School lessons are held every Sunday (during school terms). The timetable can be viewed on the page Timetable.
Community need for this type of School steadily matured over the last decade, and having successfully launched in Midlands in 2008 the School has already become popular with Russian-speaking parents and - most importantly - is loved by the children.
The main goal of the Russian School is to work with children with Russian-speaking ethnic backgrounds, and also any Russian-learning children in Britain, helping them to acquire the language of their forefathers and to discover the culture and traditions of Russian people.
The Russian School RUBRIC offers quality education through a series of interactive engaging games, with a flexible approach to developing and improving language abilities for children of different ages and various levels of comfort with Russian.
Each and every child can have an engaging and productive experience at the School: we offer classes tailored to individual groups of students, as well as charming educational activities for pre-schoolers, the youngest of whom is just one and a half years old!
The pre-school class is bubbling with a festive atmosphere, where children sing, draw, play, learn poems and enjoy arts and crafts together with both their parents and teachers. The lessons for 4-16 years old children introduce the Russian alphabet, learning to read and write in the Russian language, the basics of grammar, and discovery of Russian literary classics, as well as help in preparing for GCSE and A-level exams.
To enrich the children's acquaintance with the Russian language, the School offers singing lessons, the basics of rhetoric and drama, as well as classes in art and puppet theatre.
The overall curriculum of the School is based on the course by Dr Nina Vlasova-"Russian as a foreign language" which was developed in Israel for the children of Russian immigrants.
For more about Nina Vlasova's teaching methodology, please go here.
We are very aware of the limited amount of time dedicated to weekend classes. This is precisely why lessons in the Russian School work on an individual approach depending on the habits and needs of each and every student. The parents play an integral role in the process, and their support is invaluable in helping the child acquire and develop grammatically advanced language skills. The family circle is an important and imperative component of such education.
The School sets the pupils' appropriate homework, while the parents are provided with kind recommendations as to how the child can effectively increase their knowledge and develop their new skills.
Each of the teachers at the Russian School RUBRIC has the highest teaching credentials and substantial classroom experience. All teachers and volunteers have a valid CRB check. We are rightly proud of the high professionalism and success of our staff.
The School is in the process of creating a Russian Library, as well as an Audio and Video library to assist the learning process for both the children and their parents
If you can help us with this please call on 07809 403 426 or write to: russkaya.shkola@googlemail.com
It is our belief that fluency in another language gives any person obvious advantages in the global world we live in. Bilingual habits have proven positive effects in developing memory, quick thinking, reaction, mathematical understanding, and logic. Well-developed bilingual children have shown a trait of doing better in school than their peers, and have a greater capacity to grasp abstract sciences, literature, and, of course, other foreign languages.
For the parents, our school is much more than a positive experience for developing their children's culture. It also serves as a meeting place, an opportunity to find new friends, partake in information exchange with like-minded parents, and a chance to enjoy pleasant conversation over a relaxed cup of coffee.
Please feel free to express your interest and ask any further questions - we shall be happy to write back and answer any queries you might have
(see our contacts)
We look forward to seeing both you and your children should you decide to come along and study at the Russian School!
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