Results and work

Nord StarT climate change competition

The duo team of 9th graders from the Vuoksenniska school has won the Nord StarT climate change competition organized by the Ministry of Education and Culture. The students' work won the 13–15-year-old category.

The goal of the Nord StarT Competition was to involve children, young people and adults to jointly come up with concrete ways to combat climate change. It was possible to participate in the competition with project works and practices where different age groups and school levels cooperate.

The winning work of the Vuoksenniska people was called Pienet and climate change. In the project, the 9th grade students held a lesson on climate change for the 4th grade students.

Fishing day in the city stream

In autumn 8, Imatra's 2021th graders got to know Vuoksi's fish, crabs and benthic animals in the city stream.

The students went around the city stream around six ticks. At the crossings, experts from different organizations shared current information about Vuoksi's fish, crayfish and benthic animals, and provided guidance on fish research methods.

Read more: Schoolchildren got to know the fish and organisms of Vuoksi in the city stream

Innokas2021 programming and robotics tournament

The students of Vuoksenniska school's robotics club were awarded in spring 2021 at the national Innokas2021 programming and robotics tournament.

The students participated in the tournament with a video they made themselves.  Samu Lehikonen, Eino Bergin ja Samuli Lankinen in the video Myräkkä and the robots named Myräkkä junior fought against each other in XSumo.

Read more: The students of Vuoksenniska school were awarded in the Innokas2021 programming and robotics tournament

MOK project: Habitats of the future 

Vuoksenniska's middle school students' multidisciplinary study environment Future environments challenges students to think about the future. The introductory task of the course was to create a vision of the future living environment. The video contains a summary of the students' views.

Saimaa Geopark elective course for 8th and 9th graders

Vuoksenniska's 9th graders Kasperi Kuusisto, Roope Pullinen, Atte Kautonen, Tuomas Tiilikainen, Sofia Jäppinen and Elina Sainio learn about rapids and the birth of Vuoksi during the Saimaa Geopark elective course. Guided by geologist Kaisa-Maria Remes. Photo: Päivi Hirvonen.