A small school, big in spirit
We turn natural curiosity into a lifelong interest in learning.
What kind of school are we?
Experience and skills matter to us just as much as knowledge.
We are practical people. We love cooking, baking, expeditions and everything you cannot get from a textbook.
Our guides have a far more important role than teachers usually do. They are experts in observing and guiding, not just lecturing.
Instead of closed classrooms we have an open, inspiring and carefully prepared environment with Montessori materials.
We are not the right school for every parent, but our approach works very well for every child.
We stand for rules and responsibility – not chaos dressed up as freedom.
Looking for a school for your child?
Look in on an ordinary school day. Come to one of our visiting days.
Multiplying children’s potential
We give our best – and the children give it back to us.
doc. Dr. phil. Veronika Kotůlková
School leadership
I am the head of the school and one of its directors, and I create the conditions for the school to grow steadily, run well and remain a living place for children and adults alike. My work brings together care for people, day-to-day running and the school’s long-term vision.
Ing. Michaela Macháčová
School leadership
I am a director of the school and I look after its development, financial stability and long-term sustainability. I build a harmonious environment in which I want both children and adults to feel good.
Mgr. Kateřina Pavlíčková
Preparatory class
I am a guide in Labyrintík, our preparatory class, and I accompany children as they look for their place in the cosmic order of this world. In this school, which I co-founded with friends, I open up themes of how people in a society depend on one another.
Mgr. Richard Mlčoušek
Third three-year cycle
I am a guide in the third three-year cycle, and my job is to connect the sciences with everyday life and with the pupils’ own practical projects.
Ing. Lenka Bednaříková Kudělová
Preparatory class
I am a guide in Labyrintík, where together with the children we create, sing, move and rest. We speak both Czech and English, and we set off on expeditions into the forest and into our imaginations.
Marcela Lysková
Assistant to the directors
I am assistant to the directors, and in that role I take care of school administration while also guiding the children through cooking – together we prepare healthier meals and discover how much we can make ourselves.
Mgr. Martina Novotná
First three-year cycle
I guide children on their way to reading, writing and arithmetic, and just as much on their way to inner calm and a sense of themselves.
Mgr. Lenka Gavlovská
First three-year cycle
I am a guide who opens up the world to children through stories – stories become a bridge to reading, writing, mathematics and the wider cosmic connections. By telling them I awaken the children’s imagination, lead them to discover things for themselves and support both their joy in learning and their inner growth.
Ing. Martin Stříbný
Third three-year cycle
Renata Bílovská
First three-year cycle
I guide children on their way towards independence, awareness and joy in learning, in an environment of respect and responsibility. In everyday situations in the classroom and outdoors I support their character, their relationships and their consideration for themselves, for others and for the world around them.
Radka Rádková
School canteen
I am the guide of lunchtime: as I serve the meals I create a calm, welcoming space that offers children and adults a moment to pause and be together.
Oksana Fenin
School cleaning
I look after the school environment, keeping it clean, safe and pleasant for the children and adults who spend their days here.
MgA. Veronika Frélichová
English guide
I am the English guide for the first and second three-year cycles. I show children how useful and how beautiful English can be, in all its forms.
Mgr. Eva Žandová
Second three-year cycle
I am a guide at Labyrint where the stories of people, society and history meet. In Keprník I guide the children through Czech language and social topics, and in the third three-year cycle through history. In both I look above all for connections, questions and humanity.
MgA. Anna Kekeláková
Drama
I am a guide at Labyrint, where I meet children from all three cycles through theatre. Together we explore the world of the stage – puppets, masks, costumes – we improvise, play short pieces and work on productions large and small.
Ing. Kamila Ullmannová
Second three-year cycle
I am a guide in Keprník, where it is a joy to accompany children as they discover the world and themselves. I help create a space where they can ask questions, see connections and find their own answers.
PhDr. Alexandra Vejclová
School psychologist
I am the guide of mental wellbeing for children and adults alike, and I help make the school a safe place to be.
We pass on more than knowledge
We help children make sense of themselves, of other people and of the world.
Respect and freedom
We support children in learning at their own pace, having bold ideas and thinking critically, which leads to independence, healthy self-confidence and initiative.
Responsibility
We lead children towards taking responsibility for their own learning, inner motivation and productive flow.In a safe environment we teach them to decide, to plan and to carry the consequences of their choices.
Purpose
We guide children towards learning that reaches beyond the classroom – from caring for our shared environment to projects rooted in everyday life.
„Children here take responsibility for their own motivation and duties, because being able to answer for your own decisions is a key skill for the whole of life.“
„Labyrint leads children towards independence and encourages their interest in the world around them. Those are qualities they need in life.“
„Thanks to the wonderful environment, the team of guides and the school leadership, what comes home to me are independent, socially responsible, clear-thinking and contented human beings.”
„Our children at Labyrint learn in such a natural way that quite often it does not occur to them that they are in a lesson at all.“
Get a feel for the atmosphere of Labyrint
Its warmth, openness and professionalism are best shown in person.
How our school came to be
An ordinary story of extraordinary enthusiasm.
We celebrate Labyrint’s 10th anniversary. It is an intense year: the school in a new coat, a new website and a new logo.
We begin an international partnership with a school in India. In January we host four children and two teachers from Ladakh, and in August our students travel to India.
Children go on placements abroad and our guides look for inspiration in Montessori schools in Germany, Austria and Poland.
We take the Labyrint school in Třinec under our wing and share our know-how with them. The school reaches capacity. For the first time there are 100 children in Lhota!
In June our first leavers finish school, and in September we open Labyrintík for pre-schoolers.
We build the yurt and enlarge Mravenečník. It is a year of major investment – and of moving lessons online.
A year of calm, stability and quiet before the covid storm, which taught us to react to change briskly while keeping our feet on the ground.
We launch the new adolescent programme for Years 7 to 9. We watch our school grow with delight.
On the first of September we open our gates as an independent school, Labyrint Lhota.
We open the school in Lhota and become a temporary branch of the Pianeta Montessori school in Bohumín.
The idea is born of founding a school that makes sense to children, to parents and to society. There are seven founding families of us, and we feel the whole universe behind us.
Our projects

Insect Circle of Life
Experiencing nature at first hand. From the first contact with bees to tasting their own honey – learning turns into rea...

Smart irrigation in school conditions
On our school plot in Zlatníky near Opava we manage rainwater efficiently. We turned our experience into the guide Smart...

School for Sustainable Living
Joining education with a real effect on the place where we live. Pupils, teachers and the community look together for wa...
School documents
School Board
The School Board is an important part of our school community. It gives parents, teachers and the school’s founding body the opportunity to take part in the governance and development of the school.