News & Events
News
08/07/2020
New issue of the ECP Newsletter (Issue Twenty)
Read a new issue of The ECP Newsletter in which we report about our Graduation Ceremony, House Challenge Days, Arts and many activities.
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16/06/2020
Entrance Exam Results for Year 1
Results of Entrance Exams for Year 1 will be published here on Wednesday, 17 June, at 4.30pm.
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Entrance Exam Results for Year 3
Results of Entrance Exams for Year 3 will be published here on Wednesday, 10 June, at 1.00pm.
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05/06/2020
ECP House Challenge Day
Look at the winning pictures and videos from the first ECP House Challenge Day!
Read more.02/06/2020
Entrance Exam Results for Year 2
You can find results of Year 2 entrance exams here.
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26/05/2020
Competitions organised by the ECP Student Council
The Student Council planned a series of competitions during lockdown, which produced some great results.
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22/05/2020
The ECP as a hub of professional development excellence
We are very pleased to announce that The English College in Prague has been selected as one of seven COBIS Training Schools after a competitive global application process.
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12/05/2020
Mácha’s Máj celebrations online
This year, the reading of Mácha's Máj was happening online.
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23/04/2020
Message from HRH The Prince of Wales
The English College has received a message of support from HRH The Prince of Wales, the UK Patron of the ECP, sending his best wishes.
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21/04/2020
ECP sharing expertise with the world
On Friday, ECP's Senior Deputy Head, Tony Emmerson, will be leading a webinar for teachers, hosted by CEM, the Centre for Evaluation and Monitoring.
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Term Dates
Term Dates 2019/2020
| Term | Date |
|---|---|
| Start of Term 1 | 02/09/2019 |
| Half Term Holidays | 29/10/2019 - 01/11/2019 |
| End of Term 1 | 13/12/2019 |
| Christmas Holidays | 16/12/2019 - 03/01/2020 |
| Start of Term 2 | 06/01/2020 |
| Half Term Holidays | 17/2/2020 - 21/2/2020 |
| End of Term 2 | 05/4/2020 |
| Easter Holidays | 06-04-2020 - 17/04/2020 |
| Start of Term 3 | 20/04/2020 |
| End of Term 3 | 26/06/2020 |
Holidays 2019/2020
| Holiday | Date |
|---|---|
| St. Wenceslas Day | 28/09/2019 |
| Independence Day | 28/10/2019 |
| Student Holiday / Staff Training | 18/11/2019 |
| Freedom & Democracy Day | 17/11/2019 |
| Christmas Eve | 24/12/2019 |
| Christmas Day | 25/12/2019 |
| 2nd Day of Christmas | 26/12/2019 |
| New Year's Day | 01/01/2020 |
| Student Holiday / Staff Training | 31/01/2020 |
| Good Friday | 10/04/2020 |
| Easter Monday | 13/04/2020 |
| Labour Day | 01/05/2020 |
| Liberation Day | 08/05/2020 |
| Student Holiday / Staff Training | 01/06/2020 |
Term Dates 2020/2021
| Term | Date |
|---|---|
| Start of Term 1 | 31/08/2020 |
| Half Term Holidays | 26/10/2020- 30/10/2020 |
| End of Term 1 | 15/12/2020 |
| Christmas Holidays | 16/12/2020- 05/01/2021 |
| Start of Term 2 | 06/01/2021 |
| Half Term Holidays | 15/2/2021- 19/2/2021 |
| End of Term 2 | 26/3/2021 |
| Easter Holidays | 27/03/2021- 11/04/2021 |
| Start of Term 3 | 12/04/2021 |
| End of Term 3 | 30/06/2021 |
Holidays 2020/2021
| Holiday | Date |
|---|---|
| St. Wenceslas Day | 28/09/2020 |
| Independence Day | 28/10/2020 |
| Student Holiday / Staff Training | 16/11/2020 |
| Freedom & Democracy Day | 17/11/2020 |
| Christmas Eve | 24/12/2020 |
| Christmas Day | 25/12/2020 |
| 2nd Day of Christmas | 26/12/2020 |
| New Year's Day | 01/01/2021 |
| Student Holiday / Staff Training | 29/01/2021 |
| Good Friday | 2/04/2021 |
| Easter Monday | 5/04/2021 |
| Labour Day | 01/05/2021 |
| Victory in Europe Day | 08/05/2021 |
| Student Holiday / Staff Training | 03/06/2021 |
| Headmaster’s Holiday | 04/06/2021 |
Overview of Lectures 2007 - 2019
| Subject | Name of the lecturer | Name of the lecture | School year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Politics/ Media | František Vrábel | Hostile propaganda and the Abuse of the Internet | 2019/2020 |
| Politics/ Media | Jan Bubeník | Velvet Revolution | 2019/2020 |
| Science/Technology | Mgr. Petr Brož, Ph.D. | What do we have to overcome to get to Mars? | 2019/2020 |
| Science/Medicine | MUDr. Martin Jan Stránský, M.D | Impact of technology on the brain | 2019/2020 |
