如何面对负面君

疫情反复，同学们可能会出现焦虑、恐慌、愤怒和烦躁等各种负面情绪，我们称之为“负面君”。小锦囊提示大家可以面对它：

With a new wave of COVID-19 cases coming back at us, students may experience negative emotions such as anxiety, panic, rage and fidgeting. These are what we call the “negative evils”. When we encounter them, the following tips might be helpful:

·  学会理解和接纳来自自己的不同情绪，包括“负面君”。请暗示自己“我现在的担心/焦虑/害怕……是每个人都会有的正常情绪”。

·  Try to understand and accept our various emotions, including the negative ones. Tell yourself that “I’m anxious/worried/scared about… and these are all normal feelings that everyone would experience”.

·  与爸爸妈妈耐心交流，倾听他们的想法，并适当发泄自己的情绪，击退“负面君”。但是，我们在表达情绪时出现了破坏性的行为，如吵闹，摔东西等，请家长帮助并适时制止这种不恰当的发泄方式。

·  Talk with parents patiently and listen to their ideas. Unleash your emotions in a proper way to get rid of the “negative evils”. Meanwhile, if students are causing damages or chaos, such as screaming, shouting and breaking things when expressing their emotions, parents could step in at this point and stop these inappropriate behaviors in time.

·  当我们恐慌时，告诉自己“爸爸妈妈都在守护我！”，能予我们力量，感到有依靠！“负面君”的敌人就是亲情。

·  When we’re feeling anxious, always remind yourself that “parents are here protecting me”. This will make us feel stronger because we know we’ll always have someone we can depend on. The nemesis of “negative evils” is the power of love.

·  同时，我们要学会辨别网络信息的真伪。应该通过权威渠道，如央视，人民日报等获取相关信息。不传播来源不明，未经证实的信息，关闭“负面君”存活的空间！

·  At the same time, we need to learn to distinguish actual news from misinformation on the Internet. We can get access to the latest news and updates via official channels such as CCTV and People’s Daily. Please do not spread unverified information from unknow sources. In this way we can all help to nip the “negative evils” in the bud!

如何深“宅”大“愿”

受疫情影响，很多同学原本的外出计划被取消，面对“多”出来的“宅家”时间，如何开心“宅”出创意，完成自己的深“宅”大“愿”，小锦囊帮助大家激发大脑：

Many students have to cancel their vacation plans due to the new COVID-19 outbreaks. We’re now spending much more time at home, so how to tap into our creativity and imagination under the current circumstances becomes a critical question. The following tips might offer some help:

· 学会时间管理。我们在家长的引导下使用番茄时间管理法，你的时间你作主，实现“时间自由”！

· Time management is key. Under parents’ guidance, we can try the “Pomodoro Technique” and become the masters of our own time!

番茄钟制作方法：

How to make a tomato clock:

(1)一张白纸、彩笔和铅笔，在纸上画出一个番茄钟;

Draw a tomato clock with crayons and colored pencils on a piece of white paper.

(2)真实地罗列一天中所有事情，划去不重要的，再列出自己认为最重要五件事。坦白地罗列出自己一天当中所有做过的事情，就更加让我们清晰地知道了哪一些事情是应该做的，哪些事情是不用做的，哪些时间是浪费掉的;

List all the things you intend to do in one day, then cross out unimportant ones and highlight the five most important things. By listing all the things that we’ll do gives us a clear understanding of what’s important and what’s not.

(3)斜线划去自己在这一天当中所有浪费时间做的事情;

Cross out all the time-wasting items.

(4)写出自己认为最重要的五件事是什么，然后去实践。

Write down the five most important things that you’ll work on during that day, and try your best to get them done.

· 自创趣味性活动。为了减少居家的枯燥感，同学们自己创造一些安全、有趣的活动。例如：给自己做“盲盒愿望”，准备一个饼干盒子，在纸条上分别写下十件“愿望”，放在一个盒子里，每天盲抽一条去做，如看一部喜剧电影，陪伴宠物、听听音乐、晒晒太阳等，从而完成自己的“深宅大愿”！

· Create interesting activities on our own. To make stay-at-home life more fun, we can create some safe yet interesting activities. For example, we can make “blind box wishes” by writing down ten “wishes” on ten separate notes and put them in a biscuit box. On each day, we can randomly draw a note from the box and go on to either watch a comedy, spend time with dogs, listen to some music, or enjoy the sunshine based on the wish we draw. In this way, our wishes can also get realized without going out too far from home!

