Slovenia
Sladki Vrh
Primary School Sladki Vrh
Primary School Sladki Vrh
SLOVENIA
Slovenia
is a relatively small country in area, half the size of Switzerland for
example, tucked into a mountainous corner between Austria, Italy, Hungary,
Croatia, and the Adriatic Sea. Slovenia was a part of Yugoslavia when in
the year 1991 declared its independence. Slovenia is embraced by the
majestic Alps with their glacial valleys, rivers, and lakes, plenty of
forests, mysterious karst caves and last but not least the warm Adriatic.
Just a step away you can admire beautiful vineyards and miraculous taste
of Slovene wines.The contrast of Slovenia's landscape and its diversity lies all within the country's 20,256 square kilometers. About fifty kilometers from the capital, Ljubljana, are the Julian Alps,
where the highest mountain Triglav shines in all its beauty. Other major
cities are Maribor, Celje and Koper, the port of Slovenia.Slovenia's population of two million is an integrated society. Nearly 90 percent are Slovene and about 10 percent are Italian, Hungarian, or nationalities from the former Yugoslav republics. Most Slovenes speak English, German, or Italian as their second language.
SLADKI VRH
Sladki
Vrh is a pleasant and peaceful settlement in the north of Slovenia
situated by the river Mura, which is the natural border between Slovenia
and Austria. The river is also well known by its Float on Mura which can
take you across the river to Austria.The number of inhabitants in this area reaches over 1000. Maribor, the second biggest city in Slovenia is 25 km away while the major crossing border Sentilj is only 7 km away from Sladki Vrh.
In the past, Sladki Vrh, consisted of only few farms and vinedresser's cottages. With the establishment of the industrial economy in the area the settlement began to grow in all its diversity and beauty. Nowadays, Sladki Vrh is the centre of the area with its renovated Primary School, House of Culture, a bus station, a post office, shops, etc. Near the school lies a modern sports park where everyone can fulfil their own wishes for active spending of free time.
Sladki Vrh is surrounded by several vineyards, orchards and farms. In the vicinity of Sladki Vrh there are picturesque villages Zgornja Velka and Vranji Vrh.
PRIMARY SCHOOL SLADKI VRH
We
were one of the first schools in Slovenia where the nine-year educational
system was successfully implemented into curriculum. There are 340 pupils
who attend our school, where kindergarten is also the part of it. The
lessons are implemented in buildings:- Sladki Vrh
- Vranji Vrh
- Zgornja Velka - branch of the School Sladki Vrh
BRANCH OF SCHOOL - ZGORNJA VELKA
Velka is a settlement near Sladki Vrh. School process in Velka is enriched with several activities which are carries out by many pupils.
Activities include:
- Choir
- Puppeteers
- Athletes
- Folklore
KEY PROJECTS
- Eco School
- European Village
- Hurray - It's free time
- Early Studying of the Foreign Language
- European Portfolio of Languages
- Flexible Timetable Schedule
- Solving specific educational difficulties in reading, writing and calculating
COMENIUS
In the school year 2006/2007 we begin with the new Comenius project addressed as 'Our Square Mile', where great expectations take place regarding the variety of work, research activities and students' exchanging programme. In the project will participate pupils from the 6th - 8th grade.
BORDER CO-OPERATION
Since
the membership in the E.U. our School has been co-operating with five
neighbouring schools in Austria, having meetings on several sports and
cultural occasions. Together we organize the days of Natural Science and
implement the programme for the 10-year-old students who participate on
three-day gathering in Graz, while the first and second class spend busy
morning in the classrooms in Slovenia as well as in Austria. Co-operation
is therefore welcome and significant on behalf of learning foreign
languages as well as making new friendships between the students and
headmasters.INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN'S GAMES
Primary School Sladki Vrh joined the Slovene Students' Association, which is a part of worldwide children's movement or so-called International Children's Games (ICG). Our students participate on National sports games every year. This year the games will be hosted by the municipality Sentilj. The games will be held on 25 May 2007 in the sports hall and sports park in Sladki Vrh.
Within the ICG movement we have already represented our municipality Sentilj in Greece (Patras), the United States (Cleveland) and in Thailand (Bangkok).
This year's host is Iceland.
Contact information about Primary School Sladki Vrh - Slovenia
Sladki Vrh 8a
2214 Sladki Vrh
Slovenia
Tel.: +386 2 645 57 50
Fax.: +386 2 645 57 60
Internet: http://www.os-sladki-vrh.com
E-mail: info@os-sladki-vrh.com