Healthy Estonian Food Day.

On 16th December we made our final preperations for the healthy foods day.

On 22th December we had the healthy Estonian food day, where the students could learn about eating healthy foods.

The day started with Anne Kersna lecturing forms 4.-9. . At the beginning of the lecture she introduced a book titled Estonian Food. We found out a lot of interesting stories about food customs, food ingredients, their origin and healthyness. At the end of the lecture students could show what they had learned at the lecture. The day continued with preparing the dishes. Students made traditional Estonian dishes, served them in the school canteen and decorated their recipes. The judges evaluated how the dishes were served, how the food tasted and how well the recipes were decorated. The best cooks were forms 5, 7b and 7a students, whose dishes tasted delicious and were beautifully served.

There were also special prizes given out:

6b - the school cook added their food to the school canteen menu.

8 - best homemade food.

9 - simple and traditional.

6a - the most Christmass-like food.

The project team has to decide next year, which Estonian dish we are going to present to our project partners to taste.

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Project meeting and Citizen Day.

On 25th November we had a project meeting. We made conclusions about our trip to Ireland and divided the tasks for the tomorrow's presentation. Our newest task is to prepare healthy and traditional food. We are going to make a proposal for the school to hold an Estonian food day.

On 26th November the school celebrated the Citizen Day. The citizen week's main topic was the European Union. On the same day we shared our experiences with the school about Ireland. Every student that was on the trip talked about one day in Ireland. Teacher Meeli Jänes presented some pictures we took in Ireland.

On 3rd December we had another project meeting.

*we made preparations for the Estonian food day. On 22th December every class will prepare a healthy and traditional Estonian food. There will also be a lecture about healthy eating. Evita and Gladis drew an info poster.

*the boys and the teachers updated our school board with pictures taken in Ireland.

*teacher Meeli was already preparing our next project meeting, organizing the trip to Spain.

Project meeting in Ireland

The Comenius project meeting was held in Ireland, Colaiste Chraobh Abhanni School, 18.-22. November.

On Wednesday we came to school with our luggage and after two first lessons we left for Tallinn Airport. The first flight was to Copenhagen. From Copenhagen we caught a plane to Dublin. In Dublin we were welcomed by an Irish teacher Ruth. From Dublin we went to Bray on a bus. The teachers stayed in hotel "Royal" while the students were taken to their host families. On Thursday morning we went to Colaiste Chraobh Abhanni School. There were a lot of students and they all had the same school uniforms. There were also a lot of exchange students from different parts of the world.

The feedback of "Switch Off" campaign was given in Media classroom where each school presented their results on energy savings. The students also attended classes. After lunch we went to Glendalough National Park where due to bad weather walking tour was canceled. Instead we visited the museum and watched a 5 minute movie about the history of nearby buildings and history. After that we visited a Christmas gift shop. Then we returned to school where students were picked up by their host families and teachers taken to their hotel.

On Friday morning we gathered in school again and students took part in classes while the teachers were having a project meeting in the music class. After that we went to see the tallest waterfall in Ireland which is 121m high. Later we our sightseeing tour continues in Powerscourt Manor and park. There we had a chance to walk around the park and see beautiful ponds and lakes, in addition to the sculptures. We also had lunch in the castle cafe. When we had eaten, a group photo was taken. After that we went back to school and students could experience making scones. After tea break we went into the music class where we were taught an Irish folk dance. In the evening we got together again in a fancy restaurant where we could order a three course meal.

On Saturday we went to Dublin by train. Our sightseeing day started with a bus tour. It was an open top double-decker. After the bus tour everyone got an hour to explore the city. We were also supposed to see a prison, but due to bad weather the trip was cancelled. After that we headed to the train station to catch a train back to the hotel and host families. Some of the students and teachers got off in Bray, the other in Greystone.

On Sunday morning we had to get together in hotel Royal. We took a bus to airport. From the Dublin Airport we flew to Oslo where we had a lot of free time.

Everybody was back at home by midnight and the next day we all were at school.

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Energy saving week conclusion

Electricity expenses in school:

Normal week 12-19 October the amount of electricity used was 3062.2 kW.
First saving week(unsuccesful, while singers used our school rooms at the weekend) 19-26 October the amount of electricity used was 2928 kW.
Second saving week 2-9 November the amount of electricity was 2404.2 kW.

Amount of electricity we saved up:

First saving week 134.2 kW, it makes only 4%.
Second saving week 658 kW, it is 21%. SUPER!!!

We are going to continue saving up electricity because of the positive results.

Project meeting in Estonia

Project Meeting in Estonia
(18-20 Sept)

On Friday afternoon, people from Germany, Turkey, Spain, Ireland, England and Pärnu arrived in front of our schoolhouse.
The majority of students and teachers had assembled outside of the school to welcome the guests. When everyone was back inside, we gathered in the assembly hall where the English teacher explained what was going to happen. After that younger folk dancers entertained the audience. The Headmaster gave his speech, our English teacher forwarded his text in English. Then Märt Riisenberg, a representative of Kehtna local governemnt also gave his welcoming speech. After that, a tour in the schoolhouse was held. After the school introduction we had lunch in the canteen. After the lunch we gathered in the media classroom, where every country showed its film, in which they introduced their homeland. Turkey had 3 films. After the film presentation we went back into to the assembly hall, where 4-member teams were formed and teams had a quiz about the watched films. Then each of the teams had to draw a poster related to the title of the project - "Life in Harmony with Nature". In the evening students went to their host families and teachers went to "Krantsi Kõrts" for dinner. On Saturday morning at 10 am we again assembled in front of the school and the tour around Kehtna began. It lasted for an hour. At 11 am we headed to Järvakandi Glass Museum. After two hours' tour we went to Nõmme pub. When everyone had eaten, we headed to Rapla. After 30 minutes' shopping in Rapla we finally arrived at Tarsi village, where we had a walk in the Keava bog. Once we arrived back at Tarsi farm, every country had a chance to perform folk dances typical to their country and others could practise. At 21 pm we left Tarsi and the students went back to their host families and the teachers to the hostel. On Sunday morning we gathered in front of the schoolhouse and the foreign guests went on the bus and headed to their homeland.

