Topic: New Year – New Hope, New Goals Duration: 30 minutes Participants: First-year students Venue: College Curator: Kamchibekova Eliza Kubatbekovna Date: 24.12.2015

Purpose:

To congratulate students on the New Year, encourage them to set goals with a positive mindset, promote self-development, and foster a responsible attitude toward learning.

Form of the Curatorial Hour:

Conversation, discussion, interactive task

Methods Used:

• Question and answer
• Sharing opinions
• Motivational exercises

Procedure of the Curatorial Hour:

• Greeting the students
• Introducing the topic and purpose of the curatorial hour
• New Year’s congratulatory speech

The topic of today’s curatorial hour is “New Year – New Hope, New Goals.” The New Year is meaningful for each of us as the opening of a new page. It gives us the opportunity to look back at the past year, evaluate what we have done, and set new goals for the future.

The main goal of this session is to motivate you to analyze yourselves, create new hopes, and clearly define goals aimed at personal development. Today, we view the New Year not just as a celebration, but as the beginning of new opportunities, responsibility, and action.

I sincerely congratulate you on the New Year! The past year has been a year of exploration, experience, and growth for each of us. You have strived for knowledge and achieved many successes through your diligence and sense of responsibility.

May the New Year bring each of you good health, tireless motivation for hard work, and great success in your studies and life. May your goals be clear and your path bright. May difficulties strengthen you, and achievements inspire you to move forward.

Working with you is a great honor for me. Always believe in your abilities, strive forward, and with good intentions continue to conquer great heights! Happy New Year!

Discussion: “New Year – New Hope”

• What does the New Year mean to you?
• What goals have you set for yourselves for 2026?
• What goals did you set in 2025? Were they achieved? If not, what obstacles prevented you? How can those obstacles be overcome?
• What achievements in 2025 can you be satisfied with?
• What mistakes or shortcomings did you make in 2025? Have you found ways to overcome them in 2026?

Discussion Topics:

• Academic achievements
• Difficulties and lessons learned from them
• Exchange of opinions on discipline and responsibility

Interactive Task: “My Goals for the New Year”

Each student states or writes down three goals for the New Year:

• Academic goals
• Personal development goals
• Social activity goals

Ways to achieve these goals are discussed.

Conclusion:

• Final remarks by the curator
• Wishing students success
• New Year’s best wishes

Expected Outcomes:

• Students develop hope and confidence for the New Year
• Motivation for goal-setting and self-development increases
• Responsibility toward learning improves
• Group unity and cohesion are strengthened