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Straumen skole
- 1. Our school in Norway
- 2. We live in Northern Norway This is where Nord-Lenangen is situated Thats our school
- 3. Straumen Skole is situated in a small, picturesque village called Nord Lenangen. Nord Lenangen is situated 350 km above the Artcic Circle in Northern Norway !! The school faces the sea and Fugl淡ya (The Birds Island) as its nearest neighbours. We run a Christian private school with 24 students attending it from the 1st to the 10th grade.
- 4. Lower-secondary school (10 grade) Upper-elementary school (6-8 grade) Lower-secondary school (9 grade) Lower elementary school (3-5 grade)
- 6. We can take the school bus to get to school in the morning. The bus arrives at our school at 08:45. The bus ticket costs 16 NOK (2, 04 euro). Sometimes our parents drop us off to the school. Most of the students ride a bike to school in the autumn and in the spring.
- 7. In the hallway, we take off our shoes. We dont wear shoes inside the school as most of us wear socks only on their feet The school is made of wood.
- 8. At 08:50 we have a morning assembly. The teachers take turns to hold a morning meeting. The attendance list is checked. We pray the Lords prayer, read an extract from the Bible and sing psalms. Then, announcements for the day are made. When the morning assembly is over at 09:00, we go to the classrooms.
- 9. Here is the list of the subjects that we do at our school: English Norwegian Music education Religious/Bible studies P.E. (including swimming classes) Maths Science Sosial science Family and consumer science Art and crafts Homework assistence
- 10. We have two types of breaks outdoor and indoor breaks. If the weather is good, we can go outside and play in the schoolyard. There is a playground and a football court. But if the weather is bad, we can stay inside and play games in the gym. Ungdomsskolen can be inside in all the school brakes, except the first one in the morning.
- 11. At 11:15 everyone at the school has lunch in the cafeteria (kantina). Before we have lunch we say a grace we thank God for the food that is on our tables.
- 12. Students in Norway take packed lunch from home. We usually have in our lunch boxes: sandwiches with chocolate spread/ cheese spread/ liver spread, pizza slices and some fruit.
- 13. When the lunch is over and everyone has done eating, three of the students clean up the lunch room. Three new cafeteria helpers are chosen every week. At 10:05 one student from every class goes to the cafeteria to cut fruits.
- 15. Every second Friday the book mobile arrives at our school. The book mobile is a library inside a bus. You can borrow books, DVDs, CDs and different magazines. You can give it back next time the bus comes.
- 16. We finish the school day at 14:35 and then the school bus comes to pick us up. One of the teachers always has a bus duty that means that they look after students who take a bus home. When the bus arrives, the students line up and then one by one we can go on the bus.
- 18. Our school organises many school trips and puts on many activities and events, e.g. we round up sheep, go on a camping trip, go fishing, have a carnival and a sun celebration when the sun appears in the sky after long polar nights In February we go skiing. Here in Norway we all say that Norwegians are born with skies on their feet and that is why we are a nation of expert skiiers!!
- 19. In October we hold Mini Marathon. All the students and teachers at the Straumen Skole take part in the race. We run 2 kilometers one way, and 2 kilometers back. We let our head teacher win as he hates losing In September we go orienteering in the wood. At the camp base, students are divided into teams and are given a topographical map, a control card and their task is to find the control posts as fast as possible.
- 20. There are 7 hardworking teachers at our school! P.S. we are missing one teacher in these photos, because we couldnt find any pictures of her (Bente)
- 21. Hei!
- 22. You can visit our school webside: www.straumenskole.net The website is both in Norwegian and in English! HAVE A NICE DAY! HA EN FIN DAG!
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