Meeting

Today we had the first more serious project meeting, where we discussed the following subjects:

1. Campaign "Switch it off!". The British had prepared some nice stickers which we sticked above switches in the halls.
On the first week of campaign (12.-18. Oct) we will read and record the electricity meter. The second week (19.-25. Oct) the school will be notified about energy consumption and the energy saving week begins. At the end of the week Janette and Sandra collect the electricity meter results and a conclusion will be made. 10 students are going to carry out the same experiment at home and on the 6th November the conclusions will be sent to Ireland.


2. National foods. It was decided to organize all-school competition for national foods/dishes. The students shall prepare a dish and take a picture of it. We will add more information about the making of the food, degustation and whether we should recommend the foods to foreigners.

3. Eco-tourism brochure. We will begin the campaign next half-term.

4. The project meeting will now start on Wednesday at 15.00.

5. The project meeting which will be held in Ireland was discussed.

6. As teacher Airi is leaving for a few years from school, then it was decided that the students shall uphold the blog by themselves. First Richard will start, to whom teacher Airi Metsaäär will teach blogging.

7. Online food survey. The Spanish teachers have made a very good nourishment survey, which can be filled in internet. At least 20 students are required to test it before 18. During the biology and English classes the teachers Evelyn and Meeli agreed to test it out with 5.-9. grade students. Teacher Airi will test it with 2. grade students.

Like mentioned earlier, the first meeting was very bust - many things were discussed and decided.
The meeting was attended by: Lauri, Ingomar, Reino, Janette, Sandra, Richard and teachers Meeli Jänes, Mall Niinemets, Evelyn Kurg, Edda Rei, Airi Metsaäär.

See you next Wednesday!

Project meeting in Estonia

Last week was very busy for us. Therefore we haven't put any new information here.

On 16th-20th September we had a project meeting in Estonia. All the partners came to visit us. It was nice and interesting time. We could meet some new friends and it was nice to see our old friends from previous meetings.

While there are 2 schools from Estonia who are in this project, our guests started their visit from Pärnu and ended in Kehtna. These two places are absolutely different - Pärnu is a town near the sea and Kehtna is an agricultural village almost in the middle of Estonia. But our guests from England told us that it was exciting to see the different places. It might be a bit complicated for the students who had to stay for 2 nights by the families in Pärnu and then for 2 nights by the families in Kehtna. But they managed it well.

The weather was sunny all these days. It rained before the meeting and it started raining again this night.

Project meeting in Turkey

27. May - 1. June we participated in a project meeting in Turkey, in the city of Yenifoca. Teachers Airi Metsaäär, Meeli Jänes as well as a 9th grade student Oliver Männik attended at the meeting. At the meeting we discussed what we had already done and what are the tasks we should fulfill at the project meeting in Estonia. We participated in an international eco-related conference in the city of Foca, where a representative of each country introduced their country's educational system and enviromental actions. At the conference Turkish enviromental scientists made a presentation of global issues. We got a lot of interesting ideas. The presentation about our school was made by the teacher Airi Metsaäär. During our visit in Turkey, we also went on some intresting tours.
The reception was warm, friendly and caring. The people there were very helpful.

Meeting the teachers from Pärnu school

On Friday, 8th May the teachers Airi Metsaäär and Mall Niinemets went to Pärnu Koidula Gymnasium to meet the project partners. We discussed the things we have done already and made some plans for the project meeting in Estonia on 17.-20. September. We also talked about the project meeting in Turkey.
In my opinion the meeting in Pärnu was useful and successful. Next time we will meet in Kehtna.

Airi Metsaäär

Making a stand about meeting in England

Students and teachers are making a stand with pictures and information about the meeting in England.

Posters "Healthy Food"

We draw posters of healthy food during this week and there will be a competition. Some students started their posters today.
Here are the posters:

The lecture about healthy food

Today whole school got more information about healthy food. After the lecture everyone could have different snacks of healthy food.

Meeting in England

We are back from the project meeting in England in Halifax. We enjoyed our 5-day-long journey very much. The students communicated intesivly. The teachers spent a good time together. It was great to get new information about England and see nice places. Our special thanks to Charlotte and the other teachers and to the host families. We are looking forward to meet you all in Turkey in May.

We had a meeting today, where we showed the pictures and talked about the journey to the other teachers and students who were interested in England.

Here is a nice picture of our friendly Comenius family.

Preparations for the meeting in England

The last things have been done. We watched our film, it is ready now. Students practiced the slide show about Estonia that they are going to talk about in England.

We are looking forward to meet our project partners in England.

Summaries of stepcounters

Today we analysed the stepcounter task.

Winter in Estonia

Some pictures of our snowy winter.

Analyzes

Today we started analyzing the results of the questionnaire that the students had filled in. Some diagramms are ready.

Stepcounters and film

9th graders (13 students) finished the stepcounter task in the end of December. Now the 8th graders are doing it.

We still go on with working on the film. Today the students made some pages with subtitels for different parts of the film. On 18th December they looked for some nice pictures for the film. On 11th December we watched the film and changed the ideas about adding something and how it should look like finally.