! MI SMO NAŠA PRIHODNOST ZBORNIK OSNOVNE ŠOLE LUDVIKA PLIBERŠKA MARIBOR OB 145-LETNICI USTANOVITVE ZBORNIK OSNOVNE ŠOLE LUDVIKA PLIBERŠKA MARIBOR OB 145-LETNICI USTANOVITVE MI SMO NAŠA PRIHODNOST Maribor, junij 2018 1 MI SMO NAŠA PRIHODNOST ZBORNIK OSNOVNE ŠOLE 145th ANNIVERSARY BOOK OF LUDVIK PLIBERŠEK PRIMARY AND LOWER SECONDARY SCHOOL MARIBOR AND LOWER SECONDARY BOOK OF LUDVIK PLIBERŠEK PRIMARY 145th ANNIVERSARY LUDVIKA PLIBERŠKA MARIBOR OB 145-LETNICI USTANOVITVE WE ARE OUR FUTURE! Maribor, junij 2018 2 WE ARE OUR FUTURE! 145th ANNIVERSARY BOOK OF LUDVIK PLIBERŠEK PRIMARY AND LOWER SECONDARY SCHOOL MARIBOR ZBORNIK OSNOVNE ŠOLE LUDVIKA PLIBERŠKA MARIBOR OB 145-LETNICI USTANOVITVE MI SMO NAŠA PRIHODNOST 3 will quickly squeeze my hands together failure should be seen as an opportuni- IT IS IN OUR HANDS and crush it. The old man won’t be able ty for a new and improved beginning. to give us the right answer. ˝ Aren’t we the ones who create our life paths? The girls then went to meet the old wise man who happened to be meditating un- It is up to us to choose what we do der an old eucalyptus tree on the top of with our lives. Never, ever allow any- a mountain. The girl approached him and one to interfere with that! asked if the butterfly in her hands was Your life is in your hands, just like the alive or dead. The wise old man smiled beautiful blue butterfly. Lidija Todorović, and said calmly: ˝It’s in your hands.˝ head teacher, 2018 This is a story that crossed my mind as I Lidija Todorović, head teacher was thinking about what to write in this introduction. It brought out memories There was once a man who lived with his of one of our teachers, prof. Zlatko Ve- two curious and intelligent young daugh- ber who told us this story at one of the Welcome at Ludvik, Erasmus+ student mo- ters, who always asked him many ques- school events. It is right to remember bility, 2018 tions. Some he knew the answer to, but him on this occasion, because he was the others he had no idea what the answers leading person of the excellent teach- were. He wanted to provide his daugh- ing practice of English at our school. I ters with the best education, so he sent could compliment all the students and them to spend the holidays with the wise associates in various ways, but it would old man who lived high in the mountains. still be very difficult to describe all the He could answer all their questions with- achievements, improvements, cooper- out hesitation. At first, the girls were ation, fellowships and everything else thrilled about it and kept asking ques- the project We are our future! brought tions. After a while, they became bored to our school. and decided to play a trick on the old I can only say: Well done! You haven’t man, just to prove he wasn’t that smart. missed a thing! Outstanding! Fantastic! After a few days, one of the girls walked Perfect! Great! Considering that after all up to her sister with a beautiful blue the hard work, Nataša Luković, the coor- 145th ANNIVERSARY BOOK OF LUDVIK PLIBERŠEK PRIMARY AND LOWER SECONDARY SCHOOL MARIBOR AND LOWER SECONDARY BOOK OF LUDVIK PLIBERŠEK PRIMARY 145th ANNIVERSARY butterfly in her hands and said: dinator of Erasmus+ project and mentor ˝This time, the wise man won’t know the of English Club as well as other teachers, answer!˝ students and parents involved in the pro- ject still say that such work makes them ˝What are you going to do?˝asked the very happy, I can only add: ˝I am proud other girl. of the way you worked and you outdid WE ARE OUR FUTURE! ˝Look! I’m holding a butterfly in my yourselves. Congratulations!˝ hands. I’m going to ask the old man if Our lives, the present and the future are the butterfly is alive or dead. If he says in our hands. We should not blame any- Loving our trees in the school playground, 2nd grade students, that it is dead, I will open my hands and 2017 one because something went wrong. A let it fly away. If he says that it is alive, I 4 CONGRATULATIONS, ERASMUS+ Vera Kožuh, head teacher's assistant, 2018 WE ARE OUR FUTURE! Erasmus+ is a project that has left an impression even on those that were not active- ly engaged in the activities. We could all feel the positive energy that the project brought to us, especially when we were hosting other countries. The students were highly motivated to do the project work in and outside the school. They made sure that the guests felt welcomed at our school, as well as in their homes. Big thanks My school, Maria Luković (8), Minka Godec (primary teacher, mentor), 2017 goes to all the parents that successfully coordinated their personal duties with the duties for the project. All the mentors helped