| Literature | Dr Jitka Štollová | Shakespeare’s Villains: Rebels against Nature and God | 2018/2019 |
| Environment | Stanislav Lhota, M.Sc., Ph.D. | Palm Oil: Future of Rainforests in Our Hands | 2018/2019 |
| Economy | Milan Bednář | Circular Economy | 2018/2019 |
| Biology/Enviroment/TOK | Luděk Brož | Boar Wars: Necropolitics of Resilience and Vulnerability in the Time of African Swine Fever | 2018/2019 |
| Politics/ Media | Bob Kartous | Media's Influence on Politics and Society: starting with the youth | 2017/2018 |
| Politics | Dr. Pepper D. Culpepper | Quiet Politics, Noisy Politics, and Populism | 2017/2018 |
| Economy | Tomáš Sedláček | The world today | 2017/2018 |
| Charity/TOK | Mudr Tomáš Šebek | Doctors without borders missions and leadership | 2017/2018 |
| Politics/History | Michael Žantovský | Czech and British Connections | 2016/2017 |
| History/Art | Dr Irena Edwards, Mr Petr Krpata | Conservation, protection and maintenance of cultural heritage in the Czech Republic | 2016/2017 |
| Literature | Mr Justin Quinn | What the Foreigners Really Think of Czechs, from Sherlock Holmes to the Daily Mail | 2016/2017 |
| ART | Ms Nika Kupyrova (ex student) | Occupation: artist | 2015/2016 |
| Politics | Mr. Erik Best | Europe's new challenges | 2015/2016 |
| Environment/Economics | Ing. Soňa Jonášová | Circular Economy - Current environmental problematics and possible solutions | 2015/2016 |
| Politics | Mr Karel Randák | Secret Services and Terrorism | 2015/2016 |
| History | Ing. Jan Kovařovic, an ECP governor, and his guests | The Prague English Grammar School – Our Older Schoolmates | 2014/2015 |
| Charity/ Medicine/Politics | MUDr. Tomáš Šebek | Médecins Sans Frontières - From Haiti to Northern Afghanistan | 2014/2015 |
| Politics/History | Mgr. Michal Vodrážka | Leaving North Korea – The “Defectors” | 2014/2015 |
| Politics/History | Ing. Petr Nosálek | Why is it Important to Know Our Own History? | 2014/2015 |
| Charity/Medicine/ | Anna Rausová, Hana Robinson, Jan Bárta | What It's Like to Live with Multiple Sclerosis or Multiple Sclerosis Is Not about Forgetting | 2013/2014 |
| Psychology | Alan Law | Dreams - a Psychological Perspective: Recent Answers to Old Questions | 2013/2014 |
| Literature | Dr. Gyorgy "George" Toth | The "American" Dream: Success and Failure | 2013/2014 |
| Charity/Biology | Arthur F. Sniegon | Kedjom – Keku: Building a School in Africa Is Not Enough! | 2012/2013 |
| Literature | Henry Eliot | Geoffrey Chaucer and pilgrimage | 2012/2013 |
| Politics/History | Toman Brod | Raoul Wallenberg | 2012/2013 |
| Charity/Geography | Mudr Šebek | Médecins Sans Frontière | 2012/2013 |
| Politics | American Embassy | USA INTERNATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS | 2011/2012 |
| Literature | Stephen Siddall | John Donne | 2011/2012 |
| Astronomy | Doc. RNDr. Vladimír Karas, DrSc. | BLACK HOLES IN THE UNIVERSE | 2011/2012 |
| Sport | Dominik Hašek, Jiří Ježek | OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC GAMES | 2011/2012 |
| Biology | Doc. Jana Albrechtová | Trees: the best air-conditioning ever invented! | 2010/2011 |
| Politics/ Army | Captain Magdaléna Dvořáková | Czech Army missions | 2010/2011 |
| Charity | Mgr. Jiří Královec | Hospice for Children - Joy and Pain | 2010/2011 |
| Literature | Thommy Cookson | Boswells' “Life of Johnson“ | 2010/2011 |
| Politics and Law | David Ondráček, director of NGO, Transparency International | Transparency in Politics | 2009/2010 |
| Economy | Doc. Tomáš Sedláček | Economy of Evil and Good | 2009/2010 |
| Charity/Medicine | Mrs. Pavla Francová | How I see the world, while I cannot see - Anniversary of Braille | 2009/2010 |
| Literature | Prof. Hilský | W. Shakespeare´s Sonnets and translation | 2009/2010 |
| Politics/ Media | Mrs. Procházková, journalist | Role of media today | 2008/2009 |
| Charity/Medicine | Anne de Voil | Who is disabled? | 2008/2009 |
| Politics | Milan Horvát | Roma community | 2008/2009 |
| Literature | prof. doc. PhDr.Jan Čermák | Pleasure of translating - Boewulf in Czech | 2008/2009 |
| HUMANTIES Politics/Civics | Mgr. Martin Mejstřík (MP, student leader) | Senate in the Czech Republic | 2007/2008 |
| History/Politics | PhDr.Alena Hromádková | Helsinky accord and the growing movement of opposition in Central Europe | 2007/2008 |
| Charity/Geograpy | Mudr.Martin Jarolímek– doctor, Head of Sanatorium in Prague | Charity Work in Africa | 2007/2008 |
| Sport | Mudr.Lukáš Pollert . Olympics winner, doctor | Ethics in sport | 2007/2008 |