Blitz Olympiads for teachers
for school teachersProfessional competence of school teachers
The questions of the blitz olympiad “Professional competence of school teachers” make it possible to identify the level of professional competence of teachers in matters of upbringing, education, organization of children’s teams, regulatory documentation, etc.
Organization of self-education for school teachers
The Blitz Olympiad "Organization of self-education for school teachers" will reveal the level of knowledge of the forms, methods and levels of self-education of school teachers.
Interaction between teacher and students during the learning process
Blitz Olympiad “Interaction between teachers and students in the learning process” is intended for teachers and class teachers. The purpose of the test is to test and expand knowledge of educational technologies used to improve the quality of students' knowledge, knowledge of teaching methods and means in various teaching models.
Methodological techniques for teaching schoolchildren to carry out creative projects
The Blitz Olympiad “Methodological techniques for teaching schoolchildren to carry out creative projects” is intended for teachers and is aimed at testing and expanding knowledge of modern educational technologies, increasing the level of proficiency in methods of teaching schoolchildren to carry out creative projects.
Inclusive education at school
The Blitz Olympiad “Inclusive Education at School” is recommended for teachers and school specialists implementing inclusive education programs and allows one to identify the level of knowledge about the patterns and content of inclusive education, and the requirements for its organization.
Organization of project activities for schoolchildren
Blitz Olympiad "Organization project activities schoolchildren" is recommended for teachers and allows to identify the level of knowledge in matters of organizing project activities of schoolchildren.
Basics of organizing an interactive lesson
The Blitz Olympiad “Basics of organizing an interactive lesson” is recommended for teachers and school methodologists and allows you to identify the level of knowledge in organizing an interactive lesson at school.
Innovative forms of lesson organization
The Blitz Olympiad “Innovative Forms of Lesson Organization” allows us to identify the level of knowledge of teachers, methodologists and other specialists in organizing and conducting innovative lessons at school.
Methodological work at school under the conditions of the Federal State Educational Standard
The Blitz Olympiad “Methodological work in school under the conditions of the Federal State Educational Standard” is recommended for teachers, methodologists and other school specialists and allows one to identify the level of knowledge in matters of organizing methodological work in school.
Regulatory framework of the school
The Blitz Olympiad “School Regulatory Framework” is recommended for teachers and other school specialists and allows you to identify the level of knowledge in matters of school regulatory documentation.
Organization of extracurricular activities at school
Theater world
2019 has been declared the Year of Theater in Russia. This test will allow you to refresh your knowledge related to theatrical art and test your erudition. It is intended for teachers to conduct extracurricular activities dedicated to the Year of Theatre, for high school students to expand their erudition, as well as people who are interested in theater.
Universal educational activities and their formation in the context of the implementation of the Federal State Educational Standard
The Blitz Olympiad “Universal educational actions and their formation in the context of the implementation of the Federal State Educational Standard” is recommended for school teachers and allows one to identify the level of knowledge in the formation of universal educational actions of students.
For preschool teachers
Development of integrative qualities of preschool children
The Blitz Olympiad “Development of Integrative Qualities of Preschool Children” is dedicated to the concept of “integrative qualities of a child,” through which the result of preschool education is set in the form of a guideline. Some test tasks have a practical orientation.
System for monitoring individual development of preschool children
Blitz Olympiad "System for monitoring the individual development of children up to school age" is recommended for teachers, methodologists and other school specialists and allows you to identify the level of knowledge in organizing monitoring of children's individual development preschool age.
Literary education of preschool children
Blitz Olympiad "Literary Education of Preschool Children" is intended for teachers of preschool educational institutions. The goal of the Blitz Olympiad is to test and expand knowledge of educational and educational technologies, knowledge of methods for introducing preschool children to reading.
Pedagogical organization of play activities for preschoolers
Blitz Olympiad "Pedagogical organization of play activities for preschool children" is intended for teachers of preschool educational institutions. The purpose of the test is to expand knowledge of educational and educational technologies, game methods of teaching and raising children in kindergarten.
Methodological principles of raising and teaching children in kindergarten
Blitz Olympiad "Methodological foundations of raising and teaching children in kindergarten" is intended for teachers of preschool educational institutions. The purpose of the test is to test and expand knowledge of educational and educational technologies, knowledge of methods of raising and teaching preschool children.
Organization of the pedagogical process and methods of education and training in kindergarten
Blitz Olympiad "Organization of the pedagogical process and methods of education and training in kindergarten" is intended for teachers of preschool educational institutions. The purpose of the test is to check the teacher’s level of theoretical knowledge in the field of organizing the pedagogical process in kindergarten, to expand knowledge of the methods of raising and teaching preschool children.
Physical development of children
The Blitz Olympiad "Physical Development of Children" allows you to check how familiar the teacher is with the basics of education and upbringing of preschool children in the field physical culture: goals, objectives and principles of physical development of children in kindergarten, as well as methods used in physical education classes.
Development of creative thinking
The Blitz Olympiad “Development of Creative Thinking” is dedicated to the concept of creative thinking, the characteristics and conditions of its development in preschool children, as well as methods for teachers to develop creative thinking. Some test tasks have a practical orientation.
Developing children's social skills
Test tasks of the blitz olympiad "Development of social skills of children" are devoted to the theoretical aspects of the problem of the formation of social skills in preschool children, as well as the organization and content of social and pedagogical activities in preschool educational institutions.
Features of children's adaptation to school
The Blitz Olympiad “Features of Children’s Adaptation to School” is recommended for teachers of preparatory groups of preschool educational institutions and primary school teachers. The test contains questions about the types and levels of adaptation of children, and will also allow the teacher to get an idea of how to build educational process to help a first-grader better adapt to school.
