Thank you for your hospitality!

Now I´m back home in Sweden. I have had a wounderful time travelling around Europe. I have met very many nice persons and learnt a lot about Scotland, Spain and Romania. I hope you are all well and that your summer will be just great!

Lots of hugs and kisses from your friend Wolfie!

Gathering in Sweden.

Hello friends!
A couple of weeks ago Antonio arrived to our school. He has been very busy as we have had a lot to do before the end of this term. He has been cooking , playing golf, been in the forest and listened to MANY songs ! June 11 is our last day and after that we have summer vaccation!! We finish school by having a performance for our parents and other relatives. There are always lots of people coming. All children are on stage singing, reading poems or dancing. So you can understand that Antonio has been listening to a lot of song when we practice.

Two days ago Nessie Burns and Wolfie arrived from Romania. For Nessie there is going to be a very short visit, as he is leaving for Scotland together with Antonio. All three of them worked together and helped the children to construct a vehicle that could roll as long as possible. Then there was a competition and the winning team got medals. One day they participated in a "forest day". All the children played, cooked and learned a lot about forests. It was a wounderful day!Summer has come to Sweden now, but some days are rainy and cold still. We all hope for a warm and sunny summer vaccation and we wish you all the same!

Have a nice vaccation!
Class 5

I´m soon leaving Sweden.

I´m still in Sweden, but tomorrow I´m off to Scotland. During my time here I have been doing a lot of things. Of course I have participated in whatever "my" class have been doing at school and I have also gone home with some of my new friends to see what live is like in a Swedish home and what children here do in their free time. I have been riding with a girl, who had lots of horses , played badminton with one of the boys and done a lot of other nice things. It has been a really cold winter here, with lots of snow. Right now we have a snowstorm here! I wonder what the weater is like in Scotland now? I do hope it´s spring there! I´m looking forward to see you in Scotland soon!

Best wishes

Rozocina

From Romania to Sweden

Hello,

I'm in Sweden now, and i'ts very cold here. I met the class in 5:th grade, and they are only 8 pupils.

I went with them to a little hill on the schoolyard to play and ride pulka.

I like it here but they speak very strange, so I have got to speak English all the time.

Best Wishes

Rozosina

I met Lucia

In the morning, the same day I started my travel, I met Lucia! My friends here have written about our Lucia traditiones, if you want to read about how we celebrate this day.
Now I´m leaving Sweden for Scotland! I´m so excited!

Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year!

From

Wolfi

History
The name Lucia comes from the Latin word lüx, which means light. We celebrate Lucia on the 13 December.
In Sweden the Lucia night was known as the longest, darkest and most dangerous night of the year, a night when the animals could talk. There are lots of different legends about Lucia, who was a saint from Syracuse, and died the martyr death 304 years after Christ. A legend tells that Lucia was about to get burned on a bonfire, but then a miracle happened. The fire didn’t burn her, so they had to kill her with a sword. That’s why Lucia still has a red band around her waist. It’s a symbol for the blood when she got killed.
How we celebrate Lucia
In our school we celebrate Lucia on Dec.13th or, if that day is a Saturday or a Sunday, the day before or after. Before Lucia day we practice the songs and rhymes we have chosen. A girl is selected to be Lucia. On Lucia day Lucia and her maids put on long white dresses. The maids have tinsel around their waists and on their heads and candles in their hands. Lucia has got a red, silken band around her waist and a crown with candles on her head.
Often some pupils, dressed like Santa’s little helpers, walk together with Lucia and her maids, and sometimes boys dressed in long, white dresses with a paper cone with stars on, on their heads, and a star in their hands also follow Lucia. In Sweden we call them “star boys”.
Early in the morning on Lucia day, parents and relatives come to school to look at Lucia and her company, and listen to songs about dark nights, lights in the dark and Christmas carols.
In many places in Sweden we celebrate Lucia in the evenings on Lucia day or the days before or after. Lucia often bring coffee and gingerbread cookies and “lussekatter” ( if we translate it to English= Lucia cats). When we celebrate Lucia we say that we “lussar”.

Wolfi from Sweden

Hello,

We would like to introduce Wolfi. As you can see he isn´t a teddy bear but a wolf. The wolf is a symol for our county Värmland, where we live. This special wolf is also a mascot for a hockey team in our nearest town, Karlstad. The team is called Färjestad BK, and it´s one of the best teams in Sweden.

Wolfi is now eager to start travelling around Europe. His first stop will be in Scotland.

"See you soon", says Wolfi.