On Tuesday, 17th October, the French and the Danila Kumar students spent some time in lessons and after a short lunch climbed Šmarna gora. It was a challenging climb, and we all enjoyed the view and the fresh air.
Katarina Čepič
Today we visited the "sweetest town in Slovenija" - Radovljica and its beekeeping museum. Also, we had a hike around Lake Bled and saw the Blejski Vintgar Gorge. It was a beautiful day, filled with cultural and natural sights. We had luck with the sun and crisp mountain air.
On Wednesday we went to the House of illusions, where we explored and found out a lot of new things about how things look in different ways.
We had a blast to say the least.
Alen Kovačič
On Friday, 13 October, the French students and their partners spent their first day at our school.
They visited some lessons and had different workshops (cooking, dance, singing, sports, arts..).
It was a very active day, filled with new experiences and many pleasant moments. The weekend was spent with the host families. We all hope they had a wonderful time.
Katarina Čepič
The students first had the chance to get up close and touch a centipede in the Tropical House. They reviewed the concepts of who's the prey and who's the predator, the typical features of these animals, and the connections between animals and plants. Later, they saw chinchillas, porpoises, spiders, frogs, monkeys, snakes, and other exotic animals. They also entered the room with lemurs and observed the environment where they lived. We had a great day enjoying the company of tropical animals and their living environments.
Anja Plut
The MYP students had a technical day on Tuesday, October 10 celebrating the 33d Week of European and Slovenian heritage.
They were able to choose between four different workshops: basketmaking, pottery, knitting and drawing traditional Slovenian objects.
Anja Podreka
On a cloudy Monday, 9th of October, our fearless Students form grades 1M, 2M, 3M and 4M went hiking on St. Primož, near Kamnik, and St. Ana, on which you can ascend from Podpeč lake. There was a cheerful mood during the ascent and although the way was, at times, quite steep all of our pupils made it to the top. On the top we had snack. Some played around spontaneously, while others just enjoyed the nice view. Some of the Students were really true inquirers and found many Knafelc blazes on the trees which helped us to find our way up and down the hill. We were greeted on the way by some goats and cows. It was really fun to test our stamina and endurance, and I believe all of us are looking forward to refilling our batteries again in nature soon.
Mitja Uršič
Friday, 6th October was marked by culture and the hands on experiences of the MYP students. While MYP 1 and 3 had their own interesting workshops, grades 7M and 7I visited SEM (The Slovenian Ethnographic Museum), where they became acquainted with Slovenian Cultural Heritage and History. In addition, they participated at a pottery workshop in which they fashioned small clay vessels by hand and tried a pottery wheel. The photos are a testament to this wonderful and interesting day.
Mateja Kores
To commemorate the Cultural Heritage Week in Slovenia, the MYP students had a cultural day on 6 October. The theme of the week is Precious knowledge and skills; therefore, the 6M pupils visited the Straw museum in Domžale, which represents the traditional Slovenian craft of making hats out of straw. They had a tour of the museum and learned where the craft came from and when, as well as the process of how to make a hat out of wheat. They spent the second part of the day trying to make their own braids out of wheat straw. The visit was interesting and we all learned that making a straw hat is a lot more complicated than we thought at first!
Tina Frelih & Kristina Štemberger
In the frame of celebrating The week of European and Slovenian cultural heritage, the students of the MYP visited various towns and museums to get to know some of Slovenia's most known handicrafts.
The pupils of 8M and 8I, went to Ribnica, a Slovenian town which is very known for pottery and woodcrafts. They visited the museum Rokodelski center of Ribnica/Handicraft Centre of Ribnica, and participated in workshops involving pottery and basket making.
The students of 7M and 7I visited The Ethnographic Museum of Ljubljana and participated in a pottery workshop.
The 6M pupils took the train to visit Domžale, which is known for straw hat making. They visited 'Slamnikarski muzej' or the Straw Museum and learnt how to make a simple braid, which, in large numbers is needed for one hat to be completed.
Anja Podreka