Dear parents,

It was very nice to see our grade 4 and 5 students in school again after two and half months.

Please be aware that all our students have lessons according to our regular timetable from 1 June on.

The PYP students have lunch during school time in their classrooms. If they do not attend the Afternoon Programme, please pick them up according to the schedule below. 

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Dear parents,

More students have returned to school today. As we have had regular online programmes since 18 March, the pupils are well on track and they will complete all the required tasks, without any problems, by the end of the school year.

Our staff is well prepared and procedures and protocols have been put in place to ensure a safe environment for all.

The danger of the virus is still not over, thus, responsible behaviour and the adherence to the safety routines remain of paramount importance.

Furthermore, please do not send your children to school if they are ill and inform us if there is any suspicion of infection.

Please be aware that all our students have lessons according to our regular timetable from today on.

The times of the lessons are below. Please pick up your child on time.

Best wishes,

Irena Šteblaj

Dear parents,

We have been informed about the new rules and routines for next week, when all our students will return to school. The safety distance of 1.5 m in classrooms and generally on school grounds is not required anymore, but we will continue to try to adhere to it as our classes are not so big.

Pupils should wait in their groups, regarding the safety distance from other groups/classes, for their teachers to take them to their classes in the playground area entrance through the garden gate,

the little garden to the left on the path to the main entrance (photo), according to this schedule every day:

08:00: Kindergarten
08:05: 4M, 5M, 7I & 7M
08:10: 3M & 1M, 6M
08:15: 2M, 8M & 8I

Please do not be late, as there will be a special protocol to enter the school. In case your child is late, call this number 051728759 and a teacher will come and take your child to their classroom.

Parents and other adults are not allowed to enter the school building. If you need any documents or you have any issues contact our office or receptionist.

Only healthy students can come to school.

The lessons will be organised according to our regular timetables for all grades, you can find them on our webpage:  http://en.os-danilekumar.si/students/

There will be no extracurricular activities or extra programmes unless we inform you otherwise.

If your PYP child/ren is/are not in the Afternoon Programme, you must pick them up from the same area as where you leave them to enter the school, immediately after their last lesson. All PYP students will have lunch during school time in their classrooms.

The kindergarten and Afternoon Programme will take place until 16:00. Parents will be able to page their children from the main entrance waiting area.

For the pupils who stay at home, we will continue to send some materials and tasks once a week. We expect students to complete their work and send it to their teachers in the PYP or post it on OneNote in the MYP. Our teachers will not be able to give them feedback regularly, but they will assess them when deciphering their final grade.

If necessary, we will call your child to school to do summative assessment tasks. These pupils’ parents will get an e-mail about testing from me.

Please let us know if your child is not returning to school. We also need to know if your child will attend the Afternoon programme and have meals in school.

If you want your child (grades 1-5) to attend the Afternoon Programme and have meals, please complete the attached form (here) and send it back to us as soon as possible, the latest by 07:00, on Monday, 1 June.

Please let us know if any of the students who have been at home until today, from K1, K2, grades 1-3 and grades 8, will return to school.

DKIS instruction for students and teachers

• Upon arrival, wait in the designated area (South playground park, entrance through garden gate) respecting the safety distance between groups until your teacher takes you to the classroom.
• Do not be late or too early. Come when it is your group’s turn.
• No physical contact is allowed, no hugging, kissing, touching, shaking hands…
• Always adhere to the safety distance from other groups of students, at least 1.5 metres.
• You must stay in the classroom during short breaks; You are only allowed outside of the classroom during organised and supervised main breaks.
• You have to wash or disinfect your hands whenever you distribute or hand out anything to anybody.
• Keep all windows and doors open if possible.
• Walk on the marked side of corridors, and with regard to the safety distance, away from other groups around the school.
• Students are not permitted to go anywhere without supervision and/or permission.
• Students can go to the toilet only individually and they have to return to their classroom swiftly.
• Teachers must wear face masks if they are closer than 1.5 metres to pupils.
• All desks should be disinfected before and after snack.
• Students and teachers should follow all instructions, safety measures and procedures in the dining room during lunch time.
• Face masks are not obligatory, but recommended for protection.
• Everyone should replace disposable face masks every 2-3 hours. Used face masks, paper towels and tissues should be disposed into the bins immediately.
• In case of any symptoms of infection, teachers and students will be sent home immediately. They will not be able to return without a current/updated medical certificate.

Dear parents,

You have probably already learnt through the media that all pupils will return to school next week: grades 4 & 5 on Monday, 1 June, and grades 6 & 7 on Wednesday, 3 June. 

I still have to discuss the logistical procedures and timetables with our administration and staff.

I will send you more information and detailed instructions for next week later today.

Kind regards,

Irena Šteblaj

Dear parents,

In addition to our K1 to grade 3 pupils, who have adjusted to the “new” school life really well, our grade 8 students, who arrived at school on Monday with an air of reluctance and sleepiness, are back in gear and working very diligently and responsibly.

I was very happy and proud yesterday when I heard numerous comments from teachers, kitchen and cleaning staff who commended the responsible behaviour and discipline of our pupils.

We look forward to welcoming back to school all the pupils who are still at home, soon.

