Schoolovision 2016: The Czech Republic

Welcome to the first amongst a number of new Schoolovision members this year! Great to have you old Vikings aboard our big ship!

Rangsby School is a small rural school located in the municipality of Saltvik on Åland Island. The school was opened in 1953 and renovated and extended in 2004. The municipal library is situated in the school. The school has 63 students from grades 1-6 and six teachers and a special education teacher. There are 10 pupils in 4th grade that will participate in Schoolovision 2016.
school website

Liceul Teoretic “George Moroianu” Sacele got the title of “European School” in 2015 for its curricular and extracurricular activity at national and international levels and it is one of the biggest schools in Brașov county, Romania. The city of Săcele is situated in the middle of the country, near Brasov city and next to the mountains, also to 60 km away from Dracula's Castle place, Bran. Săcele is a small touristic city, full of traditions and churches, surrounded by beautiful views and resorts. There are around 1000 students from 6 to 19 in our school and around 75 teachers.

school website

With the International School of Helsingborg we welcome new partners from Sweden.

They are all proud to be students at this school which was established in 1995 and has approximately 540 students between 3 and 19 years of age from Pre-school till Diploma Programme with International Baccalaureate. The teachers and pupils come from almost twenty different countries all over the world.
Their aim is to develop internationally minded people who, recognizing their common humanity and shared guardianship of the planet, help to create a better and more peaceful world.

school website

Friday, 6 May 2016

The Czech Republic - Witches

We are so glad we are back again after a break in 2015. Our entry is Inka Rybarova´s song again - our children love her songs so much... We hope that you will enjoy it.

68 Comments:

Steffen said...: Oh, how sweet!; 6 May 2016 at 16:46
Unknown said...: Charming witches!Good luck from Serbia!; 6 May 2016 at 16:52
Michael said...: What enchanting young witches!
Lovely, catchy tune once again, which is a trademark of the Czech entries over the years.

Good luck from Scotland!; 6 May 2016 at 16:55
Greece said...: Witches...witches...witches....trick or treat??? Very happy video....Good luck!; 6 May 2016 at 18:11
Anonymous said...: Good Video!!! I liked a lot..... kisses from Portugal!; 6 May 2016 at 20:55
Maria Antoinette Magro said...: Charming sweet little witches! Good luck from Malta!; 6 May 2016 at 21:16
Fanny said...: Catchy song (the refrain is still in my head) and nice video!
Good luck from Norway!; 6 May 2016 at 22:29
aurum said...: Regards fairies - witches:); 7 May 2016 at 07:43
Ingrid Maadvere said...: I love the song and the witches are cute:)
Good luck!
Ingrid from Estonia; 7 May 2016 at 09:26
Anonymous said...: sweet fairies @music.
good luck

sally from israel; 7 May 2016 at 17:24
Ursula + Maria said...: We have never seen such beautiful witches before;)
Your song is very catchy!

Good luck from Austria!; 7 May 2016 at 19:27
Carla Vieira Sampaio da Silva said...: Scary witches? No! They're so nice and they sing so well...
Good luck from Portugal!; 8 May 2016 at 19:16
Aseel said...: I like the clothis 👍🏻👗and i like the song
Aseel , israel; 8 May 2016 at 19:47
Sharon M said...: Lovable witches:)
Good luck, from Israel !; 8 May 2016 at 20:03
Sharon M said...: Lovable witches :)
Good luck, from Israel !; 8 May 2016 at 20:06
Anonymous said...: I love your video and you all look so happy.

