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We organized a Cake Day with students of 9A and 10B . Thanks to their amazing teamwork and dedication, the older students managed to raise 7,000 CZK, and the 9th-grade students contributed an impressive 5,600 CZK, which will be donated to the SOS Flood Relief organized by People in Need. We are incredibly proud of […]

The Olga Havlová Foundation motivates students to get in contact with non-profit organizations in their area. The students are now working closely with the Raná péče organization, which supports families with visually-impaired children, and the non-profit organization Spirála, which helps people with mental illness. A festive discussion with representatives of the Committee of Good Will […]

For the second year in a row we’ve organised a 4-day Sports Fest in Jánské Koupele for our enthusiastic sports-minded students. Each day is filled with various physical activities and teambuilding exercises. The weather has been mostly on our side, and after two days, we’re moving forward. Ahead of us are canoeing, orienteering, and cooking […]

Third year, same place, super energy – but this year was the last time for this group. Our health and sports stay in Cesenatico, Italy, has become a tradition. Sea, volleyball, friendships that have depth, love. Lots of heart-expanding experiences. The ice cream tasted somehow different this year… maybe because we know that next time […]

Let us invite you all to the Graduation Ceremony of this year’s graduates from classes VIII-IS-A and 4-IS-B. The Graduation Ceremony will take place on Friday, May 30, 2025, from 4 p.m. in the Town Hall restaurant on Prokešovo náměstí in the center of Ostrava ( https://www.radnicni-restaurace.cz/). Together, we can look forward to the presentation […]

We are incredibly proud to share that our very own Petra Helebrantová has been selected as a finalist for the prestigious Global Teacher Prize Czech Republic 2025! This award recognizes outstanding educators who bring innovation to teaching and inspire their students every day. Petra is a true example of this dedication, and we couldn’t be […]

Congratulations to our DofE participants who have successfully completed their bronze or silver award level. Thank you once again, and let’s continue on our DofE journey.

We cordially invite everyone to our traditional school Graduation Ball 2025, which will take place on Friday March 7, 2025, at the DK Poklad in Ostrava-Poruba.   A rich entertainment and interesting program awaits us, music band Neo Chess Sunny R&R Band and later on a DJ will play for dancing and listening. We strongly […]

Do you want to keep the best memories of your school years? With the MEGA yearbook it’s easy! This unique memory book is ideal for children who want to keep their experiences in style and in order. What does the MEGA Yearbook offer? ✔️ Space for class photos, signatures, personal messages and photos from trips. […]

Come and get to know our school and find out why 1st International School of Ostrava is the right choice for you! During an Open House Day you can: Tour the school and visit our classrooms and laboratories. Meet our students, teachers and the school management team. Learn more about our educational program and the […]

Come and get to know our school and find out why 1st International School of Ostrava is the right choice for you! During an Open House Day you can: Tour the school and visit our classrooms and laboratories. Meet our students, teachers and the school management team. Learn more about our educational program and the […]

An integral part of our school is the international youth development program – The Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award. It is a comprehensive and informal development of the individual through several areas, non-competitive, individually set and flexible, but at the same time continuous, consistent and well structured so that everyone achieves his/her goal with the […]

Nedílnou součástí naší školy je mezinárodní program na rozvoj mládeže – MEZINÁRODNÍ CENA VÉVODY Z EDINBURGHU. Jedná se o komplexní a neformální rozvoj jedince prostřednictvím několika oblastí, nesoutěžní, individuálně nastavený a flexibilní, zároveň ale kontinuální, konzistentní a strukturovaný tak, aby každý dosáhl svého cíle s pomocí a vedením vedoucích cen a expedic. Veškeré detaily můžete prostudovat […]

In what ways does art and culture serve as a mirror to human values, challenges, and aspirations and how can it inspire change within our community? More information is coming soon. Stay tuned for more!

