Friday, 6 May 2016

Finland - The School of the Future

Five classes ( age 10-12) and almost 120 students in our school made the lyrics last year almost two years ago. I gave them the rhythm and they wrote lines about their ideas, hopes and dreams what , how and why they would like to study in the future. The melody is composed, played and arranged by our kind, bright and talented music teacher TUOMAS JAUHIAINEN. The students on this video are my own class, 5.B. They are 11 yrs old now.
For the past two years we in Finland have been redoing our National curriculum as well as local ones. The curriculum work has been the topic also in Mäntsälä: the students, teachers and officials have been working intensively. And now the job is done!!!! - In Mäntsälä at Kirkonkylä school we also made a song, sort of like a rap, about the new curriculum and the school of the future. We made up the words , lyrics , in classrooms  -together: I and the students . It was a lot of fun. "We are friends, we take care of each other, we like to learn and we discover, research and study everywhere, not only at school. We even dream about making excursions to the moon.

The School of the Future from Anna Helin on Vimeo.

25 Comments:

Maria Antoinette Magro said...

Simply awesome. This year many entries included musical instruments and this is fantastic! Good luck from Malta!

Michael said...

A catchy song that builds to a lovely ending!
Like Maria, I really enjoyed the talented musicians in this excellent entry.

Onnea skotlannista :-)

Fanny said...

So nice that the students has contributed, both with the writing of the song, the singing and instruments! Not many songs in Schoolovision with rapping, but your students are very good at it! Great song!

Good luck from Norway!

Ursula + Maria said...

We like your rapping and playing instruments:)

Good luck from Austria!!!

Ingrid Maadvere said...

It is so good when students are involved creating the song. I love the rhythm and lyrics of the song.
Good luck from Estonia:)

Anonymous said...

Well done Finland!
I loved your song!
Good luck in the competition.
António Garcia, for Portugal1

Thalena and Aaron said...

Funny song and sweet horses!
Nice video
Thanks for the great moments

jinse from belgium said...

super mooi en super veel instrumenten !

Mayflower Primary School said...

What a great song - it's amazing you wrote it yourselves. Fantastic. We also enjoyed all the instruments. Well done.
Good luck from Mayflower Primary School!

valerie canty said...

great song !

Good luck from France

Xavi said...

Very funny !

Carla Vieira Sampaio da Silva said...

It is so fantastic that your students wrote lyrics!I liked a lot your rap about the school of the future cause it is so expressive! I also loved the rhythm so congratulations to your talented music teacher!
Making excursions to the moon? Why not? Perhaps an eTwinning Project of the future!
Good luck from Portugal!

Anonymous said...

Student comments:

We liked the rhythm and the tune of your song. We liked the way you sounded. We loved the instruments and the moves!

Good luck from Ireland!

Unknown said...

You dance very nice.👍
Irem YILDIRIM TURKEY

Unknown said...

The students said...
We like the fact that the students made the music themselves.
The music is flowing and has a good background beat.

Good luck from Sweden =)

Andrew Smith said...

Ardderchog!! (Excellent!)

We're all impressed that you wrote this song (and rap) yourselves and that you played the music too!

Well done Finland.

From Wales.

Anonymous said...

I LIKE THE CLIP , ASYA, ISRAEL

Anonymous said...

AMAZING, I LIKE IT , ASYA, ISRAEL

Anonymous said...

AMAZING PICTURES, ILAY KRAUTEMA, ISRAEL

Anonymous said...

IT IS A SERIOUS CLIP, OMER SOREQ, ISRAEL

Anonymous said...

GOOD SINGING, MAYA SAMCHAI, ISRAEL

Anonymous said...

THE SONG HAS NICE RYHME, ROMI. ISRAEL

Anonymous said...

NICE FILMING AND JUMPING, EYAL. ISRAEL

Anonymous said...

AMAZING AND NICE, OMER, ISRAEL

Anonymous said...

This a fantastic song and a great entry. the students are talented playing and singing. i was impressive by the message. well done! Meirav Reich, Israel