E-Learning at YCIS Beijing Continues | 北京耀中的线上学习

The Yew Chung International School of Beijing has successfully completed the first week of e-learning despite the past few weeks of uncertainty surrounding the Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) which has seen thousands around our host country being infected since December. Our School and Foundation have dedicated this week to ensuring learning continued for students with collective efforts by our Senior Leadership Team, academic staff, parents, and students all playing their part, amid the government lockdown.

尽管过去几周，新型冠状病毒（2019 nCoV）一直存在着不确定性，但北京耀中国际学校已经成功地完成了第一周的线上学习，自去年12月以来，该病毒已在我国各地造成多人感染。在政府要求学校停课期间，我们的学校领导团队、教职工、家长和学生共同努力，确保学生可以继续正常学习。

During this period, we have seen staff, students and parents adapt to the new climate and put technology, which has always been an essential part of learning, to full use. Although on a wider scale “We have the bedrock in place - lessons, work, feedback are all going on and our core e-platforms of Seesaw and TEAMS are well established, over many years of use.”  this is according to Dr. Timothy Gray, YCIS Beijing Western Co-Principal.

在这期间，教职工、学生和家长正慢慢适应这种新的状态，并充分利用了现代科技——这一直是学习中必不可少的一部分。总体上说，“我们已经打好了基础——课程、工作、反馈都在进行，同时我们的核心电子平台Seesaw和Teams在多年的使用中也已经建立了起来。”北京耀中西方校长Timothy Gray博士如是说。

Teachers have remained available for students throughout the week, offering support where needed, despite a multiplicity of challenges in teaching globally, especially the time zone differences. “When not teaching, assessing and giving feedback, our teachers are preparing videos and lessons that meet these changing times and challenges and they are working their normal hours to ensure they adapt to these different needs.” added Dr. Gray.

尽管教学面临诸多挑战，特别是时区差异，但是上课时间老师们会一直在线，并在需要时为学生们提供支持。Gray博士补充说：“在没有上课任务的时间里，老师们会准备视频和课程以应对时区不同等因素带来的挑战，在正常的工作时间内，老师们则致力于满足学生们不同的需求。”

Class and subject teachers, the University Guidance Officer, Student Support teachers and the Counsellors also continued with their roles of offering resources and tips to students on how they can adjust to learning remotely. This support also extended to parents who have unexpectedly had their children at home for a protracted period of time. 

班级和学科老师、大学指导老师、学生支持老师和辅导员也继续发挥他们的作用，为学生提供资源和指导，告诉他们如何适应远程学习。如果家长需要我们的支持，也可以联系我们。

Dr. Gray reiterates that “We are working with little humans here. To do that effectively, we need feedback from our parents and children. So, we encourage them to use their contact with the faculty to give feedback to us to help us make the next few weeks of non-school based learning as great an experience as possible by supporting your child and the school.”

Gray博士重申，“我们在和孩子们一起工作。为了有效地做到这一点，我们需要来自父母和孩子的反馈。因此，我们鼓励他们利用与教师的联系，向我们提供反馈，帮助我们将未来几周的学习打造成一种尽可能好的体验。”

The upcoming weeks will continue focusing highly on non-school based learning which may be technical, however, the welfare of our students takes precedence in all areas. Our students’ education, health and safety remain key priorities for us hence the measures by the school and cooperation with the Local Beijing Education Commission.

在接下来的几周里，我们将继续高度关注线上学习，提供技术性的支持，然而，学生们的福祉仍然是我们的工作重心，我们会和北京教委一起，采取各种措施，保障学生的教育、健康和安全。

Although challenging in many ways, this week has also seen us actively practice our School’s key ethos of Collaboration. Our hope is that when we have overcome this period, our students will have developed further in character and as global citizens with a strong commitment to meeting the challenges of their generation.

尽管我们面临着诸多挑战，但本周我们也积极践行了学校一直倡导的合作精神。我们希望，当我们克服了当前的困难，我们的学生将在性格上得到进一步发展，成为全球公民，并坚定地迎接他们这一代人的挑战。

For parents who would like additional resources to help explain the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) to their children in a simple way, the SENIA Group – whose goal is to advocate for and provide resources for differently-abled individuals, shared a children’s booklet explaining the lockdown for children. To download the booklet click here.

如果您想要了解更多信息以便于向孩子们解释新型冠状病毒(2019-nCoV)，SENIA组织——其目标是为不同能力的个体提供资源——分享了一本儿童手册，解释了适用于儿童的应对手段。您可以点击这里进行下载。

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