OpenLab České Budějovice is a modern educational laboratory under the Biological Centre of the CAS. It connects science, creativity and practice. It offers courses, workshops and activities for students, teachers and the public. It develops talent and shows that science has meaning.
We operate a state kindergarten for 116 children with a canteen. We organize trips, plays, excursions, theater performances, carnivals, St. Nicholas Day celebrations, etc. We offer swimming lessons and exercises. We participate in competitions.
Youth home providing education, boarding and lodging. It is equipped with study rooms, computer technology, cinema room, kitchen and dining room. A gym is open in the free time, and there is the possibility to take part in interest groups such as football, table tennis, volleyball, gymnastics and swimming.
Primary school for 340 pupils with a day care and dining room. We organise school trips, sports tournaments and run a choir. We publish a school magazine.
Kindergarten for 156 children with a canteen that provides 180 meals a day. Indoor and outdoor activities, mind development, Olympics, trips and theatre visits are provided for children.
We offer a wide range of creative clubs for children and young people, focusing on clay work, 3D modelling and recycled materials. Our classes encourage the development of fine motor skills, logical thinking and sustainability. We create practical and decorative products according to our own imagination.
We provide library, information and photocopying services. Internet access and an on-line catalogue of books are available. We lend books of fiction and non-fiction, magazines and CDs. We allow telephone and electronic book reservations. We organise literary and library events for schools.
We are a one-class kindergarten with a capacity of 24 children. We are a mixed age kindergarten and if capacity permits we accept children as young as 2 years of age. Our kindergarten is environmentally oriented, we spend maximum time outdoors especially in our garden. We let children enjoy their childhood to the fullest.