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Oskar Kovačič Primary School English Magazine 2020/2021

I BELIEVE WHEN I WAS YOUNGER I USED TO FUTURE PREDICTIONS LIFE IN THE PANDEMIC MY HAPPINESS RECIPE DISTANCE LEARNING SHORT STORIES REVIEWS

Oskar Kovačič Primary School English Magazine 2020/2021

Dear reader, You are looking at the 8th edition of Oskar Kovačič Primary School English magazine.

In this issue our students wrote about the past and the future, about what they believe in, about happiness, life in Slovenia, life in the pandemic, distance learning.

They wrote some interesting poems, short stories and reviews.

Enjoy reading it!

Petra Kajzer Editor in chief Special thanks to our Art teacher Mr Andlovic for selecting the students’ drawings and paintings.

The painting on the front cover by Zala Tomažin.

The model of an ant

by Jan Ilešič.

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Contents: What is it …………..………………..…………………………………………………………………………….

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Who is it ……………………….……………………………………………………………………………………

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Important things to me ..…………………………………………………………………………………

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I believe ……………………………………………………………………………………………..…………..

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When I was younger …………………………………………………………………………………………

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I used to ..…………………………………………………………………………………………………………

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Life in the future …………………………………………………………………………………………….

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Future predictions ……………………………………………………………………………………………… 12 Recycling …………………………………………………………………………………………………………

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Life in the pandemic…………………………………………………………………………………………… 15 There once was a man called Covid-19 ……………………………………………………………

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What has Covid-19 done to this world ……………………………………………………………… 17 Peter’s story about a man called Covid 19th ……………………………………………………

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There was a guy called Covid-19 ……....…………………………………………………………

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Life in Slovenia …………………………………………………………………………………………………

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A place I know …………………………………………………………………………………………………… 26 My happiness recipe …………………………………………………………………………………………

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Distance learning ……………………………………………….……………………………………………… 32 Zala Tomažin’s web page ……………………………………….…………………………………………… 38 Short stories ………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 39 Reviews ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 42

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Its body is quite long, without arms and legs. It's covered with scales. It has got a small head with small eyes and a big mouth. They haven't got any ears. They are usually brown, black or grey but they also can be very colourful. People are afraid of them because some of them are poisonous.

Ema Lenai Zajc

It's got two short legs. It's got wings. It's got very big eyes. Its head can turn for 360 degrees.

Jurij Omejc It has got a long neck and four long legs and a tail.

This animal eats leaves on trees and it is very big and tall.

It is the largest member of the cat family. It lives in the forest of Asia. It is threatened with extinction.

It can jump 12 meters. It is very dangerous.

Lan Cener It's got two slightly longer legs and two short legs, it's a small animal, it is brown, and it is so cute.

Lan Bricelj Lana Pesrl

What is it?

It's always grey and it's got big ears. It' s a very big animal and it lives in Africa.

It's got two short legs and two long legs. It's brown and grey. It's got quite big ears and It's got a pouch.

Lovro Tomažin

It's a small animal. It's got four legs. Its best food is cheese. It's black and white and brown and it's fat.

Luka Benčina

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Žiga Kostanjšek

It has long ears and teeth and it loves carrots.

Paola Josić

She's American. She's an actress and a singer. She's got her own brand of perfumes. She's a very famous person. She's medium height and slim. She's got long, straight and brown hair. She always wears her hair in a ponytail.

She is an actress. She has medium length brown hair. She mostly plays in comedies with an actor, Adam Sandler. She is medium height. her initials are JA. Zala Silič

Ema Lenai Zajc

Who is it?

He is an American basketball player and he is very famous. He is very tall and he is bald. He is darkskinned.

Lan Bricelj

He's American.

He was a business magnate, an investor. He's the pioneer of the personal computer revolution.

For a few years he worked for a salary of one dollar a year. He was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. His trademark at performances was black pullovers and blue jeans.

Lan Cener

He lives in California.

He is black and he's a movie actor.

He's got a beard.

Lovro Tomažin

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Ema Lenai Zajc My favourite place is Kranjska Gora. My family and I spend a lot of time in this magical place.

There is a lot of snow in the winter months and in the summer, there are are a lot of outdoor activity activities just like in the winter.

My favourite possession is my new candle. My mum bought it for me when I turned eleven. It's pink and shiny. It smells amazing. I keep it on my nightstand.

Dogs are my favourite animals. They can be brown, black, white, grey... They can be small or big. Some of them have long legs and long bodies. I also have a dog. Her name is Lu. She looks like a small fox.

My favourite book is Lumpi iz 5.A. It's about boys who are constantly joking and running away from home at the end of the school year because they have bad grades.

I recommend reading it because the book is very funny.

My best friend is Nejla Musić.

She's quite tall. She's got green eyes just like me and long fair hair. I like Nejla because she is kind, friendly and she really understands me.

My favourite film character is Olaf in Frozen. He's a funny snowman created by Elsa.

He's got a big carrot on his face and small arms and legs.

He can melt in the sun so Elsa also made him a cloud with snow.

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Kim Katarina Kilar My favourite friend is Margot Remic Aymard, she is quite tall. She's got brown eyes and brown hair. She likes camera and art. I like Margot because she is very kind and friendly and a perfect person.

My favourite possession are my balls. They have got beautiful lines. They bounce well and they are colourful and beautiful.

My favourite animal is the dog. Because it is so cute and faithful.

I have got a dog. It is called Tessi.

My favourite places are Thailand and Croatia because we went to Thailand with my family and had fun. In Croatia we have a holiday house.

My favourite movie is Gaja's world. Because it is really funny, a little scary and instructive. I watched it at the cinema and on YouTube.

My favourite book is Witches.

I was bored and saw the witch's book. I read and read.

This book is perfect, interesting, adventurous and a little bit scary and really funny.

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I believe I believe that hard work pays off, I believe that everyone should follow their goals and dreams, I believe that people can change and become a better person, I believe that no one is perfect and we must learn how to forgive, I believe we should treat others the same way we would want them to treat us, I believe that time heals but perhaps not everything, I believe that we are capable of more than we think we are, I believe in the importance of spending time alone and getting to know yourself, I believe that it's important to step out of your comfort zone once in a while.

Maja Kermc, 9d I believe that dreams can become reality.

I believe we can live without hatred.

I believe that if we have a goal, we will also find a way.

I believe in my friends and family.

I believe people can help each other today for a better tomorrow.

Tijana Simikić, 9c I believe… that it is possible for everyone to find their happiness.

I believe… that all people in the world were born kind and without prejudice.

I believe… we don't need to judge other people for our happiness.

I believe… that as you treat others, so others will treat you.

I believe… in great relationships between people.

April Kotnik, 9c

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I was a very shy kid. I used to hate the idea of having to talk to strangers, but now I think I've gotten better at talking to strangers. I also used to believe in monsters and now I don't. I didn't use to like sharing things as a kid I guess I was pretty greedy but now I don't really mind sharing things except my food.

