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JOINED IN A RAINBOW OF DIVERSITY POVEZANI V MAVRICI RAZLIČNOSTI

VALUES

TEAMWORK

CURIOSITY

CREATIVITY

RESPECT

KNOWLEDGE

Our mission is to provide a multilingual education in a multicultural environment that fosters strong relationships among students, families, and staff. We embrace and celebrate diversity while empowering students with critical thinking skills to make a positive impact as global citizens.

WELCOME TO THE EUROPEAN SCHOOL LJUBLJANA!

The European School Ljubljana is the only public Slovenian school within the growing network of Accredited European Schools. ESLJ welcomed its first pupils in September 2018. Since then, we have been fostering a supportive and inspiring learning environment for children and teenagers from diverse linguistic and cultural backgrounds. Together with our pupils and their families, we are building bridges across differences. By recognizing the unique potential of each pupil, we are able to encourage and guide them toward achieving high educational standards. Through innovative pedagogical practices, we nurture curiosity, peer collaboration, respect, ethics, and a strong commitment to the values of responsible European citizenship. Educated side by side, untroubled from infancy by divisive prejudices, acquainted with all that is great and good in the different cultures … they will become in mind Europeans, schooled and ready to … bring into being a united and thriving Europe. Jean Monnet

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WHY JOIN US? Because we: • Educate in a culturally and linguistically vibrant environment; • Offer pupils multilingual learning with native speakers; • Foster respect for diversity in education; • Provide opportunities for development in supportive and inspiring learning spaces; • Implement the European curriculum, backed by over 70 years of tradition; • Welcome pupils into the European school family, which currently has over 45,000 members; • Offer a seamless 14-year educational journey, culminating in the European Baccalaureate, which opens doors to universities across Europe and beyond.

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EUROPEAN SCHOOL LJUBLJANA PROGRAMME

• Is adopted by the Minister of Education, we are a Slovene public school; • Lasts for 14 years: 2 years of Nursery , 5 years of Primary and 7 years of Secondary education; • Primary 1 enrolment is open for children who turn 6 in the calendar year of entrance; • schooling ends with a European Baccalaureate that secures acceptance in all European universities; • The programme is performed in two language sections, Slovene (L1) and English (L1); • The student is enrolled in the language section that corresponds to their mother tongue or dominant language. • All the teachers in both language sections are fully qualified and are native speakers of the language of instruction; • The first foreign language (L2) is introduced in Primary year 1 and the second foreign language (L3) in Secondary year 1; • The first foreign language is also a language of instruction in ethics, human sciences, history and geography from Secondary year 3 onwards; • The first foreign language options: German or French • The second foreign language options: German, French, Italian, Spanish or Slovene. • Slovenian language is a compulsory subject in the primary English language section and optional at the secondary level. • The seven years of secondary education are organised in the following way: • Observation cycle (S1 - S3): a common course for all students; most of the subjects are taught in the language corresponding to the pupil’s language section. • Pre-orientation cycle (S4 – S5): compulsory courses in sciences, including chemistry, biology, physics, and mathematics for either 4 or 6 periods. Optional courses: economics, L4, Latin, ancient Greek, art, music and ICT. • Orientation cycle (S6 – S7): leads to the European

Baccalaureate and includes compulsory, optional, and complementary subjects.

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THE EUROPEAN BACCALAUREATE

The secondary school course culminates in the European Baccalaureate examinations at the end of the 12 th class (S7). The certificate awarded is fully recognized in all European Union countries, as well as in others. Holders of this certificate enjoy the same rights and benefits as other school-leaving certificate holders in their countries, including the right to seek admission to any university or higher education institution within the European Union. Candidates sit five written examinations and three oral examinations. Written examinations in L1, L2, and Mathematics are compulsory. Oral examinations must include L1, L2, or a subject taught through L2 (such as History or Geography). This ensures that candidates demonstrate both written and oral proficiency in at least two languages. Both written and oral examinations undergo double correction, with marks awarded by the candidates’ teachers and external examiners. The final mark is the average of the two examiners’ marks. If there is a discrepancy of more than two points between the two marks, a third external corrector is appointed. The third corrector establishes a final mark, ensuring it falls between the highest and lowest marks awarded by the previous examiners. External examiners are appointed annually by the Board of Governors of the European Schools and must meet the qualifications required for examining boards of the same level in their home countries. The European Baccalaureate session is overseen by the Chairman of the European Baccalaureate and national inspectors acting as Vice-Chairmen. They ensure the high quality of examination papers, fair and reliable candidate assessment, and adherence to European Schools regulations throughout the examination process. Assessment in the European Baccalaureate cycle is criteria-referenced. It measures pupils’ attainment against the learning objectives and required competencies defined in the syllabus. Clear assessment and marking guidelines for both oral and written examinations are provided by the inspectorate to ensure consistency and fairness. Assessment in the European Baccalaureate is both formative and summative. The term “European Baccalaureate” is exclusively associated with the European Schools, which have held the sole right to its use in all official languages of the European Union since their establishment.

