LANDSCORE Primary School, Crediton held a Swedish Day to give pupils a taste of what it is like to go to school in Sweden.
Landscore is linked through a Comenius Project with schools in Gloucester, Poland, France and Sweden.
The two year project aims to unite children in a better understanding and appreciation of other in Europe live.
The theme for the project is "My Country, Our Europe" and last term pupils from all the schools shared work about themselves and their families.
The children have already made pen pals and shared work through video conferencing and have learnt how to communicate in different languages.
The theme for Swedish Day came from a recent visit Landscore teachers made to Dintuna, Vasteras in Sweden to plan work for the project.
On Swedish Day, pupils got the chance not to wear school uniform, call their teachers by their first names, take their shoes off in the classroom, experience outdoor maths and learnt how to speak and count in Swedish.
At lunchtime the pupils served themselves, with a free meal, from a selection of pasta, meatballs, carrots, broccoli, potatoes, a white cream sauce and salad from the salad bar. This was followed by fresh fruit and a milk drink.
In Sweden children spend their afternoons having lessons in sewing and woodwork and Landscore pupils were also given this opportunity.
The children also played Bandy, a hockey type of Swedish sport. Luke Scott (10) explained: "There were nine teams in the Bandy and I scored a hat-trick in the Bandy World Final."
The children ended the day with a 70's disco with music from Abba
Headteacher Gary Read said: "The day was very successful in getting the children to become more aware of belonging to the European community and he hoped to repeat the event with a Polish and French day in the future."
Nora Parminter