Our Slovak educational centre was founded in 2011. We meet every Saturday during the British school year in Bracknell, Berkshire, UK. At the meetings, the children get to know Slovak culture in an entertaining way, expand their Slovak vocabulary, listen to or read children's stories, dance and sing Slovak songs, learn to write and read Slovak, learn Slovak geography and history with their teachers and do various creative activities. Every year we organise events for children such as St. Nicholas' party, Carnival party, International Children's day event, camping and others. Thanks to ÚSŽZ and MŠVVaŠ SR , children from our educational centre can participate free of charge in summer and winter camps in Slovakia.
MEETINGS SCHEDULE
FOR THE SUMMER TERM 2023/24
20 April 2024
27 April
4 May
- bank holiday weekend
11 May
18 May
25/05 and 01/06 - school holiday
8 June
15 June
22 June
29 June
6 July - school camping (no lesson)
13 July - end of term celebration
Summer holiday!
OUR CLASSES
Children are divided into
five classes according to their age and Slovak language knowledge.
HOW TO PROCEED AND WHAT ARE THE RULES IF MY CHILD WOULD LIKE TO START WITH THE ŠKOLÁČIK LESSONS?
1. Contact us by
- email on info@skolacik.org.uk
- or by sending a message via our Facebook page with your child's name and date of birth
- or by filling in and submitting a form on the Contact page of this website.
2. If the capacity of the classes allows, we will invite you to the first free trial lesson.
3. Your child will be placed in one of five classes according to their age and knowledge of the Slovak language.
4. If you are interested, fill in the below application and send it to us by email or submit it directly in class.
5. Tuition fee is always paid at the beginning of the term according to the information sheet we will send you. We offer a 10% discount for siblings.
6. To secure the place, tuition fees must be paid before the beginning of the term.
7. The student advances to the new trimester automatically, you do not have to re-enroll them.
8. If you decide not to continue in the next term, please notify us in writing before the end of the current term.
FOLK DANCE GROUP
(temporarily closed from Sept 2023)
PLAYGROUP (temporarily closed from Sept 2023)
"Although children seem to learn languages more easily than adults, we should not underestimate that they need a great deal of time and constant and varied exposure to all the languages they are learning."
Karin Martin, linguist
The more languages you speak, the more times you are a human.
Slovak saying
"A different language is a different vision of life."
Federico Fellini, director
"Learning another language is not only learning different words for the same things, but learning another way to think about things!"
Flora Lewis, journalist
"Language is the road map of a culture, it tells you where its people come from and where they are going."
Rita Mae Brown, writer
Where can you find us?
St Josephs Rc Primary School
Gipsy Ln
Bracknell
RG12 9AP
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