SLOVENIA'S 5 CORE VALUES

1. Activity title: Your affiliation

2. Target group

• Pupils in years 1-5 of primary school (adaptable for pre-school).
• Estimated duration: 1 to 2 school hours

3. Form of work

Classroom work, individual work, group activity, discussion

4. Didactic starting points

The activity is based on understanding cooperation and belonging to a group. Pupils learn that each individual contributes their own piece to the collective success. The emphasis is on mutual aid, connection, and the value of belonging, which gives a sense of security and community strength.

5. Learning objectives

• To understand that we can achieve more through cooperation than on our own
• to recognise that each group member has an important role
• develop empathy and a willingness to help
• to strengthen the sense of belonging and interconnectedness
• Cooperation and responsibility towards the group

6. Accessories

• Boxes/packaging
• little twigs, sticks, pebbles...
• Flomaster, tempera
• Glue

7. Course of Activities

The teacher reads page eight and leads a discussion about what was read. 

Interview questions

• Have you ever observed how people collaborate in joint work?
• How can you contribute to shared goals (e.g., in the classroom, family)?
• How do you feel when you achieve something more together with others?

8. Art activity: Classroom village

Objective Visually depict how everyone contributes their piece to the community and how collaboration works.

Flow:

• Every pupil makes their own house and writes their name on it.
• Kreativnost.
• The huts join together into a large village.
• Let's discuss how each house and each property/knowledge contributes to the overall community.

9. Physical Activity: Spiderweb

Objective Increase the sense of belonging and mutual trust.

Accessories

• Wave

Flow:

• The pupils are standing in a circle.
• Then one scholar holds the end of the wool and passes it to another who states their name and the quality/knowledge they contribute to the group. This scholar holds the thread, and tosses the ball to another...
• This is how you create a “spider's web” – each student holds a part of the web.
• Dialogue: What does the web symbolise? What would happen if someone let go of a strand?
• Option: we can play several rounds or make the game more difficult – e.g. stand on one leg during the game, catch the wool with only one hand...
• Option 2: As they pass the ball of wool to each other, they say one compliment or something they value about each other.

10. Conclusion and reflection

Final thought: »We are all an important part of our community in the classroom.«

Let's talk about why awareness of belonging to a community is important and how we demonstrate it. Let's steer the conversation towards the fact that every member of our community is important and contributes greatly.

Primary School Piran