Presenting HGO, Copenhagen

DenmarkDecember 2007

HGO• Our school is situated in

one of the Copenhagen Districts, Nørrebro, about 4 km from the city centre

• There is around half a million inhabitants in Copenhagen

• HGO is short for HeimdalsGades Overbygningsskole

Nørrebro

• The Nørrebro area consists of two parts, Indre Nørrebro (Inner Nørrebro) and Ydre Nørrebro (Outer Nørrebro)

• Nørrebro is known for it’s multiethnic society, mostly from Pakistan, The Middle East, Turkey, Kurdistan, Somalia, former Yugoslavia and Albania

• Nørrebro has a population of 73.000• You find our school on Outer Nørrebro

Map of Nørrebro

Pictures from Nørrebro/1

Nørrebro Station

Nørrebrogade is the main street at Nørrebro.

It stretches from the Inner City to Nørrebro Station

Nørrebrogade

Pictures from Nørrebro/2There are a lot of ethnic owned shops in Nørrebro

Presenting the schoolPresenting the school

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• Our school consists of two schools: Rådmandsgades Skole (primary school) and HGO (secondary school)

• In our Primary school we have 475 students. • Grade 1 to 6 attend primary School. It also contains

preschool classes.

Rådmandsgades Skole

Presenting the school/2

• In our Secondary school we have 172 students distributed over: 96 girls and 76 boys.

• Grade 7 to 10 attend HGO.• This part of the school is seven years old

HGO

Presenting the classesPresenting the classes

Our classes/1

• We are two classes always working together.• There are all together 37 students; 19 boys and

18 girls

Our classes/2

• We have these subjects: Danish, maths, English, German/French, biology, geography, science, social studies and physical education

• Our school starts at 8:20 am in the morning and ends at 1:50 pm in the afternoon

Greetings from Denmark

That was our short presentation of our school and our class.

If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to ask.

We wish you a merry Christmas

and a happy new year.