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24/03/2023
Invitation to the 7th year of the Václav Havel Scholarship Concert
The Baroque Refectory of the Dominican Monastery in Prague will host the seventh annual concert in support of the Václav Havel Scholarship on Friday, 31st March from 7.00pm.
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23/02/2023
New issue of the ECP Newsletter (Issue 33)
Read a new issue of the ECP newsletter. It brings information about the Graduation Ball, ski trips, Cultural Olympiad, student successes and so much more.
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03/02/2023
Eurovision 2023 comes to the English College!
ECP's got Talent with two of the five finalists in the running to represent the Czech Republic in Eurovision 2023 in Liverpool.
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01/02/2023
ECP Governor receives prestigious award
Dr Barbara Day is honoured by the Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes - Ústav pro studium totalitních režimů.
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13/01/2023
Come to our Open Day on 6th February 2023
You are very welcome to visit our Open Day on Monday, 6th February, 2023. Read more about the programme in this article.
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02/01/2023
New issue of the ECP Newsletter (Issue 32)
Read a new issue of the ECP newsletter. It brings information about Christmas at ECP, sports events, Year 5 ski trip, ECP Literary Festival, MUN trip to Poland, arts and so much more.
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09/12/2022
Come to our Open Day on 12th January 2023
You are very welcome to visit our Open Day on Thursday, 12th January, 2023. Read more about the programme in this article.
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21/11/2022
Remembrance Week 2022
Jitka Režná-Fajtlová, daughter of WWII hero František Fajtl, visited the ECP during Remembrance Week to talk about her father and her memories of him.
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11/11/2022
Founders’ Day 2022
ECP paid tribute to its UK Founder Patron, Charles, Prince of Wales and to the visionaries who opened the English College in 1994.
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01/11/2022
New issue of the ECP Newsletter (Issue 31)
Read a new issue of the ECP newsletter. It brings information about new staff, start-of-year and DofE trips, sports events, Cheltenham Literary Festival and so much more.
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Term Dates
Term Dates 2022/2023
| Term | Date |
|---|---|
| Start of Term 1 | 01/09/2022 |
| Half Term Holidays | 24/10/2022- 28/10/2022 |
| End of Term 1 | 16/12/2022 |
| Christmas Holidays | 19/12/2022- 04/01/2023 |
| Start of Term 2 | 05/01/2023 |
| Half Term Holidays | 13/2/2023- 17/2/2023 |
| End of Term 2 | 31/3/2023 |
| Easter Holidays | 3/04/2023- 14/04/2023 |
| Start of Term 3 | 17/04/2023 |
| End of Term 3 | 30/06/2023 |
Holidays 2022/2023
| Holiday | Date |
|---|---|
| St. Wenceslas Day | 28/09/2022 |
| Independence Day | 28/10/2022 |
| Freedom & Democracy Day | 17/11/2022 |
| Student Holiday / Staff Training | 18/11/2022 |
| Christmas Eve | 24/12/2022 |
| Christmas Day | 25/12/2022 |
| 2nd Day of Christmas | 26/12/2022 |
| New Year's Day | 01/01/2023 |
| Student Holiday / Staff Training | 03/02/2023 |
| Good Friday | 7/04/2023 |
| Easter Monday | 10/04/2023 |
| Labour Day | 01/05/2023 |
| Victory in Europe Day | 08/05/2023 |
| Student Holiday / Staff Training | 02/06/2023 |
Term Dates 2023/2024
| Term | Date |
|---|---|
| Start of Term 1 | 04/09/2023 |
| Half Term Holidays | 23/10/2023 - 27/10/2023 |
| End of Term 1 | 15/12/2023 |
| Start of Term 2 | 03/01/2024 |
| Half Term Holidays | 12/02/2024- 16/02/2024 |
| End of Term 2 | 22/03/2024 |
| Start of Term 3 | 08/04/2024 |
| End of Term 3 | 28/06/2024 |
Holidays 2023/2024
| Holiday | Date |
|---|---|
| St. Wenceslas Day | 28/09/2023 |
| Independence Day | 28/10/2023 |
| Student Holiday / Staff Training | 16/11/2023 |
| Freedom & Democracy Day | 17/11/2023 |
| Christmas Eve | 24/12/2023 |
| Christmas Day | 25/12/2023 |
| 2nd Day of Christmas | 26/12/2023 |
| New Year's Day | 01/01/2024 |
| Student Holiday / Staff Training | 02/02/2024 |
| Good Friday | 29/02/2024 |
| Easter Monday | 01/04/2024 |
| Labour Day | 01/05/2024 |
| Victory in Europe Day | 08/05/2024 |
| Student Holiday / Staff Training | 03/06/2024 |
Overview of Lectures 2007 - 2022
| Subject | Name of the lecturer | Name of the lecture | School year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Science/Technology | Scientists from Institute of Hydrodynamics, Czech Academy of Sciences | Water - The ancient mirror of the Stars | 2022/2023 |
| Science/Technology | doc.RNDr Petr Hadrava (Czech Academy of Sciences) | Astrophysics - What can we read from the Stars? | 2022/2023 |
| Religion/History | Rabbi David Maxa | From Destruction to Revival: My journey to the Star of David | 2022/2023 |
| Religion/History | Eva Horelová | 12 stars on a blue background representing ideals of unity, solidarity and harmony among the peoples of Europe. | 2022/2023 |
| Literature | PhDr. Hana Ulmanová, PhD, MA | Cultural roots of American Literature | 2021/2022 |
| Charity/Politics | Tom Damms (Dignity Restoring Hope) | Lost Roots | 2021/2022 |
| Politics/Sport | JUDr. Gerhard Bubník, LL.M. | Life in the 20th century - Where to put down roots? | 2021/2022 |
| Politics/History | Sieglinde Vendolsky | Where are my roots? | 2021/2022 |
| ART | Mr. Kriss (Kristián Mensa) | Found roots | 2021/2022 |
| 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 |