I think I was also kind off spoiled, since I usually got what I wanted, but I think now that I'm older I've become way more modest when It comes to receiving gifts.

I used to be scared of the dark and I guess I'm not scared of it anymore but sometimes when I'm lying in my bed at night I just can't help but feel a little paranoid. I didn't use to play the guitar when I was younger, the guitar is something that I picked up in my teenage years.

Eva Turković, 9a

When I was younger didn’t use to be scared of monsters.

I used to like school.

I used to watch cartoons.

I used to go out to play every day.

I didn’t use to play video games.

Martin Lapanja, 9a

When I was younger I used to be very shy but I didn't use to be afraid of the dark.

I didn't use to have an imaginary friend because I had my twin brother Bor. I used to laugh all the time. Even though my life used to be very hard at moments, I didn't use to have many problems in my life.

I changed, so did my life. Even though I feel safe and I have people that love me, I often feel sad and depressed. I used to have a lot of imagination and I used to dream about my future life. I guess I still do that sometimes but my dreams usually turn out sad. I hope that will change.

When I was younger When I was younger I used to believe in mermaids and monsters which can only get you at night. I used to believe that our house was a country, countries were continents, that continents were planets and that our planet Earth was a Galaxy.

When I was younger I was more confident. I didn't use to believe in aliens and ghosts because I couldn't imagine how planets and space looked. I also used to believe in Santa Claus.

Tajda Vidic, 9a

Lina Jager :)

When I was younger I used to be really shy and quiet. I didn't use to like to talk a lot. I also used to have a lot of imaginary friends because I was that shy. I used to hate sports a lot more than today. I didn't use to be able to study as fast as I can today. I also didn't use to worry about things and overthink them.

Ajla Hukanović, 9b

When I was younger, I used to think a lot about unicorns and other imaginary creatures. I used to imagine that the woods behind our house was full of all sorts of creatures and plants. I also used to have an imaginary friend, it was an elf, I called him Diksi, he was really funny and small. Than when I got older I forgot about him, so I made up a story about him exploring a crystal cave forever.

Silvija Rojc, 9a

Some people are old at 18, and some are young at 90.

Time is a concept that humans created.

When I was younger I used to be really scared of the dark and spiders but I didn't use to be scared of the snakes but I am now... I used to believe that Harry Potter was real and that sea monsters never went extinct and I used to believe that there were monsters in my room when it was dark. Žan Žitnik, 9b

When I was younger I used to believe in ghosts. I was afraid of them.

Now I still believe in them but I am not afraid of them anymore.

Nejc Križaj, 9b

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I used to....

When I was younger I used to think there are monsters under my bed so I always checked if there was anything. When we went to the beach I never swam in the ocean because I used to think something will grab me and pull me under the surface. I used to be scared of the fire because once when I was little there was a fire in our house. I used to never study when I was in lower grades and always get good grades. I used to see some sort of ghosts or energy of people when it was dark. I used to be scared of dolls.

Ajda Vidic, 9a

When I was younger I used to have an imaginary friend. Her name was Ana. I used to talk to her, especially in the afternoon and when I was in my bed. I used to feel safe, when I was speaking with Ana and I didn't use to be scared of the dark. But then, one day Ana went to America. I used to say goodbye to her and from then on, I didn't use to have an imaginary friend anymore. And I didn't use to be scared of the dark too. I used to have a vivid imagination.

Karolina Neva Škulj, 9a

I used to play with my Lego house.

I used to have an imaginary friend who was very annoying. We used to argue a lot.

I used to be afraid of the total dark.

I didn't use to like my blinds and curtains to be closed.

I didn't use to believe in monsters, vampires, dragons and such creatures.

Me and my friend used to invent games. We used to play them for hours.

Zala Šarec, 9a

When I was younger, I used to believe in a lot of things. I used to believe that fairies and other imaginary creatures existed. I used to make many scenarios of me meeting them in my head and I always hoped I'd meet them.

I used to imagine that I was able to talk to animals and understand what they were saying. I still think it would be awesome to do such things. I used to care for all my toys as they were my children. I fed them and I read them before I went to sleep. I used to be scared of the dark. At night, I used to have a small light in my room, that would never turn off. I'm not scared of the dark anymore, but I still prefer to have some source of light near me.

Zoja Nina Garafol 9b

Youth lives on hope, old ages on memories.

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I think there will be more robots in the future. I think that a lot of people will start working from home. I hope that there will be more interesting jobs. In my opinion there will be a lot of electric cars. I think that the climate will change a lot. I hope I will be able to find an interesting job.

There will be flying cars and better future. We'll be able to explore more of the space and ocean. I hope that the cars won't drive themselves. My worries are the Earth will be polluted even more than it already is.

Anastasija Ristova

Job Švigelj

Life in the future will be easier.

There will be a lot of robots. Robots will work for us. My hopes are that robots won't be invented.

Mark Saje

Life in the

Future

A lot of people say that machines and robots will take over our lives. But that isn't true, because they already did. Most of us can't live without our mobile phones and because of the Covid 19 outbreak computers are the most important things we have.

I hope we start producing energy in a cleaner way and stop polluting our planet. We certainly will move to other planets, but probably not very soon. I don't think life in the future will be like it's depicted in movies. At least I hope so.

Jure Miljević

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My Future Predictions In my opinion, life in the future will definitely be different. Not in five years, but maybe in a couple of decades. I think if we won't use more clear energy, people will have to wear gas masks because of polluted air.

But with so many new technologies we might save our planet.

A lot of wild animals will disappear.

I hope that the leaders of the world will act smart, and will do something about it.

My first goal is to get good marks in school, so that I will be able to have more choices for what high school I will want to go.

After that, my goal is to go to a good college, and start to work quickly, so I will get money fast. Money is really important to me, because I have high standards.

And my biggest life goal is to open my own company and have enough money to feed my family if I will ever have one.

Zala Tomažin

But right now, I hope that I will choose a good high school, and later a college, and a good job or work. To me, it's very important to find an interesting and fun job, because I won't survive a boring job.

To be old and wise, you first have to be young and stupid.

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In the future…

…I think there will be robots doing most of our work, and I don't think money is going to be there, only Bitcoin... I think we won’t be able to go to school, because it will all be robot's work. I think everyone will have the same chance to get a job. I hope that in the future we will be immune to viruses.

My worries are that we aren't going to be outside that much, because all of the friends will be online.

I think there will not be any viruses because I hope we will be immune to them.

Matic Tkalčič

In my opinion, I don't think today's cars will exist in the future.

We might live on Mars or on some other planet.

The climate on Earth may not be good enough for life.

One day we might be able to travel through time!

If people don't change, we will have a huge amount of waste on Earth and a lot of natural disasters will happen. A lot of wild animals might disappear.

I hope people will be able to understand the nature and make a new form of life, friendly to people and nature.

I hope I'll find an interesting job.

I'll probably have a family.

A lot of wild animals might disappear.

I think robots will be doing everything.

