In April 2019, Longhua Chinese-English Experimental School has launched the fourth International Culture Festival with the topic of "Wonderful World, Multiple Cultures".

Based on the curricula, supported by activities, this "international culture festival", conducted through the way of "learning through the topic", has not only broadened the students’horizon and enriched their knowledge via the participation, experiencing, cooperation and researching, but also has enabled them to feel the shock of the world’s cultural diversity from different angles and various aspects and cultivated and improved their  international understanding abilities.

1. Facilitating Environment Together, Enjoying in Participation        

This international cultural festival allows students to actively participate in the creation of cultural activities, collect cultural materials, arrange cultural environment and carry out practical exchanging activities, in which there are division of labor, cooperation, sharing, and experiencing. The festival has image intuitively understand the diversity and diversity of world culture, forming a preliminary awareness of international cultural understanding. This environmental creation is mainly based on students' writing, painting, handwritten newspaper, exploration report, folk custom creative works and international simulation scenes. A total of 54 classes/scenes participated in the selection, and 10 first prizes, 14 second prizes and 30 third prizes were awarded. 

Public Environment Facilitation

Create Multicultural Atmosphere in Classrooms

2. Language Promotion and Understanding, Ability Competition and Show

Language is the carrier of culture. Strengthening and improving English ability can help students better understand English cultural phenomena and cultural connotation and cultivate the international understanding ability. In this cultural festival, all the children participated in a series of activities such as "English writing contest", "English song and performance contest", "English story-telling contest" and "Handmade English newspaper contest", which further strengthened and improved their English listening, speaking, reading, writing, acting, singing and communication application etc.

Old Mac

Bingo

Wind the Bobbin up

Story-telling Contest of the Third Grade

Story-telling Contest of the Third Grade

Story-telling Contest of the Fourth Grade

The Winners of Story-telling Contest of the Third Grade

The Winners of Story-telling Contest of the Fourth Grade

3. Sharing International Cultures of a Common World

In the course of "project learning", students from grade 1 to grade 6 respectively studied and explored the international knowledge and cultures in the six aspects of "Chinese and foreign food cultures", "Chinese and foreign folk festivals", "Chinese and foreign etiquette", "Chinese and foreign common sense on geographical and biology", "world-famous cities Expo", and "world-famous universities". They carried out the learning and research of the international knowledge and cultures, conducted competitions in units of grade and class, and guided the students to compare Chinese and foreign cultures to enhance their acknowledgement on Chinese culture at the same time of extending their scope of knowledge.

Quick Responses - International Cultural Knowledge Competition

Exhibition of the Theme Paintings and Handwritten Newspapers by All Grades of the International Cultural Festival 

4. Look at the World from Global Perspectives, Explore the truths through Simulation Practices

In addition to the regular writing, painting, online searching and other learning activities, the children of the first grade also launched "Plasticine Food Creative Works Exhibition" according to the different food cultures of different countries.

International Food Creative Works Exhibition of Low-level Plasticine

The children from grade 5 to grade 6 gave full play to their advantages of high-level English language ability and held a "simulated United Nations Conference" with the theme of "Advocating Waste Classification and Environmental Protection Around the World".

In the process, the children had a preliminary understanding of the operation of multilateral deliberative bodies like the United Nations, learned and understood the impact of the world events on their future and  started thinking about the role that they can play in the future.

The Simulation of the Diplomats from Different Countries Entering the United Nations 

The On-site Speech Given by the Delegates of Each Country

The Simulation of the Group Photo of the United Nations Members

Wonderful world, multiple cultures; we’re together, hand in hand; the world resembles in beauty.