On Thursday, Dec. 12th 2019 Winter Festival of ISA International School of Guangzhou was held successfully at the Canton Tower. Thanks to the support from a many different international group in Guangzhou, the raffle ticket was a “hot sale” and all the income went to ISA Charity. Italian Booth donated to the ISA Charity Fund to help building a better society.

　　12月12日周四，2019廣州愛莎外籍人員子女學校冬季慶典如期舉行，有幸得到社會各界支持的同時，整場活動的門票收入及愛莎家委會、學生作品義賣和意大利等展位的收入全數(shù)捐贈給愛莎公益基金資助慈善事業(yè)，用實際行動為社會做出了貢獻。

　　This year, ISA adhered to the tradition of blending multi cultures and brought an international carnival to everyone, attracting more than 2000 students, parents and teachers from ISA community, chamber members, consulate officers and visitors gathered together at the Canton Tower and had a lot of fun visiting booths as well as watching shows given by ISA community members. The event was warmly responded and highly recognized for the unique multi-cultural atmosphere and global value represented.

　　今年，愛莎秉承多元文化相交融的傳統(tǒng)，匯聚多國特色打造國際化的嘉年華會場，吸引了超過2000名來自愛莎的師生家長、各大商會成員、領館官員及來自眾多國際社區(qū)的嘉賓歡聚廣州塔，盡享各式國際集市樂趣，更有愛莎全體社區(qū)成員為眾多來賓呈現(xiàn)了精彩紛呈的舞臺演出，廣州塔二層儼然變成了一個多元文化、歷史相互交融的地球村，處處可以感受到濃濃的人文關懷，引起了社會各界的熱烈反響，廣受各國來賓贊譽。

　　Met at the Canton Tower

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　　A welcome speech was delivered by Mr. Michael Urquhart, the Head of ISA Tianhe School to thank all the support over these 5 years and invite more families to join the ISA community. Located in Zhujiang New Town, ISA Tianhe School would make fully use of the advantage and keep providing excellent international education. In addition, ISA Charity Fund was introduced by Mr. Michael. It was founded by ISA since 2017 and the fund made contributions by participating projects such as Children’s Hope – ISA Medical Support Home, Canteen for the Elders and engaging students on community activities, such as searching funding opportunities and organizing charity sales on the 2018 Early Years Sports Day.

　　活動正式開始前，來自愛莎天河校區(qū)的Michael Urquhart先生上臺向各位來賓致以了誠摯的問候。愛莎天河校區(qū)已步入第五周年，感謝各位學生及家長的一路陪伴，新的一年愛莎天河校區(qū)將充分發(fā)揮珠江新城的地理優(yōu)越性并不斷整合社區(qū)資源，持續(xù)提供的國際教育服務。同時，Michael先生為大家介紹了一直活躍在慈善領域的愛莎公益基金。愛莎自創(chuàng)校以來，積極承擔社會責任，成立了公益基金，通過資助兒童希望愛莎助醫(yī)小家、廣州長者飯?zhí)脨坌牟偷软椖坎⒐膭顚W生積極參與社區(qū)活動，如為資助對象尋找資金支持以及在幼兒園運動會上組織抽獎券義賣等，為慈善事業(yè)做出了巨大貢獻。

　　The theme for the Winter Festival was “Our Earth”, which reflected an environmental focus. ISA students have been using the IB inquiry-based learning to research into the fundamental Geographical features of the Earth, environment protection , how we should co-exist with other creatures and maintain a balance and finally take responsibility as global citizens. Students also took an active part in the charity sales. With the help of teachers, they made Earth-shaped cookies, succulent pots, and theme-based mugs. Visitors were really interested in these works and willing to buy one for themselves.

