Yester's Christmas greeting!

We would like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas! Click to listen to our messages. We have tried hard to say Merry Christmas in Norwegian for you!
If you follow the voices, you will see who said what, starting from the left hand side of the back row in the photo.

Visiting the theatre

Yesterday, the 16th December, Primaries 4, 5, 6 and 7 and their teachers and parent helpers, went by bus to Edinburgh to visit a theatre called The Lyceum. At the theatre they watched a performance of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by a famous author called C.S. Lewis. Everyone in Primary 4 enjoyed the performance and everyone had their own favourite part to talk about when they returned to school.

Sorting the post

What a lot of cards there are today!

The Christmas postbox

In our school we have a special Christmas postbox. Pupils and staff post their Christmas cards in this box and, every day, one class in the school has a chance to empty the box, sort out the cards and then deliver the post to all the classes and staff members. Tammie Norrie and Jecky-forty-feet are waiting to empty the box onto our classroom floor so that all the cards can be sorted, then delivered.

Blackie's table decoration

Our completed table decorations were judged by Mrs Hilsley, our headteacher, and Mrs Hughes, our secretary. They chose Blackie's as the best one because it has a ring of snowmen from different countries dancing round the Christmas tree. Well done, Blackie!

The teachers have their lunch

After all the pupils had finished eating, the teachers were able to sit down and enjoy their Christmas lunch. It was lovely!

Our wonderful janitor, Alan

Alan is our janitor. He is very kind and helpful to everyone. He does a lot of work around our school and, on this day, he was the chief dishwasher! Well done, Alan!

Sylvia and her team

Our lovely Christmas lunch was cooked for us by Sylvia, Lynnette, Elaine and Pat. They worked very hard indeed as they had to dish up all the food too! Thank you to them all.

More staff members

Mrs Hughes, our school secretary, and Ms Kerr, who is teaching Primary 2, are waiting to collect lunches from the kitchen to serve to the hungry pupils!

Who is this pretending to be Rudolph?

The children were served their Christmas lunch by the teachers and other staff. Here is Mrs Kemp, who teaches Primary 3, pretending to be Rudolph, the red-nosed reindeer!

Dessert

To complete our Christmas lunch we had a choice of an ice-cream star or fruit jelly and cream.

Roast Turkey for the main course

In Scotland, we eat roast turkey for the main part of our Christmas lunch. It is usually served with roast potatoes, vegetables, gravy and a little sausage.

Fruit Cocktail for starters

To begin our Christmas lunch, we had fresh fruit cocktail. Seed-Burd and Sodger are enjoying theirs!

Christmas lunch at Yester Primary

On Tuesday 9th December, we had our special Christmas lunch. Many pupils and staff enjoyed a delicious traditional lunch which was prepared for us by our school cook, Sylvia, and her hardworking team. The dinner tables were beautifully decorated with the table decorations which we had made in our classrooms. It was a lovely event.

Primary 4's Norwegian carol

We hope that you enjoy listening to us trying hard to sing in your native language. Have we pronounced our words correctly?

Jeg er så glad hver julekveld,
for da ble Jesus født,
da lyste stjernen som en sol,
og engler sang så søtt.

Det lille barn i Betlehem,
han var en konge stor
som kom fra himlens høye slott
ned til vår arme jord.

The Flying Scotsman

Here we are dancing a Scottish Country dance. It's called The Flying Scotsman. The Flying Scotsman was a famous steam locomotive which ran between Edinburgh and London for many years. In 1934 it was the first steam train to break the 100 mph barrier. It was restored in 1999 and again carried passengers north from London.
When we are dancing, the two leaders are the engine and the rest of us are the carriages. The noises we are making are the noises of a steam train.

Deer and Shark

At school we have Christmas "workshop"each year.
We make Christmas presents and decorations.
We make candles, buttons, oraments, painted glass and cookies.


Juleverksted.
På skolen har vi juleverksted hvert år.
Vi lager julegaver og julepynt.
Vi kan lage stearinlys, knapper, smykker, malte glass og bake.

Tiger.

Christmas tree.

We put Christmas presents under the Christmas tree.
We decorate our trees with Christmas ornaments.

Vi legger julegavene under juletreet.
Vi pynter trærne med julepynt.

Horse and Rabbit

Nissen (The Norwegian santa)

He has a beard.
He has green and brown clothes and a red hat.
He has usually a big tummy.
He is a small as a gnome, and he lives in the barns and under rocks in the woods.
We must give the "Nisse" Christmas porridge, or he will get mad at us.
When he is mad he plays nasty tricks at us.

