Finnish baseball
We played Finnish baseball match in Kuvansi last Wednesday. The great match was : The teachers vs pupils.
Hutunkeitto. At the beginning of the match Jari and Rocky were fighting for the first batting period.
Friday 30 May 2008
Finnish baseball
My pupils were little disappointed, that´s life...but the sun shines and maybe they will win the next match.
Wednesday 14 May 2008
Finnish sports stars visit Yester!
Today, we were really delighted to welcome Hibernian football club manager, Mixu Paatelainen, who played 70 times for the Finnish national team, and speedway rider Tero Aarnio, from Kuusankoski, who races for the Berwick speedway team here in Britain, to our class. They came to see what our two classes have done during the last year. Primary 5 gave a presentation of the Healthy Passport blog to the stars, who then answered questions that had been prepared by both Mr Ikonen's pupils in Kuvansi, and the Yester primary 5 children. It was a fantastic experience for all the class, and Mixu and Tero were very impressed with what they saw!
Mixu answers questions from the class, and from Kuvansi
Mixu took part in a question and answer session. He answered a selection of questions from both classes. Some of the questions, especially those from Kuvansi, were very interesting!
Questions we asked Mixu, which came from Kuvansi:
1) Do you ever miss Finland?
Mixu answers this in English, then in Finnish.
2) What is the most challenging aspect of your job?
3) How many hours a week do you train?
4) Is it more difficult to train Scotsmen than Finns?
5)And finally, what's it like living in Scotland?
Thank you very much to Mixu for answering these questions for us!
Mixu's present to the children
Mixu very kindly gave the class a Hibernian shirt, signed by all of the team!
Presenting Mixu with a gift!
As a thank you for coming to visit us, Mixu and Tero were presented with a silver quaich each, as well as some other presents. Here, Dekker presents Mixu with his bag of goodies.
Finnish superstars in the class!
Tero and Mixu relax with some of the class, after seeing the blog presentation.
Tero shows off his bike to the class
After the presentation was over in the classroom, we went outside where Tero showed the children his speedway bike. This was a real highlight for the children.
Gathering around the bike!
Tero spent some time explaining to the children how he rides his speedway bike.
Very happy children, posing with Tero!
You can read all about Tero's racing career here.
Finnish sports stars visit Yester!
In the sunshine outside the school. Tero Aarnio and Thistle with Mr Purves
Mixu and Tero's thoughts on their visit!
Listen to what Mixu said about his visit, in both Finnish and English!
Like Mixu, Tero really enjoyed his visit to Yester. Listen to what he thought, in both Finnish and English!
Tero answered questions for us too!
We asked Tero some questions too.
Here they are, along with his answers.
1) Do you ever miss Finland?
Yes, but this is my first year racing in the UK, so I have been very busy and that helps to stop me missing my friends and family in Finland. My dad will come to stay here in July, as well as my mum and sister, to see me race, so I am looking forward to that.
2)How fast do you go when riding speedway?
That depends on the size of each track, but it can be up to 80mph. (120kmph)
3) Have you ever fallen off your bike?
Oh yes, many times! Too many times! Every speedway rider falls off his bike sometimes.
4) What's it like living in Scotland?
Well, I actually live just over the border in England, but it's great. The people here have all been so friendly and helpful to me since I came here in March. I'm getting used to it now!
Thanks to Tero for answering these questions for us!
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