After a two-year break, we finally went to the first touristic event with students, parents, staff and friends of our school.
We have planned an easy hike to the ruins of Dobrá Voda Castle.
While the children climbed all corners of the castle, the adults lit a fire so that we could roast the goodies we had brought.
We experienced one beautiful sunny noon in nature, finally there was an opportunity and time to meet, talk, enjoy time together.
We look forward to the next meeting!
Time flies and in a while our current preschoolers will become future first graders. Therefore we invited them for a while to experience the atmosphere during the first grade class. They could try counting on playful examples, they were given various tasks, which they solved together, they played a game where we laughed together. It was an experience for everyone and we are pleased to be able to show our preschoolers creatively and in a playful way that being a first grader is an honor.
OUR YEAR 7 PUPILS CAN PROVIDE FIRST AID
Our year 7 pupils completed a first aid course. During the course, they got not only acquainted with the basic theory of providing first aid in various critical situations, but they also had the opportunity to try these tasks in practice. They learned to help a child and an adult who is suffocating, not breathing, has a severe allergic reaction, broke his arm or leg. We also thank the lecturer for sharing her own experience from many years of work in the rescue service in Slovakia and abroad.
FIRST LEGO League regional tournament was organized by our school in cooperation with FLL Slovakia for the first time. 6 teams were participated. BoscoBoti and LEGOCORTEX from Trnava, Smart Cubes from Bratislava, Lego Giants from Zlaté Moravce, HC TEAM from Hlohovec and our school team IT-PRO-BESST jr. took part in the competition as well. Our team was on the third place. The Smart Cubes team from Bratislava were the winners.
The children enjoyed a beautiful day full of experiences . They had the opportunity to try Virtual Reality ClassVR, humanoid robot NAO and robotic system designed for schools FABLE - these were lent to us by the company eTechnology from Hlohovec. Huge thanks belong to all the volunteers from the ranks of our teachers and students, as well as our school canteen, which prepared a great snack for all competitors.
The event was also supported by the company 4robotics from Trnava, which donated gift items to the jurors. Congratulations to the winners and we wish all participating teams a lot of success in preparing for the next season.
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Our school actively participated in the Researchers' Night 2021 program again this school year.
Thanks to the set of tools we received in the Science Courier package, students were able to play as detective chemists, experiment and test on their own that the work of researchers is extremely interesting. Our detectives took and compared fingerprints and examined the smoker's and non-smoker's saliva.
Note ed .: Photos were taken at a time when face masks were not mandatory.
Every year, INEKO organization publishes the rankings of the best schools in Slovakia, and once again we managed to obtain the title of the best school in Trnava Region for the year 2020/2021.
We are very happy with the title and we will continue to work on interesting projects, innovative teaching methods and on improving the quality of education in the next school years.
In terms of number of students, we are included among small schools, and therefore in order to display our ranking, it is necessary to click on the criterion "SHOW EVALUATION FOR SMALL SCHOOLS".
During the week of 6th-12th December pupils and teachers around the world celebrate the Computer Science Week. We also took part in it through an activity Hour of Code, during which we spent one hour coding. Year 1 pupils were coding with an app called Code Monkey as part of their Lego Engineering classes. They learned simple sequencing and some even tried out some loops. They all enjoyed this hour and can't wait to get back to coding with their Lego robots!
Older pupils were working on a more advanced learning sequence that they will be able to use and continue with in the future.
You can find more photos in our gallery.
This year's Christmas will once again be full of love, gratitude and smiles. Our school has traditionally joined the beautiful challenge "How much love fits in a shoe box". Everyone- kindergarten, primary and secondary school and high school, worked together for this beautiful idea.
With this selfless deed, we will give joy under the Christmas tree to several seniors in the retirement homes.
Thanks to everyone who did not hesitate to participate and give presents to others. 👏❤️
"'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house,
Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse.
The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,
In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there."
Our children also prepared some English poems and songs for St. Nicholas, angel and devil, who arrived to our school on Monday and for their nice welcome our pupils were gifted with sweet treats.
Encyclopedias are educational books full of interesting information. As part of the repeating of the curriculum from the previous school year, Year 6 pupils decided to create their own encyclopedias in which they find exactly what interests them. :) So we set a topic, divided the subtasks and set to work in our beautiful library. Students searched for information, created their own passwords, and also illustrated their own encyclopedias. They created posters full of interesting facts on the topic of EARTH, DINOSAURS and ANIMALS.
As a part of the MyMachine project, our little inventors from 4.A jointly created and drew their dream Travel Rocket.
The project was materialized by students of High School of Mechanical Engineering. Its prototype was presented to our skilled pupils and handed over to them at the MyMachine EXPO Bratislava 2021 event.
Source of photos: MyMachine and Private Primary and Secondary School BESST
We are always happy to contribute to the protection of the environment and promote a healthy lifestyle. That's why we participated in the "To school by bike" challange.
In the course of 2 weeks, a total of 95 pupils and 12 teachers exchanged their cars for a bicycle, scooter or walking. Thank you!
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.🙂
