Etwinning-project

« TRAVELLING TO THE ETWINNING ISLAND ».

Presentation of our community,where we start the travelling.

 

Sommarøy and Hillesøy:

In our community there are about 700 People. They live in Sommarøy, Hillesøy and Brensholmen.We have 1 School form 1. to 10. grade, 1 kindergarden, 2 grocery stores, 1 hotel, 2 fish factories and retirement homes and other small businesses, like Norwegian crafts and tourism.

The school are placed on Brensholmen and the kindergarden on Sommarøy, and we are working together on the transition from kindergarden to school.

Most people who lives here work in the fishing industries.

Sommarøy kindergarten

• In mars 2014 we moved to a brand new building. 

• And today we have 20 children in the age from 1 to 6 years old.

• The kindergarten is located near the beach. And in the summer we can daily walk on the beach for swimming and playing. The temperature is not high in the sea, about 10 degrees, in the summer and in the winter about 2 degrees.  

• On the beach we can find many different types of shells.

The school of Brensholmen

• In the school there is approximately 100 pupils.

• The school are located near the beach and the forest.

Whale safari january 2014.

From October / November to January we can see lots of whales in the waters around our island. It is mostly sperm whales and killer whales as they hunt for herring.

10th January 2014 we went with a boat on a whale safari, and we were lucky! We saw several sperm whales hunted herring.

Visiting a fich-factory.

Cod har arriving the factory. The season for fishing the cod are from october til april. 

Cod-liver and roe.We cook and eat it with cod and potatoes. We call it “mølje”!

On skating with 1st class! One things we can do in the

winter.

The winter- and summertime.

• In the winter it can be very cold. The temperature can get down to -20 degrees, and we can have lots of snow. Then we can skiing and we can drive on sledge.

• From August to April we can see the northern lights in the sky. It is a truly amazing light!

• From 20 November to 20 January, the sun is below the horizon, and we have polar night. We don’t se the for 2 months.

• In the summer we can have temperature up to + 25 degress, but it is not often. The sea temperature is not too hot, about 10 degrees, but the kids love to swim in the ocean and playing on the beach.

• From 20 May to 20 July, we have the midnight sun, and we love it!

Life in the sea.We learned about different fish.

The most common are: cod, saithe, herring, haddock, redfish, monkfish, flounder and halibut.The fishermen are also fishing shrimps.

Fish living in Norwegian waters.

Life in the sea.

The view from the kindergarden, and the beach we use to visit.

Shells found on the beach. We often find urchin and mussels.

This is what we made of the shells we picked on the beach.