We cordially invite you to the Ceremonial Opening of the new school year 2024/2025, which will take place on Monday, September 2, 2024 at 9 a.m. in the Assembly Hall of the Asental Alfa building at Prokešovo náměstí 6. The ceremony will last approximately one hour, after which the students will go to their home classrooms with their class […]

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We are thrilled to announce that two of our talented students were awarded the Gold Medal of The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award at Senate House. Their commitment and success is a great inspiration to our whole school. More photos here

Exciting times at 1st International School of Ostrava as we welcomed two incredible Romanian teachers from Colegiul National „Ienachita Vacarescu“ Targoviste into our midst! They were here on a mission – to soak up fresh inspiration, exchange teaching methods, and dive into vibrant cultural exchanges. We embraced this opportunity for growth, collaboration, and a celebration […]

The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award (DofE) is a global program that operates in over 130 countries. The program was created in Great Britain as a means of promoting the self-development of young boys. It was, and still is, designed for everyone, regardless of their background, physical abilities, skills or interests. As early as 1958 it […]

Our school has its own collection of leisure clothing, and this school year it is enriched with new products, colors and eco materials. In addition, we have reduced the prices of most of our products in the e-shop, some even by as much as 29%! Link here: https://www.kraloveskoly.cz/isostrava Ordering is already underway and will be […]

Today we are happy to share the admirable act of bravery of our student – 16-year-old Jan Baloun. In February of this year, Jan helped a child who was attacked in the busy center of Ostrava. Jan received a medal from the Director of the Regional Directorate of the Police of the Moravian-Silesian Region for […]

Today, our Active Citizens – together with other like-minded students – prepared a classic ISO Cake Day event! All the funds raised will be donated to collections and charities chosen by our students themselves. If you want to learn more about these initiatives, check out our post. Huge thanks to everyone who participated!

Facing History and Ourselves through Storytelling – Poland Our adventure with the Erasmus+ project ‚Facing History and Ourselves through Storytelling‘ continues with a visit from XXXVIII Liceum Ogólnokształcące im. Stanisława Kostki Potockiego. Our students not only learn fascinating stories from European history, but also develop key skills such as critical thinking, communication and intercultural understanding. […]

Our annual Graduation Ball took place in the lovely premises of Poklad Culture House in Ostrava-Poruba. As part of the social and musical entertainment there was a sashing ceremony of our almost-graduates, who then presented us with their dance performance, to the delight of the audience. The COTYBOTY band played for dancing and listening, and […]

We are working on our Erasmus+ project, where students from Italy are creating story books with our students. Our new Erasmus+ project guides students towards critical thinking and personal and social identity through storytelling. This week we are trying to introduce important Czech personalities to Italian students through storytelling. We had a busy second day […]

This week we are hosting our partner school Ies Santa Brígida from the Canary Islands. Our new Erasmus+ project leads students to think critically about their own personal and social identity through storytelling. Stories and tales are an essential part of being human, being a learner. The discovery that local tales are part of a […]

We cordially invite everyone to our traditional school Graduation Ball 2024, which will take place on Friday February 2, 2024, at the DK Poklad in Ostrava-Poruba. A rich entertainment and interesting program awaits us, music band COTYBOTY and later on DJ Leafur will play for dancing and listening. We strongly believe that we will gather […]

Students of our school, as part of the Junior Achievement project – where they create and run a new company from the ground up – earned money by selling their products, which this year they used to support canisterapy at Havířov hospital. The project develops their key competencies and leads them to independently discover business […]

With Christmas quickly approaching, our younger students were able to mix the enjoyable with the practical. They travelled to Olomouc to the ‚Pevnost poznání‘ science museum, where they worked with microscopes for the first time and deepened their knowledge of cells and protists in the programme ‚World in a Drop of Water‘. This was followed […]

Come and get to know our school and find out why 1st International School of Ostrava is the right choice for you! During an Open House Day you can: Tour the school and visit our classrooms and laboratories. Meet our students, teachers and the school management team. Learn more about our educational program and the […]

Další skupina našich žáků plnící program Mezinárodní cena vévody z Edinburghu vyrazila na svou cvičnou/ostrou expedici, tentokrát mapovat historické objekty a přírodní krásy a fenomény jižní Moravy, oblast Pálavy. Třídenní putování s batohy a zásobami, pěkné počasí, přechod Pálavy, průchod vinicemi, kolem Nových Mlýnů a podél Dyje, cestou necestou. Vše dle podmínek DofE expedic zvládli, […]

Another group of our students fulfilling the Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award set off on their practice/qualifying journey, this time to map historical objects and natural beauties and phenomena of South Moravia, the Pálava region. A three-day journey with backpacks and supplies, nice weather, crossing the Pálava, passing through vineyards, around Nové Mlýn and along […]

The school merch e-shop is now open! New in stock – Under Armor collection, ECO products and pastel hoodies. As a school, we have created our own school leisure-clothing collection which can currently be purchased at the e-shop here: https://www.kraloveskoly.cz/isostrava/ Ordering has already started and will be possible until October 19, 2023. Afterwards, the e-shop […]