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P1-P2

P3-P5

SUBJECTS English

periods/week

periods/week

16

9 7 5

Mathematics

8 5

First foreign language

Music

Art Sport Discovery of the World

10

4

3 2

4 2 2

Ethics

European Hours

Recreation

3 hours 30 minutes 2 hours 30 minutes 26 hours 30 minutes 28 hours 45 minutes

TOTAL

S1

S2

S3

SUBJECTS English

periods/week periods/week periods/week

5 4 5 2 2 2 3 2 3 4

5 4 4 3 2 2 3 2 3 4

4 4 4 3 2 2 3 2 3 4

Mathematics

First foreign language Second foreign language

Music

Art

Sport Ethics

Human Sciences Integrated Science OPTIONAL SUBJECTS ICT

1

1

2 2

Latin TOTAL

2

33 lessons 33-34 lessons 33 lessons

S4

S5

SUBJECTS English

periods/week

periods/week

4

4

Mathematics

4 or 6

4 or 6

First foreign language Second foreign language

3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 2 2 2 1

3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 2 2 2 1

Sport Ethics

Geography

History Physics

Chemistry

Biology

27–29

27–29

BASIC TOTAL

A pupil chooses subjects in range of 4–8 periods/week, in total 31–35 periods/week.

OPTIONAL SUBJECTS

Third foreign language

Latin

Ancient Greek

Economics

Art

Music

ICT

31–35

31–35

TOTAL

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COMPULSORY SUBJECT

periods/week

Language 1 Language 2

4 3 2

Sport Ethics

1

Mathematics

3 or 5

COMPULSORY SUBJECTS UNLESS CHOSEN AS A 4-PERIOD OPTIONS Geography

2 2 2

History

Philosophy

COMPULSORY SUBJECT UNLESS A 4-PERIOD SCIENTIFIC OPTION (BIOLOGY, CHEMISTRY, PHYSICS) HAS BEEN CHOSEN Science, Technology and Society

2

Pupil must choose a minimum of 2 and a maximum of 4 options in the table below:

OPTIONS

periods/week

Language 3 Language 4

4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4

Latin

Ancient Greek

Economics Geography

History

Philosophy

Biology Physics

Chemistry

Art

Music

A single advanced course may be chosen (not compulsory):

ADVANCED COURSE

periods/week

Advanced language 1 Advanced language 2 Advanced Mathematics (only if Maths 5 is chosen)

3 3

3

Additional subjects must be taken by students whose timetables has fewer than 31 periods after choosing their compulsory subjects and options. Biology, physics or chemistry laboratory courses can only be taken by pupils who have already chosen the corresponding scientific options and only one of these can be chosen. Economics, art and music are not possible if they have been chosen as options.

ADDITIONAL COURSES

periods/week

Language 5 Lab Physics

2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2

Lab Chemistry

Lab Biology

ICT

Economics Sociology

Art

Music Sport

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WHERE ARE WE?

The headquarters of the European School Ljubljana is situated in the center of Ljubljana, within the Ljubljana School Centre building at Aškerčeva Street 1, directly opposite the French Embassy. The primary school is located in this building, while the nursery and secondary schools are nearby.

European School Ljubljana

HOW TO ACCESS US?

You can access the school through entrances on Barjanska Street or Aškerčeva Street. Numerous parking spaces are available in the vicinity of the school. The following bus lines bring you to our premises: • lines 1, 1B, 6 and 6B, bus stop on Aškerčeva Street • line 9, bus stop on Barjanska Street • lines 2, 3, 3B, 3G, 11, 11B, 19B, 19I, 27 and 78, bus stop on Zoisova Street

INFORMATION

www.eslj.sclj.si eslj@sclj.si The Head of School: +386 31 331 850

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