Scandinavian School in Canberra, Swedish Section
Black Mountain High School, Cockle Street (off Miller Street), O’Connor ACT 2603
Monday 4pm to 6:30 pm
Membership in the Scandinavian Australian Association: 30 dollars per family
The Scandinavian School in Canberra, Swedish Section, was founded in 1986. We adhere to the curriculum of language education established by the Swedish National Agency for Education. Our parent organisation is the Scandinavian Australian Association in Canberra http://www.scandinavianaustralian.org.au. The school provides Swedish language lessons to children and young people (6-18 years of age) for whom at least one parent speaks Swedish at home. At present, there are no classes in Canberra in the other two Scandinavian languages, Norwegian and Danish.
Swedish is naturally the language spoken in Sweden, but is also a minority language in Finland. Sweden is situated on the Scandinavian Peninsula in northern Europe. Part of Sweden lies north of the Polar Circle, and during the summer (June-August), Sweden experiences the midnight sun, in which the sun does not set. This makes summer a very special season.
The Swedish traditions are very important to us and as well as teaching the Swedish language, we endeavour to foster the culture and celebrate the major occasions such as Walpurgis Night, Midsummer and the Christmas tradition of Santa Lucia. This is done by music and dance, playing games and enjoying the traditional Swedish foods.