Laura Slanc

Tija Saje

Don't let your past dictate your future.

African proverb

What does the Future hold for us?

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Recycling In my family we recycle a lot. I always get clothes from my older sister and when they're too small for me, we give them to our neighbours. Andi f we don't give them our clothes, we give them to Humana. There's no way we throw anything into trash. Not even food. When we cook beef soup, we give the bones to our neighbours and they give them to their dog. We always separate paper, plastic, glass, organic and mixed waste. If we have any books or toys we don't need, we give them to our cousins Bine and Ana. If we have batteries to throw away, we never put them into normal trash. But we take them to a shop and put them into a special bin there. Špela Košir We always try to recycle things. For example, we give rusted metal, wood, glass bottles and many more things to the recycling centre. At least once a year we take all our old paper to the container at school. Then a truck takes it to the recycling centre. I think recycling is important because it can save our planet.

Teodor Strmšnik People in Slovenia (and around the globe) care about recycling, however, some people don’t understand the world’s pollution or think: “Ah, there are so many movements and so many people working on this, why should I do something about it?” or even: “Let the politicians figure it out.” A few people even gain millions from pollution, and would their greed allow activists to stop them from gaining money? (No.) I think recycling is important, and me and my family recycle everything we can. I won’t give you advice, since everyone does this everywhere, and it’s easy to find it. So, please save the environment. Please? I don’t want to live in the sewer.

Til Schlamberger

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It's awful. The advantage is that we are at home. The downside, though, is that we have weird measures. That doesn't help at all. We actually need to go to school.

Karolina Popović

I don't like anything about covid-19.

I miss school and my friends.

I miss going to school with my school mates.

I miss live classes.

I hope everything will be as before.

No masks, and freedom.

Nal Palamar

The Covid-19 pandemic is a highly contagious virus. It is transmitted from person to person by coughing and sneezing even when we spit something. The advantages of the virus are that we are at home and we are more with the family, when we have distance learning we can do homework for the next few days, which we can't do otherwise when we are at school. I hope the virus is gone soon as we all already have it on top of our heads.

Neli Saje Above all, I don't think there are too many advantages, but I will try to find some. I really don't like that the borders are closed, because I really like skiing. It's also sad, that I can't celebrate my birthday with my friends and I also can't visit them. One of the advantages is, that I learned to use the laptop/computer better. And I also lost rhythm, it's hard to get organised, because there's no teacher to motivate me.

And I sometimes forget to do my (school)work. I'm a little bit afraid to go to school at moment, because you know, I need to prepare. And I have a terrible disease, called BOREDOM... And that BOREDOM is sometimes DEADLY... Just kidding... And on top of that, the same shows are on TV! So, yeah, there aren’t many advantages or many interesting things... but I'm trying to find some funny things. I can't play tennis, because I have a knee injury. That's enough complaints for today...

Oskar Gjud

I don't like life in the pandemic.

I miss my friends. In the time before Corona, we used to go to canoe club and now we can't go. I have a lot of friends there.

And we can take a canoe to the river. I miss that a lot. Now I spend all my day in the house and at the computer and on video call.

Aljaž Stanonik

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Life in the pandemic is very antisocial, we hang out much less. It is good for nature as it has recovered a bit.

We don’t go to school either because we have distance school, but that doesn’t bother me too much.

Julija Brulec

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THERE ONCE WAS A MAN CALLED COVID-19

by Maja Kovačič

There was once a man called Covid-19.

He was a strange man, and had weird interests.

One day he went to work and he was feeling funny but he went anyway.

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At work his crewmates told him to go home because it wasn't safe, but he ignored them. When he got home he tried everything to cure his sickness. But it didn't work, so he then went to the doctors and they took a sample of his DNA and found something really strange... It was something they had never seen before. They called some professional workers to analize it.

They found a new deadly virus they said to the doctors. They were all in shock and called the news and everybody to tell them the news!

And now here we are... in quarantine at home... needing to wear masks at all times etc.

So, kids the lesson is to be careful and wash your hands!!!!

What has covid-19 done to this world?

by Naja Belčevski Covid-19 has done some really bad stuff to this world. In March this year we all got stuck in Quarantine for 3 months.

The students had online school and people had to work from home. After 3 months students in Slovenia could finally go to school for some weeks since the situation had calmed down.

And also, the summer holidays were coming.

Now again (in October) students from 6th grade to college are doing school work from home.

Since I got a friend from Macedonia I can tell that they haven't been to school since March and they're still learning online. Here in Slovenia there are more chances that we're all going to be stuck at home again for a long time.

Covid-19 has affected a lot of people in this world and about 1,13 million people have died because of it, which is really sad.

I'm really disappointed in some people who are still not wearing masks as they should because we need to take care of each other.

Coronavirus (COVID-19) is an infectious disease. it is transmitted mostly through people when they sneeze and cough. In almost all cases, symptoms are expressed by day 12. Infection can be prevented by disinfecting hands and wearing a protective mask.

Signs of infection include fever, stuffy nose, sore throat and difficulty breathing. We don't have a vaccine yet, but they are trying to invent it.

The first case of COVID-19 was detected in mid-November 2019 in China. In late December 2019, the China World Health Organization reported the discovery of pneumonia of unknown origin in Wuhan. I think the corona virus is dangerous, but some exaggerate with action. Špela Košir

Distance doesn't separate people… Silence does.

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Peter's story about a man called Covid 19th

by Peter Koren People couldn't deport him because he had infected them with a virus they didn't know about. So, he could wreak havoc across the country in peace.

One day, he ruined the plans of some boy who wanted to meet a really good friend who lived in a remote place. The boy wanted revenge!

He thought for a long time how to do it, and one day he got an idea. He got into a mole named Marijan and told him he'd pay him with vegetables if he spied on Covid 19th.

Once upon a time, a man lived by the name of Covid 19th.

He had an annoying trait that prevented everyone from making plans for the weekend.

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Maja Kovačič

The following week, Marijan found

When he came and sat on the soap,

out that Covid 19th was not

his ass hurt him so much that he

washing with soap, but only with

ran away and never returned to

water (of course, Marijan had

Slovenia.

binoculars, because moles don't

The boy became a hero, and he was

see well). This could only mean

finally able to go to his friend.

one thing. Covid 19th's weakness is soap! The boy poured soap on his seat at his favourite pub and waited for Covid 19th to arrive.

The end.

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THERE WAS A GUY CALLED COVID-19

After another

At home,

boring day in

his mum told

school, he ordered

him that

sushi

he couldn't go

in a street take

to school,

away. With sushi

but do you

by Vid Strojan

in his hand, he got

remember;

on the bus, sat

when I told you

Hi!

down and started

that he never

If you don’t know,

eating. He was

listened to his

there was once a 19-

hungry so he ate

parents?

year-old kid from

very quickly. He

Well that was

China named Covid.

had an hour and a

the problem.

