The PRIGO Elementary School
The private PRIGO Elementary Schools in Ostrava is part of the PRIGO multi-stage teaching system which includes an eight-year, six-year and four-year grammar schools, several kindergartens and other schools at all levels of school education. It is based on the unique, trademark-protected PriorityGO approach to education which is based on the combination of individualization of teaching, modern didactic methods and respect for the challenges of contemporary society whereby education is perceived as a life-long philosophy and a continuous approach to life, not a mean to achieve other goals.
The PRIGO schools entered the second quarter of their existence last year. They deem it important to focus on teaching English and other languages. As one of few schools, our Elementary Schools are licensed to teach some subjects in English, which is also reflected in our pupils’ school reports. Our schools also include a language school with accredited state language examinations, which can be found in the school register. This is the highest certification that a school can obtain. We cooperate closely with more than 20 schools from all around the world, starting with European, through American and ending with Chinese (see here). The key element and difference from other similar schools, however, is mainly the focus on developing the children’s skills and interest in nature and technology already from their preschool years up to their possible university studies. We use the maximum scope provided to us by the Framework Educational Programme for Elementary Education, established by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports.
In addition to convenient premises, the individual approach and quality of education are provided by well-paid teachers, allowing us to provide the pupils with the best education and ensure their actual personality development with the subsequent preparation for secondary education. There are also two important advantages of attending a PRIGO Elementary School. Given the experience we have with running nursery schools, from which the children may enrol at the elementary school, we can ensure a stress-free transition to compulsory school attendance.
After finishing elementary school or when attending it, the pupils may enrol in 8-year, 6-year and 4-year Grammar School programmes either at the PRIGO Medical and Science Grammar School or the PRIGO Language and Humanities Grammar School. Alternatively, they can enrol in various study specialisations at the PRIGO High School. Therefore, a smooth transition to secondary education is ensured. Our secondary schools further cooperate with many universities and their teachers, which results in a relatively trouble-free transition to university studies as well.
The PRIGO schools can therefore guide your children from their pre-school years up to their university studies.
Virtual tour of the school in Ostrava
The PRIGO Elementary School Guidebook (Available in the Czech language only)
PRIGO Leaflet (Available in the Czech language only)
Projects (Available in the Czech language only)
PRIGO Smart School
PRIGO is a school for life as it will be. We do our best to prepare our pupils and students to succeed in their future lives, even though none of us has a clear idea as to what society and life will look like in a few decades. Our philosophy is based on the ten principles of the PriorityGo approach. We strive to educate creative personalities with a strong sense of adaptability and flexibility who will be able to prove themselves successful in life both at home and abroad. Therefore, we consider the development of critical thinking as the basis for preparation for future life. We emphasize modern didactic methods and the development of general competencies in teaching. We are aware of the fact that the school itself is no longer the sole or main source of information and that its role is to some extent assumed by the online environment in the present time. That is why modern technologies are particularly important to us. We use mobile devices and the Internet environment not only as a part of teaching but also in all other activities associated with attending school. Our goal is for technology to become a natural part of life, a tool for solving problems and simplifying work and life in general, not as a mean of consuming free time and replacing one’s social ties. Meanwhile, we respect the traditional values and our cultural-historical environment.
We are a smart school. Our priorities include connectivity, electronic communication, and transparency. An emphasis is placed on safe work with technologies. For the last five years, we have significantly changed our approach to information and communication technologies and their meaningful involvement in teaching and other activities.
School and classroom equipment
The teaching takes place at the school in Ostrava-Mariánské Hory, located in a peaceful residential area surrounded by urban greenery and nature, on Mojmírovců Street 42, known as the Mojmírovců Campus. The school also features a spacious garden.
The PRIGO Elementary SCHOOL offers a friendly and homely environment with a strong dominance of individual elements.
The first stage of elementary school with its sophisticated approach helps children discover themselves and supports their natural abilities in all areas ranging from humanities, arts, language skills, technologies, and natural sciences. We guarantee small study groups. In the first three years, there is only verbal assessment, which opens a door to an approach to children that is not stressful. We learn to work with mistakes, which we consider a challenge and an opportunity for improvement and progress. The school and the parents stay in close, respectful, and open contact, and through their password-protected access credentials, the parents can regularly learn about planned events, news, and photos from the classes and life in the school.
Each classroom is equipped with an interactive board, which isn’t used just for languages but also for other subjects and for the purposes of entertainment. Apple TVs have been installed in our classrooms. English classes and after-school activities take place with native speakers who speak with the children in English only. We empower reading literacy, and each classroom has its bookcase, supplemented by children themselves at the school’s expense. We have newly built an outdoor classroom for our children, a professional PASCO classroom intended for carrying out experiments, and a language classroom.
An essential part of our teaching is also the sports activities covered by the tuition fee – swimming, skiing, roller skating, ice skating, and golf courses but also trips and excursions to the surrounding areas, the Technology Centre, galleries, museums, libraries, farms or castles – which all serve as an important educational tool. We do not forget about the birthday celebrations of our children in the class during the school year.
Come and see us. Both the parents of potential candidates and the parents of our pupils use this option. We are always happy to see you. The school is made by the people – pupils, teachers and parents. It would not be possible without any of these groups and individuals.
Mentoring at PRIGO Elementary School
Personal approach is one of the priorities of the PriorityGO concept which we apply
throughout our schools. Based on the interconnection within the PRIGO schools group and the fact that it includes all levels of education, we have a unique opportunity to offer our students the possibility to participate in the new BuddyGo system, which moves the meaning of ‘personal approach’ to the next level. Targeted mentoring connects different levels of education in the group of PRIGO schools. This way, our students develop today’s highly valued qualities such as responsibility and activity on the mentor-side, and easier integration on the mentoree-side.
New school, new environment, new classmates and teachers – at PRIGO, we take the personal approach seriously. Our elementary school runs a mentoring programme, which benefits from the synergy of the PRIGO schools group, and takes the form of individual mentoring where each pupil of the elementary school, i.e.“Buddik”, has his/her mentor, “Buddy”, a partner and guide selected from a lower class of the high school, who assists him/her in both school and extracurricular activities as well as helps him/her in the transition process to high school in the future.
Moreover, our elementary school runs a general mentoring programme where interaction between younger and older children takes place, either within the primary school itself or in cooperation with high school and university students through various events.
If you are interested to discover how mentoring looks like at PRIGO, you can take a look here.
International Cooperation
The elementary school has a long-term cooperation agreement with the Polish 
elementary and nursery school in Racibórz, Poland. The children from PRIGO go to Racibórz school, the local arboretum, and the castle in the framework of the “project days”. The children from Racibórz school, on the other hand, go on trips to our school and kindergarten. These mutual visits are designed as project days for children, each with a specific focus, such as technology, history, etc. We have also established cooperation with the University of Cambridge, where cooperation should take a similar form as with the partner school in Racibórz. In the upcoming years, we will strive to participate in other international long-term projects such as Comenius, Erasmus, etc.
It is worth noting that PRIGO cooperates with more than 20 foreign schools, starting with Great Britain, France, Germany, and Austria, through American schools and ending with several Chinese schools (click here). International exchange of students and teachers thereby makes it possible to accelerate the boosting of language skills and the education of our students then acquires an international dimension. Additionally, we offer our students and teachers short-term and longer study, or work stays abroad.