The upper secondary school

The upper secondary school is voluntary but necessary. In Sweden we have a school system that is supposed to prepare us for further studies and different kinds of work.
You can choose different programs depending on your interests. There are about 17 national programmes. The most common theoretical programme we have is, social science and natural science and two of our most common practical programmes are, construction and hotel and restaurant. In the different programmes you read different courses. Some of them are compulsory and some you can pick from a selection.

Our school offers every student lunch for free every day so you don’t need to bring your own. It’s not always so tasty but it’s eatable.

/ Jennifer, Rebecca and Fanny

Social Science programme

The social science programme is a good programme that prepare you to study after upper secondary school. You must be aware that studies in social science program does not automatically lead to a profession or a specific education. This means that with education as the basic need to create their own picture of the future.

The programme is specialized in history, society, philosophy and religion. At the programme you learn how the community is working, how it its progressing, and how it´s moving forward. You also learn how to process from historical and international perspective. The language is a important part to learn at the programme. So you can communicate and process better in the community.At the programme you practise to work together in groups, learn to project your talking and writing capacity.

The national program consists of courses. Some courses are compulsory for all who study at secondary school, some courses are specific to the program and some courses you choose by your self.

/Emma, Sara, Linda

The Basketball Upper Secondary School

Basketball upper secondary school assumes to develop your individual skills in basketball and in the physical training that gives you the opportunity to develop your game optimal. It is also injury prevention, which is an important factor in development.

Each week we practise 12-15 hours plus matches. We got two morning practises and five afternoon practises a week. Practise sessions are during school hours or in direct connection to it. Before the afternoon practise we are offered healthy snacks like porridge, sandwiches and fruits.

Our basketball coaches are Mikael Johansson and Jan Johansson. Mikael is a top coach, training to be a FIBA coach. Mikael has 3 medals as a coach from the youth team championship, women. He has been on the basketball upper secondary school since 2004. Jan is a federal coach. He is head coach for the U16 (youth 16 years old) national team boys. Jan has extensive experience as a coach in the youth side. He is new on the basketball upper secondary school since autumn 2009.

Outdoor school

Outdoor School is a great choice when you can choose to view the recreational, natural or social orientation. By going open-air gymnasium, you can get the same powers to go "normal" natural or social sciences settled here combine theoretical studies with practical courses that provide a broad knowledge in many different areas.

The first year in this program you go on a trip to Kebne Mountain Tours a mountain hike in the fall for all grades in the open air makes you get to know their classmates and make friends for life. The walk also provides individual personal development and self-knowledge when you are testing yourself and your limits.

In the winter under the ski season, the goal is to develop pupils' personal skills as a skier one evening a week at “Måttsund” and trips to the Swedish mountains. With the help of talented teachers to develop novice and experienced even good skiers. The goal is to ex-post individual to feel safe in a situation where he or she will teach skiing to a group.

House of Health is for indoor climbing and adventure at high altitude. Outdoor School offers students training in safety and risk awareness in relation to climb so that leisure can develop their skills on the climbing wall. The program also provides leadership training. It increases the security of students when the sole leaders are faced with a group of people. When school groups and businesses want to experience the thrill of the House of Health adventure hall, pupils develop their role as leaders and their leadership.

Personal development Going open-air school involves a variety of activities and trips to ski resorts in the Swedish mountains and at the end of the third-place even a ski trip to the Alps. Thanks trips do you create good contacts not only within their class but also with the other grades in open-air gymnasium. Personal development and skills as well as protection of themselves and the role of leaders is to improve the characteristics of the student.

whritten by Johanna and Jonna.

Upper Secondary School – Physical Education (Health and wellness)

We are going to write an short text about our program. This is a program focusing on sports, but we are focusing on our direction in the program. When you apply for the PE program you can choose between six different directions, Health and Wellness, Hockey, Basketball, Football, Individual sports or Outdoor life.

We have chosen Health and Wellness which is a program where you get a chance to exercise on schooltime. We try many different activities like yoga, bodypump, aerobics and just fitness in overall.
We have those lessons twice a week which is only with the students that have chosen health and wellness, other than that we have a normal PE lesson with our class. All the students that have chosen this direction has been split up with students from other directions like basketball etc. This makes the classes a bit mixed and you get to know new people.

This education goes over three years, the first year you go through the basics. The second year it's a bit harder and more advanced than the first year and you need to work harder. During the third year we go more in about the leadership. You learn how to lead groups through activities.
Another thing that only we on Health and Wellness have that other PE's don't is Nutrition facts where we learn what food is good and what everything consists of.

/Frida, Rasmus and Karin.