Every year, as those who follow the annual FIRST TEACHER competition know, the three winning teachers come with their students to Bishkek for the weekend. This educational excursion is a bonus for teachers who take 1-2-3 places.
This is a report about the journey of primary school students on August 25-27 by two teachers – laureates of the FIRST TEACHER 2023 competition:
- 21 students of the 3rd grade of Suyumkan Miyzamova, a secondary school with gymnasium classes named after. Bozhok Begiev Biymyrza village, district of Kara-Kulja, Osh region
- 29 students of the 4th grade of Sheishekanova Dinara, secondary school No. 14 named after. Alakova swamps, village. Kara-Talaa, Ton district, Issyk-Kul region
Another excursion of 32 students of the 5th grade of Turganbaeva Gulumkan Abytalypovna (1st place), secondary school Oy-Tersken, village. Acha-Kayindy, At-Bashi district, Naryn region will take place later, at the end of September.
ABOUT WHAT THE CHILDREN SAW IN BISHKEK
Walks around the city. The children walked along the Alley of Youth, examined the monument to Manas the Magnanimous and the famous manaschi, the buildings of the mayor’s office and the National University, the monument to the hero Kojomkul in front of the Sports Palace, Victory Square, the Eternal Flame, Oak Park, the Open Air Sculpture Museum, the monument to Kurmanjan Datka, Zero Km, walked the entire Erkindik Boulevard. On the boulevard, children played their favorite games, for example, “Ak Terek – Kok Terek” and others, it was clear that the mood was cheerful! And in Oak Park, following the tradition of our travels, travelers sat on the grass and ate ice cream.
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Attractions. The travelers visited the railway station building, where, with the permission of the station manager Nurlanbek Tamaev, an experienced employee Sharshembieva Nasipa told the children the history of the railway in Bishkek, how it works, and showed the wonderful paintings on the ceiling by Laszlo Meszáros. The children were very interested in this topic and asked Nasipe eje questions.
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Puppet Theater. The children attended the performance of the Puppet Theater named after Musa Zhangaziev “Ant – Guardian of the Forest”. Author A. Temirova, director I. Kasymbekov. Before the performance, the children were greeted by theater artists in fancy dress and involved in games; it was fun and the children really enjoyed it!
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Opera and Ballet Theater. Our young guests took an excursion to the Abdylas Maldybaev Opera and Ballet Theater, toured the building in the classical style, learned what the orchestra pit looks like, where the conductor’s console is, how the instruments are located, visited the stage with the curtain raised, got acquainted with the names of the seats – stalls, amphitheater, box, saw the presidential box, paintings on the ceiling, chandeliers. The Malachite Hall made a great impression. The tour was conducted by an employee of the theater museum – Aigul Sherkazieva
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Historical Museum. An excursion to the Historical Museum with experienced guides Omurbek Samudinov and Alina Nuradilova turned out to be informative and exciting
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We witnessed the changing of the guard ceremony at the flagpole on Ala-Too Square. This solemn action always makes a strong impression; children try to repeat the step of the guards and rejoice
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We visited the Bilimkana school on Ch. Aitmatov Ave., looked at the large gym, classrooms with windows into the corridor, and artwork in the school space. The excursion was conducted by high school students as guides
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ROAD TO BISHKEK AND BACK
As usual until now, we transported our guests to Bishkek and back home in Mercedes Sprinter minibuses. Two minibuses brought children from Kara-Kulja and two from Kara-Talaa. In the city, children rode on a large 52-seater bus and one sprinter.
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What was the joy of the children when they saw that they were accompanied by traffic police cars! In addition to ensuring safety on the way to Bishkek and back, as well as during excursions within Bishkek, we were provided with escort. This is not the first time I want to note the excellent work of the traffic police officers, who worked harmoniously, responsibly, calling me in advance, despite the fact that many units were involved in the escort relay. In response to my appeal to the leadership of the traffic police, Sydygaliev Manasbek, deputy head of the Main Directorate for Traffic Safety of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic, police lieutenant colonel, assigned employee Durus Jalilov to supervise the issue, to whom I express my gratitude with all my heart.
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PLACE OF STAY OF CHILDREN AND TEACHERS, FOOD
The children arrived for dinner on Friday 25 August 2023 and left at noon on Sunday 27 August. 50 students (two classes) with two teachers and five representatives of the parent committee stayed in the dormitory of the International Higher School of Medicine (IHSM) on Turusbekov Street. The location is wonderful – right in the city center and next to the park on Youth Alley. This hostel was provided to us by the rector Stalbek Akhunbaev free of charge in response to my request for support and help. How wonderful that in our country you can receive such selfless support from the head of an educational institution! I express my deep gratitude personally to the rector and partners of the institution supervising the student dormitory – Messrs. Sunil Yadav and Amit Vikram Pilla, as well as the commandant of the dormitory Gulnara Mukambetova.
The children arrived on Friday for dinner and ate pizza from the Capito coffee shop, located in the adjacent building to the MSHM dormitory, the next day they had breakfast in the canteen opposite the Philharmonic next to school No. 2, this canteen worked for us on weekends, although it usually only works on weekdays. We thank the owner of the canteen, Kadyr, for this.
After the excursion to the Bilimkan school, the children had lunch in the large school canteen, where they really enjoyed it. Chef – Asel Asypbekovna
Traditionally, children had lunch and dinner in the canteens of the “Buffet” chain, both establishments are located on Chui Avenue. I would like to note that we received excellent service, everything was fast, clean, they were waiting for us, they set the tables in advance and helped organize additional opportunities for hand washing. We thank manager Kumarjan Konushbaeva for this.
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CONCLUSION
I express special gratitude to our volunteer guides: Bakhtiyar Toktosunov and Adinay Mambetakunova! They both communicated wonderfully with the children, and did not forget to make sure that the children lined up in pairs, did not get lost, and that everyone was given attention. Of course, teachers and members of the parent committee helped supervise the children, but they, like our children, saw many of the sights for the first time and were not familiar with the city of Bishkek! Our volunteers, as planned, tirelessly told the children about what theater, museums, and fine arts are, discussed sights, and involved all the children in a general discussion.
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I really hope that in the future the children will make many more exciting and useful excursions around our native country and around the globe! I am sure that both children and parents are glad that their teacher took part in the FIRST TEACHER competition and became a laureate!
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