Kymintehtaan koulu news group in the national TV broadcast

Kymintehtaan koulu celebrated its 130-year anniversary in November. The school news group, which has been working as the school news team for several years, visited the national news station MTV3 last spring. The national broadcast team came to report on our school team working for the anniversary broadcast at school in turn, and so, Kymintehtaan koulu got to the head news of that day as well! Please, have a look!

GAZPACHO

Do you need something cool and refreshing for the summer? Here goes a delicious Spanish recipe of a cold vegetable soup. Watch this video our students made showing how to make this typical Mediterranean dish

KARJALANPIIRAKAT (KARELIAN PIES)

20 pieces

Rice filling à

-          2 dl  Water

-          2 dl Porridgerice

-          8 dl Milk

-          ½  ts Salt                                                  ts = teaspoon

First of all take all ingredients and put them on the table. Boil water in a saucepan, and add rices into the boiling water. Cook until the water is absorbed. Pour milk in small portions. Blend porridge that it won´t burn.  When all the milk has added and the porridge is boiling turn the heat down Simmer  it at low heat about 30 – 40 minutes and  then add a little bit salt. Cool it.

Doughà

-          1 dl water

-          ½ ts salt

-          1 ¼ dl rye flour

-          1 ¼ dl white flour

-          15 g butter

Stir the flours and salt into water and knead into a solid dough. Form the dough into a bar on a well-floured baking board, and cut the bar into 20 pieces. Form little balls from the pieces and then flatten them. Sprinkle some rye flour onto the baking board, and with a rolling pin, roll a piece of the dough into as thin a round crust as possible.

When all the crusts are ready, fill the center of each crust with a thin layer of rice porridge. Fold the edges of the crusts and pinch tightly with your fingers forming oval shaped pies.

Place the pies onto a baking tray covered with greaseproof paper (or if you don´t have greaseproof paper you can butter the tray), and bake them at 275 – 300 degrees Celsius for 10 – 15 minutes, until they are golden brown.

Last thing to do is to brush them with melted butter.

Egg-Butter Spreadà

-          8 hard-boiled eggs

-          150 gr butter

-          ½ ts salt

Boil the eggs in water for at least 8 minutes. Rinse the boiled eggs under cold water and remove their shells. Use a fork to mash the eggs finely together with the soft butter, in a mixing bowl. Add some salt. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and place into the fridge to cool.

Helka, Emma, Nelli & Hanna

DO YOU WANT TO LEARN SPANISH???

Under Dictionary you have the transcription of a listening activity you can find at the link provided to practice greetings in Spanish. LET'S START LEARNING SPANISH!!! Hasta luego!

Life in Turkey

Village name: Yaramış,
Village related to Bedirli/Sivas,
Family lives in village:65,
Distance to province:32km/h,
Distance  to city airport: 40km/h
Water resources: Kızılırmak. It’s the longest river of Turkey,
Climate: The weather is cold and snowy in winters and summer is hot and dry,
Illiteracy rate: %15 illiterate and %85 of villagers are literate,

Economy: Main resources are agriculture and feeding/selling animals.

Cooperation in the family: Family men are working at fields and family helps them. Women are housewives. Children are helping the family and continue their education.
Appearance clothes:

Daily-life clothes: We wear normal clothes, men wear trousers, shirt, women wear skirt and t-shirt and blouse.
Pre-wedding ceremonies: When the girl and boy came to wedding age,family let them choose their own wife or husband. Before the ceremony, groom can’t see the bride. They drink şerbet (traditional sweet and flavoured water), eat nuts and eat dessert to talk about sweet things. Bride can wish something from groom.
Wedding ceremonies: Weddings are like big celebrations, it continue 4 days. Musicians make music with drum and zurna. All expenses are spent by groom side.
Yaramış Primary School: First school of Yaramış was built in 1956. They continue to education at same school in one class till 1991. All five grades were in the same class. They built two more classes in 1991. Then, they built one more new class in 2000. Government decided to built new building in 2004. (8 class, computer and physic lab) We are 120 students in the school.
Pictures taken by 7th Grade
Information written by Merve Korkmaz 8th Grade

ESTEPONA: Find your place on the coast of Spain

ESTEPONA  

"It's what you want"

Description:

Estepona is a large village which is on the coast of Malaga in Andalusia. It has 60.000 inhabitants.

Estepona has many beautiful beaches and mountains where it snows rarely, and are excellent for hiking.

It also has many parks where children play happily with their pets, with the ball and also is where teens spend the day with friends.
It has museums and a bullring where does a summer theater.
Its port is quite large and there are many boats moored in the summer where you can also ride a catamaran.
It has many good schools and institutes where children and teens learn to form and make a better future for this nation.
The hotels are great because, for example, has five-star Kempinski. There, tourists can spend a great holiday in Estepona.

My opinion:

I think that living in Estepona is great because you meet great people and lots to do, so whenever you have a good. You can go swimming at the beach, climbing a mountain, take a walk or play with your friends, you can go have fun with your family and friends to the fair in May and in July to hop on the rides.
I believe that Estepona is great and nothing will change my opinion.

