【家長信】3月黑利伯瑞致小學生家長的一封信

 　　Dear primary school parents and families,

　　親愛的小學家長們：

　　It has been another eventful and action-packed two weeks in the primary school at Haileybury Tianjin. The second round of the CCTV competition took place at our school on the 21st of March. Our primary school students participated in the second round and due to the large number of entrants, the speeches were delivered in our classrooms again. In round two, our students spoke for 60 seconds on the ‘My Dream’ topic without the usage of notes or palm cards. After the speeches, they were also asked some questions by the CCTV judges. Our students had spent many weeks preparing for the second round by writing speeches and practising in and out of the classroom. A significant amount of time was also allocated at assembly on Fridays for the purpose of giving our students stage practice. I am pleased to announce that many of our students have progressed into round three which is also the Tianjin final. The Tianjin final will take place on the 4th of May and all our students are already guaranteed a third place Tianjin final award if they enter. There are three parts in round three. The first part is a prepared speech on the topic ‘This is the Special Me’. In this part, students should create a prepared speech and speak for a total of one minute on the topic. In the second part, lower primary school students will be given two pictures and upper primary school students four pictures to describe and to create a story therewith. The third part is an impromptu question and answer segment where students respond to a question from the judges for a total of 20 seconds. The question will relate to the lives of our primary aged students such as studying and hobbies however students may need to think creatively such as ‘If you were a dolphin, how would you introduce yourself’? Each student will receive an accumulative score from these three parts and the top 50 in Tianjin will progress into the fourth round (May 11th). The fourth round is a debate where participants are given 5 minutes to prepare on a specific topic. Contestants will battle it out and the debate will last for a total of two minutes. The winners of this fourth round will be eligible to enter into the national finals. We hope that those who have progressed into the third round will continue and we trust our students will shine even brighter this year.

　　對天津黑利伯瑞國際學校小學部來說，這是內容豐富而充滿活力的兩周。中央電視臺的第二輪比賽于3月21日在我校舉行。我們的小學生參加，由于參賽人數眾多，我們在教室里進行了第二次演講。在第二輪中，我們的學生以“我的夢想”為主題進行了60秒的演講，期間沒有使用筆記或手卡。演講結束后，中央電視臺的評委們也向他們提出了一些問題。我們的學生花了很多時間為第二輪的演講做準備，包括寫演講稿和在教室內外練習。星期五的集會也分配了大量的時間來給學生進行舞臺練習，所以我很高興地宣布，我們所有的學生中有很多同學已經進入了第三輪(5月4日)，也就是天津市的決賽。所有進入第三輪比賽的學生，將至少獲得天津賽區三等獎。第三輪分為三個環節。個環節將進行以“這就是特別的我”為主題的命題演講。在這一部分中，學生們應事先準備好演講稿，并就主題發表一分鐘的演講。第二環節，低年級的學生將獲得兩張圖片，高年級的學生會得到四張圖片，他們將對其進行描述并創作一個故事。第三環節是一個即興問答，在這個環節中，學生將就評委提出的問題進行回答，計時20秒。問題將涉及到小學生的生活，比如學習和愛好，但是學生可能需要進行創造性的思考，比如“如果你是海豚，你會如何自我介紹?”每名學生將從這三個環節中獲得一個累計總分，天津市的前50強將進入決賽的第二部分。決賽第二部分(5月11日)是一場辯論，參賽者有5分鐘的時間準備一個特定主題。隨后將進行2分鐘的辯論。決賽第二部分的獲勝者將有資格進入全國總決賽。我們希望那些已經進入決賽的學生會繼續前進，我們也相信我們的學生今年將會繼續光彩奪目。

