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

Read the latest issue of the ECP newsletter. It brings information about Christmas events, Founders’ Day, exchange programmes, interhouse competitions, other events and so much more. You can access the newsletter via this link.

Summary:

• HM’s message
• Christmas at ECP
• News
• Exchange programmes
• Founders’ Day
• Other events
• Sports at ECP
• Arts
• Book Talk
• ECPN

You can look at the archive of ECP newsletters here.

Here is a link to the previous newsletter issue.

You are very welcome to visit one of our Open Days.

Address: Sousedíkova 1044/8, Prague 9

 

• Thursday 16th January 2025
• Wednesday 5th February 2025

The Open Day at the English College in Prague is a unique opportunity to experience firsthand the atmosphere at the school. Prospective families will get a student guide who will show them around and take them to classrooms where they can observe lessons. Parents have an opportunity to meet the Headmaster, Dr Nigel Brown, the SLT team, teachers and the Admissions Registrar, Mrs Stanislava Jirešová, who coordinates the admissions procedure and can offer detailed information about the entrance exams. The Open Day takes place at our temporary premises at ZŠ Elektra (Sousedíkova 1044/8).

Open Day Programme for 16th January 2025:

14.00	Doors open
14.00 – 15.00	Individual tours with student guides, observing lessons
14.45 – 15.15	ECP Top Ten presentation (room 3.19)
15.15 – 15.45	Admissions session with the Registrar (room 3.19)

Need more information?  Please contact:

Stanislava Jirešová, Admissions Registrar

+ 420 283 101 206

[email protected]

Sousedíkova 1044/8, Prague 9

www.englishcollege.cz

As our Open Days are an important part of our school year, we like to take photographs during the afternoon and may use some of them in our displays or in marketing and other publications. If you do not wish you or your child to appear in our photographs, please tell our photographer and we shall, of course, respect your wishes.

Calendar Event ( .ICS )

Both parents and students are welcome!

Refreshments will be provided at the Open Day.

Our temporary building – Elektra

Congratulations to students of ECP Theatre Company for their production of ‘The Blue Doors’ 

The 30th anniversary of the English College in Prague made the Theatre Company think about what it means to be a member of the ECP community. What makes us special is our commitment to Czech and British culture, so we decided to devise an absurdist performance. Each scene has been inspired by British and Czech playwrights, musicians, artists, poets and novelists. The students discussed and improvised aspects that were eventually synthesised into a story that examines what it is to be human. The familiar blue doors of ECP are iconic, so in devising this work, we use the idea as a symbol for knowledge and enlightenment. The blue lit suitcase is a glimpse into what can be achieved in a world of liberalism, reciprocity and international mindedness, our founding principles.

Art students in IB and Pre-IB assisted behind the scenes with the production design. Our set design envisaged an urban wasteland; the city walls were layered with text and image like sketchbook pages, bearing the remnants of British and Czech writers who inspired the creative process of the Theatre Company.

We had two nights sold out and one extra performance for our Y1 students who had a Q&A with the directors and design team. 

Student reflection

My experience in the ECP Theater Company started when I joined in Year 1, so I’ve definitely seen all types of plays be directed, choreographed and written by Ms. Morgan and each one of them was a fantastic experience but this one took the cake for me. What makes Theatre Company so important to me is the opportunity to cooperate creatively with so many talented individuals. It is a very different process than creating something on your own that you control entirely. Sometimes that experience of having to work with a team of different talents and ideas is chaostic and can be messy, but it is also the most dynamic, energizing process I know.

 

 

 

35 Years of Czech Democracy

This November marks the 35th anniversary of the November 1989 Velvet Revolution, which brought about the fall of the communist regime in Czechoslovakia. 

On this occasion we were delighted to welcome Jan Bubeník, student activist during the Velvet Revolution 1989, in our school to talk with our students about his personal experience with the Velvet Revolution and his life before the fall of communism as well as afterwards.

The lecture took place as part of the ECP Lecture and Talk programme with the title My Velvet Revolution Story – My Dream Came True.

Jan Bubeník talked about how he was a student activist during the Velvet Revolution 1989, a member of the Student Strike Committee and later a deputy in the Federal Assembly. At the time of the revolution, he was studying medicine at the Faculty of Pediatrics at Charles University in Prague. In the whirlwind of events during the November and December days of 1989, he became a member of the Student Strike Committee, then a member of the Commission for Oversight of the Investigation into the Events of November 17, and, at the age of  twenty one, the youngest deputy in the Federal Assembly.

