Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Schools in Norway are usually divided into the following categories: elementary schools (barneskole) for 1st to 7th grade, lower secondary schools (ungdomsskole) for 8th to 10th grade, upper secondary schools (videregående skole) for 11th to 13th grade, colleges (høgskole), and universities (universitet).
This can be achieved by taking general studies while in upper secondary school or through the law of 23/5 where a person must be above 23 years of age, have five years of combined schooling and work experience and have passed exams in Norwegian, mathematics, natural sciences, English and social studies.
Norway's food traditions show the influence of sea farming and farming the land, traditions with salmon, herring, trout, cod, and other sea food, balanced by cheese, dairy products and breads. Lefse is a common Norwegian wheat or potato flatbread, eaten around Christmas.
The International School of Stavanger (ISS), previously known as the Stavanger American School (SAMS), has existed in Stavanger since 1966 and at last count was the largest independent school in Norway. They are an English speaking, non-profit international school, educating students from Pre-school through Grade 12.
Henrietta Barnett School is a grammar school for girls with academy status.. A grammar school is one of several different types of school in the history of education in the United Kingdom and other English-speaking countries, originally a school teaching Latin, but more recently an academically oriented selective secondary school.
Secondary schools in Norway are (in Bokmål) called Videregående skoler, or traditionally, Gymnas, and follows ten years of compulsory primary school. Subcategories This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.
Skagerak International School was the only Norwegian school to participate. The class qualified for the finals which were arranged at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville on May 23-26th, 2012. [14] 21 High School students at Skagerak attended a Habitat for Humanity trip to Cluj in the Transylvania region of Romania on June 23, 2012. The ...
The Trivium (Latin for three ways), taught first, comprised grammar, logic, and rhetoric. After Trivium followed the Quadrivium (Latin for four ways): geometry, arithmetic, music, and astronomy. The language used was Latin and remained so until the 18th century. Unlike most other Norwegian state schools, Latin is still taught at the school today.