Early winter fills the campus with vitality and laughter. In academic activities, teachers and pupils delve into various topics, igniting sparks of wisdom. In creative workshops, everyone unleashes their inspiration, creating unique works of art. Community activities unfold in every corner, conveying the spirit of mutual help and love. On the sports fields, participants are fully engaged, with sweat and laughter intertwined. All these elements contribute to the rich and colourful campus life in November, vividly showcasing the unique charm of the school.
Academic School Activity
Diverse academic school activities involve multiple fields. These rich and colourful academic activities not only broaden pupils' horizons, acquire knowledge, and improve their exploratory abilities but also enrich the campus cultural atmosphere. Moreover, they significantly stimulate pupils’ interest and thirst for knowledge, making our school activities full of anticipation and joy.
Chinese Reading
Reading is the ladder of human progress. This school activity aims to guide pupils to master the reading strategy of the whole book, grasp the rich connotation and essence from macro perspective, accumulate reading experience, develop good reading habits, thus improving the young’s overall cognitive ability, and enriching their spiritual world.
Debating in Chinese
In the Chinese debating SA, pupils learn debating knowledge and strategies, participate in the debating game, reflect on the debating process and master the debating skills. In debating training, pupils can not only improve their skills of debating, but also improve themselves in all aspects, including critical thinking, divergent thinking, oral expression, and teamwork spirit. Moreover, pupils enjoy the pleasure of language and thinking.
Creative School Activity
In creative school activities, pupils try different materials and techniques to produce unique works of art. Through collaboration and sharing, they further stimulate each other's innovative potential. These activities not only develop pupils’ aesthetic abilities and practical skills, but also enhance their critical thinking and problem-solving abilities.
Photography
In photography SA, pupils learn how to go from using a camera in auto mode to being confident in using it in full manual mode. With creative mind, pupils understand the working principle of cameras, try the exposure in photography, explore photographic light and composition etc. This course is ideal for pupils that would like to express themselves in a non-verbal manner by using photography.
KS3 Fashion Design/Illustration
Starting with learning basic sketching techniques, colour theory, and fabric characteristics, gradually trying crochet and other textile techniques, and then exploring garment construction and digital design tools. In this interactive workshop, pupils develop their creativity and technical skills. Fashion design creates unique styles.
Community School Activity
Community school activities aim to create a harmonious and friendly living environment. Learn about the charm of the wilderness in bush craft, master basic survival skills, and enhance the young’s ability to adapt to nature and team collaboration. In activities such as donation drives and charity sales, strengthen community cohesion, and cultivate pupils’ charitable spirit and sense of social responsibility.
Bush Craft
Outdoor is an essential platform to connect both man and nature. In BushCraft, teachers show the world from diverse views, with a focus on wildernesssurvival skills, boost self-confidence, cultivate independence and responsibleattitudes. The SA covers various aspects of wilderness, including wildernessorientation, camping survival, and wilderness health management. Pupils learnbasic skills such as tent building, fire starting, water purification, findingdirections, as well as environmental protection awareness.
Charity Contributions (Dream House)
Dream House project actively advocates the best use of unused resources by integrating social resources and unused items from loving individuals in our community. The relevant public welfare organizations make resource allocation, gather the power of urban units or individuals, arrange twinning support, provide the materials needed for the growth and education of pupils in rural schools and families in need. Attendees pay close attention to the Daciyan Primary School in Jiande County Zhejiang Province, the partner local school with our Dream House project, and bring them warmth and support.
Physical School Activity
Physical activities aim to enhance pupils’ physical fitness, teamwork spirit, and sense of competition. Attendees not only improve their physical health, but also enjoy sporting fun and cultivate awareness of rules. Furthermore, these activities provide opportunities for pupils to make new friends and develop habits, contribute to the holistic development of the young while adding dynamism and vibrancy to campus life.
Badminton
Badminton is a fun and engaging activity that is an excellent way to improve hand-eye coordination, develop teamwork spirits and game consciousness. Except for serving, smashing, and footwork exercise, playing singles or doubles matches is an important way to test their learning results and gain friendship.
Fencing
Fencing is not a competitive fight based on brute strength, but rather emphasizes courtesy and agility. Every round of competition is a comprehensive test of both mental and physical abilities. It trains attendees’ thinking skills, ability to adapt to changing circumstances, and mental resilience in overcoming difficulties. Therefore, fencing is not only a meaningful form of exercise, but also an excellent educational method that is suited for modern society.
