West End Elementary School

Malcolm, Dale and Geoff visited an elementary school near our apartment this morning. We saw several classrooms and met some of the children. We learned that they have a long summer break but only short holidays at Easter and at Christmas, their school day is also shorter than ours. They do many of the same sports and activities that we do including soccer, swimming and dance. The children speak Icelandic but they begin to learn English in grade 3 and begin leaning Danish in grade 7. We were surprised to learn that their curriculum includes classes in cooking, woodshop, sewing, and swimming (at a local pool). The roof of their school has a greenhouse for the students to grow plants in the warmer months.Read more