Szkoła Podstawowa nr 1 w Łazach, in Łazy is the biggest school in our borough. There are 500 students and 65 teachers in the school. The students are from 7 to 16 years old. According to the constant need of improving the quality of the work of the school and the qualifications of the staff, it is necessary to make the cooperation between the teachers and students better, by applying the new methods and teaching tools.

The mission of our school is that school is a community based on the principles of partnership, friendship, respect, respect of beliefs and mutual assistance.

The main tasks of our school are:

       -to support through the best examples;

       -to develop pupils’ skills and hobbies;

       -to broaden their knowledge and abilities;

       -to mould children’s character by giving them challenges;

       -to educate;

       -to support children’s wide-ranging development;

       -to teach how to be self-confident, resourceful and inventive;

       -to mould positive behaviour and attitudes towards other people;

       -to understand the culture and beauty of the world by cultivating the traditions of the school, family and our country.  

We have a lot of optional activities for our students:

-special interest groups: Maths, Theatre, Art, Tourists, Music, etc.

-scouting:

- sports activities clubs: volleyball, football, handball, swimming, climbing, chess.

    They can make use of school library, common room, canteen, computer classes, pedagogical and medical help, two sports halls, swimming pool, and playground.

    We cooperate with local authorities, local organizations, associations, parents and other schools to improve the level of education.

    Our town is small but situated in a very picturesque area, near the National Park called Cracow and Czestochowa Upland-Jura. There are a lot of old limestone hills, caves, castles and legends connected with them and their owners.