Year 2015-16, Issue 2 The sky is the limit Special edition: NORWAY The Sky is the Limit BC Naklo – Secondary School Newsletter Glasilo BC Naklo – Srednja šola Strahinj 99, 4202 Naklo Editorial Board/Uredniški odbor: Mojca Habjan Manca Jerala Katarina Meglič Zala Šturm Mentor/Mentorica: Irena Šubic Jeločnik Front cover/Naslovnica: Mojca Naglič Photo/Fotografije: Students and teachers BC Naklo & Voss jordbruksskule/ Dijaki in učitelji BC Naklo & Voss jordbruksskule 300 copies/300 izvodov NOT FOR SALE/NI ZA PRODAJO ISSN 2463-7777 SREDNJA ŠOLA February 2016 1 SREDNJA ŠOLA VIŠJA ŠOLA IZOBRAŽEVANJE ZA ODRASLE CONTENTS 03 From the editors 04 International exchanges at BC Naklo – srednja šola ‘Round and around and around and around we go …’ Working in Austria BC – Naklo auf dem Weihnachtsmarkt in Ehrental Agrarmesse Alpen Adria 2016 Let’s go north! 06 Norway: our expectations & reflections 08 We have done some research … Sports in Norway Norway, the land of the midnight sun Norse mythology Runes Scandinavian music – from the Sami to the Lordi 12 Going there Norway: plants, animals, weather, environment, schools, food, people … 14 Our work together Prices National heroes The world needs us 15 Wordgames Norse Gods Norwegian nature 2 FROM THE EDITORS WHY ‘THE SKY’? in Slovenia in January and February. The country, all sorts of things might happen two visits are part of our regular exchange to you, for example: programme with a school of agriculture in We started an English magazine to, firstly, Voss and a school of horticulture in Hjelt- • you might need help with finding a do something with and in English other ness, Norway. We felt there is a lot to say place or finding out how long it would than the boooring classwork :-o but also about the experience so we have pro- take you to walk around a lake; to present our school, field-work, our duced this issue. • you might want to invite someone to creativity and trips abroad. At the same a traditional Slovenian meal that you are time, we find it useful to take copies along making; when visiting other schools and countries AND … WHY LEARN ENG- • you might be left all alone without a or introducing ourselve’s to our guests LISH? teacher at a school in another country; from abroad. • you might get locked in the bathroom at a dorm; Why learn English? Well, wherever you are, • you might meet someone special that WHY A SPECIAL EDITION? you might meet someone who will want you want to communicate your deepest to speak English to you. You might need feelings to … A group of our students spent two unfor- to read something for personal or profes- gettable weeks in Norway last autumn. A sional purposes. And if you really want to, group of Norwegian students are staying you WILL go abroad one day. In another Finding your way around a lake Illustration: Vanessa Šalamon 3 ‘Round and around and around and around we go …’ Rihanna Students of BC Naklo take part in numerous exchanges and trips abroad throughout the school year so even though this issue is dedicated to Norway, it has been impossible to avoid overlapping with other exchanges that have taken place recently so some reflections from students visiting Austria are included in this issue as well. Working in Austria explored the mountains in the area, so meeting new people, learning about their we were hiking a little bit, too. We learnt lives, experiences and their world views. By Janez SUHADOLNIK & Žan about the old method of making fences They gave us such a large spectrum of DOLENC at high mountain pastures. We presented knowledge and skills, which are important our school at the local market, and had a for life. These projects are like learning by We had a great opportunity to spend sightseeing of a town called Gmund. Their doing, and besides, you have a great time. eleven days in Biosphärenpark Nockberge school, which is quite similar to ours, invit- Therefore, we think everyone should get in Carinthia, Austria. Biosphere parks are ed us to visit them. In the second week, af- these experiences and be part of projects not completely like national parks, but ter being accommodated in a hotel at first, like this one. they are divided into zones, that make we moved higher up to the mountains, it easier to fulfil the aims and objectives into a wooden cabin without electricity. of farmers and land users. So, what did That was a real test for us. In the morning, we do there? We were removing bushes we had to light a fire and prepare breakfast from pastures, so they will grow stronger, for ourselves. In the evenings, we sang, ac- visited some mountain farms, on which companied by the guitar, or played cards. farmers produce local ice-cream, cheese, honey and some other products. We also Experiences like