1. 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

2. 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)

3. English Language Department
EU projects, coordinator Jitka Stráská

4. 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

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

6. Team work
Our Music project

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

8. Erasmus+ Activity K1 project „We are the Readers“
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.)

9. 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

10. 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)

11. 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

12. 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)

13. 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

14. 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

15. 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

16. 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)

17. Partnership Activity K1
2011 Comenius – BP
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