Students and teachers of Milka Šobar – Nataše Elementary School have celebrated this day. More than 600 participants from all over Slovenia and abroad, have gathered in the Cultural Centre in Semič.

Within the festival “Play with me”, students with disabilities, students of regular primary schools and kindergartens, seniors and volunteers of all generations, socialized in creative and sports workshops. The hall, in which  short videos on the topic of “water” played, offered an escape from the hot sunshine and crowd. The videos were created by students and teachers of primary schools with special curriculum from Slovenia and abroad in the international project Milka Šobar-Nataše Video S- Factor 2017.  This year as much as 13 Slovenian and 6 foreign schools participated with their work.

At the final ceremony, the finalists were announced and awarded with prizes. The winner in the Slovenian category is for the second consecutive year Tretja OŠ Slovenj Gradec with the video “Be different.” The winner in the international category is “Voštarnica” from Zadar and their video “Colors of water”. Among the best videos our “Mill”, shared third place with the Dragotin Kette video “The drop on its way”.

For the organization and execution of the Festival Play with me, and the final event Video S-Factor in 2017 were wish to thank: Association of Pensioners Semič, Marija Kuzma, Archery Club Paradox Črnomelj, Multigenerational Center Marela – House of Fruits Metlika, Cultural Society of Inclusion, Voluntary Fire Brigade Črnomelj, KBS, RIC Črnomelj, Semič TIC, KC Semič, Semič Elementary School, MC BIT Črnomelj and other volunteers from Bela krajina and abroad.

The event was financially and material supported by: Tina & Co. Ltd., the Company for Sport, Tourism and Recreation, GVO, Construction and Maintenance of Telecommunication Networks, Pharmacy Vrščaj, Krka d.d., the Municipality of Semič, KZ Metlika, Electrical Installation Vranič, Cleaning Service Marija Severinski, OMV Črnomelj and Bar Odeon, Figura – Ms Production, Trade and Services, Insurance Representation Težak Marko, Installation and Other Services Peter Videtič, Expres Service Vardič Stipo, Graphic Services Robert Glazer, A-SPRINT d.o.o.

Our sincere thanks and congratulations to all the participants as you have once more demonstrated to have the real S-Factor!

Vlasta Lah, Nina Aupič

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On Tuesday, 25^th April 2017, the school hosted a marathon of events associated with the book, stories and reading.

8th and 9th grade students visited Karlovac, a town in Croatia, where we, with our partner school COODM Karlovac, and the project Branje ne pozna meja/Čitanje ne poznaje granice, brought this international reading project to its end. Throughout the school year the students got to know the works of Slovenian and Croatian authors. We were warmly welcomed and was ask to participated in interactive workshops on Slovenian picture books. Instructive and interesting was the visit of the City Library in Karlovac. We finished the day with a walk along the river Korana and Aquatiki aquarium.

Afternoon activities at school for other students started early in the afternoon. First the students prepared rooms in which they will be sleeping, and then they visited the General Library of Črnomelj and participated in the dinner preparation. In the reading and creative part of the day, we read and talked about Martin Krpan story with visitors, who also took part in three different workshops (creative art, multi-sensory listening and reading room). In the evening students acted out a short story and listened to an interview with a singer of folk music Urško Klobučar, hosted by Ajda Skrbinšek.

On this occasion, 13 students spent the night at the school. Hopefully they dreamt about the wonderful events of the day, after they read a page or two from their favorite book.

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On Friday, 21^st April, a charity concert “Let’s Come Together for Children of Bela Krajina Special Needs Kindergarten Department.” In the crowded hall of the Cultural Center Črnomelj, the crowd enjoyed in the program held by various Bela krajina kindergartens. The pleasant atmosphere was created with the help from the school’s choir singers with the song Cat on the Piano.

In the school year 2016/2017 we are participating, with students and librarian Mass Luteršmit from Elementary School Ljuba Šercerja in Kočevje, in a school project I’m reading, the two of us are reading, we’re reading. The project aim is to raise literacy. The students are corresponding by sending a letter four times a year, with a story, a picture, a song etc., which bring joy to the students of each class.

On Wednesday, 12^th April 2017, our 8th and 9th class student were visiting Kočevje to complete the project. We were hospitably greeted and welcomed at the school gym. After the headmistress Mrs. Jožica Pečnik speech, the project manager, Maša Luteršmit, summed up the projects activities. She joined the best moments in a short video, which was followed by an instrumental play.

After we were pleased to meet and socialize in the school library, where we also prepared a short programme for them. We have proven that stories and songs bring people together. We believe this is also true for letters – when a postal worker delivers a letter, not to anyone, but exactly for you.

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