David Jehlička wins British Ambassador’s Award

Following the success last year of ECP student, Natálie Nováková, we are thrilled to be able to congratulate another of our students, David Jehlička, on winning this year’s prestigious award. He received his trophy, designed by the Czech architect, Eva Jiřičná, from the British Ambassor, H.E. Nick Archer. The citation described his voluntary work including the Smile project to support a children’s home in Počernice, where he is a role model for the residents who admire his excellent English and his willingness to help others. David also volunteers at a library for visually impaired people and with the “Downíci” organisation who support people with Down’s syndrome.

David’s most significant achievement in school this year was as the leader of the Václav Havel Scholarship team that organised the annual concert at Anežský klášter to raise money to enable a Roma student to study at the English College.

Awards Ceremony

The British Ambassador established the Ambassador’s Awards last year to recognise those who make a significant contribution to Czech-British cultural exchanges. He announced this year’s two winners “Young Person of the Year” (under 30 years) and “Person of the Year” (30 years and above) from the six finalists – three in each category – at a special ceremony at the British Embassy on 25 April.

Shared Czech-British values

Anyone can nominate candidates for these awards. The expert selection committee pays special attention to individuals working with young and disabled people and with minorities. They also welcome candidates who have contributed to positive Czech-British cultural exchanges or to their local communities. This year, the focus was also on activities that promote shared Czech-British values such as equality and the environment.

You can see David being interviewed on ČT’s Události komentáře below

Terrifying musical by ECP students took place at Divadlo Na Prádle.

With direction from and music direction from our Arts Faculty (Logan Hillier, Trevor Marshall) the students lead by Barbora Hrabová and Julie Dočekalová in Y5 produced their own complete choreography and set design for the show. At the English College in Prague students don’t just perform but learn about every aspect of the production process.

Story by: Roger Corman, Howard Ashman, Charles B. Griffith

Meek flower shop assistant Seymour pines for co-worker Audrey. During a total eclipse, he discovers an unusual plant he names Audrey II, which feeds only on human flesh and blood. The growing plant attracts a great deal of business for the previously struggling store. After Seymour feeds Audrey’s boyfriend, Orin, to the plant after Orin’s accidental death, he must come up with more bodies for the increasingly bloodthirsty plant.

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IB Art Exhibition 2019

A spectacular ECP IB Art Exhibition took place at the Pragovka Gallery. Well done to the IB Art students for their remarkable pieces of work.

ECP students:

• Heda Antošová
• Olya Fakeieva
• Jan Loebl
• Natalie Vacíková
• Ly Leová

The Art department aims to work towards providing an environment which nurtures and actively encourages creativity and talent. Practical work develops through an ethos of praise and constructive dialogue between student and teacher. Students are exposed to a wide range of media and techniques and develop their appreciation of art through the generation of their own work and through the opportunity to see artwork in gallery settings. All students are encouraged to have ownership of their ideas and, beyond the Junior School introductory courses, students develop their work with guidance and advice from the teacher rather than instruction whenever possible.

The department works towards a wider involvement within the whole school environment through the use of displays and exhibitions in order to enhance the whole school profile. We have the facilities to accommodate a broad range of outcomes in both expressive and design  contexts and students enjoy a high level of success in IGCSE, IB and beyond.

“Art is a fundamental human process. Every society, from the most primitive to the most sophisticated, has expressed itself through art. Art is a dynamic and unifying activity, with great potential for the education of our children. The process of drawing, painting, or constructing is a complex one in which children bring together diverse elements of their experience to make a new and meaningful whole. In the process of selecting, interpreting, and reforming these elements, children have given us more than a picture or a sculpture; they have given us a part of themselves: how they think, feel, and see.” 

Lambert Brittain and Victor Lowenfeld from Creative and Mental Growth.

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ECP’s Annual Debate

Does individual action matter in the fight against climate change, or should governments be doing more through legislation? This was the topic of ECP annual debate, students from year 4 and 5, with Mgr. Březovská, Ministry of the Environment, Ing. Karlík, Arnika, and RNDr. Hollan, Czech Academy of Sciences.

