社会创新日：那一天，平日里的课堂消失了！
那一天，平日里的课堂消失了！…….
推开门，有的教室空空如也，有的却挤满了人——老师、学生，还有校外嘉宾和来自外校的小伙伴。
孩子们有的收听环境保护主题的讲座，有的参加工作坊，探索提升自我管理的技巧；有些前往生态农场和博物馆参观，有些深入身边社区调研，以自己的所见所知作为影响身边世界的一点点力量……
泉发校区甚至驶进来一辆消防车，孩子们津津有味地听消防员讲解避火知识，了解这些了不起的叔叔怎样保护了我们的社区！......
那一天，是11月29日，启明星学校2023年度社会创新日！
3个校区同时举办丰富多彩的社会创新活动，想要把所有一览无余，你真的需要一扇有魔力的“任意门”！——
“今年的社会创新日活动，以‘联结’为重点，帮助学生提升自我，同时能够激励他人。活动由学生主导实施，符合各个年龄段学生的学习兴趣和接受能力，也和他们的课内学习内容密切相关。
比如幼儿园和小学低年级的小朋友，他们参加一些服务校区的活动，也会重点学习情绪的控制方法，因为联结不只是外部联结，也包含向内的联结——自我的知觉；小学高年级学生把联结更进一步，他们和其他社区的伙伴一起活动，开始初步体验和外部社区的互动；中学生则可以再进一步，全部走出学部甚至校园，直接为本校社区或外部社区提供服务。
为了保证所有这些活动在未来能够重复实施，学生能从中获得持续的、深入的学习机会，我们把所有活动设计在校内或者附近社区。”
——启明星学校社会创新副总监Temily Tavangar
和安民学校互访
启明星北皋小学5年级学生和安民学校学生的互访是社会创新日的典型活动。
它紧扣社会创新项目的目标，和课堂学习内容密切相关，也标志着启明星学校和安民学校社区伙伴关系的开始！
11月29日一早，5年级A班和B班的学生就前往北皋校区附近的打工子弟学校安民学校。他们为安民学校4年级的小伙伴们带去了一个特别有意思的活动：“情绪象限”——启明星数学增益项目里的一个知识点。他们要通过这个活动，展示数学和社会创新内容的巧妙联结。
孩子们先是和安民的小伙伴们一起绘制曲线或者悖论图形：这两个图形有趣又复杂，由多条直线构成，但大量的交叉点在视觉上造成曲线的错觉。不管是“小先生们”还是“小学生们”，都画得乐在其中！
在短时间内完成全部图形是不可能的，当安民的孩子们被告知停止绘画时，教室里立即充满意犹未尽、甚至颇有遗憾的情绪。
“小先生”们马上顺势引导大家思考：刚刚画图时，大家很投入，内心也很平静，但被要求停止的时候，你们的情绪波动了，是不是？其实这个时候，你们可以用数学的方法来辨识和记录自己的情绪，也就是在数学象限里做情绪的标记——这是情绪的自我意识和自我管理的重要一步。
陪同学生一道前往安民的数学增益项目老师赵梦瑶对孩子们的表现特别欣慰：“我们的数学增益项目小组早早就想为社会创新日做些什么。经过讨论，孩子们决定把在数学增益项目中学习的象限和社会创新能力里的情商部分对应起来，成为一项有趣的社会创新日活动！”
孩子们为活动做了充分的准备，他们在课外召开了好几次小组会议，还为活动制作了实施步骤清晰的PPT，也在活动后进行了真诚的反思。
5C和5D班留在校内，接待来访的安民学校校长和全体5年级学生。他们和小客人一起在图书馆读书，相互介绍自己喜欢的书籍，以书会友；又一起参加体育课，一道制作静心瓶，在活动中拉近彼此的关系，建立友谊。
孩子们在活动中也了解安民同学的生活、学习，在反思过程中记录下来，和他们的探究单元（UOI）《我们身处什么时空》“现代移民”概念的学习结合在一起。
图片“任意门”
融汇社会创新理念，和课内学习相连，为身边社区带来力所能及的影响，通过我们的图片“任意门”走近社会创新日意义满满的活动吧！
幼儿园
🔼 认识消防救生工具。
🔼 和11年级学生一起绘制校园文化壁画。
🔼 为社区支持人员制作感谢卡。
🔼 用回收的瓶子种植盆栽。
🔼 观察小动物，思考人类和自然的关系。
🔼 听家长志愿者的介绍，了解不同职业的风貌，比如医生、武术教练和音乐家。
小学部
🔼 1至3年级学生参加正念瑜伽等社交与情感学习工作坊，10年级学生也来志愿辅导。
🔼 4年级学生参观中国科技馆。
🔼 三里屯校区5年级学生和流动儿童基金会的孩子们一起在三元农场做树木保护。
北皋中学部
🔼 6 年级学生来到龙马农场，认识土壤和食物，了解经济生活的重要组成元素。
7、8年级学生根据各自的兴趣领域参加6个活动，这也是他们“力求改变的项目”的内容：
前往众爱商店 ，帮助工作人员整理了店里收到的捐赠物品，了解如何筹集资金支持有需要的妇女和儿童。
来到畈畈畈农场，通过各类体验式活动，了解零碳和可持续发展的概念。
参加由北京知名心理健康机构 “始然心理”的创始人秦小杰女士主讲的心理研讨会。之后，他们还协助十年级学生与我校小学生共同开展了心理健康手工制作活动。
参观了北京公共安全体验馆，深入地了解如何在突发事件发生后立即启动自救与服务。
来到首都爱护动物协会，学习成为宠物主人的责任以及如何采取行动去拯救流浪动物。
前往马泉营村进行校外考察，采访村民并参观了安民学校，了解打工子弟学校学生对体育活动的需求和可用的空间与设施。
🔼 9年级学生收听全球环境研究所的彭博士带来一场关于内蒙古环境再生主题的讲座；参加摄影老师Nelson关于电影制作的工作坊，为5月份的内蒙古创新之旅拍摄记录短片做好准备。
🔼 10年级学生在北皋和三里屯校区担任小学部活动志愿者，他们独立设计了活动教案，还通过工作坊项目培养了自己的课堂管理与公开演讲等技能，这对未来的职业很有帮助。
🔼 11年级学生在泉发校区带领孩子们绘制了一幅校园文化壁画。在几周内，他们就完成了项目的规划、设计和实施。
