Talgat Nurgaliyev
Chairman of the Board of Directors, Perspective School
Dear parents and students,
It is with great pride that we present a project our team prepared with full commitment and the greatest inspiration — Perspective Pentathlon. This is not just another olympiad. It is a fundamentally new format of intellectual decathlon, bringing fresh momentum to the olympiad movement among primary school students: a new spirit and a bold direction.
Traditional olympiads usually test what a child has been taught — how well they have mastered a subject. We took a different path. Our olympiad evaluates not knowledge, but thinking: the ability to reason, notice, remember, find patterns, and understand the world around them.
We believe every child’s natural giftedness is multifaceted — each has a unique set of abilities that deserve recognition.
That is why our olympiad is built to reveal the strengths of all kinds of children. Here, intelligence, attention, and natural diligence carry the day — with special emphasis on soft skills and holistic development.
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PENTATHLON · GRADES 1–2 · 5 SUBJECTS
Five facets of one mind
Each discipline reveals a different side of your child’s abilities. Every task has clear, objective assessment criteria.
MEMENTO
Memory and critical thinking
The child listens to a short story or reads a text, then answers questions — from recalling information to understanding what was not stated outright. Tasks are conducted in the child’s mother tongue (Kazakh, Russian, or English).
MANTIQ
Pattern recognition and logic
Continue a given pattern, find the extra element, determine the rule — visual logic tasks directly linked to critical thinking.
MERGEN
Attention to information
Spot differences in images, find a hidden object, notice what does not fit. These tasks train attention and accuracy — crucial in an AI age where people work with technology, not copy it.
MOMENTUM
Understanding the world and pre-physics
Predict what will happen in a situation. Recognize what a picture makes impossible. Tell real from unreal. This discipline teaches children to think critically about the world and what surrounds them.
MATH
Foundations of mathematical thinking
Comparison, counting, simple operations — not through formulas and rote memorization, but through intuitive understanding of math and number patterns.
In the Pentathlon we award not only overall winners — among 1st and 2nd graders, the top five in each of the five subjects are also recognized: fifty prize places and fifty stories of achievement.
Why this matters
The world is changing faster than ever. In 10–15 years, what will define our children’s success is not only solving non-routine problems, but the ability to think critically, adapt, spot what matters in information, and keep learning something new. These are the abilities we want to uncover, develop, and celebrate.
Our olympiad is an invitation to every child: which school you attend or which subject comes more easily does not matter. What matters is how you think — and we believe every child thinks remarkably in their own way.
- Critical thinking
- Equal opportunity
- Future-ready skills
- Soft skills
- Grades 1–2
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