The British International School Kyiv supports English traditions and celebrates St. Valentine’s Day accordingly. On the 14th of February, pupils from the first five years competed for the title of male and female school Valentines.
In the UK, school pupils usually celebrate St. Valentine’s Day by singing special “Valentine” songs and preparing small theatre plays for their parents. In order to accustom our pupils to English traditions, the British International School annually chooses a boy and a girl from each of years 3-6 to represent their class in the contest. Children prepare songs, dances and performances for the event.
The pupils demonstrated their talents in several challenges: that talk about themselves in English and Ukrianian, answer puzzling questions in a quiz tournament, sing a song, perform a dance and create a Valentine card.
A jury consisting of school staff selected the winners, but said they had great difficulty in doing so because all the pupils performed so well. For this reason, prizes were awarded for different categories: the most elegant, the smartest and the most artistic as well as that of school female and male Valentines.