Creating a culture of safe behavior
The Blitz Olympiad “Formation of a culture of safe behavior” is dedicated to the basic concepts and modern approaches to the issue of forming the foundations of life safety, as well as the system of work on forming the foundations of life safety for preschool children.
Modern technologies for teaching preschoolers
Blitz Olympics " Modern technologies teaching preschoolers" is dedicated to modern pedagogical technologies for teaching preschool children, as well as forms, methods, classification of types of technologies used by kindergarten teachers.
Adaptation of a child to kindergarten conditions
The Blitz Olympiad is intended for pedagogical workers of preschool educational institutions: educators, methodologists, educational psychologists and other specialists who take part in the effective organization of prevention of maladjustment of preschool children to the conditions of kindergarten. Within the framework of the Blitz Olympiad, the level of theoretical preparedness is determined on the following issues: the theory of “adaptation”, existing theories and trends in science, determination of the causes of maladjustment, knowledge individual characteristics children, the specifics of the stages of adaptation; the ability to predict possible behavioral disorders in preschool children.
Features of the organization of the subject-developmental environment of preschool educational institutions
The test is intended for teaching staff of preschool educational institutions: methodologists, educators, junior educators. During testing, the teacher’s level of mastery of the theory and methodology of creating a subject-development environment for preschool educational institutions is determined in accordance with advanced pedagogical ideas and the requirements of the Federal State Educational Standard for preschool educational institutions.
The importance of morning exercises for preschoolers
Morning exercises are not called exercises for nothing. If you perform a set of exercises for all muscle groups soon after waking up, your body will recharge positive energy and vigor for the whole day, your vitality will rise. And if you do this with music and in a fun way, your mood will also improve, which will also contribute to a positive mood for the working day.
Creative and aesthetic development and education of preschool children
The test is intended for teachers of preschool educational institutions. The purpose of the test is to expand, deepen and test knowledge on the theory and practice of creative and aesthetic education of preschool children.
Methodological foundations of mental education and development of preschool children
The test is intended for teachers of preschool educational institutions. The purpose of the test is to check the level of proficiency in the theory and methodology of mental education and development of preschool children.
Methods and forms of labor education and physical development of children in preschool institutions
The test is intended for teachers of preschool educational institutions. The purpose of the test is to expand, deepen and test knowledge on the theory and practice of organizing labor education and physical development of preschool children.
Methods and forms of organizing education for preschool children
The test is intended for teachers of preschool educational institutions. The purpose of the test is to test and expand knowledge of educational and educational technologies, knowledge of methods of raising and teaching preschool children.
Aspects of the methodology of environmental education of preschool children
The test is intended for teachers of preschool educational institutions. The purpose of the test is to expand and deepen knowledge on the theory and methodology of environmental education and upbringing of preschool children.
Features of social and personal development of preschool children
The purpose of the test is to identify the level of theoretical and methodological foundations for organizing the social and personal development of preschool children in a preschool educational organization. The test is addressed to teaching staff, methodologists of preschool educational organizations, as well as teachers additional education working with preschoolers.
Theory and methodology of education in Russia and abroad
The purpose of the test is to identify the level of theoretical and methodological knowledge on the organization of education, to expand the understanding of the features of education in different countries Oh. The test is addressed to teaching staff, methodologists of general education institutions, as well as teachers of additional education.
For teachers working with children with disabilities
Environmental education of children with disabilities
The Blitz Olympiad “Ecological Education of Children with Disabilities” is dedicated to the theory and practice of environmental education of students with disabilities, as well as the psychological and pedagogical foundations of environmental education.
Socialization of children with disabilities
When completing the tasks of the blitz olympiad “Socialization of children with disabilities,” the teacher must demonstrate knowledge of the tasks, stages and methods of socialization of students with disabilities. Most test items are theoretical in orientation.
Development of phonemic awareness in students with disabilities
The Blitz Olympiad “Development of Phonemic Hearing in Students with Disabilities” is dedicated to the concepts of “phonemic perception”, “phonemic hearing”, as well as the means of developing phonemic hearing in children with disabilities, the role of games and exercises in the formation of phonemic hearing, as well as overcoming phonetic-phonemic speech underdevelopment.
Children with autism spectrum disorder. Features of education and training.
The Olympiad is addressed to teachers who work with “special” children in a correctional school or as part of inclusive education.
Blitz Olympiads for children
For younger students
Mathematical games "Little Ostrich"
mathematics
Blitz Olympiad "Math Games "Little Ostrich" is designed for students in grades 1-2. The main character of the math quiz is the little ostrich, who tries to solve mathematical problems together with the farmer's children - Valya and Vitya. The tasks are entertaining.
Forks and spoons
the world
This quiz is based on questions about table etiquette. WITH early age They begin to teach kids how to use cutlery correctly and table etiquette. Participation in this quiz will help consolidate the knowledge gained in various classes in kindergarten and at home.
How animals protect themselves
the world
This quiz is about how different animals protect themselves from enemies. Nobody wants to be eaten, so over millions of years animals have developed very interesting adaptations. You definitely need to know about them. It is very interesting!
The Russian stove not only heats!
the world
In the blitz olympiad for primary school students, “The Russian stove not only heats!” Folklore and history are intertwined (Russian life). As questions for the quiz, we used not only Russian folk tales, but also proverbs and signs associated with the Russian stove - a unique structure that not only heats, but also feeds, heals, and also ventilates the room.
