PEEP-2013

 

«The education system: its history, the current state and the future»

 

On Saturday, November 9th, the participants of the “PEEP” project
came to Moscow, among which there were participants from
Hungary, Holland, Denmark and Romania. In total there were
20 students and 5 teachers.

Our school is represented by the 11th grade students supervised
by Julia Vladimirovna Sitnikova and Marina Evgenyevna Klyagina. 
All the participants who arrived from abroad are hosted by the families
of our students — it is a good opportunity for them to practice their English.

 

 

On Sunday the guests went on an overview trip around Moscow
accompanied by Vitaliy Egorovich Suslenkov and on Monday
the conference started..

 

 

 

 

The conference started with the greeting by the director,
Elena Fyodorovna Shichalina, followed by the presentations
by our students and students from Hungary and Denmark.

 

 

 

 

 

After the break the students from Holland and Romania
took over. After that the guests attended the Russian lesson
and the Russian folk songs performance 
by the 11th grade students.

 

 

 

 

After lunch everyone went on an overview trip around Kremlin.
 

 

 

 

 

 

On Tuesday the students from Romania, Holland and Hungary gave
their presentations on the conference topic “The education system:
its history, the current state and the future”.

 

 

 

 

 

On that day a 1-hour Danish lesson took place,
followed by the team sports games, which were
organized by our physical training teachers.

 

 

 

 

 

In the afternoon the participants visited the Pushkin museum.

The guided tour through the Ancient Egyptian and Near East exhibits
was given by Maria Sergeevna Medvedeva, researcher at the museum,
who teaches art history in our school.

 

 

 

 

On Wednesday the presentations by the Danish
and Russian students were given,
and Romanian and Dutch lessons were held.

 

 

 

 

The school choir “Euphony”
led by Tatjana Juryevna Klucheva performed
for the guests.

 

 

 

 

 

After lunch the guests visited
the Historical museum.

 

 

 

 

 

On Thursday morning Anastasiya Zolotuhina made for our guests a presentation
of an internet-project “XXX centuries of European culture”, from the invention
of the Greek alphabet to the present days. This internet-page is constantly updated
with materials from different areas of science; it will contain the original texts
of writers, philosophers and scholars.

 

 

 

 

After that the Hungarian lesson was held.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Then the round table was organized, where the conclusions of the conference were drawn.
The participants discussed the main problems of different educational systems
and all the questions which arose after the presentations of the countries.

 

 

 

 

 

After the round table all together saw photographs of the previous days of the conference.

 

 

 

 

 

 

After lunch students went to the Moscow Planetarium, where they visited interactive museum
“Lunarium”; there one can conduct different scientific experiments.

 

 

 

 

 

In the evening a final dinner took place in our Gymnasium.

 

 

 

 

 

 

On Friday morning the group from Hungary left while all the others
had a guided tour at the Tretyakov Gallery.

The guests have had free time in the afternoon for walking around Moscow,
meeting new Moscow friends and getting ready for the departure.

 

 

 

 

Photo Gallery:

Moscow. An Overview Trip

Opening of the Сonference and the First Day

Excursion to the Kremlin. Photos: T.A. Artyukhova

Excursion to the Kremlin. Photos: E.A. Zavalishina

The Second Day of the Conference

Excursion to the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts

Meat Dumplings

The Third Day of the Сonference

Excursion to the State Historical Museum

The Fourth Day of the Сonference

Excursion to the Planetarium

Excursion to the State Tretyakov Gallery