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Here are the results!

The 4th S-Factor International Festival ended on 27th May 2021, with a final event but in a different way. Due to the current epidemiological situation, we put the event online and invited all participating schools, members of the jury and other spectators to join a ZOOM meeting. The event was viewed by around 500 spectators and was hosted by Robert Erjavec.

The results of the international video festival S-Factor 2021 are:

1st place – RAINBOW OF HOPE Elementary School Tretja OŠ Slovenj Gradec

2nd place – LET’S MAKE A RAINBOW Elementary School Milke Šobar – Nataše, Črnomelj

3rd place – WHEN THE RAIN KISSES THE SUN Elementary School Minke Namestnik Sonje,  s+Slovenska Bistrica

4th place, shared by YOUR COLORS Elementary School Voštarnica Zadar and SMILE OF THE COLOURS Elemetary School Dragotin Kette, Novo mesto

THE BEST VIDEO OF THE STUDENTS ‘CHOICE – RAINBOW OF HOPE Elementary School Tretja OŠ Slovenj Gradec

AWARDS presented BY THE JURY:

THE MOST INCLUSIVE VIDEO – YOUR COLORS Elementary School Voštarnica Zadar

THE MOST COLORFUL VIDEO – CHILDREN OF THE RAINBOW Elementary School Dr. Slavka Gruma Zagorje

THE MOST ARTISTIC VIDEO – FAVOURITE COLORS Special Educational Centre Janez Levec, Levstikov trg, Ljubljana

SPECIAL JURY AWARD for the video with the best message – A FAIRY TALE ABOUT RAINBOW PEOPLE Elementary School Stanka Vraza, Ormož

Congratulations to all the winners!

INTERNATIONAL ONLINE CONSULTATION OF MENTORS FOR THE S-FACTOR PROJECT

On Thursday, January 28, 2021, Elementary School Milke Šobar Nataše Črnomelj organized an introductory consultation for school mentors that will participate in the S-Factor 2021 International Video Festival. 30 mentors from five countries (Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Austria and Great Britain) were briefed with the project in which schools produce short music videos. In the videos, students with special needs, with the cooperation of regular schools and kindergartens, perform and co-create them. A special guest, Paul Oxborough, a longtime collaborator an organizer of the S-Factor event in England, introduced us to the positive impact of the festival on participating students, teachers, volunteers, their personal growth and even their professional decisions. Lecture by Vojko Veršnik, music teacher at III. Slovenj Gradec Primary School and mentor of all previous winning videos educated us about simple and practical approaches to making videos and musical background as well as ways of including all students, regardless of their ability and disability, in the video. During the exchange of opinions and experiences of participating mentors if was confirmed that participation in such a project has an extremely positive impact on students and on life and work of schools. As all students, both those with special needs and regular primary school students can hardly wait every year to be involved in the making of the video. They also love to watch all the videos several time and time again- this was especially true during online schooling. Through many years of cooperation in S-Factor, the mentors gained new knowledge and experience in terms of students’ participation in various stages of the video production. This knowledge has proven to be valuable during the pandemic and online schooling. Through cooperation with other institutions, schools have also become more recognizable in their environment and have been presented on local and national TV programs. Among other things, some videos were shown at the annual charity Miklavž concert on Slovene national television RTV SLO. One of the main goals of S-Factor, to spread the inclusion of people with disabilities through the production and display of videos, is thus achieved.

We concluded the consultation full of inspiration and examples of good practices, which we will certainly use in our further work. We are thankful for the praise of the mentors for the excellent organization of all previous S-Factors that took place.

You can watch videos of the previous S-Factor on the website of the Milke Šobar – Nataše Elementary School and you too will become an ambassador for inclusion of people with special needs.

Presentation of Milke Šobar-Nataše Inclusion Projects at an Internatinal Conference in Belgrade (Serbia)

At an International Conferences »Obrazovanje i socijalna zaštita dece i mladih iz socijalno osetljivih grupa« held last weekend in Belgrade, Matjaž Barič presented the school’s international inclusive projects (Video S-factor, Play with me, Video Inclusion, International Badminton Championships, Center for Professional AI, PDU Project…). During the presentation there was a lot of interests for cooperating with our school and excitement over the school’s cooperation with the regions primary schools in high school. We hope that we will continue to be so successful in our future projects.

 

Au revoir France, hello Slovenia!

On 22 November 2019, in the vicinity of Toulouse, France, an international project Erasmus + Dance Your Ability came to an end. Elementary School Milke Šobar – Nataše Črnomelj and schools from 8 other countries participated in an 11 daylong conference, in which the participants tried out different methods of dance therapy and learned the theory behind of all the different techniques. They also got to know the dishes, the dance culture of the participating country and the organizations they represent. Spending time and socializing with a blind participant and her guide dog gave everyone present an insight into the lives of the blind and the ways they adapt to an unfamiliar environment. During the conference a number of genuine friendships formed that we hope will further be upgraded with new international projects and student exchange.

Badminton National Championship

On Thursday, November 7, 2019, our school organized a national badminton championship for elementary schools for children with special needs for the tenth consecutive year. The competition took place at the sports halls of the High School Črnomelj. It was attended by 26 competitors from nine Slovenian elementary schools. The opening ceremony started with the Slovenian national anthem sung by one of our students, Roberta Hudak. The programme also included a number from the school choir and a vocal group DEVOJKE, composed of our school’s teachers. The head teacher of Milka Šobar Elementary School – Nataše, Matjaž Barič and deputy mayor of the municipality, Dubravko Cengija, welcomed everybody and officially opened the competition.

Results:

  1. Edonis Kabashi (Center Janeza Levca – OŠ Levstikov trg)
  2. Antonio Trajanovski (CUEV Strunjan)
  3. Bleron Berisha (CVIU Velenje)

Team results:

  1. CUEV Strunjan
  2. CVIU Velenje
  3. Center Janeza Levca

In parallel with the national competition, we also organized a traditional international competition, attended by schools from Tuzla (BiH), Niš (Serbia), Kotor (Montenegro), Varaždin (Croatia) and our school.

Results:
1. Resursni centar za sluh i govor – Kotor
2. Specialna škola sa domom učenika “Bubanj” – Niš
3. Centar za odgoj i obrazovanje Tomislav Špoljar – Varaždin

 

Medals, trophies in practical awards were presented by a representative of the Sport Institute of the Republic of Slovenia, Mr. Boštjan Vintar

In addition, a special thank you to the sponsors in the donors who helped us execute the contest:

Krka, d. d., Novo mesto, A-SPRINT d.o.o., Kmečka hiša Bahor, RIC Bela Krajina, EKO-TERA, TERME KRKA, d. o. o., Novo mesto