This year’s Xi’an trip was an unequivocal success with tonnes of culture, learning, and laughter. The many museums and fantastic activities kept the students entertained for the entire four days so have a watch of the Xi’an highlights video below to see what they got up to!
I think you can see from the video that making the Terracotta Warriors was, by far, the most enjoyed activity on the trip. Some of the groups really took ‘creative interpretation’ to the next level…
Many of the students were asked what their favourite thing about the trip was and a huge majority immediately said ‘the food!’. It appears that the food in Xi’an is either amazing or we have a whole Grade 7 that loves to eat!
Whatever the reason, Xi’an is always an incredible place to visit and this year was no exception.
As part of their Art studies, Grade 7 ventured out to the National Arts & Crafts Museum on Tuesday. There they discovered the pinnacle of traditional art and got to try out some of these techniques for themselves!
As you can see from the video above, they were able to etch their own designs into small slabs of Jade and create their own pendants using traditional methods. You will also be able to see that a lot of the paint and ink went onto their hands… but that’s all in the name of creativity!
The rest of the time was spent looking through the various exhibitions throughout the museum. To help motivate the students to get out and see everything, they were given a ‘scavenger hunt’ where they had to find out facts and information about 6 different art pieces.
Overall, the museum was a nice change of pace for the Grade 7 students and hopefully gave some of them the passion and drive to reach for these incredibly high standards.
As part of their ‘Earth, Land, and Water’ theme, Grade 2 went out and visited the incredible Geological Museum of China to learn more about our planet and what it is hiding beneath its surface.
At first, staff guided them through the many exhibitions, teaching them about rocks, gems, minerals, erosion, geological history, fossils, and much more. Of course, the fossils (including dinosaurs) was a unanimous favourite amongst the students!
The students were then given the opportunity to look around the museum at their own pace. During this time they were able to document anything of interest them on their iPads, to be able to discuss in more detail back at school.
On the way to the museum, some students confided in us by admitting they thought the museum was going to be a ‘bit boring‘. However, considering how they gazed upon some of Earth’s most hidden secrets, we believe they proved themselves wrong.
On Thursday, Grade 1 ventured out to the incredible Light, Science & Technology Museum in Beijing. They were shown around an amazing collection of light and sound exhibitions which the students were completely mesmorised by, as you can see from the video below.
During the trip, they were also taught how sound behaves in a vacuum and were able to create their own pipe organ which they were able to take home.
The students were entirely captivated by the different stations and their engagement was fantastic. This was the first time we have been to this particular light & sound museum and we were not disappointed.?
