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Barbara Jurša Potocco

• Follow instructions for different exercises and learn to play diffe-
rent physical education games in English.
6. Lov na zaklad/Treasure Hunt
• In two groups, organise a treasure hunt for your classmates (or
another class), where the clues for each next step (the location of
the next clue or the treasure) are provided in English. Make them
as fun and creative as possible. The treasure you will use as the
end goal should be small, beautiful, sustainable and/or healthy.
• One option is to provide scraps of text (pieces of information)
about a particular local animal (e.g., a bear). With each step, stu-
dents will have more information to base their guess on. The an-
swer will be confirmed once they complete the treasure hunt.
7. Polna pozornost/Undivided Attention
• Explore the surroundings using all your senses. Move around
slowly, touching and smelling different elements of the enviro-
nment. Keep quiet and observe your breathing. Change your usu-
al perspective, experimenting with different body positions and
locations (for example lie on the ground, hug or climb a tree). Ta-
ke your time. Name what you see, hear, smell or feel (e.g., a twig,
a clover, an acorn, a dandelion, a pinecone, fog, birdsong). Try
to find adjectives to describe your experience: what do grass, a
stone or a tree’s bark feel like (soft, smooth, rough, damp, warm)?
At the end, present to your class what you have observed and
experienced.
• Observing random details of your surroundings and self-obser-
vation can be practised over a longer period of time until min-
dfulness becomes a skill; in practice, this might mean keeping a
journal of your outdoor observations.
• Use your notes as an inspiration for writing a haiku, a short, three-
line poem. You will be presented with examples of this traditional
Japanese form in English and Slovenian translation. The focus of
the genre is describing a beautiful and fleeting fragment of the na-
tural environment, typically with a hint about the season in which
the poem is set (what season of the year is it? what indications of
the season do you notice?). The mood or atmosphere is also key.
• Later, prepare an exhibition of your work in the English clas-
sroom. You may also add short, three-line poems about your ob-
servations in nature in other languages.

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