Polkuni has been at the White House this week, supporting the development of Fun Academy in the US, a Polkuni partner company. The event was the National Park Foundation to Support the 2016 White House Easter Egg Roll, the last one of the Obama administration. The event has also proved to be a great success for Fun Academy in terms of their introduction into the US market with their unique Finnish Kindergarten offer. Some details about Fun Academy, and what they are now offer

As part of our drive in Polkuni to bring the best of Finnish education to Asia, I met resently with senior officials from Espoo city, Sampo Suiko (Deputy Mayor of Education and Cuntural Services), and Dr.Kristiina Erkkila, (Director of Development, Education and Cultural services). The city of Espoo has a great repuatation for success of its education system, from Kindergarten all the way through to life long learning, and is known as one of the best in Finland, so they are d

We had a great insight the other day from Professor Kristiina Kumpulainen about the research findings and theory behind the Playful Learning Center created inside Helsinki University. Colours and shapes are a key element to supporting the leaning that takes place, so the environment and its design are a key issue, especailly when engaging the imaginative minds of young children. The present design of the Playful Learning Center, was created in conjuntion with Fun Academy, who

Polkuni HK and Bomberbot (www.Bomberbot.com) have agreed to work together to develop the opportunities in the Asian market, for teaching programming to primary school children. Cristian Bello CEO Bomberbot and Stuart Patton Co-founder Polkuni HK. It's great to have a confirmed relationship with Cris and his team to work together to develop the Asian market for the Bomberbot product. It's well known that programming is becoming a key skill for children in the 21st Century. In

I have been privileded to meet with some of the top edutech start-ups here in Finalnd, through the team at xEdu, Finlands first edutech only accelerator, based at the university of Helsinki. The last few days have been great working with the teams inside the accelerator program, I have seen many great edutech solutions that meet the real needs of both teachers and students in today's world of 21st century education. With respect to Polkuni HK(Asia), we have now confirmed our

I was privaliged today to have a two hour lecture for Professor Esa Saarinen, the famous Finnish philosopher who is professor of applied philosophy at Aalto University and co-director of the Systems Intelligence Research Group. It was a great two hours with lots of insightful observations and thought from Professor Esa. I saw some great presentations from the Edutech companies that are presently based inside the xEdu accelerator program, which is the first of its kind in Fina

Another interesting day, working with xEdu start-ups, this time inside a real school, working with all the start-up teams to look at all the aspect that are needed to build a great team. One key element is the ability to also co-create with the users of the product, so this was a great experince working with students. There was also a big element of looking at team building and development in the context of a start-up company within the edutech sector, very interesting and en

Visit to the Playful Learning Center inside Helisinki university, which is effectively a live Kindergarten inside the university campus. Great research done here on how children learn through play. Not only how they learn, but also where they learn, so the importance of the environment design, both colours and shapes. We had a great 2 hour seminar talk from Professor Kristiina Kumpulainen, Professor of Education at Department of Teacher education, Faculty of Behavioural Scien