Nissen (Den norske nissen)

Han har skjegg.
Han har brune og grønne klær og rød lue.
Han har vanligvis en stor mage.
Han er liten som en gnom, og han bor i lover eller under steiner i skogen.
vii må gi "Nissen" Julegrøt eller blir han sint på oss.
Når han er sint gjør han ugagn.

Dolphin and Kitten

Gingerbread-cookie-houses
We bake Christmas cookies at home before Christmas we use the gingerbread
dough to make litle houses. We decorate them with icing and candy.


Vi baker julekaker hjemme før jul. Vi bruker pepperkake deig til og lager små hus. Vi pynter dem med glasur og smågodt.

How Gouden Aigle prepares for Christmas

My brother and I put up our Advent Calendars.

How Waasp prepares for Christmas

I prepare for Christmas by putting up the Advent Calendars. We find a space for them. I have a Lego one and my brother has a Playmobil Pirate one. We open them once a day. We open them for the count of Christmas. We are all really excited waiting for Christmas Day.

How Seed-burd prepares for Christmas

We decorate the house and put our shoes under the Christmas tree. (This is a French tradition.) We have an Advent Calendar and lights on the window. We have a winter plant called a poinsettia.

How Reid Rab prepares for Christmas

Food and Drink for Santa
I always leave food for Santa. I usually bake cookies for him and I give him some milk as well. For Rudolph I leave a carrot or two. On Christmas Day I always see if Santa has eaten the food I left for him.

How Yella Lintie prepares for Christmas

When I am getting ready for Christmas I go with my family to buy the Christmas tree. Then we all go carol singing. On the 23rd of December I put up my stocking and put my letter for Santa up the chimney. We also go shopping. When we get home we wrap our Christmas presents to give to other people. I also make some space for my new presents.

How Shilfa prepares for Christmas

I do my Christmas shopping and get my Christmas cards. I eat my first chocolate from my High School Musical Advent Calendar. I put up my Christmas tree. Then I decorate my house. Next I put out my Christmas list. My mum puts up my stocking for me. On Christmas Eve I leave food out for Santa and the reindeer.

How Hairy Grannie prepares for Christmas

First I go Christmas shopping with my mum and then we wrap the presents. Next I put up my chocolate Advent Calendar and, on the first of December, I poke out the first chocolate. My mum and I decorate the house by putting up lots of beautiful Christmas decorations. My mum cooks a lovely turkey that my whole family always enjoys. I leave out a mince pie and a cup of milk for Santa and a carrot for Rudolph. On Christmas Eve I put up my stocking.

How Bumbee prepares for Christmas

I leave out a mince pie and a drink for Santa and a carrot for his reindeer.

How Tammie Norrie prepares for Christmas

I decorate my house with lots of decorations. I put tinsel on all the pictures and the big mirror in the corridor. I make snowflakes out of paper and I put them on the windows.

How Grannie prepares for Christmas

My family and I prepare for Christmas by going Christmas shopping. We search for brilliant presents for our family and friends. We decorate the house with paper snowflakes, tinsel and a big Christmas tree.

How Sodger prepares for Christmas

We put up our Christmas tree twelve days before Christmas. On Christmas Eve we leave a carrot and a bowl of water for the reindeer and we leave a mince pie and milk for Santa. We make a Christmas list for Santa. We decorate the house with stockings and baubles. We decorate our Christmas tree with a fairy, soldiers and baubles.

How Wuidpicker prepares for Christmas

I decorate my Christmas tree with baubles and other decorations too. I hang up my Christmas stocking. I have an Advent Calendar.

How Deil's Darnin' Needle prepares for Christmas

We first get our Christmas Advent Calendar. Then we get our Christmas shopping. Twelve days before Christmas we put our Christmas tree up and decorate it. We send our Christmas cards to friends and family. We put up our Christmas stockings on the night before Christmas. We leave a treat out for Santa and a carrot out for Rudolph.

How Snailie prepares for Christmas

The first thing I do to prepare for Christmas is get a chocolate Advent calendar. Then I write my Christmas list. I also go Christmas shopping. I love writing my Christmas cards. I get my Christmas tree at a place where there is a wood full of Christmas trees and the people there cut down the one you want. We make the best mince pies in the world for Santa and he agrees! This year I'm having my nana over for Christmas. We always have huge puddings before Christmas!

How Eemit prepares for Christmas

Putting up our Christmas tree
First of all, my mum cleans the sitting room. Then we go outside and bring in the tree. When it is standing straight we are ready to decorate it. We have a big box full of colourful baubles and tinsel. My little sister and I take it in turns to put things on the tree. We both have decorations that we made when we were small. Every year Mum and Dad buy chocolate decorations. We hang these on the tree too. Our Christmas tree is really special. Last year Santa hung the keys for the quad bike which he had left for us, on the tree!