　　Sophia Yang from year 1 spoke well in round 2 and has progressed into round 3

　　Kris Wang from year 1 spoke well in round 2 and has progressed into round three

　　Angel Du from year 2 spoke well in round 2 and has progressed into round 3

　　Elsa Huang from year 2 spoke well in round 2 and has progressed into round 3

　　David Wang from year 3 spoke well in round 2 and has progressed into round 3

　　Jennifer Sun from year 3 spoke well in round 2 and has progressed into round 3

　　Rina Zhang from year 3 spoke well in round 2 and has progressed into round 3

　　Renae Jia from year 3 spoke well in round 2 and has progressed into round 3

　　Julianna Wei from year 4 spoke well in round 2 and has progressed into round 3

　　Jim Li from year 4 spoke well in round 2 and has progressed into round 3

　　Amy Wang from year 5 spoke well in round 2 and has progressed into round 3

　　Angel Yang from year 5 spoke well in round 2 and has progressed into round 3

　　Penelope Weng from year 6 spoke well in round 2 and has progressed into round 3

　　Martina Tian from year 6 spoke well in round 2 and has progressed into round 3

　　Aisha Liu from year 6 spoke well in round 2 and has progressed into round 3

　　Cary Ye from year 6 spoke well in round 2 and has progressed into round 3

　　Haileybury has long had a policy of cooperating and collaborating with the parents’ community of our school. Feedback from our parents is continuously gathered through our weekly academic reporting system and these comments are reviewed. Adjustments and improvements to teaching and learning are also constantly made through this system. Parents, however, bring to the school more than just their comments and observations - they also bring their skills, talents and networks. On Friday the 22nd of March, Ms. Guo, the mother of Alex Wan (Year 5 Green student) presented on the ‘History of Western Art’. The students were fascinated at various well-known paintings such as Jacques-Louis David’s painting of Napoleon and Andy Warhol’s modern creations. I am positive that these students now have a greater appreciation and understanding of western art. Ms. Jenny Jiao (a relative of year 6 yellow student Joey Jiao) also gave a presentation on disease prevention and food hygiene which has resulted in our students becoming more conversant on how to stay fit and healthy. We trust that the mutual collaboration between the school and its parents’ community will continue and that we will also keep on learning from each other.

　　黑利伯瑞長期以來一直奉行與學生家長社區合作的政策。我們通過每周的學術報告系統不斷收集家長的反饋，并對這些評論進行審查。通過這一系統，我們不斷地對教學和學習進行調整和改進。然而，家長們帶來的不僅僅是他們的評論和觀察——也為我們帶來了他們的技能、才能和很多知識。3月22日星期五，5Green班的學生——萬宗翰的媽媽郭女士在《西方藝術史》上發表演講。學生們對雅克·路易斯·大衛的《拿破侖的畫》和安迪·沃霍爾的《現代創作》等許多的繪畫作品非常著迷。焦女士是6 Yellow班的學生Joey的家長，她做了一個關于疾病預防和食品衛生的演講。我相信我們的學生在演講后對如何保持健康有了更深入的了解。我們相信，學校與其家長社區之間的相互合作將在未來繼續進行下去，我們也將繼續相互學習和成長。

　　Ms. Guo (mother of Alex Wan from 5 Green) gave a presentation on ‘The History of Western Art’

　　The grade five students were intrigued by Andy Warhol’s modern creations

　　Ms. Jenny Jiao gave a presentation on disease prevention and food hygiene

　　Ms. Jenny Jiao gave advice on how to stay fit and healthy

　　Merit awards have been given out to outstanding students at assemblies on Fridays for nearly two years now. The practice of giving out merit awards to high achieving individuals is a practice that also occurs in many Australian schools. Every week, two students from each class in the primary school are given the awards by their homeroom teachers. The program seeks to encourage and reward students for high academic achievement and virtuous behaviour. Every week, it is pleasing to see many smiles illuminating from the faces of our students when it is announced that they are the award recipients of the week. The awards boost the self-confidence of our students and the giving out of the awards will continue to play an important part in our weekly assemblies. Our 20 new student leaders have also started their new responsibilities. The student leaders have been organised into different groups based on the different days of the school week and each leader serves once a week on a rotating basis. Some of their responsibilities include manning the school gate in the mornings, monitoring the cleanliness of each classroom, making sure that students are walking orderly and assisting teachers with miscellaneous duties. It has been great to see our students serving the school community punctually, diligently and respectfully. Through their self-less work and dedication, our student leaders are helping to ensure that the primary school continues to operate smoothly and safely.

　　近兩年來，我們都會在星期五的集會上對優秀學生頒發榮譽獎項。向成績優異的個人頒發獎勵的做法在許多澳大利亞學校也很常見。每個星期，小學部的各個班級都會選出兩名學生并由他們班主任為其頒發獎項。該計劃旨在鼓勵和獎勵學生良好的學習成績和良好的行為。每周，當我們宣布本周的獲獎者時，都能看到笑容在他們臉上點亮。這些獎項提高了學生的自信心，而頒獎環節也將繼續作為重要的組成部分出現在每周的集會中。我們的20位新學生也開始了他們的新職責。學生領導們根據每周不同的日子被分成不同的小組，每位學生領導每周輪流任職一次。其中的一些職務包括在早上在學校大門值班、監控每個教室的清潔度、確保學生安靜有序地行走，以及協助教師完成各種各樣的任務。很高興可以看到我們的學生能夠準時、勤勉、恭敬地為學校社區服務。通過學生領導們無私的工作和努力，我們的小學部得以繼續順利安全地運作。

　　Lily Ma and Marvel Zhao from year one each received a merit award last week

　　Judy Zhu and Owen Liu from year 2 each received a merit award last Friday

　　Kitty Zhao and Jennifer Sun from year 3 each received a merit award last Friday

　　Jayson Guo and Daniel Xue from grade 4 have each received a merit award this semester

　　Jinny Guo and David Lin from grade 5 have each received a merit award this semester

　　Chris Liu and Coco Li from grade 6 have each received a merit award this semester

