Presenting HGO, Copenhagen Denmark

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Presenting HGO, Copenhagen Denmark

• December 2007

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HGO

• Our school is situated in one of the Copenhagen
  Districts, Nørrebro, about 4 km from the city
  centre
• There is around half a million inhabitants in
  Copenhagen
• HGO is short for HeimdalsGades Overbygningsskole

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Nørrebro

• The Nørrebro area consists of two parts, Indre
  Nørrebro (Inner Nørrebro) and Ydre Nørrebro
  (Outer Nørrebro)
• Nørrebro is known for its multiethnic society,
  mostly from Pakistan, The Middle East, Turkey,
  Kurdistan, Somalia, former Yugoslavia and Albania
• Nørrebro has a population of 73.000
• You find our school on Outer Nørrebro

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Map of Nørrebro
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Pictures from Nørrebro/1
Nørrebrogade is the main street at Nørrebro. It
stretches from the Inner City to Nørrebro Station
Nørrebro Station
Nørrebrogade
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Pictures from Nørrebro/2
There are a lot of ethnic owned shops in Nørrebro
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Presenting the school
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Presenting the school/1

• Our school consists of two schools Rådmandsgades
  Skole (primary school) and HGO (secondary school)
• In our Primary school we have 475 students.
• Grade 1 to 6 attend primary School. It also
  contains preschool classes.

Rådmandsgades Skole
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Presenting the school/2

• In our Secondary school we have 172 students
  distributed over 96 girls and 76 boys.
• Grade 7 to 10 attend HGO.
• This part of the school is seven years old

HGO
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Presenting the classes
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Our classes/1

• We are two classes always working together.
• There are all together 37 students 19 boys and
  18 girls

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Our classes/2

• We have these subjects Danish, maths, English,
  German/French, biology, geography, science,
  social studies and physical education
• Our school starts at 820 am in the morning and
  ends at 150 pm in the afternoon

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Greetings from Denmark
That was our short presentation of our school and
our class. If you have any questions or comments,
please feel free to ask. We wish you a merry
Christmas and a happy new year.