Primary school with kindergarten Dubová, Slovakia

Elementary school with kindergarten, Dubová 1 is a state elementary school with a kindergarten. It was established in 1958. It provides education for children aged 3 to 6 years, formal education in lower classes for pupils aged 6 to 10 years and in higher classes for pupils aged 11 to 15 years. The number of employees is 50. The school has 18 classroom teachers, two school psychologists, 50 pupils aged 10-11 and 40 pupils with special needs. The vision of the school is “School for everyone” and its mission is to increase students’ interest in education in order to maintain success in life.

Since 2015, the school has had an inclusive program and a team of psychologists at the school who, together with the students, support their education to overcome learning barriers. The team works with pupils to motivate them to learn, taking into account their individual needs. The school has experience in maintaining the mental health and high level of students’ life skills in the educational process.

During practice, the school noticed an increase in the number of students who lose the ability to concentrate, start to feel helpless and demotivated due to psychological problems, loss of security and lack of support in their immediate environment.

As of September 2023, all school students are potentially considered at risk, so the school’s target group has grown. Pupils were identified with helpless behavior before the global pandemic of COVID-19 and even more so after it. Therefore, the school is working on support mechanisms for students at risk.

The school deals directly with the mental health and well-being of pupils in the curriculum in the subjects – early community, social skills training. Outside of school, she organizes training in cooperation with the class teacher to develop good relationships between students and to maintain their mental health.