校长的话
Message from the Principal
本周各学部都在开展课程信息分享会活动，这是继开学新生见面会以来，又一次与家长们线下会面的机会，非常感谢家长们的积极参与，也希望家长们都收获了更多关于学校课程与教学相关的信息。我也非常荣幸地参与了其中几场分享会，会上与家长们回顾了惠立学校的教育愿景并分享了惠立学子在上个学年收获的卓越成就。通过在学校中英双语沉浸式学习，学校对于惠立学子有着非常高的学术要求，同时也期望学生保持对学习的热忱、对所爱的追求及为应对未来的挑战做好准备。而只有当学生对学习充满自驱力才能保证这些培养目标得以实现。美国作家凯普曾经写过《自驱力》一书，阐明自驱力对于一个人生命状态的极大影响。只有当我们享受学习与工作，认为学习与工作是生命成长的契机与机遇，才会激发出所有的毅力、坚韧力和高贵的品格，从而孜孜不倦，全力以赴。
This week, all school divisions have had curriculum evening sessions, another opportunity to meet parents offline after the orientation day at the start of the school year. I am grateful for the active participation from parents and hope that such events have given you more information about the school curriculum and teaching. I was also honoured to participate in a few sessions where I reviewed the vision of Hiba School and shared with parents the outstanding achievements of our pupils in the last academic year. The school provides an immersive bilingual learning environment and has high academic expectations for Hiba pupils. However, we also want our pupils to be enthusiastic learners who follow their passions and are prepared for the challenges in the future, which can only be achieved when pupils are self-motivated to learn. In his book Self-Drive, the American author Ferrar Cape wrote about the impact one’s self-motivation has on their life. Only when we enjoy learning and working and see it as an opportunity to grow will our perseverance, resilience and integrity be inspired, supporting us to keep forging ahead.
在惠立，我们如何培养学生的学习自驱力？
How do we cultivate Hiba pupils’ self-drive to learn?
本周惠灵顿中国教育集团总校长Julian Jeffery先生来到惠灵顿杭州校区进行访校。Jeffery先生此前曾任职天津惠灵顿外籍人员子女学校总校长，在学校管理、教学管理与教师发展等方面有着非常丰富的经验。此次访校，他与学校管理层就新学年的发展计划与工作部署进行了深入交流，并走进惠灵顿杭州校区的课堂，了解更多课堂教学信息，未来也会给予学校更多指导与支持。
This week, Mr. Julian Jeffery - Chief Executive Master of Wellington China Education Group, visited Wellington Hangzhou Campus. Mr. Jeffery was previously the Master of Wellington College International Tianjin and has extensive experience in school management, teaching management and teacher development. During his visit to the school, he had an in-depth discussion with the school management team about the development plan and work plan for the new school year and had learning walks around the campus to learn more about classroom teaching and learning. He will provide more guidance and support to the school in the future.
学校发展离不开与家长们开展积极的沟通与交流，建立良好的相互理解、信任与支持的伙伴关系。为更好促进家校互动与学校活动发展，学校鼓励更多家长在主动参与学校的家校沟通活动，包括“信息分享会”、“咖啡晨会”、“校长见面会”、“班主任见面会”、“一对一家长会”、“学校开放日”、“家长代表见面会”等活动之外，踊跃成为学校家长志愿者，与学校以及学校社群的其他家长进行更多互动与联系，共同助力惠立社群发展。
We believe active communication with parents is essential to establish a good partnership of mutual understanding, trust and support for the school’s development. To enhance home-school interaction and activities at the school, we encourage more parents to participate in such activities as information sessions, coffee mornings, meet the principal, meet the tutor, one-to-one parent meetings, open days and parent representative meetings. Parents can also become parent volunteers to further engage with the school and other parents in the school community to strengthen the Hiba community.
向惠立社群致以诚挚的问候。
Sincere greetings to Hiba Community.