　　24 merit awards are given out every Friday to deserving students

　　Eris Wu and Rain Biao are the student leaders on Tuesdays

　　Rain Bao is watching over the year three eaglets as they walk to their classroom

　　A school song is a unique song which students sing at assemblies or at special occasions. School songs are important because they express a school’s values, priorities and expectations. ‘We are Haileybury’ is the name of our school song and it is sung wholly in English. The first verse is sung by males. Physical strength, courage, victory, honour, respect, determination and achievement are the core themes of the first verse. The second verse is sung by females. Knowledge, acceptance, skill, beauty, integrity, creativity and success are the core themes of the second verse. The third verse is sung together, and it speaks of pride, vision, compassion, high standards, love and friendship. On the 18th of March, all primary school classes participated in a school song singing contest to improve our students’ understanding and familiarity of the school song. Our students learnt the lyrics of the song and practiced singing the song prior to the contest as the themes and words in the song are relatively complex for our primary aged students. There were 7 judges in the contest and their role was to adjudicate on the singing of each class. Many of our classes sang melodiously and the contest provided an excellent opportunity for our students to not only learn more English but also to instil more school pride.

　　校歌是學生們在集會或特殊場合下唱的一首獨特的歌。校歌很重要，因為它們體現了學校的價值觀和期望。“我們是黑利伯瑞”是我們校歌的名字，它完全用英語演唱。節由男性演唱。力量、勇氣、勝利、榮譽、尊重、決心和成就是節的核心主題。第二節由女性演唱。知識、接受、技巧、美麗、正直、創造力和成功是第二節的核心主題。第三節是合唱部分，表達的是驕傲、遠見、同情、高標準、愛和友誼。3月18日，小學部的所有班級參加了一次校歌演唱比賽，這次比賽提高了學生對校歌的理解和熟悉程度。由于這首歌的主題和歌詞對小學生來說比較復雜，所以我們的學生在比賽前對歌詞進行了學習并練習了如何演唱這首歌。比賽設有7名評委，他們的職責是評判每一個班級的演唱情況。我們的許多班級都唱的十分動聽，這次比賽為我們的學生提供了一個很好的機會，不僅可以讓他們學習更多的英語，還可以灌輸更多的學校自豪感。

　　Our year ones sang well at the school song singing contest

　　Our year twos have learnt many new words from the school song

　　Our year threes sang tunefully at the school song singing contest

　　Our year fours sang beautifully at the school song singing contest

　　Our year fives sang harmoniously at the school song singing contest

　　Our year sixes sang vibrantly at the school song singing contest

　　The student adjudicators of the school song singing contest are pictured above

　　As mentioned earlier, we will be graced again with the visit of renowned Australian educator Mr. John Fleming next week. Mr. Fleming is a deputy principal at Haileybury Melbourne and has been teaching in Australia for over 40 years. Mr. Fleming is a steadfast advocate of the explicit teaching model which he has implemented across all of Haileybury’s six campuses. The explicit teaching model ensures that students are learning by moving concepts from short to long term memory. Haileybury achieves this through small class sizes, individual attention and pitching lessons to a high level. Explicit teaching also follows a simple ‘I do, we do, you do’ process. ‘I do’ refers to teaching, ‘we do’ is teacher-class collaboration and ‘you do’ is pitched at each student’s individual needs. Explicit Teaching focuses on exceptional student engagement, student motivation and the appreciation of progress. Mr. John Fleming will come into our classrooms to ensure that the explicit teaching model continues to be implemented in our sub-school so that every student continues to improve each and every day.

　　之前提到過，我們將在第7周再次接受澳大利亞教育家約翰·弗萊明先生的訪問。弗萊明先生是墨爾本黑利伯瑞學校的副校長，在澳大利亞教書已經40多年。弗萊明先生是“直接教學法”的強烈擁護者，他已經在黑利伯瑞的所有六個校區里實行了這一模式。明確的教學模式通過讓學生將概念從短期記憶轉移到長期記憶中來學習。黑利伯瑞通過小班授課、個體關注和高水平的課程來實現這一目標。明確的教學也遵循一個簡單的“我做，我們做，你做”的過程。“我做”是指教學，“我們做”是教師和班級共同完成，“你做”是針對每個學生的個人需要。明確的教學側重于特殊學生的參與，激勵他們做得更好，并欣賞他們的進步。約翰·弗萊明先生將進入我們的課堂，以確保在我們的子學校繼續實施“直接教學法”，使每個學生每天都在不斷進步。

　　Mr. Fleming gave a demonstration lesson to our year 6 students last year

　　Mr. Fleming is a renowned Australian educator and will come into our school next week to observe and give feedback

　　Lift up your hearts, breathe in the crisp fresh air and feel the warm morning sunrays as they pierce through your uniform when you man the gate at Haileybury!

　　William Fang (M.Ed, B.A/B.Ed, Grad Dip Ed. (Primary), B. Min (Hons.))

　　方士銓 (教育碩士，文學士/教育學士，教育研究生(小學), 神職學士(榮譽學士學位))

　　English Curriculum Coordinator - Primary School (Upper Primary)

　　Haileybury International School Tianjin

　　小學部英語項目課程負責人(4-6年級)

　　天津黑利伯瑞國際學校

　　29/03/2019