What time and mood do the paintings take us to? Our art students, like the author, were inspired by photos and tried to interpret them with charcoal or soft pastel drawings. Thanks to The Gallery of Fine Arts in Ostrava / Galerie výtvarného umění v Ostravě for their educational program ‚Fragments of Memory‘ to accompany […]

With juniors we experienced an authentic Slavic Day at Archeopark Chotěbuz, where we witnessed not only their battles, but also their everyday life. We were shown what they ate, how they dressed, what they produced and how demanding their lives were. We also saw a performance about the killing of the patron saint of our […]

The first day of our Teambuilding Camp was about getting to know yourself, your classmates, teachers and the mountain environment of the excellent H-Resort area. Our juniors experienced a sunny day full of active, creative and inspiring activities that led them to think, cooperate and overcome new challenges through movement games, ‚game of gangs‘ , […]

Once again we’re in Kunčice pod Ondřejníkem. And why? Well, to enable even our older students to get to know themselves, their classmates, teachers, and the philosophy and concept of the school through non-formal education. Today, after arriving to early evening, they spent time together in classes (team building, sports etc.), then we mixed them […]

Also in May this year, our five-member team of teachers supported the national Bike to Work event, which takes place throughout May, with cycling and other sports activities. We did something for the environment around us and supported a healthy lifestyle. In total, we rode or walked 2105 km and saved the equivalent of 272 […]

Our project Innovation and creativity in education for a multicultural environment reflecting interdisciplinary relationships lasted from September 2021 to December 2022 and was focused on the further education of teaching staff. Thanks to a grant from the European Union, we implemented 14 professional courses throughout Europe. Specifically, the Creative and Critical Mind course in Spain, […]

We want to thank everyone who contributed to our Cake Day and bought something! We raised 5 628 CZK which is on its way to Mobilní hospic Ondrášek– https://www.mhondrasek.cz/

Last week we had a great opportunity to visit the Olympic park in Ostrava. It was a really unique experience because we tried different winter sports like curling, speed skating, skeleton, biathlon, cross country skiing, ice hockey and ice skating. We have enjoyed it all, thank you .

Every winter we go on an annual Winter Hike in Beskydy mountains with our pupils. This year we have planned an interesting route in the vicinity of Mosty u Jablunkova, up and down the hill to the Skalka hut, 11 km, in beautiful winter conditions. Along the way, students complete tasks related to the route, […]

Our students of the science seminar took part in an excursion to the Department of Chemistry at the University of Ostrava. In the beginning they had a lecture with the doc. Slovák about the conditions of studying at universities. This was followed by laboratory exercises, namely spectacular experiments with fire, determination of energy value of […]

Junior Achievement Charity Event: we have collected CZK 7,000 for the renovation of the Oncological Department waiting room in Fakultní nemocnice Ostrava.

The 1st International School of Ostrava prides itself on being a school that gives back to the community, and on Sunday they did just that by supporting the Movember Fun Run & Walk ‚Protect Your NUTS!!!‘ 2022. Organized by onhttps://www.dofe.cze of the ISO staff members, Drew Cooney, the event helped raise awareness about the importance […]

This year, our students again learned about human rights from the most knowledgeable: Karim Khan – chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Evgenia Kara-Murza – wife of this year’s laureate of the Russian opposition politician Vladimir Kara-Murza’s Prize, Denys Rabomizo – representative of the Ukrainian coalition At 5 o’clock in the […]

Thoughtful Team-Building that helps students develop stronger bonds and trust in each other… More photos on Facebook

2 teams, 15 members, 13 + 14 kilometers, mapping of military objects and creation of herbariums, working with a map, camping by the water, cooking and campfire, pleasant weather, forests, fields, towns. All this was the premiere training expedition for newcomers to the DofE program. They managed everything and we can already look forward to […]

The last project meeting of our international project Erasmus + for pupils and teachers took place in the last week of April in Ostrava. All participants from the participating countries – France, Spain, Lithuania and Romania – spent a week of activities in Ostrava, the Moravian-Silesian Region and Olomouc, ending a three-year project focused on […]

The continuation of student mobility and project activities this month continues with a week-long stay in Spain. Now, from the point of view of the culture and traditions of southern Andalusia. And we will soon welcome all partner countries in the Ostrava!