The number 7 is ruled by Saturn
mathematics
A mathematical quiz for primary school students is compiled based on data from the second largest planet in the solar system - Saturn and other cosmic bodies. Along with the mathematical operations that must be done to find the correct answer, participants in this quiz will become familiar with interesting facts that scientists from different countries have studied about Saturn.
Travel to the Emerald City
cognitive development
Blitz Olympics "Journey to the Emerald City" allows you to plunge into fascinating world fairy tales "The Wizard of the Emerald City", remember the main events and, together with the heroes, once again defeat evil!
Water is the source of life on Earth
the world
The Blitz Olympiad “Water is the source of life on Earth” allows you to systematize and consolidate the knowledge of primary school children about one of the most important substances on planet Earth – water.
First steps in science
cognitive development
The Blitz Olympiad "First Steps in Science" is intended for children of primary school age and allows you to consolidate knowledge about planet Earth, natural phenomena, substances and their states.
Inhabitants of the deep sea
the world
Blitz Olympiad "Inhabitants" depths of the sea"invites children of primary school age to immerse themselves in the mysterious world of seas and oceans, expand and consolidate their knowledge of the plants and animals of the underwater kingdom.
Brushes, paints and easel
cognitive development
We invite children of primary school age who are interested in fine arts to take part in the Blitz Olympiad “Brushes, Paints and Easels”, repeat and consolidate their knowledge in this area.
Inhabitants of rivers and lakes
the world
The Blitz Olympiad "Inhabitants of Rivers and Lakes" invites children of primary school age to travel along rivers and lakes. While traveling, you can meet the inhabitants of the water depths, get acquainted with their characteristics and way of life. Ready? Then go ahead!
« Horizons of technology for children"(Polish: Horyzonty Techniki dla Dzieci) - Polish monthly popular science magazine for children. He spoke in a very accessible and interesting way about the latest in science and technology, physical and chemical phenomena, and the history of inventions. Each issue contains puzzles, a quiz, a section for DIY enthusiasts, novice magicians, young craftswomen and much more. For the USSR it was published in Russian.
« Horizons of technology for children»
Technology in philately.
Kite Festival.
Twelve castles of the royal treasury.
Chemistry in our house.
How much does a color “weigh”?
Monorail railway.
Philately in the world.
Road zebras.
A story about house-cities.
Secrets of one production.
Chemistry in our home (how to become an organoleptic).
2750 BC
Hocus pocus gobbledygook.
ABC of a radio amateur (Installation of electronic circuits).
How the car body changed.
Decorative plates and flower vases.
Chemistry (Temperature paints).
Hocus pocus abracadabra (how do objects disappear?).
Car racing.
Detector radio receiver (Amateur Radio ABC).
Jump into the universe.
Polish, Hungarian and Vietnamese kites (young designer's corner).
Hocus pocus gobbledygook.
1972-05(119,120)
Letter from USSR pilot-cosmonaut A. Leonov and science fiction artist A. Sokolov.
Hocus pocus gobbledygook.
Fun math.
Electronics under a microscope.
Paper and wasps... (chemistry).
What you need to know about gasoline.
Model of a steamship (Young Designer's Corner).
Amazing Chocolate Bar (Fun Math).
The Mystery of Vydzhiga.
When braking the wheels (car yesterday, today, tomorrow).
Magic ribbons (hocus pocus abrocadabra).
Pinwheel (young designer's corner).
The Magic Apple (Hocus Pocus Gobbledygook).
Cable across the Atlantic Ocean.
About the rifle.
Cloud Shadow (Fun Math)
Our planet is a huge magnet.
Chameleon paints (Chemistry).
Hot, warm, cold? (The world in the eyes of a physicist).
Quarries of Ancient Egypt.
How Armand Fizeau measured the speed of light.
Morse telegraph apparatus (young designer's corner).
Siege of Rhodes.
Perpetual calendar (Young Designer's Corner).
Sparklers (Chemistry).
1973-09(136) Contents of the magazine: Cheerful mathematics - Treasure of robbers. IN empty house(Science fiction story). The world in the eyes of a physicist - Magnetic radiator.
1973-12(139) Contents of the magazine: A monument that is more magnificent than a pyramid. We are building a mini-car "Grzes"! Want to play treasure hunter?
1976-01(164) Contents of the magazine: Sinan is an old architect. Lunch from a can. How and why - About energy.
1976-02(165) Contents of the magazine: How the great philosopher woke up his student. Colored plants. How and why - About nuclear energy.
1976-03(166) Magazine contents: First trip to railway. Car yesterday, today, tomorrow - From the history of trucks. Geometric puzzle. Our reader's story - Incident in Arvivur.
1976-04(167) Contents of the magazine: Invasion of centipedes. The city is talking. About papyrus, paper and waste paper products.
1976-06(169) Contents of the magazine: Vikings. I see the Earth, I'm flying into the Sun... Ma-hi-fi and holes in the cheese. Underground urban planning. Piezoelectric effect and piezoelectric materials and their applications.
1976-07(170) Contents of the journal: How and why: about thermonuclear energy. Sundial. The simplest telescope.
1976-08(171) Contents of the magazine: Father of electricity. Warsaw Central. Victory of the knight Stanko. Chemistry - It all started with Michal Sendziwoj.
1976-09(172) Contents of the journal: In search of life on Mars. Radio corner - Antenna and grounding. Why does a light bulb shine, or about the heating of conductors when current passes.
1976-10)173) Contents of the magazine: In the footsteps of ancient metallurgists. Almost everything about the Sun. Young designer's corner - A device for testing dexterity.
