深外龍崗國際部多彩活動慶中秋 Yang Mei, Wheaty Cai yangmei_szdaily@163.com A variety of traditional activities such as making moon cakes, painting pictures of the moon and solving riddles were organized for students of different grades at Shenwai Longgang International School (SLIS) on September 12, one day before the Mid-Autumn Festival, which fell on September 13 this year. The events were aimed at enriching students’ campus lives and raising their awareness for celebrating traditional Chinese festivals and culture. The first and second graders learned how to make moon cakes, which proved to be an intriguing and exciting experience. Wearing white chef hats and aprons, some of them made the moon cake filling while others prepared wrappers and still others assembled the final product using different molds to apply various patterns to the moon cakes’ surfaces. The third graders took the custom of moon appreciation to a new level by using VR glasses to explore the mysteries of the moon. Students were able to “travel” to the moon’s surface with a press of a button. In addition, the “moon explorers” were also tasked with finding the moon in the vast universe on iPads and used their imaginations to paint their perception of the future development of lunar exploration. Teachers Guo Weitong and Sarah Stephens said the goal of the activity was to implement the IB curriculum and stimulate students’ quality of inquiry. People in ancient China wrote riddles on slips of paper and hung them on colorful lanterns for others to solve. The fourth graders gave the tradition a technological twist by inviting their parents to solve the riddles on iPads using the SeeSaw platform. They also recorded videos on iPads expressing blessings to their families. Fifth graders also had creative ways of celebrating the festival. Equipped with the geographical knowledge they had learned in class, they launched a treasure hunt game on a website and invited their classmates to share in the fun. SLIS has been encouraging students to take advantage of hi-tech products so as to further improve their imagination, ingenuity and operation skills. | 