming events

Head teachers and coordinators meet in Finland

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