1976-11(174) Contents of the magazine: How to organize work. About the world's first oil well and ancient salt mines. Young designer's corner - Sled with controls, or roller skate on runners.
1976-12(175) Contents of the magazine: The Tale of the Laser. Hocus Pocus - Magic Water. For handymen - Christmas tree for dolls, What can be made from beads, folding man.
1977-01(176) Contents of the journal: Space ferry. Polish vessel for transporting chemicals. Chemistry - Heat and fire in laboratories
1977-02(177) Contents of the magazine: Why springs burst, or about metal fatigue. Riveting Master's Corner - Overload Alarm
1977-03(178) Contents of the magazine: For handymen - Bags for walking. What the Vikings found on Mars. Young designer's corner - Learn to think logically.
1977-05(180) Contents of the magazine: "Bumar" are construction machines. Chemistry - measuring weight and volume in a home laboratory. Young designer's corner - "Peeper" for underwater observations.
1977-06(181) Contents of the magazine: From the book of tales about electronics. “To make it easier to lift all kinds of loads...” Young designer’s corner - Labyrinth
1977-07(182) Contents of the magazine: Young designer's corner - Signaling device. For handymen - Screen and mattress for the beach.
1977-08(183) Contents of the journal: Chemistry - “Gold” in the crucible. Riveting Master's Corner - Board on uneven wall, How to saw planks. Young designer's corner - Board on wheels
1977-09(184) Contents of the journal: Chemistry - Magical transformations of flowers. Where did the soap, paper toys, mini-flashlight come from? Young designer's corner - Ropeway
1977-11(186) Contents of the magazine: Unusual professions of animals. Young designer's corner - Multi-story tic-tac-toe, mathematical scales. Hocus Pocus - Tapes that are not afraid of scissors.
1977-12(187) Contents of the magazine: Extraordinary travels in a time machine. Hocus Pocus - For dexterous hands. For jacks of all trades - Geometry comes to the rescue.
1979-01(200)
In ancient Poland. Fun mathematics - Once again about the number 200. Can a ceiling replace a stove?
Optical illusion. For preschoolers and those a little older - Trick with a box and a pencil. Electronic 1+1=? - Decadal converter
About oil. An ancient mathematical machine. Fun math - Where is the broom's center of gravity.
Tulse is a city in the Greenland glacier. Chemistry - Simple ways obtaining oxygen in a home laboratory. Young designer's corner - Sailboat in a bottle.
Liquid crystal, or neither liquid nor crystal. About the many inhabited worlds. Young designer's corner - Controllable kite.
If gravity were ten times less. How to weigh an elephant. Young designer's corner - Electric musical instrument.
Robots are different. Chemistry - In the world of crystals. Fun math - Problem with bows.
Tsar Cannon, Tsar Bell. About interstellar postmen. Young designer's corner - Hammock. For jacks of all trades - Fan.
Oil Kamii is a city on the sea. A man with a brilliant memory. Chemistry - In the kingdom of smells. For preschoolers and those who are a little older - Acorn men and more.
Wooden architecture. Thinking hand. Journey into the bowels of the Earth. Chemistry - Welding of polyethylene film.
For preschoolers and those a little older - Libra. Young designer's corner - Stroller for dolls.
The most difficult day in life, or Plux visiting an alien. All-terrain vehicle. Boat with a steam engine.
North-South Trans-European Highway.
Young designer's corner - Safe rocket.
Around the world
Ma-hi-fi and sugar in gasoline.
Interesting experiments in physics.
Young designer's corner - Simple straightener, Libra.
Fun Math - Problem with rockets and planets.
Why not all elements occur in nature.
Young designer's corner - Mechanical frog.
Mammoth, when did you disappear?
Logical riddle.
Young designer's corner - Roller board.
Something about salt.
Unripe gold.
Construction crane.
Fun Math - False Proof.
Outstanding architect of the Renaissance.
How to see an atom?
The world's first encrypted letter.
Chemistry - Predicting the weather by color, or about the chemical barometer.
Young designer's corner - Safe universal chaise lounge "BUSH".
Young designer's corner - Wheeled vehicle simulator.
Rainbow Corner - Semiconductors.
Rainbow - what is it?
Space inventions.
In the kingdom of Athena.
Polar Bear Bay.
Scandinavian house.
Iron forest.
Halicarnassus Mausoleum.
Interesting experiments in physics - How to make a magnet.
Chemical storeroom - Sand and clay.
Magnetic theater - What a puppeteer needs to know.
Magic metal alloys. Chemistry - Copper and chemicals.
About foundry workers and bell casting.
Underwater missile.
Optical illusion.
1. Useful invention Theodora from Samos.
2. Chemistry - About sulfur and its compounds.
3. For preschoolers and those older - Treasures of the Postmaster.
1. How many times has the planet Uranus been discovered?
2. Mosaics of the Ancient World.
3. Secrets of radioactivity - Eight, four, two, one, half...
From time immemorial, any nation believed that offending an orphan is not just a sin, but a grave sin not only against the child, but against the entire society. However, times and morals change...
On June 7, 2006, about fifty residents of the Kolpino district of St. Petersburg addressed an Open Letter to the President of Russia Vladimir Putin regarding the alarming situation that had developed in the Children's Home-School N27 at St. Petersburg, Kolpino st. Volodarsky, 6. The appeal was published on the website of the information agency "", and over 200 people signed it.
"For several years now, a group of residents of the city of Kolpino has been showing constant concern for the pupils orphanage. During this time, orphans, abandoned to the mercy of fate by their parents, became almost like family to them. The townspeople always tried to take part in their future fate, they wanted the children, upon leaving the children's school, to become honest, decent people, worthy citizens of their Fatherland.", the letter says.
