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What's school life like through our students' eyes? Take a look at their writing and discover what they enjoy most about school, their favourite subjects and the things that make their school days special.
By K.M. · Student Writing
My school is in Videm, near Ptuj in northeastern Slovenia. In our school, there are 320 students in Videm, and 477 students in Videm, Sela, and Leskovec. Sela and Leskovec are branch schools. There are around 50–60 teachers. We don’t have a uniform. We study geography, design and technology, English, maths, PE, Slovenian, history, science, art, music, and citizenship.
We start school at 8:20 am and finish at 1:00 pm. I have lunch at school. There are lots of different sports and clubs after school. I really like the school radio at my school because it always plays great music. Every month, a student tells us what happened at school during the last month.
My favourite day of the school week is Friday because it is the last day of the school week. I have citizenship, maths, Slovenian, science, and history. After lunch, I go home, study, and do my homework. I have music school at 5:00 pm. In the evening, I normally read or watch movies. I love that we don’t have a lot of homework on Fridays because I can finally relax.
By N.D. · Student Writing
My school is in Videm at Ptuju. There are 320 students, and 60 teachers. In my school we don’t wear uniforms, but we aren’t allowed to wear shoes. Some days my school starts at 8.20 am or at 7.30 am, it’s different for each grade. On Mondays my school starts at 8.20 am, on Tuesdays my school also start at 8.20 am, and on Wednesdays too. But on Thursdays I start school at 7.30 am, on Fridays too. I finish school at 2pm.
In 7th grade we learn maths, Slovene, English, history, science, design and technology, art, PE, German, geography and music. My favourite subject is art, because I like drawing. My least favourite subject is design and technology, because it’s too hard for me to understand. We have a break at quarter past ten, but before break we always go outside on a fresh air.
My favourite school day is Wednesday because on Wednesdays I have art, and I start school at 8.20 am so I get more sleep. On Wednesdays we also don’t have maths or geography which I don’t like. On Wednesdays I have double lessons, one week it’s music one it’s art and German too. Before going home some students have lunch and after lunch we go home.
After school I go home on foot, when I come home I first shower, then eat something and do my homework. When I’m done I pack my schoolbag and often draw or play with my brother. In my free time I love decorating my room. In the evening I usually watch movies with my mom then go to sleep. I like when we have homework but I don’t like when we have a lot of it.
By L.O. · Student Writing
Our school is in Videm near Ptuj. There are 300 students in central school and 477 students in central and two other smaller schools. We have around 50 teachers. In our school we don’t wear uniforms. We study English, Slovenian, geography, history, music, art, citizenship, PE, ICT, design and technology and science. We usually start school at half past seven and finish at one o'clock. Some students have lunch in school and some at home.
My favourite school day of week is Wednesday because on that day I have art which is my favourite subject. On Wednesdays I have 5 lessons: English, science, Slovenian and double lesson of art. I have lunch at one o’clock in school and after that I go home by bus. When I come home, I usually do my homework and go for a walk.
In our school we have a new big playground where we can play volleyball, football, basketball and do other sports. I like my school because it is big and it has good teachers. I would like them to add subject where we can learn about our feelings.
By A.L. · Student Writing
Our school is in Videm. There are 320 students in our school, but including Leskovec and Sela there are 477 students in total. There are 50 teachers at our school. We don’t have school uniforms. I like that we don’t have to wear them, because you can wear the clothes you feel comfortable in.
We study maths, Slovenian, English, geography, design and technology, PE, history, science, art, citizenship and music. Our school starts at half past seven or twenty past eight. It ends at one pm, ten to two or five to three. Our lunch break is 20 minutes long, between the 7th and 8th hour. If school ends early we can have lunch sooner. I have a sports club during the 8th hour on Fridays. What I like most about my school is that we have a big playground.
My favourite school day is Friday, because I have a sports club. In the morning I have a class meeting, citizenship, maths, Slovenian, science, history and then sports club. After lunch I have religious education. I don’t have any other after- school activities on Friday, because I have handball and music school from Monday through Thursday. On Fridays I don’t usually have a lot of homework.