Month: December 2018

ECP Christmas Fair 2018

90th anniversary of ECP’s Lime Tree of Freedom

This year we celebrate the 90th anniversary of ECP’s Lime Tree of Freedom, which is in our school garden.

We have decided to explore what had happened in the years since the planting of our lime tree, in the Czech Republic and the world, in the context of human rights. Each form group picked up some years and created cards with a description of events taking place in the given years.

The exhibition on the occasion of the Lime Tree of Freedom’s anniversary and lighting of 90 candles symbolically launched the last big event of this year’s school calendar – the ECP Christmas Fair.

Christmas Fair

From reindeer ring-toss to sugary strudel, our 2018 Christmas Fair was a merry time, made all the sweeter by knowing that funds raised go to charity each year. This year the English College Student Council chose to donate Christmas Fair proceeds to Ježíškova vnoučata (Jesus’s grandchildren), which grants Christmas wishes to elderly people who are alone on the holidays. The charity provides gifts like books and cosmetics, visits from volunteers, and trips to places like the theatre or childhood homes.

“It was great to see the whole school united and laughing together,” said Year 2 Student Council Member Emma Horáková. “The best part was definitely the push-up challenge, where everybody was standing by and cheering for the contestants. Overall, it was a splendid way of giving back at the time of Christmas.” A number of games were buzzing with participants, from chess to candy ping-pong. There were also student musical performances, a Christmas quiz and enough cakes to rival any Prague cukrárna.

In just a couple of hours, the fair raised over 10,000 CzK. “I think the Christmas fair was very successful,” said Year 5 student Jan-Jakub Jonáš. He led his tutor group’s hot chocolate-brewing endeavour and particularly enjoyed sampling the many food offerings on hand.

A big thank-you goes to Student Council Adviser and Head of Science Ms. Jean Kerr for organising the event so support can be given to charities each year. Ježíškova vnoučata in particular has brightened the holidays for over 14,000 elderly people; see here for more information.

The English College in Prague has just published a new issue of The ECP Newsletter.

You can read it via this link.

Some holiday reading for everyone – the latest edition of the ECP iNewsletter. It is the 12th issue of our electronic newsletter and informs for example about a student trip to Yale, a reunion of ECP Head teachers, a lecture by Terezín survivor, reports from work experience student stays in London, charitable concerts, news from ECP alumni and many more.

Summary:

• HM’s message
• Events
• Trip to Yale
• Lectures
• The London Work Experience Programme
• Charity
• ECPN

A Christmas Smile

If you need a reason to smile, look no further than the annual ECP Christmas concert. Once again we visited the beautiful Emmaus Monastery. We were treated to a demonstration of the musical skills of our exceptional students, but also the joy of sharing in performances. This year every year group was represented, and performers from absolute beginners to budding virtuosi were there to entertain. It was also a particular joy to listen to a performance by a singer from the children’s home at Dolni Počernice. A leaving collection was taken and raised over CZK 11,000 for the Smile charity – a student-led ECP initiative that raises money for these students. As Student Council President Michael Best noted, the money raised at the concert will already be used this weekend to buy presents for the children in the home. Smiling performers, parents, staff and especially the recipients of the gifts, made possible by the generosity of the guests and the enterprise of the Smile students.

Still to come, the annual Christmas Fair on 13 December at ECP, a combined Interhouse Floorball competition and whole-school end-of-year assembly at Podvinný Mlýn. Merry Christmas!

Picture credit: Harriet Marshall

 Open Day on 17 January 2019 from 1pm to 4.30pm

• Parents and prospective students will have a tour of the school at the Open Day with a student guide and can observe lessons
• You will have an opportunity to talk to members of staff/students/Admissions Registrar
• At 2:30pm students can choose a demo lesson they would like to participate in
  Parents are offered a panel discussion with the Headmaster and his team at the same time
• From 3:00 to 4:30pm teachers and students will showcase activities of individual departments

Both parents and students are welcome!

Refreshments will be provided.

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