Student's exchange with Italy

We had a student exchange with students from Saluzzo. I host a boy. His name is Giovanni Fioretti. They were here, in Estonia 5 days. We had a lot of fun with him. Students from Saluzzo arrived in Kanepi 19, January at eight o’clock. We ate dinner, then talked a little and after that we went to sleep.

On friday we went to school. Exchange students had a house tour and after that they came in maths lesson with us. We made up some exercises and we had to explain them how to do this. Giovanni has able to do exercises very well. After lesson we had lunch. After that they went to parish house and we had to go to the lesson. At two o’clock we had a basketball match. First round Estonians were really good, but in the second round Italians showed their abilities and won the match.

In the evening we had a little party in the club house. There was food, drinks and music. Firstly we played some Estonian games and danced some Estonian dances. After that there was a little break, where we ate some food. Then we had to learn Italy song and made up some moves with it. There was five groups and in every group there was at least 3 Estonians and 3 Italians. Everyone got 10 points because everyone had something special in their presentation. 

On Sunday, we went to Tartu. We visited Ahhaa Science Center and we had a lot of fun there. Then we ate and after we show them a bit of city and some shopping centres to see, which clothes are there, in Estonia. After that we went back home. We ate a bit and went to the birthday party. We arrived home at midnight.

Italians left in Tuesday morning. We had to wake up very early to eat, pack everything and get ready. They left at half past seven. I can’t wait to see Italy.

Written by Merit

Our school has some good contacts with foreign schools and this year we could take part of students’ exchange with Italians.

On 19th January 2017 25 Italian students and 2 teachers arrived in Kanepi.
I hosted two wonderful girls – Monica and Elisabetta. The night turned out fun, girls settled in very quickly and everything went well. Actually there were some problems with luggages but my family found a good solution. In first evening Monica and Elisabetta met my family, ate a little and went sleep.

On Friday me and my girls went school together. Foreign visitors had a school tour and also  met the head of Kanepi parish. They had some lessons together where students presented presentations about Estonia. At the end of the schoolday there was basketball match - Italians vs Estonians. In the evening all the people who were in this project came together and had a little party in the Kanepi cultural house. We played games and listened cool facts about Estonia after all that it was time for dancing.

Saturday was quite busy day. In the morning we went school and listened lecture about the Kuperjanov Infantry Battalion. There were also some kind of snake exhibition. Later others went to Haanja. Unfortunately I was sick and couldn’t take part of it. After that tiring day our little group of friends went to eat and play bowling.

On Sunday we took time off and went to Värska Sanatorium. We visited Sience Centre AHHAA, there we met others exchange pairs too.

Monday – last full day with our Italian friends. We started day early like every usual schoolday. There was a concert by Estonian singer Gerli Padar at school. After that musical hour we went to Tartu where we visited Institute of Physics. There were some science students who showed us different experiments and then we all visited some workshops where we built spagetti bridges and made handbands.

In conclusion it was amazing experience. Italians are very enthusiastic and full of energy. I am happy that our little school have this possibility to make these kind of projects.

 

Students' exchange written by Laura

Hello! I am going to write about the students’ exchange which took place in my school on 19^th-24^th January. Sad part about it is that I was sick at the time so I couldn’t be part of many activities.

Italians arrived in the evening on Thursday. I couldn’t host anybody so my girl Elisabetta was staying at Merit’s place. It was actually great because mine and Merit’s guest Monica were best friends.

For the first time I saw all the Italians on Friday night. We met at the party for Italian and Estonian students so we could get to know each other. My first impression of Elisabetta was that she was absolutely stunning. Also when we started talking then turned out she was friendly and kind, too. The night went well. I had fun in my own little company. The game where we had to teach foreign people the “Põdral maja metsa sees” song was very fun which they learned pretty fast by the way. The party ended at 10 o’clock with a huge disco.

On Saturday Italians got to see different snakes and presentation about Estonian National Defence Forces. Later they went to Haanja and visited Suur Munamägi, then went hiking. In the evening me, Merit and Jakob brought our Italians to play bowling. It was a lot of fun and we got to know each other better. After we spent couple of hours at Merit’s place.

