Friday, December 23, 2011
Monday, December 5, 2011
Out of school-teaching: Mathematics in 2nd grade
Nina's class at Vågåmo school had mathematics outside last week.
Equipment needed: two or three ropes and one bag for each pupil
The class used a rope as a circle to count numbers. The teacher called out a number, and the number of pupils the teacher called out, should run to the ring.
This was a little bit difficult for the pupils, because they all wanted to be in the ring.
In the next exercise the pupil's were divided in two teams, and we made two circles with the ropes. The team that first had the right number in the circle, won and got one point. With this exercise it is important to cooperate.
Then the teacher made a plus-sign between the circles. The teacher told the teams what number the teams should make in each ring. Then the team that first called out the right answer (after both teams had got the right number in the circles) got one point.
In the next exercise the pupils were told to find ten different things of the same kind. The things could be stones or cones. One pupil put all the things in one circle. The other pupils then should add the right number of things to make the numbers between 11 and 20.
And finally...
Equipment needed: two or three ropes and one bag for each pupil
The class used a rope as a circle to count numbers. The teacher called out a number, and the number of pupils the teacher called out, should run to the ring.
This was a little bit difficult for the pupils, because they all wanted to be in the ring.
In the next exercise the pupil's were divided in two teams, and we made two circles with the ropes. The team that first had the right number in the circle, won and got one point. With this exercise it is important to cooperate.
Then the teacher made a plus-sign between the circles. The teacher told the teams what number the teams should make in each ring. Then the team that first called out the right answer (after both teams had got the right number in the circles) got one point.
In the next exercise the pupils were told to find ten different things of the same kind. The things could be stones or cones. One pupil put all the things in one circle. The other pupils then should add the right number of things to make the numbers between 11 and 20.
And finally...
Monday, November 21, 2011
Great trip to Bayern
The norwegian delegation would like to thank out German friends for a great visit from 6th to 11th of November. Here you can see and read about of our trip.
We are arriving Münich. Tired and excited.
Finally in Bad Tölz. Here on a historic walk in Bad Tölz.
Ready for the local festival Leonardifahrt.
Reception with the mayor in Bad Tölz.
First visit on Königsdorg school. We are going on an excursion with 3rd grade. The topic: the forest.
Anders and Dag Inge are learning about different types of trees.
Anders id demonstrating a teaching method. How many teachers can you get in one cubic metre?
Teaching methods in Youth training centre.
Ready for high rope climbing in Youth traning centre.
The pupils in Königsdorf had made a nice exhibition on Norway.
Frode will give out the letters from Norwegian pupils.
Happy pupils are reading the letters.
Nina is presenting her class from Norway to our friends in 2nd grade in Bayern.
We had a great time in Bayern. We are really looking forward to further cooperation. Thanks to all our new friends!!
We are arriving Münich. Tired and excited. 
Finally in Bad Tölz. Here on a historic walk in Bad Tölz. 
Ready for the local festival Leonardifahrt. 
Reception with the mayor in Bad Tölz. 
First visit on Königsdorg school. We are going on an excursion with 3rd grade. The topic: the forest. 
Anders and Dag Inge are learning about different types of trees. 
Anders id demonstrating a teaching method. How many teachers can you get in one cubic metre? 
Teaching methods in Youth training centre. 
Ready for high rope climbing in Youth traning centre. 
The pupils in Königsdorf had made a nice exhibition on Norway. 
Frode will give out the letters from Norwegian pupils. 
Happy pupils are reading the letters. 
Nina is presenting her class from Norway to our friends in 2nd grade in Bayern. We had a great time in Bayern. We are really looking forward to further cooperation. Thanks to all our new friends!!
Friday, November 11, 2011
Friday, November 4, 2011
Ready for Bayern!
We are six norwegian's who are really looking forward to go to Bayern and Bad Tölz the next week.
We are leaving Gardermoen on sunday morning and will stay in Bad Tölz the whole week. We are threee teachers, one person from the school administration and two persons from Mountain Museum.
We are really happy that we will have the opportunity to participate in the local festival Leonhardifahrt on Monday. We will take a lot of pictures to show on the blog later.
The program for the visit looks great. We will get to know the school, the youth training center and the area. We will participate in "out of school teaching methods" with a birdt protection expert and farmer's wives. And of course we will change teaching methods and plan further co-operation.
We are really looking forward to get to know the German school system, society and culture. And to get to experience some of their teaching methods.
See you in Bad Tölz on Sunday!
We are leaving Gardermoen on sunday morning and will stay in Bad Tölz the whole week. We are threee teachers, one person from the school administration and two persons from Mountain Museum.
