It's time to say goodbye ...

The end of school year for the 9-graders is nearing fast and with it the end of your primary school education. You are ready to go out in the world and expand your horizon. As this is our farewell post, write a few lines about some good, funny or interesting things that have happened to you over these years at our school and that you'll always remember. Eleanor Roosvelt once said: "The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams." The future belongs to you! So believe in yourself, in your strengths and talents and don't forget to dream on .... PS You are always welcome to write your comments in my blog.

Our poetry evening

Here are some photos from our Poetry evening, that took place on 13th April at our English classroom. Congratulations to all courageous participants, especially those who read their own poetry (either in Slovenian, English or Spanish). The evening was really a great success.

How did you feel reading your poetry in front of your parents and relatives?

(You can read some of the poems at our Blog-paper.)

Teenagers quotes

Read the above quotes, find your favourite one, copy it in your comment and explain why you like it or perhaps (dis)agree with it. Whose quote is it? What do you know about the author? Find some information about him/her.

Rules, rules ....

At school we have been dicussing different rules that you have at home. Do you have any rules about computers? Are you allowed to use computer as much as you want? Do your parents know how much time you spend surfing the internet, playing computer games or watching films? Can you imagine life without computers?

Valentine

What do you think of Valentine's Day? Do you know who was Valentine and why is he the patron saint of the lovers? Can girls ask boys out? Or should they wait for the boys to ask them ... and wait forever :)) ?

Friendship

Do you agree? How long have you known your best friend? Why is she / he still your best friend?

The Railway Children - movie

The time of the reginal competition is nearing - so here you can watch the (1970) movie The Railway Children to remember the story better. Did you like the film? What part did you like best? Have you noticed any differences between the movie and the book? What's better in your opinion - the book or the movie? Why? What do you prefer: reading books or watching movies? Why?

Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 Part 7 Part 8 Part 9 Part 10 Part 11

Christmas

Merry Christmas and a Happy, Successful New Year to you all!

The Railway Children

Hello, readers of the Nesbit's famous book.

I hope that you've all read at least the first chapter. (Remember you have to read the first four chapters till next Wednesday!) In it the life of the three children changes for good. They move to a country cottage and they don’t know what really happened to their father. How do the children cope with the great change? How do they feel about the absence of their father? What do you think – why doesn’t mother tell them much about where the father is?

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Tea time at our English class

Here are some photos from our Tea time lesson:

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Do you drink/like tea? How often do you drink it? When do you usually drink a cup of tea? Do you drink it with milk?

Did you enjoy today's lesson? Why (not)?

November 5 - Bonfire Night

Where's Bonfire Night celebrated on November 5 and why? Who is the man on the picture? What's his connection with the Bonfire Night? You will find some information here. Do we have bonfires in Slovenia? (When?)

October 31st

What's the meaning of the word Halloween? What do you know about Halloween traditions? Different countries have different traditions. What do people in Mexico do? Check this website if you want to learn more. Here's a Halloween question: What would you do if a witch, an alien, Count Dracula and Frankenstein were at your door?

October 12 - Columbus day

Today is Columbus day. Do you remember why this day is celebrated in the USA and many other countries and who was Christopher Columbus?

But some people believe there is no reason to celebrate and so this day is also met with great protest throughout the Americas. Why?

Hello, everybody!

Glad to be back to school? Just kidding ..... Well, school can be at least tolerable if you have friends, schoolmates or an (English) teacher to stand by you. Agree? Watch this video and listen. Any comments?

School's almost over

Well, you (we) have almost finished another school year and the best is yet to come - summer holidays! What are you going to do? Where are you going to spend your holidays? What's the best about holidays? What words come to your mind when you hear the word "holidays"? And your ideal holiday - what is it like? Where would you go if you had a lot of money? And who would you go with?

The Earth Day

Today is the Earth Day. Anybody knows what it is about? Why do we have the Earth Day? What do people round the world do on this day? What about you? Have you done anything special today? What? You may find some interesting facts here.

You can watch the movie trailer of the film An inconvenient truth. Have you seen this film?

Happy Easter!

Click here to learn more about Easter!

April Fool's Day

Mark Twain once said: "The first of April's the day we remember what we are the other 364 days of the year." Do you agree?

What do you know about this day? Click here, listen and learn about how it all started.

Watch this video - it is one of the best hoaxes of all time. Can you imagine that many people really believed what they saw in the "documentary"? What was the hoax about?

What about you? Are you going to play any tricks on anyone?

Revision exercises (class 8)

Here you can find some exercises to revise for the test: - few/little - some/any - irregular verbs - present perfect 1 - present perfect 2 - present perfect 3 - questions 1 - questions 2 Do you find practising grammar online useful? Which is better: learning from the computer or from the books?

Waste Art

Today we have seen some amazing photographs of the so called Waste Art at our English (8th) class. Some of you wanted to get the photos, so you may look at them once again here. The photographer, Chris Jordan, has an interesting web site, click here if you want to see it. Have you ever asked yourself how many cans, plastic bottles and plastic bags you use every week? Do you think it is possible to reduce this number?