News from Denmark
We are now back in scholle after a long warm(for a change) holiday.
We hope you will continue to write us on the blog as we have learned a lot from working with you on the blog.
Best wishes from (now) 5 B in Skaelskoer
Lene
Thanks, we have enjoyed this year very much. We are happy because our 10-week-holiday has started. Have a nice summer! Now we have to go to swim.
We had hoped to ask these questions last week, by webcam, but unfortunately, we had some problems.
Here are Mr Ikonen's class' questions, and our answers.
1) Oletteko te pitäneet blogista? Have you liked our blog?
Yes, we have had lots of fun this year with the blog. Kiitos paljon! Thank you very much!
2) Kuinka monta ihmistä teidän kaupungissa asuu? How many people are living in your town?
There are around 700 people living in Gifford. The picture shows the village hall.
3) Oletteko te nähneet karhua? Have you seen a bear?
Blackie saw bear footprints when she was on holiday in Canada. Puddock also saw a bear when she was on holiday in Canada! There are no wild bears here in Scotland.
4) Suomessa on paljon hirviä. Onko niitä Skotlannissa? We have lots of elk here in Finland. Do you have any in Scotland?
No, we don't have elk here.
5) Mikä on suurin villieläin Skotlannissa? What is the biggest wild animal in Scotland?
The Red Deer.
6) Kuinka moni on nähnyt Loch Nessin hirviön? How many of you have seen the Loch Ness Monster?
All of us have seen it.
7) Mikä on suurin järvi? What is the biggest lake (loch) in Scotland?
It's Loch Lomond, (in the picture below)though Loch Ness, where Nessie lives is the deepest loch in Scotland. 
8) Mitkä ovat teidän lempiaineita? What are your favourite school subjects?
Writing, Maths, ICT, PE.
9) Mitä pelejä pelaatte liikuntatunnilla? What games do you play in PE lessons?
We play Unihoc (floorball) benchball, rounders and basketball.
10) Onko Harry Potter elokuva kuvattu teidän lähellä? Have Harry Potter movies been filmed close to you?
Yes, some of the movies were filmed at Alnwick Castle, which is about 1 hour from Gifford.
11) Mitä te harrastatte? What are your hobbies?
We had a lovely day's scrambling up North Berwick Law on Tuesday this week.
Here are some pictures from the day. We went in two groups- one half of the class in the morning, and the other half in the afternoon.
At the top of the hill, with Mike, the outdoor education instructor.
We all wore helmets and here you can see us using ropes to get up some tricky bits of the hill!
Can you see the beautiful view in the background?
At the top of North Berwick Law.
We made some pictures of butterflies in class this week. Here is one of them, from start to finish! Do you make things like this in Denmark and Finland?
Hej Finland and Scotland,
We have just had a small break and the children want to tell you about the break.
Best regards Lene
One of our class, Golden Eagle, has enjoyed the project we have done with Finland so much, that he persuaded his parents to take him, along with his brother and sister, to Finland for a week at Easter time.
They stayed in Ylläs, in Lapland, where they had a great time skiing, fishing, riding on snowmobiles and lots more. Golden Eagle's mum told Mr Purves before they went that they hadn't considered Finland before the link that Yester has with Kuvansi, and Golden Eagle has told us that they all enjoyed it so much, they'd like to go back again!
While in Ylläs, Golden Eagle tried out ice fishing. Unfortunately, the fish were not too easy to catch!
One of the things Golden Eagle and his family loved doing while in Ylläs was going for a ride in a sled, pulled by huskies!
Golden Eagle visited a hotel made from snow and ice while he was in Ylläs. Here he is, about to enter the snow hotel!
"Could I have a coke, with ice, please?"
Yes, even the bar was made from ice!
Hi
My name is Nina, I am 11 years old, I love horses, I like Pizza, I like a computergame called Habbo
We had fun at the camp. We went fishing for crabs and other small animals from the sea, walked in the meadow, played football and roasted marshmellows at the fire in the evening
from Victor
One of our class, Tatties, who is mad about motorbikes, and is the current Scottish Minimoto champion, was invited to spend a week in Spain recently. There, he practised with many other young motorcyclists, and he hopes that he did well enough to be invited back again when he is older. Here, you can see Tatties on his motorbike, getting ready to race!
Here, you can see Tatties (number 8) on the racetrack, in 2nd place. He is trying very hard to catch the leader. (Click on the picture to see a bigger version)
This is Tatties in action on the racetrack! He is going very quickly here.
Tatties even took Scotland's other national drink - Irn Bru - to drink while he was relaxing in between races.
It was a hard week, but Tatties said he loved every minute of his racing in Spain! One day, he hopes to race motorbikes professionally.
We got a great package from Denmark. Mrs Sieling and her class sent us pencils, badges, booklets and very big Danish flag. Pupils liked them very much! Thank you och tack så mycket !
Today we had our second rugby lesson. Greig Munro, who is a rugby specialist, came last Friday to introduce us to the game. Today he was back again, and we learned how to make passes correctly, before playing a small game.
The weather was nice and sunny, so we all had fun.
Today has also been Red Nose Day, where children in the UK dress up in red, to raise money for less fortunate children both here and in other countries. If you look carefully, you might see some of us are wearing red, and have our hair dyed too!
We got a lovely surprise today, when the postman brought us a package from Denmark! The children realised immediately that it was something from Mrs Sieling and her class, so we began to open the package. Here is Sporran, with the first thing we pulled out of the package- a Denmark pencil for everyone.
Here we are with all our presents. We all got a pencil, a Denmark badge, a booklet about Skaelskoer and a huge Danish flag. We are pictured in front of our Finnish flag that Mr Ikonen and his class sent in December!
Thank you very much for all the things we received. The children are all delighted with their Danish presents.
Crofter, who was in Mr Purves' class a year ago and is now in primary 6, spent her February holiday week in Salla, Finland with her family. Usually, her family spend their winter holiday in Norway, but after learning a lot about Finland last year through the Healthy Passport project between Mr Purves and Mr Ikonen's classes, her family decided to go for their winter holidays to Finland this year!
She had a brilliant time there, and she kindly allowed us to use some photos from her holiday.
Here she is inside an igloo that she built.
Crofter is seen here feeding the reindeer. They were really tame!
Another picture of Crofter with a reindeer.
Crofter and her family stayed here, in a wooden cottage. Crofter said it was very warm inside, even though there was lots of snow outside.
Crofter and her family skied here in Salla. "I thought the skiing was very good, though it was always very cold!" said Crofter.
Crofter said it was very, very cold when she was in Salla. This shows the snowy landscape.
