A Moment to be Grateful For!

This is how PYP students spent their main break on Friday, the 13th – with a smile on their faces and enjoying the snow. Some for the first time in their lives! To be able to appreciate as many moments as these safely, please provide your children with winter or additional indoor clothing.
Aja Komel

MYP EVALUATION REPORT

I am very proud to enclose the MYP evaluation report we received from the IBO.

Irena Šteblaj
Head

Dear Mrs Miheliċ, dear Irena and dear Tadeja,

I am delighted to share the attached evaluation report with you and your community. A copy of the report can also be found on IB docs on the page that you used to upload your evaluation documents.

Allow me to start with thanking you and your community for the commitment to a thorough self-study process and the thoughtful presentation of your results. Your commitment has been evident when reviewing your school’s documents and when you engaged with the team during the evaluation visit. I realise how much work this means and hope that the process of the self-study has already generated insights that have made the work worthwhile.
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1M Cultural Day

Today, the students of 1M had a cultural day. To celebrate, students spent the morning talking about galleries, how to behave, different things found in a gallery and the various aspects of looking at artwork. Then, the pupils took the bus to the National Gallery in the centre of Ljubljana. They encountered and observed many artworks and participated by becoming a part of the paintings. The students had a wonderful day appreciating pieces of art and looking for Gal (a green dwarf who lives in the gallery).
Klavdija Čuk

2M National Gallery Visit

Today, 2M paid a visit to Slovenia’s National Gallery, in the centre of Ljubljana. The pupils were given the task of looking for Gal, a green dwarf resident at the gallery, while observing many paintings in the numerous halls of the gallery.
Teja Klavs

Portfolio Night

Today, DKIS welcomed parents and family members to Portfolio Night: A chance for students to share their best pieces of work they have produced over the first term with their families and give a greater insight into how the PYP and MYP programmes work. Students were eager to show what they had accomplished up to now, and parents alike delighted in seeing their children’s progress. A very interesting, thought provoking and enlightening way for parents to share in their children’s success.

1M Science Day

This Tuesday, December 10, the students of 1M explored learning through a variety of inclusive activities. They started the day by using their 5 senses in order to describe the place around them. The pupils made use of their senses again to take part in an activity that had them describing what they smelt, tasted and heard. To end the wonderful day, the students researched questions they had about the human body on computers. The students had a fun filled day exploring their knowledge and expanding their mind.
Klavdija Čuk

5M Science Day – Ljubljana Zoo

Today, for their UoI on endangered animals,5M were treated to a trip to Ljubljana Zoo to learn more about animals, their characteristics, and habitats. The day started with the chance to make contact with two animals. The first, a turtle dove who allowed the students to hold and stroke her. The next, a corn snake who, for willing participants, let himself be draped over their shoulders. After this, there was a brief tour around the zoo, encompassing many different animals from diverse regions of the world, from Canadian wolves and Asiatic lions to Australian wallabies and Siberian tigers. And, despite being inundated with many questions form the pupils, the tour guide was ready with the answers. The students, who also had the opportunity to walk with goats and pigs, were enlightened and enriched by their zoological experience.

8M & I – English Tea Party

Today, The pupils of 8M & I were given the opportunity to recite their poems about love, to their teachers and fellow classmates. Following a brief introduction by their teachers, the students took it in turns to deliver their lines to an assembled audience. From sonnets relaying feelings for their parents, famous film characters and siblings, to more romantic manifestations, the students evoked countless emotions including loneliness, fear and gratitude, with their inspirational verse. And to celebrate these literary exploits, the gathering was accompanied by, well deserved, tea and biscuits. A big round of applause for our aspiring poets!

Kindergarten – House of Experiments Visit

The kindergarten pupils visited the House of Experiments on Tuesday the 3rd of December. They enjoyed many interesting stations there, which triggered their curiosity.
Marija Rus

1M Sports Day

The students of 1M had a sports day on December 5th, 2019. The students took part in a day full of fun and academic activities. They started the day learning about health and how to find their heartbeat. Throughout the day the pupils were involved in activities that got their heartbeat going, like skipping, running games and playing catcher.  The students checked their heartbeat after each activity and documented their results. Then they ended the day with some yoga, which calmed the students’ bodies as well as their heartbeats. The pupils enjoyed their day and had a wonderful time taking part in the various activities.
Team of 1M teachers

MYP Dance Sports Day

On Wednesday, 4th December, our Myp students had a dance sports day. The Artifex Dance teachers were teaching them different Dance styles. At the end the students performed their Dance and also The Artifex group showed them a little something of what they know.
Denis Divjak

Lego Workshops with Kumrovec School, Croatia

On Tuesday, December 3rd, our school hosted 4th grade students from our partner school from the town of Kumrovec, Croatia. They spent the whole day with some of our students from both departments. In the morning, they participated in LEGO oriented workshops, and in the afternoon went sight seeing in the city centre. Happy and tired they returned home late in the evening, wishing that we meet again soon. And next time we will visit them!
Oliver Frlić

MYP Cultural Day – Idea

During the last few weeks, each year of the MYP has taken it in turns to visit a  new exhibition of ancient Greek science and technology – Idea, at Cankerjev dom. The pupils were guided through the exhibition, which seeks to highlight the architecture, construction technology, mathematics, geometry, music, mechanics and telecommunications of the period – with the Archimedean solids and the Pythagorean theorem, Archimedes’ screw, and the hydraulic telegraph to name but a few. The students, as well as accompanying teachers, found the exhibition fascinating and enlightening.

OUR STUDENTS AT THE SILA BAZAAR

Our students participated as volunteers in the Kid’s parade and in the cultural programme at the SILA BAZAAR, the international fundraising event held in Union Hall, in the centre of Ljubljana.
Irena Šteblaj

Kindergarten Kinodvor Visit

The kindergarten students enjoyed 7 animated movies at the SLON Festival in Kinodvor. We also had the honour to meet one of the animators from Croatia.
Marija Rus

Kindergarten Classroom Decorating

The parents were decorating the K1 and K2 classroom together with their children on the morning of Wednesday, November 25. A real Christmas spirit was in the air.
Marija Rus

OUR RENOVATED KITCHEN

We are happy to inform you that from Monday, 9 December, the meals will be prepared in the renovated kitchen and lunch will be served in the dining room in building III again.
Erika Barbo, Head of Catering

Moro Foundation Contest – Freedom

On Tuesday the 26th November, students from both national and international departments participated in an annual contest organised by the Moro Foundation. The students had the opportunity to be creative by writing different types of artistic texts on the topic of freedom. Students from 1st grade created a picture of their name and added symbols that represent freedom for them, 2nd and 3rd grade students wrote acrostic poems, 4th and 5th grade students were creating 11 word poems (elevenses) and students from higher grades created comic strips. The winners will be announced in December, before the holidays. We would like to thank all the students for participating and the Moro Foundation for organising the event.

Mentors: Tina Frelih, Tjaša Fritsch Križaj and Tanja Fajmut

Russian Centre for Science and Culture Visit

On Friday, November 22nd, students visited the Russian Centre for Science and Culture in Ljubljana. We saw an exhibition of paintings and became acquainted with the activities and mission of the Centre. Students also enjoyed short children’s animated films based on Russian folk tales.

Nataša Mukaetova, Simon Zoretič Gajser