How Swallie prepares for Christmas

We start by doing the Christmas shopping. On Christmas Eve, we sing carols. We write a list to Santa to tell him what toys we would like. We put up a Christmas tree and decorate it.

How Blackie prepares for Christmas

A few weeks before Christmas we get out the Christmas tree. It's not a real tree but it looks like one. We set it up and decorate it. First we put the lights on. They shine and light the room up. Next we put on the baubles. I like putting on the baubles because I like the way they sparkle and glisten. They sometimes smash and mum and dad get annoyed. Lastly we put on the shimmery star at the top of the tree. We sit back and look at the tree and it feels like Christmas already!

How Osprey prepares for Christmas

We get our Advent Calendar - you can get chocolate ones or ones that you get little presents on each day until Christmas Eve. We buy our Christmas tree at a Garden Centre. My family all help decorate the house and Christmas tree. My sister and I put our stockings on the Christmas tree.

How Kailworm prepares for Christmas

My Christmas tree
Buy a real tree from local farm. (about 2 metres)
Secue it in a log slice with a hole drilled in it. (dad's job!)
Place under the stairs.
Find decorations in loft - a dark, spidery job!
Decorate tree with help to reach the top.
Don't forget chocolate decorations and fairy lights!

How Jecky-forty-feet prepares for Christmas

We put up our Christmas tree 12 days before Christmas. We sing carols in church. I put out milk and mince pies for Santa and a carrot for Rudolph.

How Maggie prepares for Christmas

First, I put up my Advent Calendar. Every day, we open the correct door to get a treat. When we open the last one it is Christmas.

How Blue Bunnet prepares for Christmas

To get ready for Christmas I always get my Advent Calendar and a candle. I also go to get a Christmas tree from a Christmas tree farm. I decorate the Christmas tree with baubles, tinsel and toys. I hang up my stocking on the 24th of December.

Making Christmas trees

We are having our school Christmas lunch on Tuesday, 9th December. We are making decorations to put on our dinner tables. Here we are making Christmas trees. We are also going to make dancing snowmen to put round the trees. We are having a competition to see whose decoration is the best. We will let you see the finished decorations and let you know who won the competition next week!
Here are Blackie and Wuidpicker busy at work!

Stirling Bear and our Advent Calendar

Eemit opened our Advent Calendar today. The picture was of two gifts. Stirling Bear managed to get in on the act!

Our Norwegian carol!

We are learning to sing a beautiful Norwegian Christmas carol for our Christmas concert which we are holding on Wednesday, 17th December. Miss Traill, our music teacher, is teaching us how to sing in Norwegian as well as English. Mrs Edwards thinks we sound like angels!

Seed-burd and Stirling Bear

Here is Seed-burd showing Stirling Bear the Christmas tree in our hall.

Snow at Yester Primary School!

We are all very excited because, for the last two days, it has been snowing in Gifford and we have been playing in the snow at break and lunchtime. We have great fun but we come back into school exhausted!
Here are Deil's Darnin' Needle and Stirling Bear in our snowy garden.

Our Advent Calendar

Today Mrs Edwards put up our Advent Calendar. Each day, from December 1st to December 24th, someone in our class will open a little window to reveal a picture. (We begin our holidays on December 19th so we will have to open all the remaining windows on that day.)
Kailworm opened door number one and she revealed a little boy with a candle. What will we see tomorrow?

Yester's Christmas tree

Here is the school Christmas tree. It is in our hall. It will be on show for all our Christmas activities which include the Nativity story, dramatised by our infant classes, our Christmas concert by Primaries 4,5,6 and 7 and all our Christmas parties.

Hello. My name is Wolf. The Norwegian word for "wolf" is "ulv". I am 10 years old I attend Tyssedal barneskole. I like Nintendo ds. I like Lego. I like fotball.
I like friends. I have 4 siblings. My mum works at a hospital. My dad works at the local newspaper.

My name is Tiger. The Norwegian word for "tiger" is "tiger", but it is pronounced "teeger".
I am a boy. I am 10 years old. I have 20 friends in school. I have brown eyes and brown hair. My dad works at a factory and my mom works at a hotel. I have one brother and one little sister.

My name is Shark. The norwegian word for "shark" is "hai". I am 10 years old. I attend Tyssedal barneskole. I like paintball. I like cats. I like to play pc-games. I like cats.

Hello from Tyssedal.

