From September 23 - 29 it was a national sports week and naturally, our school offered a number of sporty activities for our students as well as for teachers. Monday was orienteering day.  Tuesday was for throwing axes and shooting arrows towards the bullseye. On Wednesday there was a relay competition in Toila where many of our students competed. Throughout the week teachers and students alike were urged to move more and walk around the school house. The week ended with a small volleyball tournament between students, teachers and parents.

On the 26th and 27th of September we celebrated the European cultures and languages by singing the traditional song  (Are you sleeping) Brother John. In Estonian the song can be translated as Blacksmith boys whereas in French it is Frère Jacques, in Finnish Jaakko kulta and so on. Every class introduced one European language and sang the well known song in their new language.

On the international music day there was a school concert by young musicians from a renown Estonian accordion band named Lõõtsavägilased. 

Thirteen youngsters from our school together with their peers from Sillamäe Vanalinna Shool took part in project where they revived old traditional games and folk dances from Virumaa region. The students played old games once played by their mothers and grandmothers. The best activity, according to the excitement level, was hopscotch. This game was also played in the English as well as in the Russian version. The kids also enjoyed doing button whirligigs. It was especially gratifying when the whirligig started spinning on its own and when it span longer than the whirligigs of others.

On the twentieth of September our year 9 students took  part in a project called “My Country”. It is an annual project in which year 9 students visited Tallinn and learnt more about our country. The students visited the Estonian Parliament and the building of the Office of the President. In addition to that, there was a visit to the Seaplane Harbour. During the trip our year 9 also met students from Sinimäe Basic school. 

On September 6 Mäetaguse Basic School has a sporty and active day which is spent outside and away from school. All the students and teachers go out of the schoolhouse and enjoy nature while energising themselves for the days and weeks ahead.

Older students, together with their teachers, ride their bikes to Selisoo marsh and hiking trail. The younger ones spend a day in Toila Oru park and at the seaside. 

For the first time our Home Daughters from Alutaguse regional unit took part in a summer city camp in Tallinn. There were around 80 girls from all around Estonia and their intention was to learn more about the Estonian government buildings and also to spend time and communicate with each other while also independently wandering in our capital city. The girls visited the Parliament, the Stenbock House, main building of the Estonian Defence League, Kadriorg castle and park, and the Presidential Palace.

For the elementary students (years 1 to 4) the school year ended with a treasure hunt. It was a fun day outside, children could play modern day games as well as games from the past and they also had a picnic. What a nice way to spend time and the last school day with schoolmates and teachers!