The document summarizes information about a school in the Czech Republic. It details that the school year runs from September 1 to June 30 with various vacation periods. It has three levels - preschool, elementary, and middle school - with a total of 518 students and 24 classes. Staff includes 22 teachers and assistants who work 40 hours per week. Core subjects taught are Czech, math, English, sciences, and humanities. Evaluation is through grading and report cards. After school activities include sports, arts, music, and prep courses. The school focuses on projects in the environment, community, and prevention.

1. Comenius meeting
March 9 – 13, 2015

2. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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)

12. 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

13. Welcome to our school!