He was always arguing

half more to his

He still went to

with his parents and

home, so he fell

school

never listened to them.

asleep. After 15

for the next two

But wait, there is even

minutes Covid

weeks and then

more!

was feeling sick,

people started

After a big apocalypse

his head hurt, he

dying from

with people dying and

could not even

an unknown

getting in quarantine,

move and he

virus.

he is still alive.

had a dry cough.

Before I tell you this story, I have to tell you THAT story!

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Maja Kovačič

After research, a scientist,

Now you know why you are

who was Covid's father,

in quarantine and if you

named the virus COVID–19.

want,

He did not want to blame his

you can ask me for more

son, so he blamed bats.

information.

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During the quarantine my mom

In Slovenia life isn't very exciting

usually wakes me up at 9 o'clock.

at this time because currently

Then I have my breakfast. After I

Slovenia is quarantined. There

eat my breakfast I brush my teeth.

aren't many people outside. It is

Then I do my homework. At two

online school in Slovenia so

o'clock I finish with studying. Then

children work from home. Adults

I play video games until lunch. We

work from home or they are still

usually have lunch between four

going to work like always.

and five p.m. Then I watch anime until I go to bed.

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Mark Saje

During the week, the day starts at

from work at 1.00 pm until evening

about 7.00 am. We have our breakfast

hours. Then Neli and I do our

together and we usually eat cereals or

homework and go to the music school.

bread with salami and cheese.

A lot of students in Slovenia have

Sometimes my sister Neli has eggs. A

extracurricular activities (hobbies). We

lot of Slovenian people have breakfast

usually go to bed at 9.30 pm. At the

like this. My mum leaves home at 7.20

weekend we sometimes go on a trip, we

am. She goes to work by car.

watch a good film or we play games. My

Sometimes she goes to work by train or

mum (sometimes my sister and I too)

she rides her bike. The roads are busy

do the housework. We go shopping,

because a lot of Slovenians go to work

too. My mum likes walking our dog, so

at this time. My sister and I leave the

we often go for long walks. My sister

flat at 8 o'clock. We go to school on

and I often study. This is our normal

foot. We get home about 1.00 or 2.00

day.

pm, but mum comes home about 4.00 pm. Slovenian people usually go home

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Tija Saje

During the week, the day starts at

still had my volleyball practices we did

about 7. I usually do not eat breakfast

not eat together every day. After our

but my family and other people do. My

dinner I watch TV or do my homework

mom and dad always drink coffee in

and the same applies for my sister. My

the morning. But now that I have

mom, and little sister go to bed at

school online I eat breakfast with all of

around 10 and me and my other sister

my family members because usually we

go at 11 or 12 pm.

do not have enough time for that.

At the weekend I had my volleyball

My mom leaves the house at 8. Both of

matches and my parents came, but not

my sisters leave at 7:30 and they go to

anymore. Sometimes we watch a movie

school by bus. My dad usually works

together or go for a walk on Golovec. I

late or he has night shifts, it depends. I

hang out with my friends and my dad

live 5 minutes away from my school so

and mom hang out with their friends

I walk.

but not as often as we used to. We also

My family always has dinner together

went to church every Sunday and to the

because everyone is always at home.

supermarket afterwards.

We have it at around 6 or 7pm. When I

Manca Gliha

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During the week I usually wake up at

At least that's how it was before the

about 7:30 and go to school at 8:00 am.

quarantine. Now I'm home all day but

The first class starts at 8:20 am. I have

still I don't have enough time. I have

four to eight classes every day. When I

about three classes every day and when

get home, I play some video games and

I finish, I start playing video games but

watch TV. After that I do my homework

that doesn't last long, because my mom

and sometimes read. Then I watch

comes home and always finds

some more TV and go to sleep. During

something that I missed. Then in the

the weekend I sleep a lot and when I

evening I make plans for the following

wake up, I play video games, go outside, watch TV, read …

day, read some more and go to sleep.

Jure Miljević

I usually get up in the morning and have breakfast. Then I go on my computer and do my homework. Then I lie in bed all day.

I go to bed around 11 pm.

Daily life in Slovenia at this time isn't very exciting. Students do their school work on computers. Some parents go to work and some are working from home. The whole Slovenia is currently in quarantine. We mostly can't go anywhere and there is a curfew at 9 pm.

Job Švigelj

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Ljubljana is not such a big city, but

even go in one, and I didn't even

it's big enough that I can get lost

know if there were any in Ljubljana.

there. There are a lot of tourists in

There aren't any skyscrapers. And

every part of the year, well, not this

there are not enough cinemas either.

year because of the Covid, but usually

I mean, I like Ljubljana the way it is,

there are. Sometimes there are even

but it could still have more cinemas,

too many of them. Maybe somebody

because I love watching

will think there are too many shops

movies. There are too many shops,

there, but I like shopping, so I'm

there are not enough cinemas...

good with that. For me, there are not

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enough art galleries. Well, I never

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Ljubljana is the capital city of Slovenia. Because it's a big city, there's too much traffic and that's bad. A lot of visitors from other countries come to Ljubljana because it's a beautiful city and anyway it's not as big as the other big cities.

There isn't too much noise except when there are protests.

In Ljubljana there are too many shops but there aren't enough hospitals I think.

Tija Saje

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I live in Ljubljana, the capital

and a castle that's been made into

of Slovenia. I think it's a beautiful city

a museum. In the city center there

because it doesn't have too many

aren't many cars because there are

people and too much pollution. In

enough buses.

Ljubljana there are a few churches

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KRANJSKA GORA Kranjska Gora is a very interesting

play there. In winter Kranjska Gora

place. There are many ways to have fun.

turn into a snowy land. People love

There are a lot of outdoor activities you

skiing, snowboarding, sledding and ice

can do. In summer people go hiking.

skating. If there isn't too much snow

The views of the mountains are

people take a trip to the mountains.

amazing. Lake Jasna is full of tourists

They stop at the huts along the way to

on the hot summer days. Next to the

warm up have a cup of tea. If you want

lake there is a valley full of small rivers.

to explore Kranjska Gora for several

In the clear water you can see stones

days, you can stay in a hotel.

different sizes and colours. Kids love to

Ema Lenai Zajc, 6b

Happiness is an inside job. Don't assign anyone else that much power over your life.

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MY HAPPINESS RECIPE Ingredients: • a snowy day • a lot of snow • my new skis • a cottage • a fireplace • a hot chocolate • my family Instructions: Shake well and enjoy the magical moment!

Ema Lenai Zajc

Ingredients: • a sunny day • my favourite video games • a can of good lemonade • my family

Ingredients: • A sunny day • a quiet beach • a can of lemonade, • my favorite CDs • some good friends • an exciting book • my new surfboard Instructions: Mix well. Enjoy your day! Žiga Kostanjšek

Instructions: Mix it. Enjoy the day!

Franky Ben Bojc

Ingredients: • a lot of chocolate cookies • all my cousins, brothers and sisters • X-box CD game: Lego Jurassic word • twelve X-box controllers for us

Ingredients: • a sunny day • hot sun • a quiet beach • warm sea • happy friends

Instructions: Turn on the game and join in the game while we eat chocolate cookies.

