Sunday, February 10, 2008

Snow, snow and more snow in Iceland



The beginning of February marked a change of weather in Iceland. Suddenly it started snowing and it snowed and snowed and snowed! How the children loved it! They made snowmen and, of course, there was a snow war. In the school yard there is a small mount and only there it is allowed to throw snowballs, so the others have just to do with wrestling.


As this snow covered everything, Digranesskóli had visitors from Portugal and Finland, who had come to discuss the future activities in our project. They all were so happy to see all this snow. Last Friday there was a new turn of weather. Then the wind started blowing and when it was the fastest, it was measured 47 meters per second!!! All this our visitors witnessed and I think that this has been a great adventure for them!


Here are som photos for you to see.


With greetings Marjatta


(Icelandic)

Eins og flestir tóku eftir þá vorum við með gesti frá Finnlandi og Portugal s.l. viku. Þetta voru kennarar vinaskóla okkar og skólastjórinn frá Portugal. Bæði kynntu þeir okkur verk nemenda sinna og voru með sýnikennslu hjá okkur. En aðaltilgangur heimsóknar þeirra var að ræða framvindu verkefnisins Tales of Europe og skipuleggja framhaldið. Skólastjórinn Albertina Sousa heimsótti einnig Hlíðaskóla í Reykjavík og kynnti sér aðlögun heyrnarskertra nemenda í almennum skóla.
(Suomi - Finnish)
Helmikuun alussa sää muuttui Islannissa ja lunta rupesi satamaan taivaan täydeltä. Lumi kasaantui isoiksi kinoksiksi ja siitä syntyi lasten paras maailman! Digraneskoulun pihalla on pieni kukkula ja ainoastaan siellä saa heittää lumipalloja. Niinpä toiset joutuivat tyytymään vain lumipainiin.

Wednesday, January 30, 2008

A VERY OLD ITALIAN LEGEND...



"I TRE GIORNI DELLA MERLA"
The last three days of January

One Spring in Milan, many, many years ago, two small, snowy-white birds built a nest in a tall tree in a courtyard of a building near Porta Nuova and raised three chicks during the Summer and Autumn.When Winter came, they moved to a cozy spot just under the roof of the building. The parent birds flew around fron dawn to dusk: it was very difficult to find seeds and insects.

That year, Milan had a bitterly cold, freezing Winter and the last three days of January were the coldest of all. The streets and the rooftops were covered with snow and ice and yhe sky was dark and grey.On the morning of 29 January, the father bird decided to fly far beyond the snow to find food for his family.To protect her young chicks, the mother moved the nest onto the nearby roof, right up a chimney, which gave off warm, thick, black smoke.

The freeze lasted three days and they survived, but when the father returned, he could hardly recognize his family - they were all black from the smoke soot.

On the 1 February, a pale sun rose and began to warm the air and the birds couls finally emerge from the nest.Now even the father was black from contact with his family and the soot.

And that's how "BLACKBIRDS" became black.


2 FEBRUARY
old Italian adage
If Candlemas Day
Be fair and bright,
Winter will have another flight.
But if Candlemas Day
Be clouds and rains,
Winter is gone and will not come again.
Alla festa della Candelora
dall'inverno siamo fuori.
ma se piove o tira vento
nell'inverno siamo dentro .
Greetings
from the Italian team,
Sabina

Sunday, December 30, 2007

Happy New Year



Gladys :-)

Wednesday, December 19, 2007

MORE CHRISTMAS GREETINGS...







Children of 1 A and 1 B of the Primary school
Duca D'Aosta are delighted to publish their drawings :
"JESUS IS BORN
and
SANTA IS COMING"

Tuesday, December 18, 2007







The pupils of the Duca D'Aosta first grade,


made these


drawings for our European friends.


Here two sheperds are greeting the star

Friday, December 14, 2007

A SPECIAL VISIT...








"Dearest friends, we also made a Christmas present for our parents,

we moulded a little Christmas tree made with clay !

Here at the Gianni Rodari

we spent a lot of time decorating our classroom .

Sabina, Cristina and Valeria read a lot of stories

about Christmas traditions...

Yesterday happened something really special :
we had a GREAT VISIT
an ELF came from the North Pole ,
probabily from FINLAND!


He said that Santa Claus


could come
to Cordenons..."
more news the next week !

pupils of the 3° sezione, ITALY !


here the youngest working at the Gianni Rodari , doing a little Christmas present .They moulded a little Christmas tree made of clay.

Thursday, December 13, 2007

Merry Christmas from Cordenons - Italy



Hello talers!
We children of fourth grade of the Primary School "Edmondo De Amicis" would like to show you some of our Christmas gifts that we made at school for our parents. They are made of copper plates and coloured cardboards.





At this very special time we wish you a:

Buon Natale

Merry Christmas

Hyvaa Joulua

Gledileg Jol

Feliz Natal

Kellemes Karacsonyi unnepeket




We also desire to wish you a worm, happy and without any fear New Year, hoping for the joy and peace to last the whole year through.
Pupils and teachers Virginia, Agnese, Mario and Gladys