On Sunday morning my father took me and Merit’s “household” to Värska’s waterpark, where we showed Italians the real Estonian sauna. I hope we didn’t cause them any traumas. When we were done enjoying South-Estonia’s beauty we brought them to Pizza Olive and had a wonderful lunch. After a heavy meal Jakob picked us up and we went to Ahhaa’s science centre. The guests were pretty pleased with that experience.

As the leaving day got closer we started to appreciate the time with Elisabetta and Monica more and more. On Monday visited our school Estonian singer Gerli Padar. Later that day we visited University of Tartu Institute of Physics.

Unfortunately had arrived the day when the Italian students went back home. I was really sad to see them go but luckily I’ll see them again in May in Italy!

Written by Keitlin

Students' exchange with Italy

On 19th January 2017 at 19:50 some of our school students were waiting in Kanepi bus station for their Italian exchange students who came from Saluzzo and among the other waiters was also me. My exchange student's name is Michela and when the bus arrived then I was nervously looking for her but then I finally found her and we got home by car. That evening we just had dinner, talked and then went to sleep.

On 20th January, Friday, all Italians visited our school and went to some of our lessons, we had much fun in Estonian lesson where they did some puzzles and listened some presentations, I think they liked it. There was also the basketball match at 14:15 and it was also fun. When the day was over then we had to prepare for the Estonian-Italian party which started at 17 o'clock. The party was very awesome and I liked it very much, all the games and the disco at the end.

Picture taken before the party

On Saturday we started our day in the school where we listened to a presentation about Kuperjanov Infantry Battalion where we couldn't go unfortunately and the most exicting thing for me that day were the snakes, I had never seen or touched a snake before and now I want to do it again, it was very awesome experience after that we went to Haanja where we visited Suur Munamägi and also went on a little hike with snowshoes, it was and exhausting day but we still likd it.

Me and python 

Sunday was the day when we needed to do something fun ourselves. I decided to go to Science Centre AHHAA in Tartu with Michela and also Kaarel and Federico came with us. My mother drove us there and it was very, very interesting and not only for me but for them too, they loved to see different things and how they work. After the AHHAA we went to eat something and then also visited the shopping centre. When we got back home then we had some tea, watched TV and had some nice gossips.

Federico and Michela

We had another trip to Tartu on Monday but it was a bit different one. We visited the University of Tartu where our science teacher Kristel works. There were some students who did different experiments for us and after that we were separeted into two groups and the groups went to a different workshops. The workshop where I was, we needed to build a strong spagetti bridge and my team got the second place. After thet we had some shopping time and then we went back home.

Tuesday 24th was they day when they left at 7:30. It was sad to see her go, because I had such a great time, it was great to talk with someone and I'm glad that I got a new friend.

:)

I think the student's exchange is a very cool experience for everyone and I'm so happy that it's in our school, many schools don't have it. I really hope this project never ''dies'' in this school.

Exchange by Hanna

                          

Students’ exchange with Italy

by Hanna Rahel Slungin

I took part in this year’s students’ exchange. I got to host a super nice Italian girl whose name is Veronica. She arrived on the Thursday evening just like all the others. Instantly we started talking about everything you can imagine and we got along very well.

The first full day with Italians was Friday. In the Friday morning me and Veronica got up at 7 o’clock to prepare to go to school. At school we didn’t see each other too much, because Italians were doing their own things. They went on a tour around the school, had a computer lesson and even visited the Kanepi parish goverment building. Although, we still had one Estonian lesson together where we showed different presentations and solved two crosswords about Estonia and Italy. Later in the day we also had a basketball match between Italians and Estonians which the Italians won.

Later in the evening we went to a party where Estonian language, culture and so much more was shown us. We tried some tongue twisters, we danced, singed and had a really good time.

On Sunday morning we woke up at 9 o’clock and got ready to go to Tartu with Kadri and Marta. They picked us up a little bit after 10 o’clock and we drove to Tartu. The first place we went to was Ahhaa science museum. It was really fun and we had a great time. I hadn’t ever been there before either so it was just as interesting to me as to the Italians. After spending couple hours in Ahhaa we went to a small restaurant called Ylicool. It was really fancy and the food was really good. 

We spent the second half of the day solving a Escape Room game. We chose to go to the Sherlock’s room. It wasn’t too hard of a puzzle to solve, but definitely not a really easy one either as we needed couple hints during the game. In the end we finished the game and I think we actually did very well.

At the end of the day we were really tired, but there’s no doubt that we had a lot of fun. Veronica said that it was the best day so far of the students’ exchange and i totally agree with her. It really was a great day.

