Comenius meeting

March 9 – 13, 2015

School year September 1st – June 30th

Vacations

July, August

2 day in October

2 weeks in December

1 day in January

1 week spring break

2 days Easter

6 days National holidays

Our school

Level Grades Kids Classes

Preschool Mixed groups 144 6

Elementary school 1 - 5 243 11

Middle school 6 - 9 131 7

Total 518 24

Staff Director Deputies 3 + 1 Office staff 3 Teachers 22 Assistants 5 School club 4 Preschool teachers 12 Building management 5 + 4

Guidance and support (included in the numbers above) Educational counsellor School prevention specialist Psychologist Special educators – speech therapist

Teachers Work load 40 hours/week

Director min 5 lessons/week

Deputy min 7

Teacher 22

School club 28-30

Assistant 20-25

Preschool 31

High school 21

Content of education Framework Educational Programme for Basic Education –

School educational programmes Lessons start at 8 am, max 8 lessons (end 15:20) 45 minutes lessons, 10 minutes breaks 1st grade – 20 lessons/week, 9th grade – 32 lessons/week

Main subjects Czech 4-8 lessons Math 4-5 English 3 Sciences 1-2 lessons each Humanities 1-2 lessons each Sports 2 Crafts 2-3

Foreign languages English

1st grade 1 lesson/week (optional)

2nd grade 2 lessons/week

3rd-9th g. 3 lessons/week

Books used: Happy House 1-2, Happy Street 1, Project 1-5

German/Russian

from 6th grade

3 lessons/week

Evaluation Grading

1 (excellent), 2, 3, 4, 5 (failing)

Reports

January, June

Student grading books

Parent-teacher-student conferences

Testing

Standardized – optional Commercial

Non-commercial

Outside the classroom School trips 1-3 days/class

School in the nature 1 week, 3rd grade

Skiing trip 1 week, 7th grade

Language trips England, Germany, Austria

Swimming 1 school year/elementary school

Excursions technology, history, geography

Exhibitions, concerts, movies

Conferences

Competitions - academics, sports, arts

Visits

After school Lunch – school canteen School club – 1st - 4th grade Free time activities

Dance Arts Music Sports Computers Speech therapy Judo Science for kids Prep courses for high school (Czech, Math)

Our projects and activities Project teaching (elementary school)

Environmental projects

Community projects

School prevention projects

9th grade thesis and presentations

School dance

Christmas workshops and fair

Director´s awards

Welcome to our school!