Tartu International School Goes Green

  As a teacher I find that it is important to believe in magic and to instill that belief into children. To be enchanted by the world around us and notice little joys everywhere, to let our imagination fly and our creativity bloom. That is why we decided to build an elf house with our 3 year old artists, or an house for anybody who decides to move in actually! We used some old boxes as the construction of the house which we painted blue, next came the important part of designing the insides. We got creative with the wallpaper and decorated one of the walls with candy wrappers (in this case the teacher being the biggest sweeth tooth). A toilet paper roll became a stove where all the future residents can cozy up to during the dark and cold winter evenings. There is plenty of fire wood to keep the fire going and warm the whole house. Future guests can take a little nap and rest their tired legs on a tree bark. There is no easy way to access the second floor where the sleeping quarters are

Every year the fish of the year is elected. Among the Eco-School´s theme biodiversity and nature , 4-year-old students practiced voting and democracy by choosing their favorite fish out of the three candidates competing. This time the candidates were: a white fish, an eel and a bream. First, we took time to get to know all of the three fish. The children had voted before but we practiced it again in different learning situations, before starting voting for our favorite one. Everyone chose their favorite fish and drew a dot/heart under its picture. In the end we counted all the dots/hearts and compared the numbers of the votes. The winner of our group was a white fish.   Now we have to wait until 2023 to find out whether our favorite one is also going to be the fish of the year 2023. You can also vote until the end of the year: https://www.facebook.com/aastakala/posts/pfbid02bubasBap58p1YvH7hCk115ra8r6MQSdS3VTojiQWVPsSpNKqfwBq53kf3nxbuMEFl