Åkra oppvekstsenter Norway
Åkra oppvekstsenter is a small school, situated in a village in the western 
part of Norway. 2009 there are 45 pupils attending our school, aged from 6 to 16. The pupils are divided into four classes and taught together in mixed classes.
Our school shares a vision of making the pupils proud of their home town and openminded to the world outside. Through this project we want to pursue our goals , working together with, and learning from, our partner schools in England and Ireland.
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This is where we live. You will find a map and some information on our village. There is also a link to the official site of our community.
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Åkra Oppvekstsenter: “mountain trip”-Oktober 2009
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Gymnastic lesson:dancing_5.-7.form_Åkra oppvekstsenter
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stbrendans said
Hello to our friends in Norway and U.K. I am glad to see you have navigated your way to our blog. I look forward to reading more about you all in the coming months. I hope this is the beginning of a very successful project.
Tom
St. Brendan’s N.S.
Ireland
stbrendans said
We have just been looking at your photos and we have some questions for the pupils who went on the mountain walk:
Mairead:) How far did you walk that day?
Katelynn: Do you go mountain walking often?
Niamh:How long did it take you to set up the tent?
Kieran: What did you eat while you were there?
Grace:How many people went on the climb?
Katelynn: Were your bags heavy?
Josh:How many people slept in a tent?
Geir Clement said
Hello!
I can answer some of your questions:
How long did it take you to set up the tent?
I think it took us about 30 minutes.
How many people went on the climb?
15, including leaders and teachers.
Samson Olai said
some of the bags was very heavy and some of them was not so heavy
We had four tents, in two tent it was two people, in one another tent it was four and in the last tent it was 5
We did eat fish that we had fish self. We also had with us food in the bags.
The class is going to the mountain 1 – 2 times in the year.
Eirik ;D said
What about in Ireland than. Do you have have any similar hikes like this??
Marta(: said
Hello!
I wanna tell you about the christmas in Norway.
Marta(: said
Hello England and Ireland!:-)
Christmas in Norway:
At the christmaseve we ete “pinnekjøt” and ” lutefisk”. Pinnekjøt is dryed lamb ribs, wich is salted, smoked and boiled. Lutefisk is fish who is salted, dryed and then you lay it in (lut).
We get vacation today( 21.12) and we`ll have a christmascelebration, and we will go around the christmastree, and we are singing christmassongs.
At Saturday it came alot of snow, nearly 70 cm. It have`nt been this much snow for years. Many cars was stucked in the snow.
Today it is snow outside, the sky is blue and around -7 celsius.
We wish you a merry christmas and a happy new year!(-:
Marta, Åkra oppvekstsenter, Norway
Mairéad said
You’re so lucky! We have lots of frost but no snow. Today when we were going to school we had to boil a kettle and put it on the windscreen of our car and in the space of 2 minutes it was all frozen, again! We’re getting our school holidays tomorrow. Do you go skiing? Could you send us a photograph of your village please?
Mairéad said
Hi everyone!!! Mairéad here!!! I’m getting REALLY excited about all of ye comming over!!!!! We only have about 1 week, three days, 12 hour and a few seconds!!!!! HA HA think thats funny???
Bronte, Rachael and Georgia said
hii mairead
me, georgia and rachael are here
glad you could come
Kari and Marta said
Hi! we are looking forward to meeting all of you!
Do you have any hobbies beside sport??
love from Marta & Kari<33
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stbrendans said
Hi Kari and Marta
Yes we do have other hobbies than sport. They are reading, music, drama,climbing trees,diving off piers,surfing the web,annoying family members (e.g. brothers and sisters),farming , spending time with pets ,building lego,drawing and walking. We’re looking forward to meeting you in Dublin next Monday. At the moment the weather is good in Ireland so hopefully it will stay that way.
Talk to you soon,
Hollie and Grace
Samson said
Hello
This thuesday we (5-10 class) had a bookevening. There all from 5th to 10th form present what they had readed and written about. 5th-7th class made a movie there they intervied other classmates about what they had readed.
my class (8th) had to tell short what we had readed.
Jostein said
Hello!! Looking forward to see you this monday!! thats gonna be great fun i think:) i’m just gonna ask some questions. I was wondering, is there any farms around where we are gonne be living? And do you have any other sports beside hurling?
Jody said
Hi Jostein
Yes there will be farms around. If you wanted I could bring you over to my uncle’s farm. My uncle’s farm is 1 mile away. Do you like to farm? We also have other sports beside hurling. We play soccer, Gaelic football and handball.
Talk to you on Monday Bye!!!
Lars Eirik said
Hello Ireland and England.
