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The 8M & 8I students are currently investigating a country located in central Asia, Afghanistan, as it will be the setting of our novel in unit 2 in Language and Literature. For this reason, they attended a presentation on Afghanistan led by one of our parents, Mr. Robič, who has recently visited this country. During the presentation he shared first-hand experience on the culture, food, transport, everyday life and meeting the Taliban. Afterwards we had a Q&A session in which our pupils posed many questions, showing their interest in this mysterious country. His experiences were surprising since Afghanistan is not a country most of us know well or would ever visit. What we learnt is that the Afghan people are welcoming, communicative and above all positive, despite the struggles they face. It was truly an eye-opening experience for everyone. 

Anja Dežman

Today we went to the National gallery, where they prepared a lovely tour and workshop "Where is Gal?" for us. 

We had a lot of fun discovering the room with all the artwork. 

We did not know visiting a gallery could be this fun. 

Alen Kovačič

On Monday, 11 December. the kindergarten students worked really hard when baking cookies. They were cutting and pureeing bananas. They mixed the batter and put the uncooked cookies onto a baking tray.

On Tuesday, 12 December. they were able to try the cookies during a tea party. The children set up the tables really nicely with placemats and cups they brought from home.

Sonja Može

Last Friday, some of our students spent a night in the school. The evening started with a holiday quiz in which the pupils had to be excellent communicators to work together and exhibit their knowledge. After setting up their sleeping arrangements and having a traditional pillow fight, they watched a wonderful Christmas film Klaus, complete with popcorn. In the morning, the students enjoyed delicious pancakes prepared by Ms Mateja and then had a choice between baking cookies or sport activities in the gym. The night in school was a great success once again!

Tina Frelih

The year 8 pupils worked hard during their first unit to inquire into and learn about the esteemed English poet and playwright, William Shakespeare, and his style of writing. For their summative assessment they had to use their acquired knowledge to create their own unique, imaginative and poetic sonnets and soliloquies, on the timeless theme of love. The students shared their love for various things including the seasons, sports, family, cars and food. To conclude the unit appropriately, they invited the school community to a recital, during which they proved to be risk-takers when presenting their work. The recital was followed by a tea party where they had a chance to chat with each other, their parents and teachers. We congratulate them on their creativity and hard work.

Tina Frelih
Tina Frelih
Tina Frelih

On Friday, 1 December, our Sewing Circle made their way to Ljubljana's city centre to decorate some Christmas trees with their hand-sewn ornaments. The children decorated two of the many trees dispersed around town, which are situated alongside the statue of France Prešeren. After hanging their ornaments on the trees, they visited the Town Hall and were offered a sweet treat. All the children felt very proud, and had a wonderful time.

Sonja Križman Launay

The 1M pupils had a mix of sports and science during their Sports Day, which included hands-on lessons about the heart's role in physical activity.

Denis Divjak

As a part of the Animateka International Film Festival, the Kindergarten pupils were invited to come and see The Elephant in Competition I , a program of six short films in which the main characters embark on exciting adventures travel and overcome their fears and dangers. Two of the filmmakers also attended the event and took part in a short Q & A session with the young enthusiastic audience. The textual summary of all the films can be accessed here.
Source: https://www.kinodvor.org/en/film/slonov-tekmovalni-program-i-2023/

On Friday 24th November, the school’s First Lego League competition team attended the Masterpiece robot game training session at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Ljubljana.  The goal of the training session was to demonstrate the completed solutions produced by individual teams up to now, collaborate with other teams by sharing ideas, learn through the judges’ feedback, as well as socialize and have fun while assembling innovative robots and coding them. Our students were amazing – we were working for four hours but they were consistently demonstrating high concentration and innovation skills, and executed many creative ideas.  It was hard work, but fun.

Lojzka Lušin

The parents of the pupils attending Danila Kumar International School were invited to attend Curriculum Night on Thursday 23 November. The aim of the event was to outline the key characteristics which distinguish IB schools from other educational institutions. The evening started with an introduction by the headmaster and the coordinators in the auditorium, and then progressed to individual year classrooms, in which the pupils themselves, presented the various aspects of the curriculum. For more information about the curriculum, please go to the menu heading Programmes.