However, "This year people started visiting the school more and more often various kinds foreign activists. With the consent of the administration, they showered children with gifts, distributed religious literature among them, and carried out so-called “educational work.”
“The townspeople watched everything that was happening with alarm. They did not like such an unhealthy interest of foreigners in Russian children. It soon turned out that their concern was not in vain. The school administration decided to take some of the children to the USA this summer, where they months (!) will live in American families.<...>
In your Address to the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, you, dear Vladimir Vladimirovich, addressed Special attention to the fact that our country is currently in a severe demographic crisis, they said that government bodies must take all necessary measures to correct this situation.
But if there is a demographic crisis in Russia, then why are Russian children taken abroad?! After all, we can take care of them ourselves.
We are extremely concerned about the situation that has developed in Children's School No. 27, and we ask you to instruct the relevant authorities to conduct a serious audit of the actions of local authorities for compliance with the legislation of the Russian Federation."
It so happened that I had to take an active part in writing this letter. For the past year, I, along with other townspeople, have been visiting the orphanage and know first-hand what is happening there. For everyone who knew about what was happening in the orphanage, it was obvious that something had to be done. This is how the idea of an Open Appeal to the President of Russia arose. However, first things first.
You don't know who you've contacted yet...
For officials from the Kolpinsky District Administration, as well as the director of Children's School No. 27, the news about the Open Letter to President V.V. Putin came as a complete surprise. They clearly did not expect such a turn of events.
For clarification on this matter, I turned to the chief specialist in working with orphanages in the city of Kolpino, G.A. Svetlykh. However, the official responsible for our orphans stated that she had no information on this matter, and that “such issues are resolved with the knowledge of the Education Committee of St. Petersburg.” At the same time, Galina Alekseevna did not refute the information that children from kindergarten No. 27 were going to be taken to the USA.
She asked to know the address of the website on which the letter was published, and said that she would give any comments only after she had read the appeal and carried out the appropriate check.
However, we didn’t have to wait long for comments. That same evening, the news agency "" received a letter with rather strange content. Believing that his signature would be published under the appeal to V. Putin, the anonymous author wrote: “People, don’t believe it! This is a lie. I suggest that the initiators of the letter meet and discuss the situation. t. 4614580.”
Calling the number indicated the next morning, I ended up with the excited director of orphanage N27, Yuri Sergeevich Shelukhin. Having accused the Orthodox of lying, he did not explain what was wrong with the conversion and resolutely stated that the children would still be taken to the United States. In order not to be unfounded, I will give a complete transcript of our conversation with him, made from the audio recording that I have preserved:
- Hello, hello. Yuri Sergeevich?
- Yes...
- You are worried about the publishing editor of the news agency, Alexander Kolyshkin. Yesterday we received an offer to meet with the initiative group...
- I would like to express these proposals much earlier, before releasing such information, please forgive me, into the world... You give information that will make you forgive me... Have you... have you even been to an orphanage?
- Yes I was.
- So what? ...And 250 residents of Kolpino adopt children, organize holidays for them, come to the orphanage?... Come, please, I am ready to meet with you and discuss any information... and give you any information before collecting all these squabbles, gossip... On the issue of children's recreation, on the issue of children's pastime, on the issue of raising children.
- Excuse me, but are children being taken to America or not?
- Well, why not?! What am I... this is not my whim!... They are not only transporting children from orphanage-school number 27. They are transporting 35 people from all over St. Petersburg. And it's not me who makes the decision. Yes, they are taking us!... Yes, they are taking us!... The children are going on vacation, with our teacher, with our teacher. Four people are going on vacation, so what?! In the 14 years I've been working here, I've given away only 14 people for international adoption. fourteen, that is, per child per year. And I don’t have a single Russian adoption child - Russian citizens don’t adopt them, you understand correctly... Please come, I’ll meet you.
After that, we quickly agreed on a meeting, and I went to Children's School N27. However, when I arrived at the school, the director flatly refused to talk to me, citing the fact that he did not have an official letter from the townspeople. He apologized for the disturbance caused and, among other things, said that in connection with this appeal he had already been summoned to the head of the Committee on Education of St. Petersburg, O.V. Ivanova. So I was unable to obtain any new information about the essence of what was happening.
Going down the stairs with me, Yu. Shelukhin, encouraged, taught: “You know, there is such a saying: If you don’t know the ford, don’t poke your nose into the water. That’s it... you don’t yet know who you’ve messed with...”
How this was to be understood and what Shelukhin discussed with the head of the Education Committee of St. Petersburg remains a mystery to us. In any case, a few days later I contacted the Administration of St. Petersburg.
Is this Russian policy?!...
The press service of the Government of St. Petersburg refused to comment on the information about the children’s trip to the United States. But the Education Committee openly stated that they are aware of the events, but, despite the protests of the Kolpino public, they are not going to cancel the trip.
Olga Konstantinovna Nesterko, chief specialist in working with orphanages of the Education Committee of St. Petersburg, said that orphans are taken abroad for a month and a half from five orphanages as part of a certain “Peace” program, which has been operating in St. Petersburg for 6 years.
“Nobody leaves their children there; they are taken with their teachers on vacation to America and come back. Each child is provided with insurance, which is provided for foreign families by the mayor of the city. A large package of documents is collected for each child and all children, naturally, return to Russia "The American side guarantees this. Not a single child has remained abroad during the 5 years of this program," said O. Nesterko.
