Harviala school cooperation program

1. Harviala school cooperation program Cooperation program between pre-school, 1st and 2nd grades of the primary school 2012 – 2013

2. Background of the cooperation • The nursery school consists of the kindergarten and the pre-school • Participating in this project are: • 17 Pre-school pupils, age 6 • 22 First grade pupils, age 7 • 19 Second grade pupils, age 8

3. Since the beginning, we have tried to carry out several types of cooperation and aim to work tightly together in the future • Cooperation so far: • Mutual participation in festivities and activities • The 1st grade and the pre-school pupils attend music and PE lessons together • Pedagogical workshops since spring 2010

4. How does the cooperation work? • The workshops are instructed by the classes' teachers, the nursery school teachers and staff, the school instructor and a special education teacher • The pupils form teams • → we aim to bring forward their individual strengths and make sure that everyone may experience feelings of succes in these small teams

5. The idea behind this cooperation • The educational content of pre-school goes hand in hand with the teaching in the first two primary school grades • We try to make the transition from a pre-school pupil to a primary school pupil as easy as possible • To break the boundaries of the different subjects

6. The idea behind this cooperation • To develop coordination in subjects (handling a common theme in different school subjects at the same time – only from slightly differing point of views) • To improve both the childrens' and the teachers' teamwork skills • To create interaction between the pupils, letting the youger ones learn from the older children

7. Pedagogical workshops • The workshops are held twice a week, lasting 90 minutes each • The main method is cooperative learning • The pupils are divided into three groups based on their learning style • The teachers guide the groups and are responsible for the planning of the themes and how they are being handled

8. The teachers go around from group to group - they have to take the the different learning styles into account while teaching • Most of the themes focus mainly on science, but also on arts and crafts, Finnish and mathematics

9. Groups based on learning style • Pupils have their own ways and styles of learning • The different learning styles show how a child approaches, analyses and structures the subject • Individuality is taken into account • The groups are not ability groups • The division is made by testing the pupils and basically by getting to know them • The pupils are divided into three colour groups: blue, yellow and red

10. The Blue Group • Verbally talented • Active • Quick and efficient • Show their intellect in practical tasks, hands-on • Like to work in a group • Do not like rules, restrictions or too specifically instructed assignments • Learn by doing

11. The Red Group • Consider and contemplate • Ask ”Why?” • theoretical • organised • Carry out their plans • Prefer working alone • Like challenge • Do not get distracted by surrounding noises etc. • Do not get nervous in new situations

12. The Yellow Group • careful • deliberate • Need a peaceful environment • Get easily nervous in new situations • Think before acting • Need extra support from adults

13. Tulevaisuuden visiot • toimintatapa vakiinnuttaa paikkansa esi- ja alkuopetuksessa • oppimistyyliryhmittelyä siirretään vähitellen myös ylempien luokkien toimintaan • erilaisten yhteistyömuotojen ja toiminnan kehittäminen edelleen • joustava esi- ja alkuopetus • pysyvä henkilökunta • Harvialan yksikkö tarjoaa luonnollisen jatkumon lapsen kasvulle varhaiskasvatuksesta perusopetuksen kuudennelle luokalle asti