Japanese Cherry Blossom Viewing at Wagor -International Culture Week for Children’s Day 2020

   “The world is Wagor’s classroom!” This is the curriculum planning philosophy at Wagor International School - Elementary School (Xitun Campus). A multi-cultural teaching model has always been at the heart of Wagor International School’s vision.
   This year, the school conducted Children’s Day activities as part of the teaching curriculum for promoting "こ ん に ち は" Japanese culture. Students explored a  series of Japanese culture-themed lessons as if they were in Japan.
   These wonderful activities included understanding Japanese geography, fostering an appreciation of Japanese art and music, making traditional carp streamers, and other related lessons to explore Japanese culture through teacher-led discussions. The lessons also connected multi-disciplinary topics, such as language and life skills, with fun thematic activities like giving students a taste of Japanese culinary delights and trying Japanese fruit. This multi-cultural teaching model ensured a discerning and culturally rich Children’s Day experience for students.
   The highlight of our Children's Day celebration was moving the Japanese Cherry Blossom Festival to our campus. The campus was filled with Japanese cherry blossom landscapes and Japanese themed art exhibitions, which showcased unique cherry blossoms by showing the many different variations of these beautiful flowers. The celebration was further enhanced by children wearing Japanese costumes all around the campus with hundreds of carp streamers blowing in the gentle breeze as a backdrop to demonstrate the creativity and artistic expression of the school’s faculty and students.
   Yue Ching Shen, principal of Wagor International School - Elementary School (Xitun Campus), joined the teachers and students in wearing traditional Japanese clothing and tasting the authentic cuisine. The concept of a "World Classroom" was fully embodied by the essence of this activity as a way to cultivate students as citizens of the world. The school has been working diligently toward this goal, and this is the reason that Wagor International School is seen to be at the forefront of education in Taiwan.

       「世界就是葳格的教室」這是葳格小學課程規畫的理念。融入多元文化的教學模式，一直是葳格教育體系不斷培養國際視野的目標。

葳格國際學校小學部，本年度的兒童節慶祝週，將葳格教育邁向國際化的精神，設計「こんにちは」日本文化體驗活動融入小學部的活動設計，讓小學部學生體驗一系列的日本文化主題課程。

學校蒐尋多方教學資源，透過教學群組的討論，同時連結語文、生活等跨領域的多元課程，共同設計出一連串精彩的系列活動，包括日本人文地理的認識、藝術與音樂的欣賞、更安排學生製作自己的鯉魚旗與其他不同的日本文化勞作，同時讓孩子親身品嚐日本文化美食與和菓子，讓葳格的孩子過一個豐富而有教育意義的兒童節。

本次兒童節日本週的亮點，學校將日本櫻花祭搬到校園中，校園裡遍布日本文化櫻花造景、設置日本文化主題藝術展，更有葳格獨特的夜間櫻花，呈現不一樣的葳格櫻花風情。當天更可見穿著日式服裝的孩子穿梭於校園，廣場上千隻飄揚的鯉魚旗是全校師生共同的藝術創作。

葳格小學校長沈月清與穿著傳統日式服裝的外師與全校師生一同品嚐日本文化美食，孩子優雅地食用日式餐點與深具特色的和菓子，校長沈月清表示，讓「世界就是葳格的教室」概念充分體現，而體驗活動的本質正是架構葳格孩子的涵養，使其成為世界的公民，這也是葳格教學團隊一直努力的方向，這也正是葳格教育體系始終走在教育前端的主因。