We are really happy that we will have the opportunity to participate in the local festival Leonhardifahrt on Monday. We will take a lot of pictures to show on the blog later.
The program for the visit looks great. We will get to know the school, the youth training center and the area. We will participate in "out of school teaching methods" with a birdt protection expert and farmer's wives. And of course we will change teaching methods and plan further co-operation.
We are really looking forward to get to know the German school system, society and culture. And to get to experience some of their teaching methods.
See you in Bad Tölz on Sunday!
Monday, October 17, 2011
Great visit in Norway!
German and Norwegian teachers testing outdoor methods togetherBack to Germany we all are full of wonderful impressions -
a marvellious countryside -
so friendly and hospitable people -
happy pupils and teachers who are enormously engaged in in our common aim:
to give children more motivation and success in learning for the future!
We are looking forward so much to our next meeting in November in Bad Tölz
when we will exchange more fascinating methods!
And not to forget:
Thousand thanks again for these wonderful days in Vaga!
The German Comenius-staff
Friday, October 14, 2011
First visit in Norway
From 10th to 14th of October the first meeting between the two regions were arranged in Vågå.
Here you can see the participants in the project from both Norway and Germany.
Guided tour at the Mountain Museum
Historic walk in Vågåmo with Mette Vårdal
Happy pupils at Lalm school are receiving letters from pupils in Königsdorf
Headmaster Dag at Lalm is presenting the school for the visitors
Teachers are discussing the project
The grup is having lunch at Bokhandel'n Kafé in Vågå.
Eva from Königsdorf is presenting her ideas for the project
Here you can see the participants in the project from both Norway and Germany. 
Guided tour at the Mountain Museum
Historic walk in Vågåmo with Mette Vårdal
Happy pupils at Lalm school are receiving letters from pupils in Königsdorf
Headmaster Dag at Lalm is presenting the school for the visitors
Teachers are discussing the project
The grup is having lunch at Bokhandel'n Kafé in Vågå. 
Eva from Königsdorf is presenting her ideas for the project
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Program for our first meeting in Vågå in October
Monday 10th: Arriving Vågå
17:45: Arriving Otta
We will pick you up on the station in Otta and drive 30 minutes to Vågåmo center.
1815: Arriving Vågåmo, check in on Valbjør farm
1900: Dinner at Valbjør gard
Information about Vågå municipality, the area and some history about Vågå
Tuesday 11th: Getting to know each other
0900 - 1100: Visiting our three schools; Vågåmo school, Sjårdalen shool and Lalm school
11 – 12: Lunch at Bokhandel’n Kafé.
1200-1500: Working session 1 (see attachment) – at Vågå municipality building.
Wednesday 12th: Looking forward
Location: Vågåmo school
09-11: Working session 2
11: Lunch and historic tour in Vågåmo center with Mette Vårdal.
13-15: Working session 3
Thursday 13th: Mountain Museum
0830: Departing Vågåmo heading to The Mountain museum in Lom (30 minutes drive)
0915: Get to know about The Mountain Museum
0945: Tour in the museum
1045: Coffee break
1100: Presentation of “Climate Park 2469”
1230: Lunch at “Bakeriet i Lom”
1400: Activities in Presthaugen
1700: Dinner at Fossheim
There will be bus transportation from Vågåmo to Lom and back this day.
Friday 14th
Travelling back to Germany.
17:45: Arriving Otta
We will pick you up on the station in Otta and drive 30 minutes to Vågåmo center.
1815: Arriving Vågåmo, check in on Valbjør farm
1900: Dinner at Valbjør gard
Information about Vågå municipality, the area and some history about Vågå
Tuesday 11th: Getting to know each other
0900 - 1100: Visiting our three schools; Vågåmo school, Sjårdalen shool and Lalm school
11 – 12: Lunch at Bokhandel’n Kafé.
1200-1500: Working session 1 (see attachment) – at Vågå municipality building.
Wednesday 12th: Looking forward
Location: Vågåmo school
09-11: Working session 2
11: Lunch and historic tour in Vågåmo center with Mette Vårdal.
13-15: Working session 3
Thursday 13th: Mountain Museum
0830: Departing Vågåmo heading to The Mountain museum in Lom (30 minutes drive)
0915: Get to know about The Mountain Museum
0945: Tour in the museum
1045: Coffee break
1100: Presentation of “Climate Park 2469”
1230: Lunch at “Bakeriet i Lom”
1400: Activities in Presthaugen
1700: Dinner at Fossheim
There will be bus transportation from Vågåmo to Lom and back this day.
Friday 14th
Travelling back to Germany.
