Learning Trnava festival

Learning through experiences - this is one of the ways we want to educate pupils, and that is why we visited the first Learning Trnava festival. Pupils had the opportunity to see and try out various experiments in chemistry and physics, test their level of English and other foreign languages, check the quality of their eyesight, or see the car of the future. We participated in workshops, creative workshops or competitions and left with a lot of experiences and souvenirs. We are already looking forward to the next year of this event.

WE ARE A DIGITAL GENERATION

Digititalization is a part of today's society, which is why we are educating our students to acquire the skills needed for the 21st century. One of the effective ways to playfully and interactively deepen their programming skills are MICRO:BITS - microcomputers, the use of which is also suitable for the Primary school.

Our Year 4 pupils who are working hard on the "pedometer" project prove it. They help each other and strive for a successful result. Year 5 pupils are focused on a project in which they find out how the current number of people in a room can be calculated using a micro:bit.

Year 6-8 pupils are fully starting with the project this December.

We have many challenges ahead of us and a lot of motivation!

These activities were supported by the Telekom Endowment Fund at the Pontis Foundation.

The culture of reading as the DNA of our school

In order to motivate pupils, increase their interest in reading and make interesting books more accessible to them, a unique SELF-SERVICE LIBRARY was created in our school.

We are glad that more than half of our pupils read regularly, but with the new concept of the library we want to increase the number of readers and continue to develop a culture of reading and reading literacy.

The Slovak section of our library has grown by 350 new titles of MODERN CHILDREN'S LITERATURE and more titles will be added to the English section soon.

The premises of our library are not only used as a reading room during breaks and after school, but also as an inspiring space during the teaching process.

Waste paper collection results

TOGETHER WE HAVE COLLECTED 10,145 kg IN THE WASTE PAPER COLLECTION

We are very happy to achieve such an amazing results thanks to you. Thank you!

Today, our 2A and 5C class pupils were also very excited to receive a beautiful BESST gift from us for collecting the largest amount of paper!

Mental Health Day

In order to be healthy we eat fruits and vegetables, we go to nature, we exercise,. . . .

But what about our soul, it needs good care too. Sometimes we don't feel well, but we're not sick. We talked to the pupils that it is okay if we sometimes feel different and we can't describe it. It is important not to keep it to yourself and to have someone around whom we can trust.

Pupils have developed their own tips on how to promote mental health and what to do when they feel sad. We tried something on our own skin and it's proven - laughter is contagious and it's a cure for everything.

WE VISITED THE TRAFFIC PLAYGROUND

The main reason for our visit was to improve traffic education and acquire theoretical knowledge in the field of transport, signs and regulations of road traffic. Biking on a road with traffic signs has become a popular activity.

We believe that we have added another life value to the children: to learn, verify and improve their acquired knowledge directly on the real model situations created on the traffic playground.

As a bonus, children received a driver's license after completing the course.

MATRICULATION CEREMONY

We had an exceptional day at our school!
Our Year 1 pupils took a freshman pledge and became proud students of our BESST school.

We wish them all the best, lots of beautiful moments, experiences, friendships and new valuable skills.

World School Milk Day

On International Milk Day, we remembered what vitamins and benefits we have from it. It can be consumed in various forms. It doesn't have to be just milk, but also cheese, yogurt, cottage cheese, bryndza or cream. It's up to you which dairy product you choose. 🧀

Of course, there are those among us who cannot consume milk due to lactose. But there is also an alternative for them.🙂

THE EUROPEAN NIGHT OF RESEARCHERS 2021

As part of the festival, our school has joined the "Visit your school, get to know your scientist" project, which allowed us to look into the world of scientific research.

Thanks to that, we had the honor to get to know the work of scientist RNDr. Mgr. Jaroslava Brňová, PhD. - Head of the Department of Hospital Hygiene and Epidemiology at the Trnava Hospital. The doctor spoke to the Year 8 pupils about her journey to education, what she is currently working on as a scientist, and in her talk she focused on the current topic of "Microorganisms around us".

First School Day

Dear pupils, welcome back to BESST! Special thanks goes to our Year 1 pupils who captured this day with the help of photobooth.

Adventurous & Creative (12.-16.7.2021)

We spent the second week of the summer school club both adventurously and creatively. During this week we walked through Hlbočianska Valley, visited and also fed animals in Malkia Park. We were a little surprised by the weather when visiting Haluzicka tiesnava, but since we are strong, we managed it without any problems.

