Monday, May 24, 2010

They are coming!

Finely it is confirmed that 7 pupils and two teachers from Akosombo International School is coming to Byåsen and Norway, and that in less than a week!! This will be the firs group of students coming from Ghana to Norway as part of our exchange program. On Friday we delivered the letters from Akosombo to the pupils at home. Theresa held a good presentation about the similarities and differences between going to school in Norway and Ghana. The grades came two and two to get their letters, and Theresa delivered them for you (Akosombo students) ☺.

They also spoke about what has happened with the environmental, educational and cultural exchange since the school Director and Administrator was here two years ago. The coordinating teacher had prepared a big surprise for all of us - on the big screen in the assembly hall we got to see the Akosombo school choir singing their "Electricity song"!
See:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxJniu1bEX4
Tomorrow the 7th grade is going to get their letters; they had exams at Friday so they had to complete that before getting the letters.

Maybe you noticed something new about the blog, yeah it’s in English. That’s because we have a lot of readers outside Norway, so this is for you. In particular it’s so for the pupils, teachers and parents in Akosombo so that they can get a bit prepared on what to expect for the journey - and for those not traveling to be updated day by day while the visitors are her. I guess you also noticed that I’m not really good in English so, sorry if you don’t understand everything.
Oversettelse til norsk finner dere nedenfor!

-Sandra(AbenaI) ☺





Endelig er det helt sikkert at vi får besøk fra Akosombo International school kommer til Norge, og det allerede innen en uke:-) / elever og to lærere. På fredag leverte vi brevene til alle trinnene på skolen, utenom 7ende, for vi hadde tentamen kjempe gøy (not). Jeg var ikke med og delte ut brevene pga tentamen, men Theresa var der jo. Hun snakket om hva som er likheter og forskjeller på å gå på skolen i Norge og I Ghana. De snakket også om hva som har skjedd med miljø, utdnning og kultursamarbeidet siden sist vi hadde besøk - og det var besøk nedover. Det kom to og to trinn omgangen for å få brevene fra kultur. En stor overraskelse var at lærer Johanne hadde lastet ned strømsparingssangen til Akosombo koret som går som TV reklame i Ghana fra You tube og viste på storskjerm! I morgen skal sjuende få brevene sine, så til alle dere som har "mast" om å få brevene så kommer de i morgen. (Det med masingen er jo bare bra det da) Dere merket sikkert at innlegget var på engelsk, det er fordi vi har endel lesere som ikke kan norsk, det er også fordi at da kan de i Akosombo følge med på hva vi gjør for å forbrede oss også kan foreldre, lærere, elever m.m som kke kunne komme til Norge følge med på hva vennene, ungene, elevene gjør mens de er her.



-Sandra (AbenaI)

Q: Hva synes du om at vi blogger på engelsk? bra/ikke bra

2 comments:

  1. I think you should keep on blogging in English, but it is nice to have a Norwegian summary as well. :-)

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  2. Hi,
    I am jason's mother and Ihave beeh following your activities on your blog.I must say Iam very excited about the whole exchange programme. I am very happy that my son is among the first group of students to be on this programme which is a dream come true.
    Can we talk on computer using messenger? Please send us your e-mail address to ftvaderpuye@yahoo.com? I hope you qre enjoying yourselves very much.
    Bye for now
    Sarah

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