FINLAND Facts Population: 5,4 million Area: 338.424 km2 Capital: Helsinki Currency: euro/€ Languages: Finnish and Swedish Independence Day: December 6th (since 1917) Government: Parliamentary republic President: Tarja Halonen Prime Minister: Mari Kiviniemi
Average temperatures Winter: 0 °C - −10 °C Spring: 0 °C - +10 °C Summer: +10 °C - +20 °C Autumn: 0 °C - +10 °C The coldest winter days of southern Finland are usually under −20 °C, and the warmest days of July and early August can be over +30 °C.
Famous for: Sauna, Father Christmas, Lapland, Nokia mobile phones, ice hockey, Linux, Darude, nature, 200.000 lakes, archipelago, black sausage, Helsinki Cathedral, car racing, midnight sun, Sibelius, forests. Finland ranks the best country in the world in the 2010 Newsweek survey based on health, economic dynamism, education, political environment and quality of life.
Capital Capital city city of of Finland Finland is is Helsinki Helsinki was founded in 1550 capital city since 1812 city area 715.55 km2 population 584,420 (biggest town in Finland) Finnish speaking 84,3 %, Swedish speaking 6,1 %, others 9,6 % official languages Finnish and Swedish website
Helsinki is in the southern Finland
Interesting Sights Linnanmäki Amusement Park Korkeasaari Zoo Parliament house market place Helsinki Cathedral Sibelius monument
Suomenlinna Fortress
Sports Olympic Stadium Hartwall Arena (ice hockey) Ice hockey teams: HIFK and Jokerit Football team: HJK
Oriveden Keskuskoulu - Finland Facts:
Classrooms:
13 classrooms English class music class ICT class school hall (also used for PE) preschool / afternoon club workshops for technical crafts and textile crafts
Special activities
about 250 pupils 11 classes + 1 preschool class + 2 small groups for special needs pupils 11 class teachers + a Head Teacher + an English teacher + 3 special needs teachers + a preschool teacher 4 classroom assistants + 2 cooks + 2 cleaners + a caretaker a school nurse + a social worker + a dentist + a doctor
library school canteen school yard teacher’s lounge HT’s office
Our school is Free of Bullying. In our school we have Buddies. 5th graders look after 1st graders. We have Comenius friends in many European countries. We have eTwinning projects to learn about other cultures. Students’ Board organizes special happenings. We have Sports club, Band club, Drama club and World club
ORIVESI
Coat of Arms
Facts: - Region: Pirkanmaa - Population: 9681 - Area: 960 km2 - Founded in 1865 - The name Orivesi means literally “Stallion Water”. - Language: Finnish
If you are an outdoor person, there are lots of lakes and forests and marshlands for you to explore and enjoy. In the winter you can ski cross country, skate, play ice hockey and go ice swimming. In the summer you can play football, do athletics, go cycling, hiking or orienteering.
Famous for: Orivesi is famous for the sculptor Aimo Tukiainen and outdoor art exhibition Purnu, Orivesi College of Arts, OrPo women’s volleyball team, Orivesi Summer Festivals, the modern church and old bell tower.
Food and Eating in Finland Daily Timetable: In Finland children usually have two hot meals every day. Lunch is served at school and dinner at home. Time
7.00 – 8.00
11.00 – 12.00
Meal
Breakfast
Lunch
Contents - hot or cold cerial - a sandwich with cheese or ham - yoghurt - tea, milk or juice -
meat, chicken or fish potatoes, rice or pasta salad and vegetables bread and butter, milk or water
Afternoon snack
- fruit - yoghurt - a sandwich with cheese or ham - juice, milk or hot chocolate
17.00 – 18.00
Dinner
- meat, chicken or fish - potatoes, rice or pasta - salad and vegetables - bread and butter, milk or water
20.00
Evening snack
- milk, tea or hot chocolate - a sandwich with cheese or ham - fruit
14.30 – 15.30
Lunch recipe: Chicken and pasta casserole Breakfast recipe: Rice pudding water rice milk salt
3 dl 3 dl 2 litres 1½ teaspoons
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. hour. 6. 7. 8.
Boil the water in a pan. Add the rice. Let the water get infiltrated in the rice. Pour in the milk. Let the pudding simmer for about one Stir occasionally. Season with salt. Serve with milk and strawberries.
whole-wheat spiral pasta marinated chicken strips butter vegetable mixture peach crème fraiche grated cheese
300 g 300 g 1 tablespoon 300 g 1 tin (250-400 g) 3 dl 150 g
1. Cook pasta. 2. Pour the water off, rinse and drain. 3. Fry the chicken in butter. 4. Add the vegetables. Preheat. 5. Stir while heating. 6. Season with salt and paprika and pepper. 7. Add cubes of peaches and crème fraiche. 8. Boil 3 minutes. 9. Spread the pasta and half of the grated cheese on a dish. 10. Pour over chicken-vegetable mixture. Stir. 11. Strew half of the grated cheese on top. 12. Bake in 225 oC for about 10 minutes.