Jurij Omejc

Ingredients: • a good friend • some balls • a quiet beach • lemonade • a radio • lots of sand and a volleyball net • French fries • a hamburger Instructions: Turn on the radio. Add ketchup to French fries.

Give five to a friend and start enjoying!

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Instructions: Mix everything together and add some magic happiness sugar.

Lovro Tomažin

Ingredients: • • • • • • • • • • •

my chinchilla my bestie / best friend a snowy day chips for my best friend cocoa sandwiches snow balls sharing an igloo playing with my chinchilla laughing a snowman

Instructions: Mix everything well and have fun and make a snowman.

Be funny, crazy and happy for this perfect day!

Lana Pesrl

Ingredients: • no more corona • home-made cookies • chocolate milk • my friends • sunshine • video games • good grades

Ingredients: • a snowy day • gloves • a cap • an overall • hot chocolate (with marshmallows in it) • snowmobiles • some friends • a big warm jacket Instructions: Dress up.

Invite your friends.

Go get snow mobiles.

Make a hot chocolate.

ENJOY YOUR SNOWY DAY!!

Paola Josić

Instructions: Mix it well and add Christmas presents.

Lan Cener

Distance education is something new for all of us. It took me by surprise. I liked it. It was a new way of studying. I got bored after a while. Sitting in front of a computer all day is hard. I was glad I had my twin brother with me so I didn’t have to study alone.

For most children face-to-face learning is easier than distance education but I found distance learning easier. I was able to decide which subject I wanted to do first and which last. In face-toface learning you have to do what you are told. You have to do homework and sit in the classroom for seven hours. I guess you are able to see your friends more but you can’t really talk. You get a better explanation at school but I am used to studying from books.

I would love to go to school in the morning and do my homework on the computer. I’d like to have distance education when I get ill. I like to know what my classmates are doing when I’m not around, because I don’t like to be left behind.

Lina Jager, 9a

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We were online for quite some time. This year's quarantine was genuinely better because of the organization. Last year teachers would send mail with instructions to our parents and then they would have to send it to us. I think it was just a burden to our parents. In the school year 2020/2021 we ere using Teams. The difference was noticeable. Not only was it well organized, but the teachers were more reachable, so if you had a problem, they replied sooner.

Online school with Teams was better, but it was nothing compared to face-to-face school. The only pro I can think of (for online school) was organizing your own time (which usually meant more sleeping).

The problem of quarantine is seeing your friends only on Zoom, which is not as fun as seeing them in person. I think face-to-face learning is better, because even if teachers are active on Microsoft Teams it is easier to ask them something in person. The pro is also seeing your friends. Breaks are so much cooler in face-to-face school. But because everything has a con, I woke up very tired this morning. So, in face-to-face school I get to sleep a bit less.

I think Slovenian government isn’t doing a good job. They could present a better system instead of just putting us in school and then back home. Foe instance, I really like the programme C or whatever it is called, so we would be at home one week and in school the other. But as I am writing, I am only a student, so I don’t know everything behind every programme. In general, I think we are doing pretty well in fighting Covid-19 and I hope it stays this way.

Neža Lesjak, 9c When we first heard that we were going into a lockdown, we were excited. We thought that we were getting a two-week vacation, but what happened in the end was quite the opposite. What started as a two-week quarantine turned into four months of online school. I would say that I stayed in contact with my friends quite a lot. We would go on video chat whenever we could, help each other with school work and sometimes go on socially distanced walks.

In my opinion, I think online school was easier than face-to-face, but I know that some of my friends don’t feel the same way. I liked the fact that we could manage our own time and be more independent. But in a different way it just wasn’t the same quality as face-to-face school. I know that all the teachers tried very hard to make online school as good as in person, but I just don’t think it can be achieved. At least in my experience I spent less time on homework and school work in general, which I don’t know if it’s a good or a bad thing. Overall, I wouldn’t say it was a horrible experience, there were some good times, but I wouldn’t do it again in a million years.

However, I think it has offered us a new view on the internet. I hope that in the future we will work more with our phones and computers. We could do research or even solve quizzes on them.

Ira Verbinc, 9a So, in Slovenia the first lockdown started on March 15th 2020. Everything stopped, as well as schools.

We started online school. At first it was difficult because we didn’t know what to expect, but then it was getting better. I missed my friends and I also missed how my teachers explained some things to me. We were on our own and it was hard to understand a lot of the programme. Then in September 2020 we were in school till the end of October and the government said we were again starting online school. We were at home for four months and we didn’t get a lot of grades, just a few. And I was working hard, but not everyone did. When we came back to school, they had big problems.

I would say the good side of online school is that you can pan your day out how you want it and that you can wake up a little bit later. But the bad side is that you miss teachers’ explanations. In three days we’re starting online school again and I’m not looking forward to it.

Tea Kerpan, 9a

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The overall experience of a distant education has been quite good. All the teachers worked hard to make things as easy as possible for us. But because we are home alone while doing all the school work, it is sometimes hard to concentrate and it leads to certain things taking us more time to finish. I found learning from school very interesting, because I had never thought something like that would happen to us.

It is not hard to compare classroom and distance education. They are very different and of course both of them have advantages and disadvantages. For me, the best thing about distance education is less stress. We ca schedule our day how we please and usually we don’t have a strict time limit, we just have to have it done at the end of the day. In normal school, it is of course very different. But at home, we don’t have that excitement to learn. At school, most things are presented better and that’s how it triggers our interest. We also remember things better while in the classroom, because at home we are usually very bored and just want to get things done as quickly as possible. The most relevant for me is company. At home I sometimes feel lonely because I’m alone in my room. In the classroom, it is obviously very different and you can almost never get bored.

I think that distance education is a very good option in cases like COVID-19 lockdown. It makes it possible for us to still learn and not just pause our lives until the virus is gone. But in the normal circumstances, I think I prefer learning in the classroom. It is much more fun and exciting. In the future, I think that distance education could be very useful. I wouldn’t mind learning from home again.

Zoja Nina Gafarafol, 9b

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I would say that my experience of learning during the COVID-19 lockdown was pretty rough, since I struggled with motivating myself to work and attend my meetings. I was constantly behind with my work, which led to me being stressed all the time. The only thing I liked about online school was the fact that I could sleep till the last minute before class and maybe listen to music during classes even though it wasn’t allowed. What I really hated was that my room became my working space and was no longer a room in which I could relax and not think about school.

I think in the future online school will still play a pretty big role in the Slovenian education and it will become normal to use Teams for example in our everyday lives.

