Tammisaari is now only one part of a greater municipality, which is called Raasepori in Finnish, Raseborg in Swedish. This is because three municipalities decided to unit into one, bigger town. Therefore our last project meeting was in Raasepori - two years ago we met in Tammisaari!
Our hosts had prepared everything so well that we, the guests were speechless out of amazement, such was their hospitality. We learned both of Finnish culture and also felt the warmthness of their hearts!
The official project program was to look back and evaluate the activities of the past two years. Our joint decision was to give them 4 points out of the 5 possible, i.d. almost all the goals that we set us in the beginning had been reached. But it is always possible to do even better, and we as humans alsways want to reach higher and do better!
After the final report was clear, the guests visited all the Comenius classes in Hakarinteen koulu. Later I will write more about the meeting, but now only some photos:
Raseborg takes its name of the old medieval castle which once was very important to the defence of the country and for trading. Because the land around the Baltic Sea rises all the time the castle is not any longer on the coast, but it is a tourist attraction.
At this time of the year there are a lot of white anemones in the woods around Tammisaari.
The school desks of the Finnish children caugth the attention of our school principal, Magnea.
The chief of the office of school and educational matters in Raseborg, Jukka Hautaviita, invited the guests to have a lunch with him and made a speech where he stressed the importance of people being together and learning from each other. Marjatta Ísberg, the project coordinator, thanked him on behalf of the guests.
