THURSDAY, 12th DECEMBER 2024
THE LAST BUS STOPS ON GRINDSTED LINE.
CHILDREN ARRIVING AT SCHOOL BY BUS LIKE ME.
ONCE AGAIN, PUPILS SANG TOGETHER IN THE HALL. A LOVELY AND PEACEFUL MOMENT.
THIS IS THEIR 3-GRADERS CLASS:
THIS POSTER SHOWS TWO KINDS OF SENTENCES: THOSE THAT WE THINK BUT IT IS BETTER NOT TO SAY ( IN THE HEAD) AND THOSE THAT WE THINK AND IT IS GOOD TO SAY (IN THE MOUTH).
THE SLEIGH WITH THE SECRET SANTA’S GIFTS
3-GRADERS STARTED THE CLASS SHARING THE PLANNING OF THE DAY WITH THE TEACHER.
SECRET SANTA TIME! ONE KID OPENED A PRESENT, FROM THE SANTA’S SLEIGH, THAT A CLASSMATE HAS BROUGHT. EVERY DAY A DIFFERENT KID OPENS A GIFT.
AFTER THAT, THEY DID THE ADVENT CALENDAR. TODAY THEY HAVE LEARNT ABOUT A TYPICAL DANISH DESSERT CALLED “RISALMANDE” ( RICE BOILED WITH MILK, CREAM, ALMOND PIECES AND RED FRUITS JAM AS TOPPING).
AFTER THIS MORNING ROUTINES, THAT ALL THE SCHOOL DOES AT THE SAME TIME, THEY DID SOME MATHS WORKSHEETS ON THEIR OWN RHYTHM. THEY DID IT BY THEMSELVES AND THE TEACHER WAS AROUND THEM HELPING IF THEY NEEDED.
AS EVERYDAY, WE HAD A BREAK TO HAVE SOME SNACK FOR BREAKFAST.
BREAKING NEWS!!!!! SPECIAL AND UNFORGETTABLE MOMENT FOR THE SCHOOL!
GRINDSTED SKOLE PARTICIPATED IN A WORLD DRAWING CONTEST ‘PEACE WITHOUT LIMITS’ AND ONE 6-GRADER STUDENT HAS BEEN SELECTED FROM THE NORTH OF DENMARK (NORDJYLLAND) AND THEY HAS WON MONEY FOR THE SCHOOL. NOW, HE WILL COMPETE WITH ALL THE WINNING SCHOOLS IN DENMARK AND IF HE PASSES, THEN HE WILL TRY TO BEAT WITH THE REST OF THE WINNING COUNTRIES.
THE WINNER WILL RECEIVE MORE MONEY.
CONGRATS AND GOOD LUCK FOR THE FINAL!
THE ORGANISERS HAVE BROUGHT A TYPICAL CAKE FROM NORTH DENMARK FOR THE WHOLE SCHOOL. IT IS CALLED ‘VANDBAKKELS’ THEY USUALLY EAT IT AS A BIRTHDAY CAKE AND IT NORMALLY HAS A PERSON SHAPE.
IT WAS SO TASTY!
AFTER THIS SPECIAL MOMENT, WE CAME BACK TO THE CLASS AND THE TEACHER CONTINUED THE STORYTELLING OF UGANDA. FIRSTLY, ORALLY WITHOUT IMAGES AND SECONDLY, ORALLY WITH IMAGES ON THE SCREEN. WHEN SHE FINISHED IT, SHE ASKED THE STUDENTS ORAL COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS TO KNOW IF THEY HAD UNDERSTOOD IT OR NOT. NEXT, THEY CONTINUED WATCHING A SHORT VIDEO ABOUT UGANDA AND THEY REFLECTED ABOUT THE LIFE THERE.
ONCE THEY HAD FINISHED THIS ORAL CONVERSATION, THEY CLEANED THE CLASS AND THEY WENT TO HAVE LUNCH.
ALL THE TEACHERS IN THE SCHOOL EAT TOGETHER IN THE STAFF ROOM AND WE ALL CAN TASTE THE ‘VANDBAKKELS’ BROUGHT BY THE MEMBERS IN THE CLUB WHO ORGANIZED THE ART COMPETITION.
AFTER WATCHING ONE EPISODE MORE OF THE CHRISTMAS SERIE, WE PREPARED WITH KIDS A ‘HAVEEGRYNS KYGLER’. HERE YOU HAVE THE RECIPE TO DO IT AT HOME. IT IS A MUST! THE PROCEDURE IS EASY PEASY.
EXQUISITE DANISH BALLS!
YOU MUST COOK IT AT HOME AND TASTE IT!
-100gr OAT / HAVREGRYN
-1/2 ml MILK / FLØDE
-50gr BUTTER /SMØR
-2 TABLESPOONS COCOA POWDER /KAKOE
- 2 DROPS ROM ESSENCE / ROM ESSENS
YOU MIX ALL THE INGREDIENTS AND PUT 10 MINUTES ON THE FRIGDE. LATER, YOU DO LITTLE BALLS AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE PHOTO AND COVER WITH SUGAR.
TIÓ HAS NOT ARRIVED YET IN DENMARK! AND I MISS IT, FAR AWAY FROM HOME.
LET’S GO TO SEE IN THE SCHOOL FOREST IF THE TIÓ IS COMING OR NOT.
I WORK INDEPENDENTLY.
I RESOLVE MY CONFLICTS IN A GOOD WAY FOR MYSELF AND FOR OTHERS.
I CONTRIBUTE POSITIVELY TO THE SCHOOL COMMUNITIES.
I AM RESPECTFUL TOWARDS OTHERS AND MYSELF.
I PRACTICE AND I WILL LEARN IT.
I AM PERSISTENT .
I CHALLENGE MYSELF AND DARE TO FAIL.
I AM READY TO TEACH.
I COLLABORATE WITH OTHERS.
EACH CLASS HAS A POSTER WITH THE GOALS OF THE SCHOOL AND A POSTER WITH THE LEARNING OBJECTIVES OF THEIR EDUCATION MINISTRY FOR THAT LEVEL.
Each class has a poster with the goals of the school and a poster with the learning objectives of their education ministry for that level.
Each class has children in charge of cleaning the space.
They do a 5 minutes break every 30 minutes.
Kids sit wherever and however they prefer at class.
STREET ART IN AALBORG WITH MORE THAN 65 PIECES!
THIS IS A GIRL WHO OBSERVES AND LEARNS FROM PAST GENERATIONS. THE ARTIST SAYS:
“IT WAS IMPORTANT TO ME THAT THE MURAL RELATED TO HÅNDVÆRKERHUSET, A BUILDING FROM THE 1700S, AND THE IMPORTANCE OF CULTURAL HERITAGE TODAY. I WANTED TO SHOW HOW THE NEW GENERATION CARRIES HISTORY FORWARD.”
WALKING ALONG THE STREET ‘JOMFRU ANE GADE’ FULL OF TYPICAL RESTAURANTS AND PUBS IN HISTORICAL BUILDINGS. A WONDERFUL PLACE WHERE YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TASTE TYPICAL DANISH DISHES LIKE: ‘FLÆSKESTEG’ (DANISH ROAST PORK) OR ‘SMØRREBRØD’ SLICE OF BLACK BREAD WITH BUTTER AND COLD INGREDIENTS.
VISITING AALBORG CHRISTMAS MARKET ‘GAMMELTORV’ AND THE ICE RINK IN THE CENTER OF THE CITY.