Teachers from Vologda and Belarus were connected by an international teleconference

In the regional capital, at the Children’s and Youth Media Center “Youth Army” an international teleconference “Vologda-Mogilev-Grodno” was held on the topic “Spiritual, moral and patriotic education of the younger generation.”

Teachers from kindergartens and schools took part in the meeting.

“This meeting is very useful and important for each of us. The experience that we pass on to each other is the basis for new ideas for the upbringing, development and training of our wonderful children. Belarus and Russia are united not only by common goals, objectives, and traditions. We have a common historical community and this is the basis of our friendship. I wish us all important significant results following the meeting“- says Olga Bandyak, head of the department of general and additional education of the Education Department of the Vologda Administration.

Anna Pysina, teacher of kindergarten No. 85 “Snowdrop”, spoke on the topic “The priority area of ​​activity of a preschool educational organization is the beginning of the spiritual and moral development of a child’s personality.”

“We asked ourselves whether it was possible to create a Youth Army detachment at the preschool level. And they created a detachment “Eaglets of the Youth Army” in the preparatory group for children 6-7 years old. This didn’t happen before. All the traditions and events that we held were created for the first time. As part of the detachment, kindergarteners actively participated in the development of the competitive movement, won prizes and taught other groups, passing on their experience. We are ready to share our programs with other teachers“- commented Anna Pysina.

Pupils of kindergarten No. 85 spoke about the activities of the “Eaglets of the Young Army” detachment.

“We are glad that we are members of the “Eaglets of Youth Army”. This is very honorable and useful. Eaglets help others, protect their homeland and nature. We remember that the senior youth members conduct various activities with us, play with us“, say the kindergarten students.

Irina Dobrenko from Belarus, head of kindergarten No. 85 in the city of Grodno, covered the topic “Innovative traditional forms of interaction between a preschool institution and the family in spiritual and moral education”

“Our goal is the formation of a highly cultural, spiritual personality, an active, proactive personality. The program includes excursions to the temple, conversations about friendship, love, mutual respect, various holidays, and educational activities. Our children will definitely be friends, respect their elders, and be responsible. Our teaching staff is doing everything for this.“- says Irina Dobrenko.

Colleagues from Belarus also spoke during the teleconference: history teacher Natalya Vantsevich from Grodno, director of school No. 15 Vita Mishkel from Grodno, teacher of preschool center No. 8 from Mogilev, deputy head of preschool center No. 8 Irina Zagorskaya from Mogilev and others. All participants’ reports concerned the topic of educating the younger generation.

Vologda cooperates with three cities of the Republic of Belarus: Minsk, Grodno, Mogilev. The cities have a long-standing partnership. In November 2011, a cooperation agreement was signed between the cities of Vologda and Grodno. Cooperation with the city of Mogilev has been going on since 2003; in the fall of this year, the cooperation agreement between the two cities was updated. In June 2023, the Administration of the city of Vologda signed a Cooperation Agreement with the administration of the Oktyabrsky district of Minsk.