the students prepare different and interesting activities and workshops that they used to exchange experiences with foreign students. The highlight of the mobility in Maribor was surely the final event in the school’s gym. Our students had to do some really hard work to go to France, Portugal and the Netherlands and to get all their schoolwork done. I believe, that everyone will re- member the times of being a part of this project as something special that happened ZBORNIK OSNOVNE ŠOLE LUDVIKA PLIBERŠKA MARIBOR OB 145-LETNICI USTANOVITVE in their lives. Congratulations to all the students and the whole Erasmus+ TEAM of teachers that cooperated in the project. Special compliments to the coordinator of the project, Nataša Luković that put a lot of effort as well as her free time and energy into the project work, so that everything ran smoothly as planned. Valuable experience that our students gained with the student mobilities is a valuable invest- ment for the further education and lives of our students. The students as well as the teachers should be grateful for the benefit that they have acquired and be proud of MI SMO NAŠA PRIHODNOST being Ludviks. I wish you all the best for the project and further in your lives. Vera Kožuh (head teacher’s assistant), translated by Ana Ambrož (15) Erasmus+ Day event, student mobility at Ludvik, Karla Poslek Petrovič (organizer), 2018 5 of you might wonder why we decided IN EXPECTATION to write it in English. It is not because we do not appreciate the Slovenian lan- OF THE FUTURE guage, but just the opposite. We want Ludvik Pliberšek Primary and Lower to present all the amazing work we do Secondary School Maribor has survived as well as our town and country to other many great changes in all the spheres European countries we might cooperate of life, like science, economy, socie- with in the future. ty and interacting relations. However, It is a tradition at Ludvik that people of some things have not changed. It has different ages work together. Thus, this always provided a stable and confident annual book is a result of collaborative anchor to people in Radvanje, especially work among the teachers, the parents The Atlantic ocean coast, Teachers learning to take selfies from the the children. We can proudly say that it and the students. The last have done a Portugal, 2017 students, student mobility Slovenia, 2018 is growing old and thus becoming wis- remarkable part of work and have proven er with years. Its mission has now more that they are autonomous, reliable and than ever been to stimulate autonomy capable of great things. I would like to and responsibility in the students, their pay special thanks to our school manage- parents and all the people working here. ment, my colleagues, the parents and With our professional and creative work, especially the students for supporting we try to equip young people for a suc- Erasmus+ project and helping this annual cessful and happy life. Our vision of the book to come to its existence. future as teachers is to inspire the youth by setting well considered goals, which Nataša Luković (coordinator of include not only the intellectual, but al- Erasmus+ project and mentor of English so the emotional dimension of humans. Club) Therefore, we keep trying to be inno- vative, creative and are always ready to learn and grow as individuals. We could not have been successful as a school without a constant collaboration with 145th ANNIVERSARY BOOK OF LUDVIK PLIBERŠEK PRIMARY AND LOWER SECONDARY SCHOOL MARIBOR AND LOWER SECONDARY BOOK OF LUDVIK PLIBERŠEK PRIMARY 145th ANNIVERSARY the parents, the students and the local community. Together, we are writing our own experiences and setting the step- ping-stones for the future. Let this be the reason, why we chose to title the an- niversary book We are our future! With WE ARE OUR FUTURE! it, we wish to commemorate the 145th birthday of Ludvik and at the same time present all the wonderful experiences Mini musical ‘Alice in Wonderland’, English Club, Nataša Luković (English teacher, men- that we have gained by taking part in the tor), 2016 international project Erasmus+. Some 6 SLOVENIA, THE HIDDEN TREASURE OF EUROPE Collaboration among students of differ- ent ages is always nice and educational, Designing a huge wooden puzzle, 2016 Slovenia Guessing Puzzle Game, English Club Erasmus+, Nataša that is why we try to engage as many stu- Luković (English teacher, mentor), 2016 dents as possible in different activities. As the students were asked to present their countries during the student mo- bility in France, Erasmus team decided to create a big wooden jigsaw puzzle in a shape of Slovenia.