Hello from Magnarp’s school, Vejbystrand, Sweden.
We are 32 pupils in grade 7 from Magnarp’s school in Sweden. We are divided into two classes, but we work a lot together in different subjects. We have known each other since the first grade, and we are now 13-14 years old.
Around 400 pupils go to our school, from kindergarten to grade 9. Our schoolday in class 7 is from 8.20 am to 3.10 pm and we have about five lessons each day. We began studying English in grade 3 and last year, in grade 6, many of us started learning German or French. Our school is a one-floor building made of red bricks and it was built in 1996. Most pupils live in villas or on farms.
Vejbystrand is situated in the south part of Sweden called Skåne, at 56° 20’ N, 12° 40’ E. The school is very close to the sea and we have a lot of farms and fields here. Vejbystrand is a village of about 2000 people and it belongs to the community of Ängelholm. The population of the whole community is around 37 000. In the summer many tourists visit Vejbystrand and Ängelholm, because of the nice beaches here. You can go bathing, sailing, surfing and fishing. We have a great variety of different landscapes in our surroundings – coast, plain, the Bjäre and Kullaberg peninsulas and the Hallandsås ridge. A great many artist and craftsmen live and work in this part of Skåne, and you can visit them easily and for example buy pots made of clay. In the summer we have a nice climate, 20-30 °C, and in the winter it can be –10 °C. We usually have some snow in the winter, but not that much in this part of Sweden.
We are going to test the quality of the water in a small brook close to the school. This brook has been essential to our schoolwork many times before, we have built bridges across it, for example. The water in the brook is clear, but the bottom is dirty. We believe that the water is a bit polluted, because the farmers who live close to the brook are using some biocide. There are no industries in the surroundings so there won’t be that kind of pollution problems. We don’t think that we’ll find very much organisms in the water or around this very small stream, just frogs, insects and some birds. Many trees and bushes grow on each side of the stream. The ground around the stream is like a swamp and it is not very solid. The brook eventually flows into a bay called Skälderviken.
Bye for now
Class 7A and 7B, Magnarps school, Sweden