The 12 Verbs of Christmas!

In our 5th grade English class we worked with verbs during the month of December. We chose verbs that were easy to "show" and we made a video. The 12 Verbs of Christmas video shows our work.

Angajulliit Santa Lucia!

 

Nu bæres lyset frem
stolt på din krone
rundt om i hus og hjem
sangen skal tone
nu på Lucia-dag
hilser vort vennelag
Santa Lucia, Santa Lucia

Her ved vor ønskefest
sangen skal klinge
gaver til hver en gæst
glad vil du bringe
skænk os af lykkens væld
lige til livets kvæld
Santa Lucia, Santa Lucia

Nightly, go heavy hearts
Round farm and steading
On earth, where sun departs,
shadows are spreading.
Then on our darkest night,
Comes with her shining light
Sankta Lucia! Sankta Lucia!
Then on our darkest night,
Comes with her shining light
Sankta Lucia, Sankta Lucia.

Night-darkling, huge and still.
Hark, something's stirring!
In all our silent rooms,
Wingbeats are whisp'ring!
Stands on our threshold there,
White clad, lights in her hair,
Sankta Lucia! Sankta Lucia!
Stands on our threshold there,
White clad, lights in her hair,
Sankta Lucia! Sankta Lucia!

Darkness shall fly away
Through earthly portals.
She brings such wonderful
words to us mortals!
Daylight, again renewed
will rise, all rosy-hued!
Sankta Lucia! Sankta Lucia!
Daylight, again renewed,
will rise, all rosy-hued.
Sankta Lucia! Sankta Lucia!

The Christmas Market

Akuliit have been busy making decorations and cookies to sell in their Christmas Market. We held the market over two days after the first Advent Sunday of 2010.

Our first day was quite slow as few people had heard of our market, but the pupils were keen to sell something.

The decorations were hung up so that people could see them.

Some of the elves and small Father Christmasses were arranged on tables.

We even had decorations hanging in the plants in our Aula!

Day two of the market was much better as we had announced the market on the local Kap York Radio.

The pupils sold a lot more things on day two.

The decorations that we did not sell were hung up to decorate the classrooms and common area (Aula).

Two English guys were at the market. Chris, on the left, is a teacher at the school and Stephen, on the right, is researching the local dialect Qaanamiut for one year.

We had a good tow days but it was hard to come back to a normal routine again!