Digest (January - March)

  This year I started with great expectations. And there were a bunch of work to do. Let me tell you about everything step by step.

   At the beginning of February  I had a courses for formteachers of 5th forms in NUS. It was four-day courses, where we learnt some aspects of work with students in 5th form, learnt more about some psychology of teens, and spoke about forming a leadership in our classes, how to teach them work in groups, and did some projects. It was interesting and practical experience.

   Also  at the beginning of  February we organised a small birthday party for all  students in our class who were born in winter. It was great fun for my 5th formers, and they shared with me their emotions and joy. 

   Then some of my students wanted to check their knowledge of English. They took part in online Winter Olympiad. We were preparing for this the whole winter. On the 5th of March we have got the results of Winter Olympiad. So my students have done this great job and did their best and I am so proud of them.

  For the primary classes I organised some small competitions in honour of St. Patric's Day. They could learnt some new words, symbols of this holiday, more about the history of this holiday, its traditions, some unusual facts and we watched some funny story about "How to catch the Leprechaunt". The most active were the 4th formers. 

   At the end, on the 27th of March I and some of my collegues had an opportunity to enjoyed to the courses on the basis of Semydubu lyceum. It was a social-emotional learning program "Zerna". In Ukraine this program is being implemented within the framework of a memorandum of understanding between the Ministry of Education and Science and the LEGO Foundation. It was realy interestion and useful experience.

Christmas holidays are here!

 The Schooling is coming to the end and it's time to slow down and to reflect. Of course it was a little bit hard and full of unexpected situations half of a school year. There was rising of some talants and also there were some problems to solve. And we done with all its challenges with a strong will and patience. I hope the next 2025 year will bring us more understanding, and easiness in hard things, hope and believing in a good future for our children and us, ukrainians.

  On Christmas Day want you to wish a cosy holidays for you and your families, don't lose the Star of Believing in Goodness, and let all bad things will go away! May the Light be with you and leads you every day even if it seems darkness around! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to everyone!

Our December!

   December was full of events in our school.

 We could proud of our rich traditions, because there was also a traditional holiday in our country we celebrated - St.Andrew's Day. Children and the guests could enjoy the funny "vechornytsi" and ate the tasty varenyky and kalyta.

  It was a nice St.Nicholas Day. He came with his friend Snowman to bring the presents for nice children. And of course all kids could get the sweet presents from them. 

   Of course there was a nice New Year Party for children on the last day of schooling! The two teams took place in the compititions and have fun doing Christmas tasks. Of course both teams got their tasty prizes. 

So, Christmas holidays started!  I wish you, my dear pupils, to have all good relaxing days!

Thanksgiving holiday.

 We should not forget to thanks everyone around us for some good things or actions during the year. But on Thursday the 28th we had a great opportunity to do it as a special tradition. Of course, this is an American holiday, but who will judge us if we also use it to say thanks to our family, friends or close people.

Therefore, on this day at school we dedided to revise some facts about this special holiday. We did it in a way of a small competition.  Of course the winners got some prizes. 

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone! And do not forget to show your courtesy and respect to the close people everyday!

Autumn Olympiad

 During the November some of my pupils decided to take part at All-Ukrainian online Olympiad from English.

These were 3 pupils from the 4th Grade (one pupil got the diploma of the first degree, and two pupils got the Diplomas of the second degree)  one pupil from the 3d Grade (she got a Diploma of the first degree), and one pupil from the 7th Grade (she got the Diploma of the third degree).

My congratulations, my dears! I am so proud to have such bright students!

A Little Helping Hand.

 One little helping hand can change somebody's life. 

And what if there are a lot of such helping hands? They can be a strong power, that can change a world. 

Kindness is the most powerful thing, that can crack even the stonehearts. It give us purpose to live, and change this world positively.

Open your hearts for positive actions, and discover how beautifuly this world can open for you.

 Kindness costs nothing, but it means everything. Yesterday we had an opportunity to prove this thought on action. 

We' ve done a great work, but it is worth its cost!

The little holiday for children.

 The Halloween holiday was approaching and caused a noticeable excitement, awe, and interest among the students of our school. Every year, children look forward to the trivia dedicated to this  holiday. We prepared tirelessly. And here is the result.

 On October 30, students of the 2nd grade took part in the educational event "What is Halloween?", where they had the opportunity to recall Halloween traditions, repeat and test their knowledge of words from the topic, play active games about monsters and ghosts, and, of course, imagine themselves in a dance roles of different creatures. The team "Bats" won. Congratulations!

In the 4th grade, the participants of the game "Witch's Party!" had the opportunity secretly attend Witch Wanda's party in the roles of various creatures. Teams got to "meet" the hostess of the party and explore her special home, look for her amazing pets, guess the various guests who attended her Halloween party, meet a special guest - Jack-o-lantern, "play" Halloween games and listen and tell Halloween stories by themselves. The team "Witches" won the game. Congratulations!

On October 31st, 5th grade students had the opportunity to test their knowledge about this holiday in the game "What do you know about Halloween?" - the winners' podium looked like this:

1st place - Vadim, 2nd place - Maxim, 3rd place - Mykhailo. Well done!

In the 3rd grade, the event "Halloween is coming."were held. The teams had the opportunity to test their knowledge of the customs and traditions of this holiday, worked with pictures, remembered facts about the holiday, guessed creatures and "decorated" the witch's house. The team "Girls" won.

And, of course, all participants of the events received small tasty prizes. "TRICK or TREAT!" as they say.