HELLO, I AM IN VÍTKOV

SOME BASIC FACTS ABOUT VÍTKOV

Vítkov town lies in the diverse terrain of Vítkov highlands, a part of the Nízký Jeseník Mountains. The

average altitude is 480 m and the highest peak is Horka hill (603 m) located upon Klokočov village (circa

2 km far from Vítkov). Remarkable surrounding landscape is dramatically divided by two rather deep

valleys of the rivers Moravice and Odra. In Vítkov surroundings, there are several tourist routes. The most

favourite route leads on both sides of the Moravice River, from Kružberk reservoir through Jánské Koupele

and Podhradí to Hradec nad Moravicí. Regarding tourism, Vítkov area is very attractive. In relation to

unique landscape values and rare flora and fauna species (not yet completely explored), Vítkov area is

a subject to a scientific interest.

SOME BASIC FACTS ABOUT OUR SCHOOL

Modern history of our school started on 1. 7. 2013, when a new school (according to the decision of our

town hall) arose. Three former schools (two basic schools and one grammar school) were joined together as

one big entity. Our school has nine grades of basic school and eight grades of grammar school. There are

usually two or three parallel classes at primary school level and usually one class at grammar school. Our

school has about 650 pupils and 100 employees (teachers, assistants of teachers, remedial teacher, educators,

economists, IT specialist, cooks, school caretakers and cleaning ladies). We also educate pupils with special

needs (mentally ill, with autism etc.), assistants of teachers help them to manage the lessons without

difficulties. Parts of our school are also the after-school childcare, the after-school club and the school

canteen. Our school has two buildings. In the main building there are pupils of the second and the third level

educated, in the second building there are pupils of the first level educated.

OUR SCHOOL YEARThere are many activities made for (with) our pupils and their parents (grandparents) or people from our

town. It is impossible to list all of them so I picked only those which are the biggest or the most important

(popular) ones.

School year in our country usually starts on the 1st September. On this day, pupils meet at 8 o’clock with

their class teachers in their classrooms. There are no regular lessons on this day, pupils only get the basic

information about the following school year and receive their time tables. They usually finish at 9 o’clock

and they follow going to the after-school centre (1st to 4th grade), the after-school club (5th to 9th grade) or

home.

ERASMUS+ IN VÍTKOV

5. – 9. 10. 2015

5. – 9. 10. 2015 we hosted partners from Portugal, Spain, Turkey, Greece, Romania, Poland and Latvia in

our school at 4th international meeting of Eramus+ project “Touch the Magic of Fairy Tales”. Our partners

had a chance to discover the beauty of our region. They visited Hradec nad Moravicí and its castle, the ruins

of castle Vikštějen, horse breeding farm in Františkův Dvůr and Small world of technology “U6” in Ostrava.

They were also accepted at our town hall, found out the course of our school, visited classrooms and saw

a small theatre performance, which was prepared by Barbora Valová and several pupils.  

A DAY FOR GRANDMOTHERS AND GRANDFATHERS

9. 10. 2015

We organized a funny competitive afternoon for grandmothers (fathers) and their grandsons (daughters).

NINJA SLEEPOVER

27. 10. 2015

The after-school club organizes sleepover with various topics twice a year. In October, all participants

changed into ninja warriors. They had to undergo a difficult ninja track and show how brave they are going

around our school late in the evening while grabbing objects on their way.

LANTERN PROCESSION

5. 11. 2015

One of our traditional activities was held at the beginning of November when children and their parents

went through our town holding their lanterns. A beautiful surprise waited for them in our park – 4 bandits.

GRADUATION PARTY

6. 11. 2015

Our seniors (pupils of the last grade at grammar school) were dubbed at special party which they organized

in cooperation with their head teacher.

BOYARD

16. 11. 2015

Our grammar school teachers organized a special event for the ninth grade children to encourage them

joining our grammar school.

LANGUAGE STAYS IN LONDON AND BERLIN

9. - 13. 11. 2015

Our school gained money from the Ministry of Education for one-week language stays in London (50 pupils

and 5 teachers) and Berlin (20 pupils and 3 teachers). Our pupils had a chance to discover the beauty of the

UK or Germany as well as to improve their knowledge of the English or German language.

GRADUATION BALL

11. 12. 2015

Our school organizes three different balls and the graduation ball is one of them.

CHRISTMAS WORKSHOPS

14. 12. 2015

The after-school centre and the after-school club organized Christmas workshops for children and their

parents. They had a chance to make decorations for Christmas or to buy wreaths and candlesticks.

CHRISTMAS CONCERT OF OUR CHOIR

15. 12. 2015

Our school has its own choir led by Mgr. Helena Kozlová – our teacher of music. One week before

Christmas they held a concert at our Town hall. They also took part in many other concerts and festivals

throughout the year.

MASQUERADE BALL

16. 1. 2016

Children put on their dresses in the middle of January for our Masquerade ball. Princesses, knights, wizards

– all different kinds of fairy tale characters appeared there.

CIPHER OF JAN ÁMOS KOMENSKÝ

28. 1. 2016

The second event organized by our teachers of grammar school is for the fifth grade pupils to encourage

them going to the eight-year grammar school. They have to pass various tasks to get the pieces of the cipher

and put them together.

“REGISTRATION” TO THE 1 ST GRADE OF BASIC SCHOOL

29. 1. 2016

Big effort is dedicated to young children who are supposed to start attending our school next year. First, they

have to show their visual and auditory abilities at school. Then they have time to hand in the “registration

card” till the end of May. There are several sessions for their parents during May and June where they get

basic information necessary for their children’s school attendance.

EDISON

1. - 5. 2. 2016

Edison is a kind of project organized by international student’s organization AIESEC. University students

from all over the world go to schools to tell the pupils about their country. They show them videos, play

songs typical for their country etc. In February, we hosted students from Australia, Indonesia, China, Turkey

and Egypt.

SCHOOL BALL

5. 2. 2016

Third and last ball was our School ball. Our hosts from Edison project accepted our invitation.

MY BROTHER HAS A GREAT BROTHER (SISTER)

26. 2. 2016

We did not also forget that there are many siblings at our school and organized a funny competitive

afternoon for them

COLUMBUS’ EGG

18. 3. 2016

Third event organized by our grammar school teachers was prepared for eight grade students.

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