FinnFun School of Vancouver
6540 Thomas Street V5B 4P9 Burnaby, BC, Canada

It is a busy season at FinnFun! Before the raffle today we had our FinnFun Christmas party via Zoom for kids in Tuesday classes. We played some games, had a few performances, did some Christmas crafts, sang a few songs, found an elf name for everyone, and most importantly, we had a surprise visitor from Korvatunturi joining our Zoom call! All the kids got to spend some time alone with him in the breakout room, and the excitement was tangible! At the end of the party the kids even got little presents the elves had brought over during the call! Tomorrow it is time for FinnTeens to have their Christmas get together, and then this fall 2020 semester is wrapped!

Hooray! FinnFun Raffle Winners are: 1. Lotta Pellonperä 2. Sanna Kattelus 3. Riitta Huttunen... 4. Daryl Anderson 5. Tarja Yrjölä 6. Johanna Mantsinen 7. Tanya Rautava 8. Tarja Yrjölä Congratulations to the winners! We will be in touch with you shortly. And thank you once again for everybody who participated, donated raffle prizes and bought tickets. Your support is well appreciated!

Who will win this year's prizes?

Don’t forget that tomorrow Monday is the last day to buy FinnFun Raffle tickets! See below link for more information http://finnfun.org/finnfun-fundraiser-raffle-2020

Last minute addition to the raffle prizes! Rain Or Shine Ice Cream just donated a $15 gift card for us! Thank you Rain or Shine This will be added in the Kids Only raffle basket. To see a list of prizes go to http://finnfun.org/finnfun-fundraiser-raffle-2020 Please note that you must live in Vancouver / Lower Mainland to participate in the FinnFun Raffle

FinnFun Halloween Fashion Show! With Vancouver’s top models!

Halloween Scavenger Hunt in the shivery autumn evening FinnFun kids had a blast with flash lights!

FinnTeen photo course was such a success - among other things teens got to practice nature- and product photography, using of clip-on lenses and of course photo vocabulary in Finnish. This mom felt compelled to secretly spy on the teens as all the stuff looked so interesting!

Amazing how much fun you can fit in to one Finnish class! It isn’t called #FinnFun for no reason

Vancouverin Suomi-koulun teiniryhmä jatkaa toimintaansa tällä viikolla valokuvauskurssin merkeissä. Tiedossa muutakin kuin vain selfieitä #finnfun #suomikoulu #finnsabroad #finnishvancouver

Saturday group practiced compass points outdoors today. No running involved this time.

The beautiful autumn weather has made it easy for FinnFun kids to spend lots of time outside during Finnish lessons

Finnish words can be quite long!

FinnFun School of Vancouver is looking for a new Board Secretary for a volunteer position! Join our cheerful bunch of board members and help keep us organized! The Secretary’s main duty is keeping minutes during our board meetings 5-6 times per year. But the job description can entail a whole lot more depending on the candidates special interests, skills and time to dedicate. Finnish language skills are not required for this position. Please email [email protected] if you are interested.

Teacher introduction is not really a correct term for this one - Kata is so much more! But here goes: Katriina Laslo "I am the board chair of the FinnFun School of Vancouver. In addition to the school administration I participate in the practical school arrangements and event organizing, and I also help as a substitute teacher whenever needed. ... I have been an active member of the FinnFun School ever since I moved to Vancouver in 2014 and my goal is to keep this amazing organization strong and lively even amid the current pandemic times. FinnFun has been a central hub for the Finnish community in Vancouver area for 35 years and ensuring that the operation of the school is preserved and contstantly developed is an important task. If you are interested in participating in the FinnFun community as a student, board member or volunteer you are welcome to contact me any time at [email protected]" Do you want to join the FinnFun fun? FinnFun is currently in urgent need of a board secretary. The position entails making the minutes of the board meetings, keeping student information organized, assisting with communications via email, social media & website, and other administrative duties as necessary. Meetings are mostly held via Zoom. Knowledge of Finnish language is not necessary.

Ready to tackle some Finnish? The FinnFun School of Vancouver has a new Instagram account - follow us at #finnfun_school

Best part of FinnFun is recess - ask any student! Snacks, fresh air, running around to burn the extra energy! If weather allows, we incorporate outdoor play to our lessons, so today the bigger kids also played some color games after snacks were eaten.

FinnTeens studied sports vocabulary while enjoying some games of badminton and tennis followed by delicious Finnish style crepes (lettu) and word quizzes. Winner of the games received a well appreciated prize - Finnish liquorice!

Teacher introductions continue! Meet our new assistant teacher Magdalena Popelka - she is assisting the teacher Tanja Etherington on Tuesdays, in the little one's group. ******... I'm the assistant teacher for the group of 3-6-year old's in the school year 2020-2021. I'm a geologist by education and a database administrator by profession, and currently I'm on maternity leave. And as I love Finland, Finnish language and culture, I signed up for the assistant teacher position at the same time as I signed up my son as a student for the same group. As an assistant teacher my goal is that every student feels comfortable and that everyone is having fun learning! ****** Welcome to FinnFun, Magdalena!