Damstede skating day

The Jaap Eden Baan is Amsterdams big outdoor skating arena, It is open all winter. Serious skaters come every day to train in the hope that they will be fit enough to take part in the "elf steden tocht" a grueling race through eleven cities in Friesland which can only be held when natural ice has formed throughout the whole of the netherlands.

Last friday the peace of their training schedule was ruined by the kids of Damstede, who arrived for their annual skating day.

Jolanda and her friend Rosa were there too!

The teachers settled down to their own form of training!

School disco

I've not had the camera with me for a few weeks, and blogging has been pushed on the back burner due to other projects I've been working on - I may blog about that later!
Just before the half term holidays, Jolanda went to the school disco.
I found the photos on the school website, and liked the progression from wall flower to party animal!

Brugmuggen

Damstede's brugclass competition:

Build a bridge out of wine gums and sate sticks.

Objective:

Span 30 centimeters.

bear a weight heavier than the construction materials used.

Each team worked hard on their construction; pencils were licked and winegums were chewed, sate sticks were snapped and bridge fastenings were strengthened.

Jolanda's team built a bridge which bore 8.4 times its own weight, and her class became second overall as their constructions bore on average 9.2 times there own weight.

The winners were in a class of their own, however with a bridge that was able to carry 24.3 times its own weight, a new record for "Tiggelmans Angels"!