Small School Big World

The popular bouncy castle on June 14. Photos by Anna K. Hellevang.

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The trip started on Monday 13^th of June. We travelled from Åkra to Flesland in Bergen by car. Then we took a plane from Flesland to Copenhagen and further to Dublin. In Dublin a taxi was waiting for us. The taxi took us to a hotel. The host families came to the hotel and drove us back to their homes. I and Maren stayed with Hannah O’Connor. Their house was beautiful. It seemed like a Norwegian castle.

Celebration at school

On Tuesday 14^th of June we went to the school. We stayed at the school for some hours, and then we travelled to Kilkenny castle. The castle was around 800 years old. On the back of the castle was a big fountain. Inside the castle you were not allowed to take photos.

On the evening it was a party on the school. It was because they opened a new classroom at the school. And they also hoisted the green flag St. Brendan´s School had earned after hard work on environmental planning. This was also the last gathering in connection of the Comenius project. School kids from each of the three schools planted a flower each and they unveiled a plate in the park to remember the project. It was also a big and a small bouncy castle at the school, and all the kids had a blast.

Birgitte Shan Qi Farestveit and Maren Bauge Vika, Åkra school, Norway

Photos by Anna Kirsten Hellevang

The group of Norwegians, English and Irish pupils had a blast on June 15 doing water sports activities all afternoon.

Mikal and Heidi here: We are going to tell you about Wednesday the 15 June when we were in Waterford. First we got wetsuits, buoyancy and helmets. Then we went into the canoes and learned how to paddle. We tried to stand in the canoes and then someone fell off. Then we paddled into a beach and had a paddle boat relay. Then everybody went on a speedboat after turns. When the first group were in the speedboat, the others played a game called sandy beach. It was to look most sandy. The three who was most sandy choose a person that they could dig down in the sand. And of course they choose me (Heidi) because I was not so sandy. Everybody went for a swim to get off the sand, but did not get everything off. Then we paddled into the center. We thought it was an amazing experience.

By Heidi Øvstebø Kvame and Mikal Øvstebø from Åkra, Norway       

Here are some of the photos from the canoeing, paddle boat and speed boat activities. Photos by Tom Duggan

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