Irena Šteblaj

Dear pupils and parents,

Grade 8 pupils started attending lessons in school this week, thus, the online learning process for them ceased on Monday.

These are the instructions for all who stay at home:

1. Our teachers will post the learning materials on OneNote once a week. It is your duty to check OneNote regularly as they will not do it according to your regular timetable. The teachers have lessons in school according to a new timetable and they also have to continue with the online teaching for grades 6 and 7, so they are very busy and these programmes are their priority. They are not available for grade 8 online learning anymore.
2. Do your schoolwork regularly. The teachers will not give you feedback, but they will check your work, and it may influence your final grade.
3. We will inform you if you have to come to school to do summative assessment activities to improve your grades.
4. There will be no online summative assessment. Be aware that If you do not come to do the assessment in school you will miss your opportunity to improve your grade.
5. The school will organise separate classrooms for these assessments.
6. Information about tests and other assessment activities in school for your class will be posted in the Teams calendar.

Irena Šteblaj

Dear parents,

On Monday we started the second week of programmes in school for certain grades and some individual pupils in need of extra help.

The parents of pupils who are learning in school received detailed instructions and information about the procedures, by email, before their children returned to school.

Our staff have been putting great effort and time into ensuring safe routines and conditions. We have additional teachers and staff on duty along with administrative personel helping with the organisation and supervision of pupils during arrival, departure, snack and lunch time, during which special safety procedures and rules are in place.

I received a message with some concerns about the safety measures for meals and a lack of sanitisers in school. Our pupils and staff must wash their hands with special soap containing sanitiser, we have additional sanitisers for hands and surfaces in classrooms and around the school. Our staff and pupils must follow the protocols for snack and lunch and we have been supervising all meals.

Below, are the rules for pupils which the parents received before their children returned to school (our staff have an additional set of rules and routines we must follow – snack, lunck, arrival, departure procedures).

DKIS instruction for pupils and teachers

• Upon arrival, wait in the designated area (South playground park, entrance through garden gate) respecting the safety distance until your teacher takes you to the classroom.
• Do not be late or too early. Come when it is your group’s turn.
• No physical contact is allowed, no hugging, kissing, touching, shaking hands…
• Always adhere to the safety distance, at least 1.5 metres.
• When queueing adhere to the safety distance (1.5 metres).
• Any kind of grouping on school grounds is not allowed.
• You must stay in the classroom during short breaks; You are only allowed outside of the classroom during organised and supervised main breaks.
• You have to wash or disinfect your hands whenever you distribute or hand out anything to anybody.
• Keep all windows and doors open if possible.
• Walk on the marked side of corridors, and with regard to the safety distance, around the school.
• Pupils are not permitted to go anywhere without supervision and/or permission.
• Pupils can go to the toilet only individually and they have to return to their classroom swiftly.
• All persons 12 years old or more must wear a face mask when in the school buildings, Pupils can be without face masks only in the classrooms while adhering to the safety distance and following the hygiene rules.
• Teachers must wear face masks at all times.
• All desks should be disinfected before and after snack.
• Pupils and teachers should follow all instructions, safety measures and procedures in the dining room during lunch time.
• Everyone should replace disposable face masks every 2-3 hours. Used face masks, paper towels and tissues should be disposed in the bins immediately.
• In case of any symptoms of infection, teachers and students will be sent home immediately. They will not be able to return without a current/updated medical certificate.

Please contact me if you need any additional information or clarification.

Grade 6 and 7 students should be aware and patient as our MYP teachers have been teaching in school from this Monday on and are not available online at certain times.

Best wishes,

Irena Šteblaj

Dear parents,

There are only three weeks until the end of the school year for grade 8 students and four weeks for other grades. The pupils and teachers are wrapping up activities and various projects. In addition to formative assessment, which has been an ongoing process from the beginning of the school year, at the end of each unit and also at the end of the school year, some summative assessment tasks and projects will also have to be completed by our pupils.

This school year has been very unusual and also exhausting for some of our students. They need more support from all of us in order to be more effective and finish the school year with good results, and be happy with their report cards.

We have already appointed specific teachers who help individual students, and have organised extra lessons in school for the pupils who still do online learning and have difficulties coping with their work.

I would like to ask parents to help their children manage their school work better by ensuring a stimulative learning environment, a lot of sleep, exercise, and healthy nutrition along with well organised working/learning procedures and routines.

Kind regards,

Irena Šteblaj

Dear parents,

The grade 8 pupils are returning to school today. They will be joining our kindergarten and grade 1 – 3 students, who have successfully finished their first week in school after being at home for two months.

Although they have had to follow the safety measures, they have been enjoying school life again. 

We hope this week we will learn if the rest of our students will be able to return to school, too.

I look forward to seeing all of our students back at school soon.

Best wishes, 

Irena Šteblaj

One pupil decided to research a very important subject for his Service Project. Take a look at it here.

You can view and download the latest edition of the School Newspaper here.

Dear parents,

I would like to remind those who have not already done so to send us the application/s for the next school year. You can download the application form from our webpage and send us the completed application forms by post, e-mail or you can leave them at reception.

Thank you for your help.

Kind regards,

Irena Šteblaj