HM Queen Sonja at RCN

2018-10-16T09:31:53+01:00September 22nd, 2017|

HM Queen Sonja

HM Queen Sonja

“Education is the most valuable we can give to you young people”.
This was the message Her Majesty Queen Sonja gave in front of a packed auditorium at the end of the Cultural Show.
“Coming here to UWC RCN is always so invigorating, experiencing so much talent and willingness to share”.

This is the tenth time Her Majesty has visited our College in her role as patron. She joined in with our conference on the theme of inclusion, attended by our students, staff and more than 100 visitors – a day for sharing ideas and good practice in and outside of the classroom. Her programme started with a visit to the exhibition made on inclusion, introduced by student Rodrigo Freitas and art teacher Hana LeCam. The grand finale on Thursday evening was the cultural show, put together by Dan Silfwerin and his team. Supper was made by our own students, supported by staff, in the form of an international matbord – a varied menu, beautifully presented in the Høegh Centre. Leon Muller, Kalyani Mohan, Amalie Rosendal and Petter Hallqvvist from our Student Council had the honor of sharing the meal with her Majesty. An uplifting experience for us all.

This was the report from NRK, the national broadcaster.

Kayak Leader Course

2018-10-16T09:31:54+01:00September 19th, 2017|

The UWC RCN Outdoor department held the Kayak Leader Course on the weekend 16th to 17th of September for staff and students at UWC Red Cross Nordic, enabling the successful participants to lead kayak trips for the students at the College.

The course was in two parts over two days. On the first day was in the Flekke fjord by the College to learn the basics of paddling with a lot of rehearsing techniques and practicing rescuing capsized kayakers. On the second day we moved the classroom out to sea and started of at Korsunded close to the open sea. This day was set up as a day-trip circumnavigating the Island of Lutelandet. Very calm seas and good weather made for a good experience for all. Some of the participants seems to have thought it was too warm and ended up taking a swim out at sea, giving a few of the others a chance to practice rescues again.

The newly qualified kayak leaders are Chisato, Kimi, Marco, Mikkeline, Hari, Raavi, Emelie and Amina as well as Taren and Jenny from the staff.

For an album of photos, see here.

Theatre Festival in Dale

2017-10-01T09:34:01+01:00September 17th, 2017|

RCN graduate Tormod Carlsen, with fellow alumna Eli Våge, recently produced a theatre piece in Dale in which some of our second year theatre students took part. ‘Radio Fjellom’ was one of the performances in the annual Dale Theatre Festival – inspired by experiences at UWC, the director created a visual and sensory feast about
Iife in Fjaler. This was a zany and experimental production which made skillful use of stagecraft throughout. ‘Radio Fjellom’ was a wonderful opportunity for second year Theatre Studies students to contribute to a professional production – learning about rehearsals, stagecraft, performance and the time commitment required.

UWC RCN was also given complimentary tickets for all students to attend a performance of ‘The Monkey Trial’ as part of the Theatre Festival.

In mid November, a team from Bergen National Opera will be on campus to perform – in tandem with RCN students – the opera of ‘The Paper Bag Princess’. This represents another opportunity for RCN students to work with professionals on stage and backstage.

Her Majesty Queen Sonja

2017-09-13T14:17:58+01:00September 13th, 2017|

Her Majesty Queen Sonja will visit UWC Red Cross Nordic on September 21st – 22nd for our programme on inclusion in education: ‘The Power of Diversity’. We are working with the Education Committee and the Administrative Team in Sogn og Fjordane to connect with schools and educational projects in our region dedicated to inclusion. We see this as an opportunity to share and draw on each other’s experiences in the changing landscape of Norwegian education. Please click here for a link to the programme.

Needless to say, we are looking forward to HM Queen Sonja’s visit and the events with great anticipation.

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