Electricity-free day

We had an electricity-free day at school last month. The purpose was to find out how dependent we are upon electricity in our everyday lives. We had no lights on, used no electrical equipment of any kind and even had our school lunch served from a field kitchen. At that time it was still dark in the mornings, so studying in candlelight or with flashlights was an experience itself. Having lunch outside is also something we don't do every day - at least not in February's chill. This is what Tatu, Matti, Tuukka, Juho and Jani wrote about that day:

Fifth class did RE test in candlelight.

Juhani Prusti from a local energy company told us about saving electricity.

Third class did project work.

We ate pea soup, which was made in field kitchen, it tasted good.

Fourth class played outside.

Sixth class art lesson.

First class reading Kalevala.

This is our school

This is the energy team of our school. We have recently started our 50/50 project and would like to tell you something about our school first.

We have seven classes from grades one to six in our school. Our pupils are 7-12 years old. We have a bit over a hundred students. It's good because everybody knows each other. Our school is 90 years old. We are going to have a big renovation starting next summer. At school we don't have school uniforms and we have a free school lunch every day.

Written by Venla, Roosa, Karoliina, Sofia, Ida and Minna from class 6.