“The world experts clearly proved our climate changes fast and they provided reasons for the changes. If the human society wants to survive, people have to change the way they think. It is important to realize that people can have comfortable lives while using less energy” – a quote by RNDr. Hollan

Ing. Vlastimil Karlík has worked for environmental NGOs since 1997, at first for an organization called Children of the Earth (Děti Země). In 2001, he was a co-founder and a first chairman of Arnika association till 2005. Since 2010, he has also been a representative of Arnika and statutory representative (secretary) of another Czech NGO – Coalition for Rivers. His special fields of interest are nature protection (especially issues of river and wetland protection, river restoration and Natura 2000 network) and adaptation to climate change. He is also a member of the board of Green Circle (the umbrella organization for Czech environmental NGOs).

RNDr. Jan Hollan, Ph.D. graduated from the Masaryk University in Brno and later gained Ph.D. at the Faculty of Civil Engineering of the Technical University in Brno. He has been lecturing and writing on the whole scope of climate change since 1990. He has also been teaching on environmental issues including energy efficiency at Masaryk University since 2005. He published a textbook on climate change for the Faculty of Education. His environmental career included educating the public about global changes through the institution called Global Change Research Institute AV ČR, working as a climatologist at the Veronica eco institute as well as being a leader in a project mapping light pollution and negative effects of artificial light on nature of the Czech Republic.

Mgr. Romana Březovská is a graduate of both the Charles University in Prague and Sciences Po Paris, currently working at the Ministry of the Environment of the Czech Republic. She has been working at the Department of Energy and Climate Protection for over 9 months now, focusing on the links between global, (inter)national and local climate action. A determined optimist, her main interests include meeting new inspirational people and intense tea drinking. She considers herself a lifelong learner with a passion for sustainable development and sustainable consumption.

The English College in Prague is celebrating 25th anniversary

Tomorrow, 19 April, will be the 25^th anniversary of the day when the English College in Prague (ECP) was officially registered as a secondary school with the Czech Ministry of Education.

There was still a lot of hard work to go before we first opened our doors to students in September 1994, but this was an important first step.

And as we look forward to the celebrations in 2019-2020. Here’s a sneak preview of the special 25^th anniversary ECP logo.

The English College in Prague was established, and continues to exist, to provide an English-medium education for young people in Prague, primarily of Czech origin, which is second to none academically but also develops every individual’s potential to the full and prepares them for the practical, social, intellectual and moral challenges that they will face in today’s globalised society.

Taste Asia Festival 2019

The English College in Prague was alive with excited chatter recently for this year’s Taste Asia Festival. Students had organised the third Festival to give students, staff and parents the chance to experience Asian culture. Delicious food, graceful dancing and expressive music all blended together to make a magical afternoon.

ASEAN representatives

We were honoured to welcome representatives from the Embassies of five of the ten ASEAN countries – Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Vietnam and Thailand. Mrs Nattanipa Burusapat, the interim Chargé d’Affaires at the Royal Thai Embassy, explained about the ASEAN group of nations and congratulated the students’ achievement in putting on the Festival.

Not only did the diplomats support the College by attending the Taste Asia Festival, but they generously supported the fundraising as well. Chefs at the Embassies had prepared delicious pad thai and spring rolls to add to the other Asian delicacies generously donated by students’ parents.

CARE

We were also delighted to welcome Katarina Klamková from the charity CARE Česká republika. She told the audience that she and her team had identified a special project to receive the money raised at the Taste Asia Festival. It is going to a small school in Thailand for refugees from another Asian country, Myanmar. Because they don’t yet speak the language, the children are unable to attend Thai schools so our money will help to give them an education.

Student team

Dr Brown praised all the students who had organised Taste Asia “Once again, ECP students have shown how they can organise all aspects of a complex school event. As well as laying on the food, music and dancing, they persuaded five Embassies to sponsor the event and as a result, raised the magnificent sum of 30,000 CZK for a school in Thailand providing an education for Myanmar refugees.”

“Although the English College is a Czech school, which teaches in English, the ECP has an international outlook. Charity work forms an important part of what we do and our students welcome the opportunity to help others wherever they are in the world.”

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