After the lecture, ECP students had an opportunity to speak with Mr Bubeník and ask questions. There were also follow-up discussions in tutor groups, which focused on the strongest moments in the lecture, the impact of individuals on changing history, and the connection between Jan Opletal and Velvet Revolution. Students were also watching a series of short videos reporting about the 1989 events. 

As part of homework, students were to think about current threats to democracy and ask their parents and grandparents about their experiences during the Velvet Revolution.

Velvet Revolution Festival

Celebrations of the 35th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution at ECP also included student-lef Velvet Revolution Festival. A group of students prepared various workshops for their peers. They were not allowed to select their workshop freely to remind ourselves that during communism there was no freedom of choice. 

The workshops, which aimed to recall what it was like during communist times, included designing a protest poster, Spartakiáda exercises, documentary watching or communist bake sale with proceeds going to the Ježíškova vnoučata charity.

In October and November we had eighty-seven Year 4, Year 5 and Year 6 students out on work placements, getting a taste of professional environments to help them plan their career directions in the next few years. Placements were in diverse fields ranging from business consulting, law, investment banking, architecture and government departments, to an orthodox women’s monastery, optometry, virtual reality and product marketing. Students loved how welcome they were made to feel in each of the placements, and being made to feel part of a team in the short time they were there.  

Highlights

Some of the highlights for the students were:

• Learning more about Czech defence, and how NATO and the EU work together
• Finding out about unfamiliar job areas such as transfer pricing and private banking
• Seeing the bare infrastructure of projects, and creating a design for the interior and a floor plan for a restaurant
• Experiencing how effective it is when people cooperate in the workplace
• Learning how car leasing works
• The challenges faced when diagnosing a patient, and the importance of customer service in the medical profession
• Being in a new environment and getting used to their needs and obligations
• The Coca Cola plant tour
• Meeting tourists and hearing their stories, and making their day better by being my best self
• Being able to connect creativity and work
• Using technology to analyse the effectiveness of social media advertising
• Seeing how important teamwork is in the workplace, and how much impact the people you work with can have in the job setting
• Meeting lots of experienced people, who tailored the program to our interests and helped us to develop our skills
• Observing an Act of Parliament being debated and approved
• Recognising how the things that we learn in school can be applied in the workplace
• Seeing how competitive businesses work both together and against each other
• Learning how important it is for a business to have a purpose to drive the determination to succeed
• Knowing that when you have a task to be completed in the workplace, it is your responsibility to take the lead and contribute as much as possible
• Being taken seriously as part of the team, which helped me to develop my confidence and was an amazing feeling
• Having interesting conversations with experts in their field. 

Placements

The placements were organised with the kind support of ECP parents and their work colleagues. We are very grateful to the parents involved in providing such excellent opportunities to our students, and the students themselves are hugely appreciative of the fantastic experiences that they had, enabling them to develop their skills beyond the classroom environment. Special thanks go to 4A Architekti, Businka-Dobrý Mír, Coca Cola HBC, Cushman & Wakefield, Direct Auto, eLens, Eversheds Sutherland, Grant Thornton, IP Fabric, Ministry of Defence, and Victoria VR for hosting students so warmly and giving them a taste of your professional worlds – we are fortunate to have access to such wonderful opportunities through ECP parents in our community!

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

Read the latest issue of the ECP newsletter. It brings information about start-of-year trips, student successes, new staff, Festival of Arts, interhouse competitions, other activities and so much more. You can access the newsletter via this link.

Summary:

• HM’s message
• New staff
• Student successes
• News
• Trips
• Sports at ECP
• Arts
• Book Talk
• ECPN

You can look at the archive of ECP newsletters here.

Here is a link to the previous newsletter issue.

You are very welcome to visit one of the 3 Open Days that are taking place throughout this school year.

Address: Sousedíkova 1044/8, Prague 9

 

• Wednesday 13th November 2024
• Thursday 16th January 2025
• Wednesday 5th February 2025

The Open Day at the English College in Prague is a unique opportunity to experience firsthand the atmosphere at the school. Prospective families will get a student guide who will show them around and take them to classrooms where they can observe lessons. Parents have an opportunity to meet the Headmaster, Dr Nigel Brown, the SLT team, teachers and the Admissions Registrar, Mrs Stanislava Jirešová, who coordinates the admissions procedure and can offer detailed information about the entrance exams. The Open Day takes place at our temporary premises at ZŠ Elektra (Sousedíkova 1044/8).

