福州西湖国际学校

School News丨WELCOME BACK! 新学年，新开始！

开学第一周就这样悄悄拉开了序幕！不知大家感觉如何？今年的一切都有些不一样：孩子们度过了有史以来最短暂的暑假；我们在线上举办了云直播开学典礼；开课首日，盛大的社团招新活动令人目不暇接；与往年不同，小班的新生提前一周入校参加适应课程，因此，他们是静谧校园的第一批来客……

The first week of school has kicked off so quietly! We wonder how everyone is feeling about it? Everything was a little different this year: the children had their shortest summer vacation ever; we held an opening ceremony online; on the first day of school there was a huge club recruitment event; and unlike previous years, Nursery freshmen entered the school a week early for orientation, so they were the first visitors on campus...

8月30日，福州西湖国际学校在线上直播了本学年开学典礼。外方校长Jeanne女士、各部门主管纷纷发表演讲。Jeanne女士介绍了各学部课程，并号召大家要团结协作，一起走向光明的未来，她也在演讲最后以中文鼓励FLIS大家庭：加油，大家！各位主管之后也纷纷介绍了本学年教学计划。我们还在直播中埋了一个小彩蛋：虽诸位学子无法在开学典礼当天亲临现场，但FLIS优秀毕业生Smile同学特地录制了一段漫步校园的视频，带领线上的大家“云游”一番！

On August 30, Fuzhou Lakeside International School held the opening ceremony online. Ms. Jeanne, the foreign principal, and each principal of academic departments gave speeches. She introduced the curriculum of each department, called for everyone to work together towards a bright future, and concluded her speech with a message in Chinese to encourage the FLIS family: Jiayou, dajia（加油，大家）! Afterwards, each principal presented their plans for this academic year. We also included a short video in the live opening ceremony: although you couldn't be there on the day of the ceremony, FLIS graduate, Smile, recorded a video of her walking around the campus, taking everyone on a “live tour” of the campus!

次日，2020-2021学年第一天正式开课！这天上午，学生中心挂起了缤纷的霓虹灯牌，本学年各大社团招新啦！校外专业机构人员与校内老师们在各个摊位卖力宣传，现场好不热闹。学生们在老师的指导下短暂体验了各个社团，AI机器人、高尔夫、弦乐、羽毛球、网球、书法、跆拳道……你的选择是？
The following day was the first official day of the 2020-2021 school year! The Student Center was decorated with colorful light boards for student club recruitment! There was a lot of excitement as outside professionals and teachers from the school worked hard to promote the event at various stalls. The students briefly experienced a taste of the various clubs such as AI robotics, golf, stringed instruments, badminton, tennis, calligraphy, taekwondo...which clubs did you choose?

今年最早光临FLIS校园的是幼儿园的小班宝宝——他们比其他新生老生早入校一周以适应校园生活。这是小朋友们人生第一次体验校园集体生活，而他们表现得棒极了！也希望孩子们在未来的校园生活中开开心心，健康成长！

This year's first visitors to the FLIS campus were the ECE Nursery classes - they started a week before the other students to get used to school life. It was their first hands-on experience of life within a school community, and they did a great job! We hope the kids are happy and healthy as they continue on their future paths at school!

开学是学子们的大事，对家长而言又何尝不是呢？一年级的家长目送孩子进入小学教室，眼神中饱含满满期许，站在回廊处久久没有离开……在场旁人也为之动容。艺术部老师为开学准备了三屏油画，每个孩子都可以自由地添上一笔，揭开表层胶布后，中心原来有几个寓意美好的单词：希望、梦想、荣誉、爱……FLIS也愿能与家长、学子们一路偕行，在这条孕育希望、梦想、荣誉、爱的大道上不懈前进。这是FLIS的第九年，相信我们一定会越来越好！
The start of the school year is a big deal for schoolchildren, and the same for parents. Parents of the first-graders saw their children enter the classroom, their eyes full of expectation, and stood in a cluster for a long time... people around were all moved by the scene. The teachers of the art department prepared three screens of paintings for the beginning of the school year, and each child was free to add a stroke of paint. When the top layers of tape on the paintings were removed, the center screen showed several words symbolic of good things: HOPE, DREAM, HONOUR, LOVE...FLIS also wants to be able to walk with parents and students along the way, moving forward relentlessly on the road that nurtures hopes and dreams, with honour and love. Fuzhou Lakeside International School has been in operation for 9 years, and each year we get better and better!