Objective: riding, new experiences, fun, adaptation to new environments and climatic conditions, friendship, support, Snowmen for Africa. Location: Saalbach Hinterglem, Austria Who: 44 skiers and boarders + 6 instructors

After a several-month break, another student mobility took place at a partner school near Nantes, France. Pupils were to meet pupils from other partner countries involved in the project again and get to know the educational and cultural environment of the organizing school.

This week, Project Based Learning Days at ISO –  the Prevention First! Through workshops and creative activities, students will prepare their group project on the topic of prevention of socio-pathological phenomena, human protection in emergencies, the principles of first aid and the basics of self-defense and much more connected with real life situations.

Recently, during a beautiful sunny weekend, two teams completed their adventurous journeys and successfully completed their Bronze and Silver Awards. Everything went according to plan and both in Pálava and in the Beskydy the groups met their goals and successfully reached the finish line!   #dofeczech #zazijdofe #matocenu #WorldReady

Date 15.6. – 22.6.2021 General information: Are you interested in the topic of climate change? Do you like to do good deeds? Join us in our challenge. The third week starts today on Instagram and Facebook. How to participate? Complete tasks on any day and create a creative post on your Instagram / Facebook, thanks […]

This school year, Active Citizens participated in the long-term project 1Planet4All. During distance learning, Active Citizens organized a project day to educate classmates from across the school on various environmental issues. Currently, this project is followed by a three-week call on social networks, which begins on May 24, 2021. Join us too! Other projects in […]

What have Active citizens been working on for the last month? As part of the Snowmen for Africa, Active Citizens managed to collect 1,700 CZK that will help schoolchildren in the Gambia. We would like to thank everyone who took part in the collection. Take a look at their work! Before the Easter holidays, the […]

This school year, the Active Citizens club is involved in the 1Planet4All project, which falls under People in Need, the Variants educational program. Throughout the year, students create a long-term project from the beginning, which aims to raise people’s awareness of climate change. Based on this, a project day was created during distance learning, which […]

What have Active citizens been working on for the last month? As part of the Snowmen for Africa, Active Citizens managed to collect 1,700 CZK that will help schoolchildren in the Gambia. We would like to thank everyone who took part in the collection. Take a look at their work! Before the Easter holidays, the […]

PBL Day – led by Active Citizens, Wednesday 31/03. Let´s enjoy the topics connected with climate issues and sustainability.

Good morning everybody, we are sending DofE greetings to all of you no matter if you are or if you are not a DofE participant. Everybody (age 14+) can join this wonderful programme, even now when you are at home. We have welcomed some new participants recently, this is great, thank you for joining us. Well, here […]

The Democracy in the Media Education (DIME) is an international project of four partner countries (The Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia) funded by the Visegrad Fund. It focuses on various methods in media education and it supports the critical thinking and problem solving, collaboration of participants and development of their creativity and communication, a […]

A students´ led project as an output of the Project Based Learning Days. The main topic is environment and recycling of aluminium things at school.

Our Gold Awardees received their awards and badges at the Golden Ceremony in Prague in late October. Congratulations and carry on challenging yourselves!

During the first week of February, there was a student exchange to Romania that is part of our Erasmus+ project. During the week, we visited the Parliament and open-air museum in Bucharest and historical town Sinaia. As the project is focused on food, we had a possibility to visit a few Romanian food factories where […]

The overall aim of the event: introduction to media literacy project dissemination public debate about the profession of a photographer and his/her perspectives of taking pictures and finding the truth behind them The aim / description of each session: Official Introduction – welcome and line up of the evening, why Mr Straka, why ISO Key […]

We always want our students to experience something new, unique, challenging and educational. Therefore we organized the 3rd Annual ISO Winter Trek 2020 and we hiked 12 kilometres in Beskydy mountains, from Bystřice to Návsí. Up to the hill, two peaks, down the hill. Students were challenged both by the natural conditions and Trek Worksheet […]

Fake News, half truths and propaganda… Manipulation as old as human beings, however in this rapid online era more significant and widely exploited. The way this phenomenon emerges was shown and explained using concrete examples by two foreign correspondents Jakub Szántó and Petr Zavadil. Thank you very much!

