The day without electricity (the 5th of November)

Sanni wrote:

It was only our energy team (two classes) who took part the day without electricity.

In the morning we came normally to school. When the bell rang we went in and there was a dark corridor in front of us. Teachers had put a small pieces of paper on electric light switches so that no-one could put lights on. There were candle lanterns on teacher's desk. Each group got their own lantern.

We had a special day called "piecework contract day". Each group had a same task; we had to make an aerial photograph out of a farm (including map, list and drawings of animals and crops etc.). We were not allowed to use papers or cartons out of new packages. Instead we got to use remains of cartons and papers which were donated to our school. We noticed that it is not necessary to have new materials to accomplish fine results! And it was fun and easy! We were very satisfied because we had saved energy.

At about eleven o'clock we cycled to Villa Gerby (youth center almost next to our school). Every pupil got one juice, one mandarine, one bread roll and one and a half piece of sausage from the school kitchen. There was a camp fire waiting for us and we started to grill right away. Our teacher also taught us how to grill dough :-) After we had our lunch some of us went in to play billiard, table soccer, table tennis or cards. We didn't need any electricity to play those games and they were still fun. Some of us stayed out and played tag and the rest of us just hanged around.

When it was time to leave we gathered together and talked about the day. Many of us had liked this day without electricity very much. After the school day everyone took his/her own ride home.