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Details go to the interest list first, before anywhere else. Questions about Primary? Write to office@handprints.sk or ask on any tour.
Handprints Primary · Years 1–4 · opening September 2027
Primary school is coming to Handprints.
Handprints Primary opens in September 2027: Years 1 to 4, in English, continuing the approach our families know from Kindergarten into the primary school years.
- Years 1–4primary education in English
- Small classesthe Handprints ratios continue
- September 2027first Year 1 cohort
- Interest listdetails go to the list first
One school
From 18 Months to Age 10
Handprints families have always faced a goodbye at six, when Kindergarten ends and primary school begins somewhere else. Primary removes it. Children continue in the same building, with the same approach, through Years 1 to 4: play-informed, child-centered teaching, now applied to reading chapter books, writing real texts, and thinking like young scientists.
Primary is built first for Handprints graduates, and it welcomes new Year 1 families joining the school directly.
The school years, coming to Handprints
What to expect
What Primary Keeps
The approach
The Teaching Continues
The same philosophy that runs the early years, grown up with the children: hands-on projects, two adults who know every child, and school days built around how children actually learn.
The scale
Small by Design
Small classes, in English, with the familiar rhythm of the house: our own kitchen downstairs, the gym, the garden, and the library all stay part of the day.
The path
Both Doors Stay Open
English-language education with Slovak continuing daily, so families can still choose the Slovak system or international schools after Year 4.
The road to 2027
How It Will Happen
01Now
The interest list is open. Joining is free, commits you to nothing, and takes one minute.
02Early 2027
Tuition, class sizes, and enrollment dates are shared with the interest list first, before anywhere else.
03September 2027
Handprints Primary opens with its first Year 1 cohort, continuing from our 2026/27 Kindergarten class.
The children who started here at eighteen months will not have to leave at six. The school simply grows with them.