Good luck for the big day!
António Garcia, from Portugal!; 8 May 2016 at 20:58
Dan said...: Lovely song...
Good luck, from I srael; 9 May 2016 at 10:49
Anonymous said...: Nice Song

switzerland; 9 May 2016 at 11:20
Amélie and Kaya and Thalena said...: Very sweet singer
Very funny video
and very good; 9 May 2016 at 11:38
Anonymous said...: Student comments: We like the tune of your song and your costumes. Your dancing and singing is really nice. We like it. Good luck from Ireland.; 9 May 2016 at 12:00
viktor said...: your vidio is nice; 9 May 2016 at 12:00
Anonymous said...: good luck so beautiful and so good I like the music and witches
maya alzahra from israel :); 9 May 2016 at 12:08
Mayflower Primary School said...: Fantastic witches! We really enjoyed the song - well done!
Good luck to you from Mayflower Primary School; 9 May 2016 at 13:18
Thalena said...: Good luck

It is a bautifull song and the video is
so sweet good luck :); 9 May 2016 at 13:24
jinse from belgium said...: mooi lied en een mooie vidioclip !; 9 May 2016 at 18:50
Carlos said...: We like your song...Bravo!Very good.
Good luck and kisses!
Carlos,from Porugal.; 9 May 2016 at 19:42
Dave Schrauwen said...: Hi Czech Republic,

As usual you have created a very nice song with a catchy melody and a really nice video!

This is sure to do very well on the voting.

Good luck from Belgium!

Dave; 9 May 2016 at 20:48
Rosalina Canelas said...: well done, everyone!
Good luck!
Rosalina Canelas, from Portugal; 9 May 2016 at 23:51
Paula Ramalho said...: A wonderful work!
Good luck for the voting!
Paula Ramalho, from Portugal.; 9 May 2016 at 23:54
Anonymous said...: I love song it's very good
Good luck
mona mansour from Israel :) :); 10 May 2016 at 07:52
Unknown said...: Good luck from swizerland; 10 May 2016 at 08:23
Illyas from Belgium said...: nice clothes; 10 May 2016 at 16:31
Anonymous said...: Like this video
Zack from Malta; 10 May 2016 at 16:55
jinse from belgium said...: super beautiful sung!!!; 10 May 2016 at 17:38
stijn from belgium said...: It's a cool song; 10 May 2016 at 18:25
Lusine Bush said...: The best witches we have ever seen!!!; 10 May 2016 at 22:32
Andrew Smith said...: 'Very Good, I like the song" from a Year 4 student.

A great song with a lovely, simple video.
Bendigedig (Fantastic)

From Wales!; 10 May 2016 at 23:09
Amélie, Ola, Nikola, Wiktoria and Thalena. said...: The singing is sooo sweet!; 11 May 2016 at 11:48
Anonymous said...: It's a cool song, good luck !

from Iceland; 11 May 2016 at 15:12
Anonymous said...: good song and your video; 11 May 2016 at 15:13
Anonymous said...: you sing realy nice and this is realy funny video...cool
HANNA AND MARGRET FROM ICELAND; 11 May 2016 at 15:19
Anonymous said...: A great song and funny video bye þórey from iceland; 11 May 2016 at 15:19
Anonymous said...: i like the costumes
good luck from iceland!; 11 May 2016 at 15:20
Anonymous said...: Nice , good luck !; 11 May 2016 at 15:33
Azat Karapetyan said...: THE BEST; 11 May 2016 at 15:59
Elena Naumenko said...: Adorable witches!
Best wishes from Ukraine!; 11 May 2016 at 17:40
Anonymous said...: Very nice
Good luck from TURKEY; 11 May 2016 at 19:47
Unknown said...: Students said...
We like your song because it is different.
It is very creative and catchy.

Good luck from Sweden :); 11 May 2016 at 20:21
Anonymous said...: Excellent.
Bernardo Canelas, from Portugal; 11 May 2016 at 21:07
Azra polat said...: Beautiful song
Good luck from Turkey; 12 May 2016 at 12:42
Anonymous said...: Beautiful song
Good luck from Turkey; 12 May 2016 at 12:43
Anonymous said...: Very good!
-Turkey -Dilek; 12 May 2016 at 17:23
Anonymous said...: Good nice!
Turkey; 12 May 2016 at 17:24
Unknown said...: Very good I liked this video greetings from Latvian Good luck :); 13 May 2016 at 09:27
Unknown said...: I love your idea

