One of our main objectives in this project was to increase student participation and to find ways to use different teaching methods. Our purpose was to increase cooperation between different teachers and subjects as our school is a STEAM-school. One objective was to strengthen the maker culture in our school. Learning through creative ways helps students to find their strengths and to improve their individual learning skills. The number of students who need special help and support in their every day lives is increasing. The staff in our school is constantly trying to find ways to help them.
Laanila School is lower secondary school with 7th to 9th grade students. There are 400 students and 35 teachers in our school. We are an active school and part of Green Flag-, STEAM, UNESCO and many other projects. Important values of our school are student participation and environmental awareness. We try to find ways to prevent early school leaving and exclusion. We are also interested in international cooperation and are willing to learn about different ways of teaching and facing the challenges of everyday school life in different European countries. We wish to develop our staff's skills and knowledge of teaching outside of classroom. Students learn in different ways and being able to study outside the classroom can be a motivating and useful way to improve learning.