European Quality Label

After French and Slovenian National Quality Label now our project was also awarded with an EUROPEAN QUALITY LABEL. It shows, we did a great job together. Congratulations to all!

Afternoon with social games

Since our first exchange we have been practicing an evening or an afternoon with social games as a kind of conclusion of our work throughout the school year.
This year we organised it on Friday, the 28th of May. It is also an opportunitiy to get to know each other better, to see what games are new or popular on the market, to talk and to have fun - teachers and pupils together.
The games we played were: Pictionary, Activity, Halli Galli and the Bedlam Cube.
Here are some photos.

HOPE TO SEE YOU NEXT YEAR IN OUR CLUB!!!

The central school performance and the fair

This Saturday we opened the school doors and have invited all the parents and the families and also some local man of note. At the performance all our choirs sang a song or two and the theatre groups had to opportunity to present their hard work. Most of the younger classes also presented themselves with a song, dance or an act.

After the performance there was a fair of the products, that our pupils made in the past moths and other extra cullicular acctivities presented themselves. eTwinning club had the opportunity to set up a stand with products from Kenya (we were partners in the BEST project) and to tell the audience, what we have achived in this school year.

You can find a photo gallery here!

Video

Mr. Skinner did a great job of putting videos together. They are a nice remembrance for us all.

Happy Birthday eTwinning

Today we celebrated the fifth birthday of eTwinning. We made an eTwinning fruit cake, we decorated yellow and blue ballons and we had a small party at school. The balloons were released into the sky at the end of the party. You can catch a glimpse if you click HERE! Later on we will also post a movie of the preparations and the party. You can find and try out the recipe HERE.

Let's write a story together

I've got an idea. Let's write a story together. Everyone is asked to write one sentence in English in the comments. It isn't necessarily about our exchange. The sentences have to be in the logical order. If you want to write more than one, you have to wait until at least three other sentences appear. I am excited to read our story.

(Tell the others please, to contribute to the story.)

It has been almost a month since we met in Slovenia. The goodbye was hard for all of us and I would like to encourage you to tell us how you keep in touch. I assume, you do. How often? Who with? What tools/programmes/means of communication do you use? What is the main topic of your chat? Have you got any funny stories to share with us?

Looking forward to reading your stories in the comments of this post.

Evaluation

Evaluation of the week in Kamnik made by Slovene pupils on 24th March 2010. The Dutch and the French please add your opinions in the comments of this post. Thank you!

Happy Easter

The spirit of Easter

is all about Hope,

Love and Joyfull living.

Happy Easter!

Articles on the exchange

We wrote some articles for school and local newspapers. Here are the links:

school e-magazine by Zala and Katarina

Kamnican.si by Evelina and Lara

school Almanac by Maša and Hana

Kamniške novice by Jan and Mark

Kamniški občan by Anja and Lina

A week after

It has been almost a week since you headed back home. The Slovenes meat today and we were discussing about our week together. We all agree, we had a wonderful time together and we hope, we will keep in touch. Please use this post and describe your feelings, when you came back home, how was it to meet your family again and how did you schoolmates react to your stories about Slovenia. We are all anxious to read your comments. You can also do a short evaluation and tell us what you liked and what you disliked in the exchange week.
And here the friendship song just for you.

Goodbye moment

Why can't we get all the people together in the world that we really like and then just stay together? I guess that wouldn't work. Someone would leave. Someone always leaves. Then we would have to say good-bye. I hate good-byes. I know what I need. I need more hellos.
(Charles M. Schulz)

This morning we had to separate and say goodbye. Everybody was crying. We hope you had a nice journey back to your dearest families. Write about your day in the comments!

Be well, do good work and keep in touch.

Day 7 in Slovenia

In the morning we did two workshops: one in the ICT room comparing our Easter habits and the other in technology classroom making a tipical slovenia Easter egg.
After lunch the Dutch group is already heading home and the French group has a free afternoon to spend it with the family or to do last minute shoping.

Lidija's Photos

Easter traditions France, Slovenia, The Netherlands

Pupils involved in the project are going to discuss Easter traditions in groups and then they're going to write a comparison between our countries on the following topics:

Easter food and drinks (Tim and Jan, Chloe S. and Katarina, Charlotte and Evelina)

Easter decorations (Stephanie and Katarina, Patrick and Klemen, Joanna and Zala)

Easter music (Wouter and David Z., Margriet and Lina, Laura L. and Lara T.)

History of Easter (Janna and Maša, Alexandre and Mark, Laura H. and Lara S.)

