We are developing pupils' 21st century competences as part of the new curriculum. We believe that our approach to education can be an inspiration to others. If we want our children to succeed in the modern world, we need to educate them differently. Watch the video about our school, which was published on the social networks of the Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport of the Slovak Republic.
Sharing our experience
At the time of the coronavirus, a number of webinars and online trainings to support teachers took place in Slovakia. The transition to online education has been very challenging for some schools, and teachers have sought help and inspiration for their online teaching. eTwinning Slovakia, represented by Kornélia Lohyňová, organized a Teachmeet on How to teach at distance. FCL local ambassador Eva Polláková together with Monika Ďurková, both from Bilingual English/Slovak Primary and Secondary School BESST, contributed to the topic with entries about the planning and implementation of online education at school from the point of view of school leaders and using different applications (e.g. ZOOM) for the teaching process.
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What is Future Classroom Lab? Created by European Schoolnet, the Future Classroom Lab (FCL) is an inspirational learning environment in Brussels, challenging visitors to rethink the role of pedagogy, technology and design in their classrooms. Through six learning zones, visitors can explore the essential elements in delivering 21st century learning: students' and teachers' skills and roles, learning styles, learning environment design, current and emerging technology, and societal trends affecting education.
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Online learning at BESST
Our pupils are not out of their learning process. They continue to learn through our ONLINE lessons.
They have their timetable, study the curriculum with their perfect teachers, and continue to "meet" with their classmates.
You can find out more about our teaching process in an article by Dennik N that interviewed the school Head Teacher Ms. Evka Polláková and Ms. Paťka Rybanská invited their editor to her lesson.
BESST online learning on radio slovensko broadcast
These days many school are struggling with educational process, however, our pzupils have the luxury of being able to learn from home.
Check the radio interview with our Slovak language teacher, Ms Majka Nízlová.
With love and respect we support children on theis way to education.
For ten years our school has been supporting BESST pupils on their way to education. For ten years we have been welcoming Year 1 pupils and this year we had our first graduates.
Read the interview with ur school management and find out what the plans are for the school future.
BESST in Trnava radio
During the open day at our school, visitors and parents got an opportunity to see our open lessons, try the school lunches, get introduced to new school projects and hav informal chat with school management.
During the morning hours Trnava radio broadcast from our school. We got a chance to se what it’s like to sit be a radio host.
Ms. Eva Polláková
Ms. Petra Tibenská and Mr Chris Ehrola
Ms. Eva Polláková - 1st part
Ms. Eva Polláková - 2nd part
Students - 1st part
Students - 2nd part
Ms. Babková
BESST Art Studio in Radio Regina
Thanks to the exhibition of our pupils' works at West-Slovak museum we became radio stars for a moment.
On May 10, 2018 PhDr. Martin Jurčo, a RTVS reporter from Regina radio visited our school to see how our artists are doing at Art Studio. At this occasion he made an interview with young artists.
To hear the interview, please click HERE:
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A group of pupils from Trnava School proves to be among the best in the world in Robotics
A group of pupils from Trnava, called IT-PRO-BESST, made their way to the finals of championship in Detroit, USA, thanks to their hobby in building robots out of LEGO MINDSTORM building blocks.
At the end of April pupils from Billingual English-Slovak School Trnava won a fantastic 3rd place out of 104 competitors.
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IT-PRO-BESST team is travelling to the FIRST Championship Detroit
The world-famous LEGO builder can be packed in any way, even a robot that changes the child's play to the first scientific experiments. The pupil of the BESST English-Slovak bilingual school in Trnava has been dedicating to LEGO Mindstorms for a long time and has won the 9th place amongst the European Central Teams in Germany. Thanks to this performance, they will be demonstrating their scientific talent at the world championship in Detroit, USA.
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Press conference about projects Supertrieda and Ornamentálna mapa Slovenska
On February 9th, 2018 attend a press conference about international projects Supertrieda and Ornamentálna mapa Slovenska in Bratislava.
OUR PROJECTS IN THE INTERNATIONAL COLLECTION
What’s extraordinary about the Night with Andersen, the Week of Reading out loud, or the Bookmarks connecting Schools?
These are events to support and develop reader literacy in collaboration with school libraries that we regularly organize at our school. Our teacher Ms. Adela Melišekova-Dojčanová wrote a paper concerning these events that was received in the International Proceedings of the Conference of Educational Change Paradigms. See the full post on pages 179 - 194.