王晓云
Ivey Wang
杭州惠立学校校长
Principal of Hiba Academy Hangzhou
高中部快讯
Sixth Form Matters
本周四，榜样的力量系列讲座之“走进牛津”顺利开展。嘉宾牛津大学物理系学生Molly Hammond向惠灵顿杭州校区百余位学生和家长讲述了自己是如何在高中时不断丰富大学申请文件、准备入学考试和面试的过程，还分享了自己在牛津大学这所世界顶尖学府的学习和生活。讲座中，我们了解到让Molly从众多申请者中脱颖而出的是她因为热爱而独立阅读大量物理相关书籍，这深深地启发了同学们和家长。除此之外，在Molly申请大学的过程中，竞赛经历的分量并没有那么大，这也让大家感到十分惊讶。
On Thursday, we had a wonderful session with Molly Hammond, a Physics student at the University of Oxford. She spoke to over 100 pupils and parents about how she built up her university profile, prepared for the admissions test and interview and about her life as a student at one of the best universities in the world. Our pupils were fascinated with how Molly’s application stood out above her peers by independently feeding her thirst for knowledge through reading Physics related texts. It was a surprise to our audience to learn that competitions did not feature highly in her university profile.
我相信，同龄人分享经验时更能调动同学们的积极性、引起共鸣。 Molly的分享深刻地激发了学生的潜力，也深深地鼓舞着学生和家长。
I believe the impact of having guest speakers in our pupils’ positions recently is immeasurable. Pupils can easily relate to them and see how their actions could lead to a similar pathway. Molly did a fantastic job of raising aspirations and was an inspiration to all.
Hatty Leung
高中部校长
Head of Sixth Form
初中部快讯
Junior High Matters
本周，“世界学者杯”竞赛结果公布，惠立的初三学生Andy、Alex 和Jerry同学共荣获11个奖项，其中包括最佳学者金奖第一名、辩论赛金奖、科学挑战金奖、写作冠军、团队辩论和团队奖项。
As the World Scholars Cup results have been announced, we celebrate further success in Junior High this week. Three Junior High Grade 9 pupils took part. They won 11 awards, including 1st place for the School Top Scholar Gold Award, Gold Debate Champions, Gold Challenge Science Award, Gold and Trophy Awards for Writing Champions, Team Debate and Team Writing.
一分耕耘，一分收获。同学们今天的成功是对昨天的汗水最好的回报，也是对英语教研组长Stephen Speers老师的悉心教导和辛勤付出的见证。让我们再次热烈祝贺这三位同学！
Andy, Alex and Jerry’s success in this tournament is a testament to their continuous hard work and dedication to their English studies, alongside the support and encouragement they have received from our Head of English, Stephen Speers. Congratulations to all three Grade 9 boys.
Laura Perry
初中部校长
Head of Junior High
小学高年级快讯
Upper Primary Matters
教育学家丽安·凯茨（Lilian Katz）曾说过：“好的课程不仅传授知识，更能引导孩子深入思考社会生活的方方面面。” 在惠立，我们希望每位学生都能得到全面而自由的发展，彰显出积极、慎思、独立、个性、包容的惠立特质。
Educator Lilian Katz once said: “Curriculum should help children make deeper and fuller understanding of their own and the broader experience”.
At Hiba, we hope every pupil can have a free and well-rounded development, demonstrating the Hiba identities of “Inspired, Intellectual, Independent, Individual and Inclusive”.
本周，我们陆续召开了三至六年级的课程信息分享会，语文、数学、英语教研组分别为家长们介绍了课程设置、学习内容、教学活动、家校支持等与学生发展密切相关的方方面面。
G3-G6 curriculum events were successfully held in Upper Primary this week. Our Head of Chinese, Head of Maths and Head of English introduced the curriculum settings, learning content, learning activities, parent-school cooperation and many other aspects of pupil development.
我们始终相信，课程是教学活动的核心，应始终为学生的全面发展而服务。语文课程致力于唤醒同学们的中华文化基因，坚定文化自信；数学课程能激发同学们的灵活思考和批判性思辨；英语课程则关注每一位学生的独特需求，在共性的基础上给学生提供自由发展的空间。
We always believe that curriculum is the centre of teaching activities, and it should always serve pupils’ well-rounded development. The Chinese curriculum is committed to awakening pupils’ Chinese cultural genes and strengthening their cultural confidence. The mathematics curriculum can stimulate pupils’ flexible and critical thinking abilities. The English curriculum pays close attention to the unique needs of each pupil, providing pupils with enough space for free and individual development.
