Have you ever seen an exhibition that brings English literature to life in 3D?
This term Upper School students have studied a collection of English novels. Each class read and analysed a novel in a comprehensive way, focusing on characterisation, setting and plot. Once each student had read and studied the novel, they then chose a scene to recreate in 3D format (i.e. diorama).
In addition, they had to summarise the whole story, describe scenes and give examples and explain the themes of the novel. This activity not only consolidates their knowledge but also enables our students to express themselves in a variety of ways, not just in writing or speaking.
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| A Street Car Named Desire | |
| The Boy in The Striped Pajamas | |
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| Charlie and The Chocolate Factory | |
| The Hound of The Baskervilles | |
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Sharing by the students whose work won the first prizes (part)
The scene I have chosen is that of Old Major, the pig from Animal Farm, as he gives a speech and spreads his ideas on the eve of his dying life. He calls on the animals to learn to rebel and fight for their rights, and he portrays an ideal social life form to the other animals. I felt that this scene resembled real life, but was presented from the animal's point of view in a harmonious and uncontradictory way. So I reproduced the scene with clay.
My work is based on the book we are reading this term called Of Mice and Men, which was written during the Great Depression in the USA. The diorama I made is two simultaneous but different scenes. Below is a scene where the main character Lennie accidentally kills Curley's wife in the barn, and above is a game of horseshoe played by the other employees on the farm during their happy leisure time. This is also my favourite and most impressive scene.
Friends of Harrow
Dragon Boat Festival
Appreciation Event
As the Dragon Boat Festival approaches, the scent of cinnamon and mugwort fills the air in the Harrow Friends community space. The parents' joyful atmosphere spread throughout the campus as they wrapped rice dumplings, wore fragrant sachets, hung mugwort, painted fans, and enjoyed refreshing tea. All the elegant customs of the Dragon Boat Festival were experienced by the parents on this day. The parents also gave their hand-wrapped rice dumplings to the school staff to express their gratitude.
Rice dumpling wrapping experience
Mugwort scented sachet making
Tea tasting and exchanges
Harrow Haikou Home-School
Football Game
Good communication between home and school is fundamental to the development of the Harrow Haikou international community, and the friendly football match between home and school on 17 June was an event based on this belief. The parents' football team took on the teachers' football team in the match. Both teams played like professional athletes and ignite the summer evening with their passion by competing on the school football field. After the game, everyone enjoyed a delicious barbecue in a friendly atmosphere
Through quality home-school interaction, parents gain a deeper understanding of the school's approach to education. The school has also created a lifelong learning community for parents to grow together, sharing with them the 'secrets' of their children's success and self-education.
Harrow Haikou's first Poetry Festival was successfully held. The children recited and sang from a collection of atmospheric Chinese poetry, a collection of melodious English poetry and riddle poems. In the beautiful rhythm of poetry, each class of the Pre-Prep at Harrow Haikou presented an amazing poetry performance. Finally, a poetry recital presented by some Upper School students brought the festival to a close and it also gave the Pre-Prep students an early introduction to the poetry they will learn in the future.
Whole School Ceramic
Sculpture Creation
The event was inspired by artist Antony Gormley, whose claim to fame is a series of life-size cast lead human sculptures that are anatomically correct casts of his body. In an artistically vibrant space like Harrow Haikou, all members of the community join in to create their own ceramic sculptures! With heads, feet and eyes made under the guidance of an art teacher, the sculptures will all end up wearing Harrow's iconic little straw hats. The 800 sculptures will be displayed at the school as a piece of work done by the Harrow community together!