FOOD AND EATING IN FINLAND Dinner Recipe: Salmon rolls sushi (about 60 pieces) salmon fillet 500 g salt 2 teaspoons sugar 1 tablespoon lemon juice 2 tablespoons strong mustard sour cream 120 g finely chopped dill 0,5 dl seaweed (sushi nori) 4 sheets
Topping: wasabi paste Serve with: soy sauce and rice
1. Chop the fillet with a knife. Put the chopped fish in a bowl. 2. Add salt, sugar, lemon juice and mustard. Stir. 3. Let marinade in a fridge for 30 minutes. 4. Whisk sour cream with a mixer about 30 seconds until the structure is solid. 5. Add the fish and the dill mixture. Stir. 6. Take two sheets of baking paper. Divide fish mixture in two and put it the middle of each paper. 7. Make two bars of 3 cm diameter. Wrap inside the paper and close the ends of the paper tightly. 8. Put the bars in a freezer for at least a couple of hours. 9. Put the seaweed on moistened baking paper. 10. Remove the salmon bars from the baking paper. Cut the bars to suitable length and put tem on the seaweed sheets. 11. Roll the sheets tightly around the salmon mixture bars. 12. Serve immediately or store in the freezer. 13. Cut the bar into about 1 1/2 cm-thick slices with a sharp knife. Raise the cutting surface upwards. 14. Brush the surfaces with a very thin layer wasabi paste. 15. Serve with soy sauce and rice.
Traditional Christmas menu
Traditional Easter menu
Starters: - pickled herring - smoked salmon - paté - different kinds of salad - boiled potatoes - rye bread
Starters: - boiled eggs - salted salmon - different kinds of salad
Main course: - baked ham - cooked fish - potato casserole - carrot casserole - swede casserole - liver casserole Dessert: - gingerbread - plum pie
Main course: - roast lamb or beef - garlic potatoes or rice - green salad Dessert: - black rye pudding “mämmi” - pasha - chocolate eggs
Finnish Baseball Finland
Sport instructions:
Finnish baseball resembles American Baseball There are two teams who play on a field with three field bases and a home base. During the offensive half the team members hit. During the defensive half the team members catch, pitch and try to out three of the opposite team’s hitters During the offensive inning the players hit the ball in turns and try to run to the field bases before the defensive field players throw the ball to the basemen. When the runner has reatched the home base he scores a run. The team that has scored most runs is the winner.
Tar Pot A Yard Game from Finland
Games instructions
Draw a big circle on the ground. Draw semicircles (one less than there are players) around the main circle. One player is ’the mover’. He has a stick. ’The mover’ stands outside the circle and the other players stand inside the semicircles. ’The mover’ runs around the circle carrying the stick in his hand. ’The mover’ drops the stick behind someone and starts running round the circle. The one who has the stick behind him, runs to the opposite direction carrying the stick in his hand. Important: a player can look, if the stick is behind him, only when the mover has run past him. Both runners try to get to the semicircle, which is now empty. The one, who doesn’t reach the semicircle first, continues as ’a new mover’ with the stick. The game continues in the same way until the children decide to stop.
INTERESTING PLACES IN FINLAND
Santa Park
Santa Claus lives there with his wife and elfs located in Finnish Lappland, near Rovaniemi, on arctic circle Santa Claus’s home cave built inside a rock reindeer There are scuptures made of ice Iceprincess shows ice scuptures Opened 28.11.1998
Moomin World • • • •
Finnish Ice Hockey Museum
The history of the Finnish ice hockey from the end of the 1920`s up to today is introduced in the permanent exhibition of the museum. The best-known exhibition objects are the Finnish champions trophy, the Canada Trophy and the world Champions Trophy from 1995.
Moomin World was founded in the year of 1993 Moomin World´s sight´s are Moomin house, Emma theatre and Nyyti path In Moomin World you can see cratures who live in Moominvalley Moomin World is in Naantali on the island of Kailo and you can go there by crossing two-hundred and fifty meters long pontoon bridge from Naantali´s old town.
INTERESTING PLACES AROUND ORIVESI
This is Orivesi Ice-hall or skating arena.
Stallion Statue We chose this sight because it has belonged to the history of Orivesi already a long time. It has been desingned by Aimo Tukiainen and its scale model is located in the Purnu art centre 10 km from Orivesi centre.
Paltanmäki We chose Paltanmäki, because it’s a beautiful site. It’s an open air museum in Orivesi. In Paltanmäki, there are old cottages, a windmill and other old buildings. You can ski in Paltanmäki, too.
FAMOUS FINNISH PEOPLE
- guitar player - singer - song writer
Bands: - Popeda - Hanoi Rocks - Sleepy Sleepers
Solo album: A little bit Crazy
FAMOUS FINNISH PEOPLE
Laura Lepistรถ
She is a figure skater. She won the European Championship gold in 2009. She is the 2010 World bronze medalist.
Kiira Korpi She is a figure skater. She was fourth in European Championships. She is from Tampere.