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MOTIVATING AMBIENCE, OPEN PERSPECTIVES The Karađorđević Royal Family officially opened the new building and campus of PRIMA. “We have gathered here to share the joy with the PRIMA International School and to celebrate their next step in the world of international education. It’s great to see that this school has advanced so well, and that through its hard work and dedication it has proven its leadership position in Serbia and abroad,” HRH Princess Catherine said at the ceremony.
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he new complex of the PRIMA school is situated in the Senjak neighbourhood, at Dragana Mancea Street. The complex was officially opened in late November 2013. The school building is located in the building that once used to be as a boarding school, which is the space that perfectly fits the needs of a modern educational institution. The entrance hall and reception area, spacious hallways, a number of classrooms and labs, the library, a corner for students, staff room... “The opening of the new building has given us new opportunities and opened up perspectives. When parents come and see this space, they often comment by saying: Yes, that’s the school! Our new building has the form of purposefully built school, but at the same time it has the warmth that does not come from walls, but from the people who work here,” the school’s principal, Brigitte MacIntosh, told BelGuest Magazine. All departments of the PRIMA school are under the new roof: nursery, pre-school, elementary and secondary schools. The floor where there is the elementary school is painted in “sunny” colour, while the upper floor occupied by classrooms and labs for secondary school students radiates in “more seri-
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ous” tones. While touring the school, we saw that the adaptation project was done very thoroughly: the space is designed in accordance with modern standards and equipped with modern teaching aids. Hallways, labs, classrooms, every available corner is decorated with works of art created in the school’s workshops, which adds vibrancy and warmth to the overall atmosphere. In addition to the school building, the new playground is also equipped, and there are sports facilities and a real athletics track in the area of the complex. “This is a big undertaking and a big step forward for us. We are very pleased with the new surroundings, and there is a visibly increasing interest in enrolment,” our interlocutor concluded. PRIMA CULTURAL CENTRE The Cultural Centre is something new that the school has. “Allow your children to explore and improve their creativity and skills through fun and well-structured programmes in art, music, dance, sports and languages,” the promotional flyer of the Centre reads. The Cultural Centre is open on Saturdays and is open for all children, not just for students of the PRIMA School, which is
certainly a great advantage for Belgrade children who can learn and socialise with their peers from other countries. The Centre in its languages sec-
tion organises courses in English, French, Italian and Serbian. There are also many of those who are interested in cooking classes. In the new, motivating space, new ideas are being born, and we were told in the school that preparations are underway for the organisation of the first summer camp. BelGuest