2018 Halloween at Wagor –

Along with Ghosts and Monsters!

與鬼怪同行，嗨翻葳格小學！

      In the evening, on October 26^th, more than 3000 people including students and parents gathered at Wagor Bilingual Elementary School for “Halloween Night.” Everyone enjoyed playing games at the fun Halloween stations designed and hosted by our dedicated teachers. They also visited the spooky Wagor Haunted House at WISE, which was set up by their teachers and students.The theme for this year was “Along with Ghosts and Monsters!” The whole campus was decorated according to the Movie “Along with the Gods.” Some teachers also dressed up as the main characters on the night.

      To integrate cross-cultural teaching and language learning and encourage students to learn about Halloween customs, Wagor Bilingual Elementary School arranged a series of fun Halloween activities for our students in October.

      All the classrooms were creatively decorated by our students, teachers, and parents. During writing classes, students did some descriptive informative writing and wrote stories about Halloween. In iWagor classes, students created recordings of themselves as Halloween characters using MSQRD on iPads as a means of engaging their learning and providing the technological skills needed for students to develop their own unique projects.

      First and second graders wore Halloween costumes to go trick or treating to various classrooms, offices, the library, and the principal’s office. They happily sang, “Trick-or-Treat” to the teachers and their classmates.

      Principal Shen has said that it is essential to understand the culture when learning a language. This is the reason that cultural thematic teaching and activities are planned in our curricula and school calendar. This also helps to broaden our students’ worldview. Furthermore, we also incorporate teaching our students more about the festivals of our own country in English so that they can introduce our local culture to people worldwide.

      今年葳格萬聖節的最高點就是26日晚上的鬼屋與闖關活動。當天晚上的葳小校園湧進了超過3000的人潮，除了葳小、葳幼與國際處的孩子，更有許多的家長也一起來參與由葳格中、小學中外籍老師與國際部師生們精心設計的萬聖節創意關卡與刺激又好玩的鬼屋。闖關活動中外師卯足全力大搞鬼，設計出許多精彩有趣的關卡，難度也有特別設計過，讓學生不會因為太輕鬆就過關感到無趣，通過一定的關數後可得到精美的獎品。

      葳格小學將西方文化融入校園的語言教學中，也為讓葳格的孩子們能感受到西洋節慶的氣氛，搭上最夯的電視與電影，今年的主題是【ALONG WITH GHOSTS AND MONSTERS！與鬼怪同行】，校園中充斥著各種鬼、怪，遊走校園大肆搞怪，還有應景的布置等著大家來留影，更可以尋找傳說中的閻王與泰山大王一同入鏡！！！

      葳格小學自10月中起陸陸續續的許多班級開始了班上的萬聖節佈置，藉由孩子、家長與老師的巧思與巧手，葳格的校園亦漸漸地籠罩了萬聖節的氣氛。在Writing課中，孩子們撰寫了有關萬聖節的故事。在培養科技素養的iWagor課中，孩子們發揮他們的藝術天分與學到的科技技能透過MSQRD應用程式，創造了一個專屬自己的萬聖節角色，學校亦規劃一、二年級的“不給糖就搗蛋”活動(Trick or Treat)，在Trick or Treat的活動中，孩子們穿著精心設計的服裝穿梭在各個教室、辦公室、圖書館、甚至校長室之間，他們可愛的妝扮與笑容，快樂的笑聲以及”Trick or treat, smell my feet, give me something good to eat….”的歌聲充滿在葳格校園的每個角落。

      小學校長沈月清表示，學語言最重要的是一定要了解該語言的文化內涵，因此學校每逢國外節慶時都會設計特別的課程和舉辦活動，讓學生可以認識不同國家的文化、增加國際觀、擴展視野，但並非只有國外的節慶，像是中秋節、教師節等也會特別規劃，目的是要教導學生不要忘本外，也希望有朝一日他們走向世界時可以向外國人介紹屬於自己國家的文化。