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ONCE UPON A TIME IN EUROPE
Osnovna Šola Gustava Šiliha Laporje je ponovno vključena v projekt Comenius,ki je namenjen dvigu kakovosti šolskega izobraževanja v Evropi. Projekt omogoča mladim razumevanje in spoznavanje različnih kultur v okviru Evropske unije, učenje jezikov in pridobivanje, ter razvijanje kompetenc pomembnih za njihov osebni razvoj.
Naša šola trenutno gosti asistentko z Nemčije, ki sodeluje pri poučevanju tujih jezikov tako, da imajo naši učenci izjemno priložnost komuniciranja z naravnim govorcem.
Vključeni smo tudi v partnerstva s šolami s Poljske, Nizozemske, Portugalske, Španije in Latvije, s katerimi sodelujemo v različnih projektih in izmenjavah učencev. Letošnji projekt je namenjen razvijanju bralne kulture in nosi naslov »Once upon a time in Europe«. Temelji našega sodelovanja so postavljeni, saj sva se dve učiteljici naše šole udeležili sestanka na Poljskem. Tam smo se dogovorili, katere aktivnosti v okviru projekta bomo izvajali na naših šolah, kako bo potekalo sodelovanje in kdaj si bomo šole partnerke izmenjale učence. Naslednji gostitelji smo mi, zato v mesecu aprilu poleg koordinatorjev projektov gostimo tudi otroke s Poljske in Latvije.
Na Poljskem, v mestu Przemysl, sva doživeli topel sprejem in spoznali neverjetno zanimive ljudi. Zanimivo je bilo spoznati, da lahko ljudje iz različnih koncev Evrope, z različnim jezikom in kulturo najdejo veliko skupnih točk. Naši gostitelji so nam prikazali kako deluje šolski sitem na Poljskem, udeležili smo se pouka v različnih razredih, sodelovali na raznih delavnicah, si ogledali predstavo, na koncu pa so nas učenci naučili plesati njihov nacionalni ples- Polonezo.
V prihodnjih dneh smo si ogledali nekaj krajev povezanih z lokalnimi legendami ter nekaj kulturnih znamenitosti, sprejeli pa so nas tudi v mestni hiši, kjer smo imeli priložnost zastaviti nekaj vprašanj predstavniku ministrstva za šolstvo.
Obisk sva zaključili polni prijetnih vtisov, s svežimi idejami za nadaljnjo delo in zadovoljni, da sva spoznali nov košček Evrope.
Koordinatorka projekta Tina Lešnik
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Christmas is a very popular holiday in Slovenia, like everywhere in the world. People send Christmas cards to their friends wishing them 'merry Christmas and a happy new Year'. We decorate Christmas trees and sing Christmas carols. Some people put nativity scene under the Christmas tree. |
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Father Christmas brings presents to good children. He usually comes at night. It is said that he climbs down the chimney and leaves his presents under the Christmas tree.
Christmas time brings also a pleasant atmosphere in our homes. Everything smells of good food and the whole family gets together. A lot of people go to midnight mass, called " Polnočnice" in Slovene.
It usually snows here these days and because of it Christmas is even more beautiful. This year we weren't so lucky.
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December is a busy time in our school and a lot is going on. There is a Christmas fair, we have a Christmas lottery, a dance, children decorate a Christmas tree, Santa Claus comes to visit us, pupils make Christmas cards, ornaments etc. On the last day of school older pupils visit younger ones and children in kindergarten an they teach them something that they know. They get Christmas presents, usually a book and some sweets.
Our school Christmas tree, decorated with ornaments made by our pupils
This is our Christmas Comenius wall full of cards that you sent us. The pupils loved them! And the teachers too off course!
