SUIS Qingpu Primary Grade 5 graduation drama “Mulan” kicked off this month. The children dominated the various tasks in front of and behind the stage and left many beautiful moments.
Mulan is a world-famous story and has been performed in different versions. Therefore, all the young actors and actresses needed to think more deeply about how to interpret and show the story in English to the audiences, which have different cultural backgrounds.
The catchy Song of Mulan was combined with the Chinese lute. The traditional costumes were paired with cadence in English lines. The melodic theme song ‘Reflection’ was added into the thrilling war drama. This English graduation drama not only showed the English expression skills of the students, but also a comprehensive display of the talent skills and cross-cultural skills.
From the arrangement, dress rehearsal, props production, to the backstage management, there were a group of silently dedicated children. The teachers gave the corresponding opinions as the guidance team, and the students also exercised the sense of responsibility and teamwork spirit in the continuous communication with the teachers.
Ms. Maxine Lu, General Principal of the Xiehe Education Group, sent her best wishes and thanks to all the fifth grade students. She first gave the affirmation of the language skills of the actors and actresses showed in the one-hour-long graduation drama. Then she thanked the students in front and behind the scenes for their ‘group soul’ and outstanding management abilities. Finally, she hoped that all the graduates would continue to dig into their hearts, listen to their inner voices, and form self-consciousness and realize self-value just like the spirit embodied in Mulan.
SUIS Qingpu aims to reflect the whole-person education purpose of rich and diversified courses, respect and support each child’s willingness to grow and develop in different fields and provide sufficient resources to guide and lead their growth in relevant areas and provide students with unforgettable learning experience and lifelong hard power and soft skills.