Epi Reading Badge 2024

EPI Reading Badge competition will take place from 25th to 29th March 2024. Competitors click here to start your online cometition (your teachers will tell you the exact day and hour). Once you have started, you've got 45 minutes to finish it. Good luck to everyone!

What was your favourite book? Why do you like it?

Autumn holidays

Just a few more days and our autumn holidays will begin. 

What do you like doing during the autumn holidays? Do you read books, watch a scary movie, go to a Halloween party, visit your relatives or just sleep longer, rest and relax? 

European Day of Languages

As you know, every year on 26th September we celebrate European Day of Languages. You
also know that pupils can learn four different foreign languages at our school: English, German, Spanish and French. 

But do you know how many different languages can pupils and teachers at our school speak? Can you guess the number? 

What about you? Which foreign languages can you speak?

26th September - European Day of Languages

 What other languages besides English and Slovene do you speak or understand? 

Read some palindromes (words or sentences that read the same backwards) in European languages here. Do you know any other in English or Slovene?

Some of you have searched for colour idioms in English. Find some more colour idioms in different languages here. 

Welcome back to school!

 The new school year has just started. Happy to be back to school 😉? What are your hopes and wishes for the new school year? 

Autumn holidays

 

What are you going to do during autumn holidays? Are you going to be stuck indoors? What can you do to relax and have fun indoors?

Are these holidays going to be somehow different than the ones in last years? How?

English Competitions

English School Competition for class 8 will be on Monday, 19th October 2020 at 1 p.m. This year's theme is »Slovenian tales, myths and legends – When we lose our myths we lose our place in the universe. (Madeleine L’Engle). You can find more information about the competition here.

English School Competition for class 9 will be on Thursday, 12th November 2020 at 1 p.m. You can find more information about the competition here. 

Let's go to the cinema!

When did you last go to the cinema? It seems really a long time ago, doesn't it? 
What kind of films do you like watching? Why? What's the best film you've seen recently (either in cinema or on TV)? What's the best film you have ever seen? 
Watch  this film trailer and say weather you would like to see the film. Why (not)?

What's the weather like today?

Do you usually listen to or watch the weather forecast? Why(not)? What's your favourite weather? 

Watch this weather forecast for today. Then look for today's weather forecast for a foreign city or country (for example London, Sydney, New York or  Japan, etc.) and write what the weather will be like today. Will it be better or worse than in Ljubljana?

22nd April - Earth Day

As you know, today is the day when we think more than usual about the beautiful planet we live on. Watch our planet as it can be seen high from above, from the International Space Station.   Write your opinion about the short video. 

Is the Earth getting better in the last four months? What do you think?

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What will happen in the next few months?

Try to predict our future. What do you think, how long will we have to stay and work/learn from home? Will we come back to school in May? Will life after corona virus quarantine be better or worse? Why do you think so?


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Happy Easter!

Do you celebrate Easter? What do you do? What special food do you eat?
In England people eat hot cross buns. What about in Slovenia?

Click here to watch an Easter bunny story. 

What are they doing?

Watch  this animation first. Do you like it? 
What about you and your family? What are you doing right now?

Now make two Present Continuous exercises: exercise 1    exercise 2

Home schooling

Now you have two weeks' experience of home schooling or distance learning. Compare this with learning at school. What is better, what is worse? Do you miss anything / anyone? Write a few sentences comparing both schooling.

The trees

In the 6th grade we have talked about the trees and why they are good for us. Now listen to the story The giving tree and then answer the questions:

What is the boy (man) in the story like? What is the tree like? What does it give to the boy?

You can find the book in the Slovenian language. What is its Slovene title? 

Do you care about the world we live in?

Look at some of the amazing pictures made by Chris Jordan and find out what are they made of (click on the images to zoom).  Have you found any surprising facts?

What about you? What can you do to help the wold become a cleaner and better place?

From our workshop

Here are two photos from our interesting workshop with Mrs. Mahkota. The best translation into Slovenian was made by Pia and Veronika, 8. a. Congratulations to both of you and enjoy reading the book you've got as a prize!

European Day of Languages

How many foreign  languages do you speak? How many languages can you recognize?Listen to people speaking different European languages  and find out. 

Bookworms competition

Click here to start the online competition. Good Luck!

5th March 2019 - Fat Tuesday or Pancake Day

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Do you know how Fat Tuesday  is celebrated in Great Britain? What do people do on that day and what do they eat? Check this video. Compare this tradition with the traditions that we have in Slovenia. Which do you find more interesting? Why?
Do you like pancakes? Can you make them? What's your favourite filling?