The village fools

Many nations have stories about village fools. They are simpleminded people who do things in a little bit odd and funny way. We studied in our school the typical stories about village fools told here in Finland. In those stories there is often a clever neighbour called Matti, who comes and gives advice.

For example when the village fools built a house without a window and tried to carry light in to house with bags, he told that the window is a very good idea to get light. After studying the old stories, we wrote modern stories of our own. Then we made short films about the stories.

Here you can watch one of our modern stories:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3p6M-UYebQ

Rest of the films you will receive soon on cd.

Our summer holiday will start on Saturday 31.5. Nice summertime!

Best regards,

Päivikki, Outi, Tina and Virpi

Uppskeruhátíð í Digranesi

Uppskeruhátíð Comeniusverkefna verður í sal Digranesskóla þriðjudaginn 3. júní kl. 8.10. Öll verkefni skólaársins eru nú í tölvutæku formi og verður sýnishornum varpað á tjald. Einnig eru sýningarkassar frammi í anddýri og myndir á "Comeniusveggnum" (andspænis salnum).

Nemendur Comeniusbekkja (1.K., 1.Þ., 3.D.,3.I.,5.J.,5.R., 6.AJ., 6.Á) syngja á tungumálum vinaskólanna.

Við vonumst til að sem flestir foreldrar og aðrir aðstandendur geti mætt og sýnt þannig áhuga sinn á verkefni barnanna.

Parents and other family members of the Comenius classes are welcomed on Tuesday, the 3rd of June at 8.10 in the school auditorium to see samples of the products made by the pupils this school-year. They have all been turned into a digital form and will be shown on the screen. Also the pupils sing on the languages of our partner schools. In the school entrance hall there will also be show-cases and photos and drawings on the Comenius wall opposite the auditorium.

We all, both teachers and pupils, hope that you have the oppotunity of visiting us.

Fyrir hönd Comeniusteymisins / On behalf of the Comenius team

Marjatta Ísberg, umsjónarmaður verkefnisins /project coordinator

Mynd: Úr skuggaleikhúsi 1.Þ. : Þjóðsagan um Gissur á Botnum

Sægarpar - Seafarers - Merenkulkijoita - Marinaii

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The monument of Vasco da Gama in Lisbon harbour. In the background the Vasco da Gama Bridge. To the right: Statue of St Vincent, the protector of Lisbon.

Í gamla daga voru Portúgalar miklir sægarpar og eru margir skipstjóra þeirra orðnir frægir í veraldarsögunni. Einn þeirra er Vasco de Gama og er minnismerki um hann og áhöfn hans við höfnina í Lissabon. Vasco þessi var fyrstur til að sigla í kringum suðurhorn Afríku og ná Indlandi á einni og sömu ferð. Þetta gerðist árið 1498. Fyrir aftanb minnismerkið sést aðeins í brú, sem einnig er kennd við Vasco de Gama. Brúin tengir saman bakka Tagus (Tejo) fljótsins. Hún er lengsta brúin í Evrópu, samtals 17 200 metrar á lengd.

Nefna má einnig að verndardýrðlingur Lissabon er Heilagur Vincent. Einnig hann er látinn halda á skip sem tákn um að hann verndar sæfarana.

In the old days the Portuguese were great seafarers. Many of them are famous in the world history. One of them is Vasco de Gama. He was the first one to sail around the south cape of Africa and reach India on one and same voyage. This was very important, because until then the goods from India had been transported on the land, which took a long time and could be dangerous.

At the Lisbon harbour there is a monument of Vasco da Gama and his seamen. In the background you can see the longest bridge in Europe. It is 17.200 metres and connects both sides of the Tagus (Tejo) river. To commemorate the famous seafarer it is called the Vasco da Gama Bridge.

The official saint of Lissabon is St Vincent. Even he carries a ship to symbolize the protections the seafarers get.

With greetings to all Talers in the four countries

Marjatta