On 1^st September, we joined other schools across Slovenia in marking the start of the new school year. While teachers and other school staff had been busy for weeks beforehand, this day was the official beginning and the chance for our students to return to their classrooms.

As the school year came to a close, lots of additional activities were arranged for the students in our first three year groups as our final-year students sat their Matura exams (the national exams in Slovenia for those finishing secondary school).

Through this school year, a group of our students, under the mentorship of Mr Andrej Smrdu from our chemistry department, worked towards gaining a place in competing team for the prestigious International Chemistry Olympiad.

On 12^th June, Gimnazija Vič was honoured to have H.E. Amit Narang, the Indian ambassador to Slovenia, as a special guest to our school.

The Gimnazija Vič choir has had another busy and successful year. Under the continued mentorship of Marija Mihevc, our school’s music teacher, their regular rehearsals led to a series of crowd-pleasing performances at local choral festivals and at school events like our annual concert for Christmas and New Year.

This has been another successful year for the English language book club at Gimnazija Vič. Although there has been a loosely organised group like this for a long time, it is only in the past few years that it has been properly structured and it's great to see that the efforts made in this regard are definitely worthwhile.

Through this school year, students from schools in three countries worked on pieces of haiku which were put forward to be part of this year's International Haiku Competition. As well as Gimnazija Vič, we were delighted to have our partner schools of Državni znanstveni licej Franceta Prešerna in Trieste, Italy and Gimnazija Pula in Pula, Croatia involved in this project for another year.

On 19^th May, the final of the Ljubljana Basketball Championship for this year was held in the main sports hall of Gimnazija Vič

On Tuesday, May 19^th, students and teachers from the V. Gymnasium in Zagreb, with whom we are collaborating in the Food for the Future Erasmus+ project, visited us for a one-day trip.

The exchange was a great opportunity to share our culture and strengthen friendships.

On 20^th April, Gimnazija Vič held its annual event linked to World Book Night. This celebration of books and reading has been a major part of our English department's calendar for over a decade and brings students from our school and others around Ljubljana together to mark special literary anniversaries while also celebrating the current generation of young writers. Although this event is normally held on 23rd April to coincide with the United Nations Day of Books and Copyright, due to other events being held in our school, the decision was made to bring it forward a few days.

Every year, the team behind the Slovene language drama group at Gimnazija Vič select a play to be their main event in the school calendar. For 2026, the decision was taken to perform “Bang Bang You’re Dead”, by the American playwright William Mastrosimone.

Friday, 17^th April marked the conclusion of this year's National Haiku Competition with the annual event held in Cankarjev Dom, one of Slovenia's most important cultural centres.

Through this school year, a group of Gimnazija Vič students met regularly as part of the school's knitting circle. Under the mentorship of Ms Jona Bednjanec, a celebrated creator of textile and fashion pieces in Slovenia and internationally, they learned the basic skills of hand knitting.

The Austrian Young Physicists’ Tournament (AYPT) took place between 10 and 12 April 2026. Gimnazija Vič was represented at the competition by two of our students, Izak Roderik Štemberger and Matic Novoselec, with Jure Ausec, one of our physics teachers, as the project mentor. This made up one of only two teams from Slovenia at the event.