Eva Turković, 9a During the first wave it was awful. It might have been the worst time of my life. I was worried, I didn’t socialize (I mean because I couldn’t). And a big part of the problem was distance learning. I lost the will, so I was doing less and less school work. But that resulted in even more worries. When we went back to school, I was so happy and eventually saw that I wasn’t the only one that didn’t work and was unhappy. After the holidays (still in school live) I felt really bad and was even kind of happy to go back home. This time it was better, because there were videoconferences. But eventually my will started to vanish (I mean, not that it was not expected). So, I was really happy to go back live, but now we are going back home… Ugh! Anyway, I strongly prefer in person educating. I mean, we have schools (the buildings) for a reason, right? Even in college many people don’t have the level of self-control to work like we were meant to.

What about primary school then? Also, one big thing I would like to mention: having a camera turned on during meetings is really annoying, because you never know if someone is looking at you.

I would definitely recommend using the Pomodoro technique. Otherwise, I just hope this will never repeat itself again.

Brin Lengar, 9c We all realized something when we were at home. Everyone needs friends, even though some people don’t think they do. I think that being alone or maybe not alone, just lonely, was the biggest disadvantage. As well aa not having teachers explain some new things you might be interested in. For me, I know that being just with my family, even though I love them, sometimes felt lonely. Another thing that was hard for me was organizing and motivating myself to do school work. It was really overwhelming at times, but after you figured out what works for you, you managed to pull yourself together and do some work. I’m not really a planned person who knows what or how they will do or spend the next week. I think if I knew how much easier it would be to plan some things, I would do it the same second. So, looking back, I think planning things or events in you day really helped you stay sane.

After a few weeks, things started piling up and everything seemed like a mess. I think that as a person, I really grew these few months, because you were responsible for everything that you did. I think it was really important for the teachers to see how much we were able to learn by ourselves. There were many advantages, even though they weren’t that obvious. You could sleep longer, eat whenever you were hungry and, of course, you were at home, which I think is a very comfortable place for everyone.

Because of that comfort it was easier to relax and concentrate on school work I think it also took me a lot less time to do exercises and other school work teachers gave us than in school.

So, I think in the future school could shorten the actual time you spend in school, because you could do things faster in silence and in your comfort zone at home. But as many people say, we have to step out of our comfort zone and do some things that aren’t expected from us, so I think face-to-face school teaches us so much more for real life, than just learning facts. And I think there’s a very thin line between the main thing you learn in school and out of school, because I think school is more about learning how to be a part of society and how to communicate with people outside your family.

Sara Globokar, 9a

This year was much more different from a normal school year and for students and teachers, this was a whole new experience. I actually enjoyed this way of learning. I’m the kind of person who loves doing things on their own and this new situation put all of us in the position where you can be completely on your own. This new kind of learning also takes a lot of concentration and you really need to be focused

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on your work because at home there are tones of distractions and it’s pretty hard to stay focused at this point.

So, as I already mentioned, I prefer online school but face-to-face school still has its advantages, you can hang out with your friends and there are teachers who can explain things you don’t completely understand.

I think the perfect combination would be something in between, so I think it would be best if we went to school for one week and then another week we were in online school. The perfect combination.

April Kotnik, 9c Hello everyone!

As you know, we’ve been in quarantine for months now. In my opinion it was great at first because everyone was excited about working from home, but now after a few months, it is so boring. I’m in school at the moment and I’m having fun with my friends. But it is a little bit strange because I’m actually sitting in a real classroom full of school mates, instead of in my empty room. Even though online school was boring I can say that getting marks was so much easier than in school, and I was able to eat anytime I wanted. I also watched Netflix and TV more, because I was always at home. But here in school I can talk to my friends during breaks and if I don’t understand something, it’s easier for the teachers to explain it to me. I think that if we had been in school all this time we were in quarantine, we would have actually learnt more than we did online. I liked online school, but I prefer being in real school. It’s harder, but it’s more fun.

Anja Oven, 9d My learning experience during the COVID-19 lockdown is interesting. My marks improved and I studied a lot better because I had more time. In my opinion the advantages were that you had more time, you didn’t have to wake up at 6 am and be in a hurry or be late. You could organize your time and working on the computer is way more interesting. I’ve learnt a lot of new things. The disadvantages are that aren’t in the classroom and you don’t have your school mates there and the teacher isn’t there. It was harder to understand the classes if you didn’t listen to the teacher explaining it.

I think it would be hard to combine both ways of learning and in the future, they will have to decide what education would be like. Thanks to technology and computers we will be able to adapt and I think it is good for children to learn how to work with computers. Social distancing is a problem with this type of education, but it’s about saving human lives and I think we must all remember that.

Silvija Rojc, 9a I think that the lockdown affected a lot of people’s lives and learning abilities. I’d say that I personally struggled with learning and always being up to date with my assignments. I was mostly lazier since there wasn’t anyone really pushing me as much since they were only on my screen and I didn’t come face-to-face with them. I also became pretty inactive since I was sitting for most of my day. The only exercises I did were online trainings which I had three times a week, and also during the weekends I went running in the morning. But that still wasn’t enough. With every bad thing of course comes good. I could choose when and what I wanted for breakfast. I was always at the joy of my home and my room. I was also able to wake up right as the class started. But over-all I learnt much less during the lockdown. I generally prefer being in school surrounded by friends and teachers. I feel much better when I’m social and now I also have a chance to train five times a week and talk to my friends in person. I think for the future we shouldn’t do more online classes since you just have more work, learn and socialize less and also feel more stressed out and lonely.

Anej Mlakar, 9d

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Zala Tomažin's web page ABOUT ME I am an eight-grade student. I'm 13 years old and my birthday is on 30th April. I am quite tall, and I have brown-green eyes and straight dark brown hair. I really like to wear nice clothes and sometimes I look like an adult person with my favourite clothes on, but let's talk about this later.

MY HOBBIES I love volleyball, we practice three times a week, and we have competitions on at the weekend.

I also like swimming and I have swimming practices once a week, but my coach told me that I'm a very good swimmer and that I need to start going to competitions but I really don't have much time, because of volleyball and school work.

I also like painting and drawing. I use watercolours, crayons and colour pencils. I want to try painting with oil paint too, but I haven't bought them yet.

And I really like to read books, and I think that I will soon write my own book.

MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS I have two younger brothers: Tevž who is 4 years old and Lovro, he is 11 years old. They both annoy me sometimes, but they are still great brothers.

I have two very best friends Anja and Naila. They are both very funny and we always stick together. We laugh, smile and cry together. We even planed our future together.

They are the best people in the whole world.

SCHOOL I go to Oskar Kovačič Primary School. My schoolmates are very friendly and we're a great class. They ask me for help many times and I am always ready to help them.

I think that I'm very clever and I have the best marks in every subject. I will attend many school competitions - history, maths, biology and Slovenian competitions. I don't study much because I can remember almost

everything at school. But if I study, I only study for about one day and it doesn't take me a lot of time to remember something and I think I'm very lucky because of it. My brother tells me many times that I'm a "study nerd", and I'm quite proud of it.

MY FAVOURITES Movies My favorite movie is Titanic. It's great!

BEST SUMMER MEMORY For one of the best memories of mine I will mention those two days that I spent with Anja, Naila and my two friends, twins Ajda and Brina.

It was summer 2020, and I think it was July.