Today it is snowing in Åkra. The fields are white already. This is not quite unusual.Even in May we might have snow, but at this time of the year, the snow does not last for long, luckily. Time for sledging is over for this time.
8th-10 th class have an English test this day, writing texts and answering qustions. This will be the last one before an eventual exam. In May they will either be examined in Norwegian, Maths or English. In addition there will be an oral test later (in June) in some other subject.
stbrendans said
Hello everyone,
Thanks for your message. Our pupils were amazed to hear that it is snowing in Akra. The weather in ireland is beautiful at the moment. The sun is shining and it has been lovely here for the past three weeks. We hope it continues for a bit longer as we have Confirmation here on Sunday. This is a special day in the lives of our pupils and their families when the bishop visits our parish to confirm the pupils. We wish your pupils well in their exams and we look forward to speaking to you again soon.
Tom
Ruth Solveig said
Hello England! I`m Ruth Solveig from Åkra skule. I was a luckily winner, so in June i will travel to York. I am in 6th grade with two others pupils.I have some question to you:
What time you start school in the morning?
What is the wheater like today?
love from Ruth Solveig <3
Ania said
Hello England! I`m Ania from Åkra Skule. I was lucking winner,so in June i will travel to York.
Love from Ania<3;)
Sylwia said
Hello England! I’m Sylwia from Åkra.I’m have 10 years old.I’m have one brother and one sister sister name is Ania and brother name is Igor Igor have 5 years old Ania have 13 years old
:););):)<3<3<3<3
Ruth Solveig said
Hello! I am Ruth Solveig and I am 12 years old. I come from Norway. It was nice when you visited us
Ruth Solveig said
Hello! I am Ruth Solveig and I am 12 years old. I come from Norway. It was nice when you visited us in September 2010. I have a question for you: Is it snow in
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England and Ireland? It is a little snow here, but it was much more snow before Christmas. Do you have any project at your school? In Norwegian we made a newspaper. It is fun, and I am the editor. Love from Ruth Solveig<3
Kiah said
Hello Ruth Solveig,
We have no snow here but we have frost in the morning. The temprature is 4 degrees over here. What is the temprature like in Norway? We make a class magazine its called Newmarket Flare. Could you send us a copy of your newspaper or post it on the blog because we would love to see it?
Kiah Dwyer:)
Heidi said
Hello! my name is Heidi, i’m 12 years old<3 I'm one of the pupils from Norway who is probarly coming to Ireland:-D!! I'm lokking forwards to that.
How is the wether in Ireland? It's snow here, but it's raining away
In Norwerian we are making a school news-paper! I work with Lay-out, it's fun!
Edwina said
Hello Heidi,
My name is Edwina and I am 10. I will be going to England in March. Im really looking forward to it. The weather in Ireland is cold but it is not snowing. There is a lot of frost on the ground. We are making a magazine . I am doing surveys for our magazine.
Bye hope to hear more soon,
Edwina.
Heidi said
Hello Edwina,
i’m not going to England, but my big brother is going there:) what are your hobbys? i’m going on volleyball, ving and 4H. 4H is a club were we have projects. I have aboute knitting.But I dont have patient!
love Heidi<3;)
Birgitte Shan Qi said
Hello! My name is Birgitte Shan Qi and I am 12 years old. I have birthday 22 December. I’m from Åkra in Norway. I have two sisters, called Aurora Li and Ine Fu Di. Aurora Li is 9 years old and Ine Fu Di is 6 years old.
I hope you have a great time when you were in Åkra! It was very fun to have you visiting us. We had a very great time. The boat trip was especially fun.
In History we had a power point project. In English we have a project about “Narnia”. Have you some projects now? In Norwegian class we make a school newspaper. I am Journalist and Photographer.
I Ioock forward too see you again and I hope to visit you in Ireland.
Hope to hear from you soon!
Love from Birgitte Shan Qi
mikal said
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Mairéad said
Hello everyone in England and Norway! We don’t have many projects now. But now that I’ve mentioned it, we’ll probably be doing one next week!
We are playing gaelic football( ask Lars Eric, he knows what it is) and are in the final! We are going to play a match today. It’s only a challenge match but I don’t think we’ll win as the other team are 2 divisons better than us!
How big is your newspaper? Like Kiah said, we have a magazine that was 10 pages and I was one of three editors! It was sooooooooo fun!
What are your favourite hobbies and passtimes? I LOVE horses! <3 I have 2 ponies! They are my best friends! What about you?
