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The climate and innovation camp Bright Green Youth

Thursday, June 11th, 2009

 

We are honored and encouraged to see that interested schools and organizations from different parts of the world are willing to send students to participate as delegates in the climate and innovation camp Bright Green Youth and would very much like to invite students aged 14-18 years and from your organization. Relevant information about the camp is given below for your easy reference and we recommend that you also read the attachments:

 

Date:                          8th-11th of August 2009

Venue:                       Alsion, Alsion 2, 6400 Sønderborg, Denmark

Theme:                      Climate and innovation

Language:                 The official language of the camp will be English

Accommodation:      Participants will be accommodated two and two (boy/boy or girl/girl) with Danish families in

                                  Sønderborg while companions will be accommodated in hotel or private homes.

Website:                    www.brightgreenyouth.org

 

We expect about 300-350 overseas delegates and about 150-200 of local ones, a totally of 500 young participants. We extend a warm welcome to you to participate in this event and to present the bright green ideas of your youngsters.

 

Please note that delegates have to pay for their own travel expenses to and from India, but the stay in Denmark during the camp is all free and taken care of from our side.

 

We look forward to hearing from you and hopefully seeing you in August.

 

If you wish to participate, please contact me to get an application form,

 

Best regards,

 

Simon

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Trainee service and work experience

Wednesday, June 10th, 2009

According to the Danish law of primary and lower secondary education, all students in the lower secondary classes have to participate in trainee service and/or work experience.

 

The students can choose to find a company in which they will have five days of work experience. Some Danish students choose to do so, while most choose to go to one of the educations, they are planning to go to, having finished their lower secondary education.

 

For the Cosmo-students, however, we have made arrangements with the IB gymnasium in Kolding, so that the students can participate for one week from September 7 2009 to September 11 2009.

 

Provisional programme for the week at IB

 

IB – Kolding Gymnasium

Purpose:

Introduction to the international upper secondary school education – IB for students in 9th and 10th classes. It is important that the students experience a normal day at the IB, where the teaching is in English in all subjects. There is an alternation between lessons in English and visits in an IB-class.

Contents:

Time:

Lessons begin Monday at 8:30, all other days they begin at 8:05. 

Place:

The main entrance by the info-screen

Transport:

Bus number 5 


The programme below is only a preliminary programme.
The first day the students will receive a programme for their stay at IB.

Lesson 

Monday 

Tuesday 

Wednesday

 Thursday

 Friday

1st block
08.05-09.20

Welcome & introduction

PE

 observation

 observation

 observation

2nd block
09.30-10.45

 observation

 observation

 Lesson in Maths

 observation

 observation

3rd block
11.00-12.15

 observation

 observation

 observation

 Lesson in  English

 Lesson in German

4th block
12.45-14.00

 observation

 Lesson in Danish

 observation

 observation

 evaluation

 

 

 

 

 

 

Participation:

Lessons and observations

Meeting time:

Dear students, welcome to trainee service at Kolding Gymnasium. You will be at the gymnasium Monday morning at 8:30 at the main entrance under the info-screen. In the first bloc you will be introduced to the IB system, receive information about the school and the programme of the week. If you have any questions or comments, you are welcome to phone +45 76 33 96 00 or send an e-mail to MM@kolding-gym.dk
   

Cantina:

You can buy food and beverages in the cantina. It is open all day. The lunch break is between 12:15 and 12:45

Further information:

Contact for the IB is Mel Malone (MM@kolding-gym.dk)

Dates:

September 07 2009 to September 11 2009

Place:

Skovvangen 10, 6000 Kolding

Reasonable:

Karsten Skov Mogensen

E-mail:

KM@kolding-gym.dk

 

 

Kolding Gymnasium, HF-Kursus og IB School

+45 76 33 96 00

Skovvangen 10

kg@kolding-gym.dk

6000  Kolding

  

 

 

 

 

 

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New facilities

Tuesday, June 9th, 2009

 

Due to a very positive increase in demands for places at The Cosmo – The International School of Southern Denmark – the international department will move to new and better  facilities during the summer holidays.

 

During the spring semester we have experienced such a large increase in demands for places at The Cosmo that the number of international students attending the international department next year will almost be the double of the number of students, we have had this year.

 

We started the present school year with two classrooms in a building opposite the main building, but next year the international department will have its classrooms on the first floor of the main building together with the international classes from Kolding Realskole; in that way we are aiming at creating an even more international environment for the students – foreign and Danes alike.

 

The interactive Whiteboards, the wireless network and other facilities, which the students have in their present classrooms, will, of course, be moved during the holidays, thus ensuring the same high standards for the teaching in all the international classes, as we have had this school year.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Companies lament lack of international schools

Friday, June 5th, 2009

A lack of international schools are causing major problems for top Danish companies

 

Numerous top business executives are worried that they will have augmenting difficulties in attracting and retaining international employees in the future due to the fact that there are no places in international schools available for their children.

 

The results of a recent survey carried out by Heidrick & Struggles shows that a number of HR managers in some of the country’s leading companies believe the problem of securing a place in an international school for the children of foreign employees is one of the major challenges faced by the Danish companies.

 

 

Foreign employees are not willing to accept a position, no matter how well-paid or how interesting the position might be, if they are not able to get a place at an international school for their child or children.

 

The Economy and Business Affairs Minister, Lene Espersen, said in an interview that it has made a big impression on her that there are problems finding international schools for children of foreign employees, and that she will discuss the issue with Education Minister Bertel Haarder. Hopefully, the two ministers will come up with some kind of solution.

 

Read more about the issue at http://expatindenmark.com/news/Pages/companies_and_intschools.aspx

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