ACTIVITY DAYS - Healthy PICNIC

SLOVENIA
* Welcome to Slovenia!
Photo by D. Wedam, www.slovenia.info
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Welcome to one of the most diverse
countries in the world!
Photo by Mirko Kunšič, www.slovenia.info
Photo by D. Wedam, www.slovenia.info
Photo by D. Wedam, www.slovenia.info
Photo by D. Wedam, www.slovenia.info
Photo by B. Kladnik, www.slovenia.info
• SIZE
*20 273 sq km
(11 854 sq km of forests)
• COASTLINE LENGHT
*46,6 km
• BOARDER LENGHTS:
*Croatia 546 km
Italy 235 km
*Austria 324 km
Hungary 102 km
• HIGHEST MOUNTAIN
*Triglav 2864 m
*A few facts:
*CAPITAL: Ljubljana (about 1/3 of a million inhabitants city + its
outskirts)
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*Slovenia => POPULATION: 2 million
• MAJOR TOWNS: Maribor, Celje, Kranj
• LANGUAGE
*The official language is Slovene, as well as
Hungarian and Italian in areas of „mixed“
population.
*English is the most commonly used foreign
language.
*Other languages: German, Italian, French,
Spanish …
*Older generations usually don‘t have any
problems to communicate in Croatian,
Bosnian, Serbian.
*EDUCATION SYSTEM
• almost fully financed from the state budget
• a number of changes in recent years (GOOD vs BAD)
• The framework = 9-year basic education, secondary education,
tertiary education
• the programme of reforms continues
*the introduction of the credit system, cross-curriculum education,
integration of theory and practice, open curriculum, soft skills,
task-based learning (sustainable development, LLL) ...
*Lasts for 9 years (3 + 3 + 3)
*Years 1-5 ---> class teachers
*Years 6-9 ---> subject teachers
*2 National examinations (year 6, year 9)
*SLJ, MAT, TJ + ?
*PRIMARY EDUCATION
SUBJECTS from year 1-5
SLJ – Slovene language
KOLESARSKI IZPIT
MAT - Mathematics
Teorija v 4. razredu (13 ur)
NIT – Natural Science and Craft
Teorija v 5. razredu (7 ur)
DRU – Social Science
ŠPO – PE
Teoretični del
GUM – Music
Praktični del
LUM - Art
DOP/DOD
TJA - English
OS – „Class Community“
SPO GOS
TRAFFIC SAFETY (bicycle exam
„driver‘s licence“) 
*„ACTIVITY DAYS“
Activity days
Sport days
Technical days
Cultural days
Natural Science days
• Added value
• For free
• Run by school teachers
* Choir
Art
Cuisine
Reading Badge
* Mini Teather
Sport Club
Turism
* Folk dancing
Natural Science Club
* Journalism Creative Writing
Astronomy
* Photo and Video Club …
*EXTRACURRICULUM
ACTIVITIES
* ENRICHED FOREIGN LANGUAGE LEARNING
* Native speakers from different countries (cultures)
• USA
• NAMIBIA
• AUSTRALIA
• PORTUGAL
• SPAIN
• ITALY
• GERMANY …
*Ambasadors, tutors, helpers, advisors added value
*
Enriched Foreign Language Learning - OUTJ =
Obogateno učenje tujega jezika
* Working in teams
* Native speakers
* Learning about cultural diversity and exploring and living it
* Motivation
* Willingness to learn more  CURIOSITY  self-evaluation
*ADDED VALUE
NATIVE SPEAKER FELIPE DE ALMEIDA
- Fashion show
- “Vacation words”
- Project (Countries and nationalities)
- Posters
- SLOVEnia
*The fact that we all speak „English“ does not
mean we can achieve successful communication.
*WE  World English (English taught at schools ??)
*CULTURE
• Encouraging foreign language learning
• Importance of self-awareness
• Awareness of others, cultural awareness
• Own culture vs. other‘s culture
* We set a base  but it will take a long time to build a firm creation
with big open windows.
