Froggy 2022

Dear reader,

You are looking at the 9th edition of Froggy. In this issue our students wrote about friendship, life in Slovenia, trips around Slovenia, holidays abroad and their ideal world. They gave advice to new students, wrote some ghost stories and biographies.

Enjoy reading it!

Petra Kajzer editor in chief

Slovenia is a country in Central Europe that borders Italy, Austria, Hungary and Croatia. Its population is around 2 million people. The capital of Slovenia is Ljubljana, home to 300,000 people. The second largest city is Maribor.

Triglav, located in the northwest, is the highest mountain in Slovenia, while the largest lake is Cerkniško jezero.

Traditional Slovenian dishes are Kranjska klobasa, Idrijski žlikrofi and Prekmurska gibanica. Famous Slovenians include Jurij Vega, a mathematician; Primož Trubar, the author of the first book in our language; France Prešern, a poet and the author of the Slovenian national anthem; Ivan Cankar, a writer and many others. In Slovenia, school starts around half past eight and finishes at around one o’clock. We usually have a snack in the morning and a lunch break before we go home. Our lessons are 45 minutes long and there is a 5-minute break after every one. Most of my schoolmates do sport in their free time. I do table tennis around 3 times a week. Popular sports in Slovenia are football, cycling, walking and running. At the weekend, people in Slovenia like spending time with their relatives, usually inviting them to a family lunch or dinner. I think Slovenia is a nice country to live in and I enjoy doing so.

Niko Habinc

My name’s Zala Silič. I’m a student at Oskar Kovačič primary school. I live here in Ljubljana. I go to school by bike, every day. In our free time, sometimes, me and my dad go to Portorož to go sailing on our sail-boat. I love the sea, but I find it a bit scary when it gets all dark and you can’t even see your feet. I also like to go horse riding every week. It’s a bit stressful but I can manage it. Me and my family also love exploring our beautiful country, Slovenia.

Zala Silič

My name's Lana. I live in Slovenia and I go to school in Ljubljana. We don't wear uniforms at school. In my free time I like to draw. I like playing video games and texting with my best friend. I listen to music every day because I really like it.

Lana Pesrl

My name is Lan. I live in Slovenia, in the capital city Ljubljana. I’ve got some friends near my home. And I’ve got a few somewhere else in Slovenia. In my free time I play with my friends and sometimes I play video games. I train gymnastics and I like this sport very much. I like playing basketball, football and many other sports. I like Slovenia, because it is a beautiful country.

Lan Bricelj

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

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The Climate Crisis

by Matic Bobek

The climate crisis has become a serious problem to humankind. We have been ignoring this problem for years and now we are at the possible extinction of every animal species on this planet and the possible extinction of humankind. We are burning to much fossil fuels there are people, children giving up their education to protest against Global warming. The ice in Antarctica is melting, 200 hundred species are going extinct every single day, but there is still hope. A simple thing can save the planet, and it is a tree. A tree can build itself, it sucks carbon out of the air and locks it away and in return it gives us oxygenthat is vital for every living organism on this planet. Wespend 1000 timesmoreonglobal fossilfuelsubsidiesthanonnaturalsolutions.NaturalClimate Solutions getway less moneythanthe money usedon tracking climate breakdown. Wemust protect tropical forests. Wecanhelpnature regenerate back to its former condition.

Despite other things, I often remember my dreams, sometimes I write them down to turn them into a drawings or paintings. For example, last night I was dreaming about living on some sandy planet. I was some special astronaut, who was sent to this planet all alone to make some researches. I was very excited, but when I came there, I knew something was very wrong, I had that feeling of being watched. I was definitely not alone. I decided to find out who lived there, and found a family of giant underground worms. I almost got eaten, but luckily escaped. But when I was trying to escape the planet with my rocket, it broke down and was destroyed. Later, I built some kind of a space-house with the remains of the spaceship. After being done, I fell asleep and then woke up in real life. The experience was terrifying and exciting at the same time.

Zala Tomažin

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I had a really interesting dream last night. It was like every other morning. I got ready for school, brushed my teeth and ate my breakfast. The clock was 8:10 so I was in a hurry. In the bicycle shed I was watching my phone and I was playing games, then I realised that my phone had 0% battery and it shut down. I was so scared because when I checked my phone in the morning it had 100%. I unlocked my bike and rushed to school. But as soon as I left my bicycle shed it was night time. I was very confused so I checked my watch and it was really night time, it was midnight. I thought I was on my phone for 14 hours. I went back in the bicycle shed and locked my bike. When I got upstairs and unlocked my flat, I was expecting my mom angry and screaming at me where I was, but nobody was there, like it was abandoned. I was scared what happened to them. I called my mom and heard phone ringing in the closet as I approached the closet it felt colder and colder. As I was about to open the closet my alarm clock set off and I woke up. I realised that it was all a dream.

Bobek

Matic

Liamand hisfriendsdecidedtovisitacreepyoldchurch.ItwasHalloween at midnight. They didn't believe in ghosts and haunted places. They just went there, made some selfies and were on the way back out, when they heard a strange noise, which seemed like a woman screaming. All of his friends ran away, but Liam couldn't leave. Like something was forcing him to take a look of what was happening. His flashlight stopped working, and he was left alone in the dark. Something pushed him to the ground, he hit floor and broke his nose. He felt his blood running down his face and clothes. He started to feel dizzy and soon lost his conscious. He woke up outside the church and went straight home. Later they did some research and found out the church had actually been haunted for centuries, since some witch was killed there. Her ghost is still in a tomb under the altar and that's the reason they heard a woman screaming, but they still couldn't explain what pushed Liam. They decided to never ever go there again.

Zala Tomažin

I’ve never seen a ghost. But my sister has. She said that it happened when she came home from school. She was standing in the yard when she looked out of our dead grandmother’s balcony. She saw her reflection in the window. She was traumatized.

Galja Petrovič

It was eleven o’clock at night. I was at my grandparents’ house. I was in the living room watching TV. Suddenly I saw a strange woman in the kitchen. I could tell that she was smiling from a distance. She had a long black dress, grey eyes and her face was very pale. I was scared. I screamed and the ghost magically disappeared.

Ema Lenai Zajc

It was in the middle of the night when I was drawing in my room. A couple of minutes later I heard knocking on my front door. At first, I thought it was just my imagination. Out of nowhere it started to bang on the door. I was so scared to look through the peephole but when I did, I was terrified. It had a goat's head on a human body and it wielded an axe. It was an old failed science experiment. It was 8 feet tall.

Lan Cener