This document provides instructions and prompts for students participating in an exchange program to keep a logbook documenting their daily activities and cultural experiences in Finland. The logbook is meant to help students reflect on what they learn about themselves, their host culture, and differences from their home culture in areas like food, school, ecology, family, housing, nature, and travel. Students are asked to document their daily schedule, visits, workshop sessions, new words learned, and observations about cultural topics in Finland to compare to their home country of Poland.

1. KEEP YOUR LOGBOOK READY!
 Your daily program
 Your visits: what do you visit and what do you learn
 The workshop sessions: what do you do and what do you learn
 Languageinput: new words and expressions that you pick up –
both in English and theforeign language
THIS LOGBOOK BELONGS TO
……………………………………………………………………………
(name and surname)
FROM ………………………………………………………………….
(city and country)
YOUR DAILY PROGRAM
SATURDAY 6.2.2016 or SUNDAY 7.2.2016 Travelling days to themeeting
MONDAY 8.2.2106
Morning
Afternoon
welcoming ceremony, logo winner ceremony
Teachers: Erasmus+project meeting
Students: attend school lessons
Teachers: Erasmus+project meeting continues
Students: attend school lessons
Visit to Espoo recycling center
TUESDAY 9.2.2016
Morning
Afternoon
Teachers: Observation at school, visitingclasses
Students: attend school lessons
Winter activities near theschool
WEDNESDAY 10.2.2016
Morning
Afternoon
Teachers: Erasmus+project meeting
Students: attend school lessons
Visit to Helsinki
THURSDAY 11.2.2016
Morning
Afternoon
Evening
Visit to a local factory – reduce, reuse, recycle
Teachers: Observation at school, visitingclasses
Students: attend school lessons
Farewell evening at school
FRIDAY 12.2.2016
Morning
Afternoon
Teachers: starting activities Local natural concern and
research of natural water.
Students: attend school lessons
Visiting local seafront Itämeri –sea, observing and
measuring thewater.
FRIDAY 12.2.2016, SATURDAY 13.2.2016 or
SUNDAY 14.2.2016
Travelling days from the
meeting
YOUR PERSONAL LOGBOOK
 A TOOL FOR REFLECTION, INSIGHTS AND REACTIONS
 A NOTICEBOOK OF FACTS, KNOWLEDGE AND DAILY
PROGRAM
 WILL HELP YOU LEARN AND REALIZE THINGS ABOUT
YOURSELF AND OTHERS

2. KEEP YOUR CULTURAL AWARENESS ALERT!
 FOOD
In your host family: breakfastand dinner – what do you/they
usually eat?
At school: school lunches –your observations.
In town: what kind of grocery stores and markets, cafés
or restaurants can you see?
Compare theFinnish food culture with the Polish one
(differences & similarities)
 SCHOOL
What do you observein terms of traditions, atmosphere, facilities,
the relationship between teachers-students, and between different
students? How do they greet each other?
What subjects does your host take?
How does your host organizeher/his studies?
How old are thestudents when they start and finish education?
What do you likemost about theFinnish partner school in Espoo?
 ECOLOGY
Does your host family sort therubbish? All of it or only a part of it?
Which one?
If they sort it, how long havethey been doing it?
If they do not sort, what is thereason?
Has your host family got a garden? If yes, do they makecompost?
Has thehost family reused or recycled any household material or
equipment (which previously was used in a different way)?
 FAMILY
In your host family: does everydaylifediffer from the weekend?
Who takes care of domestic chores?
Who belongs to your host family?
Describe theapartment or houseof your host family.
Describe thesurroundings of your host family.
Does thefamily differ compared to your own family life? How?

3.  HOUSING AND NATURE
Take a look at thelocal scenery and study thelocal architecture.
Describe how it differs from Toruń.
 CROSS-CULTURAL AWARENESS
How do you react to living in a new society?
What aspects causeyou a bit of trouble?
Do you changeduring theweek? How?
What would you liketo import to Finland?
What would you liketo export from Finland to your country?
(of coursein terms of values, habits, etc.)
What do you need to keep in mind in relation to your own roleas
a host in October 2016?
 TRAVEL
Haveyou ever travelled by plane before?
If yes, was this trip much different from theprevious one?
If not, what did you likemost?
At theairport: haveyou noticed any important signs or notices?
What basic travel vocabulary do you remember?
On theplane: can you writedown any announcements madeby the
cabin crew?
What signs or word from theaircraft do you recall?
What advantages of travelling abroad can you find?
What disadvantages of travelling abroad do you see?