The Official Ceremony of the Closing of the Year of English in Ukraine Took Place

The theatrical performance of the fragment from Shakespeare’s “King Lear” and the presentation of the students (5-12 year olds) called “English in my life” were part of the Official Ceremony of the Closing of the Year of English in Ukraine. In 2016 the world celebrated 400^th anniversary of the death of the great English poet William Shakespeare, and it is not surprising that we decided to stage an extract from his masterpiece. The actors were: Yelizaveta Odokiienko (11A), Tetiana Hnatenko (11B), Semen Bohatko (11A), Anna Ohol (11B), Kyryl Myronenko (6B), Sofiiia Liapkalo (5B), Vladyslav Kambur (11B) and Nikita Sushko (11B). The performance was directed by Estella Volodymyrivna Kirsanova, a teacher of English.

The students of 5-12 years old Anastasiia Harnaha (5 years old, Saturday School “Rainbow”), Polina Sytnyk (2A), Veronika Stohniienko (3B), Polina Kvasova (5B), Svitlana Samotuha (6B), Kyryl Myronenko (6B), Arsenii Rabenko (7A), Kseniia Avdeienko (6B) and Yelizaveta Ozeran (7A) shared with the audience what they think of English, how they use it and what role this foreign language plays in their lives. At the end the students sang a wonderful Christmas carol. The performance was directed by Yuliia Valentynivna Pais, a teacher of English.

By the way, on 15 December the students were invited to Cherkasy Regional Institute of Postgraduate Education of Teachers and their performance at the Closing Ceremony of the Year of English in Ukraine - 2016 won a storm of applause.