Sunday, October 19, 2025

England (Ilfracombe) and Belgium (Bruggy)

On the first day, we left the Czech Republic. It was a noisy night. In the morning, we visited Bruggy in Belgium. We spent one night in France and in the morning, we took a bus to Stonehenge. We took some beautiful pictures. After that we headed off to our host families.

In the morning, we had school and after school we went to the Milky Way Adventure Park. It was a lot of fun. The next day we had school again and after school we visited a town called Clovelly where we bought some souvenirs. After that we got onto the bus again and we went to a town called Barnstaple. It was a very busy town with a lot of shops. In the evening, we went back to Ilfracombe to our host families.

The sixth day we went to school for the last time. After school we went to a national park called Exmoor. After that we visited a beautiful port Lynmouth from where we travelled through a steep cable car to Lynton. From there we went for a walk in the Valley of Rocks. It was really high but really fun. We also saw a goat.

The next day we went to London. London was very beautiful and there were many tourists. We saw the Big Ben, the London Eye, Chinatown and so many other things. In the evening, we took off back to Prague, and we were in Prague in the afternoon the next day.

 It was the best trip ever!

(Sofie Jakešová a Anna Valerie Mičková - 7. B)





Saturday, May 10, 2025

Exchange programme in Holland

On February 2. the Dutch students arrived at the train station and the week began.

We did a tour around the center of Prague and had a ton of free time to show them stuff we didn´t have time to see with the class. Out of the week we spent two days in school. First we did presentations with our Exchange student comparing things here in Czechia and in the Netherlands. The second day in school, we had fun lessons like art, cooking, pottery and P.E. On Thursday everyone had diner together and on Friday they took the train back to the Netherlands.

 Even though I had fun i was really tired after because the whole week you need to plan what you can do when you have free time and over all you are responsible for the Exchange student. By the end of March we were flying to spend a week there. Their program was much more about free time and i would say it wasn´t as organized as ours was but i still liked it. We went to the beach and visited Amsterdam. We were staying in a town named Leiden and it was really nice, the houses were so different from the ones in Prague. After a week we flew back, the whole experience was great, I even got to know some of the Czech students from other classes that I didn´t talk to before. The difficult part is communication, learning English in school is very different from talking in English with someone who can´t understand Czech, so I’m glad I could try it out

                                                                                   Kateřina Zemanová 8. A



Sunday, January 5, 2025

England - York

Like every year, we went to the UK. We visited York, a picturesque town that charmed us with its atmosphere. The children enjoyed the local sights and shopping. Each day they visited the school where they enjoyed project-based learning and expanded their vocabulary. They got to know the families' lives and cuisine. We really enjoyed the ruins of Whitby Castle, the Sea world in Scarborough and of course tasting traditional fish and chips. We finished our language stay with a day trip in London. The children were really excited about it. We managed to organise this trip twice to satisfy as many kids as possible.

                                                             Kristýna Ondrová - učitelka AJ

 



Sunday, November 3, 2024

Notre voyage à Strasbourg en mai 2024.

Les élèves de français de 7e, 8e et 9e classes.

À la fin de mai 2024, nous avons réalisé un voyage à Strasbourg pour améliorer notre français. Nous avons étudié le français tous les matins à l’école de langue CIEL et les après-midis, nous avons visité plein d’endroits. Lundi, nous avons d´abord mangé unplat typique de lanrégion - la tarte flambée aux oignons et aux lardons, puis c’était la visite ludique avec une guide enthousiaste et très sympa. Nous avons découvert la ville de Strasbourg, la Petite France avec son architecture du moyen-âge et la cathédrale rose. Mardi, nous avons pris le tram jusqu’au Parlement Européen, dont nous allons apporter le témoignage dans cet article. Mercredi nous sommes allés à Colmar, une ville historique où nous avons visité surtout le Musée d’Unterlinden, où nous avons pu admirer le fameux Retable d’Issenheim. Et jeudi, nous avons passé l’après-midi à Munster, un village de fromage, où nous avons découvert la fabrication du fromage Munster et nous l’avons également dégusté. Nous avons eu en plus chaque jour une tâche à compléter pour améliorer encore davantage notre capacité de communiquer en français. En groupes, nous avons abordé les gens dans les rues et nous leur avons posé des questions sur thèmes, comme “le petit déjeuner”, “les loisirs” et “la famille”. Nous devons dire que c’était une vraie aventure.

Et voilà quelques informations sur le Parlement Européen de Strasbourg qui est le siège principal de l’Union européenne. Nous avons été éblouis par la beauté de son architecture. Le bâtiment est depuis 1999 nommé d’après Louise Weiss, une femme écrivain et politicienne qui a consacré sa vie aux valeurs européennes et aux droits des femmes, qui a influencé la politique internationale et qui, en 1979, à 86 ans, est devenue membre du Parlement européen.

Étant construite sur l’axe de la cathédrale de Strasbourg, cette architecture moderne est conçue comme un navire, un bateau qui est toujours en route. La tour ovale est inachevée, comme l’UE est un organisme vivant, en changement perpétuel, toujours en développement, mais la hauteur de la tour est la même que celle de la cathédrale. La salle des députés, toute ronde, a une forme d'amphithéâtre. Le cercle est le symbole de l’unité de tous les pays membres. Dans la chambre des députés, il y a 705 sièges.

Au centre, à l’intérieur du bâtiment, une rivière symbolique coule - remplie de plantes- des monstera. Cette rivière,  représente non seulement le Rhin qui est omniprésent à Strasbourg et qui est un élément connecteur, mais aussi  le mouvement à l’avant constant.

Notre jeune guide a été très sympathique et nous a vraiment bien expliqué la symbolique et le fonctionnement de ce beau bâtiment où se passent tous les jours une grande quantité de réunions et où les décisions importantes sont prises.

 


                                                Účastníci zájezdu do Francie


Sunday, May 26, 2024

Holandsko očima dětí

In the year 2024 we visited the Netherlands for an exhange program. We lived with the families of the exchange students in the city Leiden. The program took place in Leiden, Amsterdam and a city by the beach called Katwijk. All of us improved our English and got a taste of life in the Netherlands. None of us wanted to leave during the departure because we all had such a wonderful time.

Eliška, 8.B