Our trip to Great Britain

At the end of September we went on a language trip to England. Every year it is organised for students of the 7th classes. There were 43 of us this year.
Departure was set up for 10.30pm, but despite of that late hour we were all excited and in a good mood. We spent 2 days on the bus. We stopped in Brugge for a short visit, slept one night in a hotel in France and on Monday evening we arrived in Barnstaple. Our future English parents were already waiting for us near the school.
When we all arrived in our new homes, we had the first English dinner and went to bed. Next morning we went to school, as we do in Prague, but our lessons started at 9 o´clock instead of 8. After school we went on the first trip which was a town tour of Barnstaple. Our guide was very charismatic and there was no chance to get lost with this man. If anyone got lost, his loud expression „Oh, yey! Oh, yey!“ would get him out of the wrong way immediately.
We went on trips every day after school.Except Sunday which was a family day and we spent it with our host mothers and fathers. Our trips were: Atlantic coast – Ilfracombe and Woolacombe, Lynton and Lynmouth, Plymouth, Westward Ho!, Tintagel and Milky Way.
On the way to Prague we stopped in London where we visited the Tower of London and walked round the city centre where we saw the most famous buildings and places of the British capital.
We all liked the trip and we hope that we will go back to England again one day.

Nika Obradovičová and Adéla Brandová, 7.B

Schuleraustausch mit Hauptschule Donaustauf

Unser Austausch in Deutschland war die 1 Woche im Mai. Wir haben uns am ersten Mal getroffen. Wir haben in Deutschland alles zusammen gemacht. Wir haben die Spiele gespielt, aber auch Ausflüge gemacht. Zum Beispiel waren wir in Regensburg – wir haben eine Stadtführung gemacht. Die Tschechen haben bei den deutschen Partnerfamilien gewohnt. Wir waren nur mit Deutschen und wir mussten nur Deutsch sprechen. Das war für uns sehr wichtig und wir haben viele neue Wörter gelernt. Ich denke, jetzt haben wir viele Freunde in Donaustauf und für uns und für sie ist es auch super.
Im Juni sind die deutschen Schüler zu uns nach Prag gekommen. Sie haben einen Stadtbummel durch die Stadt gemacht, zusammen waren wir im Zoo, wir haben Bowling gespielt, an der Moldau gepadelt und wir haben für sie Gartenfest vorbereitet. Jeden Abend haben die tschechischen Schüler gutes Privatprogramm für sie gemacht. Die Deutschen Schüler haben in tschechischen Familien gewohnt .
Es war super und wir haben viel Spass zusammen erlebt.

9.A Schuler-innen

Visit in Denmark

We were in Denmark from 3rd June to 8th June. We stayed in the families. We had really great time. We visited the school and we had games - gymnastic, basketball, table tennis etc... We visited lots of interesting places like: Ringe, Legoland, Sea centre in Kerteminde, Odense etc...
We had a bike trip to the lake. We caught fish, rode a canoe, swam and we had barbecue.
Every evening we spent in the family. It was really great and we hope that we will see our danish friends in the future.

Katka Živcová 8.B

An exchange programme with Dennmark

Everything started 5 years ago, when a group of Danish headmasters on a tour around the Czech republic visited our school. They were trying to find a school, that would like to participate in an exchange programme. One month later, we recieved a letter from a school from Ringe, the small town on the island of Fynn. And it was the beginning…
The first year 20 children from the eight grade participated and they started to exchange letters. The first Danish group arrived on Easter Monday 2003. The pupils stayed in host families and they had an exciting programme (visit our school, international sport games, visit of Karlštejn castle, Terezín concentration camp, bowling club, glass factory, Koněprusy caves, boat trip,…). In the evenings they had a programme with their host families.
Then children from our school went to Dennmark to visit their Danish friends and they enjoyed the trip also a lot.
We find this kind of programme very useful. The children are not afraid of speaking English, because for both sides English is not their mother language and they have a possibility to experience life and culture in a small foreign city through family life. And one of the most important thing for our pupils – they do not have to go to school!

Nada Pavlisova

Friends from Denmark

Our friends from Denmark came to Prague on Easter Monday. They were here from 9th April to 14th April and lived in our families. We had a nice time – we visited centre of Prague, we were in bowling club, Zoo, climbing centre etc. After school program we could go with them to the cinema, bobsleigh course, to Petřín or we went shopping. We really enjoyed it, we are in contact with them and we are looking forward to visiting Denmark in June.

Jana Mikulcová a Jana Mahlerová, 8.B