9月25日和30日，清华附中国际部稻香湖校区和国际部本校区分别举办了今年九月的小学部集会。小学集会由小学部主任Britni Padilla主持。
THIS primary school assemblies at Daoxiang Lake Campus and Fuzhong Campus were held on September 25th and 30th, respectively. Ms. Britni Padilla, the schools’ Director, hosted this happy event.
每个月，小学部和中学部都会组织一次集会，这也是清华附中国际部的教学传统。小学的同学们由各班的班主任带领，来到讲堂集体参加集会活动。在此次集会上，Britni和老师们准备了丰富多彩的活动，包括讨论话题、环节、游戏和行为规则的小课堂等。
Monthly school assemblies are a very important part of school life and a tradition here at THIS. The primary students gathered together to engage in various fun activities such as games, tasks, group discussions, and mini behavior-rule lectures to support the students as they continue to improve their behavior management.
小朋友们在集会上学唱了清华之歌，传递着包容分享的精神，手舞足蹈的快乐气氛感染了整个礼堂；同学们还与老师们兵分两队做“人类机器”的模仿游戏，发出各种稀奇古怪的声音，想象着机器的动作并模仿出来；九月和十月过生日的小寿星们被邀请到台前，接受大家为他们献上的中英文生日快乐歌，相互传递着祝福；小同学们还和老师们畅聊了新学期的愿望和梦想，分享出了自己心中美好的愿望；小朋友们还学习了“为什么要戴口罩”、“如何通过戴口罩来保护对方”等，对于佩戴口罩的意义和防护重要性的有了生动而有爱的学习。
There were many memorable activities for students to love. Students sang and danced the Tsinghua song, sharing the spirit of tolerance and happiness. The joyful atmosphere quickly filled the entire room. Teachers and students played a game called “Human Machine” in two teams imitating how a machine would act and sound like with hands on each other’s shoulders. Also, there was a birthday celebration where students whose birthdays in September and October were invited to the stage to receive blessings from everyone. The birthday song was sung both in English and in Chinese. Moreover, students shared their hopes and dreams for this new semester. Everyone was excited and very happy to share his or her beautiful wishes with friends and teachers. Additionally, Ms. Britni also gave an important lecture about why we should wear a mask and how wearing masks could help protect all of us. Students gained a better understanding the importance of wearing masks and helped our young students overcome the discomfort of wearing them.
在开学后的第一次集会上，老师们看到小斯巴达勇士们在活动中一个个神采奕奕、精神抖擞，唱歌、跳舞、做游戏样样行，回答老师抛出的问题时，既积极踊跃，同时又保持着良好的自律，老师们不由得为同学们感到骄傲。虽然一个个大大小小的口罩遮住了一张张稚嫩的笑脸，但从小同学们眼睛里，老师们依然看到了你们在闪闪发亮。
Although this was the first primary school assembly of this school year after the pandemic, every one of our little Spartans left in a very uplifted state. Through singing, dancing, and game playing, they showed a very strong will for learning and thinking as well as maintaining good self-discipline. Teachers were so proud seeing the students do so well. Though it is a pity that student smiles were covered, we can still see their shining eyes and hear the sounds of laughter.
希望国际部的小勇士们，
在新的学期，
勇往直前，快乐出发，
尽情的闪闪发光吧！
We do hope that our THIS Spartans can move forward without any worries, set off with a delightful heart, and shine bright.
