1. In Belarus, schools (to have) a celebratory assembly on the 1st of September.
2. A typical entrance ceremony (to hold) for the first formers who (to come) to school for the first time.
3. Some welcoming speeches (to give) at the front steps of the school by the headteacher, sometimes by other teachers and parents.
4. Schoolchildren still (to wear) a uniform.
5. The first bell (to do) by a first former who is sitting on the shoulders of a student from the graduating class (usually a boy).
6. The first formers (to receive) small gifts, usually bells, from the school
leavers.
7. After the celebration is over the kids (to go) to their classes but usually not much (to do).
8. General information about the timetable, necessary equipment, various afterschool activities, and clubs (to give) that day.
9. A traditional discussion (to hold) in the very first lesson.