THE BRIDGE
18th – 24th April, 2016
Short-term exchange of groups of pupils
(teaching / learning activity)
at
OSNOVNA ŠOLA PIVKA, SLOVENIA
ITINERARY
Monday, 18th April, 2016
7:30 - guests come to school in the morning with school van
= welcomed by headteacher Alenka Tomšič
7:50 – 9.25 – library preparatory workshop – with 5.A pupils (led by librarian Mirjam
Francetič and teacher Petra Bergoč)
= the foreign students become teachers – they read Oscar Wilde's
'The nightengale and the rose' to grade 5 students followed by a
short discussion of the story and creative activities
9:30 – 9:45 – (15' break) – guest students can have a snack with the younger
children in their classes or in the school canteen.
9:50 – cca. 10:20 - a short tour of the school premises led by Slovenian grade 9
students Vid Srebovt and Darko Narić
10:40 – cca.11:30 – an interview with the guest students/teachers - general
impressions about the project and similar international collaboration – in
the school library (led by students from the multi-media group and 9 year
student, Larisa Šabec)
11:45 – lunch in the school canteen
13:30 – A guided tour of the Slovenian Museum of Military History and submarine
*** Films of countries/schools to be collected***
Tuesday, 19th April, 2016
Breakfast at hotel location / host students' homes
- Guest students come to school with their hosts by school bus
- Guest teachers are picked up by school van or car from their hotel locations
- Guest / host students and guest teachers gather in the assembly area or music room
7:50 – 8:40 – ice breaker - short film presentations of all participating
countries/schools
8:45 – 9:45 – two parallel workshops:
-library workshop for guest students (M. Francetič, L. Škvarča -
in the school library
-workshop for guest teachers: 'Helping immigrant students develop
language and reading skills'(Jana Špilar Dodič)– History classroom
9:50 – cca.10:15 – Slovenian host students take guest students to their classes until
break time
- Guest teachers have a short tour of the classes led by grade 8 students Darko Narić and Tamara Kapelj
10:30 - guest students and teachers get a school packed lunch and are taken by
bus to visit the Predjama Castle / Postojna Cave (M.Bobek / U. Bubnič)
(12:00 – castle visit / 14:00 cave visit)
cca.17:00 – 18:00 – dinner for the guest students / teachers at restaurant 'Pri Marti'
cca. 19.30 – host families come and pick up guest students and take them home
= guest teachers are taken to their hotel locations
Wednesday, 20th April, 2016
Breakfast at hotel location / host students' homes
Guest students come to school with their hosts by school bus
Guest teachers are picked up by school van or car from their hotel locations
CULTURE DAY AT OSNOVNA ŠOLA PIVKA: (7.50 – 12:40)
– see separate programme –
= 7:50 – 10:15 - workshops
= 10:15 – 10:30 - (15 minute break – snack) – guest students eat
together with Slovenian students in their workshop classrooms
= 10:35 – 11:20 - workshops (prepare exhibits)
= 11:30 – 12:40 – short cultural programme
(The media will probably be present (Radio / TV)
13:00 – guest students go home with their host students
14:00 – lunch for guest teachers at the local restaurant 'Pri Marti'
= accompanied by school headteacher, vice head, teacher organizers of the
culture day, the mayor and/or municipal cultural representatives
cca. 17:00 – Guest teachers are driven to their respective hotel locations.
Thursday, 21st April, 2016
7:15 – guest students / teachers and host students assemble at the school
= guest + host students will take a packed lunch prepared by the host families
= guest teachers will get a school packed lunch
7:30 – leave for ski jumping resort PLANICA and BLED by bus (whole day excursion)
- Slovenian students act as guides during the bus trip to Planica, using the material they prepared on key sights along the way (Ljubljana, Vrba, Bled, Mojstrana, the the statue of Aljaž...)
= at Planica taking a ski-lift to the ski jump summit; a guided tour of the new
Nordic ski jumping museum – lunch break
= a walk around Bled lake / taste Bled's special pastery 'kremšnita'
cca. 18:00 = guest and host students go home (dinner with the host families)
= guest teachers and accompanying teachers have dinner at
restaurant 'Pri Marti'
Friday, 22nd April, 2016
6:20 – arrival at school; school packed lunch guest students and teachers
6:30 – guest students and teachers are taken by bus to Ljubljana (the capital of
Slovenia)
8.00 – 10:00 – a visit to the school museum, where the students take part in a
simulated classroom experience from 1906 (in English); the group is divided
into two smaller groups. One group partakes in the simulation at 8:00 while the
other group eats their packed lunch. At 9:00 the second group partakes in the
simulation while the first group has their packed lunch.
10:00 – two guest students, one from the Netherlands and one from the UK guide the
group to the cable car that leads to the Ljubljana Castle by reading and
following the route on a map of the city.
11:00 – cca.12:30 - a guided visit at the Ljubljana Castle
12:30 – 13:30 – a bit of sightseeing on our way to the bus stop
14:00 - depart from Ljubljana
15:00 – arrival at Pivka
– host students pick up guest students and take them home and get ready for
the night in the library activities
= guest teachers are taken to their hotel locations
17:00… – A NIGHT IN THE LIBRARY – (see SEPARATE PROGRAMME)
Things needed for the NIGHT IN THE LIBRARY activities:
- A sweatsuit / track suit
- Trainers and slippers (all our students wear slippers in school)
- A sleeping bag if it isn't too awkward to bring. The Slovenian students who have extra sleeping bags will provide them for you and/or blankets/pillows; and we have gym mats.
- A head light for reading in the dark and for the treasure hunt in the stadium
- A book of your preference for late night reading
- A CD of some of your favourite music for the dance
- A dictionary English to your L1 (it can also be on your mobiles)
- READ THE BOOK or WATCH THE FILM 'MATILDA' – because all activities in the night in the library are based on the book
***Teachers will get bed sheets and blankets from the Slovenian teacher
colleagues for their overnight stay at the school.***
Saturday, 23rd April, 2016
7:30 – 9:00– guests / hosts have a traditional Slovenian breakfast in
the school canteen
9:00 – 10:00 - clean up time - all mats are brought back to the gym; the
classrooms and kitchen are tidied up; boards are cleaned
and everything is put back into its place.
10:00 – 12:30 – everyone assembles in the assembly area
- Students and teachers discuss the 'Night in the library' activities and are given separate evaluation questionnaires to answer.
13:00 - families come to pick up ALL students; teachers are driven to
their hotel locations.
14:00 – guest teachers and Slovenian participating teachers have lunch
at the local restaurant 'Pri Marti'
Sunday, 24th April, 2016
- a short teachers' meeting at Herman's about the mobility
in Slovenia and any queries about the upcoming activities of the
project
- a live interview with guests for TV Pivka about the
Erazmus+ project and their involvement in international
collaboration in general. prepared by:Magdalena Bobek, mag. (head of project)
Have a look at some of the major events from the teaching / learning mobility in Slovenia at:
https://youtu.be/YQpghtCpPwA