• Suitable for high-school students
• Participants: min. 1 – max. 15 persons
• Availability: During the academic year, during weekdays
• Length of days: 1-14 days
• September – May, excluding school holidays
• Match with a local student and follow their daily lives at school and after class
• Get to know Finnish culture and everyday life and study at same time abroad.
• A deep insight into Finnish culture and our world-famous education system
• Accommodation: Hotel / Homestay
EXPLORE THE NORDIC ARCTIC NATURE
• Suitable for elementary and upper comprehensive school, high school, camp schools and school excursions
• Two days biology themed study camp: Learning outdoor & wilderness skills and building relationship with nature
• Guided tour in Marine Nature Centre
• Possibility to organize a workshop with local students
• Minimum age: 10 years. Participants min./max: 5-20
• Availability/seasonality: June to mid-September (program is planned according to season)
• Length of program: 2 days
• Accommodation style upon request (homestay, hotel, cottage..)
HELP BUILD TOMORROW`S NATURE
• Suitable for camp schools and school excursions.
• Location: Kalajoki, outdoors
• Planting tree seedlings, building a nest box for birds and insects, learning about everyman’s rights and outdoor skills, picking some berries & mushrooms
• Minimum age: 10 yrs
• Participants min./max: 3 – 20
• Availability / seasonality: May – September
• Length of program: 1 day
HANDICRAFT WORKSHOP
Suitable for students, adults, camp schools and school excursions
• Learn how to make handicraft with the local crafts center, using natural materials.
• Make jewelry with natural material or natural soap, knit a scarf, create a keyring with a stone picked on the shore…
• May be added as a module to another educational camp to create a longer stay
• Minimum age: 10 yrs Participants min/max: 5-15
• Availability/seasonality: All year around
• Length of program: 1 day
TECHNICAL VISITS THEMES & IDEAS
• Healthcare system & elderly care
• Wood industry and building with wood
• New Merenoja school (architecture, environmentally friendly school, Finnish learning methods)
Please read more about our educational packages and school visits planned for youth groups, as well as interesting professional visits and training packages from VisitKalajoki brochure.
Feel free to contact us!
laura.kujala@kalajokikeskusvaraamo.fi
