UPPER SECONDARY SCHOOL, LULEA, SWEDEN

Upper secondary school in Luleå is voluntary and free of charge, which is great.
The upper secondary schools have a really tempting range with mind of your own interests.
In our town, Luleå, we have five upper secondary schools with different directions.
All the schools are gather around just a little bit outside the central town, you can walk to the schools in about ten-fifteen minutes from the central. All the schools are close to shops, cafés and different companies and institutions.
The five different schools are named:
(You can see the similarity that almost every school are named after a bird).

THE LARK
This school have programmes with a connection to different aesthetic directions. For example: Music, fashion and design, theatre and picture.
THE KINGBIRD (who is the smallest bird in Sweden actually).
Is the largest and newest school in Luleå consisting from the old hospital. On this school there are a lot of different programmes, for example: build/construction, hotel and restaurant, the sports programme (our programme), natural science programme and so on.
THE WOODPECKER
In this school you can study e.g. at the business programme or the social programme just to name a few.
THE EAGLE
Is a smaller school that has e.g. different media directions and comprise two buildings. The two buildings are brought together with a sky-walk.
NTI
That is a freeschool and there you can choose study an media-programme or a computer-programme.

We also has The Staling which is a library and dining room for all the students that are studying at the Eagle, Woodpecker, Lark. The Kingbird has an own dining room for the students that are going at that school.
The common health sports facility is The House of Health where every class has their athletics.

Which school you go to depends on what direction you make. But it’s not that simple, you have to get good grades to go to the popular directions (for example; the programme of hairdresser have really high grades).
On Luleå’s upper secondary schools you can study national programme, special-design programme and also individual programme.
If you chose to study on a national programme you have to study for about three years and all the national programmes in Luleå gives you a fundamental eligibility to study further on a University.
If you chose an individual programme you study for about a year and you get to decide your own content with consideration of your own needs. The objective for the student is to be able to go and study on a national or a special-design programme.

OUR BREAKS

Between all our lessons, we have different kinds of breaks. Lunch breaks, free periods and usual breaks. What activity we do varies from day to day. If there's a big sale in city, for example, we take a walk to the malls and spend some money on new clothes or maybe some make up. Sometimes (actually very often, to tell the truth...) we just sit down on a Café and drink a cup of coffee and eat a cookie or two.

These last months the weather has been very cold and windy. Not to mention all the snow... So the city visits hasn't been many. In stead we have been giving each other a lot of massage. Very needed after all the physical education we've been having. Everyone enjoy massage, it's fantastic. We often keep giving each other massage at the lessons too, and then our teachers get a little bit mad and irritated because we "aren't focused on listening to their instructions". Oh please... we CAN do two things at the same time!!

Hm, what else happens at our breaks... Well, sometimes (when we're really bored) we just take the elevator up and down the building. Ridiculous, I know. But that's us.

Kisses

Special sports

As a student at Luleå Secondary School, you can choose to have your individual sport as part of your secondary education. As a part of your schedule, like any other subject like math or English.
Special sports is an individual education, where the students can choose to practice their own sport in school. They can choose anything from show jumping to ice-skating but not football, basketball or ice hockey because these sports are already a part of the secondary education. If you choose special sports it has to be an individual sport. The lessons are two times a week. There are two courses to choose between, special sports A and special sports B. Special sports A has a duration of two years and special sports B only one year. And all that means that you can, if you want, practice you own sport during the hole secondary education. The sports program work together with your coach and it really helps you to develop your talent, whatever it might be

Swedish school system

Children in Sweden start primary school when they are six years old. They have subjects such as Mathematics, Swedish and Sports. When the schoolday finishes, the children can either go home or stay at school where they can play and be with friends until their parents come and pick them up.

Primary school has four different forms. One class for those who are 6 years old and then first grade, second grade and third grade. Once they have passed the third grade and are about 9-10 years old they move on to the intermediate level and begins the fourth grade. The school is becomming more advanced during the intermediate level. More subjects are added, such as English, History, Religion, Geography and the Student´s Choice where they can choose from various topics, such as Theater.

Once the students have passed the sixth grade and are about 12-13 years old they move on to lower secondary school and begin seventh grade. School is getting even more advanced in lower secondary school. Even more subjects are added, such as Physics, Chemistry and Biology. In the eighth grade the students start getting marks in all the subjects they are taught. At the end of the ninth grade they get their last lower secondary school marks and with those they have to try to get into the upper secondary school program they would like to attend.

Once the students have passed the ninth grade and are about 16-17 years old they move on to upper secondary school. Before they start upper secondary school each one of them must apply to differnt upper secondary school programs with various directions. There is, for example, the sports program, which we in this class are attending and so much more. The students attend upper secondary school for three years and then they graduate when they are about 18-19 years old. When they have graduated from upper secondary school, they can choose if they what to start working or studying at the university, or if they want to do something else, maybe traveling.

Thor
The God of Thunder.

Thor, who is the son of Oden, is also the strongest of all Gods.
He has a red beard and you can describe him with a lot of temperament but he is constant fair.
Thor is married to Siv and together they have three kids named Mode, Mage and Trud.
He is also the God of thunder and all the free men.
As the God of Thunder he travels through the sky with his carriage with his two he-goats called “Tanngnjost” and “Tanngrisner”.
Thor’s only weapon is the hammer Mjölner. When Thor swings the hammer it creates lightning and rumble
But that’s not the only thing that gives Thor his strength, he also has a belt that accomplishes his strength.Thor is a wise man according to the myths and he protected his people against Giants that menace everywhere outside the settlement.

/Victoria & Josefin L.

Idun (The rejuvenated)

Idun is the goddness of youth and married to Brage, the poet god.
She is wonderfully beautiful and guarding the eleven golden apples which the gods eat to stay forever young. None of the gods got to taste the apples until they were 25 years old.

Iduns background is dusky but some of the stories says that she is the sister of Balder.In every events she is the daughter of Oden.

/ Stina, Mickaela,Josse A

Forsete

Fosete is the son of Balder and Nanna, they live in the house Glitner, where the aesirs gather to consultation. Forsete is actually the best judge of them all, and can sort out all disputes. The hallway of glitner is a outstanding palace with roof of silverplates och pillers of gold. Forsete is so occupied with his work that he never or rarely leaves his house.
/Elin and Sarah