Friday, August 19, 2011
Best wishes from Germany to Norway
Two European regions with wonderful nature and open and interested people will cooperate in order to improve their knowledge about each other – culture, daily life at school and about all – something about the best ways of teaching and education!
The teachers and regional partners in Bad Tölz are really looking forward to our future cooperation and we are quite excited to come to Norway for the first meeting.
We are very interested in the Norwegian education system and hope to learn a lot by discussing common issues and sharing useful experiences.
At the moment warm summer has come back to the region of Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen
and pupils and teachers are enjoying their holidays till September!
Because our region has got a really attractive and intact landscape with mountains, lakes and pituresque villages, many tourists are spending some nice days here.
In Norway summer holidays are over - and so we wish all children and their teachers
a very nice and exciting start into the new school year!
Best wishes from happy Bad Tölz!
How they met each other..
Do you want to know how the two regions found each other?
It started in Budapest in December 2010. Hanne from Norway and Marianne from Germany traveled to a "partnership seminar" in Hungary. The goal was to find a partner that wanted to work on the same issues.
The first thing we had to do on the seminar was to present food from our region. Here you can see what the regions presented as typical food from their location.
After we had tasted each other, it was time to talk to each other. It was time for speed dating. We had seven minutes with each region to try to find a match..
Hanne from Norway is not impressed by some guys from the UK...
But finally...we found each other...
First meeting between Hanne and Marianne. We found out that we had a lot in common. We were from rural regions, close proximity to nature and mountains and wanted to develop more practical teaching methods using environmental approaches.
Here you can see Marianne and Hanne starting to work on the application for the Comenius Regio programe..
The application was completed and submitted in february. In summer we both got the happy message; you got the funding. It's just to get ready to european cooperation and friendship!
It started in Budapest in December 2010. Hanne from Norway and Marianne from Germany traveled to a "partnership seminar" in Hungary. The goal was to find a partner that wanted to work on the same issues.
The first thing we had to do on the seminar was to present food from our region. Here you can see what the regions presented as typical food from their location.
After we had tasted each other, it was time to talk to each other. It was time for speed dating. We had seven minutes with each region to try to find a match..
Hanne from Norway is not impressed by some guys from the UK...
But finally...we found each other...
First meeting between Hanne and Marianne. We found out that we had a lot in common. We were from rural regions, close proximity to nature and mountains and wanted to develop more practical teaching methods using environmental approaches.
Here you can see Marianne and Hanne starting to work on the application for the Comenius Regio programe..
The application was completed and submitted in february. In summer we both got the happy message; you got the funding. It's just to get ready to european cooperation and friendship!
First visit
Both Staatliches Schulamt Bad Tölz -Wolfratshausen and Vågå municipality are happy that we are selected to be in the EU Comenius regio project. For the next to years the school authorities, the schools and the local partners in both regions will have a close co-operation. Together we will get to know each other, share teaching methods and develop new ones.
The first visit will happen from the 10th to the 14th of October. The meeting will be held in Vågå. The teachers and the staff in Vågå are looking forward to meet our new friends from Germany!
The first visit will happen from the 10th to the 14th of October. The meeting will be held in Vågå. The teachers and the staff in Vågå are looking forward to meet our new friends from Germany!
Our project idea
Teachers in Norwegian primary schools and German secondary modern schools notice an increasing number of pupils who aren’t able and motivated to manage their own learning process: they don’t find school attractive, they often feel bored or not able to succeed in different subjects and some of them suffer from a lack of self assurance because of different handicaps. We also see poor performance in the basic skills.
Our project idea is to share and develop more practical and effective teaching methods. In order to develop better basic skills and strengthening the pupil’s self assurance we would like to share and develop new and more practical teaching methods. We will especially focus on environmental education, since both regions are rural and located in close proximity to the nature. The main objective of the project is improving the learning outcome, especially in certain basic competences, by exchanging and developing practical and effective teaching methods.
In cooperation with experts from the local partners methods should be developed, which are suitable to improve scientific skills as well as social competences like working in teams and planning and managing small projects. The project will also help to make schools in rural regions more attractive.
Our project idea is to share and develop more practical and effective teaching methods. In order to develop better basic skills and strengthening the pupil’s self assurance we would like to share and develop new and more practical teaching methods. We will especially focus on environmental education, since both regions are rural and located in close proximity to the nature. The main objective of the project is improving the learning outcome, especially in certain basic competences, by exchanging and developing practical and effective teaching methods.
In cooperation with experts from the local partners methods should be developed, which are suitable to improve scientific skills as well as social competences like working in teams and planning and managing small projects. The project will also help to make schools in rural regions more attractive.
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