Today we visited Oslo International School to give a performance to Years 1 - 6; over 250 pupils in total! We got a chance to learn a little about the school, had some traditional Norwegian pizza, and then all of the groups performed. The pipe drums even managed their Fanfare on their own. There were around 6 Scottish teachers at the school and they said that the music brought a tear to their eyes, especially Loch Lomond and Caledonia. Mrs Csenki raised the roof with everyone singing 3 Craws.
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| Waiting for pizza is the hardest wait of all |
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| Bagpipe-to-child sound level minimum safety distance by Norwegian Law |
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| We're up! But how can we get down?! |
We then got changed and went to the Ski Jump in Oslo: Holmenkollen. The museum included skis old and new, a stuffed bear and a ballpit (firm favourite for all). As part of the visit, we went up to the very top of the jump tower, then came down (using the lift) and had a ride on the Ski Jump Simulator to see what it would be like to fly down.
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| The view from the bottom... |
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| ...and from the top! |
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| Would you dare? |
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| 'Do we get to do it for real, now?' Confidence boost after the simulator |
To finish the day, we went out for a Norwegian dinner - smoked salmon, moose burger and chocolate brownie to finish. Yum!
Everyone is now in their beds and looking forward to tomorrow's joint concert with the Oslo Children's Orchestra.
