Dear Parents and students：
Let’s start by saying happy new year to students and parents.We have all now started our online learning in these difficult times, and we are delighted to see the enthusiasm with which our students have approached their studies in this new learning environment.
While our aim is to keep core academic standards high, and optimize learning time, whilst minimizing unnecessary screen time, it is also important that we stick to our remit of creating well-balanced individuals.
In order to ensure that our students remain fit, healthy and active, and that they also maintain their passion for creativity, the Music, P.E. and Art departments will provide your child with some activities over the coming weeks. Hopefully your child has already started following along with the daily exercise videos from the P.E. department.
These activities will not follow a set schedule, as per other subjects, but we ask that you schedule a time in your child’s daily routine that is convenient for your family. We appreciate that being largely contained indoors can be challenging, especially for small children, and we hope that these activities will go some way to both relieving boredom, and maintaining students’ broad range of interests.
Music
This is a special spring festival in Wuhan, where the new coronavirus is a disaster to nine provinces and thoroughfares. This is a war without gunpowder. So many Chinese people are fighting in the front line. This is a time when all people are united. 1.4 billion Chinese people are singing a “National Anthem”
Music, composed of simple notes, shows its unique and colorful personality and presents a colorful world. A good song represents a kind of thought, love, peace, or power. In such a special moment, we should not panic and protect ourselves, but also use music and dance to give our highest respect
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We bring you some songs about Wuhan. I hope you can gain strength from the songs and cheer for our motherland，We also recommend the parents and children can participate in an online classical concerttogether with your childrenand enjoy music bring physical and mental relaxation. Spring will eventually come!
PE
As we all know we are in a bit of a crisis situation. We are providing the students with the means to continue their healthy ways by providing them with exercises at home. PE is not a core subject but it is incredibly important for students to do daily exercises.
PE helps student’s physical development, such as developing strength, improving cardiovascular capacity, keeping bones strong, decreasing body fat. This helps students to maintain a steady, healthy weight. PE also helps a student’s psychological well-being, such as enhancing their self-esteem, it reduces symptoms of depression and anxiety, increases concentration and alertness, boosts energy levels and helps controls mood swings.
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These are only a few reasons why students should follow the exercises at home. In addition to the above video, teachers have also prepared some online resources. We would like the support of parents to encourage your children to complete all of the exercises and be as healthy as possible.
Art
The year of the rat, because of the new type of coronavirus had some special，New Year – at home and study at the same time, we also take up some interesting art activities together!
Painting the little rat, today to use Numbers together, draw 2 cute little rats in few minutes.
You can also cognitive skills, create your own ratfigures!
Paper-cut decoration, for many people it is difficult, always can’t cut good evenspend a long time, it is better to buy the machine production of paper-cut.Now, we study at home, let’s spend few minutes to cut a paper-cut for window decoration in the New Year!
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Art iseverywhere in life, in addition to these art activities teacher prepared, we also have a recommended program called “Art Attack”.Try tofind what fantastic ideas insidewe can do at home, and practice together with your family.
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Hopefully these will be a stop-gap measure, good news will swiftly come, and we can all resume our normal day-to-day lives and studies. In the meantime, please stay safe and healthy!