(RE)MAKE THE TRUTH.Creative workshop focus on the media literacy. Students work with photographs and discovery the different points of view on the given photos. They look for the answer of the question – is it possible to record the truth on the photo. #DIME #VISEGRADFUND The project is supported by Visegrad fund

On Saturday, 6th April, we joined the national campaign “Ukliďme Česko”. It is a volunteering event focused on cleaning litter and garbage in a chosen area. Our school leads our students, teachers and parents to join community projects, volunteering and to be active citizens. This year we decided to clean the area around Černá Louka […]

We educate and lead our students to be involved in some fundraising and charity events and activities. We develop their civic competencies in order to be aware of people in need around us. Therefore, every year we participate in the national fundraising event called „Světluška/Firefly“. This fund supports visually impaired children and adults. Our students […]

In December, another group of our students and students from other schools went to Prague to be awarded with their Bronze and Silver Awards within the Duke of Edinburgh´s International Award. Big congratulations!

Project Based Learning is a teaching method in which students gain knowledge and skills by working for an extended period of time to investigate and respond to an authentic, engaging, and complex question, problem, or challenge. This time the topic was LOVE and students answered the question „What’s love got do with it?“  

We understand the importance of real life and hands-on learning. Our expedition to South Africa is focusing on cultural awareness, community service and animal conservation.        

Students visited the blast furnace in Dolní Vítkovice based on their project from chemistry and physics. They improved their knowledge of production of crude iron and its further use in practice. An interesting part of this excursion was also a section devoted to the history of iron production in our region.

Students have tested the proteosynthesis within the biology lesson. The Game was made by experts from the Science and Technology Centrum. Thank you!

During the history lessons student learnt about mummification in Ancient Egypt by doing the real mummy of the chicken.  

Sociology days at the University of Ostrava – a chance to apply the theory from lesson to practical life and understand that sociology is an interesting and practical science.

The hiking in the winter conditions in the mountains, teambuilding, work with information about local environment and people of Frenštát pod Radhoštěm – these were the aims of our second annual Winter Trek of ISO students, teachers and parents. This year, after our journey by train, we followed tourist path from Frenštát pod Radhoštěm to […]

A fun pre-Christmas preparation for maturita exams – reactions of cations and anions with reagents, forming of coloured precipitations and their solubility in acids and alkali solutions. Xmass tree prepared by students from tercie.  

Our students are regularly offered various experiential events and projects to support their connection of the academic side of their lives with the real world. Therefore, in autumn 2018 we organized educational trip to England to trace the footprints of famous English writers such as William Shakespeare and his Globe Theatre or J.K. Rowling and […]

Our PBL Days are over. We devoted four days to history, development, events and famous persons of Czechoslovak history. We put everything into the cultural, political and social background and international context. We experienced various workshops, tours, experiential activities, film and play. In the end, teams performed their best in the form of Pecha Kucha […]

Včera se naši žáci v Centrum PANT přenesli do období mezi 1. a 2. světovou válkou. Ne tak docela, samozřejmě, ale formou zážitkoveho workshopu Doma a jinde se o to pokusili… Vše připravili a koordinovali lektoři z Post Bellum. Děkujeme! https://www.postbellum.cz/co-delame/workshopy/doma-a-jinde/

Our Alumni Tereza was awarded her gold DofE certificate directly by Prince Philippe in Buckingham Palace in May 2016, as part of the 60th DofE Anniversary. You can watch her experience in this video – https://youtu.be/T_AJ1tDX-asorread more here – https://www.dofe.cz/en/dofe-stories/tereza-fojtikova-473/

A beautiful debate with a man who was at the birth of democracy in Czechoslovakia. We thank to Mr Michael Zantovsky for sharing his views on Václav Havel, on translation, on civic responsibility. We thank to Vaclav Havel’s Library for everything it does tirelessly for democracy, human rights and Václav Havel’s legacy. Last but not […]

Minulý týden se naši studenti humanitního semináře II. zúčastnili vzdělávacího výletu do Brna. Součástí výletu bylo divadelní představení Dynastyje v divadle Husa na provázku pojednávající o vzniku a vývoji Lehman Brothers a celé západní ekonomiky 18. – 20. století, jakož i pádu této finanční společnosti související s okolnostmi finanční krize roku 2008, která přerostla v […]

28.- 31. srpna 2018 absolvovali naši studeni úspěšně zlatou expedici programu DofE. Během těchto 4 náročných dnů (vlci, medvědi, neprostupný les a strmé svahy) ušli kolem 80 km a nastoupali více než 4500 metrů. Gratulujeme! Fotogalerie k dispozici zde