惠立学校小学部始终将“惠贤育能，立德树人”的全方面教育作为重中之重，助力我们的学生全面发展、秉承惠立价值观和特质，在日新月异的世界中茁壮成长。
“Cultivating talent through virtue, kindness and integrity” is always the top priority of Upper Primary. We are committed to supporting our pupils to develop in an all-round way and thrive in the fast-changing world by adhering to Hiba values and Hiba identity.
王冰倩
小学部主任
Alice Wang
Assistant Head of Primary
小学低年级快讯
Lower Primary Matters
本周我想深入聊聊惠立五大价值观之一的“善良”。我们常说 “善良”是儿童要重点学习的品行，却鲜少思考善良在“友善”之外的更多内涵。
This week I would like to consider the Hiba value of kindness more deeply. As adults, we often discuss this as a skill we believe is essential for children to learn, but we are not always clear as to why – other than to learn to be ‘nice’.
善良既可以指宽容、友好和体贴，也可以是本周集会时同学告诉我的要“帮助他人”，还可以是与他人共情、理解他人难处和情绪。与人为善有益个人身心健康，有助于建设团队凝聚力。共情力强的人沟通时目标更明确，更容易与他人达成共识，因而更能帮助团队有效地解决问题。擅于表达善意的人也更能得到积极的回应，幸福感也会随之增强。
Kindness can be defined as ‘the quality of being generous, friendly and considerate or, as one of the Lower Primary child told me this week in Assembly, ‘when you help people. Essentially it is also the ability to empathise with others and to be able to understand their predicaments, feelings and challenges. Having a group of people who can show kindness to each other benefits both individuals and the group. When a group contains people who can empathise, problems are more likely to be solved effectively and constructively, and they can communicate with more purpose. They can gain the cooperation of others for the attainment of goals. People who demonstrate kindness are also more likely to have it reciprocated to them, and therefore their sense of wellbeing is also enhanced.
善良是一种能力。不论是与生俱来还是早期的养成，有些孩子对善良的理解比他人要略胜一筹。而对大多数人来说，善良很大程度上是需要学习的，离不开成年人的指引和教育。年龄较小的孩子天生更以自我为中心，不一定有能力去权衡利弊或树立全局观念；有时候也会将“善良”误以为是“一味的妥协”。正因如此，成年人的榜样便尤为重要。看似合理的小施惩戒，如果没能启发孩子没有从中进步，也便失去了意义。在与孩子交流时，大人们能帮助和鼓励孩子养成反思自我行为的习惯，进而拓展孩子的思维。比如，我们可以引导孩子换位思考，问问他们“如果这件事发生在你身上，你会有什么感受？你觉得其他人会有什么感受？”，也可直截了当地告诉孩子“这样的做法会对别人造成一定的后果”，还可以让孩子反思自身行为的原因和解决问题的其他方式。
Like all skills, some children have a better grasp of them than others, whether this is innate or because of their early experiences. However, for many and most to some extent, it is still a learning process that adults need to guide and teach. Younger children are naturally more egocentric and are not necessarily developmentally able to weigh up the consequences or the bigger picture of their actions. Sometimes they may also mistake kindness for constantly giving in to others. This is where adult role modelling and guidance are so important – a punishment may seem like a just reaction, but if this happens without learning, there is little point to it. Through talking to children, adults can expand their thinking – adults can encourage and develop children’s ability to reflect and assess their actions. For example, we might ask the child to put themselves in the place of another ‘How would you feel if that happened to you? How do you think the other person is feeling? We may explicitly tell children, ‘When you did that, it had a consequence for the other person.’ We might ask a child to consider why they did something and think of different ways to handle a problem in future.
另一方面，我们也要让孩子懂得如何在他人表现得不友善时做出恰当的回应。有时候，孩子担心自己会被贴上“不友善”的标签，所以不敢冷静果断地保护自己。因此，我们要帮助孩子分辨“善良”和“吃亏”的区别。
On the other hand, we may also need to guide a child on to respond when someone is not being kind to them. Sometimes children can be afraid to calmly and firmly protect themselves in case they are not seen as being kind to others. We may need to support them in understanding the difference between being kind and allowing others to take advantage.
儿童期正是培养这种能力的时候。这一阶段，孩子的个性逐渐形成，各种学习也有序开展。孩子们要明白“不好”的行为会产生“不好”后果，也要学习三思而后行、失策时加以弥补。
Childhood is the time for this. It is when a person’s personality develops. It is a learning time – not just learning that a ‘bad’ action may have a ‘bad’ consequence but learning how to assess the consequences of their actions before they make them and how to make amends if they make a misjudgement.
