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Day 1 Bäckby Skola (Finland).

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 It's a cold Finnish morning and Sofia picks me up in her own car at 7:45. He receives me with all the kindness in the world and we go to school. She introduces me to director Ture and her partner Stina. The headmaster gives me the center's schedule and invites me to start by attending his music class.  They are very kind and friendly.      School surroundings.     Inside the school. As soon as you enter the school you can see that they have many material resources. There are all different kinds of thing, they even have a sewing workshop and a carpenter´s workshop! The facilities are very well prepared and access is good. Teachers have their own bathroom where they use to change their clothes according the subject they are assigned to. For instance, if they have physical education or if they do outdoorlearning  they wear tracksuit. The Internet access is fast but sometimes it can be unstable. Furthermore, there is free wifi from Pedersöre municipa...

Day 4 Bäckby Skola, Pedersöre (Finland).

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  Mo (Swedish): 3rd - 4th. We start in 3rd and 4th grade with reading comprehension activities. During the 45-minutes class, the teacher pauses for 3-4 minutes to do kinetic exercises and promote brain activation.  OL (Natural Sciences) : 3rd - 4th. We go out into the environment to observe different birds that have come to spend the summer season with binoculars. We took a book to identify them and learn about some of their characteristics. We return to the classroom to read and comment on the section related to birds. Finally, we search on on two websites about the migration of elks in Sweden where they have to cross a river. Also, we observed on another website the evolution of a nest from mating to hatching. Both pages offer live connection. Slöjd (Carpentry) : 1st - 2nd . We individually build a wooden fishing rod.  Mo (Swedish) : 5th - 6th. Writing an essay. The teacher writes and explains a mental map to explain the different parts of this type of text and the stud...