An interview

Hello! What´s your name?
I´m a circus mouse!
You are very famous. Is that true?
Yes, it is! I´m famous.
You are a circus mouse, so you are very clever, aren´t you?
Yes, I am! I can jump, hang on the rope, stand on the ball and lot of other things!
You are really clever, Mister mouse! Can I ask you, what´s your favorite food?
Oh, I like peas, cheese, salad, mushrooms, strawberries and chocolate. This is my favorite.
And where do you live?
Oh, in a Mouse village. It far, far away, but is very, very beautiful!
Thank you, very much, Mister mouse and have a successful circus life!
Thank you very much, too!
Nice to meet you, bye!

Ava, 6.b

Halloween

Hi! I'm Jack O'Lantern. I'm from America. They make me for the the Halloween. I have got a lot of friends. They are pumpkins, vampires, ghosts and warewolves. We are very scary and we play scary games. I like to scare people. Happy Halloween! Bye!
Ava, 6.b

Hello, I'm Jack O' Lantern. I'm from America. I like candles and dark nights. I'm 24 hours old and I'm scary.
Matic, 6.b

Hello! I’m Jack O’Lantern. I’m American. I have nine sisters, seven brothers and two pets. I’m 12 minutes old. I’m standing in front of Mrs Hill’s house. She’s nice. My pets are two mice. On Halloween I scare many people. Some of them think I’m cute. Sometimes, I even dress up and say: ‘’Trick or treat!’’
Tita, 6.a.

Hello! I’m Jack O’Lantern. I’m American. I’m eleven years old. I’ve got two sisters. Their names are Lili and Jana. We are very scary. My family and I live in a big house. On October 31 we go to the city and scare people. I like eating bananas and apples. I have three friends: Timmy, Tod and Kiley. I am a very happy pumpkin.
Taja, 6.b


Hello! I’m Jack O’Lantern. I’m American. I’ve got 36 brothers and 24 sisters. I hate them! I’ve died five times already. I’m thousand years old. I hate most of the girls and children I know because they are getting on my nerves. My only friends are Devi and spiders. I love spiders. They freak me out some times, but I still like them. I’m very lazy and I don’t move a lot. I don’t eat and drink. I don’t need to. In our family we have got the tradition that we murder the one that we don’t like. That’s all about me and my family!
Devi, 6.a


Hello! I’m Jack O’Lantern. I’m American. I’m 100 years old. I’ve got a lot of brothers and sisters. They are all pumpkins. I’ve got a lot of friends. My best friend is my brother. I’m orange and green. My birthday is on October 31. I like Haloween.
Ema, 6.a

I have seen something ...

I have seen something recently.
I have seen something beautiful.
I have seen something agreeable.

Was it the tree that I have seen?
Were those the flowers or the light?
It was not the tree nor the flowers
and not the light. It was the sun.

Yes, the sun that shines every day,
every single day on the Earth,
every single day in my country.

I have felt something recently.
I have felt something beautiful.
I have felt something agreeable.

Was it the spring that I have felt?
Was it the smell? Maybe the warmth?
It was not the spring nor the smell
and not the warmth. It was the love.

Yes, the love that we feel every day,
every single day on the Earth,
the love of our friends and the country.

I have heard something recently.
I have heard something beautiful.
I have heard something agreeable.

Was it the bird that I have heard?
Was it the ringing or the song?
It was not the bird nor the ringing
and not the song. It was good news.

Yes, good news that we hear every day,
every single day on the Earth,
good news that is good for my country.

I have learnt something recently.
I have learnt something beautiful.
I have learnt something agreeable.

Was it the maths that I have learnt?
Was it the physics or Slovene?
It was not the maths nor physics
and not the Slovene. It was what's important.

Yes, what's important every day,
every single day on the Earth,
it's not the money, it's the love.

Lidija, 8.a

A few spring poems

Sweet
Pretty
Rainy
Inspiring
Nice
Growing


Flowers

Tulips are red,
Daisies are white,
some have a strong smell,
some have a slight.

The roots are vital
to the flower's survival.
The leaves are green-
they are a food-making machine.

The stem can be thin
or short,
or small,
but without it,
the flower would fall.

There can be many blossoms,
or just one.
That is the peak of the flower,
its crown.

Lana, 8. a

Where would you like to live?

I would like to live in the Japanese countryside, because I like the culture, the way their houses look, (not the tall skyscrapers, but the pagoda buildings, like the one on the picture below) the food and the language. I would, of course, have to learn the language, but I already know around 5 - 10 words from the cartoons in Japanese. I am also very fond of the kimono and the music, so yeah, I would live there.
My second would be in Serbia, in Belgrade, because I know the language and half of my family is from there. I like the music a lot too, and the food as well.
Finally, my last choice would be in Crete, in a small place called Matala. I went there during the summer holidays, and I fell in love with the place. I would love to live somewhere near the sea, because I love swimming, sunbathing or just walking along the coast and listening to the waves washing upon the shore.

Lana, 8.a


Living across the ocean…

When I was 5 my family moved across the ocean from America to Slovenia. America and Slovenia are so different: the people, the weather, the buildings, the language… It is hard for me to compare the two, because I don't really remember living in America, but every third summer we go back and I will try to do it by that even though it isn't really the same.
I really like it in America. It isn't the same as here at all and it also isn't as the people think. They don't have really big houses and eat fast food all the time… When our family goes back to America we probably eat more fast food than the Americans! And my favorite thing about American fast food is the free refills! The people in America are also really nice. They would talk to anyone! Even if you are a stranger they will talk to you like they have known you forever. Transportation is also different. The roads are really wide and it takes forever to get anywhere (Ok, not exactly forever). But when you get there you can see some amazing things (which is a lot like here: like the East Coast, the Grand Canyon…
But here is Slovenia it is also cool. They have really good food and friends love to come over and chat. The people are nice if you know them, but if you don't they are a little more reserved. The nature here is also really pretty! There are so many different places that you can go to and it doesn't take that long to get there. You can see lakes, caves, mountains, hills…I like living here and can't imagine living anywhere else.

