27.3.10

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

24.3.10

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.

18.3.10

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.

17.3.10

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 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

15.3.10

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


14.3.10

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
Oliviers photos

13.3.10

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




12.3.10

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.




11.3.10

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!

8.3.10

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