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Primary Tolkkisten Koulu School

Education

Alliance Primary School Whampoa

Tolkkisten Koulu is a socks school
where everyone must take off their
shoes when they enter. We felt at

home when we first entered Tolkkisten
Koulu. When they first set foot in the
school, students and teachers can see a
glorious view of the sea surrounded by
lots of green trees. The beautiful blue

and green colours create a calm and
peaceful ambiance which aligns with
the theme colours across two different

levels.

Students in Tolkkisten Koulu do not
have their own classroom or a long-term seat. Each student has a locker to put their belongings
in and they go to different classrooms to have different lessons, like handicraft, woodwork, etc.

Students learn to organise their own belongings and tidy the room once they have finished using
it. Every 45 minutes, students must go outside to run around and play with their friends. This
encourages students to stretch, recharge and refresh themselves after periods of concentration. In

the open areas and corridors, there are a lot of sofas for students to sit and relax. The design of the
sofas allows students to have some personal space to focus in a peaceful and quiet area.

In each classroom, there are different kinds of chairs for teachers and students to sit on.
Some of them are wobble chairs, which encourage active sitting and allow students’ knees,

hips and back to find comfortable and
ever-changing positions. The continuous
movement increases students’ secondary

focus. If students do not want to sit,
however, they may stand or jog to increase
blood circulation. A teacher pointed out that
students may wobble a lot in the beginning
because the chairs are new to them. Students

get used to the wobble chairs over time and
they are able to sit still, only wobbling when
they want to.

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