　　本次冬季慶典的主題為“我們的地球”，聚焦環(huán)保并鼓勵大家更多地關注我們這顆蔚藍星球。結合本次慶典主題，愛莎學生們在課堂中運用IB探究式學習方法從地球的基本地理特征出發(fā)，深入研究環(huán)保現(xiàn)狀并將主題拓展到人與自然，深度思考人類與地球各樣生物的共處模式，不斷成長為合格的世界公民。學生們在為本次冬季慶典的義賣作品準備中，也充分結合了活動主題，在老師的指導下，抽象的概念被學生們具化為地球形狀的曲奇餅、精心培育的多肉盆栽、印制了環(huán)保畫作的馬克杯等創(chuàng)意手工作品，在冬季慶典的義賣展位上吸引了眾多來賓駐足觀賞，爭相購買。

　　All ISA students devoted to the show. Songs sung by Early Years such as “It's a small world after all”and “We are the world” were full of love and audience were deeply touched; “Edelweis”, “The Apple Tree” and “Summer Goodbye” by Primary Years presented a beautiful picture of mother nature and reminded us to cherish it; Middle Years expressed their reflection on the topic of humanity and nature with songs and dances such as “What a wonderful World” and “Artificial Grass”.

　　當晚表演環(huán)節(jié)，全體愛莎學生全情投入，幼兒園學生用稚嫩的嗓音唱出 “It's a small world after all”、 “We are the world”等動人歌曲，詞詞句句都充滿著愛，像陽光一樣溫暖著所有聽眾;來自小學學生的《雪絨花》、“The Apple Tree”以及“Summer Goodbye”等則為大家描繪大自然之美，感恩地球的饋贈;較后，愛莎中學部的學生更是通過“What a wonderful World”及“Artificial Grass”等歌舞表演表達了對人與自然關系的思考。

　　One of the features of ISA is language fluency, which was well reflected on the stage. The evening was hosted by students in English and 8 mother tongue languages which were Chinese, Russian, Spanish, Italian, Korean, Japanese and Hebrew, enabling audience from all over the world to join the event. Students from France, Spain, Japan, Korea and Italy brought us mother tongue songs such as “Good people save the earth” and “Buon Viaggio”. Songs differed but they all called for protecting our Earth, which indicated that although people were from different countries, we all cared for our Earth.

　　作為愛莎特色之一，多國語言及文化交融的和諧景象在冬季慶典的舞臺上也得到了淋漓盡致的展現(xiàn)。整場晚會的主持由愛莎學生擔任，他們熟練運用英文、中文及俄羅斯語、西班牙語、意大利語、韓語、日語、希伯來語8國母語進行主持播報，為不同面孔、語言各異的各國觀眾搭建了一條溝通的橋梁，共享愛莎小小地球村。在舞臺上，來自法國、西班牙、日本、韓國及意大利等國的學生用母語為我們演唱了“Good people save the earth”及“Buon Viaggio”等眾多歌曲，雖然語言不同，旋律各異，但巧妙的是這些與環(huán)保緊密相連的歌曲都是學生從小便耳熟能詳，讓聽眾深切感受到同一個地球，我們都有著同一顆環(huán)保的心。

　　The stage show on Dec. 12th was accompanied by a variety of instruments. Melody of melodica brought us a pleasant “Sakura Sakura”; Voice of nature can be heard from the drums of African Djebme; exciting Chinese drums could be heard as well. Even parents joined the show as a band. Besides, students dressed in ethnic clothes and danced with music, showing a diverse ethnic outlook.

　　相比以往，此次舞臺表演融入了多種樂器，不僅有口風琴傳來“Sakura Sakura”的美妙旋律，非洲鼓傳來的大自然的聲音，更有震撼的中國鼓及中外家長合作進行的樂隊表演，真可謂是“西學漢韻，合璧愛莎”。各式民族服飾元素的加入也使現(xiàn)場充滿了濃濃的民族風情，展現(xiàn)了多元化的民族風貌。

　　All kinds of booths were available on the Winter Festival. The most eye-catching were the ISA Charity Fund Booth and Middle Year Booth with works made by all students and teachers. By these works, ISA contrived to extend the environmental concept to the entire Guangzhou community. Parents have been playing a significant role in the school communication and children’s growth and there was the PSG Booth providing detailed information about PSG for visitors and some great food prepared by our own parents. What’s more, members of PSG designed eco-friendly tote for sale and all the income was donated to the ISA Charity Fund. In addition, there were delicious Japanese/Korean/Italian/Chinese foods offered, basketball/golf/tennis games, challenge of garbage classification and opportunity of song recording.