What is potica? It is our national holliday pastry. It is quite difficult to make it, but it is worth the hard work.  Here is a recipe:
Walnut/Orehova Potica
Mix
1 Tablespoon dry active yeast
1/4 Cup warm milk ----------- Set aside untill it becomes "foamy"
1 Teaspoon sugar ------------- That activates the yeast
Mixing the dough
1/4 Cup Butter*
1/4 Cup Sugar
1/4 Cup Sour Cream
3 Egg yolks
4 Cups All-purpose Flour
1 Teaspoon Salt
8 ounces Evaporated Milk
the Yeast mixture from above
Filling
1/2 Cup Honey
1/4 Cup Butter*
1/2 Cup Milk
2 Cups Granulated Sugar**
Heat untill everything is melted, Then just keep warm and add the other ingredients.***
1 Pound ground Walnuts
1/2 Lemon Rind, grated
3 Egg Whites, Whipped****
1 Tablespoon Vanilla Extract
* The Butter can be replaced with ether margarine or Shortning.
** mixing spices with the sugar will keep them from clumping in the filling. I like to add some Cinnamon and Nutmeg (even Cocoa) to Taste.
*** Not cooking to make a thick syrup, just to incorperate.
**** Every reciepe I've seen called for Whipped Egg Whites, They are whipped because if you put straight Egg White in hot filling they would cook and you would have strings of egg white. But I really don't see a flavor or texture reason to have them, I've left them out and was pleased with the result, I do it because it is tradition.
Roll up as for a jelly roll and place in a loave or "Bunte" Pans and set in a warm envionment covered
till it rises twice in size. bake for 1 hour at 340 F . When out of the oven brush with salad oil.
Another tip, nut filled filling can tear the dough when spreading, If you don't have alot of practice spreading, mix in only half of the nuts in the filling, spread, and then sprinkle the rest of the nuts on the dough. You need to put some nuts in before because you need to cool it some before it touchs the dough.
THE CAT WHO STEALS SLIPPERS
This is a story from a famous Slovenian writer of children books Ela Peroci. The story was first published in 1957, but it is stil up to date! It is a story from my childhood, but still very popular today. I thought it might be interesting to your pupils too. Enjoy!
"Happy new year
Happy new year
May we all have a vision now and then
Of a world where every neighbour is a friend
Happy new year
Happy new year..."( ABBA song) HAPPY NEW YEAR to our dear Comenius Friends and all visitors who are always kindly welcome to our blog.Today 1st January 2011 we had 1,091 visitors altogether and they came from:
USA, UK, Canada, Germany, Norway, Australia, Belgium, Hungary, Lithuania, Russia, Finland, Ireland, Denmark, Italy, Sweden, Taiwan, Czech Rep, India, Ukraine, Singapore, France, New Zealand, Brazil, Philippines, Turkey, Slovakia, Estonia, Mexico, Romania, Chile, Costa Rica, Paraguay, Thailand, Malaysia, Switzerland, Aruba, Greece, Cambodia, Guernsey, Hong Kong, Qatar, Macedonia, Bangladesh, Japan and Pakistan. Lovely to see you all !
Our pupils have great Geography lesson by looking at the flag counter and map :-)
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
Every year there is a Christmas fair at our school. This year it was truly magical. Everything seemed to work for us. It was snowing and the snow created the real Christmas spirit.
Our pupils made a variety of interesting products, that we were selling at our fair. They've made jewelry, ornaments, Christmas cards, rattles, statues and many more.
5 th Grade with it's Christmas decoration
The children didn't hesitate to "get their hands dirty"! Literately!
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Snow provided for a beautiful scenery...
...for our school quire.
On the stands we always have a teacher and a parent. This is a perfect way of involving the whole community. The parents are glad to help.
And what would a Christmas fair be without a Santa? he visited us on his sleigh and said a few words to the gathered crowd. See you next year Santa!
We had a language day in our school, where children learnt about your countries, languages, myths and legends. They had to prepare a poster about each country, they've created a dictionary of 10 words and they have learnt a bit about different cultures and languages. They were very creative and some nice posters were the result of their work.
Every group read a story or a myth from a different country and it was very interesting how different the stories were. Some groups even made puppets and acted the story out.
Then they prepared a translation of some words. At the end and they created a multicultural dictionary.
We prepared a presentation about Comenius project, our meeting where children could ask questions they've always wanted to ask.
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Izvedba tega projekta je financirana s strani Evropske komisije. Vsebina publikacije (komunikacije) je izključno odgovornost avtorja in v nobenem primeru ne predstavlja stališč Evropske komisije. |
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