Positive ‧ Positive ‧ Caring Three core values ​​Diverse learning experiences Let children shine

Q.E.S. Old Students' Association Primary SchoolAdhering to the spirit of "receiving from society, taking from society, using to society, and repaying to society" and taking "cultivating oneself and being kind to others" as the motto, students should start with "cultivating oneself" and then expand to classes, schools, communities and other groups to reach "benefiting others", thereby making contributions to society. Principal Jiang Dongliang attaches great importance to constructing diversified learning experiences for students, expanding their learning space, and thereby building common abilities. Based on the core values ​​of positivity, positivity, and caring, he helps students develop comprehensively in physical, mental, emotional, and social aspects, so that they can become a shining star and achieve themselves and others in the future.

Comprehensive language learning to improve English application skills

Language is the basis of learning. Having good language skills will help students understand and learn new knowledge more easily and improve their learning ability. The school actively creates an English context for students and has two English rooms for students to study in groups and special projects to enhance their opportunities to apply English. In terms of teachers, in addition to hiring foreign English teachers, the school also arranges local teachers and teaching assistants to conduct collaborative teaching to help junior primary students integrate into the learning environment as quickly as possible, construct a complete learning process, and lay a foundation in English to meet different learning challenges in the future. In addition, the school also arranges for students in grades one to three to participate in the "Space Town Primary School Literacy Pilot Program" to improve students' reading and writing skills; senior students participate in exchange camps, visit foreigners and other activities to train their conversational skills and gain a deeper understanding of foreign cultures.

Extend subject knowledge and broaden learning experience

In order to expand students' learning space, extend subject knowledge, and help students develop creative thinking. The school specially arranges afternoon classes to provide students with experience classes to build diverse learning experiences. Different from daily classroom activities, experiential classes focus on both fun and knowledge. The content will also be cross-disciplinary and connected with life, so that students can apply it in daily situations and understand their learning needs. Students need to practice in multiple areas in class, such as programming, shadow puppetry, tie-dyeing, cyanotype, etc. Principal Jiang added: "In the experiential class with the theme of 'Knowing a lot about Japanese culture', students can learn about Japanese etiquette and culture, and further analyze the differences between it and Chinese culture. Therefore, the experiential class allows students to extend their knowledge beyond the school-based curriculum, broaden their learning experience, and inspire their thinking development."

Discover character strengths and practice positive character

Based on the three core values of positivity, positivity and caring, the school promotes positive education to help students discover their own character strengths and establish correct values. The school combines the "24 character strengths" and value education with school-based curriculum to cultivate students' insight, perseverance, courage and other good virtues. For example, from different aspects such as classroom activities, campus life, and students' personal growth, teachers will discover students' different personality strengths, give stickers with these personality traits, and let students paste them in their own record books "Yizheng Super Kids". At the end of the semester, students can receive different small rewards based on the type and quantity of stickers they receive, allowing students to learn to appreciate and summarize their learning results, and promote physical and mental growth.

In addition, the school will guide students to practice positive behaviors in daily life, let students know what "can do", "need to do" and "should do", and evaluate students' performance in aspects such as responsibility and self-discipline through "Learning Performance Report". Principal Jiang said: "Conduct score cannot completely reflect children's academic performance. On the contrary, through the 'Learning Performance Report', students' moral performance can be recorded and evaluated in detail, and more accurately and targetedly help students establish good moral character and continue to grow steadily."

Theme learning model, life-oriented STEAM education

With general knowledge as the core and a "theme-based learning" model, the school integrates STEAM education with daily life to train students' problem-solving abilities and cultivate curiosity and inquiry spirit. Principal Jiang stressed: "The school attaches great importance to the connection between STEAM education and life, so it uses 'thematic learning' to assign life-oriented tasks to students, such as teaching students to make face recognition switches, deal with air conditioner dripping and pollution problems, etc., to cultivate students' spirit of experimentation and inquiry, and their persistence in scientific evidence. In addition, the school also actively promotes programming education, hoping that students can solve life problems through the application of programming, thereby developing logical thinking and improving personal comprehensive abilities."

Make good use of information technology to build common skills

21st century generic skills help promote students' personal, social, and emotional development. The school uses curriculum design with multimedia elements to stimulate students' creativity, critical thinking, collaboration and other generic skills. To this end, the school specially introduced an online learning platform and designed challenging tasks with different themes to enrich students' subject knowledge. At the same time, the teaching team is also committed to cultivating students' independent learning habits and encouraging students to conduct pre-class exercises, such as collecting information on the Internet, and completing tasks such as photography, audio recording, and video recording, to enhance their cognitive and expressive abilities. In the after-class extension, teachers will also arrange diverse and interesting homework assignments to allow students to integrate knowledge, thereby training their general abilities, thereby achieving three levels of learning: mastering knowledge, constructing knowledge, and applying knowledge.

Diverse extracurricular activities help students develop their potential

Extracurricular activities can help enhance students’ learning motivation, enhance their self-confidence and sense of success, and promote whole-person development. Principal Jiang respects the interests and characteristics of each student, and the school provides a variety of extracurricular activities to cultivate students' different talents. For students with potential, the school will recommend them to join the school team for specialized training, such as fancy rope skipping, dragon and lion team, etc. In addition, the school also sets up various interest projects so that every student can participate in them and discover and develop their own expertise.

At the same time, the school actively encourages students to join uniformed teams and teams to build a spirit of collaboration and cultivate concentration and responsibility through team activities. Principal Jiang said: "The school encourages senior students to participate in "one person, one service", so that they can gain a sense of success through participating in different service positions, promote the emotional and social growth of students, and cultivate good qualities of giving back to the society. In addition, in addition to organizing various types of on-campus activities, the school also has regular exchanges with sister schools in Sichuan. For example, students are arranged to go to Sichuan for exchange and study tours, where they can learn about Chinese cultural characteristics, broaden their international horizons, and build deep friendships with their peers."

Emphasize the collaborative relationship between home and school to help children grow up healthily together

The school attaches great importance to contact and communication with parents of new students, hoping to help first-year students adapt to campus life as soon as possible through good interactive relationships and organizing various activities. Therefore, the school arranges a "Primary One Adaptation Day" for new students at the beginning of each semester so that students can understand the school environment and get to know their peers, thereby developing a sense of belonging to campus life. At the same time, the first-grade test will not calculate scores and rankings, but will only be used to record learning performance, allowing students to master the new learning model as quickly as possible. Principal Jiang added: "The school is also committed to establishing mutual trust and collaborative relationships with parents. By conducting "Primary One Curriculum Meetings" and setting up "Sunshine Phones", parents can learn more about their children's learning progress. The school can also understand students' adaptation to school and promote communication between home and school, so that children can grow in a more diversified and comprehensive way."