First we decided to go for a walk on Golovec, to the restaurant Orle. We didn't go alone, there was my brother Lovro and his best friend Arne, who is also Naila's brother, too. We were talking and laughing on the way there. In the restaurant at first we ordered a pancake for each of us, except Lovro who ordered blueberry strudels. But then someone, I can't remember who, said that only pancakes aren't enough. We ordered one pizza at first, and when we ate it, we ordered another one. I think the waitress was a bit impatient because of it. When everyone was pleased, we paid for those two pizzas and those six pancakes and blueberry strudels. And because of all this food that we ate the path downhill was very slow. When we finally came back to my house, my mom asked us why it took so long for us to eat one pancake and we just smiled for the answer. When we were chatting in my room, we decided that the four girls and Arne will sleep at our place. Their parents brought them some clothes and their toothbrushes. The weather that day was very hot so we jumped to the pool in our garden. The seven of us were having a lot of fun, we played a game called "slepe miši" and a lot of other funny games. We stayed in the pool till dark when we started to shake because of the cold. Then we went to shower and washed our hair and brushed our teeth. We spent the rest of the night in my room giggling, laughing and eating crisps. We went to bed at about one o'clock in the morning. When we woke up the next day, we ate our breakfast, put our swimsuits on and jumped into the pool again. When we came out of the pool for a break we were playing poker and eating watermelon and cheesecake that I baked a day before. At about five o'clock in the afternoon, the girls and Arne went home, and the fun was over, but the best memory stayed.

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SHORT STORIES I was in the fifth grade. It was a sunny morning.

I was going to school on a skateboard when I almost ran over something. l got closer to see what it was.

It was a bird but it didn't move when I got close.

And it didn't mind when I tried to pet it. I took it home and gave it some food and water.

After a few minutes it started moving and jumping around.

I opened the window and it flew away.

Jure Miljević

court behind the school. Then we went there.

We were playing basketball. We were having a lot of fun. The weather was perfect and I was winning because Aldin sucks at basketball.

Then someone came to me. He was acting very strange. At first, I didn't trust him but then he said that he lost his kid, so I decided to help him. Aldin went searching for the kid and I was with him. We couldn't find that kid. It seemed impossible. Then we went on the parking. The kid wasn't there but there was a white van. A big guy came out of the van and took me into the van. The other guy who said that he had lost his kid, got into the van too and we drove away.

They took me to an empty house in the forest.

Aldin called the cops and they were searching for me. After one hour they finally had a clue.

They saw traces on the street. They followed One day I was bored so I called Aldin. He said that we could play basketball on the basketball

them and saved me. Then I woke up.

Mark Saje

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One day me and my friend Nejc went on

The ambulance came

Golovec, to ride down some trails. It was in

and he had to get a

2017 when the bana/road gap trail was

surgery for his leg. It all

invented. We went ahead and rode it.

went pretty well. After a long night of waiting we

Nejc went first. We were riding and chilling

finally got home, and we

when we came to road gap. Than Nejc fell! I

went to Nejc's room to

was screaming for help for 2 hours because I

play some video games

forgot my phone at home. Then suddenly a

like Fivem, GTA 5, Call

grandma came. We moved his bike off the trail

of Duty...

and then we bowed his leg with my shirt. It was

Matic Tkalčič

an awful day. After we did all that, the grandma called his dad. His dad came with his pickup truck and drove us home. After we came to their house we called an ambulance because his leg was bloody as hell.

One day last winter

far from the coast. I phoned Jan because his

I was in the park. I

dad was a fisherman and he could help us. But

was with my friend

the boat was sinking very fast so we had to

Jan. We were

leave the boat. We were swimming, when

sitting on the bench

suddenly a sailing boat came by and helped us.

and we were doing

Tina, her family and I took a break from this

homework, when

horrible experience and thanked the people

my friend Tina

who saved us.

came.

She asked me if I

In the end we met Jan in the centre of Venice. He was waiting for us and then we went

wanted to go on a trip to Venice with her and

for an ice cream and we told him the whole

her family. I agreed and in the winter holidays

story.

we went there. We were on the boat when it

Tija Saje

began to sink! We didn't know why. We were

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One day last summer, I think it was June,

come back the next day. We were very happy.

my best friends Anja and Naila and I went to

We walked home and had a great sleepover

Ljubljana centre to hang out and get some ice

party. That ice cream seller made our day. And

cream. We were waiting in the line for the ice

I think that it is great to have people like him in

cream, when the story began.

this world.

Zala Tomažin

We suddenly realized we forgot our money and mobile phones at home. We had a really big problem; we couldn't pay for our ice cream, and we couldn´t call my mom to bring us the money. We decided to ask someone to give us their phone, so that we could call my mom. We asked a girl who was standing in the line in front of us. She said she didn't have her phone with her, and then we asked a woman behind us. She gave us her phone, and we called my mom. But she said that she couldn't come for us because she was shopping.

We gave the phone back to the woman and we were walking out of the ice cream store, when a man who was selling ice cream came to us and said that we could get the ice cream for free. He gave each of us a double doze portion of ice cream and we promised him we would

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Horrid Henry meets the Queen is a very interesting book. I like it because it’s funny and it has a lot of new words.

The book has four stories. Most of you probably know that these books got their own cartoons.

However, books are better than cartoons. In the stories the main character Henry usually runs into trouble but in the end, there is usually a twist.

Sometimes Henry gets what he wants, but not very often. He also always has very good ideas and he makes all of them come true. Well, kind of. But anyway, I think this book is very good. And this is my opinion about it.

Vid Strojan, 7d

Harry Potter and the philosopher’s stone is the first book of the Harry Potter book series, written

by J.K Rowling. The book is about a young boy named Harry Potter, who is a wizard and whose parents got killed by a very evil wizard called Lord Voldemort. That is also the reason Harry is known in the wizarding world as the boy who lived. In the first part we see how Harry finds out, that he is a wizard and faces Voldemort with his friend in the wizarding school Hogwarts. There are seven books in the series, but they are all great, there is a lot of reading, but it is wort it. There are also films made after the books.

Silvija Rojc, 9a

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The funny life of teachers

is not an ordinary book. The chapters are all messed up and there is no story. It's fairly childish but that's a part of the fun. It's also good for learning English. It's quite short and good if you want to have a quick laugh, because you can just open it, read a couple of pages, close it and go do something else.

The funny life of teachers. This is the most chaotic book I’ve ever read. It’s chaotic because you’re not supposed to read from 1-200, but 1, 12, 38, 199, 120, 4… The book is funny because it’s like a 7year-old wrote it. It’s full of jokes about school, teachers, and students and makes fun of stereotypes about school. I really can’t say much else about it, so here are a few examples of jokes in this book: Teachers sleep in schools. Secondary school teachers are more likely to be afraid of sharks than primary school teachers.

