Zdar nad Sazavou the Czech Republic 20,000 inhabitants The Highlands area Founded in 14th century Kinski castle, monastery The centre of industry, education and cultural life

The Bishop Grammar School Secondary comprehensive school 8-year-studies (11-18) 4-year-studies (15-18) 3/7 and 4/8 year specialization Humanities or Science A- level state leaving exams Preparation for studies at different kinds of Universities Students can study abroad (cooperation with Unilink representants of British Universities)

English Language Department EU projects, coordinator Jitka Stráská 1995-2019

Transnational Cooperation Activities between National Agencies Transnational Contact seminar organized by Leargas NA Ireland Make an Impact Dunboyne, Ireland 29 April to 2 May 2019 27 participants from 15 countries EU EU projects

Make an Impact Impact and project design Logical framework Outcomes Activities Monitoring and evaluation Dissemination

Team work Our Music project

Activity K2 methodological and language courses 1997 Socrates B/GB-97-105 University of Bangor 2005 Comenius 0012/001/GB 12 RLC Bournemouth 2008 Comenius COM-IST-2008-197 Edinburgh School of English 2013 Comenius COM-IST-2013-128 London, Oxford Language School

Erasmus+ Activity K1 project „We are the Readers“ 2015-2017 The main aim was to support reading literacy at school Use books from The English Library which was founded as the gift for the 1st place in the competition for teachers „Grab the Reader“ organised by Prague Post Endowment and Macmillan Publishing House How to effectively work with an English text (books, articles, music, theatre performance etc.)

Socrates-Comenius-Erasmus Motivation of teachers and students Visiting, exploring new countries, new schools and schoolmates Improvement of working (English) language Participants learn how to work in international teams Participants are responsible for the final project A lot of fun and new experience Erasmus+ combines the best experiences of Socrates and Comenius

Partnership Activity K 1 1995 Comenius- Socrates Cooperation with Marlwood Grammar School in Alveston Description of the Cotswold area and comparison to the Highlands First steps of European programmes (without computers, just taking photos, meeting people and places, writing down notes)

Partnership Activity K1 2004 Comenius – Socrates C1-LP-02/04 Cooperation with Kuokkalan koulu in Jyväskylä in central Finland „Moomin Valley“ Tove Jansson´s favourite book rewritten to the screenplay and performed by Finnish and Czech project participants

Partnership Activity K1 We are the Readers I The Seal of Quality in 2013 Wirkko magazine Combination of many activities (computer skills, sorting out information, taking photos, making interviews, visiting special events, writing a blog)

We are the Readers II Worksheets (how to work with the books before,during and after reading) Afterschool clubs English Drama (14 years old students performed Romeo and Juliet for 500 viewers) and the club of English Literature (students worked with the first versions Worksheets for English lessons) Method CLIL in Czech lessons

We are the Readers III OUP supported the project with the seminar for English teachers of the region „Read and Have Fun“ Janet Wingate, Bermuda´s writer, met students and presented her book Nonsuch Summer Martin Hilský, a famous translator of Shakespeare´s plays, presented his works

We are the Readers IV The Week with Literature in every class curriculum Cooperation between Czech and English Language Department Exhibition of students paintings on school corridors „My Town“ inspired by the stay in Margate Cooperation between English language Department and Science and Humanities Departments

Partnership Activity K1 2005 LE 99/II-05 Religious Calendar of Catholic, Evangelic and Protestant Church in Easter Finland and the Highlands Joensuu secondary school Similarities and differences (focus on Christmas traditions)

Partnership Activity K1 2011 Comenius – BP-2011-002 Project The Churches of UNESCO in the 21st century St John of Nepomuk on Green Hill and the Old Church in Petäjäväsi Cooperation with Kuokkalan koulu in Jyväskylä again