Mockrát děkujeme Hotel Duo Horní Bečva za skvělé podmínky a servis pro náš školní zážitkový adaptační kurz Summer Fun Camp 2018! Krásné prostředí, příjemné Retro ubytování, báječná kuchyně a spolupráce s personálem nám umožnili s našimi žáky prožít týden plný zábavy, různorodých venkovních i vnitřních aktivit a všichni tak odjížděli po týdnu domů spokojeni. Pevně věříme, že […]

We lead the school community to do some volunteering, we show that we can do something for the environment, therefore we go to clean. This is our third year of joining the national volunteering campaign called „Ukliďme Česko/Let´s Clean the Czech Republic“, on Saturday 7th April. The location – forest and park of the Sport […]

Because we connect a theory with an experience. Because we want our students and teachers to try, do and maintain (Mr Yoda would disagree…:-). Because we want biology and community involvement to be interesting and inspirational. We grow herbs and other plants in this unique compost and we maintain the whole thing and process it […]

This uncommon race of common people has become a traditional challenge for some of our teachers and students. Somebody just wants to have fun with friends, somebody wants to run in a forest, along a path, across a field and manage to go over some decent number of various obstacles which wait for the runners. […]

During spring we began to plan and realize another community based project as a part of our community education. The school club Active Citizens launched its´ community compost project called KOMKOM. The aim is to cooperate with local restaurants and cafés and collect their bio-waste on one particular day in the week, in particular we […]

V neděli jsme si společně se školní komunitou The Ostrava International School zahráli softbal. Cílem je, samozřejmě kromě hry samotné, propojit všechny členy obou školních komunit a přátele, užít si méně formální den než ve škole a prostě se pobavit a ještě si u toho zasportovat. Vše se povedlo – zápasy, počasí, atmosféra. Velké poděkování […]

We look for new challenges. We wanna try something new. We support teamwork. Therefore, we nominated ISO MTB Team consisting of three students and one teacher to the MTB race Porubajk 2018. A beautiful weather, 38 km across fields, forests, open air swimming pool, spa, through small villages and up a skiing slope, over the […]

Mr. Tomáš Pojar, M.A. from the university CEVRO Institute visited our school today. Mr. Pojar is a diplomat, Vice-President of CEVRO Institut, Director of the MBA program Cyber Security at CEVRO Institute, former Ambassador of the Czech Republic to Israel, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic and CEO of Člověk v tísni. […]

Hello everybody, it is the third year in row we are organising this super volunteering event in cooperation with the national institution and campaign – Ukliďme Česko. Well, in the name of our Active Citizens you are all invited to join our team and support the environment a bit. See all the necessary information in […]

Today was full of colours, laughter and mainly about dance… for positive atmosphere and energy charged not only dance workshop a big thank you to Veronika Kačová and her sisters – Emily and Irenka from the dance company CIKNEČHAVE!  

The 1st International School of Ostrava is honoured to present the graduates of 2018. The Winter Ball took place in Landek Park on the 17th February. We hope that all of you enjoyed the night and that the memories will forever remain in your hearts. More photos on our fb page – Winter Ball 2018

This week we are looking for an answer on the question „What is sustainability and how does it work?“. Students and teachers are engaged in many various workshops focused on the topic of sustainability. We are exploring, researching, discussing, sharing, creating, learning – about sustainable cities, rainforests, clothes, coffee, renewable resources, waste, tourism, social matters […]

V pondělí se náš student – Tomáš Kusák zúčastnil recitační soutěže v divadle Aréna pořádané Gymnáziem Olgy Havlové, a obsadil krásné 1. místo v kategorii próza. Tímto mu vřele gratulujeme a Gymnáziu Olgy Havlové děkujeme za pozvání a organizaci.  

Volunteers from AFS Intercultural Programmes lead an interesting workshop  for students from grades 10 and 11on the 8th of December. The topic was equal opportunities, antidiscrimination and intercultural education. The aim of the workshop is to develop citizenship and anti discrimination by interactive games so that the students can adapt to the quickly changing society, […]

V pátek 1. 12. 2017 jsme navšítili v rámci projektu Emise v Brně RECETOX – Centrum pro výzkum toxických látek v prostředí.   Centrum je samostatným ústavem Přírodovědecké fakulty Masarykovy univerzity, který realizuje výzkum, vývoj, výuku a expertní činnost v oblasti znečištění prostředí toxickými látkami. Předmětem zájmu jsou především perzistentní organické polutanty (POPs), polární organické […]

