"The Soiva Sammakko is alone in the entire Aarnitammi because Petula Owl is on the way. Soiva Sammakko reads a book that tells about ufo and may be a bit too exciting because Soiva can not sleep. "But there is no ufo in Loiskulampi" he feels comforted and turned off the reading lamp. Just when he is falling asleep, there is a strange plop in the pond. The frog flies up from the bed and looks at the pond. "There seems to be something floating wonders the frog? " The Theater The Soiva Sammakko arrives at the Finnish School in Manchester on Saturday 20.10.18. The show starts at 10:30 and ends at around 11 am. After the show there is the opportunity to attend the workshop at 11:30 - 12:00 (limited places). Bunting: Theater free for members of the Suomi School of Manchester Workshop children £ 3 (adults free with children included) During the break the café and the shop are opening where a variety goodies and hot and cold drinks will be available. ...

Kielibaarissa on hieno artikkeli Manchesterin Suomi-koulusta. Artikkelin on kirjoittanut koulumme aikuisryhmän opettaja Tuula Keränen. Alla linkki artikkeliin: http://www.kielibaari.fi/suomi-kouluja-maailmalla-lahes-140-mita-niissa-tehdaan-ja-opitaan/

Hyvää alkanutta uutta vuotta 2018. Taasen olisi aika aloittaa uusi kev ätkausi Manchesterin Suomi-koulussa. Tervetuloa ensi lauantaina 13.01. klo 10.00 niin kaikki vanhat ja kuin uudetkin, lapset ja aikuiset op iskelijat mukaan iloiseen joukkoomme. Happy New Year 2018. It is time to start a new spring season at the Manchester School in Finland. Welcome next Saturday 13.01. at 10.00, all the old and new, children and adult students join us in our joyful team.

And so this is Christmas... Yesterday, as we ever have since the School began, we enjoyed our end of term Christmas Party. For Finns this is a double celebration, since this is so close to 6th December, Finnish Independence Day, Itsenäisyyspäivä . We always hope that we may be blessed with the appearance of Joulupukki - ie. Santa Claus. This year it was a little bit more of a miracle than usual, since no one knew where Joulupukki's costume was, and only a desperate last minute dash to hire one saved the day. Understandably, many more people come along than for our usual School Days; it's great to catch up with so many old friends. We don't simply guzzle food, there is some entertainment as well. It's varied from year to year; occasionally the adult classes have had a little friendly pressure applied and shown off some of their prowess in Finnish. I remember one year our class learnt the words of Joulumaa by heart (the Katri Helena song). However, some performance...

Moi! No niin... Here's the Manchester Finnish School's website, newly worked over as a blog, and here's our first post. My name's Mark, I'm English, and I've been coming to the Finnish School for *cough* some years. I figured that while the site needs to provide information on classes and school dates and such, we should really use the blog to celebrate why we're here, to feature all the things, big and small, which we enjoy about Finland. Culture, places, events; after a while there should be the sort of variety of posts here which will tickle your curiosity and maybe spark some interest in this very cool country. What better way to start than to talk about the Finnish School itself? My interest began with a Finnish band I got into. I saw them twice in Manchester; they're long since departed. They sang in English, but I encountered the language on a fan forum and was intrigued. When the forum's lady boss explained a bit about it, including suc...