Gyttorpsskolan- primary school in the municipality of Nora, Sweden

Giving children the space to explore and to be inquisitive helps stimulate their self-esteem and their motivation to dare to believe in their own thoughts and visions. By developing qualities such as inquisitiveness and creativity among both staff and pupils, the school has made great progress towards its goal of developing the activities in accordance with its motto: “Dare – Desire – Develop”.

Nobel Party:

As a part of the work to help all pupils identify their own unique qualities and skills, the school organises a Nobel Party every year – an event at whichcreativity and ideas are given free rein. In the run-up to Nobel Day at the school, all pupils have the opportunity to submit competition entries in variousfields such as film, songs, pictures and poetry. The winner of each category can proudly call himself/herself a Nobel Prize Winner! The Nobel Day event concludeswith a communal meal that the pupils and staff on the school’s Nobel Council and Meal Council have planned together.

Techniques/technology

At Gyttorpskolan, the team and the pupils’ creative abilities are viewed as valuable resources. Reinforcing interest in technology among the childrenplays an important role. In 2011, the school was presented with an award from Teknikföretagen, the Association of Swedish Engineering Industries.The school can see the benefits of combining technology in its teaching with an entrepreneurial approach.

At the nobelparty many of the schools subjects are included, for example swedish language, art, technics and also music and media History and social society is also included when we introduce the history and up to date info about the Nobel price.

In the project about techniques its mainly about techniques but also other subjects are included. For example, right now, we visit the old mine in Pershyttan to find out how they used the techniques in the blast furnace a long time ago.