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Article for local newspaper - Sweden

In November, we wrote an article about our Comenius project that we got published in Västerås Citys website. Unfortunately, no one wanted by the local newspapers wanted pubicera article.

Lucia in Sweden

Next week we have a tradition in Sweden called Lucia.

Lucia is a holiday celebrated on December 13 and the name of the feast protagonist. In Sweden, Christmas celebration starts with Lucia Day and with Advent. The Swedish Lucia is a mixture of both pre-Christian and Christian figures and a saint in the Roman Catholic Church originating from Sicily. The word Lucia comes from the Latin lux, meaning light. The tradition of Lucia procession originated in Sweden in the late 1800s.

Lucia procession has always a Lucia, wearing a long, white dress with a chandelier on her head and a red ribbon on the belly. Lucia followed by the "tärnor", in identical white long dress that Lucia but with glitter in their hair and on the waist and a candle in her hand. After them, sometimes follow "stjärngossar" who are dressed in white dresses and with a "starcone" on his head covered with stars and a star-decorated stick in hand. When Lucia procession consist of children they often even includes Santa Claus and boys/girls dressed as gingerbread. Lucia procession performance Lucia songs, carols and verse reading. 

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Recycling competition

Our students are participating in an online quiz recycling.

Visit the website and to vote for our work!

Traffic surveys by Spain

Traffic surveys 

This month, our students start to work on exploring effects of traffic pollution and how it can be reduced

Ways to avoid traffic pollution.

- Each time our students go out on an excursion they will fill out a survey with data related to traffic such as amount of cars/buses or bikes they see, people in a car, cycle paths, urban buses, and so on. These activities are for third and fourth level students (7, 8 and 9 years old).

-  After filling the surveys, they will analyze tests results and make their own graphs or charts.

- Of course, they will try their best to find answers and propose how to solve what they consider must be changed.

- They investigate in the classroom using maths or science lessons to do so.

- Surveys for the families in order to know their daily habits.

- They will work on wall charts to show the others classrooms what they have been working on.

- Watching documentaries or short films about pollution during the lessons.

- Show them how to act responsibly when walking by means of different activities:

* Participating in “Chiquimoto” at school.

* Traffic education program at school.

* Reading books related to driving education.     

                                          

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