this are a great opportu- had a chance to see what kind of tour- nity to discover worlds different from ours, ism locals can offer to the tourists. Some- to see how to use all the resources around times we were surprised, how innovative you and make them work for your suc- some people are. They offer some really cess. Everything is possible; you just have Students and teacher taking part in the ex- simple activities, but they are very popu- to use your mind and imagination. The change lar. It would have been a pity if we hadn’t best part of this particular exchange was Photo: Jure Avsec BC Naklo auf dem slowenische traditionelle Potitze und zahl- reichen Kekse zum Kosten. Wir haben mit Weihnachtsmarkt in den Menschen geplaudert und ihnen Ehrental auch unsere Schule vorgestellt. Von Tibor BRVAR & Timotei FIKSL Unsere Schule hat sich im Novomber 2015 auf dem Weihnachtsmarkt in Klagenfurt vorgestellt. Auf dem Markt in der Schule in Ehrental haben wir unsere BC-Naklo-Torte und andere Produkte aus unserer Schule International exchanges at BC Naklo – Secondary exchanges International School den Besuchern angeboten. Die Torte wurde aus dem Buchweizenmehl, un- serem hausgemachten Quark und Honig Unser Stand BC Naklo stellt sich vor gemacht. Neben der Torte waren da auch Photo: BC Naklo archive Photo: BC Naklo archive Agrarmesse Alpen delicher Hersteller ausgestellt wurden. Die Messe war sehr gross und hatte viele Adria 2016 Besucher aus verschieden Ländern. Nach Von Nik LONČAR dem Besuch der Messe gingen wir in den Stadtkern um sich die wichtigsten Sehen- Im Januar 2016 besuchten wir, die Klassen swürdigkeiten zu schauen. Alles war se- 1Č und 2Č, die landwirtschaftliche Messe henswert und wir haben uns beschlossen Alpen Adria in Klagenfurt. Die Messe in zwei Jahren wieder zurückzukommen. bestand aus fünf Hallen, in denen land- wirtschaftliche Maschinen unterschie- Gruppenfoto vor der Messe Photo: BC Naklo archive 4 Let’s go north! Zala ŠTURM talks to Meta VOVK, the beginner and to this day the heart and soul of our exchange with Norwegian schools Did you have any connections with Did you have any trouble with arrang- Did you first organise the exchange Norwegian schools before the student ing the exchanges? If you did, what with one or two Norwegian schools? exchanges? kind of trouble was it? We began with one school – Hjeltnes We had had some contacts with Norwe- Of course, at first we had some trouble Gartnarskule in Ulvik, but the next year we gian schools before we organised the with organising, but even these troubles already organised the exchange with the exchanges. At first, some teachers went might have only been in our heads – to second school as well. there to share their teaching methods be- send student so far away from home isn’t cause our school and their schools have a piece of cake, not for students, parents similar courses. Before the exchanges, our or for people that organise the exchange. Was organising the exchange with cooperation had been supported by the Here, at our school, these exchanges are two schools more difficult than with Norwegian embassy. only successful because of good the con- one school? nections between the project office and Two schools were a bit more difficult, but the teachers that organise, or take part in both schools have good connections and the exchanges. are not far from each other (about 40 min- utes). These Norwe- gian schools have different courses, that’s why we can include horticul- ture students, ag- riculture students, and nature conser- vationists, which is another advantage – we have even more multicultural connections. Hard-working Slovenian students at the Hjeltnes Gartnarskule boarding school Photo: Irena Šubic Jeločnik Meta Vovk Photo: Meta Vovk at BC Naklo – Secondary exchanges International School Did the first exchange go as you How did you get the idea for student planed? exchanges with Norwegian schools? The first exchange I’ve ever organised, The first time teachers went there we fig- together with the project office, was to ured we had similar courses but very dif- France, where we included half of the ferent methods. This similarities and dif- class of nature conservationists. It wasn’t ferences encouraged us to organise an all that good because many students that were included wouldn’t fit today’s ex- exchange. We also saw a big opportunity Voss jordbruksskule in a temporary building in their way of experiencing nature as an change criteria. We had troubles motivat- Photo: Mojca Naglič opportunity for the development of ru- ing students in France. Since then we have ral areas in Slovenia, which we wanted developed a strict selection procedure for to introduce to our students as well. We every exchange that we organise.