​On Thursday, October 22, 5M celebrated Halloween. Despite it being held during ‘tricky times’, and unusual circumstances, it was a great success.

Our students had lots of fun with decorating pumpkins, and the muffin icing activity went really well. The students remarked that the muffins were really delicious!

The time passed quickly and some of the Halloween activities were extended into the Afternoon programme. In the end, each student received a treat bag to take home!
All in all, it was a really enjoyable, fun day!

After Shakespeare’s mistress read Sonnet 130 which he wrote for her, she was justifiably upset. The following are some of her responses. We recommend the reading if you are up for a laugh.
Students from 8m and 8i

On Thursday, October 22, the Kindergarten teachers organized a Halloween Party. The classroom was decorated days before the main event. Children enjoyed listening to spooky stories, dancing and drawing scary faces on pumpkins. As a surprise, they all received a treat bag to take home.

On October 9th, 3M had a collapsed day. They had an escape room challenge. First, they listened to a story about some friends who went into a tree house portal and the tree house brought them to the world of conflicts. Their task was to solve some puzzles and find conflict resolutions to get back to Earth. At the end of the day, they also did some role-plays. It was a fun day!

Dear parents,

The Ministry of Education, Science and Sport informed us that as from Monday or until further notice, the MYP students will start with online learning. As we anticipated, this was bound to happen and our MYP community (students included) are completely ready for the challenge ahead of us. The MYP teachers will upload their lessons to MS Teams on a daily basis. They will also have up to three live lessons per day following these patterns:

• odd weeks lessons 1, 3 and 5;
• even weeks lessons 2, 4 and 6.

Students should be responsible and do their work regularly. The online learning that the students will do at home will be recognised in the same way as their presence and learning in school.

Those who do not finish the assignments will have to do extra lessons when regular lessons recommence. We will keep you informed about all the latest developments.

Best wishes,

We, the MYP students had our first plenary lesson of this school year, on the 2nd September 2020, during which we discussed the new school guidelines in our classes. Some of the guidelines we discussed were safety distance (1.5m), masks in hallways and walking on the right. During our second plenary lesson, we continued with the new guidelines and discussed online learning. We talked about using Microsoft Teams and covered the dos and don’ts of online learning. Each class then made either a poster or a video about the topic. The following week, we continued by finishing what we had already started by looking at the posters and videos from other classes. We continued by discussing school before and after the Covid-19 situation. The classes split into groups to make posters comparing school routines before and after Covid-19. The next plenary session came and we participated in the European mobility week by dancing in our classes. We first watched two videos about European mobility week and the importance of exercise and keeping the air clean. After that, we watched a video made by Kazina dance school and then followed along and danced to the choreography. 
Isabella Williams and Živa Pilgram 

During the week of  Slovenian Traditional Culture, the MYP students visited the Land of Hayracks in Šentrupert. Besides the guided tour, they participated in four different workshops and also received a snack. We are all thankful to the staff of the Land of Hayracks for their cooperation during this difficult time.
Anja Podreka

Grade 5 students had a science day on October 7, 2020. Students had workshops organized in school as part of their work in the current Unit of Inquiry. In the first two lessons they had to find out what a scale was and how to use it. They had to convert the radius of all the planets from kilometers into centimeters, according to different scales. In the next two lessons, they had to decide which scale was the best for their mini project, they cut out planets (using their scale) and put them in order from the Sun. The last part was the exhibition in the hallway, where they put the planets in order.
Zala Klopčič 

On Friday, 25 September, we had a Collapsed Day in 4M where were made Herbariums with leaves. First, we collected and taped the leaves on blank paper then we had to find the name of the tree. We used an identification Tree key. We also recorded where we found the leaves and which date and type of tree it belonged to. Making a Herbarium was very enjoyable and fun.
Anja Plut

The European Day of Languages, celebrated on 26 September, aims to promote language learning and appreciation of the language diversity of the EU. This year, the PYP and the MYP students dedicated their plenary lessons to the languages spoken in the European union as well as, in our school. In addition, to competing in a quiz, they presented the story of The Little Red Riding Hood in the form of a comic and shared how we say some everyday expressions in their respective languages. Their work is displayed in the school hallway.

Tea Jelnikar & Tina Frelih

The students from Kindergarten up to the 8th grade have all spent an English lesson outside reading books. Reading a book in nature may be no shiny, adventurous endeavour, however, its truly relaxing charm provides us with an authentic enjoyment. The students reported that reading outside is very relaxing, peaceful and that it is easier for them to focus. They also enjoyed spending a lesson outside in the fresh air. Their thoughts have been collected on a ‘reflection tree’ in the school hallway. The students and their parents can continue reading under the treetops in different locations in Ljubljana and Slovenia. 

Tina Frelih, Anja Dežman and PYP homeroom teachers

Today, the PYP had a cultural day devoted to researching internationalism, as well as the school’s code of conduct. Diverse cultures were explored through the mediums of fashion, songs, stories, and games amongst others. 1M celebrated dishes from their different countries, 2M paraded clothing, 3M played games, 4M shared song lyrics in their various languages, while 5M penned stories on how they integrate and cooperate abiding by school rules. The importance of the code of conduct was also discussed, as well as additions to the school rules due to the Covid pandemic, which some relayed in comic strips.