Help our Schoolmates 2019
Today, Danila Kumar hosted the annual Help our Schoolmates Charity New Year Fair. The event is designed to raise proceeds for underprivileged children. The choir kicked off proceedings by singing in the renovated dining room, supported by other musical acts. Meanwhile, there were many colourful and decorative stalls all around the school with various handcrafted items, designed by the pupils, available for donations. In the dome, Zlatko the rapper came and performed, which preceded the auction of famous sporting equipment. The festivities then found their way to the main gym, in which there were many wild and wonderful goings on in the House of Experiments. And to satisfy the appetite, the event was delectably accompanied by the traditional Slovenian desert, Šmorn
Help our Schoolmates
Dear Parents,
This Saturday, 23 November, we will have a school fundraising event with enrichment activities in our school. Last year, almost 8000€ was raised at the event. The funds were used for underprivileged students who attend our school. They were able to attend field trips, excursions and take part in various projects and competitions as a result of the money raised.
We expect that you will support this activity and bring your children to take part in the various activities.
All students should come to school at 09:15 to get ready for various activities:
Grades 3M, 4M, the choir and drummers to get ready for a performance which will start at 09:30.
All other grades to prepare the stools with handicrafts, cookies and other materials to be sold
Grades K1, K2 , 1 and 2 will finish selling at 10:30. We would like to ask you to pick them up and enjoy the activities with them together afterwards.
Grades 3-8 will finish their activities at 12.00. Please pick them up then.
We would like to encourage that besides taking part in the Bazaar, you attend some other activities:
Face painting, handicrafts workshops, lucky draw, and the auction of sports items donated by famous sports personalities at 10:30 in the dome.
From 12:00 to 14:00 there will be a “house of Experiments” organised in the Gymnasium in Building I. We recommend that you take part in the great activities there with your children.
No meals will be organised for our students in the school on Saturday, but you will be able to buy some food (for example, šmorn (pancake pieces) with applesauce).
See you at the event,
Irena Šteblaj
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Traditional Slovenian Breakfast
For the seventh year in a row, the students of our school celebrated the traditional Slovenian breakfast day. PYP students began their day by eating apples and brown bread with butter and honey. The beverage of the day was milk. After, discussions and activities about traditional Slovenian food were prepared by the teachers. Students who attend the cooking club prepared a Slovenian traditional desert from local farmers’ ingredients. PYP students were invited to try the delicious meal and praised the young cooks whose mentors were Ms Katarina Čepič and Ms Tanja Fajmut.
Aja Komel
Slovenian Food Day
The day of Slovene food was celebrated by the cooking club with a giant Keiserschmarn feast. All the food came from local and natural ingredients, the students also promoted the Project Kuhnapato which aims at including students in the preparation of meals.
Katarina Čepič
Visiting an Elderly People’s Home
We were invited to the Home for the Elderly in Bežigrad on Wednesday, 13th November 2019, to celebrate St. Martin’s Day with the residents of the home.
We were singing and had a nice time together.
We are looking forward to meeting them again in December.
Ms Maja Majnik and Ms Marija Breceljnik
K1 & K2 SCIENCE DAY AT THE DENTAL PRACTICE ŠKORJANC
Mr and Mrs Škorjanc kindly agreed to organise our K1 & K2 students a visit to their dental practice to inquire into healthy dental routines and into the dentist’s job. We will visit them on Monday, 25th November, at 11:40a.m. We kindly ask parents to bring their child’s toothbrush and toothpaste so they can brush their teeth after breakfast. We will have lunch a little bit later that day.
Marija Rus
MYP EVALUATION VISIT – 13 – 15 November 2019
Every five years all IB programmes are evaluated according to the IB standards and practices. After the last evaluation five years ago, our Middle Years Programme (grades 6 – 8) will be evaluated by two representatives from the International Baccalaureate Organisation this week, from 13 to 15 November. Prior to the visit the evaluators have already started checking our curricular documents, policies and other documentation. During their visit they will check our facilities, observe lessons and have meetings with teachers, students, school administrators, the MYP PTA representatives and school board members.
