Here is some important dates for your information:
29th August – School office reopens for the new school year.
6th September – back to school for AZBUKA Russian-English School and Nursery
17th September – back to school for AZBUKA Saturday School.
We wishing you all a very pleasant summer and looking forward to seeing you soon!
This time our Saturday School children delighted our audience with a highly original staging of Meterlink’s play ‘The Bluebird’ – a first for us.
As usual, our students made everything for the performance with their own fair hands, from the unusual stage-set and props to the costumes, programmes and tickets. We are particularly endebted to Yelena Dubinskaya for her wonderfully atmospheric stage design and to Svetlana Malinina for her excellent adaptation of the original script. An artistic triumph beyond all expectation!
Sincere thanks to all our teachers, volunteers and parents, for their inspired support and practical assistance. We look forward to seeing you all again next year.
Theatrical productions form part of our wider arts programme. Language immersion through the arts is a vitally important element of our AZBUKA programme. At the AZBUKA School children learn the Russian language through a combination of structured lessons, art and theatre.
We create and learn in Russian – Творим и учимся на Русском!
Photography: Alisia Zelenska
Once again, our children have landed on their feet! This time it was having their lessons not in their school building but in the Royal Botanical Gardens!
The trip began with a tour of the Pagoda and the Japanese Garden and continued with a walk to Queen Charlotte’s Cottage.
Along the way children gathered twigs, cones, dry grass and leaves and used them to build a little den for the insects next to the Cottage.
The highlight of the day, though, was the badgers’ sett. The children climbed inside, following the walkways, some using torches to light their way. Some of the mothers even summoned up the courage to step into the dark!
Lunch was a right royal treat. Children and adults took their seats at the table from the famous tale of ‘Alice in Wonderland’ and admired the beautiful view of a splendid cedar-tree surrounded by peacocks. After lunch the children settled down on the grass for an hour of peace and quiet. They listened to the story of Tsokotukha the Fly and tried to solve the riddles.
But there was more to come for our intrepid travellers – the tree-top walk adventure! They took the rocket lift right up to the highest point and walked among the tops of the trees where they marvelled at the view of the entire Botanical Gardens.
In the warm sunshine the children continued their walk along the mysterious path that leads to the Serpentine Bridge and Lake. Along the way they gazed at the ducks and swans and explored the tiny island at the centre of the lake with the little Japanese ‘Minka’ house set among the bamboo thicket. The house, brought here from Japan, is 100 years old!
Sincere thanks go to all the teachers and carers who organised such a wonderful outing for our children.
The following classes are being enrolled:
Registration is closing on 5th July 2016!
Please follow this link to requests to register at the AZBUKA RUSSIAN-ENGLISH BILINGUAL SCHOOL and NURSERY. Once your request has been received, you will be sent a pack, which includes an application form. This form must be completed and returned before 5th July 2016.
When allocating places for the Reception and Year 1 classes priority will be given to children whose parents have submitted the relevant forms and paid the deposit before 5th July 2016.
Places are limited!
Application pack includes:
Welcome to AZBUKA!
On Friday 17th June we all assembled at the Azbuka Russian-English School and Nursery for a drama production – a matinée performance based on the story of Korney Chukovsky’s ‘Barmaley’.
It was so colourful, cheerful, bright and unique! The children were well prepared and unfazed by the size of the audience. The musical accompaniment was wonderful, as were the songs, the dancing and the stage set, all of it hand-made; the children acted beautifully and even the most fickle audience could not fail to be moved by the performance of our very own Barmaley, small but fearsome, and Aibolit, so caring and cheerful.
Many thanks to our children, their carers and teachers for such an unforgettable performance.
Create and learn – all in Russian!
On the 11th June AZBUKA Saturday School held their lessons in the woodlands of Newlands Corner – a popular beauty spot that commands some of the best views over the Surrey Hills!
Pupils have had an amazing opportunity to get up close to wildlife – to look, observe research and analyse the nature all around them.
What an adventure! A big thank you goes to all our teachers and parents for making this experience a memory to cherish!
Create and learn in Russian!
