SPRINGTIME

Hello, everybody!



We haven't heard since December and I wonder how you have been doing lately???


I must admit I've been thinking a lot about you in these days. You have all signed for the proper secondary school already and very probably you are all looking forward to finish this school term quite well. I'm sure you will all do it excellently and you will make a special and unforgettable farewell ( "valeta") party.


Well, if you want, write me which secondary school you have chosen. I'd like to know for each of you. I am still acting as being your class teacher a bit as having been your "class mum" for three years and like to know everything about your future decisions.


I am staying in Italy these days and I must admit the weather here is warm and sunny and spring is all around us, that's why I called this blog writing SPRINGTIME. If you want to see the place I'm staying, just click on the Google earth LATINA - BORGO GRAPPA and you will find it. It is about 70 km south-west of Rome, the capital of Italy. The place is on the sea and it becomes crowded with tourists every summer. There are a lot of old Roman monuments in the neighbourhood. But it's a long way from my home, I must say! After staying with my mum here and helping her for some time I soon become homesick and I look forward to going home again.


Easter is at the door so I wish you all a lot of Easter bunnies bringing you delicious chocolate eggs and other good eating. Be well all of you and try to study and finish this school year successfully. Don't forget to write me about your futere plans because I'm really curious to hear about them. I bet Spela will be the first to answer this blog writing. Will you, Spela? Don't let me down!


Love to all of you and give my regards also to Mrs Baksa and Mrs Cehovin.


Tanja

NEW YEAR'S WISHES

Here I am again after quite a long time. My internet is so slow that I nearly always lose patience working on it. This is the main reason I don't write to you more often. And there is another thing I want to say, and it is about writing on this blog. Nobody is forced to do it unless he wants it. But if you write on it then, please, don't use swear words or "bad" language. I was forced to rub one's comment because of this fact. I don't know whose it was, I just have my idea, and I kindly ask you not to do it anymore.



Well, I've heard about your results in the school competition at English. I just know about Lucy, Eva and Filip going to the second round in January. What about the others from our class? What were the results? I don't believe just the three of you took part in the competition. What about Sašo, Petra, Meta, Teja, Rok, Jaka, ... ?



Last week I got your invitation to the New Year's Dance at school (Klemen, Jan and David were signed in the envelope). I must say I was a bit surprised and honoured you remembered me. I will come to visit you and see you and to have a chat with. I do hope the weather will permit me to come, not being too icy or snowy.



So, let's see us on Thursday morning and exchange our good wishes for the coming new year!



Love, Tanja

New Beginning

Hello, everybody!

Here I am again after a long long time. We haven't heard from each other since our frewell on the last school day in June! It seems it was yesterday, but in fact some months have passed. I must thank you again for all nice presents you have given me and which remind me of you. I miss you very much, I admit. I have thought many times to come to visit you, but somehow I can't. I am sure I would feel very sorry and sad not being at school anymore. But one day I will suprise you and walk into the class ....

Well, on the other hand, I must say I am quite enjoying being retired and doing different things than teaching. I'm not bored at all and there are my five grandchildren who keep me busy all the time. I have more time for reading and doing all little things I couldn't while working. And you know what is the best? Not having to get up early in the morning and having time to read the newspaper in peace!

How about you? Are you doing well? I have heard you are good and nice and making no great problems to your teachers. I am glad to hear that. I wish you to be the best in the school and to make everyone be proud of you.

Well, I do hope you will write to me, each of you. I would like to hear from everybody. Who has signed for the English competition? I know that Lucy and Jaka are going to do some research work at Chemistry. What about you, Filip? No research work? What about the others. Tell me everything. I'm looking farward to hearing from you soon.



Love, Tanja

Green Days

Hi, everybody!

After quite a long time here I am again to write you a few lines. I decided on "green issues" this time because in this period all our school has been involved in cleaning its neighbourhood and doing a lot of other cleaning in places we live in. Last Friday it was the turn of our class and I think we did a good job. We were lucky to have good weather and we did what our task was.



Well, what I would like from you now is to write some opinions about such "green" days which in our language are called "čistilne akcije". Do you find them useful, boring, unnecessary or something else?



Write a few lines on this topic and give your reasons for all what you say or write.





Don't forget that tomorrow morning, at 8 am, you are having those tests for your future decisions about which school to go to after finishing primary school. I wish you good luck in doing the tests and see you on Wednesday then. But we are meeting with the group having extra English for good pupils at 7.30 am!



Your teacher Tanja

New Year's Resolutions

Hi, everybody! I'm sure you are enjoying the Christmas holidays and relaxing, aren't you? Well, it's nice being at home and having some time just for ourselves and doing the things we like. But here I am, writing to you, to do another task before the ending of the year.

At this time of the year we are usually full of wishes and resolutions for the coming new year. We often promise ourselves a lot of things we are or we are not ging to do next year. I'm sure you are all going to study more and be even better at school. But these are not the only things you have in mind to improve in the following year, are they?

So, write me about your New Year's resolutions. Mention or talk about at least three of them, those you think are the most important for you; the things you are going to do, to change, to improve or anything else, to become a better person or to help other people - your friends, parents or anybody else, or just to feel better yourselves. I'm looking forward to reading all your resolutions. It will be nice and very interesting, I'm sure.

And what are my New Year's resolutins? Well, I'm going to enjoy every single day, I promise. I'm not going to bother about things I can't change. I'm going to find more time for myself and for the people I love. I'm going to spend more time with my grandchildren, I'm going to... . There are a lot of them, perhaps too many!

I wish you that most of your resolutions will come true! Be well, all of you, and see you at school again 0n Monday 5th, full of new energy.

Best wishes to you and your parents,

your classteacher Tanja

Unusual Record Breakers

You have to find 3 (three) unusual record breakers and send them to this blog.

Ending Summer Holidays

Summer holidays have been over for quite a long time now. Some of you have written about them some not. What I like from you now is to use seven different adjectives to write about holidays for the last time. I think it will be quite easy for you as we have been talking about adjectives for nearly a month now. You can use short or long adjectives, just use them correctly. To give an example.

• nice weather
• long journey
• happy people

I hope the task won't be too difficult for you and it will not take you too much time. You have to do it till Friday, 17th October. Good luck. If you have any questions, do ask me at school.