from Latvia; 13 May 2016 at 09:31
Unknown said...: This song is very cool and they are beautiful suits very well to all this suits the song!
And greetings from Latvian!; 13 May 2016 at 09:35
Unknown said...: I like your idea
from Latvia; 13 May 2016 at 09:37
Unknown said...: This song is very cool and they are beautiful suits very well to all this suits the song!
And greetings from Latvian!; 13 May 2016 at 09:37
Anonymous said...: GOOD MUSIC; 19 May 2016 at 08:26
Anonymous said...: this is very good video
oleg,czech republic; 19 May 2016 at 08:28
Anonymous said...: this is very good video
oleg,czech republic; 19 May 2016 at 08:29
Anonymous said...: I love this video like like like
Dylan,Czech republic; 19 May 2016 at 08:34
Anonymous said...: It was good and the characters.
Martin Zezula CZECH REPUBLIC; 19 May 2016 at 08:38
Anonymous said...: annie and ayla
mate to dobry ale musite vic zabrat a napalit to tam myslim ten hlas :D; 19 May 2016 at 09:09
Anonymous said...: annie and ayla
ale mate to moc krasny; 19 May 2016 at 09:10
Anonymous said...: good
Tom Czech republick; 20 May 2016 at 08:21
Anonymous said...: AWESOME!!!!!!!!
Kuba Novák Czech Republic; 20 May 2016 at 08:26
Anonymous said...: nice song
Honza,Czech republic; 20 May 2016 at 08:34

project history

Can you believe we are now into the 8th year of Schoolovision? Who would have thought of this when we started out in 2009, following along Michael's idea to link primary schools from across Europe using the eTwinning platform in a project based on the Eurovision Song Contest.

Each participating country has the chance to choose a song, sing it and video it, before uploading it to the blog by the cut-off date, usually around 1 week before the real ESC. Then, all the pupils in all the participating countries watch and evaluate all the songs, before voting for their own personal favourite, usually the day before the real ESC. For this extra special live vote, we use the webcam conferencing tool, FlashMeeting.

Schoolovision 2009! was the first year of the competition, with a total of 30 countries taking part. The winners were ZS Husova school from Brno in the Czech Republic, with their beautiful song Hejkal.

In 2010, we had a larger entry, with 34 countries eager to win Schoolovision 2010! The standards were extremely high, and the winning song in a nailbiting live-vote came from Flataskoli Gardabaer in Iceland. Their entry was this fantastic version of Abba's Dancing Queen.

Then, in 2011, our previous winners ZS Husova from Brno in the Czech Republic came roaring back, winning the 3rd edition of Schoolovision in fine style, with their outstanding entry, Jaro.

Then, in 2012, we expanded eastwards, with new entries from several countries, including Ukraine, Russia, Georgia and Azerbaijan which helped take our total number of partners to 38, our largest to date. The standards also went up even further, and incredibly, all the top 3 entries came from new entrant schools! The winners were Hoknes barneskole, from Namsos in Norway, with Ærlighet varer lengst, a quite brilliant entry!

In 2013, our expansion east was recognised by eTwinning, and we were awarded a very special certificate for our "outstanding collaboration and contribution to eTwinning" at the European Conference in Lisbon. Two months later, and one of our newest countries, Israel, triumphed with an equally outstanding entry, their very own tribute to the only Israeli astronaut, Ilan Ramon, lost in the 2003 Columbia space shuttle disaster.

In 2014 our top stars from the Czech Republic won once again with their amazing Karneval entry. For the second time we conducted an additional teacher voting to honour our partners' commitment in pecial categories like environment or self-made song.

2015 saw a little change in our usual Schoolovision routines, as some of us took a break while the others entered their videos to a fun round without voting or placement.

The countries...

Åland Islands

Armenia

Austria

Basque Country

Belgium

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Cyprus

Czech Republic

England

Estonia

Finland

France

Germany

Greece

Iceland

Ireland

Israel

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Italy

Latvia

Lithuania

FYR Macedonia

Malta

Netherlands

Norway

Poland

Portugal

Romania

Serbia

Slovakia

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

Turkey

Ukraine

Wales

Friday, 6 May 2016

The Czech Republic - Witches

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