czech education
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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!