1. RECIPES FOR LIFE LONG EUROPEANS2009-2011

2. FINLAND Capital: Helsinki Population: 5.3 million Official languages: Finnish and Swedish Independence: since 1917 President: Mrs. Tarja Halonen Special: about 200,000 lakes

3. We live in Northern Europe.

4. Finland in the summer time

5. Finland in the winter time

6. Lapland Our school is situated in the Orivesi town centre. ORIVESI Helsinki

7. ORIVESI- about 9600 inhabitants- over 300 lakes Ourchurch

8. The Primary School of Orivesi Centre

9. Our lovely Head TeacherMauno Hiltunen”Manu”

10. There are 18 teachers in our school. Anu and Pekka Sanna and Piia Satu and Tiina

11. Teachers’ lounge We have a 15 minute break after every 45 minutes lesson Liisa

12. There are about 250 pupils in our school.11 classes, 2 special needs classes and 2 pre-school classes

13. Class 5b

14. The music lesson The pre-school class

15. We have a separate building for crafts. From the 1st to the 4th grades students study both textile and technical crafts. After that they can choose either one.

16. Every day we have a free healthy meal at our school canteen.

17. The school yard There are e.g. swings, see-saws, a climbing frame and places to play football and basketball.

18. Our pupils in the school yard. The students at the break

19. The parking place for the bikes of our pupils Most of the pupils come to the school by bike.

20. Views from the classroom windows.Nice, isn’t it?

21. The school library

22. The wall paintings designed by the students

23. The student body meeting Every class has its own representative.

24. After school the students can participate insome clubs. Music club Sport club Art club

25. We also have an international club called World Club.The World Club helped to do this presentation. Students from the World Club

26. Welcome to our school! The Primary School of Orivesi CentreAddress: Koulutie 20, 35300 ORIVESI , FINLANDtel. +35-3-334 3714, fax +358-3-334 3729http://www.orivedenkoulut.net/keskuskoulueng/email: keskuskoulu@orivesi.fi