Hello! My name is Horse. The norwegian word for "horse" is "hest". I am 10 years old.
I have two pets. I have one dog, his name is Balder, and one rabbit called Thea.
I have blond hair and brown eyes. My favourite colours are light green and dark green. My birthday is in February. My favourite food is pizza, pancakes and fish-balls and muhed potatoes. My mom is a teacher and my dad works at a factory. I live in Tyssedal, Norway.

Hello from Tyssedal.

My name is Dolphin. The Norwegian word for "dolphin" is "delfin".
I am a girl. I am 10 years old. I am short and slim and have lond hair and brown eyes.
I ahve one brother. I have a dog called Monti. He is a Gordon setter. My mom and my dad works at a factory. My birthday is the 29th of April. My favourite colours are light blue and green. My favourite food is taco.

Hello from Tyssedal

Hello. My name is Teddy. The Norwegian word for "teddy" is "teddy".
I am 10 years old. I am a girl. I have light brown hair and blue eyes.
My favourite colours are green, blue and black. My favourite food is taco and pancakes.
My mom works with helping old people and my stepdad works at a factory. My hobbies are horseback riding and fotball. I love Hannah Montana.

Hello from Tyssedal

Hello. My name is Dog. The Norwegian word for "dog" is "hund".
I am 10 years old. I am a girl. I like to play fotball. My hobby is gymnastics.
I have two sisters and one brother. My favourite colours are red, black and white.
My birthday is the 23rd of July.

Hello from Tyssedal

Hello. My name is Kitten. The Norwegian word for "kitten" is "kattunge".
I am ten years old. I'm a girl. My favourite foo is Indian. My favourite magazine is Topp.
I like cooking. I have one brother and one sister. My dad works at a factory and my mom helps old people.

Hello from Tyssedal

Hello! My name is Rabbit. The norwegian word for "rabbit" is kanin.
I am 10 years old. I attend Tyssedal barneskole. I am a girl. I like playing football and handball.
I have 3 siblings. My hobbies are football, handball and gymnastics. I have no pets.
My birthday is the 14th of Janyary. My mom is a student. My dad works at a factory.
I have blond hair and brown eyes. My favourite fod is taco and pancakes. My favourite animals are dogs and cats.

Hello from Tyssedal

Hello. My name is Deer. The Norwegian word for "deer" is "hjort".
I am 10 years old. I attend Tyssedal barneskole. I like Runescape and AC/DC and much more.
I have one sister. My dad is a mecanic and my mom works at a labratory.

Hello from Primary 4 at Yester

Hello from Primary 4 and Mrs Edwards to all our new friends in Tyssedal Barneskole in Odda, Norway.

We are looking forward to corresponding with you on this blog and also to having a long and happy friendship with you and your teacher.

Hello from Primary 4 at Yester - Gouden aigle

Hello. My name is Gouden aigle, which is Scots for golden eagle. I am a boy. I am 8 years old. My mum and dad are cooks. I have one brother. My favourite food is pizza. My favourite game is Ye-gi-oh cards.

Hello from Primary 4 at Yester - Waasp

Hello. My name is Waasp, which is Scots for wasp. I'm 8 years old. I'm a boy. My favourite game is Tig. I have brown hair and brown eyes. I have one brother but no sisters. My mum works for Mars, the chocolate company and my dad is a teacher. I live in Gifford, which is a small village. I'm quite tall and I have a good life.

Hello from Primary 4 at Yester - Seed-burd

Hello. My name is Seed-burd, which is Scots for wagtail. I am 7 years old. I am a girl. I have brown hair and brown eyes. I have one brother. My papa is a business dealer and my mummy is a learning support teacher in an infant school. I have lots of friends at school and a few outside school. I have a cat called Hardy. I live at Nunraw. My birthday is the 24th of December. My favourite food is pasta cheese. My favourite colours are turquoise and lilac. I love playing Barbies.

Hello from Primary 4 at Yester - Reid Rab

Hello. My name is Reid Rab, which is Scots for robin. I am a girl. I am 8. I am short and slim. I have brown hair and brown eyes. I have one sister. My mum and dad are editors. I have a goldfish called Autumn. I live in Garvald. I love jelly and pizza. I like blue. My favourite game is Monopoly. I was born on September 24th.

Hello from Primary 4 at Yester - Yella lintie

Hello. My name is Yella lintie, which is Scots for yellowhammer. I am a girl. I am 8 years old. I am short and slim. I have dark brown hair and blue eyes. I have two sisters and no brothers. My dad is a builder and my mum does massage. I have four friends in school and three friends out of school. I have one dog called Bessy. I live in Gifford. My birthday is on the 19th of November. I was born on a Sunday. My favourite food is duck. My favourite colour is light blue. My favourite game is Operation.