Answering the question of where the children will live, Ms. Nesterko said that some of them will live in children's camps, some in American families. In order to supervise children, specialists from the Committee and district education departments will also travel abroad. “Each group of children goes under the responsibility not of the foundation, but of a specific specialist. Two specialists with four or five children are coming from the 27th orphanage,” she explained.
As the official stated, residents of Kolpino can do little for the orphanage. But the Mir public foundation, which organizes this trip, constantly helps the Education Committee: it purchases gyms for children, provides assistance in conducting and organizing summer holiday and in general is doing a lot of work in this direction. “I don’t know why the public is indignant,” Nesterko was perplexed. “Did the public provide any assistance to the orphanage?”
The official was so carried away that she said that she could not do anything since the Americans were kinder than the Russians. Commenting on the statements of the director of Children's Home N27, in which he actually admitted that in this case we are talking not so much about rest, but about the proposed adoption, O. Nesterko said:
“Adoption and going on vacation are two different things. International adoption goes through the center, which is located on Zvenigorodskaya, 10. There is a law on a data bank of orphans for adoption. Now we have an order from the city governor V.I. Matvienko to disband and closing of orphanages, and we are creating a data bank for all children for adoption. 80% of them go for adoption abroad - This is Russian policy, not the position of a particular orphanage. Because Russian citizens do not adopt children from orphanages over 12 years old, especially from children’s homes for correctional development, of which we have 23.” That is, let’s hand over (or maybe sell?..) our orphans out of sight and live without problems? I’m curious, what would the chief specialist in working with orphanages do with her bank of orphans if America didn’t exist? Where would these same 80% of orphans go? Didn’t she just bankroll? It gave me goosebumps. No, of course, then it’s better Send your children to good America.
This is how, it turns out, some officials in the Administration of St. Petersburg understand Russia’s demographic policy! It just seems to me that the Russians are not so bad, it’s more that we are unlucky with officials. Mrs. Nesterenko would sit at home and raise her children, but no, give her international activities, she sends Russian orphans to America by order of Governor V. Matvienko! Maybe for our demographic situation it would be better to send this lady herself to America? Together with the one that gives similar installations? It's unlikely they'll take it there...
Secret charity foundation
It is clear that without some support the Education Committee would hardly have been able to send its orphans abroad. However, in St. Petersburg there was a charitable cultural and educational public organization "Mir" (St. Petersburg, Obvodny Canal Embankment, 223/225), which, headed by its executive director Valery Aleksandrovich Nosenko, organized the removal of children to the United States.
It is impossible to discern anything special either in the name of the charitable foundation or in its location. This is an ordinary fund, of which there are many in the city. However, a characteristic feature of the Mir Foundation is the complete lack of information about its activities.
Usually, when a charitable foundation is seriously involved in public events, information about this ends up on the pages of newspapers, on the Internet, and is widely circulated in the media. Every more or less wealthy organization tries to communicate about itself to its citizens - what it does, with whom it cooperates, what goals it sets, what events it carries out. For this purpose, public foundations acquire a press service, organize their Internet representation, etc.
At the cultural and educational public organization"Mir", despite the fact that she has been working in the city for almost 6 years, none of this turned out to be the case. I was unable to find any significant information about the activities of the foundation in St. Petersburg.
Still hoping that this was just a coincidence, I turned to the executive director of the foundation, V.A. Nosenko. As the director of the fund said, “Mir” is a Russian organization. One of the aspects of the fund’s activities is the export of Russian orphans for up to 5 weeks for vacation to the states of Georgia, Florida and North Carolina. This program is carried out in accordance with the letter of the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation dated June 14, 2001 N 736/28-5 “On organizing the departure of minor citizens of the Russian Federation from the Russian Federation for recreation, training or treatment” and is called “New Horizons for Children”.
“All children return back from a trip, and there has not been a single case where children did not return. Our organization, including myself, fully and completely support the issue of all children returning. We give corresponding obligations at the US Consulate, this stated in the agreement, we have letters certified by a notary from each family that all children will return to Russia,” emphasized V.A. Nosenko.
At the same time, he refused to say what the children's holiday program in the USA is. According to him, what the townspeople wrote Open letter V.V. Putin and attracted public attention to this issue, gives the management of the fund the right not to provide any information on this matter. “We are completely transparent with those bodies that are responsible for this - this is the Education Committee, which signed an agreement with us, the Prosecutor’s Office of St. Petersburg, etc. Unfortunately, I don’t know you at all...”
At the same time, the executive director emphasized several times that the Mir Foundation operates in accordance with Russian legislation, but refused to disclose the names of the managers and organizations with which the foundation cooperates in the United States. According to him, any information about the religious or other affiliation of these organizations and American families hosting Russian children is confidential and not subject to disclosure (!).
We still don't know where our children are
Thus, despite public protests, the children were nevertheless taken to some kind people in America. On June 26, the day of departure, O. Nesterko provided me with “all the information she had on this issue.” This is the order of the head of the Education Committee O.V. Ivanova on sending children to the USA, a brief report on the children’s previous trip, Letter of the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation N 736/28-5 and... that’s all - she did not have any more open information.
There were also personal files for each child, however, even full list children (the names of 4 children from Children's School No. 27 nevertheless became known) remained classified. As Ms. Nesterko explained, she is an official and cannot provide this information without the permission of the head of the committee. “Write a letter to the head of the committee, and if she gives the go-ahead, I will give you this list,” she said. My objections that we had already written a letter to V.V. Putin and a copy of it was in the Administration of St. Petersburg (it is possible that it was on O.V. Ivanova’s desk) did not have any effect on her.