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这个假期的经历会伴随着我，

在我将来的人生路上与我一同越走越远。

—— Olivia Li

SPORTS

————假期运动不暂停————

 精彩暑假 

It has been a packed schedule of learning, as well as:

在紧锣密鼓的学习之余，我们还开展了

–Learning beyond Classroom: two successful and educational field trips 

行知课堂：两次硕果满满、寓教于乐的课外考察

-Speech competitions (within class, grade and DTD!) 

演讲比赛（包括班级内部比赛、年级比赛和德英乐范围内的比赛）

-Tug of war 拔河比赛

-Sports day 运动日

-Baobei lap-a-thon 宝贝乐跑

-Book week 图书周

-Chinese Culture Week 传统文化周

– Humanity Week 人文周

-Math Week 数学周

-Science Week 科学周

-Talent Show 达人秀

– two successful Concerts&Art Shows 

两次精彩的音乐会&艺术展

-Drama Festival 小百老汇

As teachers, we want to help your child develop in the best way; each child is unique and has different personalities, skills, and strengths. One of the best things about being a teacher is finding that uniqueness and encouraging each child to find and develop their passions in life.

作为教师，我们希望帮助您的孩子以最好的方式得到发展。每个孩子都是独一无二的个体，每个人都有着不同的性格特点、技能和优势。成为教师后最让人兴奋的一点，就是可以和孩子一起发现他们的独特之处，并鼓励孩子不断挖掘并深化他们对生活抱有热情的方面。

Your child’s all – round development is also important to their progress and adaptation to the modern day world. It’s important to note that all children develop in different skills sets at different speeds. Considering what strengths they have and giving a lot of encouragement and positive feedback will enable them to feel more confident and have self-belief, and will enable them to develop more strongly across all areas.

在当今世界，每个孩子的全人发展对于他们的成长十分关键。每个孩子擅长的领域不同，进步的速度不一。我们能做的，就是发现他们的优势和特长，给予他们鼓励和积极的反馈，助力他们变得更加自信，这样他们才能更好地在各个方面得以发展。

Equally, if you only give your child “catch up” classes in areas they are “weak”, then this will filter into their mind that they are not good at anything, and that study is hard. It is important to stimulate your child’s mind and give them classes also in subjects that they do enjoy and excel at, to give them positive experiences and confident self-expression.

也就是说，如果我们过于纠结在孩子相对来说 “弱势”的领域，总是在这些方面给他们“补课”的话，那么孩子就很可能会觉得自己什么都做不好，慢慢对学习产生抵触心理。在这一阶段，适当激励孩子非常重要，我们要让孩子参与到能调动起他们兴趣，并且他们也擅长的学科中，让他们去感受积极的学业体验，塑造他们充满信心的自我表达。

* G2’s creative-confidence assembly for the whole of primary. 

*由二年级组发起的VSP Tree of creative-confidence受到了全体小学部同学的积极参与。

Thank you for a great year in VSP. We would like to express that we really appreciate your time, and your evident care for your children and their all-round development. We hope they have learned a lot from us, as we have learned a lot from them!

感谢家长们在这一年的付出，您们总是能在百忙之中参与同老师们的讨论，和我们即便在课后也会在钉钉上保持沟通。在此向家长们致以我们的敬意。感谢您们对孩子的关注和对他们全面发展的支持。我们在每个孩子身上都学到了很多，希望他们也同样从我们这里收获了能对他们有所受用的知识和体验。

The children are closer to the beginning of their learning journey, than even the middle; and I believe it never ends. It means, they’re building and developing their skills throughout their life. Let’s help them to set a strong foundation for lifelong learning.

孩子们现在又在学习之旅上向前迈了一大步，他们在不断地发展自己的技能。我们有幸能够见证并助力他们的成长，在这一关键的阶段帮助他们首先搭建好稳固的基础，同时树立终身学习的理念。

We wish you all the best for the up-coming school year.

祝愿我们的VSPers在新学年再接再厉，家长们辛苦了。

文字 | Ms. Frances

(Head of Grade2)

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