Activities & Events
EY Chinese Lantern Festival 2021 Dear Nath, G1 Thank you very much for your suggestion to get more involved with the Chinese festivals at school. One day you came up to me in the hallway at school. You asked me why I wasn’t involved in any of the Chinese festivals at school. I did not have a good answer for you. The truth was, I didn’t know. The following day, I went to visit Ms. Ariel, our school’s PYP coordinator and Head of the PYP Chinese department. I told her about our discussion in the hallway. Based on your question, I offered my assistance to Ms. Ariel for any upcoming Chinese festivals, this year or next. She told me she would think about it. The next day, Ms. Ariel came to me with a plan for an EY Chinese lantern festival activity. We worked together for the next week to communicate with teachers and develop a fun Chinese lantern riddle activity. Students from K1 to K3 entered the EY gym and competed against another class in a race to find questions hung from lanterns and to come up with answers before their time ran out. The EY students had an excellent afternoon filled with learning and laughter. Nath was responsible for starting the process that led to the EY children of Concordian having a fun and inquisitive Chinese Lantern Festival. Thank you, Nath, for taking action and speaking up. You started a new tradition here at Concordian. Sincerely,
CONCORDIAN IMPACT - ISSUE 31
48
Mr. Joe