Hannah said
Hello Birgitte Shan Qi. My Name is Hannah who stayed with you and your family,it was great. I hope you get to come to Ireland. How is Aurora Li and Ine Fu Di? In our school we are doing a school magzine called Newmarket Flare. We have three editors and we have so much fun doing it! My birthday is on the 12th of September 1999:)
We are in the of final for gaelic football. Do you have any hobbies or pastimes?
One of my favourite hobbies is camogie(camogie is hurling that girls play):)
Say hello to your siters and mother for me!
Hope i can talk to you soon! From Hannah:)
mikal said
its so mush ice on the football fild that we can´t play football.
but we play icehockey.
Deimantas said
nice;D
mikal said
dust det er ikkje du som skal komentera
Ruth Solveig said
Hello Kiah! The tempratures in Norway is ca 6 degrees today, but it use to be a little colder. We can send you a mail, with the newspaper.
Hope to hear from you soon!
Ruth Solveig
Deimantas said
My neme is Deimantas im 12 year old .I´m doing an interview of my friend Sigbjørn to the shool newspaper. It is about Football. I also like to play football because is very funny and it is pupular in Norway.
In historiy we had project about Giordano Bruno. I and Asgeir wrote together.
Maren said
hello England and Ireland. My name is Maren I am 11 years old. I hope to com to Ireland in June. On January 18 something scary happened. On the way back from school sitting on the bus, suddenly a rock avalance came into the road. Just a few minues later, the bus came to the area of the rock fall. This was weird, I was suprised. I and Kurt had to climb the rocks in order to get home ! Now the road is open again.
mikal said
I hope to come to Ireland in June.
And in history I and Ole M had a project about Ludvig the 14 together.
Birgittr Shan Qi said
Hello! It’s me, Birgitte Shan Qi.
On January 18. it came a rock avalance in Furdal. Furdal is rigth outside Åkra. The whole village was isolated that evening. Some of the school pupils that took the buss, had to climb over the rocks on they way home.
Our teacher Anna had to stay in Åkra over night.
I have intervjued Maren about volleyball to our school newspaper and Maren have intervjued me about my hobbyes. My hobbyes is drawing, piano and dancing. I danc classic ballett. It is very fun!
My family and some friends was on theatre! The theatre was called “The Sound of Music”. Have some of you seen that film?
Our dog was with my grandmother and our cat was home. We have two cats and one dog. The dog is called Mia and the cats is called Lisa and Baloo! Lisa is Baloo’s mother. Before we had three cats but one of them was killed by an eagle when we was in china.
Hope to hear from you soon!
All good wishes from Birgitte Shan Qi
mikal said
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Sean Cassin said
Hi everybody I am one of the pupils going to England and yes I have seen “The Sound Of Music”,but I dont exactly like it. What is the weather like over there, its just a bit windy and mild over here
Hollie Moore said
Hi everyone in Norway and England, I hope ye all had a great start to the New Year. I can’t wait for some of ye to come over to Ireland in June. Do ye know who is coming to Ireland yet ? I was wondering what some of your favourite sports are in Norway and England ?
Bye for now, talk to ye soon !!!!!!
Hollie Moore !!!
Louise said
Hello England!
I`m one of the lucky ones who come to England in March. I guess we will have a good time together!
The winter seem to let go here in Norway. Its raining the whole time and the most of the snow is gone. But there are still a lot of snow in the mountains (almost one and a half meters). Perfect for skiing;)
How is the weather in England? Do you have any snow? Have you been skiing this winter?
I look forward to visit you in March! Hope to hear from you soon…
Best regards,
Louise;)
mikal said
our football team is looking får a new indoor trener so we kan play alittle football.
it`s so much ice on our outside football pitch.
Lars Eirik said
Hello England and Ireland!
We are looking forward to see you in March and June. To be prepared for our visit, what would you recommend us to study before we go? What would you like us to know about Yorkshire and your local area? Your nearest town is Huddersfield, I guess. What is this town known for? We know that you have excellant footbal teams, but do everyone fancy football? If not, which other sports are popular?
Birgitte Shan Qi said
Hi! Birgitte Shan Qi and Elin here. We would like to tell you about our last project. On Tuesday and Wednesday we had a film project. We were divided into different groups and each group made their own movie. On Tuesday we made the script and on Wednesday we played in the movie. Our movie was about a young lady who stole a lottery ticket from a man, and the lady wins 30 000 000 nok. In stage 2 the man kill the lady. The police receive a massage about it, and begins to investigate the crime scene. Finally the man who killed the lady was arrested.
In the movie Elin played the lady who was killed and I played the police.
2 movie people took the movie to edit it and cut, paste and add music. Afterward shall they made a dvd of the movie.
Regards Birgitte Shan Qi and Elin
) <3