Cambridge Day

When one says “Cambridge Day” it can be easily assumed that it will be a day celebrating the historic and marvelous city of Cambridge in Great Britain. After all it is a city worth visiting. It is a university city in the town of Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom with a population of about 125 000 inhabitants. Cambridge is most widely known as the home of the University of Cambridge, founded in 1209 and consistently ranked one of the top five universities in the world. The university includes the renowned Cavendish Laboratory, King’s College Chapel and the Cambridge University Library.

However, at our school Cambridge Day is not filled with free food, English costumes, festival-like music. Rather it is filled with a bit of stress and competing among our most brave students. The day is packed with a practice test for First Certificate of English (FCE) exams.

Cambridge English: First, also known as First Certificate in English (FCE), is an upper-intermediate level qualification. It proves you can use everyday written and spoken English for work or study purposes. Every year, thousands of people who want to use English to improve their work and study prospects take the FCE exam. 

This year, for the first time, our school organized internal competition. A large group of students from all 4 years of gymnasium participated in the 5 hour tests. They listened, read, wrote and even answered grammar questions in the Use of English part of the test.

Among those that passed the tests, it is important to say that three students excelled in all four categories. Zdenek David, Radovan Opocensky and Tomas Reichtig all scored above 95%. Several additional students passed with Honors. 

Certainly, our Cambridge Day is going to become a yearly school tradition.