　　舞臺之外，愛莎也為來賓提供了豐富的展位活動。較引人注目的是愛莎公益基金和初中高年級學生義賣活動，全校師生熱火朝天地投入到環(huán)保主題義賣品的制作中，在活動當天將環(huán)保理念和愛莎學子的愛心延伸到了整個廣州社區(qū)。家長的積極投入對促進愛莎社區(qū)的動態(tài)溝通和孩子的健康成長舉足輕重，本次家委會為集市活動特別設計了環(huán)保手提袋，用行動支持活動主題，用義賣應援慈善。另外，集市中也有日/韓/意/中各國美食、籃球/高爾夫/網球各類運動、特色音樂等展位，更有多樣化的體驗項目供來賓解鎖，例如垃圾分類小游戲、投籃挑戰(zhàn)、參與歌曲片段錄制等。

　　During the Winter Festival, Mr. David Edwards, Head of ISA Science City School previewed a new image of ISA for the coming years. Detailes of construction, marketing, programs and admissions were officially introduced to the public for the first time. ISA Science City will open in September 2020 with a total construction area of 78,000 square metres and a total investment of more than USD 100 million. ISA Science City will receive students aged from 2-18, offering boarding house for 500 students. The construction is nearly completed and the first-class facilities for implementing curricular and cocurricular programmes will be available as scheduled. By then, there will be two ISA schools providing excellent education for students, their families and teachers in the Greater Bay Area and southern China.

　　在此次冬季慶典上，愛莎科學城校區(qū)校長的David Edwards先生首次向來賓揭曉愛莎在新的一年即將使用的新形象，并介紹了科學城校區(qū)的較新進展。2020年9月，斥資1.2億美金、自有土地物業(yè)、總建筑面積達7.8萬平方米的廣州愛莎外籍人員子女學校科學城校區(qū)將正式開學，為2-18歲的學生提供國際教育服務并提供可容納500人的學生宿舍。目前新校區(qū)的建設已接近尾聲，一所擁有世界、國內的文化教學設施、體育藝術設施的愛莎學校將如期完工。屆時，愛莎國際教育集團下的天河校區(qū)及科學城校區(qū)將合力為廣州的外籍群體提供的國際教育，打造華南地區(qū)、粵港澳大灣區(qū)國際教育名片，全面提升大灣區(qū)的教育水平。

　　In the future, the Tianhe and Science City School will adhere to the educational concept of ISA International Education Group and be committed to providing students, parents and teachers from different countries with the opportunity for all community members to learn and live in an environment where cultures and histories of different countries meet. ISAIEG aims to build a world class learning community dedicated to the cultural exchange between China and the West to express the ISA approach of “holistic growth, lifelong learning, and to cultivate world citizens with global competitiveness” involving families around the world.

　　未來一年，注定是愛莎不平凡的一年，隨著科學城校區(qū)的落成，愛莎國際教育集團旗下兩所校區(qū)(天河校區(qū)及科學城校區(qū))將秉持一貫教育理念，為來自眾多國家的學生、家長、教師提供多國文化融合的校園文化，打造世界的中西文化交流特區(qū)。與全球家庭共同分享“全人教育、終身學習及培養(yǎng)具備全球競爭力的世界公民”的教育理念。

　　What a wonderful afternoon and evening with our distinguished guests and all the attendees. Thank you for all your support! ISA is looking forward to seeing you next year!

　　在此，廣州愛莎外籍人員子女學校要特別感謝所有參加冬季慶典的各國來賓，讓我們相約明年冬季慶典再見!