Educational visit in Pyhäjoki

Educational Route for schools visiting Pyhäjoki Upper Secondary School: Day1: The school and community in Pyhäjoki Day2: Energy from Pyhäjoki Day3: Kalajoki - Sea and Sand Day4: The Pyhäjoki River Day5: Raahe - History of the area Day6: Around the Pyhäjoki island, wrapping up the learning Day7: Rovaniemi - Meet Santa

Pyhäjoki Number of citizens: 3400 Area: 1365 km²

Distances to routes outside Pyhäjoki Raahe 29 km Kalajoki 31 km Rovaniemi 320 km

Day1: The school and community in Pyhäjoki In the forenoon we would show you our school and present things that we do during a school week. We would show you how we work on our newspaper, how we are learning from entrepreneurship for example through our fair here in Pyhäjoki.

In the afternoon we would take you to a bike tour to the seaside here in Pyhäjoki environment. We could try “stand up paddling” and then we could make a campfire and barbecue in the nature.

Timetable and photos: 8:30 Meeting at school - words of welcome, introductions and warm-up 9:00 Finnish Education system, Pyhäjoki Upper Secondary School 9:30 Learning Cafe: Entrepreneurial learning tools in Pyhäjoki: Young Entrepreneurs, Local newspaper, the Fair

11:00 Lunch in the school

12:00 Biking to the seaside, SUP, barbecue at seaside 17:00 Return to accommodation

(Price: what we need for barbecue)

Day2: Energy from Pyh채joki On the second day we would visit the nuclear power plant windmill park and hydropower here in Pyh채joki to get to know more of the energy forms in the area.

After lunch we would then have lessons from experts from both nuclear (Fennovoima) and windpower (SmartWindPower). The idea is to work with the learned things and to make different presentations and videos comparing different energy sources.

Timetable and photos: 8:30 Meeting at Pyh채joki school, assignments 8:45 Visit to Nuclear power plant, windmill park and hydropower in Pyh채joki (by bus) https://sites.google.com/edu.pyhajoki.fi/energy/etusivu

11:00 Lunch at school 12:00 Lessons and group work at school: - Nuclear experts (Fennovoima) - Windpower experts (SmartWindPower) 15:00 Student outcome: Presentations and videos comparing different energy sources

(Price: Bustrip)

Day3: Kalajoki - Sea and Sand We would spend the third day in Kalajoki (30 km from Pyhäjoki). Kalajoki is known for its sea and sand, so that would be one of the things we would concentrate on. We would visit the marine and nature center with a guide. And after that we would have a walk on duckboards at the beach (1.5km - 2km) before enjoying lunch.

After lunch we would go to the adventure park (where you can climb on trees etc.) to try out what we would dare to do.

Timetable and photos:

8:30 Meeting at school 9:00 Leaving for Kalajoki by bus On our way to Kalajoki, information about the Gulf of Bothnia (Perämeri) and other nearby areas.

9:30 Marine and nature center: http://www.luontoon.fi/kalajoenluontokeskus, with a guided tour and a walk on duckboards at the beach (1.5km - 2km) 11:30 Lunch at Sandy Kelt 13:00 Adventure park visit (Trekking routes as an alternative)

17:00 Return to Pyhäjoki (Price: 25₏/person for the adventure park visit)

Day4: The Pyhäjoki River

This day we would stay in Pyhäjoki to see more of its nature and especially the river. The plan is to hire some canoes and to make a canoe trip down the Pyhäjoki river. The canoeing would take a couple of hours. But we have planned the trip with two stops, so that we would have time to enjoy nature too and of course lunch and coffee too.

Timetable and photos: 8:30 Meeting at Pyhäjoki school, assignments, with the bus to the starting point 10:00 Launching the canoes

11-12:30 Break and Lunch at Helaakoski 14:00 Coffee break at Halunen

15:00 Finish at Pyhäjoki riverside (Price: 30€/person for the canoes and lunch?

Day5: Raahe - History of the area On the fifth day we would be learning more about the history in our area. We would first take the bus to Raahe (about 30km from Pyhäjoki) to see and here about the city and environment. We would see the old town, make an island cruise, visit a museum and have a good lunch.

After returning to school, we would have a history lesson to summary, what we have seen and learned in the forenoon.

Timetable and photos:

8:30 Meeting at Pyhäjoki school, assignments, 2 groups (because of the boat sizes) 9:00 We will leave for Raahe by bus

Group 1: 9:30 Getting on a boat for the island cruise 11:30 Lunch at TakeAway-kebab restaurant 12:30 Walk in the old town with a guide(history), visiting a local old house, Raahe museum 14:30 Meeting in old Cafe (Langin kauppahuone) Group 2: 9:30 Walk in the old town with a guide(history), visiting a local old house, Raahe museum 11:30 Lunch at TakeAway-kebab restaurant 12:30 Getting on a boat for the island cruise 14:30 Meeting in old Cafe (Langin kauppahuone)

15:30 Return to school 16:00-17:00 History lesson; Local history from 1323 onwards (Price: 30â‚Ź/person for the island cruise and 10â‚Ź/person for lunch)

Day6: Around the Pyh채joki island, wrapping up the learning Day 6 would be our last day in Pyh채joki, so it would be time to wrap up everything we have learned. We would start the day with a nice walk along the riverside for a last look around.

A walk in the nature would also be a good way to talk through and remember our week together. And to start to plan what we would put in the newspaper that we would be making about the visit.

So, after lunch we would concentrate on the newspaper to get it ready before our last dinner in Pyh채joki and before the bus leaves for Rovaniemi.

Timetable and photos:

8:30 Meeting at school 9:00 Walk on the riverside (about 4km)

11:00 Lunch 12:00 Making a video and a newspaper about the visit 16:00 Dinner in Pyh채joki before leaving

Starting the trip to Rovaniemi: 17:00 Leaving from Pyhäjoki by bus (will be rented for the whole Rovaniemi visit) Lessons in the bus about Lapland.

22:00 Accommodation in Rovaniemi

Day7: Rovaniemi - Meet Santa Rovaniemi, the capital of Lapland, would our last route. We would start the day from the cottage village, where we would wake up in the morning. After looking around and the breakfast, we would start the day in the museum and science center Arktikum, where we could experience northern nature, culture and history.

And in the afternoon, after lunch, we would visit the Arctic Circle and Santa Claus village, where we would have the change to meet Santa in person and if someone would like – there are many shops (for souvenirs) too.

As a last thing in Rovaniemi, we would go for a picnic at Kuninkaanlaavu – where you could see a piece of the relaxing nature and probably reindeers too.

This would also be the time to say goodbye…

And start the trip back home.

Timetable and photos:

8:00 Breakfast 9:30 Going to the city to visit museum and science center Arktikum: http://www.arktikum.fi/en/home.html 12:00 Lunch at the university 13:00 Visiting Arctic Circle and Santa Claus village: https://www.santaclausvillage.info/ 16:00 Picnic at Kuninkaanlaavu Goodbyes and leaving for home.

(Price: The buss the whole Pyhäjoki-Rovaniemi trip about 1000€, the cottages 560€/ 20 persons, the tickets to Museum Arktikum 8€/ student and 12€/ teacher, lunch about 10€/ person)