We are different and we are all the same. Let´s stop putting people into boxes. Let´s develop our talents and skills. Let´s try something new, let´s do something for ourselves and for the others. There is an opportunity for each of us to join several interesting activities, programmes and events. And let´s appreciate the fantasy […]

Day in the totalitarianism – Thanks to the organization Post Bellum and their workshop Tak tohle neprojde our students got to the 80s of the 20th century. Through active role playing they have developed their attitudes to freedom of expression and censorship. The students became dissidents and during three illegal meetings they created their own […]

Každoroční výstava školství „Středoškolák, vysokoškolák“ se uskuteční 1. a 2.12. na Výstavišti Černá Louka. Návštěvníci, především žáci základních škol a jejich rodiče, mají možnost na jednom místě získat informace o možnostech středoškolského, ale i vysokoškolského studia. Více informací na http://cerna-louka.cz/cs/stredoskolak-vysokoskolak-2017

Here come the official photos made by the national office of The Duke of Edinburgh´s International Award (DofE)! We chose some for you to remind us the festive atmosphere and unforgettable experience for our Award Holders. So one more time – DofE, Prague, Senate, prince Edward, about 100 awardees, guests and The Rebel Pipers. And […]

Congratulations to the Gold Award go to Kristýna, Eva and Petr! Their long experiential journey took almost two years. During completing their awards, they had to reach their goals, overcome some obstacles, they gained new experience, comptences and skills, and they discovered new opportunities and sometimes even themselves. On Tuesday, their mission was accomplished and […]

Včera jsme zahájili naše další Projektové dny, tentokrát na téma 100 LET a otázku „Co za 100 let dala Česká republika světu? Shlédli jsme již filmový dokument „King Skate“, divadelní představení „Smíření“, probíhají workshopy „Stoleté kořeny“, tematické sekce o sportu, historii, vědě, trávení volného času, subkulturách, letcích v RAF, umění, zdobíme tematicky školu.   Více […]

Today we visited an exhibition A Tribute To Invention during our art lesson. The exhibition is a tribute to a unique person of many talents, an architect, a stage designer and a painter Vlastislav Hofman. This exhibition introduces the artist’s scenographic work, architectural designs, painting, graphics and applied art. We also attended the gallery workshop […]

Three of our students are members of Michálkovice Voluntary fire brigade. They took part in Czech championship in the discipline called Plamen at the beginning of July and … they WON! Congratulations and here is a brief interview about their hobby. How did you get to firefighting sport? R+B: Me and my brother found this sport […]

Our community school has been supporting the DofE programme for several years. This year there are more than 30 participants doing their various challenges. The Annual Breakfast Event gets together all supporters and coordinators of this worldwide programme in the Czech Republic. This year, it took place at the British Embassy in Prague and our […]

Protože kolik jazyků znáš, tolikrát jsi člověkem! Protože být mezinárodní neznamená mluvit jen anglicky! Protože nový jazyk znamená novou životní příležitost! Dnes proběhl na MEZINÁRODNÍM gymnáziu první skutečně MEZINÁRODNÍ den. Měli jsme tak jedinečnou příležitost zažít kulturu cizích zemí a ochutnat speciality z německy a španělsky mluvících zemí. V knihovně probíhalo čtení v německém, španělském […]

Let us look back to 2016/2017 and our new and fresh alumni. Both classes passed the Maturita exams with very nice results. Ten students passed with honour, moreover, five of them passed with all excellent grades from all subjects! The averages were 1,34 (VIII-IS-A) a 2,01 (4-IS-B). Furthermore, students of 13A passed both Maturita and […]

Another group of successful participants of the Duke of Edinburgh´s International Award completed their missions on the bronze and silver level of this great challenging programme for young people all around the world. We went to the Ministry of Culture in Prague on 13/06 and the awards were given to our students by Czech patrons […]

On Wednesday 7th June 2017 the science excursion of grade 8A and grade 11B took place. The students visited the unique handmade paper mill Velké Losiny and pumped-storage hydro power plant Dlouhé Stráně. They explored the details of handmade paper production, a principle of pumped-storage hydro power plant and thanks to fine weather we could […]

Experiential learning – Othello in the National Theater ….. Beautiful experience, highly recommend !!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvjBTtd8DR0

We like unconventional challenges and events, and so we joined the Mad Race 2017 for the third time. It took place on Saturday, June 3, near Vaňkuv kopec. Despite the exhausting heat we set up one teacher team and two students. 8 km of run, 20 obstacles from overpassing, crawling, skipping, wading, crawling, carrying and […]

