A weekend in Ljubljana

You can get to Ljubljana by car, by train or by plane. If you chose to arrive by plane you have to take a taxi or a shuttle to the city centre. You aren’t allowed to drive in the city centre which means you have to rent a bike, walk or use a Kavalir to get around. Kavalirs are narrow but relatively long electric vehicles with a driver. Their name comes from the Slovene word “kavalir”, which translates to “gentleman” in English.

There are many attractions in the center of Ljubljana, Slovenia’s largest city and its capital. One of the ways you can plan your tour through the city is to start by seeing the town hall. After that you can walk to Tromostovje and see one of the most famous works of the famous Slovene architect Jože Plečnik while being a step away from the statue of France Prešeren, who authored the Slovene national anthem and the red-ish Franciscan Church of the

Annunciation. If you wish to explore the history of Ljubljana, you can continue your tour by heading towards the City Museum of Ljubljana. On your way there you will notice the interesting architecture of the National and University Library, designed by Jože Plečnik. Apart from seeing the City Museum of Ljubljana you can also see the Križanke Outdoor Theatre, another example of Plečnik’s architecture, very near the museum. However, there is another way to continue your tour through Ljubljana. You can head back towards the town hall and continue your path towards the statue of Valentin Vodnik, a famous Slovene poet. Apart from seeing his statue you can also see Saint Nicholas’ Church and Central Market. If you wish, you can also visit the Ljubljana Castle by the funicular railway whose entrance isn’t far away. However, for those feeling sporty, there are also paths that take you to the castle by foot.

After completing your city tour you can also visit the National Gallery or Tivoli, a nearby park.

I think you should visit Ljubljana because it’s a nice and friendly city.Ifyoudoso,Ihopeyouenjoy your visit!

Niko Habinc

If you want to go on a trip fromLjubljanatoKranjska Gora, it’ll take you about an hour. There aren’t many shops because people mostly come there to see nature’s beauty. If you want to learn more about Josip Vandot, Liznjekova homestead is the place for you. You can see where Josip Vandot lived. He was a Slovenian youth writer and his famous work is Kekec. Liznjekova homestead was built in the second half of the 17th century.

My family and I like to visit lake Jasna. In the summer you can sit outside the café and order cold drinks and you enjoy the beautiful view of the Julian Alps. In the winter lake Jasna freezes and you can go ice skating on it. Kranjska

Gora is a place where you have everything at your fingertips and you’re never bored.

Ema Lenai Zajc

For the last fortnight my family and I were travelling through Portugal, from the very south to the north. Everything we saw or did was wonderful, but I decided to write about Lisbon. The capital of Portugal is located in west of the country, on the banks of the river Tejo. The apartment where we stayed was in centre of the city, which was very useful because we were able to feel the life on the colourful streets. The other day we took the famous tram number 28, which drove us through the narrow streets between tall buildings, covered with beautiful ceramic tiles, giving the city even more charm. We visited many monuments, such as The Tower of Belem and simultaneously tried the famous dessert, Pasteis de Belem. Nearby, we visited the Modern Art Museum and saw many interesting artworks, and later the Jeronimos Monastery with the skilfully designed inner courtyard. One evening, we had our dinner at the restaurant down the street, and experienced fado, which is traditional Portuguese music. There were singers, a man and a woman, and two men playing the guitar andaspecial fadoguitar.Theeventwasunforgettablewithdeliciousfood and special atmosphere. If we would have wanted to see the real city life, we should have stayed in Lisbon longer, but we stayed there just long enough to see how kind the people are, andhowtheoldcity streets reflect their beauty through them. I definitely plan to visit Lisbon again and would love staying there longer to experience its true magical charm.

Zala Tomažin

Position

Brazil is a country in South America. It is so big that it is occupying half of it! It is the most populated country there too. Brazil is bordered by every country on the continent except for Ecuador and Chile. It is the fifth largest country in the world. The largest city in Brazil is São Paulo.

People

More than 200M people live in Brazil In Brazil people speak Portuguese. People in Brazil love carnivals. Most carnivals take place in Rio de Janeiro. In Brazil the mostpopular sport is football.

In Brazil we can see a lot of nature like the Amazon river. The Amazon river is the longest river in the world. In Brazil we can see the rainforest. Rainforests cover about 6% of the Earth's land surface. The Amazon rainforest in South America is so big that if it were a country, it would be the ninth biggest in the world. Some of the pine trees can live for entire 2,000 years!

Animals

There are a lot of animals in Brazil, like the toucan with a long colorful beak or the anteater with a long tongue that is so sticky so it can easily eat ants from an anthill!

Guiana Highlands

In the far North, the Guiana Highlands are a rugged, lush landscape of hidden valleys, steep cliffs, and scenic waterfalls.

Moving to another school can sometimes be very stressful. But new students are always welcome at our school. Here’s some advice from our students:

➢ You'll make some good friends, don't worry. You'll probably be nervous but your classmates will help you. You'll love the school and the time will fly.