我们很高兴通过2023 年社会创新日活动，激发大家对社区的热爱和联结。让我们再接再厉，继续鼓励学生以勇气去改变和激励他人！
On the morning of the 29th of November, the classrooms at Daystar Academy were empty as students took a break from their regular routine to celebrate Social Innovation (SI) Day.
A wide warry of activities were held across all 3 campuses with a singular aim: to meaningfully connect students with society.
"This year's Social Innovation Day focused on helping students to connect themselves with society and find inspiration. The planned activities were student-led, and took into account the various interests and age ranges of the students.
For example, kindergarten and early elementary students participated in activities that helped them to better manage their emotions. The sense of connection to society is not just external, but begins with an inner understanding of one’s self. Our upper elementary students went one step further and engaged in some exchange with students from other schools; our middle and high school students extended this further by going off campus from various fieldtrips or by providing a service to their community.
We also intentionally sought out experiences that were located close to our campus so that the connection they create can be ongoing, and provide opportunities for deep engagement and learning.
--Temily Tavangar, Deputy Director of Social Innovation at Daystar Academy
Exchange with Anmin School
The exchange visit between the 5th grade students of Beigao Elementary School and the students of Anmin School was a main highlight of Social Innovaton Day.
It embodies the goals of social innovation, is closely connected to the classroom curriculum and marks the first visit between Daystar Academy and Anmin School!
Early in the morning of November 29th, students from Grade 5A and B went to Anmin School, a migrant students' school near the Beigao Campus. There, they shared a particularly interesting activity with the 4th graders at Anmin School: the "Emotional Quadrant" in the Math Enrichment Program. They were presenting how Math was connected with Social Innovation in an interesting way!
Our students began by leading the Anmin students in drawing either a curve or a Cramer’s paradox. These two shapes are interesting and complex, consisting of many straight lines, but with lots of intersections to create the visual illusion of curves. But all the students had a great time doing this!
