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Upper secondary school students’ thoughts after a month
It’s now been over a month since the visit to Dubai and the upper secondary school students have returned to school normally and caught up on their studies. The trip was an unforgettable experience for all of us and gave us a lot of memories and fun experiences. It was the first trip abroad for…
Takeaways from Learning Together
Our learning project reached its pinnacle a few weeks ago when we finally got to meet each other in person in Dubai and share a wonderful time together at the Expo. We’ve learned a lot from each other and this has been a really interesting project for all of us students and teachers! In addition…
Art of Learning: Design Workshop
In the Art of Learning event, organised by GEMS Modern Academy, University of Oulu Teacher Training School and ISKU, students from both schools got to put their wise heads together in a fun design challenge! Students were divided into teams comprising of primary and high school students from both schools. They were asked to design…
Meeting with GEMS & Art of Learning Event at Expo
Our trip to Dubai has been completed and we’ve safely returned back home to Finland. What a trip it was, full of great memories and new experiences! Probably the most exciting day of our visit to Dubai was when we finally got to meet the GEMS students in person and go to Expo together for…
Exploring The Wonders of Expo
One of the highlights of our trip to Dubai was of course getting to visit the Expo 2020. The first time we visited Expo during our week-long trip to Dubai was when we took part in the Art of Learning event organised together by ISKU, Oulu University Teacher Training School and GEMS Modern Academy in…
Dune Safari Day
While in Dubai, we also got to visit the sand dunes for a desert safari. It was very exciting for us to see the dunes as most of us had not seen anything like it before – we’d seen snow dunes before of course but seeing all the sand and the beautiful dunes it formed…
Visiting Dubai Sights
One day of our trip was dedicated to exploring Dubai city and its sights. We visited the Burj Khalifa, which is a 829.8 meter tall skyscraper – currently it holds the record for the tallest building in the whole world! Despite the building’s impressive height, the elevator in Burj Khalifa only took one minute to…
A day in the life of Finnish students
One of the highlights in our joint learning project with GEMS Modern Academy was to share about our daily lives and culture. Before we started the collaboration and meetings with GEMS students, we thought of ways to share our regular lives with our peers in Dubai. We came up with the idea of creating a…
Meet the Cultural Ambassadors of GEMS Modern Academy!
One of the most fascinating features of life in Dubai is its multicultural environment. To add to our melting pot of cultures, we interacted with students from the land of a thousand lakes, namely Finland. The distance between Finland and Dubai is 6339 kilometres but this finite distance was traversed through an immersive cultural exchange programmme…
Meet us at the Expo!
Meet students and teachers from Oulu University Teacher Training School and GEMS Modern Academy Dubai at ISKU Learning Day on Monday 21st of February 2022. Join the day to spend a memorable and joyful learning moment with us! Students and teachers from both schools will present the results of our joint learning project and share…
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