Kim Katarina Kilar

➢ You’ll probably be nervous at first, but don’t worry. You’ll like most of the students and the teachers. You won’t get lost, because everyone will help you. You’ll make a lot of new friends. You won’t know the students’ and the teachers’ names, but you’ll soon learn them.

Ema Lenai Zajc

➢ You'll probably be nervous at first but don't worry. Our school is small so you won't get lost.

Tian Kuhar

➢ Welcome to our school! The teachers here are really friendly. The food in the canteen is very good. You’ll like this school. I’ll help you. Everything will be fine. It won’t be as hard as you think. It’ll be easy. You’ll be fine.

Jurij Omejc

We can be happier if we are optimistic. Dr Wiseman suggests that we need to be ready to change, be happy to try new things, learn from our mistakes and don’t be afraid to say that we are wrong. I think he is right. I am optimistic and I’ll be happy for the rest of my life.

Jurij Omejc

Dr Wiseman gave us very good suggestions how we can all be optimistic and change our lives, but I think we should care less about what people say, because life isn’t a problem to be solved but reality to be experienced and when life gives you a hundred reasons to break down and cry, show it a million reasons to smile and laugh. Live life to the fullest every day, because you never know what day will be our last.

Ema Lenai Zajc

We can be happier if we work hard and think positive. Dr Wiseman suggests that lucky people have an optimistic life and unlucky people have a pessimistic life. I think he's right. I think I'm sometimes optimistic and sometimes pessimistic.

Kim Katarina Kilar

Students were asked to think about their ideal world. Here’s what they told us:

❖ My ideal world is when I can play football for the whole day and not worry about problems. So, I can focus on my dreams.

Tim Kranjc

❖ In my ideal world, there would be no school, no homework and no learning. There would be just fun with friends and a lot of sport. There would be no war, no Corona and no problems. Everyone would be happy in my ideal world.

Zala Podvršič

❖ In my ideal world, there would be no homework, and more free time in school. There would be fewer traffic jams and no more wars. In my ideal world there would be more love. And more holiday too.

Ilhana Harčević

❖ In my ideal world there wouldn’t be any learning and schools. There would be only sports like swimming, beach volley, football, etc and of course a lot of food.

Aljaž Tomec

❖ No homework, free ice cream, ∞ money, Liverpool (FCL) doesn’t exist, Messi plays for FC Barcelona, Ronaldo plays for Real Madrid, five hours of sport at school every two days.

Matic Bobek

❖ In my ideal world there would be no crime and no violence. Countries wouldn’t argue and there would be no wars or violence to different people. There would be more holidays and less grading. I don’t mind having homework because I don’t do it anyway. There would be at least six months of school and six months of holidays. There would be more freedom and less racism. We would finally get to further planets and would be able to live there.

Benjamin Sadar

❖ My ideal world is the one that has equal rights for every person no matter the race nor the appearance. Everyone deserves an equal shot at life.

Marko Lenart

❖ In my ideal world, there would be more free time and more holidays. Therewouldbe no more traffic jams and less crime. There would be less homework and marks and more freedom. There wouldn’t be any wars or any quarrels. There would be more love and friendships between people.

Tija Saje

❖ My ideal world is a world where you would be paid for playing any game. Pity system in genshin would be better. Sasuke and Naruto would be canon. There would be a new season of every anime I watched. Full metal alchemist 2003 would be less hated. Homework wouldn’t exist. Iwouldbethequeen ofthewhole world. I would have my own slaves. You wouldn’t gain weight of overeating or get sick of eating bad food. Sand would be nourishing.

Klara Kolenc

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In my ideal world school would start later in the morning, maybe at 9 or 10 am and there would be no homework. The holidays would be longer and there would be more free time. There would be no wars, hunger or poverty. I would be living my best life.

Zala Tomažin

❖ In my ideal world I would be a millionaire and there wouldn’t be any diseases and I would be the luckiest person alive.

Matic Tkalčič

❖ In my ideal world there would be less homework, more cars, no traffic jams, more holidays, more free time, no wars and more freedom.

Job Švigelj

❖ In my ideal world there would be no homework, no exams, more freedom, more holidays, more free time, no wars and less noise.

Mark Saje

❖ In my ideal world there would be no traffic jams, more cars, more free time, fewer grades and fewer people.

Jaka Lamovšek

I don’t know if I would do that. That’s something where you get off the phone for a couple of weeks to clear your mind. But I’m not on the phone a lot either way, because I don’t have time. I sometimes chat with my friend when I find the time to do it. I don’t know how I could be without my phone because that is how I chat with my friends, phone them and do a lot of other things. You can be off your computer or television, too. But I think it’s the same. If you don’t spend a lot of time using your computer or watching TV, you don’t need to clear your mind. But in case you do, I recommend getting off your computer or TV for a couple of weeks. Take time to study, read, do some sport and clear your mind.

Zala Podvršič

I think that digital detox is a great concept, but I think it can be hard to achieve it with humanity’s dependence on mobile devices. And computers being in almost every job are making it hard for people who are trying to digitally detox. I find it almost impossible to detox when almost everything is in digital form, now, for example, you might be reading this on your computer.

Marko Lenart