Easter tradition (Michelle and Hana, David and Tim B., Jean and Tim, Chloe and Meta)

They are also going to focus on the characters around Easter:
Easter bunny (Sanne and Anja, Laurie and Petra, Nicholas and Timotej)

And finally they are going to make picture Easter dictionary (English - French - Slovene and English - Dutch - Slovene) (Maaike and Manca, Valentin and Jan)

Day 6 in Slovenia

Until 10 pupils and teachers followed the lesson of their partner, after snack we prepared questions for Mrs. Andreja Gomboc, who gave us an interesting lecture on Astronomy. Lunch and then a workshop with some games and folk dances. 2 hours of free time and a goodbye party at school. How do you feel now, when our time together is almost over?

Lidija's Photos

Day 5 in Slovenia

Today we had another exciting episode of our exchange. After a very thrilling bus trip to the hills of Kamnik, we visited the Budnar's museum house and learnt how people lived 200 hundred years ago. Then you became experts at making Easter bouquets, didn't you? Good job everyone!

Before lunch, we visited the smallest dislocated unit of our school in Vranja Peč where pupils and teachers prepared a marvellous perfomance.



In the afternoon we played different sports in the gym, then we headed to Ljubljana where we had a tour of the castle.

Please respond to the following questions for the blog:


What was the most dangerous part of the Ljubljana castle?

What was the most beautiful part of the castle?

Would you like to live in this castle? Why/why not?



Before going to bed, please answer the questions and write down your impressions of this day.

Scott's Photos

Lidija's Photos

Day 4 in Slovenia

It is Sunday already - a day with the host family. The sky is clear, the sun is shining and the temperatures are going to be quite nice. Enjoy your day and in the evening take a moment or two to share your day with us in the comments of this post.

Your teachers

Lidijas photos

Jans photos

Oliviers photos

Day 3 in Slovenia

An early morning, a lot of bus driving, visiting places like Kranj and its tunnels, the Planica ski jump, sport activity (snowball and "snowbaths" were very popular again!!), Kranjska gora, Bled and its castle, lake, island and a delicious cake.
We had a great, sunny day together, with a few complications (Chloe we hope you'll feel better soon!), a lot of singing, laughing and bonding. Thank you all for this wonderful day.

There is a big party going on this evening, so enjoy it!

Lidijas photos

Jans photos

Oliviers photos

Day 2 in Slovenia

Hi!
This morning was the offical start of our week together. Our headmaster welcomed us, we had the school tour and we learned about Slovenia on this page: http://stochat.av-studio.si/.

After lunch we visited Kamnik and than we play the EU Quiz in tho school cafetiria.

It was a nice day, we had some sun and the biggest hit was the "snowball game". More about our day you can see in the photos and read about it in the comments.

Lidijas photos

Jans photos

Oliviers photos

Day 1 in Slovenia

Dear guests!

Welcome to Slovenia! We are excited to have you here! We hope you had a pleasant flight and you are not too tired. Anyway, we are sure you have lots of energy for the week of fun and play ahead of us and you cannot wait to spend time with your Slovene friends.



Photos from the Ljubljana airport

Photos from Basel-Munich airports




WORKSHOP: COMPARISON OF SLOVENIA - THE NETHERLANDS

The Dutch group will start with their first workshop today. Your task is to compare the following in the two countries:

My country - your country ( Tim/Jan, Koen/Aljoša)

My flag - your flag (Sanne/Anja, Wouter/David)

My town - your town (Stephanie/Katarina)

My school - your school (Margriet/Lina, David/Peter)

My family - your family (Michelle/Hana)

My house - your house (Patrick/Klemen, Maike/Manca)

My room - your room (Janna/Maša)


Have fun! Make powerpoint presentations!



Photos from the workshop


Photos from teacher Jan


Pupils will spend the evening with their host families and we expect you to write your first impressions in the comments of this post. We can't wait to read your comments! Have fun getting to know each other!

It's winter in Slovenia

Dear our guests,

We can't wait to meet you in Kamnik. You must be packing your suitcases. Please, do it carefully and don't forget anything. It's still winter in Slovenia. This morning it was -8. It's windy. It's not spring here at all. The weather forecast calls for new snow this Wednesday and Thursday. Make sure you take warm clothes and appropriate shoes. We'll spend a lot of time outdoors. Wishing you all a safe journey and a wonderful week in Slovenia. Welcome!!

Bon voyage!

Teachers from Slovenia

PROGRAMME FOR THE WEEK IN SLOVENIA

Dear pupils and teachers,
You can find the programme for the week in Slovenia HERE. Write what you think about it.
Do you know what Easter palm bouquets are?

Looking forward to meeting you all

Teachers from Slovenia

Articles on the exchange

We wrote about our project and our week together (in slovene language) and the articles were published here:

• school e-magazine


• Kamniks' e-magazine about France and The Netherlands

We also hope, that 2 local newspapers will publish the articles and at the end of this school year we'll also write an article for our School Almanac.