BYÅSEN UPPER SECONDARY SCHOOL
MANY-SIDED AND REALISTIC
Byåsen Upper Secondary School is a diverse school offering both academic and vocational programmes. We offer a) study specialization, with programme areas for math and natural science, language, social studies and economics, b) health and social studies, c) media and communication, d) restaurant and food and e) technique and industrial production.
We have a department for pupils who are multi handicapped and autistic, and in addition a technical college educating car mechanics to become managers at intermediate level.
The school is responsible for 1000 pupils and students (2009-2010).
The training is carried out in such a way that practice follows theory. Therefore, training is often carried out in firms or other places of work, so that that the content of training is closely related to the reality outside the school.
Both pupils and teachers can make their influence felt on what is going on.
The school vision is: “An enjoyable and attractive school in which all are unique and cooperate as teams”. Our fundamental values are described by the following words: honesty, realistic, offensive, humility, teamwork and safety.
All training is based on a document called the educational platform of school.
Partnerships
Much of what our school does, rests on partnerships with other activities, both private and public. For firms and institutions it is a unique possibility to stimulate talents to become interested in their branches, for the school and the pupils it is a possibility to acquire good knowledge in a realistic way.
Problem-oriented learning
Traditional classroom training is here replaced by problem-oriented learning and a variety of methods, very often as projects. Therefore the pupils may develop their personal competence, initiative, creativity, critical thinking, cooperative ability and responsibility.
The training takes as its starting point the experience and the level of knowledge of the pupil
KNOWLEDGE ABOVE EVERYTHING
Byåsen Upper Secondary School gives the pupils a chance to work in groups of various sizes for different lengths of periods. In fact, simply put, the whole area of the school is for training purposes. Here knowledge can be acquired in small and big auditoriums taking from 60 pupils to 300 pupils where you will find the most modern audiovisual equipment. But it is similarly important that the school areas are organised for school work and learning. Here you will find individuals or groups working intensely, as often in the school canteen as in the science laboratory, one day in the school library, the next in the Internet café.
The pupils have easy access to information and communication technology, therefore the school library is located in a central spot of the school. This is the educational service centre of the school.
THE COMMUNITY CENTRE OF BYÅSEN DISTRICT
You can visit the library, exercise at the fitness centre, buy a cup of coffee and something to eat in the canteen – you can do all this without leaving the school premises. In this way the school will not only be a modern school but also a place of meeting for all living in the neighbourhood – open and available.