Thank you all for the amazing Saturday at Maunula-talo, the co-production 'Auringonkierros' was a success! 

Kiitos kaikille osallistujille ja produktion mahdollistajille!

As the whole autumn semester flew by really really quickly  I will shortly go through the key elements of this smaller project Auringonkierros, inside this whole 3.5- year project. 

Koska syyslukukausi humahti taas ohi kuin huomaamatta, käyn seuraavassa nopeasti vielä läpi tämän pienemmän, kolme ja puoli vuotisen Koskelan projektin sisällä toteutetun loppuproduktion.

In May, at the end of the spring semester of 2019, we (class teachers Päivi Flores, Satu Korpiniitty, Tuulia Pisto, and from the Käpylä Music School, myself and Lisa Pälikkö) had the first production meeting. Some of the main elements, like digital scenic flats/props (Riikka) or no spoken lines, only 'movement and music' (Lisa) were already there, but the actual manuscript was not finished until the beginning of September.

As a big change to previous years (2016-2019) of the project, the principal teacher, I, was not an extra resource in the weekly plan but participated as a co-teacher or worked with smaller specific groups as working with and creating the material for the Maunula-talo-production.

I was also the main producer of the production. As the Koskela Primary School is lacking sufficient teaching facilities due to the extensive renovations at the school premises, it was really important to find a suitable space near the school. 

With the help of Antti-Aleksi Hyväkkä @ Maunula-talo and the support of Meeri Ventomäki @ Maunula-talo http://maunulatalo.fi/?page_id=14,  I found the premises we needed! Thank you Antti, thank you Meeri!  

The Koskela project is steadily moving towards its closing.

Koskelan projekti on Opetus- ja kulttuuriministeriön ja Helsingin kaupungin tukemana, tässä muodossa, saavuttanut oman lakipisteensä.

Tämä kolme ja puoli vuotta kestänyt projekti on ollut uraauurtava, mielenkiintoinen, hyvin haastava ja hirmuisen ihana, 

ja kaikkea tätä 

yhtäaikaa. 

Kiitos kaikille!

This is a nice memory from the academic year of 2016-2017 when the 4th graders were 1st graders and the project had just begun! Aakusti-djembe wizard as a co-pilot!