Cheltenham Bear Goes to Sweden

IrstaskolanVästerås

October 2013

What is this flag?

This is a map of Sweden showing

the town of

our Partner School.

Västerås

Before my early flight to Sweden I had something to eat at my hotel. Here I am looking at the menu.

Resting before my flight

At Birmingham International

Airport

Mr Hinchliffe helped me to check the time of our flight. We flew to Stockholm via Düsseldorf.

Can you see our flight on the Departures board?

At the airport in Stockholm I met some new friends from our Partner Schools in Bulgaria and Croatia.Can you find out the name of the biggest airport in Stockholm?

At Irstaskola, our Partner School in Sweden, we all had to remove our shoes inside the buildings.

The pupils showed us Swedish traditions and festivals.

Here I am showing Mr Hinchliffe the Midsummer Pole.

People in Sweden dance around this during the Midsummer Festival.

Which Festival are the pupils showing us here? Do we celebrate this festival

in the UK?

The pupils showed us traditional Swedish dances.

In December Swedes celebrate the festival of Lucia. The girl with the

candle headdress represents Lucia.

What can you find out about the story of Lucia? Who are the boys in the picture?

The pupils dressed up to show us their traditions.

This was on the wall in one of the classrooms.

What shall we send to Irstaskola to add to their collection?

Cheltenham Town Football Club

None of the pupils wear their outside footwear inside school.

Here I am helping pupils with a science lesson.

What do you notice about what I’m wearing?

A busy day for me in our Partner School in Sweden

What am I helping with here?

What am I learning about now?

Irstaskola Film Studio

What am I doing here? Who do you think my new friends are?

Irstaskola Workshops

You must be very careful when doing woodwork or metalwork.

How am I keeping safe whilst in the workshop?

I had school lunch with these pupils

What do you notice about the way they are dressed?

We gave a special present from the UK to Irstaskola

What do you think

it was?

The very first H&M store in the world is in Västerås

Do you think Mr Hinchliffe and the staff from Katarina in Croatia make good models?

All the visitors from our Partner Schools went bowling.

Mr Hinchliffe was an expert and shows how it is done.

These teachers from The Czech Republic, Spain and Sweden will be

visiting Gloucester Road soon.

Here are some staff members from all our Partner Schools around Europe

Can you spot me?

Here I am with some of my new friends from our Partner Schools

School Travel Mascots

Which flags can you spot?

Kungsbyn Animal Park

I really enjoyed my visit to an animal park.

Which animal am I chatting to here?

Soon it was time for us to return home.

Mr Hinchliffe was pleased I was able to get us onto the right train for the airport.

The captain of the plane asked me to help him get ready for take off

Back home at last after

my adventure.

Thank you for watching.

Cheltenham Bear

xxx