International Proceedings of the Conference of Educational Change Paradigms in PDF
A note of thanks from slovak writer
Dear Teacher, we had very good and pleasant feelings from the visit in your school. I was particularly surprised by children who were ready, disciplined, and clever. The work of teachers is clearly easy to see and believe me that I know what I'm saying - since I visited more than 180 schools. It is difficult to overlook areas where the teachers particularly pay attention to pupils and truly focus on work with them. I also noticed that the teachers paid attention to my narrative, too which made me very happy. I hope the children will take something from my books and will learn and remember the beautiful moments together with Gordon. They gave me the energy that everyone is lacking today ... Thank you again, we send our best regards to you with my husband, we wish you beautiful holidays, a successful and especially healthy new year, and Gordon sends you a handshake with his paw and the big lick on the cheek.
♥ Mary and Jaroslav Vrkoslavovci and - of course – Gordon
Future Classroom Lab
In September, our teacher, Ms Pollákova, attended 2-day The Future Classroom Scenarios Workshop. The workshop gives participants an opportunity to explore innovative approaches and technologies to enhance classroom delivery, and work with other teachers from across Europe to develop new ideas for everyone's own classroom and school. The course was designed to give a hands-on approach to help participants develop their own ideas about 21st Century Learning and the effective use of technology.
The workshop has been organized as part of the Future Classroom Lab (FCL). The Future Classroom Lab (FCL) is an inspirational learning environment in Brussels, challenging visitors to rethink the role of pedagogy, technology and design in their classrooms. Through six learning zones, visitors can explore the essential elements in delivering 21st century learning: students' and teachers' skills and roles, learning styles, learning environment design, current and emerging technology, and societal trends affecting education.
To see the video from the workshop click HERE
Trnava students to showcase their robot at Asia Pacific Invitational in Sydney
Seven young LEGO researchers moved trough to the next round of First LEGO League (FLL) competition to showcase their robot in Sydney. First LEGO League is the biggest international robotics and programming competition for students aged 9 – 16. Ten thousands of children from around the world participate to move trough to the semifinals and finals up to world festival. BESST students supervised by their coaches had formed IT-PRO-BESST team which represented Trnava and Slovakia at Asia Pacific Invitational in Australia held on 21 June 2017.
Reportage in Radio Slovensko
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Trnava school ranked among the best primary schools in the nation
Grade nine students in Slovakia took standardized tests in Slovak language and literature and Maths. BESST students ranked first among Trnava schools fourth time in a row this year. Thanks to this ongoing success our school has became the second best school in Slovakia.
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Football “angels” came to entertain our children
FC Spartak Trnava players participating in “Angels for Children” project came to visit our school. Oravec, Kadlec and Halilovič introduced their team and talked about its past and what lies ahead. The presentation was followed by Q&A, showcase of their football skills, and competitions. Thank you, Angels!
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Slovak students to move through to the First LEGO League World Festival in the USA again!
Slovak students aged 9-16 took part in the international First LEGO League tournament which consist of four equal parts; Robot Game, Robot Design, Research Presentation and Team Work, for the 9th time. 90 teams registered for this year regional tournaments, the best moving through to the Central European rounds organized by Hands on Technology to compete among 955 teams. 127 winning teams competed in 7 semifinal rounds; 24 best teams met in FLL Central European Finals 2016/2017 in Regensburg on 3rd and 4th March.
Our second team, IT-PRO-BESST from Trnava did an exceptionally good job as well. The team won 4th place in the most-watched category, Robot Design and 10th place overall. Coaches Rastislav Rehák and Nina Sýkorová were both thrilled and disappointed: “Congratulations to Talentum SAP team and their success; we wish them good luck in representing Slovakia in the US tournament. As for this tournament, it is difficult to comment on our success yet as we are both happy and sad with the results. We have to commend the execution of the tournament; the atmosphere was amazing and we loved the space. It has been an extraordinary experience. We would like to thank each and every team member, we are so proud of them and their achievements. Special thanks go to parents of our team members, our partners, and the school. We would not be able to get so far without their help.”
Slovak team’s success in the international semifinals of FIRST LEGO League programming and robotics tournament
10 teams moved trough FIRST LEGO League Slovak regional rounds (Žiar nad Hronom, Banská Bystrica, Žilina, Poprad, Bratislava, Košice a Bratislava-Petržalka) to the Central European semifinals in Debrecen. 27 teams consisting of students aged 9-16 from six European countries (Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Russia) took part in robotics and programming tournament on 4th and 5th February 2017. Only 2 teams from each regional round were to move trough to the next round. Slovak IT-PRO-BESST robot from Trnava scored 314 in Robot Game and became the overall winner considering the scores from the other three categories. Our team moved trough to the European finals along with TalentumSAP team from Košice! Read more here:
Grade 4 on Spartak TV
BESST students took part in the “Spartak Fans” project that focuses on new generation of local football fans. Grade 4 went to see FC Spartak Trnava vs Spartak Myjava match and you can check students’s first cheering session in the video (min 4:28).
FC Spartak entertained BESST children
“Spartak Fans” project aimed at children has its first winner! A projector and a meeting with FC Spartak players go to our students. Congrats! (min 5:20)