Each school has its own traditions, which decades later remain relevant for a new generation of students. And these are not only classic events held by teachers from year to year, but also the rules of conduct, customs, moral principles that are carefully kept within the walls of the school for a long time.
What are school traditions?
Each tradition represents an ingrained order that concerns social life, moral standards, cultural heritage. Each school operates according to the rules established in the state. But besides these rules, there are also their own traditions that are passed down from generation to generation, from older to younger. Whatever traditions are present at the school, they appeared at the initiative of the team, under the influence of time, with the participation of people who are not indifferent to school life. Over time, traditions can change, old foundations are creativeparticipants give new life, events become interesting for the younger generation. Some traditions disappear as they become irrelevant over time.
Classification of school traditions
Stories and traditions of the school can be divided into several categories depending on their scale and area of distribution.
- School-wide traditions. This category includes events such as the school line, last call, graduation.
- Traditions of the primary team. First-graders, having come to school, begin to get acquainted with the new team, the class teacher, so it is very important to provide all the necessary conditions for this. In order to unite the team, joint events and competitions are held, in which all parallels of the first classes take part.
- Events. Holding traditional holidays is aimed at developing students' responsibility, patriotism, discipline and organization.
- Acts. In most schools, it is customary to congratulate each other on their birthdays, March 8, February 23.
Traditional may be waste paper collection or community work on school grounds.
Each category includes events and concerts, the content of which is aimed at developing skills, shaping worldviews, developing physical culture, and rapprochement of intra-collective ties.
Line September 1
Every year, on September 1, all schools in our large country hold assembly lines. The director gives a speechinstructions to students and sets them up for a working mood. Children are smartly dressed, give flowers to their class teachers. Parents of first-graders take part in the celebration and accompany their kids. A photographer is invited to take pictures of the class.
There is one very interesting tradition in most schools - a high school boy picks up a girl from the first grade, together they give the first bell of the school year, holding a bell together.
After the official part, the children and teachers go to class. The class teacher conducts briefings on the main issues related to the new school year. Classes begin in high school. An elementary school tradition is a Knowledge Day concert.
Teacher's Day
This is one of the traditions of the modern school. On this day, students meet their class teachers with bouquets of flowers, give gifts to teachers. On Teacher's Day, a concert is always held, which is prepared by children with the participation of mentors and parents.
On a holiday dedicated to teachers, as a rule, Self-Government Day is held. The most responsible students with a high level of academic performance take on the duties of teachers. Children should prepare for such an assignment in advance, because they will have to spend several lessons in the lower grades. Teachers must control the educational process, which will take place without their active participation. The best students-teachers are awarded with gifts or certificates.
School playground
With the beginning of the summer holidays, children have a long three-month vacation. Some schools operate a children's playground program with a day stay. Every year, the junior classes unite into squads and take part in the life of the summer camp.
Three meals a day are organized for children, educators and counselors are appointed. The role of the latter is taken on by high school students. They are active participants and organizers of children's events, competitions, competitions and holidays.
The life of a school playground is no different from the life of a children's he alth camp. Each unit comes up with its own name and motto. Children take part in daily activities, develop and simply relax from the school year.
May 9
On this day, the entire school curriculum should be saturated with patriotic themes. School classes are canceled on the holiday. The school holds a concert dedicated to the Victory Day. Pupils sing war songs, put on performances, read poetry.
War veterans are definitely invited to such an event. It is necessary to prepare flowers and letters for them. In the classrooms, meetings of war veterans with children can be organized. During such meetings, veterans answer children's questions, talk about military life, and share their memories. Children can also prepare stories they heard from their great-grandparents.
On the honor roll you can hang photos of war veterans who distinguished themselves in some way during the battles. Each regionthere are heroes, their memory must be honored on this day.
School traditions in education play a big role. It is on this significant day that every child should feel the atmosphere of wartime, understand the benefits and appreciate the merit of the brave participants in hostilities.
New Year's party
Before the New Year holidays, school matinees are held, in which all classes participate. As a rule, in elementary grades, the holiday is organized separately. Children together with their parents choose festive costumes, the event is held in the form of a carnival.
Disguised Santa Claus and Snow Maiden must be present at the holiday. Parents contribute money for which the school purchases gifts. New Year's Carnival is an event that all children look forward to.
New Year's discos are held in high school. Some schools put up large New Year's mailboxes into which each student can drop a postcard or note with the name of the recipient and his class. Before the New Year holidays, the box is opened, postmen hand out postcards with congratulations.
School customs
The concepts of "traditions" and "customs" are very similar, but have fundamental differences. Traditions are certain knowledge that is transferred from generation to generation, they are not tied to a specific territory. Customs are tactics of behavior, stereotypes about the rules of behavior in a particular life situation. They are also passed on from the older generation tojunior and represent a set of rules.
If the presence of school traditions is characteristic of almost all schools in the country, then the customs can be characteristic of only one school.
As an example, consider the following situation: a great and world-famous cultural figure studied in one of the schools. Every year on his birthday, the school staff arranges a festive event in his honor. This is a school custom. Each school has several such interesting customs that the staff of the educational institution will always remember.
New School Traditions
A striking example of such novelties is the maintenance of a class group in social networks. Innovative technologies bring new traditions and customs into school life. Some of them are immediately picked up by the younger generation, others remain forgotten.
Classmates and teachers can communicate with each other online, raising issues not only of school life, but also of extracurricular activities.
Another innovation for the school is the use of electronic devices. Many educational institutions have already switched to teaching, which requires the obligatory presence of tablet computers for students. Educational innovations are fundamentally new school programs that are aimed not only at learning, but also at the comprehensive development of the individual. New programs contain new goals and methods of working with children and their parents.
Another interesting tradition came to us from across the ocean: the children of allClasses hand out sheets of A4 format. Each child must draw or describe how he sees the world of the future. Against the background of general impressions, a letter is drawn up for the inhabitants of the future. The sheets are folded into a metal flask called a time capsule. Time capsules were laid in many Russian cities in 1967, when the 50th anniversary of the October Revolution was celebrated in the USSR. These capsules were buried in the ground for several decades. In 2017, they began to dig up the capsules and open them. It was very interesting after such a long time to look at the drawings and read the words of their predecessors.
Relationships within the team
The tradition of maintaining friendly relations in the team and showing attention and tolerance to each other came to us from the distant past. Competition and rivalry should also be present, but their manifestation should not be negative. Pupils, parents, teachers and other employees of the educational institution must be in a partnership relationship. Only this form of communication will allow you to achieve the goals set by the curriculum.
Mutual assistance should be encouraged by teachers, negativism should be suppressed. The culture of communication is part of the culture of behavior, which manifests itself verbally. It is necessary to teach children to say hello, say goodbye, ask questions correctly, engage in polemics, and prove their point of view.
Traditionally it is believed that the elders should protect the younger ones, and the younger ones should treat the elders with respect. These norms and traditions of the school demonstrate to students a pattern of behavior, a model of actions in one or anotherother situation.
In closing
Everyone will be able to name many traditions that were characteristic of his school. It is surprising that many of them have survived, despite the fact that many years have passed. Of course, new traditions have also appeared, which, in turn, may remain or disappear without a trace. Everything depends on the needs of our society and its desire to move forward. What are the traditions at your school?