Art students visited the Gallery PLATO Ostrava yesterday. The Gallery PLATO prepared an educational program called Art Lab for our students – an art lab that changes the general belief that there is an insurmountable gap between science and art. The program brought us information about contemporary art, but also linked this area with the […]

During the first week of April, we did the last student exchange within Erasmus+ project Active Citizienship and Environmental Awareness through Formal and Non-Formal Education. Together with 6 different partner states, we visited school in Taranto, southern Italy. Our students presented there our environmental project about Eco-tourism and we visited many beuatiful places, for example […]

We inspire the members of the school community to be active citizens who participates in public events and support volunteering. Therefore, we joined the national volunteering event „Ukliďme Česko“. Sixteen participants were cleaning a chosen area the whole morning and they did a great job! The park and forest were full of various garbage. We […]

Riding down the hill. a physial activity, varied climatic conditions, the rules in conduct of behaviour in an unknown environment, collaboration and personal challenges. Austria, Ost Tirol und Karnten, 5 days, 47 participants, sun and snow, lots of experience, skiers and snowboarders, a blue bus. The video is also available at the youtube channel 1stISOgympl. […]

On Tuesday afternoon our two schools ISO and TOIS hosted two very special guests, who spent almost an hour in a vivid debate with our students and teachers. Her Excellency Jan Thompson, British Ambassador in Prague, and Mr Ivo Vondrák, the Regional Counsellor came to Ostrava and to the school to meet some representatives of […]

After two years of intensive and continuous work of the whole project team we are happy to announce that we were accredited a title WORLD SCHOOL. It means that the school has incorporated and realised some important and significant actions within the field of the environmental education and global development goals. A very big thank […]

We had great fun in art class this Wednesday! As part of our block on the Renaissance, we explored egg tempera painting.

H.E. Jan Thompson is a British Ambassador to the Czech Republic. And Great Britain is the home of the Duke of Edinburgh´s International Award (DofE), which is a worldwide and great programme for young people. It might happen that the Award will be given to you by a member of the British Royal family! Do […]

V odpoledních hodinách po vyučování nabízíme našim žáků možnost zapojit se do různorodých volnočasových klubů. Přesný časový harmonogram rádi poskytneme na vyžádání. Roční poplatek je 500 Kč. Sportovní klub Bulldogs – basketbal, fotbal a florbal Studentský časopis Nothing ISOMUN – modelová žákovská organizace zasedání OSN Active Citizens – komunitní vzdělávání a dobrovolnictví se zapojením do […]

Veliké díky Papidu https://www.papidu.cz/ !

Basic information about the project World School 1st International School of Ostrava this year, defends the title „Světová Škola“ (World School, an education variant of the People in Need). The basic idea of the project World School is promoting education and prepare students for real life in a globalized world. It is based on a […]

  1st International of Ostrava je partnerem Projektu Emise Slezského gymnázia v Opavě. Více informací na emise.slezgymopava.cz/   Reklamní spot projektu Emise   26.4.2016 naši studenti poprvé navštívili Slezské gymnázium a více se dozvěděli o projektu Emise.   30.5.2016 se v Opavě pan Ivo Helebrant, Nina Pavelková a Hana Blažková zúčastnili informační schůzky škol zapojených do projektu. […]

BOOK BOX je komunitní projekt 1st International School of Ostrava, který vznikl v rámci projektu Schools as generators of democrative society a je financován Visegradským fondem a Ministerstvem zahraničí Korejské republiky. Cílem tohoto projektu je podpora čtenářství rozmístěním veřejných miniknihovniček v centru Ostravy. Věříme, že „Čtenář prožije tisíc životů, než zemře. Člověk, jenž nikdy nečte, […]

Within the Active Citizens project, in collaboration with the British Council, Člověk v tísni, o.s., and the European Union, the 1st International School of Ostrava is organizing the project Walkthrough Gallery   The city center of Ostrava is a place with many grey, dull venues, which, on the other side, are full of potential to […]

30.11.2016 jsme se účastnili oficiálního DofE vyhlášení v Praze. Naši studenti byli velmi úspěšní a dostali se až na stříbrnou úroveň DofE programu! Celý den byl velkou výzvou a naši studenti si odnesli neocenitelné zkušenosti a zážitky. Každý z nich si vyzkoušel například capoeira, přežít dobrodružnou expedici nebo pomáhat starším. Všem moc gratulujeme a držíme […]