Dreams

Many students at our school have a lot of different interests. Some interests are even so special that children start to dream about success. Boys and girls spend a lot of free time practising and trying hard to make these interests and “dreams” come true…

When I was just a little boy I always wanted to play in a band and be famous and I hoped that someday these dreams will come true. Guitar is the best thing that has ever happened to me. =)

That is still my dream. However, I found out that you have to work harder to make this dream a reality.

What is your dream?

Tim, 9. a

HOSPITAL OLYMPIC GAMES

OLYMPIC GAMES IN CELJE! It may sound strange but it's true. On Thursday 22nd of May there was a big moment for many children – 12th Olympic games. The event started at about 13.00 in Celje hospital. Namely every year there are hospital Olympic games where sick and hurt children, compete in different games.
It was very interesting - I can tell, because I was there. Not because I was sick, but because I was there with our school choir.

The games were opened by a very famous guest – gymnast Mitja Petkovšek. Our choir sang an Olympic anthem and then the competition started. Every child tried to get the best score.

Mitja wasn’t the only guest. I believe you all know the Slovenian sport reporter Peter Kavčič. He did some interesting interviews and showed us how the reporting looks like.

The leader of this event was the Mc’Donalds clown. He was amazing. He showed us some great tricks. At the end we sang an Olympic anthem again.

Every child was a winner and got a gold medal. It made children very happy. When the 12th Olympic games were over, children returned to their rooms. Intention of games was achieved - to make a boring day in hospital interesting and fun. It should happen more often.

Nika, 9.b

"Mentime"?!

We all know that on 7^th June European football cup starts. The host countries will be Austria and Switzerland. They are preparing for this very hard. In the biggest cities everything is ready for European football cup. But not just cities, policemen are also ready for some violent football fans. They said that they have been most afraid of Balkan fans. They are one of the most violent football fans in the world.

A lot of cards have been sold, some legal and some of them illegal. But that is not so important for us. The lucky 16 countries who made it in are: France, Spain, Italy, Germany, Portugal, Croatia, Austria, Switzerland, Russia, Netherlands, Poland, Greece, Sweden, Turkey, Czech, Romania.
The big champions are 100 per cent Spain, France, Italy and Portugal. And of course, football is a very popular sport. So there will be some big stars. One of the biggest stars in European football is Cristiano Ronaldo from Portugal. Because of him and some other good Portuguese players their team has a big chance to win the cup. But there won’t be just important football players but matches will be visited by some important politicians, actors and singers. However, I still think France is going to win. They have a lot of good players. Some of them play in the most successful clubs in the world. It’s a pity that England has not made it to the competition. Croatia defeated them in qualifications.
I want to know who is going to win the cup in your opinion.

Matej, 9. a

The Exams

In May 2008 we, the 9th graders, had special exams. We still call them »eksterci«.
Slovene and Maths are constant subjects each year, but the 3rd subject is random and it was Physics again at our school.
First we wrote Slovene test, and in my opinion it was the most difficult. There were two texts and various questions about the texts. One of the texts was a very hard to understand poem, and that is why it was so difficult for me.
Next we wrote Physics. It sounds surprising, but it wasn’t so difficult as Slovene for me. We had many formulas written on a help paper so it was much easier.
Finally came Maths. For some this is the most difficult subject, but I think the Math exams weren’t so hard.
In the past these exams counted for points for High school. But a lot has changed these days, and they no longer have such an important value. They only count if two students have the same amount of points and the school can only accept one. But, I think that despite the reduced value it is important we do good at these exams.
What do you think about these exams?
What was your third subject?
At which subject did you do the best?

Gregor Čretnik

"Lords" of the dance

We have learnt for many hours many different dances to show our parents, some friends... Often we couldn't wait for the lesson to be over because it was really hard. 13 couples are going to dance ( two boys are from the 8.class - thanks very much!).

At the prom we will not only dance but we'll also show what we have learnt in these eight years - playing some instruments, folklore, singing,...

Prom will be on Thursday, 12. 6. 2008 in OŠ Dramlje at six o`clock. After that when teachers go "to sleep" we will have a great time - we will be alone...

What else can I say? Everybody is feverishly looking for clothes because we all want to be pretty (which we already are...) but for this festive opportunity when saying goodbye to primary school , we must be something special. This event will be in our memory of beautiful school years.

Klavdija 9.a

Our final trip!

Adrenaline park in Bohinj is built near the hostel under Vogel, next to Bohinjsko lake. For us, adrenaline park in Bohinj introduces polygon at the height of 8 to 14 meters, made of different tasks, which are possible to conquer individually or in a group.

Under supervision of a professionally trained instructor, you can have a chance to experience new and unusual situations.

Besides individual guests, the adrenaline park is intended for school groups, sport groups…,

Adrenaline park in intended mostly for adults. Children must be at least 11 years old and they have to be at least 150cm tall.

Execution of different tasks and defeating of barriers 8meters above the ground presents us with a new way of fun. Besides fun, the adrenaline park has a very good effect on coordination.

After you complete your tasks, you are supposed to be more self-confident, because you will defeat you internal fear of heights.

Our class is going there on our final trip. We all are looking forward to that. If somebody is afraid of heights he or she will probably defeat that fear there.

We are going there on the 10th of June. That is soon I know. I hope we will have a great time at this new experience for us all.

Waaa, I can't wait!!!

Grega, 9.a

Holly Confirmation in Dramlje

On Sunday, 25 May, we received the sacrament of holy confirmation. The weather was beautiful. 43 children and 4 adults got this sacrament. Three priests and bishop Anton Stres were present. Already on Friday, bishop came to Dramlje in order to check our knowledge concerning feasts, sacraments and the history of the Roman-catholic church. The questions were very difficult. Bishop had never asked such difficult questions before. At Sunday school we were preparing ourselves for eight years for this day. We were learning prayers and the history of religion.

