Appointment in Chongqing

Asking about the spring scenery by the lake, it’s another year again. In these colorful and beautiful spring days, the first happy thing is that we have an agreement with Chongqing, and an agreement with the nationally famous Chongqing Xiejiawan Primary School, Chongqing Renmin Primary School, and Chongqing Coral Experimental Primary School: We will meet in Chongqing with the leaders of our school. A group of nine people will have a three-day observation and learning activity to start the spring.

As soon as I got off the plane, I realized that it was raining lightly in Chongqing. It was already eleven o'clock at night. The night was very quiet, and the continuous spring rain crowded the streets and alleys of Chongqing. It is hazy and clear at the same time. It puts a misty gauze on everything, and the bright lights create a kind of erratic and blurred beauty in the rain curtain. The fatigue of our journey seemed to be washed away by the rain, and we felt less sleepy for a while. Listening to the rainy night talk with our best friends, a bright and cheerful feeling grew.

It’s dawn and the sun is coming out. The whole city of Chongqing seems to be starting over. The trees are new and full of green buds; the grass is new and delicate and delicate; the flowers are new and ready to bloom. When we went to observe and study in three schools in Chongqing, our mood was new and we were full of expectations.

The first stop is Xiejiawan Primary School in Jiulongpo District, Chongqing. A shrewd and capable assistant to the principal acted as our narrator. He always smiles and introduces the development, changes and humanistic connotations of the campus with confidence and in an unassuming tone. We learned from this that this school was founded in 1957 and was one of the first batch of model primary schools in Chongqing. As I approached the school gate, I saw several elegant characters "Xiejiawan Primary School" decorating the gate freely and low-key. On the corridor walls on both sides of the gate are the school philosophy of "six years of influence on a lifetime" put forward by Principal Liu Xiya, and the school cultural theme of "red plum blossoms blooming and shining brightly", which are bright, simple, connotative and impressive. On the wall on the west side of the teaching building, there is a huge photograph of the smiling faces of students that changes every year. I believe that from the smiling faces of these lively, enthusiastic and enterprising children, we can see their joy of growing up and their blooming lives, which in turn inspires every teacher's high morale to be willing to serve as a human being and to fulfill their duties in the school.

There were about six teams and more than 100 people who came to this school with us. Experts from Shandong, scholars from Anhui, and special teachers from Jiangsu all came from all directions with great hopes. Each team is led by an assistant principal-level commentator. Entering the playground, it was time for teachers and students to stand in silence and gather together for the flag-raising ceremony. At the end of the solemn flag-raising ceremony, the students sang the school song together and raised the school flag. A group of model students were then commended. The names of their self-declared role models and self-drawn tabloids are displayed around the playground, such as "Eye-loving and Eye-Protect Model", "Reading and Writing Model", "Writing Beautiful Model", etc. The hand-drawn newspapers have photos and mottos, so you can predict these role models. The power is huge. After the commendation, there were live performances of shuttlecock kicking, volleyball, and rope skipping in the students' spring sports games. The whole process is not whitewashed or pretentious, it is natural and bare-faced.

? We strolled along the tree-lined avenues of the campus. Under the towering old trees, small book bars can be seen everywhere in the long corridors. The fragrance of books and flowers pampers our sense of sight and smell. Let us take a deep breath and sigh sincerely: Xiejiawan Primary School is so good! We come to the classroom. The saddle-shaped tables in the classroom are very creative and suitable for independent group exploration. When several tables are placed together, they look like small plum blossoms, blooming quietly in the room, complementing the cultural theme of "red plum blossoms blooming and shining brightly". The national flag hanging above the blackboard and the inspirational slogans also have small plum blossoms blooming here and there, full of the spirit of life. We came to the comprehensive teaching building. Oh my God! A tall teaching building standing on the Linglong campus is actually a place for student club activities and a healthy place for flying. The first floor is the cafeteria. The restaurant can accommodate several thousand people, and the several tables are spotless. Dining culture is an important school-based course they offer. The second to fifth floors are various club activity rooms. The walls of the corridor are full of student paintings, colorful brushes and colorful childhood. Guzheng room, piano room, choir room, dance room, laboratory, cooking room, rainy day exercise room are all available.

Club activities every afternoon are organized by teachers in the school. Students can participate in their favorite club activities independently and freely. What a wonderful memory of childhood! Six years affects a lifetime, happiness creates beauty, and each child's personality is expressed here. , specialties come into play here, and ideal seeds sprout and grow here.

In the multimedia conference room, we watched a feature film on the implementation of curriculum innovation in Xiejiawan Primary School. What is particularly impressive is the text reading method that focuses on student development and focuses on cultivating children to think about problems from multiple perspectives and at different levels. Make your mind more open. In special Chinese activities, from first grade to sixth grade, students not only use acting, drawing, and talking to cultivate students' emotional and image thinking abilities, but also write investigation reports, research small topics, draw mind maps, etc. Content to cultivate students’ rational thinking. There are also current affairs reviews, debate competitions, etc., so that students’ thinking can become more flexible, open, diverse and profound in the Chinese course. Students learn Chinese and use Chinese through activities, and the connotation and extension of Chinese courses are greatly enriched. Mathematics special activities focus on optimizing the presentation method, such as the "Problem Solving" special topic. Students need to go through the process of "discovering problems, asking questions, analyzing problems, and solving problems". Under the guidance of teachers, the problem situations can be brought to life and the problems can be solved. Activities are used to diversify solution strategies, open learning methods, and carry out diversified evaluations to comprehensively understand the process and results of students' mathematics learning and encourage students to take the initiative to learn. Each discipline focuses on teaching and research, inviting domestic and foreign experts to provide guidance, build platforms, and carry out various academic exchanges. They sort out curriculum standards, research teaching materials, try practices, refine and summarize practice and exploration, and form school-based teaching materials. Integrate local curriculum and school-based curriculum into the national curriculum. Promote comprehensive reform of education and teaching through curriculum integration, and construct the "Little Plum Blossom" curriculum system. Compiled and published the "Xiejiawan Primary School Little Plum Blossom Curriculum" series of books covering all subjects and grades in primary school. Adjusting work and rest times and canceling the bell ring for classes has systematically optimized the campus life of teachers and students and promoted the comprehensive, proactive, harmonious and personalized development of each student, which has had a profound impact nationwide.

There is no end to learning. My trip to Chongqing left me with a lot of feelings. As a member of the school's teaching and research staff, I feel that there is a long way to go. Only by working hard, thinking in learning, and growing in exploration can we live up to the beautiful promise of spring and not be afraid that time will fly by like an arrow.