The main activity in the first year of Comenius was the Culture Box. Each school prepared a culture box containing twenty items depicting the present-day tradition and culture of each country. The boxes were then sent to all five participating schools in an orderly fashion. In the schools each box was opened, displayed to the public for a few days and then sent on to the next school. This continued until each school received its box back home.At Primary School Pivka we had a culture day dedicated to our Culture Box. Parents as well as the mayor and other representatives from our commune were invited. The pupils worked in workshops which included the making of traditional items such as painted beehive board-ends, paper flowers used at 'Vestiringa'(a traditional procession for young men when they join the military), stonecutting, basket-weaving, embroidering, carpentry, folk song and dance, painting on glass and wooden utensils, pottery, baking Slovene traditional specialities. The workshops were followed by a cultural programme and a display of the pupils' works open to the public.