本月最后一个星期四是本学期第一个学院日。很多班级开展了“探索学院”的活动。老师们介绍了荟同学校的四大学院，泰山，银杏，珠江和熊猫，探讨了学院名字的由来和意义，辨认了自己的学院服颜色和院徽。PK2的小朋友们一起玩了“学院配对“和”寻宝“游戏。
This week, we had our first House Day of this semester, and many classes did fun “Explore House” activities. Teachers introduced four houses: Taishan, Gingko, Pearl and Panda, discussed the meanings of houses’ names, and recognized the color and crest of each house. Children in PK2 played “House Matching” and “Scavenger Hunt” at campus.
新学期初始，孩子们已经逐渐熟悉了自己的老师和同学。为了拉近孩子们之间的距离，建立起他们对班级的归属感，PK2创建了班级的“四季生日树“。孩子们观赏了《故宫的四季》，观察了户外景物的颜色，选定了各个季节的颜色，从秋天开始制作生日树。K1共同制作了生日牌，一起装饰一起讨论，还有小朋友惊喜地发现有人和自己是同一天生日。
Our lovely children are getting familiar with teachers and classmates in the past weeks. In order to close the distance between the children and build their sense of belonging to the class, PK2 made a “Four Seasons Birthday Tree”. The children watched the Four Seasons of the Forbidden City, observed the colors of outdoor scenes, selected the colors of each season, and began to make the birthday tree in autumn. K1 made birthday board and the children were pleasantly surprised to find someone who shares their birthday.
在艺术教室，老师带着孩子们开展了“变废为宝“活动，一起探索如何把身边不用的物品变成艺术作品。孩子们积极思考，找出他们可以利用的材料，在创作的过程中，学会与同学分享材料，团队合作，和表达自己的观点。创作的过程发散了他们的思维，提升了他们的创造力，激发了孩子们对于自然与人类关系的思考。同时，老师也鼓励孩子们自己带来干净，安全的材料进行创作。活动还在继续，让我们期待孩子们后续更加精彩的作品吧!
In the art room, the teacher led the children to carry out the "Turning waste into Treasure" activity, to explore how to turn unused objects into works of art. Students brainstormed what they could use (that was safe and clean) to make their own art. In this process, students practiced sharing materials, collaborating, and explaining their ideas to others The creative process diverges their thinking, enhances their creativity, and stimulates children's thinking about the relationship between nature and human beings. At the same time, children are encouraged to bring their own clean, safe materials to create. The activity is still going on. Let's look forward to more wonderful works from the children.
本周，PS2的小朋友们跟梦雅园长表示想认领户外池子里的小乌龟，梦雅园长建议孩子们以班级为单位进行讨论后再做决定。于是，带着园长的4个问题，孩子们在晨圈时间进行了讨论和表决。决定认领小乌龟的小朋友分享了照顾小乌龟的经验和方法，并且带着答案询问了小乌龟的主人-陆老师。陆老师说这些龟是国家保护动物，适合生活在有良好光照的温暖环境里，而教室并不合适，但陆老师发现孩子们的愿望非常强烈，于是决定把小乌龟留在学校15天，欢迎孩子们去照顾他们。
Children in PS2 found several tortoises in the outdoor pond and told principal Mengya that they wanted to claim the tortoises. Ms. Mengya suggested them to make a decision after discussion in class. With four questions given by Ms. Mengya, the children discussed and voted in the morning circle time. The children who decided to claim tortoises shared their experiences and methods of taking care of the tortoises, and asked the owner, Mr. Lu, with their answers. Lu said these tortoises were protected by the state and only suitable for living in a warm environment with good light, not a classroom. However, Lu found their desire was so strong that he decided to keep the tortoises in school for 15 days and welcome the children to take care of them.
探索颜色的方式 Exploring Colors!
这周PS2的孩子们对颜色的兴趣浓厚，老师和孩子们一起探索了各种颜色的混合，在这个过程中，孩子们尝试使用不同的材料进行探索，有的小朋友尝试用颜料去染花朵，有的去染纸巾，有的喜欢观察探索颜料如何被吸到滴灌里面，有的享受看颜料进入清水时渲染的过程~孩子的一百种语言，有一百种探索颜色的方式！
This week, PS2 kids were very interested in colors. We explored the colors together with kids in various ways. In this process, the children tried to use different materials to explore. Some children tried to dye flowers with the paint, some attempted to dye paper towels, some liked to observe and explore how the paint was sucked into drip irrigations, and some enjoyed watching the process of rendering when the paint went into clear water. The hundred languages of children, the hundred ways to explore color!
沉浸式体验日本浮世绘“浮沉幻乐”的世界
这周，PK3的小朋友了去参观了日本浮世绘展览。虽然孩子们还不太了解“浮世绘”，但最有名的那幅《神奈川冲浪里》已经在教室摆放了很久。这副经典之作对世界绘画和音乐都有着重要的影响。今天孩子们终于可以走出教室，认识更多的艺术形式，席地而坐在剧场里感受浮世绘故事。孩子欣赏了100多幅博物馆级别的作品，在展馆小姐姐的带领下畅游百年前江户美景。
最让孩子们开心的是那个多媒体巨幕剧场，每一帧、每一秒都是视觉盛宴；浪漫的樱花、热闹的街景，以及很多日本传统的奇幻故事。最后我们还跟随小姐姐来到了手工制作区现场制作了一件小衣服，孩子们收获满满。
在这次的博物馆之旅中不仅收获了灵感与快乐，还从中收获了美的感受。不管是大朋友还是小朋友，都可以边看边学，提高美学素养，并且知道了像“浮世”的寓意那样：珍惜光阴、知足常乐。
This week, children from PK3 went to Ukiyo-e Exhibition titled A Floating World of Edo City. Although children have limited understanding of Ukiyo-e, the most famous painting, "The Great Waves off Kanagawa," has been in the classroom for a long time. This most iconic Ukiyo-e work had an important influence on painting and music around the world. The children enjoyed more than 100 museum-quality works and learned a lot about Edo era under the guidance.
What makes the children exciting is that multimedia giant theater. Every frame and every second is a visual feast, including romantic cherry blossoms, lively street scenes, and many traditional Japanese fantasy stories. At last, children made a small dress at activity area .
庆祝国庆节！ Happy National Day!
国庆节到了，各班老师带着孩子们一起庆祝节日。K3班的孩子们一起认国旗，看地图，画家乡。PS1的孩子们从本周的艺术课里获得了创作灵感，将各种红色的材料拼接到一起，最后加上了黄色的星星变成了五星红旗！孩子们还学习了一首好听的歌曲——“国家”。
In order to celebrate birthday of the country, K3 children and teachers talked about the story of the National Day, recognized the flag, looked at the map and draw the home province PS1 students were inspired by the art class and decided to make a beautiful textile collage with all different red objects. Then, we added yellow stars and made the Chinese flag! Also, Ms. Lawliet taught the song “My Country” to the children.