The next day we visited Driny Cave and the last day was a bit sporty. We jumped in Jump City, crawled in the pool on the playground and played a "balloon war" with water balloons. We also created something every day: t-shirts that will remind us of these days, animals made out of paper plates, lookout towers made of marshmallows and spaghetti, or a poster with memories of our moments together.

We spent a week full of creativity and fun.

BANANA summer club (6.-9.7.2021)

BANANA summer club was full of fun and great memories. We started with a pleasant day spent on the farm, where we got to know various rare breeds of common animals. We fed them and learned interesting facts about them thanks to playing the game. Later we wandered around Trnava and saved the Minnions, and earned delicious reward - ice cream. We played sports and enjoyed various supercreative activities with the Minnions.

Forest Adventure (6.-9.7.2021)

The weather was warm during this week so every day we cooled down by walking in the woods. We visited Hlbočiansky waterfall,

Haluzická tiesnava, we found a treasure in Katarínka and we ended the week with a barbeque in the school yard. It was a beautiful week full of discoveries and great memories.

End of the School Year 2020/2021

Today we enjoyed the closing ceremony of the school year 2020/2021.

The last day of this school year has come. A school year that was different again, a little turbulent, a little crazy, at times challenging, but still full of experiences and possibilities. For some time, our classes moved home again - to children's rooms and living rooms. Online education has been a significant part of our teaching and learning. I am glad that, despite the modified conditions and possibilities, we have managed it together and gained new experiences that have taken us all further.

Despite that our school year went a little differently than usual, it was again full of success you achieved in competitions, representing our school, and extraordinary results throughout your studies.

Congratulations to all who have achieved extraordinary success, but also to all others who have done their best! 

I wish you all beautiful summer full of adventures and well-deserved rest.

(Editor's note: Children were in classrooms without face masks ONLY for the time needed for taking the photos.)

MOTIVATION SYSTEM RESULTS FOR SCHOOL YEAR 2020/2021

This year has been different than the previous years. However, this did not stop the motivation of our pupils and therefore many, despite everything, were able to collect awards. They real put in an efford in reading books, they visited interesting places, participated in team games, they did good deeds, and created beautiful projects. We also included the most interesting projects in the „Brochure of Pupils‘ Projects“. Pupils with a platinum certificate, classes of the year and houses of the year were awarded.

Congratulations to the winners and we are already looking forward to all the new projects and creating great memories that the students will share with us in the next school year.

MOVING PICTURES

During our literature class, we discovered that most of the projectors project 24 images every second. This happens so fast that you cannot see individual images, but only how it convert from one frame to another. This is exactly how animation is created. How better to test this theory than to test it in practice? And so the students of Year 5 became animators for a while, and they were truly the best ones. Their ourcome could easily compete with the one from Hollywood. What do you think? Judge it for yourself!

CAN YOU NAME THESE FAMOUS BRIDGES?

This Year 9 students learned about balancing forces, weight and bearing capacity. They researched information about famous world bridges and based on that build their own bridges.

This was a teamwork, where everyone had to take on some responsibility, bring materials etc. All of the lessons had creative and work atmosphere. The results are worth it.

PUPPET THEATRE OF YEAR 5

If the mountain will not come to Muhammad, then Muhammad must go to the mountain. :) Surely, you all are familiar with this quote, which describes this school year. In literature lessons, we were learning about puppet play, and since we could not visit any puppet theatre, the puppet theatre visited us.

However, the creators and puppeteers were none other than the pupils.

They wrote the screenplay themselves, created puppets and scenery, and enjoyed playing beautiful puppet plays for their classmates.

Children's Day

Children's Day was again in the spirit of sports this year.

Pupils competed in various sports. Six disciplines were prepared for both Year 1- Year 4 and Year 5- Year 9, for which pupils could gain points for their house.

Younger pupils, for example, tried to cross a sea full of sharks or toss a ball with towels. Older pupils tried to cooperate in an obstacle course and throw an American football ball through a tire.

They spent part of the day in the classroom, working on creating a school mascot, dance, sports or advertising videos. At the end of the day, voting for the best videos and mascot took place and the announcement of the winners of sports disciplines followed.

This year, the green house won the gold medals. Congratulations. :)

VISIT OF THE AUTHOR MÁRIA VRKOSLAVOVÁ AND DOG GORDON

Friday morning of our Year 1-4 pupils was enriched by a discussion with the author Mária Vrkoslavová and her cocker spaniel Gordon.

A pleasant time spent in the sun with many beautiful stories of the dog Gordon attracted our children. After the discussion, pupils bought books with signature of the author and the dog paw stamp, which brought a big smile on their faces.