画画是人类最古老的表达形式之一，也是色彩画、雕塑和其他艺术形式的开端。在本学习单元中，七年级学生探究了日常生活的绘画，领略观察法，从而提高观摩和绘画的能力。在艺术教师的引导下，学生掌握了各式各样的绘画方法、铅笔的用途和使用方式、阴影描绘技术，并通过许多形成性练习来发展和培养手眼协调能力。随后，学生前往学校园林，拥有了沉浸式观察和动手写生的机会，也让艺术科目与自然环境建立更好的关联。

Drawing is one of the oldest expressions of mankind and a starting point for painting, sculpture, and many other art forms. In this Unit, Grade 7 inquired into drawing from life and focused on observation to improve their ability to see and draw. The students learned about drawing methods, the purpose and use of different drawing pencils, some shading techniques, and overall challenged and developed their hand-eye coordination through many formative exercises. With the opportunity to fully immerse themselves in seeing and drawing, students can finally arrive at a better connection with their subjects and environments. 

在TWIS的椭圆形花园中观察自然并以此作画，让学生激动不已。我们将艺术教室搬到室外，开阔的环境给学生带来别样的艺术灵感。这种富有创造力和凝神静思的状态有助于学生感受现实与作画的比例，提升其观察力，利用亲近自然的方式改善其观察法和写生能力。

One of the most exciting parts was observing and drawing nature in our school’s oval garden. We literally brought our classroom outside! The activity took several lessons and spawned a lot of joy for every student. This creative and meditative state helped to feel proportions, improve observation, and practice skills in a natural way for each one of them.  

日常生活中的绘画是基于大量的练习，并非下笔前犹豫不决。在长期训练下，熟能生巧，我们的大脑会跟随惯性进入自动模式——目视、耳听，动手作画。学生学会大胆地在画纸上做标记，在接受挑战的同时，领悟了放松和享受绘画的过程。

Life drawing is about doing instead of overthinking. Our brain goes into automatic mode, and it is really about your eyes seeing, your ears listening, and your hand drawing. To make the marks on paper the students were bold and courageous, often took risks and challenges, and even learned to ease up and enjoy the process. 

十年级的个人与社会课程接近单元学习的尾声，学生面临着一项总结性任务的挑战——不仅要求学生具备丰富的知识储备和强大的沟通能力，还要求他们拥有出色的表演能力。

假设生活在罗马帝国，学生需向皇帝图拉真提出一项有益于帝国和皇帝本身的基础设施项目。两人一组，他们绘制了一幅蓝图，包含地图、道路、水渠等。基于历史语境，学生还制作了手抄报，因为彼时不存在印刷或其他现代工具。

As MYP 5 Individuals and Societies students approached the completion of the unit on the Empire Systems, they were challenged with a summative task that not only required excellent content knowledge and strong communication skills but great acting skills as well. 

Students were tasked to propose to the Roman emperor Trajan an infrastructure project that would benefit both the empire and the emperor himself. In pairs, students prepared blueprints in which they drew maps, with technical features like roads and aqueducts, and included handwritten arguments as neither printing nor modern tool could be used.

三位MYP中学教师身穿罗马长袍，配合学生化身为图拉真皇帝和执政官。在这一场景下，十年级学生雄辩地讲述了他们所构建的基础设施项目，从而为帝国带来更多的黄金和荣耀。尽管“皇帝”的“执政官”不断地提出质疑，但是学生还是能够有理有据地捍卫自己的项目，同时对他们所处帝国的“听众”表示深深的感谢。学生利用这种奇妙的创意，一下子让历史变得鲜活而有趣。

On the day they were summoned by Trajan himself and his two consuls - thanks to the collaboration of three MYP teachers who appeared in their glorious Roman toga - the 10th graders spoke eloquently about their infrastructure projects that would bring more gold and glory to the empire. Despite fierce questioning from the Emperor’s advisers, students were able to defend with conviction their respective projects while showing deep respect to their imperial audience. For a short moment, history has come alive!

在3月份的寄宿项目活动中，PYP小学住校生穿着活泼可爱、五彩缤纷的睡衣来到图书馆，参加他们一直以来最喜欢的活动之一——阅读！在活动开始之前，教师和一部分中学生早已等待着他们，期盼共度一个趣味十足的阅读之夜。

This month's Boarding Evening Event has seen PYP boarders clad in funny and colorful pajamas trekking to the library to engage in one of their all-time favorite activities - reading! Their teachers and some MYP students were already waiting for the little ones for a fun night of reading together. 

图书馆的每一个角落都洋溢着神采激扬和声情并茂的朗读声，阅读者追随文学人物踏上一段奇妙的冒险之旅。令人惊叹的是，一年级学生在为成人伙伴讲述故事时，展现了英语表达的飞跃进步，教师对此赞叹不已，毕竟一些一年级学生在半年前还不会说一句英语，而如今他们已经可以流畅地阅读书目了。在那个天气有些许凉意的夜晚，教师与学生一起在书中畅游，一起品尝热巧克力和棉花糖。相信回到宿舍后，他们定能带着所读过的奇幻故事进入甜美的梦乡。

Every part of the library was filled with expressive and enthusiastic reading aloud as students and teachers embark on the adventures of their favorite literary heroes and heroines. Some of our first-graders chose to show the progress they have made in reading English by reading to their adult buddies. It is an emotional moment for their teachers as some of our first-graders joined us in August could not even say a word of English, and here they are now reading fluently! The magic moment in the library was followed by hot chocolate and marshmallows, then back to the dormitory to dream about those great stories we have read.  

在充满不确定性的特殊时期，能够在校学习持续100天对TWIS的每个人而言都意味深长。3月2日，一年级学生齐聚共同庆祝了这一纪念日。他们因能带100件物品到学校而感到快乐，也因能在课堂上玩100种互动游戏而激动不已。能在校园里每天见面和互动，是一件弥足珍贵和幸运的事。

With the uncertainties surrounding the world, Grade 1's celebration of 100 days of school is extra meaningful to all of us here at TWIS. The happy faces of first-graders as they counted 100 objects they brought to school, the 100 objects inside their piñata, and the various hundred games they played in class made us reflect how we have been fortunate to be able to meet and interact every day on campus. 

学生细数和回顾了在校100天的日常——在教室欢度的每一天；挂满教室墙壁的作品；穿过园林去健身房、农场或田径场的瞬间；在STEAM大楼里磨练艺术技能的片段；与同龄人谈笑风生的课间……每一片刻都充满幸运，都值得庆贺。

The time we spent in our classrooms whose walls are now overflowing with our work, the time we spent crossing the field to go to the gym, the farm or the playground, the time we spent honing our artistic skills in the STEAM building, the time we spent chatting and laughing with our peers …. every day is indeed a blessing. As we celebrate 100 days of school we are grateful for the time we had spent in the company of each other.