万物复苏已有时，疫去安来春可期，2023迎来了癸卯兔年。寒随一夜去，春逐五更来，怀着对未来美好的期盼，2月6日上午，合肥协和举行了以”阳光集五’兔’ 乐学’卯’新春 ”为主题的开学典礼，用满满的仪式感迎接新学期的到来。It is time for everything to recover, the epidemic has gone and spring can be expected. 2023 ushers in the Lunar Year of the Rabbit. The cold winter night gives way to the warm dawn of spring. With the expectation of a bright future, SUIS HF held an opening ceremony on the morning of February 6 with the theme of “Welcome Chinese New Year, Happy Learning and Living”, welcoming the arrival of the new semester with a sense of ceremony.
PART.1送福 Sending Blessings
灯笼我国传统文化的典型元素,也是喜庆吉祥的象征。孩子们利用各种各样的材料制作出创意无限的迎新年灯笼，别具匠心、色彩鲜明、造型巧妙，表达着对祖国文化的热爱。
Lanterns are a typical element of our traditional culture and a symbol of happiness and good fortune. Our children used a variety of materials to create creative lanterns to welcome the Chinese New Year, with their unique, bright colours and clever shapes, expressing their love for the culture of their country.PART.2迎新 Welcome To The New Term
在校长们的殷切期盼中，在外教们的声声祝福中，在“兔”老师们的热烈欢迎中，协和宝贝们走过红毯，精神饱满步入阔别已久的协和校园，开启新学期多姿多彩的学习生活。他们如春天里的株株树苗，沐浴着阳光，焕发着勃勃生机，充满了朝气与希望。
Amidst the earnest expectations of the headmasters, the blessings of the foreign teachers and the warm welcome of the “rabbit” teachers, the children of SUIS HF walked down the red carpet and entered the long-awaited SUIS Hefei Campus in high spirits, starting their colourful learning life in the new term. They were like saplings in spring, bathed in sunlight, glowing with vitality and full of hope.
PART.3集福 Collecting Fortunes
“无联不成春，有联春更浓。”小学部大厅，书法桌上已备齐笔墨纸砚。孩子们忍不住饱蘸浓墨、奋笔疾书，将新学期的祝福化作婉转笔锋，一时间红幅铺展、妙句成双，一幅幅春联和福字将浓浓的年味带到校园，处处浓墨飘香。
“There is no spring without a couplet, and spring is even stronger with a couplet.” In the hall of the Primary School, the calligraphy table was ready with ink, paper and ink stone. The children could not resist dipping their pens into the ink and writing their blessings for the new school year, spreading out the red banners and forming a pair of wonderful sentences.PART.4仪式 A Sense Of Ritual
开学典礼在二年级宝贝《祖国有我》的歌声中拉开了序幕。“祖国有我，未来有我，不忘初心勇向前，绝不会退缩；祖国有我，红旗下承诺，志在千秋梦在前，雄心壮山河……”是他们对祖国的铮铮誓言。The opening ceremony kicked off with the song “My Motherland Has Me” by the P2 students. “My motherland has me, the future has me, do not forget the original intention to move forward, will never retreat; my motherland has me, under the red flag promise, ambition in a thousand years dream in the front, ambition to strengthen the mountains and rivers ……” is their clanging vow to the motherland.
生在国旗下，长在春风里。少先队员代表们号召所有同学牢记习爷爷的教导，在这朝气蓬勃的新时代，在这万象更新之际，与美德同行，爱学习，爱劳动，爱祖国，努力学习，踔厉奋发，躬亲实践，自强不息！
Born under the national flag, growing up in the spring breeze. The representatives of the Young Pioneers called on all students to remember the teachings of Grandpa Xi, to walk with virtue in this new era of vigour and renewal, to love learning, love labour, love the motherland, to study hard, to excel, to practice, and to strive for self-improvement!
紧接着，喻霞校长也献上了新学期的寄语和祝福。她从三年疫情给教育带来的启示的角度，呼吁同学们善待生命、珍视生命，自觉自律、磨炼意志，学会学习、持续反思，同时学会管理好自己的情绪。喻校通过一个个故事、寓言将学习和做人的道理娓娓道来，如沐春风。孩子们也在心里立下誓言，肩负时代重任，主动担当，与老师和同学们共赴下一程山海。
Immediately afterwards, Principal Wendy Yu also offered her words and wishes for the new term. From the perspective of what the three-year epidemic has taught us about education, she urged students to treat life well and value it, to be self-disciplined, to sharpen their wills, to learn to study and reflect continuously, and to learn to manage their emotions. Principal Wendy Yu through stories and parables told the students the truths of learning and being a human being, which was like a spring breeze. Our children also made a vow in their hearts to take up the responsibility of their times and take the initiative to go on the next journey with their teachers and classmates to the mountains and the sea.
最后是令人激动和期待的幸运红包大抽奖环节。班主任派发“开学大红包”后，喻校开始抽取幸运号码。被抽中的同学可能获得免写一次书面作业、和老师合影、和校长共进午餐等“特权”，并获得由喻校亲笔签名的书籍一套。同学们翘首以盼，满心期待自己能成为最幸运的“锦鲤”。
Finally, there was the exciting and anticipated lucky draw. After the class teachers had handed out the “Big Red Packet for the Start of the School Year”, the school began to draw the lucky numbers. The students who were drawn could win a free written assignment, a photo with their teacher, lunch with the Principal, and a set of books signed by the school. The students were eagerly awaiting to be the luckiest “koi”.新的一年，如约而至。这是新的学期、新的起点，这是新的希望、新的挑战。期盼着每一位协和学子在新学期能激发起奋进的力量；祝愿孩子们在新的一年，兔年大吉，身体健康 宏“兔”无量，快乐成长！The new year has arrived as promised. It is a new semester, a new start, a new hope and a new challenge. We hope that every student at SUIS HF will be motivated in the new semester and wish our children a prosperous and healthy Year of the Rabbit.