Neither detailed information about the fund that finances this trip, nor the program according to which children are taken abroad, nor the schedule of the trip’s activities, nor the names of the host American organizations - none of this was found in the office of the St. Petersburg official. Moreover, as it turned out later, Ms. Nesterko did not even know that the program for exporting children to the United States was called “New Horizons for Children” and not “Peace”, as she previously claimed. And that this program has been operating in St. Petersburg not for 5-6 years, but only for the second year.
At the same time, O. Nesterko said that in the Administration of St. Petersburg one person is in charge of all orphanages, and “I don’t have enough time to work with the media, the public, all my time is spent communicating with representatives of public funds.” Thus, even if we assume that our officials and representatives of these same notorious “public funds” pursue one single goal - caring for Russian orphans, such work can hardly be effective. Moreover, it frankly borders on criminal negligence.
Just think about it! For 2 months now, residents of the city of Kolpino have been demanding that the St. Petersburg authorities provide them with complete information about the children’s trip to the USA; the townspeople wrote an Open letter to President V.V. Putin, Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation M.E. Fradkov, the Prosecutor General of Russia and the mayor of St. Petersburg , and in response they hear only general phrases about some “new horizons” and Russia’s policy on the adoption of children by foreigners.
“We still don’t know where our children are, what they do, who they live with,” one of the initiators of the letter, I.A. Belysheva, said with alarm about this. “We don’t have any trust in the city guardianship authorities after this whole story.” "Even if the children from our orphanage return to Russia (and we will definitely control this), it is not known what will happen to them next, what will happen to the children from other orphanages. After all, as you know, the general list of children remains classified." .
Moreover, according to the information we have, the N27 orphanage-school is currently preparing documents for adoption by American parents of at least one child who visited the United States on a similar trip last year. Moreover, those close to the director of the orphanage openly declare that the vacation of Russian orphans in America is just a show. Or maybe just an auction?..
Every cloud has a silver lining... or what to do?
The story that happened in St. Petersburg clearly highlighted the problems that have accumulated in our orphanages. Indifference to orphans, it turns out, is just part of the problem in today's Russia. Now it is no longer a secret that state guardianship authorities, which should primarily take care of orphans, fail to cope with their responsibilities, and sometimes openly abuse their powers.
It is obvious that caring for orphans should not and cannot be the prerogative of the state alone. This is our common problem and we need to solve it together, using the positive experience that has been accumulated on this issue over centuries of Russian life since the times of the Russian Empire.
Every orphanage should have an independent public committee consisting of people who regularly visit the orphanage and take care of the orphans. This Board of Trustees, being in close cooperation with the administration of the children's school, could organize some children's events on its own, conduct certain public work with citizens and the media, and control the actions of the administration of the orphanage and school.
It is clear that at present, for a number of reasons, not all Russian orphanages have such “people of good will.” The story of the deportation of St. Petersburg children to the United States only confirmed this - only residents of the city of Kolpino expressed their concern about the dubious holidays of orphans abroad, while children from other St. Petersburg orphanages were also taken to America.
This state of affairs is associated both with excessive development in modern society feelings of selfishness and loss of sacrificial love, as well as with the obstacles that are built by the guardianship authorities on the path to the adoption of children, but much more importantly - the complete lack of specific work in this direction.
Today, only a few Russian citizens know what needs to be done to take an orphan for a weekend, take him on vacation, etc. The names and surnames of those specialists who work with orphanages in local administrations and should be known to any city dweller can often be found out only from scandalous reports on state television channels. Events held at Children's Children's School are often not covered by the media, as they are of a very dubious nature. And all this, without even mentioning the bureaucratic delays that are characteristic of our authorities. Stupid billboards advertising local police officers have appeared on our roads. This is called social advertising. Isn’t it better to advertise mercy, kindness, to urge our compatriots to look at the unfortunate orphans not through the dull eyes of soviet people (they say, these are all problems of government agencies, even if they deal with orphans), but through the eyes of living people!
Solving these problems, as well as addressing this issue to the Russian Orthodox Church, which for centuries looked after and cared for Russian widows and orphans, could move the matter forward. Moreover, the involvement of church authority here is of a fundamental, and perhaps primary, nature. It is the church parish that can and should become the starting point of social work that will be carried out in the children's school with the help of a public group.
Moreover, it is absolutely not difficult to do this today - the Education Committee of the city administration only needs to conclude an agreement with the local diocese, and it will not be difficult for the bishop to assign to each orphanage a certain parish, and in a city parish there will always be people willing to spend some of their time for such a saving cause.
Such interaction between local authorities, the public and the Church could bring positive results in the very near future. In the meantime, our children are at the mercy of administrative officials, we cannot expect any changes in this direction.
Purpose of the competition:
Competition objectives:
Involving children in the creative process of preparing for the New Year and creating an original Christmas tree toy.
Participants:
Preschoolers,
Junior schoolchildren,
Middle school students
High school students
Procedure and timing:
The winners and runners-up of the competition are determined based on the results of online voting and the assessment of the expert commission on January 12
All participants of the competition receive a free certificate confirming their participation in the All-Russian competition of designer toys “Decorate the Christmas tree”
1 toy, 3-5 photos in JPG format. The image of the toy should be in focus, well lit and reflect all the beauty and detail of the work. The originality and complexity of the toy's technique are assessed.
Competition "April 12 - Cosmonautics Day"
Purpose of the competition:
Competition objectives:
Participants:
Work completed independently or jointly with parents/teachers is accepted:
Preschoolers,
Junior schoolchildren,
Middle school students
High school students
Procedure and timing:
Photos of drawings, crafts, models made by the authors’ hands are provided (1 drawing/craft/model = 1 application, the number of applications is not limited.)