惠立始终致力于培养孩子“善良”的能力，这既是为了促进孩子们的个人发展，也是为了保持学校社群的和谐与发展。
Developing these processes in children is something we aim to do for our pupils, for the good of both the individuals and the communities in which they operate.
Sophie Brookes
幼儿园园长及小学低年级校长
Head of Early Years and Lower Primary
图书馆快讯
Library Matters
熊猫图书奖
Panda Book Awards
“熊猫图书奖”是一项由学生投票选出的图书奖项，于2008年起在中国范围内展开。该奖项面向世界各地的故事图书开设，尤其关注亚洲人物角色、故事和亚裔作家。下周，我们将与学生们一起开展“熊猫图书奖”投选活动。
Next week, we will launch the Panda Book Awards. This is a pupil-voted award that has been running in China since 2008. The award focuses on characters, stories and authors with links to Asia, although it also incorporates other stories from around the world.
这一奖项设置不同年龄组奖项。第一批书籍已经运达学校图书馆，未来几周还有更多书籍陆续送达。希望自行购买图书的同学，可从欧贝豆平台购买。请见下图了解图书详情。
The awards have different categories for each age group. We have received the first delivery of books into our libraries, and more books will arrive over the next few weeks. If pupils would like to purchase copies, they may do so from Obidos.cn. The books can be seen in the images below.
在未来几个月中， 图书馆团队和教师会向学生介绍这些书籍，同学们可以在春节后投票选出自己最喜欢的书。
The library team and teachers will introduce these books to pupils over the next few months, and our pupils will vote for their favourites after the Chinese New Year.
图书馆馆长
都博文
Ms Duffield
Head Librarian
表演艺术部快讯
Performing Arts Matters
上一学年，一些惠立小学部同学踊跃参与到“SingUp日”活动中，利用音乐课的时间学唱了一首赞美善良品质的暖心歌曲。孩子们都非常喜欢这次的演唱体验。
Last academic year, some of our Lower Primary and Upper Primary children in Hiba participated in the SingUp Day project. During our music curriculum time, we learnt a commissioned song based on kindness. All the children enjoyed singing the song.
SingUp是一家专注音乐教学的英国在线组织和资源平台，是同类平台中的佼佼者。该平台每年都会举办“SingUp日”，邀请全球各地的学校用户演唱一首特别指定的歌曲，以彰显音乐的力量，歌颂团结、善良等美好的价值观。录制后的歌唱视频将发送至SingUp团队，由平台挑选最佳作品、创建数字合唱团。
SingUp is an online organisation and resource from the UK that places singing at the heart of teaching. It is one of the best in the world. Every year, they do “SingUp Day”, on which all participating schools across the globe sing a song, specially commissioned, to celebrate music, unity, kindness, and many other values. These performances are recorded and sent to the SingUp team, selecting the best submissions and creating a digital choir.
最终，杭州惠立学校和94所其他学校的学生演唱成功入选,与杭州惠灵顿外籍人员子女学校一同成为中国地区的唯一代表学校。数字合唱团视频汇集了95所学校的演唱片段，我校学生便在其中。
We are fortunate to have been selected along with 94 other schools worldwide. Along with Wellington College International Hangzhou, we are proud to be the only schools representing China. Please note that 95 schools feature in the video as a digital choir; therefore, we are with other schools in the video shots.
以下是我校学生出现在本次数字合唱团中的时间段。
Please see the following times if you would like to find the specific times when our children are shown on the digital choir.
在这次的活动中，学校社群携手献唱，共同歌唱“善良”这一学校尤为珍视的价值观。期待着来年继续参加2023“SingUp日”活动。
As a school, we are proud to participate in events that unite the community through values like kindness. We will be looking forward to SingUp Day 2023.
Alejandro Montoya
表演艺术课程主任
Director of Performing Arts
体育快讯
Sports Matters
体育赛事及结果
Fixture results
*HSSL：指“杭州学校运动联盟”（Hangzhou School Sports League）
下周体育赛事预告
Next week’s fixtures
Nathan Witter
体育部主任
Director of Sport
