Isoniitun kouluThe school of Isoniittu

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Isoniittu in a nutshell

comprehensive school grades 1st-9th established in 2006 402 students 33 teachers situated in the village of

Klaukkala

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Environment

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Location

Isoniittu school is located on the eastern edge of Klaukkala village

The school building is surrounded by big fields (Isoniittu) and a forest

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Comprehensive school

There are two parts in Finnish school system

primary school (classes 1st-6th) led by a class teacher

145 pupils

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Grades 7-9

Lower secondary school (classes 7th-9th) taught by subject teachers and classes are supervised by a form teacher

257 pupils

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Student association

Student association is a group of students who arrange and organize events in school and it also takes part into Comenius project

Led by two teacher members

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Schooltime

Lessons can be from 8.00 to 16.00. Schooldays are usually 6 hours long. There is a 15- minute break between lessons and lunch break is 35 minutes long.

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Subjects

In the 8th and the 9th grade students can choose additional subjects, which are music, computer science, arts, P.E, home economics, hand crafts.

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Languages

First foreign language is chosen in the 3rd grade and it’s usually English

Every student has to study Swedish at least for three years because Finland is bilingual

In addition students can choose either French or German

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Breaks

During the breaks pupils can go to a computer class or have a sport break

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Breaks

Or just hang out with friends inside or outside…

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Rules

All the pupils have their own lockers where they have to keep their things during the school day.

Pupils are not allowed to wear shoes or hats inside

Soft drinks and candies are not allowed during classes

No school uniforms

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School restaurant

Students can have free school lunch in school restaurant every day

Students can also buy a snack between 14.00-14.15

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Our Headmaster Markku Tiilikainen

The chairman of our student councilAnna Tilli

School personnel

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Greetings from Isoniittu

Hi, I’m Anna Tilli, the chairman of the student council. I’m in the ninth grade so this is my last year in Isoniittu. Next year I’m going to go to high school. These three years in Isoniittu have been filled with lots of studying, music and different events. I think the three years have been mostly positive. Now it’s great to start this international project and get to hear about your lifestyles. I hope we can be in touch and welcome to Finland.Best wishes,

Anna

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Modern technology

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School hall

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School building

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Klaukkala

Isoniitun koulu is located in the village of Klaukkala Klaukkala is part of Nurmijärvi municipality and there are 15000

inhabitants Klaukkala lies 30 km from Helsinki, on the northern edge of capitol

area It has become a popular place to live because it is a rather peaceful

area in rural atmosphere and yet all the services and working places of capitol area are easy to reach

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Center

Klaukkala is surrounded by fields and a forest and road to Helsinki runs trough the heart of village

There is a tiny center with a couple of malls, schools, sports track, health center and blocks of flats

Nearly everything has been built during the last 40 years so history remains to be made

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Surroundings

Center is surrounded by peaceful and relatively new living areas filled with detached and semi-detached houses

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The church of Klaukkala

Klaukkala’s church is modern copper-plated church

It was built in 2004 The church lies 200 meters

from Isoniittu school

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Ice hall

And village wouldn’t be a village if there wasn’t an ice hall

Ice hockey is our national sport

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Valkjärvi

There is a beautiful lake of Valkjärvi on the northern side of the village

Water freezes during the winter even though you can still find ice holes (avanto) where you can go swimming…and then run quite fast into the sauna.

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Nurmijärvi

Nurmijärvi is Finland's largest rural municipality in terms of population and one of the fastest growing in the Greater Helsinki area. Nurmijärvi's current population of 38,000 is expected to approach 45,000 over the next decade.

Neighboured by Espoo, Vantaa, Tuusula, Hyvinkää and Vihti, Nurmijärvi is only 30 minutes away from Helsinki, and 25 minutes from Helsinki-Vantaa International Airport, by motorway.

The municipality was named after Lake Nurmijärvi, although this was partially drained for farmland in the 1920s and fully dried in the early 1950s.

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Aleksis Kivi

Finland’s national writer Aleksis Kivi (Stenvall) was born in the village of Palojoki in Nurmijärvi on 10 October 1834.

Aleksis Kivi wrote the first important Finnish-language novel as well as plays and lyrical poetry at a time when Finnish was not used as a language of literature.

The novel Seven Brothers (Seitsemän veljestä) was published in 1870 and is pictured in municipality´s herald.

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Dictionary

Moi – Hello Mitä kuuluu? - How are you? Kiitos – Thank you Anteeksi – Sorry Kyllä – Yes Ei - No Hyvää huomenta – Good

morning Hyvää päivää – Good afternoon Hyvää yötä – Good night Näkemiin – Good bye

Yksi, kaksi, kolme – One, two, three

Mikä sinun nimesi on? – What’s your name?

Minun nimeni on – My name is Olen neljätoista vuotta vanha –

I’m fourteen years old Lumi – Snow Sauna – Sauna Kimi Räikkönen – F1

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