Open Day Programme for 13th November 2024:

14.00	Doors open
14.00 – 16.00     ongoing	Individual tours with student guides, observing lessons
14.30 – 15.00	Option 1: ECP Top Ten presentation
	Option 2: Admissions session with the Registrar
15.45 – 16.15	Option 1: ECP Top Ten presentation
	Option 2: Admissions session with the Registrar

Need more information?  Please contact:

Stanislava Jirešová, Admissions Registrar

+ 420 283 101 206

[email protected]

Sousedíkova 1044/8, Prague 9

www.englishcollege.cz

As our Open Days are an important part of our school year, we like to take photographs during the afternoon and may use some of them in our displays or in marketing and other publications. If you do not wish you or your child to appear in our photographs, please tell our photographer and we shall, of course, respect your wishes.

Calendar Event ( .ICS )

Both parents and students are welcome!

Refreshments will be provided at the Open Day.

 

Some of ECP’s MUN team members (Eileen, Simon, Alex, Annas, and I) all of whom are organising the second year of our very own ECPMUN conference, which will take place from the 11th – 13th of October, were invited to the 19th edition of GLOBSEC Think Tank (30 Aug – 1 Sep). It is an international conference where world leaders discuss pressing world issues. For us, this was a unique opportunity to learn about what is going on in the world. We could hear about various perspectives of all kinds of presidents, prime ministers, and other inspirational guest speakers and hear their views and solutions to these respective issues.

US elections

We attended over 20 sessions and presentations and got to stand and sit next to all kinds of world politicians. It was a truly incredible experience. Some of my favorite sessions focused on the US elections and their impact on the world. One of the interesting side sessions was titled “Shifting Transatlantic Attitudes in an Election Year.” During this session, we quite literally sat around one table with, for example, the Former Minister of Defense of the Netherlands or the President of the Chicago Council & Former US Ambassador to NATO. I learned so much about the impact of the US elections and the vital importance of fostering strong transatlantic relationships between the US and Europe in order to build a safer and more peaceful world.

Human Rights

Additionally, the food at the conference was delicious, and during one of the snack breaks, we also got the chance to talk to the former Tibetan Prime Minister, Mr. Lobsang Sangay. This was one of many pinch-me moments for me during the three days at GLOBSEC. Amongst all of the fascinating sessions we attended, there was one more that stood out to me: GLOBSEC Chat. It focused on how to face and eliminate terrorism in Africa. It was led by Mr. Ahmed Abdi, Member of Parliament & Secretary of the Somali Defence Committee. As a result, I learned a lot about EU’s involvement in fighting terrorist groups and protecting vital infrastructure across Africa, but mainly in Somalia.

I’m very passionate about Human Rights. For this reason, I love to debate in committees focusing on Human Rights issues, which are almost always related to Sub-Saharan Africa. Therefore, I was excited to learn something new and hear a real politician from the region talk about the situation there. I cannot wait to apply this knowledge in my future MUN debates.

I still cannot believe that we were able to attend such a prestigious event. As Ms. Kister said, got to “rub shoulders” with some of the most influential people in the world who are shaping and fighting for our future. I left GLOBSEC feeling more inspired to make a positive difference than ever before. I hope to become a change-maker myself one day, just like all the inspirational guest speakers we had the chance to listen to and meet.

Amélie Fišerová, student

 

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

Read the latest issue of the ECP newsletter. It brings information about the Graduation Ceremony, student successes, ECP Olympic Festival, the Earth theme, arts activities and so much more. You can access the newsletter via this link.

Summary:

• HM’s message
• Graduation Ceremony
• Student successes
• Trips
• Sports at ECP
• News
• The Earth theme
• Arts
• Book Talk
• ECPN

You can look at the archive of ECP newsletters here.

Here is a link to the previous newsletter issue.

Accepted to Year 3 / Přijati do 3. ročníku:

240254

240192

240261

240260

240185

240257

240194

221689

240253

221691

240245

240247

240248

240252

240214

240206

240208

240170

 

Congratulations to successful candidates! / Blahopřejeme úspěšným kandidátům!

 

Entrance exam results to Year 2