* A DIFFICULT JOB TO DO!
* It‘s a process to change the perspective „My way is the only way.“
*New approaches,
changes
*Learning requires cooperation between
*PUPILS, PARENTS, TEACHERS
(SCHOOL)
*and wider
*Support of the parents??
*NOT AN EASY JOB TO
DO
* Every year The Slovene Tourist Board
Association organizes a competition for primary
school students. Last year a group of 5 students
from Year 9 won a silver award for their
project work. This year we entered the
competition again, we included 11 students
from Year 8 and 2 students from Year 6. We are
planning to work together with the native
speaker who works at our school. We asked a
local librarian and historian who is going to
help us with the local myths and legends which
are the topic of this year's project.
* Tourism Project - TURIZMU POMAGA LASTNA
GLAVA
Last year we took part in a project organized
by the Developmental Agency of Upper
Carniola. The aim was to find and preserve the
old names of houses in the town and its
surroundings. The students were visiting
owners of the houses and trying to get
information on names, origins and stories
connected with the house and its owners.
*Stara hišna imena
- Breakfast, morning meal, lunch, afternoon
snack
- organic,
- Locally produced food
- - > from October 2014 - > more positive
changes
- (Ana Krivec Pristov)
* NEW – BETTER SCHOOL MENUS
- Reading hours,
- Cooperation with local community and
Secondary school (age 14/15 to 18),
- Kindergarten …
- Ethics, friendship …
- -> another project ETHICS
A list of undertaken activities at Primary School A. T. Linhart
Radovljica:
- a scheme of fruit and vegetables offered at school every
Wednesday,
- a project 'Healthy school',
- A new project Culture and Social Capital,
- A new project Ethics,
- outdoor physical education classes,
- sports days (winter sports, hiking, swimming …),
- outdoor lessons (science and technology),
- charity activities (collecting material for Piali Ashar Alo school
in India (stationary in
Autmn 2014, toothbrushes and combs spring 2014 and autmn
2014) , Ana's star – collecting food for financially
and socially deprived families, co-operation with the Red Cross,
Karitas
- joint work with the school for the low ability students in Radovljica,
- self-service breakfasts with healthy food,
- collecting old paper,
- flea market (exchange of toys),
- drawing, painting, art exhibitions at school, in the local library, elderly
people home,
- a project 'European village‚,
- sorting out litter/ garbagge,
- biodynamic garden, school garden,
- a visit of a Piali Ashar representative and a lady who runs sharing-givinghelping activities at Light of Hope charity organization,
- films, power point presentations on various cultures and the partner
countries,
- a school web page was created - HP Comenius blog,
- TwinSpace
- a meetings with pupils' parents in order to discuss the project topics,
- literary work, writing poems, stories, comics,
- taking part in school performances,
- cultural days (our culture vs. Culture of others'),
- exploring, presenting holidays/ festivals in Slovenia
and around the world,
- nature forest trail,
- Art workshops,
- visits from the librarians from the local library,
- a visit from a fairy tale teller,
- essays – A strole with the help of imagination,
- voluntary work in the kindergarden (9th graders),
- voluntary work of older pupils running the sports
break (various sport activities during
the 20-minute break in the morning),
- mountaneering club (a monthly trip to the mountains
(1st to 6th graders),
- arranging the school surroundings,
- creating the happy walls
- planning a performance and workshops
for New Year with parents and local
community
members,
- recycling (paper, plastic …),
- generation help young – old,
- Visit to the Slovene School Museum in Ljubljana,
- Flash Mob in the Radovljica park,
- Traditional games description with a help of
grandparents,
- Childrens‘ Week,
- TRAFFIC SAFTY …
*WE HAVE ONLY JUST STARTED …SO
WE, YOU and THEY CAN BUILD ON
*Thank you for your attention!
*This is not the end …
Let‘s „Healthy P.I.C.N.I.C.“ on!