'We Europeans Have a Bagful of Culture to Share'








Friday, 5 February 2010

Tasting delicious food

Negreanu Cristian, from class IA was brave enough to bake the Finnish recipe all by himself. We think he is a great pastry chef, don't you?












On the 29th of January the classes involved in the project had a very tasty and savoury activity. Our helpful moms helped us with the cooking of your fabulous traditional recipes and the pupils were very glad to taste them. Here are some pictures:














Wednesday, 27 January 2010

Finnish traditional song

Tuu tuu tupakkirulla,
mistäs tiesit tänne tulla?
Tulin pitkin Turun teitä,
Hämäläisten härkäteitä.
Mistäs tunsit meidän portin?
Näin teidän uuden portin.
Haka alla, pyörä päällä,
karhuntalja portin päällä.

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Monday, 25 January 2010

23 Nisan-Turkish Song

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23 NİSAN

Sanki her tarafta var bir düğün
Çünkü en şerefli en mutlu gün
Bugün yirmi üç Nisan
Hep neşeyle doluyor insan

Bugün Atatürk'ten bir armağan
Yoksa tutsak olurdun sen inan
Bugün yirmi üç Nisan
Hep neşeyle doluyor insan

Saturday, 23 January 2010

UK song

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Our youngest children sang this song as part of their Christmas performance. As they are only 4 and 5 years old they just sang the first verse. The other verses are written below and can be sung to the same tune.

Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are.
Up above the world so high,
Like a diamond in the sky.
Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are!

When the blazing sun is gone,
When there's nothing he shines upon,
Then you show your little light,
Twinkle, twinkle, through the night.
Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are!

In the dark blue sky so deep
Through my curtains often peep
For you never close your eyes
’Til the morning sun does rise
Twinkle, twinkle, little star
How I wonder what you are


Recycling in Finland (Mutalan koulu)

Tampere Regional Solid Waste Management is the company which is responsible for waste collection in Tampere and Tampere Region.

Local drop-off collection points for recyclable waste are usually located near grocery stores, marketplaces and one of the collection points is in the Mutalan koulu`s backyard.

In these photos below you can see some examples of our collection points.




You can return used batteries to the shops or special red-coloured collection bins.


You can return your clear and coloured bottles and jars hear. Porcelain, ceramics and lightbulls are not suitable for glass collecting. Returnable bottles should be taken to shops on Alko.



For example tins and aluminium trays should be taken to drop-off collection points or to metal collection bin.




At our school we collect dry and clear paper, newspapers, magazines and advertisements...



...and take them to a paper collection bin.







In the backyard we also have a biowaste collection bin. There you can put kitchen waste like food, leftovers, fruit and vegetables peels, coffee filters and teabags etc.





Broken furnitures, hazardous waste, rubble from home improvement projects and scrap electronics must be taken to eco-centres or solid waste management sites. There are also special lorries drive aroud the city and collect household hazardous waste and scrab metal.
Outdated medicines, broken thermometers and needles should be taken to a chemist shop.
Recycling centres take goods that you don`t need anymore but are undamaged and potential use to other people.
Flea markets are also popular in Finlanf.
( Some of the texts are from: www.pirkanmaan-jatehuolto.fi/)

Wednesday, 13 January 2010

ROMANIAN WINTER SONG (2)

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Ninge..

Ninge, ninge, ninge, ninge

Ninge şi pământul
Azi se-nveşmântează
Ca pe-o prăjitură
Norii îi pudrează

Ninge, ninge, ninge, ninge

Ninge, peste casă
Ninge şi-n livadă
Totu-i o imensă
Lume de zăpadă

Ninge, ninge, ninge, ninge

Ninge dimineaţa
Ninge apoi şi seara
Prin nămeţi copiii
Ies cu sănioara.

Refren
Ninge ca-n poveşti
Iarnă dragă-mi eşti-

IT’S SNOWING

IT’S SNOWING, SNOWING, SNOWING, SNOWING
IT’S SNOWING AND THE EARTH
TODAY IS VESTING
LIKE A CAKE
THE CLOUDS ARE DUSTING IT.

IT’S SNOWING, SNOWING, SNOWING, SNOWING
IT’S SNOWING OVER THE HOUSE
IT’S SNOWING OVER THE ORCHARD
EVERYTHING IS A HUGE
SNOW WORLD.

IT’S SNOWING, SNOWING, SNOWING, SNOWING
IT’S SNOWING IN THE MORNING
IT’S SNOWING IN THE AFTERNOON
IN THE SNOWBANKS THE CHILDREN
GO SLEIGHING.

CHORUS: IT’S SNOWING LIKE IN FAIRYTALES
DEAR WINTER I LOVE YOU SO MUCH.

Monday, 11 January 2010

Portuguese Christmas song

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Hope you enjoy it...!!!