Student's Exchange by Tarmo

On the 19th of January there was a students exchange program. Our school took part of it and we hosted Italians. They came from Saluzzo. The exchange students stayed with our students and teachers. I took care of an Italian named Alessandro Mandrile.

They arrived on Thursday and we picked them up at the Kanepi bus stop. Alessandro stepped out of the bus and I introduced myself and a boy named Kevin who’s place Alessandro was going to stay at. When we arrived at Kevin’s place I introduced everybody and we had dinner. We talked a bit and I left him at Kevin’s.

On Friday all the Italians were with us at our school. They had their own program and they were with their hosts in one lesson. After lessons there was a basketball tournament between us Estonians and them Italians. Unfortunately for us they won. After the tournament Italians had a little bit of free time and then there was a big party at Kanepi’s culture house and the program consisted of various activities and music. It was a great party.

Next day I picked up Alessandro from Kevin’s place and we went to school, where we could see snakes and there was also a presentation about Estonian Defence Force. After the presentation all the Italians and almost every Estonian host went on a trip to Haanja where we could see Suur Munamägi which is the highest peak of Estonia. Then we went an a hike with snow shoes and after the hike we had food and tea. After those events we started moving towards Kanepi and everybody went with their hosts. My Italian went to a party which was at Demi’s house and I went to another party where there were also some Italians.

On Sunday I introduced my brother to Alessandro and we went driving. Firstly we went to a local village and over there we went on a frozen lake. My brother’s friends were there with a dirt bike and we rode with the bike on the ice. I felt a little bit quilty because there were fisherman also on the lake and I think they were angry with us. After the riding we headed to Tartu and over there we went to our famous science center called AHHAA. Over there we met up with Mari-Liis and Angela and their Italians and I stayed with them. After the AHHAA we all went to McDonald’s and we ate burgers. After the burgers we were all full of food and decided to go to jumping on trampolines. We jumped about an hour and the Italians liked it. When we were finished, my brother picked me and Alessandro up and we drove to Kanepi and over there we met with Kaarel and Federico. The four of us had sauna and dinner. After dinner I sent Alessandro home.

Monday was schoolday and the lesson was Maths. The Italians were very smart in that lesson. After lesson all the Italians and their hosts went to Tartu where we visited Physics centre and we did some interesting things there. After that we drove to a big shopping centre called Lõunakeskus and the Italians went shopping. They liked shopping and then we set course towards Kanepi where some Italians and Estonians decided to have food at local bar. After the meal we went to Demi's place and everybody had great time.

Tuesday morning it was time to say goodbye to Italians. Some were sad and some were happy. But in the end, I think everybody had great time. I know I had great time.

Written by Kaarel.

Student’s exchange with Italy

We had a students exchange with students from Saluzzo. I host one boy. He’s name is Federico Tavella. They where in Estonia 6 days. We had a lot of fun. They arrive in Estonia at 19. January, at eight o’cloak. We had a little eat and after that we went to sleep. 

Friday we went to school. They had a house tour and after they come with us in Germany lesson. We made 5 group where was 3 Estonia student and 2 Italy. We have to teach them some German words and after they need to spell them. We got huge paper where was like 10 or more words. They got a lot of problems with that, because they don’t speak German. For us it was funny, because they spell word so funnily. After lesson we had lunch. Then they went to parish house and we went to lesson. At seven lesson we got basketball match between Estonia and Italy. I was playing with Laur, Tauno, Kristen, Kädrili and Kaisa. In our team I was the best player, because I made the most points, over 20.

In the evening we had a little party with Estonia and Italy. There was some food, drinks and a lot of music. Firstly we played some Estonia games and dances. After that there was a break and then we had to learn a Italy song and make some moves with that. There was 5 group and everyone got 10 points, because everyone got something special in they performance.

In Sunday we went to Tartu to visit Science Center Ahhaa. He had a lot of fun there because he like science. We where there more then one hour and then we went to eat. After eating we show them little bit Tartu and then we came back to Kanepi and show Sheep to them. In the evening we went to birthday party with other Italy student. 

They leave Estonia in Tuesday at 7.30. We need to wake very early to get everything and then they leave with bus. I’m already waiting to go Italy, because it was nice to speak with them and I feel I little bit lonely.