It was impossible to complete all the shapes in one lesson, and when the students were told to stop drawing, the classroom was immediately filled with emotions of frustration and even regret.
Our students immediately guided the Anmin students to think: when you were drawing the graph, you were very engaged and calm, but when you were asked to stop, did you have mood swings? In fact, you can go on to identify and record your emotions mathematically, i.e., by drawing in the math quadrant - an important step in emotional self-awareness and self-management.
Michelle Zhao, Math Enrichment Program teacher at Beigao Elementary School, said, "Students attending the Math Enrichment Program team wanted to do something for Social Innovation Day early on. They just happened to make a fun Social Innovation Day activity by mapping the Emotional Quadrant they learned about in math classes to apply them on SI day!"
The students were well prepared for the Math Quadrant activity, holding several group meetings outside the classroom and creating PowerPoints with clear implementation steps for the activity, a seriousness that was very gratifying for parents to see.
Classes 5C and 5D stayed in school to receive the visiting principal of Anmin School and all the 5th graders. They read in the library with the young guests, introduced their favorite books to each other, and made friends through books; they also participated in physical education activities together and made tranquility bottles together, bringing them closer to each other and building friendships during the activities.
The students also learned about Anmin students’ life and studies, which they recorded during the reflection process and combined with their Unit of Inquiry (UOI) "What Time and Space Are We In?" on the concept of "Modern Migration".
Photo Album
Let us celebrate SI Day once again with cherishing Photo Album!
Early Learning Center
🔼 Learning about the tools that a firefighter uses to save lives
🔼 Painting a mural together with our G11 students
🔼 Creating thank-you cards for supporting staff
🔼 Planting a sapling in a recycled bottle
🔼 Viewing a wide range of pets
🔼 Learning about the various professions of our volunteer parents, including a doctor, a martial arts trainer, and a musician
As part of Daystar’s culture of service, the campus also welcomed special needs children from Renyuyuan to join in on the fun!
Elementary Schools
🔼 Grade 1-Grade 3 students engaged in a wide range of social and emotional learning activities, with help from our Grade 10 student volunteers.
🔼 Grade 4 students went on a field trip to the China Science and Technology Museum.
🔼 Grade 5 students from Sanlitun campus went to Sanyuan Farm to engage in a tree protection activity together children from the Migrant Children Foundation.
Secondary School
🔼 Our Grade 6 students went to the Longma Farm to connect with the earth, soil and food—the foundation of economic life.
Students from Grade 7 and 8 were split into 6 groups based upon their interest areas as part of the Projects for Change course.
Students went to Roundabout to learn about how they raise funds to support mothers and children in need.
Students went to the FunFamFarm to learn about the concept of zero-carbon and sustainability through some hands-on activities.
Students stayed on campus and attended a workshop by Xiao Jie, the founder of Candle X, Beijing’s pioneering mental health peer support network. They then assisted Grade 10 students to conduct a few mental health-related activities with the elementary students.
Students went to the Beijing Public Security Experience Hall to experience simulations of various disasters in order to gain deeper understandings of how to be of service in the immediate aftermath of unexpected events.
The animal lovers amongst our students went to the Capital Animal Welfare Association and learned about the responsibilities of being a pet-owner and how to take action to save stray animals.
Students interested in the role of sports in building community awareness assisted with hands-on activities with elementary students and then went on an excursion to Maquanying Village where they interviewed villagers and visited Anmin School to learn about their sports needs and identify available space and facilities.
🔼 Grade 9 students spent their day attending two workshops:
1. Dr. Peng from the Global Environmental Institute talked about environmental regeneration efforts in Inner Mongolia;
2. Mr. Nelson conducted a film-making workshop in preparation for their trip in May.
🔼 Grade 10 students served as volunteers across both elementary campuses. As part of this, they had to design a lesson plan, develop classroom management skills, engage in public speaking—skills that will serve them in any future professions.
🔼 Our Grade 11 students spent the morning at our early learning center, painting a mural that they collectively designed.They did a great job planning, designing, and implementing this project in a matter of a few weeks.
We are excited to build on the enthusiasm and connections from Social Innovation Day 2023, inspiring our Daystar students to use courage to change and inspire!
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