Studies

The PRIGO Elementary School in Ostrava offer studies in a friendly and homely environment with a strong dominance of individual elements. Our elementary schools further focus on working with exceptionally talented children who currently make up one-third of the total number of students.

The first stage of education helps children discover themselves and supports their natural abilities in all areas with the help of elaborated procedures. In doing so, the unique, trademark-protected PriorityGO approach to education is applied. This approach is based on the combination of individualized teaching, modern didactic methods and respect for the challenges of contemporary society whereby education is perceived as a lifelong philosophy and a continuous approach to life, not a mean to achieve other goals.

If pupils show a significant interest in natural and technical sciences, they can continue studying at our affiliated eight-year PRIGO Medical and Science Grammar School after the completion of the fifth year. This highly prestigious grammar school has quite demanding entrance examinations, though the pupils of PRIGO Elementary SCHOOL are very successful because the schools are interconnected. The pupils of PRIGO Elementary School are not subject to any fees for studying at the Grammar School, so the tuition fee is free of charge. Each student receives a monthly scholarship of CZK 500 – 2 000. These benefits also apply when studying at our partner PRIGO High School or at PRIGO Language and Humanities Grammar School. Have a look at how it looks like at our Grammar Schools.

As one of few elementary schools in the Czech Republic, the PRIGO Elementary School has been listed among schools that have been accredited by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports to teach in a foreign language. Certain subjects are therefore taught both in a foreign language and the Czech language (e.g. natural history etc.). This fact is reflected in the annual school report and the special certificate that the students receive. Its benefits for further secondary studies, for example at the prestigious PRIGO Grammar School, are undeniable. The school educational programme and the curriculum are based on the Framework Educational Programme, which complies with the regulations of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports. The curriculum further focuses on teaching languages and developing an interest in natural and technical disciplines through elective subjects.

Each classroom is equipped with an interactive whiteboard which is used not only for language teaching but also for teaching other subjects or for entertainment purposes. Apple TVs have been installed in our classrooms. The instruction of English at school and the after-school childcare for pupils are realized by native speakers who speak English exclusively with the children. We strengthen reading literacy by providing each classroom with a small library, which is continuously updated according to the choice of pupils themselves at the expense of the Elementary School.

The curriculum for the 1st stage (available to download here).

Classes begin at 8:30 a.m.

The assessment in the first three years is only verbal, and the marking begins only in later years before starting the studies at the secondary school.

The school also offers after-school childcare with various leisure activities which suitably complement elementary education. The after-school childcare also includes different interest groups, enabling children to develop their activities directly on our premises. The children may attend an English group, an experimental and natural history group, an art group or a group of logic and ethics. We also develop the children’s skills in a sports group, a one-week ski course in the Beskid Mountains, a swimming course, an in-line skating course, an ice-skating course or tennis. The classes very often take place outdoors, in museums, libraries or the Science and Technology Centre in Dolní Vítkovice.

The opening hours of the after-school childcare are from 7.00 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Talented children

This year, PRIGO Elementary School said farewell to some of its first-level graduates, and it was truly a departure in style. All three of our students who took entrance exams for eight-year grammar schools were highly successful, securing the top spot on the admission list at their respective schools. Congratulations to them, and we wish them continued success in their studies!

The achievement of our students is pleasing for us also because we focus on children who have been evaluated as having exceptional talent. In this spirit, the key task of our elementary school is to ensure a happy life for your child and to enhance his/her versatile development with a suitable mix of school and extracurricular educational activities. In the case of a diagnosed talent in a specific area, we develop the child’s predispositions for future studies. Our intention is therefore mainly to develop the abilities of these gifted children with the help of trained teachers and psychologists. One of the means to achieve this goal is also the individual approach taken towards each student. That being said, the school’s goal is not only the enhancement of knowledge but the development of the whole personality of the child. PRIGO Elementary School place great emphasis on supporting social and emotional skills, which in some cases tend to be the weak traits of talented children. We teach them to realize their potential and improve any potential weaknesses. Importantly, we teach them to manage the stress that comes with every exceptionality. The key to our work with children is small groups. We guarantee small study groups in class even though the interest in our primary school by far exceeds our capacity. We simply consider the individual approach in low-number groups of children to be essential. The assessment in the first three years is only verbal, and the standard marking begins only in later years, gradually, so that children adapt themselves smoothly to the secondary school environment.