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Stavanger
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A short introduction to the history of our school
Buøy School is a school with 225 pupils from 1st -10th grade. The pupils are from 6 to 16 years old. The school is centrally situated on the small island of Buøy just outside Stavanger town. There are two footballfields and a small forest very close to the school.
Buøy School is one of the oldest schools in Stavanger. It was started in 1861. There is only one school in Stavanger that is older than our school.
The school has six different buildings; three of them are all named after the ferries that sailed between the island and the town before the bridges were built. The ferry trip was about 10 minutes long.
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“Majoren” (The Major) is the oldest building in the school and was built in 1906. It is made of red brick and now houses the administration and rooms for the teachers and assistants.
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“Trippen” (The Short Trip) was added in 1956 and is a yellow concrete house. The youngest classes at school have their classrooms here on the first floor. One of the classrooms is also a base for an after school activity club (SFO) for pupils in the 1st to 4th grade. On the second floor there is a kitchen to teach cookery and a room to do science experiments in.
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The newest building is called “Øybrua” (The Bridge to The Island) and combines the two other buildings. It was built in 1997 and houses classrooms for 4th go 10th grade, rooms for woodwork, pottery and sewing. In this building there are also two rooms with pc-s for pupils and you will find the school library here.
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In addition Buøy School has a building for PE and the teaching of music. This building also functions as the communal hall for the inhabitants on the island. The name of this building is “Samfunnshuset” (The Communal House).
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The after school activity club (SFO) also has a base in a small house just across the schoolyard called “Huset i skogen” (The House in the Forest).
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A few years ago the school accepted responsibility for a small, old farmhouse and barn. Some of the older pupils have been working on restoring parts of the buildings. Sometimes classes or small groups of pupils do their schoolwork there or they work in the garden.
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The island of Buøy’s central landmark is the Water Tower just a few meters from the school buildings. The tower is situated on the highest point of the island: 31 meters above sea level. When it is dark spotlights light the Water Tower so you can see it from the town centre. There is no water in it any more. The motive of the weather vane on top of the tower is of a woman and a child getting water from a communal water spout. This motive is also used on the communal manhole covers.
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