All submitted photographs of works are posted on the website
The procedure for determining the winners and awarding:
The winners and runners-up of the competition are determined based on the results of online voting and the assessment of the expert commission on April 17
In each age category (preschoolers, primary schoolchildren, middle school students, high school students) winners will be selected.
Prizewinners and winners will receive appropriate diplomas (diplomas are confirmed by the state Media Registration Certificate El No. FS 77-65510 dated May 4, 2016, issued by Roskomnadzor of the Russian Federation.)
For 1st place, the winners will receive free participation in 3 Olympiads in any subjects of their choice.
For 2nd place, the winners will receive free participation in 2 Olympiads in any subjects of their choice.
For 3rd place, the winners will receive free participation in 1 Olympiad in any subject of their choice.
All competition participants receive a free certificate confirming participation in the All-Russian competition “April 12 - Cosmonautics Day”
Requirements for competitive works:
1 work, 3-5 photos in JPG format. The image should be in focus, well lit, and reflect the beauty and detail of the work. The originality and complexity of the technique is assessed.
Information about the participant (name and age) must be attached to the photograph of the work.
Competition "May 9 - Victory Day"
Purpose of the competition:
Competition objectives:
Involving children in the creative process of preparing for the celebration of Cosmonautics Day.
Participants:
Preschoolers,
Junior schoolchildren,
Middle school students
High school students
Procedure and timing:
All submitted photographs of works are posted on the website
The procedure for determining the winners and awarding:
The winners and runners-up of the competition are determined based on the results of online voting and the assessment of the expert commission on May 11
In each age category (preschoolers, primary schoolchildren, middle school students, high school students) winners will be selected.
Prizewinners and winners will receive appropriate diplomas (diplomas are confirmed by the state Media Registration Certificate El No. FS 77-65510 dated May 4, 2016, issued by Roskomnadzor of the Russian Federation.)
For 1st place, the winners will receive free participation in 3 Olympiads in any subjects of their choice.
For 2nd place, the winners will receive free participation in 2 Olympiads in any subjects of their choice.
For 3rd place, the winners will receive free participation in 1 Olympiad in any subject of their choice.
All competition participants receive a free certificate confirming participation in the All-Russian competition “May 9 - Victory Day”
Requirements for competitive works:
Information about the participant (name and age) must be attached to the photograph of the work.
Competition “November 4 - National Unity Day”
Purpose of the competition:
Competition objectives:
Involving children in the creative process of preparing for the celebration of National Unity Day.
Participants:
Drawings, postcards, posters made independently or together with parents/teachers are accepted:
Preschoolers,
Junior schoolchildren,
Middle school students
High school students
Procedure and timing:
Photos of drawings, postcards, posters made by the authors’ hands are provided (1 photo = 1 application, the number of applications is not limited.)
All submitted photographs of works are posted on the website
The procedure for determining the winners and awarding:
The winners and runners-up of the competition are determined based on the results of online voting and the assessment of the expert commission on November 6
In each age category (preschoolers, primary schoolchildren, middle school students, high school students) winners will be selected.
Prizewinners and winners will receive appropriate diplomas (diplomas are confirmed by the state Media Registration Certificate El No. FS 77-65510 dated May 4, 2016, issued by Roskomnadzor of the Russian Federation.)
For 1st place, the winners will receive free participation in 3 Olympiads in any subjects of their choice.
For 2nd place, the winners will receive free participation in 2 Olympiads in any subjects of their choice.
For 3rd place, the winners will receive free participation in 1 Olympiad in any subject of their choice.
All competition participants receive a free certificate confirming participation in the All-Russian competition “November 4 - National Unity Day”
Requirements for competitive works:
1 work, 1 photo in JPG format.
Information about the participant (name and age) must be attached to the photograph of the work.
Children's drawing competition for Children's Day.
June 1 is International Children's Day. Children's Day is not only a fun holiday for the children themselves, it is also a reminder to society of the need to protect children and their rights.
In the modern world, the issue of childhood safety is very acute. The task of adults is not only to protect the child, but also to prepare him to face various dangerous life situations. After all, as we know: “forewarned is forearmed.”
We congratulate all children on the holiday and invite you to take part in a creative competition dedicated to Children's Day!
The competition is accepted creative works on the following topics:
- “June 1st – Children’s Day”
- "My happy childhood"
- "Our friendly family"
- “I can do everything! I can do anything! I sculpt, draw and sing!”
- “I love reading poetry”
- "How beautiful this world is"
- "Safe Road"
- "Safe Internet"
- "Childhood without danger"
- Free theme for creativity
Procedure for holding the Competition:
- Acceptance of works from May 15 to June 15, 2019 inclusive.
- Determination of winners from June 16 to June 24, 2019.
- Publication of the competition results on June 25, 2019.
- Diplomas are sent electronically to participants within a month
- after summing up the results (if you pay for the diploma electronically).
- Diplomas in paper form are sent to participants within one or two
- months after summing up the results (if you pay for the diploma in paper form).
Competitors:
Children aged 1.5 to 18 years:
- pupils of preschool institutions of any type in the Russian Federation and foreign countries;
- students of grades 1-11 of educational institutions of any type in the Russian Federation and foreign countries(schools, lyceums, gymnasiums);
- students of art schools, institutions of additional education for children;
- children not attending educational institutions.
- students of schools, technical schools, colleges, universities, etc.
- teachers of preschool education, teachers of schools and gymnasiums, teachers of additional education, teachers of schools, technical schools, colleges, lyceums, universities and other teachers working with children, adolescents, young people living in Russia and outside the country.