Here there are some projects made by my classmates telling you a bit more about Estepona.

 

Made by students of first year of secondary education

FINLAND'S CLIMATE

Seasons and nature in Finland

- We have four different seasons in Finland. The temperature can change on a large scale.

- The Finnish nature is very pretty. Nearly 75% of our area is woods. We have more trees than you have :) Mostly of our trees are pines, spruces and birches.

- There are lots of lakes but they're quite shallow. The biggest lake is Saimaa.   

- January and February are the coldest seasons and July is the hottest season of the year.

- We have more rainy than sunny days.

         

Spring

- It’s quite cold (0 - 10 degrees) in the spring. In Finland spring lasts from March to May. The days are getting longer and the weather is getting warmer. 

                

Summer

- Even you wouldn't believe it, Finnish summers are quite warm. The temperature is more than 10 degrees above zero and we are really proud of that. In the middle of summer we often have nightless nights when the sun doesn't set at all. 

                

Autumn

- The autumn is very colorful period of the year, because there are red and yellow leaves in the trees and on the ground. The days are getting shorter and the weather is getting colder. Finnish autumn starts in the beginning of September.  

                

Winter

- The winter is very dark and cold. The temperature can be over - 20 degrees. There is a lot of snow and we're going to drown in it, so if you want to you can come and take all the snow from our backyards :) 

In the matter of fact, we don't fight or ride with the polar bears or whales (but we guess that the polar bears could like this weather.)

           

HANNA, SEIJA, MONA

INTERVIEW WITH A PROFESSIONAL TENNIS PLAYER: CARLOS DIVAR, a student and a sportsman

Carlos Divar (right, in a white T-shirt) with Marco (left) at I.E.S. Los Pacos

Carlos Divar is a student at Los Pacos High School who came last year from the north of Spain to continue his career as a tennis player here, since he wanted to work with a reputed coacher who works in a sports centre in this area.Marco Apolo Pulpillo, a student of 2º year,  has interviewed him for this blog.

Marco: How old were you when you started to do tennis?
Carlos:When I was 5 years old; one day I was playing "frontón" and a lady saw me and she told me to do tennis.  So I joined a tennis school in my town...
Marco: Does it prove very difficult to you to complement tennis with your studies?
Carlos:Yes, it is difficult for me because sometimes I am in a tournament and I have exams and I may have to travel to another country or city...
Marco: What efforts have you had to do to succeed in both things?
Carlos: I practise every day for 3 hours and when I finish, I go home and I do all my homework. When I finish, I have dinner and then I study. I go to sleep at 00:00 hours at night
Marco: What do you think of coming here to FUENGIROLA to continue your sports career?
Carlos:It has been a very good decision because I'm becoming much better in tennis and in the school too. This year I have won the Spanish Championship in 14-year-old level.
Marco: Where do you want to get to?
Carlos: I want to be in the TOP TEN list.
Marco: Do you miss the people that you left in Vitoria?
Carlos: Yes, I miss my friends, my tennis partners there and my family...
Marco: Is your family proud of what you are achieving?
Carlos: Yes, they are
Marco: Where did you win the first tennis prize?
Carlos: In the first tournament I played...

Happy Mother's Day
From TURKEY

4th Grade Merve

Flags Of Different Countries

                                                   The flag of Finland

The flag of Finland, also known as Blue Cross Flag was taken to use on the 29^th of May in 1918. The flag is based on the Scandinavian cross which represents Christianity.

The cross which is blue represents our country’s thousand lakes as well as the blue sky. White backround represents snow. The colours were chosen to show the importance of nature to Finnish people.

Pinja Parviainen and Pinja Ruuhinen 9B

Kuusankoski, Finland

Spanish flag

       
          The red and yellow design of the Spanish flag is derived from a flag contest in 1785 organized by Charles III in order to find a flag that was easy to see at sea. It was chosen by Charles III himself  and designed by Antonio Valdés y Bazán.
          The flag consists of three horizontal stripes: red, yellow and red, the yellow stripe being twice the size of each red stripe.It also includes a shield in which the crown stands for the Constitutional monarchy and the supporters symbolize the geographic position of Spain. The Pillars of Hercules represent Gibraltar and Ceuta on either side of the Strait of Gibraltar. They display a motto in Latin, "PLUS ULTRA," meaning "More Beyond".
       By Emma Sofía Núñez Rydmann (2ºB) and Sara Fernández Ramos (2ºA)

Flags

                                    The Meaning of Turkish Flag
         Turkey is a big state. Turkish flag is the national symbol of Turkey. There is no flag become random or by chance in the world.
         Turkish flag shows independence and Turkey's existence. According to the myth red colour shows the blood of our martyrs, moon and star represent the reflection of the sky at Independence War of Turkey. In one of the poem it says: " Flag can only be flag if there is blood on it and the state can only be state if its citizens die for it"
Yunus Delibaş - 7/A
Yaramış, Turkey

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