Laurel, 8.a

Earthquakes

Since we (8th grade students) are studying disasters at school, we have decided that our first entries will be about earthquakes. There are a few below, so please read them and feel free to comment afterwards!
Lana

My earthquake experience

I didn't exactly experience a real earthquake, but it came pretty close. Here's what happened:
Our class went on a tour into a nuclear reactor. We were all nervous, because we were thinking about the disaster in Černobil. But the chances of that happening were small. Anyway, the tour was a success and after the presentation, we went into a big room filled with simulation gear, machines and nice posters. In that room stood an earthquake simulator - a big green surface with a red button and a fence. If I remember correctly, five students at a time were allowed onto it. When we pushed the red button, the thing shook and if we hadn't grabbed the fence, we would have fallen off. It was a simulation of an earthquake with the force if 9 on the Richter scale. We didn't think it was much… the thing was just shaking… but if it happened for real and we wouldn't react properly, chances are we would be hurt or even dead.
Lana, 8.a


An earthquake in Tolminsko region

It all started in 1976, when my mother was in the 3rd grade. One evening, while my mother, her sister and their cousin were playing in the hallway, the house started to shake. The mother of my mother's cousin that was in front of the house, started to scream: »Children, you should not be so loud!« But the children were not to blame, because that particular earthquake was the biggest in Tolminsko region till that day.
All my mother's family was scared. My mother told me that it looked like a wave in the house. At the time all the people left the house, the earthquake ended.
In the next days, when my mother was at school, their teacher was describing how terrible was the earthquake. The teacher's brother was going to sleep when his dog started to bark. Her brother, as well as his dog, went out. Then the earthquake began. Many houses in Bregin, where the teacher's brother lived, collapsed. Also, many people needed medical attention and some people died. In the village where my mother lived the earthquake didn't damage so many houses.
My mother's teacher was teaching them what they must do if the earthquake strikes once again. Right at that moment, the aftershock began. It took a few seconds for the classroom to be empty – all the children and the teacher were in front of the school, hugging each other with the tears in their eyes. The teacher said to all the children: »I love you, my sweet children!«
The earthquake never happened again.
Lidija, 8.a


My father remembers an earthquake

The earthquake happened in 1976 in the afternoon. My father was in Ljubljana. The quake wasn't very strong there. It was the most powerful and made the most damage in Posočje. At that time my father already came home from school and was riding his bike. Because he was riding his bike, he didn't feel the earthquake at first, but then he saw a brick fall from the roof and many people started to come out of their homes. So he stopped and then he felt it. He wasn't very scared, because he only felt the last few seconds. The city wasn't very damaged, but some buildings needed to be repaired. After the quake there were two aftershocks. In the following moths they practiced how to get out of school in case of an earthquake. His class had to jump out the windows because they were on the ground floor.
Katarina, 8.b

The great earthquake in Ljubljana

An earthquake happened in Ljubljana, on 14 April 1895, at 11 p.m. The epicenter of the earthquake was in Ig. About 11 people died but a hundred of people needed a medical attention. The earthquake lasted for 23 seconds. Many people were sleeping when earth shook. People woke up, and they were panic – stricken.
Everything was shaking and houses, bridges, ceilings crashed down. People were screaming, children were crying. Some of them thought: ˝That is the end of the world˝.
The earthquake happened at night so people didn’t have time to go out. If they were outdoors, buildings, bridges and tall trees could have collapsed on them. People who were indoors stood under doorframes.
The earthquake caused a great damage. Buildings, bridges and other structures can be build again, but people’s lives can’t.
Jasmina, 8.a

It was a Sunday, Easter Sunday, on the 14th of April 1895 in Ljubljana. Many people were sleeping and some were celebrating Easter night in restaurants. But suddenly, at 23:17 everything shook. The quake was very loud. It was like 1000 bullets were shot from the center of the Earth to Ljubljana. Many people, even the most educated ones, thought that this was »the end«. Every second, the ground was shaking more and more. The quake lasted for 23 seconds. People had a feeling that it lasted for at least 10 minutes. After the quake, the inhabitants of Ljubljana were panic-stricken. The town was crushed. Many houses and buildings collapsed. There was some dead too. One man died because, in panic, he went out of a restaurant and a brick fell on his head. Four people died, because the wall crushed on them. Many people needed medical attention.
Matic, 8.b


An earthquake on Pašman

It happened on 23rd of July on the island Pašman. It was scary. Me, my brother and our cousin were watching TV. My parents, my grandma, my uncle and aunt were sitting outside when it happened. Other people were having rest after lunch.
It was half past one in the afternoon when the glasses started to shake. We thought that was just a car driving very fast. But it wasn’t the car, it was the earthquake. My mum screamed: “Run out!” We all started to run outside, but I still didn’t know that it was an earthquake. The ground was shaking just for about 5 seconds. We were all terrified. Then we were watching the TV news where they said that it could happen again at night and that the epicenter was on Kornati.
At night, when we were sleeping, it happened again. My bed was shaking when I woke up and ran out. When it was over, I was so scared that I didn’t want to sleep inside the house. In the morning there was no damage anywhere. Everybody said that now it was over and we were all happy. But in the afternoon it happened again. I was alone in the house, the others were on the beach. When I told them about it, nobody believed me. They believed me only after the other people told them about it.
This was my first experience of an earthquake. It was good, because I learned a lot about it.
Vesna, 8.a