ESPOO MAGAZINE 2/2020

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theme The Covid-19 virus arrived in Finland around the turn of February–March. By mid-March, it had changed everyone’s lives. Text Tiina Parikka Photos Timo Porthan and Tapiola Sinfonietta Creative solutions The coronavirus spring has restricted and changed everyone’s lives. But creative solutions have allowed people to get on with their lives and have meaningful experiences despite the self-isolation. By the time this magazine goes to print, comprehensive schools will have returned to classroom teaching, and libraries will have been open for borrowing and returning books for a couple of weeks. Outdoor exercise facilities have been open for sport and fitness from mid-May. At the beginning of June, libraries and culture facilities will reopen and return to normal. Museums will also re-open in early June. • Niina Sivonen’s drawings illustrating remote teaching have served as peer support for her teacher colleagues. Many have shared similar experiences. 8 A magazine for Espoo residents
New meaning with instructions NIINA Sivonen, Deputy Headmaster at the Lähderannan koulu primary school, has described her experiences of remote teaching in drawings. Every day, she takes a positive observation and illustrates it as a morale booster for herself and her colleagues. “There are more such things than I have time to draw. The children have adapted really wonderfully to this new situation,” says Sivonen, who teaches sixth grade. In mid-March, all school teachers suddenly had to adjust to a new normal with only a few days’ notice. “We’re not trained to do remote teaching. Some teachers and pupils alike experienced challenges with the IT requirements, but we help each other as we can.” Sivonen’s class continued to study according to the lesson plan. She has high praise for stay-at-home parents who skilfully accommodated their children’s new daily routine. In most cases, the children actually went outdoors for breaks between lessons, and lunch was at the same time as at school. However, some parents still had to go to work during the day, and in some homes the computer had to be used in turns. “I always posted daily instructions on Wilma on the previous day, so that the parents would have time in the evening to see whether their children would need technical assistance with their school day. I’ve made many teaching videos and otherwise used my drawings in class. Some of the lessons were online meetings.” Writing instructions and developing new teaching methods means long hours for Sivonen, but she does not complain. “It’s only temporary. Children have learned to take responsibility and to manage their time, and that will certainly be useful as they move on to secondary school.” Comprehensive schools reopened for classroom teaching on 14 May. Upper secondary schools chose to continue with remote teaching until the end of the school year. All schools had their virtual end-of-school celebration today, 30 May. Niina Sivonen has kind words for the smooth cooperation among teachers, pupils and parents during the exceptional circumstances this spring. “We helped each other and shared our experiences.” 9
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