For days, weeks, months, and maybe even years to come, our students will still be talking about Midnight Madness. Our semester-opening event started with a bang – or maybe more aptly – with a spray of water and a water balloon to the face. But let’s not get ahead of ourselves.

在未来的几天、几周、几个月甚至几年内，相信我们的学生仍然会谈论“午夜狂欢”活动。我们的开学典礼启动仪式以一声巨响开始......

Midnight Madness was an International Baccalaureate inspired event organised by the grade eight class, aided and abetted by Mr Davidson, Ms Xu and other middle school teachers. The grade eight class were inspired by last years camping event ‘A Night To Remember’ and wanted this year’s event to be bigger, better, and more memorable. Our International Baccalaureate theme was How We Organise Ourselves but we also wanted the opportunity to incorporate the Approaches to Learning: encouraging self-management skills, thinking skills and communication skills for all participating students. With these concepts at the forefront of our minds, we started planning.

“午夜狂欢”是由Mr Davidson及全体外籍教师组织的一项IB主题相关活动，在中学部徐主任和中教班主任的大力协助下，借鉴去年“难忘之夜”的露营活动经验，内容丰富，形式多样。

此次的活动连接到IB主题--“我们如何组织自己”，我们希望能将IB学习框架纳入其中，以此鼓励所有参与学生提高自我管理技能、思考技能和沟通技能。

The first thing that had to be decided was how the event will run. After much discussion, the grade eight class decided that students would have the opportunity to visit different rooms in the school, all with different stations in them run by grade eight class members and the international faculty. We had a kinaesthetic and athleticism zone, a spatial awareness room, a culinary experience room, a visual arts room, a Chinese culture room, a logic and reasoning room, and a linguistic and interpersonal room. All of these rooms were guided by the principles of how we organise education and gave the students who participated the independence and agency to explore their different intelligences.

八年级学生在初期讨论时，决定充分利用校园空间，让参与活动的学生有机会探索学校更可能多的空间，于是决定在不同教师和功能室设立不同的活动站，由八年级学生成员和外籍老师共同管理。活动区包括运动区（球场），空间感知室，烹饪体验室，视觉艺术室，中国文化室，逻辑推理室，语言交流室。所有这些房间都以“我们如何组织”的主题为指导，激发学生探索他们不同知识的独立性和能动性。

The grade eight class assigned themselves roles to complete this task: President, Vice-president, Chief Financial Officer, Secretary, Head of Purchasing, Graphic Designer and Marketing Officer, and Communications Officer. The class decided on the tasks that needed to be completed and delegated these tasks to different students. They made and designed t-shirts, tickets and posters; wrote letters to teachers, students and parents informing them of the event; recorded and edited a video inviting the students to the event; made a map of the different areas where activities will be taking place; bought all the equipment necessary to do each activity and distributed these to the teachers on the day.

八年级的孩子们分别担任活动组织的不同角色：总裁、副总裁、首席财务官、秘书、采购主管、平面设计师和营销官以及宣传官。全班决定需要完成的任务并将这些任务委派给不同的学生。大家制作和设计了 T 恤、门票和海报；给老师、学生和家长写邀请信；录制并剪辑了邀请视频；绘制了将进行活动的不同区域的地图；购买了完成每项活动所需的所有设备，并在当天分发给老师。

On the day of the event, all the participants came to the library after school. Mr Davidson and Ms Mabel gave a welcome speech, and explained how the event will unfold throughout the night. Maps of the event were handed out and food orders were taken before the inaugural water fight began. This allowed the participants to have freedom and develop their self-management skills. It was also and opportunity for our students to show they are risk takers and are good communicators, making pacts and teams amongst themselves.

活动开始前，Davidson和Mable在图书馆会议厅，向所有参与活动的同学致欢迎词，同时也讲解了整场活动的流程。Davidson先生用有趣的方式引导孩子们自由选择喜欢的麦当劳套餐，这一小举措也可以提高学生们的自我管理能力。随后便开展了激动人心的打水仗活动！通过巧妙的对战规则设计，充分地展示了游戏设计者对于激发学生成为冒险者和良好沟通者的“企图之心”。

After the water fight, we all sat down to a meal together. Breaking bread as a big family and forming new friendships was the highlight of the night. Once they had eaten, the participants scampered to play in the different activities. 

The kinaesthetic and athleticism zone was overseen by Mr Carson and Mr Reece. They had two different sports to play, and while the light lasted, they encouraged students to show us what they are made of. 

The logic and reasoning room was run by Mr Jose, who had devised a number of interesting challenges to test the students’ ability to solve problems and they definitely rose to the challenge. 

The spatial awareness room was run by Mr JJ who had a series of video games specifically designed to challenge and improve cognitive functions, spatial awareness and logical reasoning skills. This room was very popular amongst all the students! 

The culinary skills room was also very popular. Run by Ms Kathy, Ms Chloe and Mr Robin our students were given the opportunity to improve their listening skills, practice their communication skills, but more importantly taste the fruit (or should I say dumplings?) of their labour. 

The visual arts room was run by Ms Mary and Mr Spencer. This room was always crowded and the participants were able to express themselves through art and design. The Chinese culture room was run by Ms Mabel where our participants could make and design Chinese masks, and discuss the importance of their Chinese heritage. 

Finally, the linguistic and interpersonal room was run by the grade eight class who had prepared many games for the participants to enjoy in order for them to improve these skills.

打完水仗，大孩子们一起坐下来吃饭，像一个大家庭一样。轻松结交新朋友也是当晚的亮点。吃完饭后，参加活动的同学们，蹦蹦跳跳地去参加感兴趣的活动。

运动区由Carson先生和Reece先生监督。逻辑和推理室由Jose先生主持，他设计了许多有趣的挑战来测试学生解决问题的能力。

空间意识室由 JJ 先生经营，他拥有一系列专门设计用于挑战和提高认知功能、空间意识和逻辑推理能力的视频游戏。这个房间在所有活动都十分受学生们的欢迎！

厨艺室也很受欢迎，由 Kathy 女士、Chloe 女士和 Robin 先生共同经营。在这个过程中不仅可以提高学生们的英文听力水平，而且学会了沟通技巧，更重要的是可以品尝大家的劳动成果---饺子！

视觉艺术室由Mary女士和Spencer先生经营。这个房间非常受欢迎，学生们能够通过艺术和设计来表达自己的想法。

中国文化室则由 Mabel 女士经营，大家可以在那里制作和设计中国面具，并讨论中国传统文化的重要性。

最后，语言和人际交流室由八年级班负责，大家准备了许多游戏供师生参与，以提高学生们的各项技能。

At the end of the night, the students enjoyed some other activities and games together, such as dancing and hide-and-seek. These games brought a sense of comradery to students across grade levels; new friendships were forged, and old friendships strengthened.

晚间活动即将结束时，学生们依旧热情高涨，孩子们自发地又唱又跳，还玩起了捉迷藏的游戏。这些游戏连结了不同年级学生的情谊；结交了新的朋友，巩固了旧的友情。