work according to the School Educational Program called "Já v naší
škole" (Me in My School).
Except of ordinary classrooms the education is carried out in
specialized classrooms for Physics, Chemistry, Science, Art
(including ceramics kiln), Music and Craft. We use three classrooms
fully equipped with computers, printers, scanners and data
projectors. Teaching of PE takes place in two equipped gyms and
also on modern school tartan court. Teachers and children also use
a nice school garden. There are some other facilities which offer
students more places to gather and meet in groups, such as a school
canteen, an after-school club for young learners consisting of five
departments and a school club for older students.
We put great emphasis on the practical usage of foreign languages.
Our students are taught English oral and written language skills
since the 3rd grade. Moreover, they are offered to study German,
French or Russian since the 8th grade. Our school cooperates with
the German twin school in Hauzenberg which is very beneficial for
our students. Last year, we also joined the network of ELEC
(European Language Examination Centre) partner centres. This
enables our students to attend language preparation courses
concluded with prestigious internationally recognised exams in
English and German.
FREE TIME ACTIVITIES
For many years, we have been focusing on training the basic
volleyball skills. In September 2012, we were awarded the
certificate CVF´s Partner Schools (Czech Volleyball Federation).
Each year, our school also holds one-week ski courses for the 7th
grade students. Our 3rd and 4th graders attend regular swimming
courses. We also regularly take part in sport events held by the
Czech Association of Sports for Everyone. Each year, we offer a
wide range of after-school programs focused on a variety of skills
(sport, art, music activities, etc.). Check our current offer on
the school webside.
The School Parliament includes representatives from the 5th-9th
grades and has been working since year 2000. Students hold
discussions on issues of importance and concern. They help to
organize school as well as extracurricular activities and
participate in long-term projects.
In February 2004, our teachers adopted Ann Carolyne Wanjiku Mwangi
born in 1996 in Kenya. She is an excellent student. Since 2010 she
has been studying in High School. Her dream is to become a
In February 2006, the School Parliament agreed on adopting a boy,
Brian Omondi Ojwang, born in 2000 in Kisumu, Kenya.
THE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE YOUNGEST AND THE OLDEST
Every year, the oldest students take care of the youngest ones from
the 1st grade. Their main task is to help the small kids with their
beginnings in our school. Moreover, they hold various funny actions
for them. It starts with the welcoming ceremony on the 1st day of
school and guided school tour. It is followed up by introducing
children to the computers in the computer classrooms, kite flying
tradition, St. Nicholas tradition, Christmas tradition and many
other shared activities. On one hand the youngest kids look up to
the 9th graders, on the other hand the oldest ones become real
protectors and helpers at the same time. The farewell at the end of
the school year is usually very emotional.
Our school anually prepares a series of meetings for our future
pupils and their parents led by experienced teachers. It is based
on the execution of various mutual activities between kids and
their parents as well as separate work. During these meetings
children focus on practising of all school maturity levels
(graphomotor skills, mathematical projections, thinking and
language, auditory and visual perception, right-left orientation
and spatial orientation). Thus the parents gain the unique
opportunity to meet the future teachers and together make the kid´s
entry to school easier.
The after-school club is attended by children from the 1st to the
5th grade and consists of five departments. It provides quality
care for young children and offers them many free time activities.
The after-school club supervisors promote active spending of
children´s free time. They encourage a variety of physical
activities aimed at engaging students in fun, recreational and
life-long learning objectives. It has become a tradition that
various theatre societies come to visit us with a nice performances
and we also try to hold funny shows for children on occasion of
International Day of Children. The enrolment of free time
activities takes place in September. Our school also provides the
after-school activities for older kids from the 6th to the 9th
grade in the so called School Club. These children can enjoy
working with computers, various sport activities or develop art and
REGULAR TRADITIONAL ACTIONS
We regularly prepare various theme-focused days. Some events are
meant for all grades, some are held either for the elementary
school or for the middle school children, and some are prepared
only for specific grades or even classes. We can mention for
example Christmas Fair, the Easter Workshops, the School SuperStar,
the Shool Carneval, the Atletic Olympics, the 9th Graders Farewell,
Volleyball Tournaments, the Maths Competition, School Sleepovers
for the 4th graders, School Radio, the International Day of
Our school is fully equipped with relatively high-quality computer
technology. There are three computer classrooms. Moreover, each
classroom of the elementary school, each specialized classroom and
all teacher´s rooms are equipped with one computer. The interactive
whiteboards at the elementary school as well as in all specialized
classrooms and newly installed interactive data projectors with
white boards are also very much appreciated. A few years ago we
started to realize a special project 1:1 in one class of the 8th
grade. It means that each student of this class is given an
efficient netbook with a variety of educational programs and uses
it not only at school but also at home to prepare themselves for
each subject and various projects. The whole school is
interconnected with a quality school network and internet. Most of
the students and teachers can also use wireless networking (WiFi).
The complete wireless network coverage is supposed to be installed
in the near future and thus should provide a perfect service for
everybody. Our students may also use other modern digital
technology such as a digital camera, a digital camcorder, data
projectors, printers etc.
COLLABORATION BETWEEN SCHOOL AND PARENTS
Our school successfully builds partnerships between the teachers
and the parents. Parents may get involved in all school events and
we appreciate their help very much. We also founded the Parental
Fund to support the financial side of free time activities for
kids. Each family annually contributes a certain amount of money.
This money is used for various competition rewards and rewards for
helping others. It is also partially spent for school events such
as Zátoň 1, Zátoň 2, the International Day of Children, the School
Carneval, various sport tournaments, Christmas and Easter
workshops, various kinds of competitions and material needed in
after-school programs. Due to this successful collaboration between
school and parents our school was awarded a certificate of Czech
project called "Rodiče vítáni" (Parents Welcomed) last year.