Irena Šteblaj
Year 7 Cultural day – Walking Theatre
The students of 7m and 7i participated in a walking performance in Ljubljana at “Spica”, Prule. The walk, with the title “YOUwalk”, showed them a new way of theatre. They got to know particularly about the site-specific theatre and so called “breaking the 4th wall”.
Anja Podreka
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German Peer Teaching Lesson
Peer-teaching is an important aspect of our holistic learning in the MYP programme. The German Phase 3 students prepared station work in groups and gave mini peer-teaching lessons to students from
Phase 1. The lesson was a success and provided revision as well as language acquisition for all involved. We could observe excellent cooperation, communication and fun. Our students demonstrated being knowledgeable and caring. We are proud of them!
Ms Tjaša Fritsch Križaj & Ms Mateja Kores
IB CONFERENCE IN ABU DHABI
Our administrators: Ms Mojca Mihelič, Headmistress, Ms Irena Šteblaj, Head of the International Department and Ms Tina Fürst, PYP coordinator and Deputy Head of the International Department, attended the IB Global Conference in Abu Dhabi from 24 to 27 October. Besides learning many new relevant elements of the IB programmes, they had meetings with IB staff about the November evaluation visit of the MYP at Danila Kumar and the changes of the enhanced PYP.Irena Šteblaj
Slovenian – French Exchange
On Tuesday, 15th October and Wednesday 16th October, the students of Danila Kumar school and the school of Challans enjoyed lake Bled, they visited the castle and did some sleighing on Straža…On Wednesday they visited Ljubljana, had a boat trip on the Ljubljanica and visited the Ethnographic museum. We could see new friendships forging and we were sad for them to leave.Katarina Čepic
Halloween Party
On Thursday, 24th October, The PYP classrooms became dens of ghouls and ghosts and all things nocturnal, as the annual Halloween Party took place. The pupils donned all manner of scary costumes as they prepared for a variety of devilish games and activities. These included carving jack o’ lanterns, making slime and trying to break the piñata, amongst other nightmarish goings on. All in all, a chilling time was had!
Kaja Ričnik
2M – Reading under the Trees
On Friday, 11th October, 2M were enjoying the sunshine and reading books.Teja Klavs
Moro Foundation Contest 2020 – Freedom
Our annual contest organised by the Moro Foundation is giving you the opportunity to be creative again, this time in connection to one of the most controversial and discussed topics, freedom.
What does freedom mean to you?
PYP and MYP students will create their products together:
WHEN: November 26th 2019,
after lessons from 14:30 to 16:00
WHERE: in the auditorium
WHAT TO BRING: “something to write with”
The Moro Foundation has prepared some very nice awards that are worth being creative and daring for!
For further information, please contact:
Ms Tanja Fajmut, Ms Tjaša Fritsch Križaj or Ms Tina Frelih.
MYP Sports Day – GIB Centre
Today, the MYP pupils had a Sports day at the GIB centre in Šiška. The students had different stations of gymnastics activities.
Mateja Pompe
Halloween Scary Reading & Party
SAVE THE DATE: 24 OCTOBER, 2019
TIME: 4pm – 5.30pm
Dear PARENTS,
Here is some more information about HALLOWEEN PARTY.
On Halloween the kids are allowed to wear their costumes all day (except facemask).
3.00 pm
A scary story reading will be organized in every PYP classroom by MYP students.
Kindergarten News
KG children made this beautiful Autumn tree…
And kindergarten parents were decorating the KG classroom on Monday morning.
Marija Rus
3M Sports Day – Orientation
On Monday, 21st October, the 3M pupils had a Sports day all about orientation. The students were given various clues and learnt how to use a compass which allowed them to navigate their way around a treasure map. At the end of the day the pupils made an importent discovery, their new Unit of Inquiry will be about Orientation.
Kaja Ričnik
