My week with Johanna and Sofia

Monday: I went home with Sofia. She took me to her room and we danced and watched TV.

Tuesday: We had breakfast and I tasted Sofia´s sandwich and got a plate of milk and then we went to school. In the afternoon we went home to Johanna and listened to music.

The next day in school we had P.E. This day it was gymnastics. It was fun to watch. Johanna likes to stand on her hands. What do you call that in English?

Thursday: This day we went on a school trip to a town on the west coast of Sweden called Uddevalla. We went to a museum there. It was far, we went by bus and I got tired and took a nap. In the museum we first went on a quiz. It was very hard questions. The museum is about our region on the west coast, both historical and about nature. We packed lunch and we ate at the museum. We had a guide in the museum. The bus trip home went fine but on the tram I, Samuel, Max, John and Sofia missed that the others went off so we had to go to the next stop. Embarrassing... Here is a page you can watch about the museum. http://www.bohusmus.se/bohusmus/wwwbohusmus/utland/engelsk.htm

Every day in class I work really hard. I have my own books. On wednesdays and on fridays we have class orchestra. In fourth grade all student choose an instrument, a brass instrument. Johanna plays the clarinette and Sofia plays the flute. On wednesdays they practise the instrument and on fridays it is the whole class.

I had a really nice time with the girls. Say hi to Hälge from me/ Whisky

Heather G's week with Halge.

On Monday 5th November Halge and I went to see fireworks. Before we set out Halge got warm by curling up with my cat Biddy. Then we all put hats and gloves on and ventured out to watch the fireworks display. There is a poem that we say on bonfire night:

Remember remember the fifth of November
Gunpowder, treason and plot.
I see no reason why gunpowder, treason
Should ever be forgot...

We saw lots of different colourful fireworks like Catherine Wheels and rockets. In the middle of the display we had sparklers and glow sticks. All fun has to come to end and soon enough we headed home. Halge and I thought it was absolutley brilliant.

Halge at the remembrance day parade

On Friday 9th November 2007 The High School of Dundee held their Remembrance Day Parade. Halge sat and watched the parade from the classroom window. This is what he saw: The cadets marched on, followed by the pipes and drums and Halge loved the sight even altghough he was watching from a distance. The cadets were all lined up and the Sergent Major gave an order for the colours to be presented. The Pipe Band then played Highland Cathedral. A poppy reef was presented by Alice Burnet and Duncan Leese and the head boy and girl. There was a two minute to allow us all time to think about the many people who gave their lives in the first and second world wars. It is also a time to think about other wars being fought today. The minister said a prayor. The Sergent Major dismised all of the pipes and drums and the cadets. All of the other High School pupils quietly walked back to their classrooms.Lots of people wore a poppy as a mark of respect. In 1918 gun shots died down in Belgum France and Germany marking the end of the First World War. After four years of fighiting more than 20 million men and woman were dead. World War Two began on the ist September 1939 . World WarTwo was the most blood sheading war ever and a tough war for the United Kingdom.

Christmas in Sweden, I like....

This week, week 48, I am with Sarah and Ida C. On monday asternoon we first did our homework.
Then we ate fish sticks and pasta and then watched TV. We watched Disney Channel.
On Tuesday I went to the shop to by some food and in the evening we had a candle party at Ida´s house. A person came and sold candles and there were a loy of guests there.
On Wednesday I went with Sarah and we did our homework. It was geography, we study Sweden in fourth grade. And we ate Beef stroganoff for dinner.
Thursday.
Ida went home from school today. She did not feel well.
Friday
At school we had an Advent assembly in our assembly hall. We sang songs and lit candles. We cleaned Ida´s house and put up first advent lights. We celebrate Advent in Sweden. We have a candle stick with four candles. Four Sundays before Christmas Eve we light the first candle

and then we light a new candle every Sunday until Christmas. Advent means arrival. We also put electric lights in the windows and stars as well.
Saturday
I go to Gislaved to meet Ida´s cousins
Mimmi and Kajsa. Gislaved is in Småland in Sweden. It takes about an hour to drive there. We went to Grandma and ate gingerbread cookies and drank glögg. Glögg is a traditional Christmas drink almost like glüwein. After that we went to Ida´s cousins house. All the parents went to a party and grandma babysat. We played cards.
On Sunday we went home and get Ida´s leggings because Sarah and Ida were going to had a dance performance. They were fantastic. After that there were more glögg, a party at Sarah´s house. That is a huge tradition in Sweden; glögg parties!!! Since it is alcohol in the glögg, we drank julmust, that is sooo good. Julmust is a softdrink brewed in Sweden for ages. It sells more than Coca-Cola in Sweden which is very annoying for them....

God Jul everyone!!!! From Whisky