Last week my daughter´s school was having a Survivor week. It means that everyone is encouraged to focus on healthy lifestyle, playing outdoors and spending time with friends and family. The most difficult part is that no screen time is allowed. Smart phones, laptops, play stations and computers are banned for the whole week including watching…

Towa Overseas Study Center, the visionary behind the “Go Study” initiative, firmly believes that school visits in a foreign country will inspire and offer professionals in the education field (whether teachers, principals or administrators) a different perspective on best practices around the world, fostering educational development and pedagogical leadership. The “Go Study” initiative offers different…

Collaboration should be viewed as a journey, rather than a destination. It is an ongoing and developing process of finding a common ground and learning how to play off each other’s strengths. Sometimes it can be hard to let someone else to take over, but like anything, trust and collaboration skills can be polished with…

This blog post is part of Maltese radio interview with Johanna Järvinen-Taubert in May 2020, 1/3. Radio interview was arranged by Dr Kenneth Vella, headmaster of the St Joseph Mater Boni Consilii school in Paola, Malta. The Covid-19 pandemic has hit Finland as it has hit all the other countries. There was a lockdown in…

Today is International World Book Day, also known as World Book and Copyright Day, or International Day of the Book. It is an annual event organized by UNESCO to promote reading, publishing, and copyright. World Book Day was first celebrated on 23 April 1995, and continues to be recognized on that day. World Book Day…