Сегодня 9 мая 2016. Приоткроем эту дверь…
Мария Гаврилова.
“Сегодня 9 мая. Пару месяцев назад у меня состоялся такой разговор с одной хорошей знакомой: существует вера в то, что горе, несчастье, трагедия облагораживают душу человека, а точнее, именно в такие моменты душа человека начинает расти. Кому-то, на первый взгляд, это может показаться жестоким и парадоксальным. Не каждый ли из нас желает своим родным и близким безоблачной счастливой жизни – без потерь, горя и скорби? И тем не менее, это то, что каждому из нас предстоит пережить когда-то. И вот, поговорив со стариками, узнаешь, что, только познав лишение и горе, начинаешь ощущать полноту жизни. Сам ты стареешь, а душа твоя растет.
Мне представляется, что это явление, несомненно, относится не только к отдельному человеку, но и к целым культурам и нациям. Великая Отечественная Война наряду с чудовищным горем, принесла и пример той великой полноты жизни, о которой нам и нашим детям можно только мечтать.
Сегодня утром в окно автобуса на меня взглянул еще один безоблачный день, который снова и, именно сегодня, показался бездарной карикатурой на жизнь. В этой нищей зарисовке – счастье так часто заключается в последней моделе мобильного телефона, в бесконечных «купить» и «продать», в брэндах и марках, в учебе и школе не для познания мира и не на пути к себе, а в гарантии своего сытого места на всепожирающей ярмарке тщеславия.
9 мая воистину Великий день для русского человека. Он может приоткрыть ребенку дверь в настоящую жизнь. Бесплатно и без связей. Многим из нас посчастливилось быть частью этой живой истории. Последние ветераны уходят, и история остается лишь в книжном и печатном тексте. Как же приоткрыть эту дверь детям? Сухие страницы описания сражений и битв – всё это значимо лишь для историков, учителей и взрослых. Эту дверь можно и нужно приоткрыть с помощью живых историй: через рассказы своих прабабушек, прадедушек, родных, через семейные фотографии, через воспоминания и мемуары, через военную поэзию, литературу, фильмы, через рассказ о жизни самого простого ребенка войны, один день которой, порой, стоил целой жизни толпы сегодня. Откроем ее – не только в память наших предков, а ради жизни наших детей и потомков.
Дорогие друзья АЗБУКИ – родители, знакомые, родные, учителя и дети!Я поздравляю вас с праздником 9 мая, днем Победы. Этот день воистину велик.
А теперь, дорогая, моя собственная бабушка, Людмила Лазаревна Боровская (для других),а для меня просто Буся! Поздравляю тебя, и хочу поблагодарить тебя и Дедульку, который уже не с нами, за то, что вы приоткрыли мне и моим детям дверь в историю настоящей жизни.
Спасибо вам,
Маша”
АЗБУКА поздравляет всех с праздником Великой Победы! Мы помним и чтим!
Дорогие друзья, мы делимся с вами особым, дорогим нашему сердцу проектом, который был подготовлен учениками и педагогами школы АЗБУКА на 70-ти летие Великой Победы весной 2015 года:
On 28th April 2016 the Library hosted a talk by Nick Fielding on two geologists travelling in 19th Century Siberia.
The special evening included a traditional Russian tea served by students from AZBUKA Russian-English school and finished with a display of material from the archives relating to other geologists in Russia from the period.
Last week Nursery World magazine which provides best practical information, advice and help for Early Years Sector has published an article about AZBUKA (pdf, 375 Kbyte).
The following classes are being enrolled:
Period for receipt of applications: 21th March – 10th June 2016.
Requests to register at the AZBUKA RUSSIAN-ENGLISH BILINGUAL SCHOOL should be done via AZBUKA Foundation website please follow this link:
Once your request has been received you will be sent a pack which includes an application form. This form must be completed and returned before 10th June 2016.
When allocating places for the Reception and Year 1 classes priority will be given to children whose parents have submitted the relevant forms and paid the deposit before 10th June 2016.
Places are limited!
Application pack includes:
Welcome to AZBUKA!
