The winter activity afternoon for the IBS-students

We are Polish students of physiotherapy who attend the English lessons with the Finnish sports instructor students.

On 10^th of February we helped organizing the winter activities for the students of the cross cultural communication course. It took place at Ounasvaara, close to Santa Sport and  in the sports hall. Two weeks before this date we started to plan the activities. We sent the invitation  and planned colorful diplomas for the students. We also planned a lot of various activities typical for Finland such as snowshoeing, deep snow football, elephant ball, city war. We were divided in small groups and everyone had his own task to fill.

We have to add that the weather was great. The sun was shining all afternoon, the temperature was about -10 degrees and everyone had a lot of fun.

In the beginning all the students were divided in three groups. The first group played deep snow football, the second group went snowshoeing and the  third group wanted to stay inside the building and play some games.

We were responsible for snowshoeing. But it was also our first time to try it so we were rather the observers. Nevertheless we helped the other students to put the snowshoes on and we talked to them. We went to the forest and went snowshoeing in deep snow. After that we organized a small competition on the football field. We divided people in 4 groups and they had to run as fast as they could one by one in the same group. The fastest team was the winner. For everyone it was the first time on snowshoes and they were happy.

After that the group who was snowshoeing went to play football and the group that played football went snowshoeing. The international team played against the Finnish students of sports. It was hard because the Finns were more adjusted to playing football in the snow and it was easier for them. However everyone regardless of nationality had a lot of fun. Finally the international team won but the score wasn’t important and the atmosphere was very friendly.

After outdoor activities we went to the school and there were various indoor games organized  including elephant ball  and city war. Some of the students played city war while the others   played elephant ball.

The aim of the city war was to get the flag of another team or  avoid being hit by the opponents. The team who captured the flag won.

Finally we ate the delicious carrot cake made by the Finnish student, drank the fruit juice and took  some pictures but unfortunately not everyone could stay until the end because they went on the cottage weekend to Leirikari.

Gosia & Ernest