Sakala Eragumnaasium Mittetulundusuhing
Sakala Eragümnaasium (Sakala Private School) was founded 11 years ago and has 4 levels of education (from lower primary to secondary). The school has 260 students, aged 7-19, and 46 qualified teachers. The school curriculum is based on the state program including the “School of tomorrow” programme with CLIL approach to teaching for 1- to 6- year students. The predominant mother tongue of the students is Russian; however, there are also students speaking Estonian, Chinese, Italian, Azerbaijani, etc. The pupils are taught in several languages, i.e. Russian, Estonian, and English.
Our staff are highly experienced in organizing various events, e.g.: an Estonian Language Week Student Convention; Intellectual Casino; an annual Honour Roll celebration, where all primary school students have a chance to perform in English. We provide various extracurricular activities, e.g., sports, music, theatrical and robotics clubs. Our school administration is supportive, which inspires the whole school family to participate in different projects within the school, city and republic. We cooperate with an Estonian School from Kuressaare, exchanging students, and setting up a winter camp in Otepää. Participation in Erasmus+ projects are among the priorities of Sakala Private School. Since its foundation, we have coordinated one and participated in two school partnership projects. Thus, we can be a good asset to the international team of “There is Sea and Sea …“project. It seems to assist in further development of all the four main values of our school: trust, respect, curiosity, and responsibility. We expect the project to help our students to appreciate European values, natural heritage, and cultural diversity. We also hope that the project results in the pupils’ growing interest in such subjects as: Biology, Natural Science, History, IT, Arts, Languages, etc. Being located in the city on the coast of Tallinn bay, we consider awareness of the necessity of the environment protection as one of the educational targets of our institution. Teachers feel responsible for providing our students with the appropriate knowledge and practice related to sustainability of the Baltic Sea. Our students express much interest in topics related to the sea, which was seen in the choice of their research works’ themes in grades 8 and 11. “Plastic-free” and” Balloon-free Sky” projects currently run at our School are focused on the problem of microplastics recycling and implementing environmentally friendly practices within our school community. We find it possible for them to be spread wider through the “There is Sea … project.
