in the Czech Republic

Our school takes part in Health School Association. The project is beeing guaranted by

National Health Organisation under the World Health Organisation. Thanks to this Project

we are beeing provided for example: drinking regime, relaxation items in classrooms and

special teaching aids.

School is also included into Project „School for everyone“ under the Open Society Fund

Association as a one of ten schools in the Czech Republic.

Základní škola Praha 7,

Letohradská 1

Our school is divided into first

(1st – 5th class) and second

(6th – 9th class grade).

There are 20 teachers and

about 200 students attending

our school.

Compulsory school attendance

in the Czech Republic starts for

children in the age of 6 and it is

complete when they are 15.

School is specially focused on Information

Technologies. We also have special clases for

children with learning difficulties.

We have a great choice of voluntary subjects

for children – pottery, computers, drama works,

first aid lessons, sport, languages, singing etc.

As a compulsory foreing languages are from

3rd grade taught German and English.

School is equiped by school playground, two

gymnasiums, school club for children‘s free

time, school canteen, afternoon club for young

children.

We are one of four schools in the Czech

Republic which has been involved into Home

Schooling Project.

We organise open-air schools, skiing courses, school trips and school fests.

The school building is very

old. It has been found in 1894.

There are 2 floors and 27 classrooms.

Some of the classes are specialised. There are classrooms for music, art,

computers, multimedias, pottery, woodworks, languages, cooking etc.

We have two gyms and a big playground in the inner block.

Czech Project Day

Some workshops were focused on Prague Theatres or Important Buildings.

Czech Project Day

Our first level has also taken part in Project Days.

Prague

Our school is placed in the Capital

of the Czech Republic in Prague .

The Bilek‘s house. ( Frantisek Bilek was famous Czech sculptor.)

The Bilek‘s house.

The Bilek‘s house.

Nerudova street and the house where this famous writer lived.

The Sova‘s mills. Situated on the romantic Vltava-island .There is the Gallery Of Modern

Art at this time.

Sight from the Vltava-island

called Kampa.

The Charles‘ Bridge built in the late 14th century.

The Czech Republicin the heart of Europe

Prague is among the most frequently visited cities in the world. Places of

interest for tourists are not, however, concentrated just there. Every part of

Bohemia and Moravia has something to offer visitors.

For some it is old cathedrals and picturescue coves of historical towns,

others value the silent mountain valleys or the mysterious atmosphere of

romantic ruins and ancient castles.

The Karlstejn castle is one

of the most visited sites in

Bohemia.

It was built under order of

Charles IV from 1348-

1355 to serve as the

repository of the Czech

crown jewels.

The royal crown of Bohemia

Vamberk´s lace

Bobbin lace and the town of Vamberk

(which is situated in the middle-north part

of Czech republic) cannot be thought apart

from each other. As can we read in old

chronicles, tradition of lace-making in the

area of Vamberk is more than 400 years

old.

Skilful lace makers were straggle over the

whole Orlicke mountains (mountains in the

north-east of Czech republic), especially in

the area of Vamberk.

Blacksmith

This old craft is one of most

widely used crafts in our

country. The beggining of

this craft can be placed to

Kelt´s times.

Recently it is used for house

decorating and as an art-

craft.

Blacksmith

Pottery

Pottery workshop is also very popular in our school .

School pottery workshop

Czech glass

Czech cutting glass

Fish-pond cultivation

The first fishponds may well have been established during the reign of Charles IV. One of

the oldest and largest ponds in the Třeboň region, Dvořiště, is datable back to the second

half of the 14th century (1363). In 1450, there were already as many as twenty ponds

covering about 700 hectares

Czech kitchen and traditional recipes

Bohemian cuisine is influenced by two major culinary themes: the German-Czech

culinary tradition, with its strong regional variation, dominating naturally in those

part of the land which were inhabited mostly by Germans – and Czech Slavonic

cooking and eating customs, which are entirely different from the cousine of other

Slavic countries.

Czech traditional songs and dances

Czech traditional songs are connected to clothing. In some areas people used to

wear those clothes to present days but only for special events.

„Three Kings“

Our children like to sing. We often organise performances at some special

events (for example Christmas, Easter and the end of the school year).

Local Heroes

Iohannes Amos Comenius 1592 - 1670

(John Amos Comenius)

„The father of modern education“

Moravian bishop, throughout his life he tried to improve

the ways students were taught.

The most important works:

The Great Didactica

Labyrinth of the World and Paradise of the Heart

Orbis Pictus

Schola Ludus, School by Play

The Gate of Languages unlocked

Emil Zatopek 1922 - 2000

„The legend of world athletics“

Seven gold medals in athletics.

(Three gold medals winner in athletics at

the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki.)

Thirteen world records.

"I was not talented enough to run and smile at the same time."

Contacts:

Základní škola Praha 7

Letohradská 1

170 00Prgue 7

Czech Republic

Director:

Mgr. Ivo Mlejnecký +420 233 370 782, letohradskavolny.cz

Comenius Project Coordinator:

Olga Kovářová +420 603 260 604, olinablechova@seznam.cz