News & Events
News
11/01/2019
CERGE-EI Projects in Applied Economics for Talented Students
This year, 10 of our Year 5 economists were selected from schools across Prague to take part in the CERGE-EI Projects in Applied Economics for Talented Students. The programme is an excellent opportunity for our Year 5s to get an early insight into university level economics as they begin their IB studies.
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14/12/2018
ECP 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.
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13/12/2018
New issue of the ECP Newsletter
The English College in Prague has just published the 12th issue of The ECP Newsletter. It brings information about many events and activities at our school.
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07/12/2018
A Christmas Smile
If you need a reason to smile, look no further than the annual ECP Christmas concert. We were treated to a demonstration of the musical skills of our exceptional students and also a performance of a singer from the children’s home at Dolni Počernice, for which a collection was raised at the concert.
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05/12/2018
Invitation to Open Day on 17 January 2019 from 1pm
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
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20/11/2018
History comes alive
ECP was honoured that Mrs Grozdanovič visited us to tell her story of life in Terezín. Eye witness accounts are important and the ECP regularly invites into school people with important stories to tell.
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20/11/2018
ECP welcomes 2009 graduate Michal Barabas!
Do you want to become a doctor? Read how ECP graduate, Michal Barabas, tells current students how he studied medicine via a more unusual route.
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16/11/2018
Reunion of ECP Headmasters
The current Headmaster of the English College in Prague, Dr. Nigel Brown, met with former Heads of the school at Richard Holme Memorial Society Lunch hosted by Mrs. Sabrina Sečková, the spouse of H.E. the Czech Ambassador to the UK.
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14/11/2018
ECP Remembers
Do you know what the red poppies signify? They were the first flowers to grow in the fields of France and Belgium after the First World War. Today, they symbolise remembrance.
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21/10/2018
ECP’s Lime Tree of Freedom
ECP's celebrates its Lime Tree of Freedom. It was planted in October 1928 to mark the tenth anniversary of the foundation of the Czechoslovak Republic.
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Term Dates
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 | 29/03/2024 |
| Easter Monday | 01/04/2024 |
| Labour Day | 01/05/2024 |
| Victory in Europe Day | 08/05/2024 |
| Student Holiday / Staff Training | 03/06/2024 |
Term Dates 2024/2025
| Term | Date |
|---|---|
| Start of Term 1 | 02/09/2024 |
| Half Term Holidays | 29/10/2024 - 01/11/2024 |
| End of Term 1 | 18/12/2024 |
| Start of Term 2 | 06/01/2025 |
| Half Term Holidays | 17/02/2025- 21/02/2025 |
| End of Term 2 | 4/04/2025 |
| Start of Term 3 | 22/04/2025 |
| End of Term 3 | 27/06/2025 |
Holidays 2024/2025
| Holiday | Date |
|---|---|
| Statehood Day | 28/09/2024 |
| Independence Day | 28/10/2024 |
| Freedom & Democracy Day | 17/11/2024 |
| Student Holiday / Staff Training | 18/11/2024 |
| Christmas Eve | 24/12/2024 |
| Christmas Day | 25/12/2024 |
| 2nd Day of Christmas | 26/12/2024 |
| New Year's Day | 01/01/2025 |
| Student Holiday / Staff Training | 31/01/2025 |
| Good Friday | 18/04/2025 |
| Easter Monday | 21/04/2025 |
| May Day | 01/05/2025 |
| Liberation Day | 08/05/2025 |
| Student Holiday / Staff Training | 09/05/2025 |
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 |