Antona Aškerca Velenje Primary School was built in 1971 and is one of six primary schools in Velenje. There is a central school with 520 students and a secondary school with 53 students. In total, the school has 573 students in twenty-seven classes and 48 teachers working in both the central and secondary schools. In addition to the regular school curriculum, students are offered numerous extracurricular activities, such as dance lessons, choir, History and Astronomy Club, Chemistry experiments, School Parliament, creative writing, cooking, arts and crafts, mountaineering, handball club, etc.
English and German are taught as foreign languages, and teachers and students are very actively involved in various projects. Children in Slovenia start primary school at the age of 6 and finish it at the age of 15. In Slovenia, the obligatory nine years of elementary school are divided into three-year cycles. In the first class, there are two teachers, one primary and one preschool teacher. In the second (classes 4- 6) and third cycle (classes 7 – 9), there are more and more teachers who are specialized in teaching one subject only. Besides the regular school curriculum, pupils from 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, and 7th classes spend a week either in the country, the sea, or in the mountains studying nature, and also developing their physical abilities.
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