I think this book is interesting. It’s really good for someone who’s learning English. It’s easy to learn from it because a lot of words are written in bold letters and there are a lot of pictures. It’s also quite funny. It has a weird sense of humor that fits in quite nicely with the theme of the book. You would expect a book like this would use relatively primitive English, but it doesn’t. I would recommend this book to someone who doesn’t speak English very well.

Jure Miljević

Excuse for being late: the dog ate my homework, I forgot where school was, Vikings invaded, Dinner ladies actually run the school. You are not late, everyone is just early.

While I was looking through the book I realized that there are more true things in it than those that are made up. The best job a teacher can get is playground duty. This is just yelling at kids that are having too much fun. P. E. teachers actually never do anything, they just walk around and shout what you need to do.

The Witches

I like this book because the story is remarkably interesting. The main characters, Luke and his grandmother are both brave. I like the way they solve problems and how they still love each other even after Luke's transition to mouse. The author makes everything so realistic, and makes you believe that everything could really happen. And I mostly like the end, their plan to travel all over the world to destroy witches. I recommend it to everyone because it is nice, funny, and interesting.

Zala Tomažin

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Oskar Kovačič Primary School English Magazine 2020/2021

Bakhita is one of the most amazing books

I've ever read. It talks about a little girl in Africa.

The little girl lives in a small village and one night she gets kidnapped. She gets caught in the neverending cycle of slavery. The book made me think about how lucky we are to live in this time and this place. The book is very interesting and emotional. At one moment you are jumping because you're so happy the next moment you're crying. I would totally recommend it!

Lina Jager, 9a

Divergent by Veronica Roth is

a dystopian future where everyone is divided in factions: Amity, Candor, Dauntless, Erudite and Abnegation. Beatrice Prior is a 16-year-old. As all 16-year-olds do, she takes a test, which tells her in which faction she conforms to. But she is told that she doesn't conform to one faction, but into three-she is Divergent. And divergent is dangerous. Now, she has an important and very hard decision: she has to choose in which faction she wants to belong to for the rest of her life.

Beatrice was born and raised by Abnegations, so will she stay here? Or maybe she will choose another faction? The test definitely does not facilitate her decision. At the annual Choosing Ceremony, where the teens use their test results to pick the faction they want to join, things take another unexpected turn. Beatrice's brother Caleb chooses Erudites.

Beatrice dares to join the brave Dauntless after all. Even though that means she can never see her family again. She renames herself Tris and during the highly competitive initiation that follows, she finds time to fall in love with her instructor Four. But the pressure is on because those who don't make the grade in initiation will be banished to wander the streets as a "factionless caste". Meanwhile, the Erudite faction's leader

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is trying to overthrow the Abnegation government and determined to destroy anybody who opposes her. Tris must decide which of her choices bring the greater good for those she loves. Even if it means the end of her.

Karolina Neva Škulj, 9a

Face off is an action played by John Travolta and Nicholas Cage.

This is a story about a criminal and a detective.

The plot is very interesting – a detective and a criminal switched their faces and their lives. The movie has a lot of action and a lot of scenes are very dangerous The main characters are very good and brave Their fight makes the movie even more interesting.

The end of the movie is pretty unexpected.

Zala Šarec, 9a

Vesna is a very old Slovenian movie. It is

older than my parents. They think it is a lovely movie. I like it too, because it was very interesting. Three brothers Sandi, Samo and Krištof want to get questions for their Maths final exam and they decide to become friends with the professor's daughter. They don't know her name and they call her Vesna. They think she is another girl that is not so pretty. But when Samo meets the real daughter, she is very pretty and they fall in love. Her real name is Janja. When Janja finds out why Samo wanted to meet her, she is unhappy but in the end she forgives him.

Bojana Marinović, 7c

Oskar Kovačič Primary School English Magazine 2020/2021

Home alone – lost in New York.

Over the holidays we watched a lot of films and it's hard to choose one. I liked the most Home alone - lost in New York. We watch it nearly every year. It's talking about Kevin who went to the wrong plane and he came to New York. There he meets two cracks that he met before. It's really funny and interesting. I recommend it. Špela Košir, 7c

True Beauty

During the holidays I watched a Korean drama True beauty. The series is about a girl who goes to high school. She isn't very popular and is also bullied for her appearance. Because she really wants to 'fit in' she moves to another school and learns how to do make-up. At the other school she is one of the most popular girls and also helps others with their problems. Even though she changed a lot she still stays the same person as she was and is kind to everyone. I like this series because it presents a lot of problems people have to go through at this age. And it also shows that there are so many standards we have to follow to 'be pretty'. Ajda Vidic, 9a I also watched True beauty. It's about a girl with an ''ugly'' face and she is hiding it with makeup. She changes her school and there she meets new friends. No one on at her new school knows about her secret. She actually gets popular because of her appearance. She never changed just because of her looks (with make-up) but she just wanted to be pretty and accepted. I really liked this series, because it shows how are people who “don't fit in today's beauty standards” are really treated. We should all be accepted as we are

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because everyone is pretty in their own way and no one should set the standards.

Tajda Vidic, 9a

La Famille Belier A teenage girl with deaf parents and a younger brother discovers she has an amazing voice. As she's becoming a young woman her best friend is helping her, while she also likes a boy and then things get a little complicated. Her choir teacher is amazed by her voice, so he offers her an audition in Paris. But her parents are not ready to let her go. Will she be able to sing at the audition?

Zala Vrtačnik, 7d

What happened to Monday or Seven sisters is a 2017 science fiction action film. It's one of the best movies I have ever seen. It shows a world where each family is allowed to only have one child due to over-population. The movie is set in the year 2073. But Terrace Settman has 7 granddaughters that are all identical so he names them as the days of the week and raises them to be the same person; Karen Settman on their day. But one day one of them fails to return home and the government attacks their house. Next thing that happens is a search for their sister during which they find out many things about each other. I really enjoyed the movie so I really recommend it!

Ajla Hukanović, 9b

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I want to eat your pancreas

is a sad romance Japanese movie. The movie is about two friends, Haruki and Sakura who meet in a hospital where Haruki discovers Sakura’s illness. They become really good friends and they start spending a lot of time together going on trips. They also spend the New Year’s Eve together watching fireworks. They fall in love.

However, one day when they were supposed to meet in a coffee shop Sakura was murdered on her way there. Haruki was devastated and couldn’t even attend her funereal. After Sakura’s death Haruki was given her diary. In the diary it said how happy Haruki made her and how much she loved him.

Maja Kermc, 9d

The choice is an American drama film and one of my favourites. It was filmed at the suggestion of the author Nicholas Sparks. His book is also very interesting. The movie stars are Benjamin Walker and Teresa Palmer. The film is about two neighbours, Travis and Gabby who fall in love at their first meeting. Then one evening Gabby had a car accident. She fell into a coma and she couldn't breathe on her own. After a few months, doctors gave up and Travis had to make the biggest decision of his life. To fight or give up.

He decided to wait a little longer. Then Gabby woke up from a coma. The ending depicts a happy family one awesome American archipelago.

Tijana Simikić, 9c

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