On Sunday, I woke up early in the morning and went to the hairdresser. My brother came from Ljubljana. He is my godfather, and we ate lunch together. After lunch my brother`s girlfriend made me up. Before we went to church my brother gave me a gift. First I read the card. Then I looked at a piece of paper. I could not believe, that it was true. I was very happy. I got a language course on Malta for two weeks. This was one of the most beautiful moments of my life. I was speechless. Then we went to the church. We gathered at the parish house. At 3 p.m. we entered the church together. The mass was very, very long. Then people were taking pictures and eventually we went to my cousin Grega`s house (just my family and my relatives), where we continued our celebration. I got many gifts. We had a great time, except for the time when Grega threw a ball at my nose (non-intentionally) and I started bleeding. I went to sleep at 2 a.m. On Monday I woke up at 11 a.m. and went to Grega`s house, where my mum was helping to clean the dishes from the party.
I will never forget 25 May 2008!

Tanja 9.a

PREPARING FOR PROM

In September 2007 some students decided to organise Prom, they suggested some topics, which could appear there. Other students contributed with buying some balloons and things like that. At the beginning of school year, everybody thought, oh this Prom, it's so far away, we've got so much time for preparing to it, it will never come. However, we were very wrong.
On our first dance class, we were very excited. We couldn't wait to hear what dances will we dance on Prom. We were a bit disappointed when we hear how many dances will we have. Our plan was to dance five dances with our partner and one with our parents. At the beginning we made many mistakes, but eventually we learned everything and it all looked great. We included photos from 1. st to 9. th grade, two plays, a band, choreography and of course dance.
In May we went through the program for Prom. There were still some weaknesses but they disappeared by practice. Our Prom is going to be great.

· What about your preparing for Prom, have you made any mistakes?
· Was it fun or hard?
· What did you include?
· How is your Prom going to look?


Edina, 9. a

Trip to Rašica and Ljubljana

On 15th May all the students from sixth to ninth grade at our school with a special achievement of any kind went on a prize trip. Some of us read books and told about them to our Slovene teacher and some of other students accomplishments were based on other things, for example, National English Competition contest or something like that.
Anyway, at approximately quarter to eight in the morning we headed to Rašica, where Primož Trubar, author of the first Slovenian book, was born. We saw his birthplace (not the original house, because that was burned in the past), his fathers' mill and beautiful nature around his home. There was also a memorial room, where a man gave us some information (that we, ninethgraders already knew) about renaissance and humanism and about the position that Trubar lived in, and how much courage was needed to publish a book in those days.
At three o' clock, we were already in Ljubljana where we went sightseeing. We went to Cankarjev dom, where all the important performances and shows take place. We saw all the halls that are there. And at the end, we took a walk to the old part of Ljubljana.
Although, I haven't seen anything new (we went to Ljubljana in April, too), it was sort of funny to travel with students that aren't my schoolmates. Oh yes, and we should order a little cloudier weather next time because it was absolutely too hot.

Sanja Lubej, 9.b

EUROPEAN VILLAGE

On Friday, 9th May we went to the city center, where we visited the European village. The performance has taken place each year since Slovenia entered EU.

Many schools participated by introducing different countries; our school had to introduce Slovenia. My schoolmates wore typical clothes of different Slovenian regions, There was of course” potica” to taste on our stall and our school choir sang two folk songs. Other schools presented other European countries and we could learn a lot about different cultures. We tasted delicious food and learnt many new expressions. I interviewed some of my classmates and almost all of them think that European day was very successful, They learned a lot about new worlds and really felt the atmosphere of the European countries.

It was a beautiful day, the event itself very successful and full of energtic young people who were active all the time.

• What is your opinion about the Day of Europe
• Which country in Europe attracts you most and why?
• Which stall do you think was the best and why?
• My classmates had to interview some people in the European village about their experience with other cultures and languages. What do you think about cultural diversity, intercultural dialogue and the importance of languages

Nina, 9.b

Call for news and comments!

Pieces of news (e. g. from the last weeks at your present school) will be posted in this blog. You will read reports on events, incidents, competitions, feelings...etc. I'm sure you have a lot to say and have chosen some interesting topics.

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Do not hesitate to ask for additional information.

Enjoy communicating to each other.
Make new friends.
Learn new things.

Rules...

And now for some rules!

Not much different from the ones you know from your blogs, just an addition or two:

- English only! Otherwise this and similar blogs are useless.

- Do not make deliberate mistakes! Mistakes are good because they are a sign of progress, but not if you make them on purpose.

- Be polite! Tell your opinion in a civilized way even if you do not agree with someone.

- Tell us who you are! Hiding behind anonymity and writing foolish remarks takes very little courage, whereas, disclosing your identity and standing by your words is part of being mature.

- Never ever, make fun of other participants for their use of English! Nobody’s English is perfect. We are all learners, even the authors of these rules.

- Oh, and yes: have fun!

Your teachers!

Hello everybody!

This blog is the result of some creative cooperation between Mrs. Ingrid Zupanc-Brečko and Mr. Mitja Logar, your English teachers from I.OŠ Celje and OŠ Dramlje. Its intention is to provide you with an opportunity to communicate in English by means of commenting and even posting on this blog. The main theme is going to be news from both of our schools, especially news concerning the ninth grade.

We both hope this turns out to be an interesting experience for you! So without further ado - let the blogging begin!