Rivarolo and Bosconero - September-October 2025 

Returning the warm welcome: guests from Siuntio

From September 29 to October 3, 2025, our “Guido Gozzano” Comprehensive School had the pleasure of hosting 20 students and 4 teachers from Sjundeå svenska skola in Siuntio, Finland, warmly welcomed by the families of our students.

The Finnish guests were divided between our Rivarolo (14 students) and Bosconero (6 students) schools, taking part in educational and cultural activities together with their Italian peers.

Monday, September 29 - Welcome and first activities

The week opened with a warm welcome ceremony featuring greetings, music, and moments of sharing in the Orchestra Hall of Rivarolo,. The day continued with Italian, English, and music workshops, encouraging linguistic and creative exchange between Italian and Finnish students.

Meanwhile, in Bosconero, the Finnish students were greeted by second-year pupils who presented them with personalized badges and the week’s program. Then, the group enjoyed coding sessions, bilingual limerick writing, and sports activities in the gym.

Sjundeå/Siuntio, Finland, 20–23 May 2025

Back to Sjundeå: students from IC Guido Gozzano experience Finland first-hand

After our teachers' inspiring job-shadowing experience last March at Sjundeå Svenska Skola, it was finally time for our students to take part in this growing Erasmus+ exchange. From 20 to 23 May 2025, a group of students from Rivarolo and Bosconero had the chance to live and learn side by side with their Finnish peers in the small bilingual town of Siuntio/Sjundeå, just west of Helsinki.

Despite a delay and strike that reshuffled our flight plans, we finally landed in Helsinki late at night—greeted with warmth by the Finnish families who would host us for the week. From that very first meeting, it was clear this experience would be about more than school: it was about connection.

Wednesday, 21 May – First steps in school and on the track

Our first school day started with a romp in the yard for our students, who fit right in beside their Finnish peers. After an invigorating interlude of phisical activity, the school day began with an English-language presentation, where Italian and Finnish students shared their lives, families, schools, hobbies, and dreams. It was a moment of laughter and surprise as we discovered how much we had in common—like Sara and her six horses, or Mathilda and her farm life.

Next, we met Viljami, the PE teacher, for a lesson full of movement and fun—no better way to break the ice than playing together.

But one of the week’s highlights was just ahead: the final training session for the Stafettkarnevalen, a famous relay race held at the Olympic Stadium in Helsinki, where all the Swedish-speaking schools of the region gather to compete. We joined in to cheer for our new friends as the school mascot and cheerleaders rehearsed, showing us how strong school spirit can be.

Roquetas de Mar, 5–9 May 2025

A week of friendship, language, and discovery in southern Spain

From 5 to 9 May 2025, a group of primary and lower secondary students from IC Guido Gozzano took part in an Erasmus+ mobility experience in Roquetas de Mar, Andalusia, hosted by our partner school CEIP Posidonia. It was a meaningful and exciting week that followed previous exchanges—first, the visit of the Spanish teachers to Rivarolo, and then our own visit to their school in March.

It was a full and vibrant week, both for the Spanish students and for the Italian families who hosted them. Each day brought new opportunities to learn, share, and discover each other's languages, routines, and perspectives.

Rivarolo Canavese, 31st March – 5th April 2025 

From Roquetas to Rivarolo: a week of exchange and shared experiences

On Monday, 31 March, ten students from CEIP Posidonia in Roquetas de Mar arrived at IC Guido Gozzano for a week-long Erasmus+ exchange. After the earlier visits—first by their teachers in February, and then by our teachers to Spain in March—this marked a new step in a collaboration that’s growing stronger with every encounter.

It was a full week, both for the Spanish students and for the families who hosted them. Each day offered something different: school activities, shared learning, and the chance to get to know one another’s routines, habits, and perspectives.

Tuesday, 1st April – Coding, Creativity, and Language

In Rivarolo, the week began with a Scratch coding session, where Italian and Spanish students worked in pairs to design interactive stories. It was an opportunity to explore computational thinking, creativity, and teamwork in a new context.

Meanwhile in Bosconero, students joined an Art and Civics class focused on cyberbullying and digital responsibility, with activities connected to the national Patentino dello smartphone programme. Later, during an English lesson, they created a trilingual glossary (Italian, English, and Spanish) and played a themed board game to reinforce vocabulary and speaking skill.

Rivarolo, 30th January 2025 -

A preview 

Our students will soon embark on the mobility experiences we have planned for them. The first group, consisting of five primary and five secondary school students, will spend five days immersed in school life and activities in Roquetas de Mar, Spain, from May 5 to 9, 2025.

The second group, made up of four girls and four boys from the secondary school, will travel to Sjundeå from May 19 to 24, 2025. Among other activities, they will take part in a running event in Helsinki.

Finally, we will have the chance to return the hospitality we received: from March 31 to April 5, we will welcome ten students from the Spanish school, and in autumn 2025, as many as twenty-six Finnish students will join us to conclude our first Erasmus experience.

We hope that the opportunity to visit another country and, above all, to host students from different cultures will give our school a chance to see the world through new eyes.