The document describes the holistic and future-oriented school culture at Siltamäki School in Helsinki, Finland. It discusses how the school integrates collaboration, creativity, arts, and educational technology into its curriculum and projects. As an example, over 250 students and staff worked together over the course of a year to create an original musical, developing stories, art, poems, music, and performances. The school aims to develop learning communities and encourage shared leadership through these types of collaborative projects.

1. The Holistic Future-oriented
School Culture
-Integration of
collaboration, creativity, arts and
educational technology
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2. Siltamäki School
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School is situated in North Helsinki
High professional school structures
About 240 students, 17 teachers
and 7 school assistants
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5. Professional school structures
38 weeks
Meetings
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Teacher/team work
co-operation 1 ¼
hour/week
Leadership group
1 ½ hour/week
Teacher education
3 x 6 hours/year
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Student welfare group
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Meeting: every
Wednesday
1 ½ hour/week
Curator (Wed)
Student Health Nurse
(Wed. & Fri)
Psychologist (Wed.&
Thu)
Special education and
principal support every
day
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6. Collaborative commitment
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Action
Nina Orpana
Bridges
Virve Vakiala
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Inno
Maria Hukkanen
Spirit
Ville Hyyryläinen
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7. Brainstorming, shared leadership
Create the fantasy identity
 The visual art: annual calendar
works
Storytelling-lessons;
creating stories for fantasyidentity and visual art
 Poetry-writing; using stories and
visual art calendar works
Manuscript –group-working started
Aesthetic club
Melody composing based on the poets
 Melody playing and singing
 Class orchestra and choir training
 Teacher educations: short movies,
animations, Smart Board animations
 Wardrobe textile club for main roles
Aesthetic club
Scene-club
Audiovisual, light and technology club
 Manuscript group: storylines for classes
and main storyline planning
 Classes made a plan for wardrobe
 Audition for main roles
 All classes train own
part of the musical
 Orchestra training
Technology and lights
 School decorating
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2010
August
September
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October
November
December
January
February
March
April
May
2011

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9. Values
Respect each other
 Commitment to work
 Community
 Humanity
 Transmission
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11. Vision
How can we see near and far enough, to the
top of the mountain?
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12. Enrichment of pedagogical
thinking and interaction
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13. How can we inspire each other
and light fire together?
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14. …and feel happy to be on fire?
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15. Shared leadership
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All members of community can lead
part of the project
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Pupils - manuscript group
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Teachers
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Principal
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17. The Holistic
Future-oriented
School Culture
Professional
and creative
way to realize
curriculum
Integration of
subjects and
project works
Learning
communities
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The whole
school
common
project
Develop and
practise
collaboration

18. How we create own school culture
and learning environment?
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19. How 250 students create fantasy and
how fantasy come true?
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21. Educational technology
3D education
 L3D platform
 iPads
 iPad Mini
 Laptops
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Smartboards
 Response
 Cameras
 Videocameras
 Computers
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22. Technological projects
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iTec –
Developement of
Learning
Environmetns
Smartboard
Cameras
Videocameras
Response
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Learning games
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Robot pedagogy
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Green technology
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All teachers have
A personal project
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24. HOW WE USE TECHNOLOGY?
Mini-laptops, ubiqoitous learning,
internet –connections, chats
Short movies
Smartboard
animations
Music CD
Animations
Music videos
Audio&visual
technology
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25. HOW MANY LESSONS WE USE FOR EACH
PROCESSES?
Manuscript group 14 lessons and
ubiquitous learning
Art pictures
5-10 lessons
Story-book
1 lesson
Collaborative
music composing
Music orchestra
training
2 lessons
5 music lessons
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Poems
1-2 lessons
Musical training
main roles: 10
lessons
Classes: 10 hours

26. THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY CREATES OWN
CULTURE AND PRODUCTS
Musical for 250 students
Art pictures
Story-book
Book of Poems
UNIQUE
Music CD
Music DVD
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LEARNING
ENVIRONMENT

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29. THANK YOU
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