EUROPE GOT TALENTYES WE CAN!

We are from Iceland:

Anna, Halldor, Julia, Thorbergur

ICELAND

I

celand is a volcano Island and we got many hot springs

like:

G

eysir and Strokkur and many more

H

ere you see a geysir and eruption in Eyjafjallajökull

2010

ICELAND

T

he nature of Iceland is beautilful

T

here are more sheeps than people in Iceland.

W

e often can see the Northen lights og Auroa Borealis

R

eykjavik is the capital of Iceland.

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17.721 people live in Reykjavík

city that is 37,6% of the nation

R

eykjavik is the only city in Iceland

R

eykjavik became a town 1786

about 200 years ago!

REYKJAVIK

VESTURBÆR

Vesturbær is in the westside of Reykjavík. That is

were our school is. Close to Vesturbær is a pond that

has ducks and you can iceskate on it during winter.

VESTURBÆJARSKÓLI

Vesturbæjarskóli just turned 54 this year. There

are 7 grades in the school. It is the best school

ever!!!! ;)

This is our school

there are about 350 students and

25 teachers.

THE 7. GRADERS

I

n our grade we are 44 kids and only one class but two groups

O

ur homeroom teachers are Kristín and María

I

n 7th grade we have started to learn Danish.

A

lso in 2011 we went to a school camp named Reykir for a week. There we

learned all kind of activities and met kids from other schools in Iceland.

HALLDÓR SIGURJÓNSSON

H

i my name is Halldór Hrafnkell. I’m 12 years old and in 7th grade in

Vesturbæjarskóli. My mom’s name is Gunnlaug and my father’s

name is Sigurjón. I have two sisters. One that is 21 years old and

her name is Þórunn Edda and then I have a younger one that is only

3 months and is called Katla, like a famous volcano in Iceland. I

have been twice to Holland and that is because I have a sister that

was in a ballet school in Holland and we also have good friends in

Hengelo. I have many hobbies like basketball, stone collecting and

nature.

THIS IS ME

ÞÓRBERGUR BOLLASON

H

i my name is Þórbergur (sometimes called Thorbergur). I

am 12 years old. I have an older brother called Þorvaldur

and my mother’s name is Ásdís Hlökk and my father’s

name is Bolli (that actually means a cup in Icelandic). I

have lived in two countries in Iceland and Sweden when

I was 3-5 years old. My hobbies are playing the piano,

computer games, reading and Lego building

ANNA RÓSHILDUR B.

My name is Anna and I am 12 years old. My hobbies

are piano, ping pong and jazz ballet. My mom’s name

is Charlotte and she is Danish and my dad’s name is

Benedikt and he is Icelandic so I am both :) I have twin

sisters, their names are Brynja and Freyja. They are 3

years old.

JÚLÍA JAKOBSDÓTTIR

M

y name is Júlía. I’m 12 years old. I have a mom named Vigdís

(41) and a dad named Jakob(45) and one brother Dagur (14).

He went to this school in 2010. I have one cat and she is 5

years old and her name is Snælda. I am strawberry blond or

just red haired and my eyes are blue . I lived in Belgium for

two and a half years from 2004-2006. I was in an English

speaking school there. My hobbies are: Jazz ballet, football and

I play the flute.