In Novi Sad, from 9th till 12th February 2017, the International Congress of social and special educators, speech therapists and surdopedagogy took place. The Congress was organized by the Society of Defectologists and Faculty of Special Education and Rehabilitation, University of Belgrade. The event was attended by professional workers from Italy, England, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Macedonia, Croatia, Serbia and Slovenia.

More than one hundred experts in the field of special education has prepared lectures, workshops and short presentations, where we learned about the innovations in the field of special education, supported with examples of good practice.

We have also actively participated with two contributions. The school’s head teacher, Matjaž Barič, introduced the international film project Video S-Factor, which is organized by our school. In addition, our teacher Dijana Brinac, presented the Prader-Williy Syndrome.

We have made a number of new acquaintances and friendships with the hope of cooperation and participation in joint international projects for the future.

Matjaž Barič

On Tuesday, 7th February2017, the school was delighted to get an invitation from the Elementary School Loka, to see a wonderful performance the Sleepy Little Star.  The story was carried out by fourth grades under the mentor Helena Šikonja, their teacher.

Back in the school, we had a short programme at which each class had to interpret the Slovenian national anthem and perform at the so-called ‘Preseren stage’. The acts were original and beautiful. The best two acts were; a song performed by our teachers and a newly formed music group ¨Milka¨ by the students. The jury has closely followed the performers and at the end of the show selected the best.

On Friday, 20^th January 2017, participants in this international project Video S-Factor met in Črnomelj. For the second year in a row, the event will be organized by the Elementary School Milke Šobar – Nataše.
Project Video S-Factor in 2017 is based on presenting abilities and creativities of persons with disabilities to the general public through various videos. The project joins 14 Slovenian schools with special curriculum and 6 schools for children with special needs from five foreign countries.
The common theme of all the videos this year is water. In addition to students with special needs, pupils from regular elementary schools will also participate in the project this year.
After seeing and learning about our school, the 25 mentors from Slovenia and Croatia received detailed information about the progress of the project. The ‘presentation was then followed by a workshop in which they learned the basic rules of filming and preparations for recording short videos. Participants at the gathering exchanged experiences from working with children with special needs, compared education systems of Slovenia and Croatia, and made new acquaintances and friendships.
Videos that will be filmed during the project will be presented to the public in early May 2017. The project will be completed on 18^th May 2017, with the final event and the announcement of the results for the best videos in KC Semič. The event will be held in association with the International Festival Play With Me, where visitors of all generations could enjoy in various creative workshops as well as socialize with children with special needs.

Last year event:
https://youtu.be/wFGVNAsz-20

On our website you can also view all the videos, created in the last year’s project Video S-Factor.
http://www.osmsn.si/projekt-video-s-factor-2016/

On Thursday, 12th of January, the school organized a sports day with activities on the snow. In the morning, we drove to the skiing Centre Gače. The bravest children went skiing. We borrowed the skis from the Elementary School Miran Jarca. This year we got the tickets for free. For some of the children who wore ski boots and skis for the first time, this was a special event. Children as well as teachers also enjoyed sledging and throwing snowballs.

On Friday, the 23rd of December 2016, the school got an unexpected visit from Father Christmas.

The was a special letter waiting for us at the school’s hall, sent by Father Christmas. In the letter he scorned the students a bit, telling them to behave nicer and he also congratulated the teacher for their exceptional work. Later the students and teacher played some competitive games.

Father Christmas also brought letters and cards from students of Elementary School Ljuba Šercer in Kočevje and he gave away ‘sweet’ presents to all the students. In return the students sang some Christmas songs. The head teacher, Mr Matjaž Barič, warned the student of the dangers in using pyrotechnic devices and wished them all a happy new year.

We then danced some more, talked and finally said goodbye wishing everybody happy holidays.

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