Occasionally I heard the grandfather ask his grandson, "Do you have a pen pal?" The grandson replied with a smile, "What about pen pals in this era? It's really outdated!" It is true that there are all kinds of social software in smartphones, a set of trendy online text and Images have become the new mainstream of communication for the younger generation.
However, Anglican Kidd Primary School launched a seemingly anti-trend activity - "Love by post", encouraging students to write letters and post them in person, turning their thoughts into tangible entities and passing them on to classmates, teachers, staff and other students in the school. headmaster.
The school even invited students to serve as small postmen to have a taste of receiving and sending letters.
(Content provided by Anglican Kidd Primary School)
(Provided by Anglican Kidd Primary School)
Sending love by post, shortening the distance between teachers and students
In today's fast-paced living environment, most people go home from get off work and see a pile of letters in their mailboxes, which are nothing more than promotional leaflets, letters or payment notices from banks or government departments, which is very stressful.
Principal Liu Qiang sighed: "When I was a child, I was looking forward to the postman sending letters. When I received a handwritten letter from a friend, I was very excited. I opened the letter carefully and spent the whole night replying. If the students could go through the process of writing letters, they would definitely I can feel the warmth of the letter, not the coldness.”
Learn letter format and improve writing skills
How easy is it to write a good letter?
If you can organize what you want to express, write it down stroke by stroke in a correct font, and take into account the format in addition to the content. It is really not easy.
Principal Liu said with a smile, "This is just a way to train students' writing skills and to practice good handwriting!" In order to help students learn how to write letters, the school made a short video, and the teacher explained the title, format and etiquette of letters in person. Even Primary 1 students quickly learned how to write letters such as "Previous paragraph", "Next paragraph" and "Congratulations".
In addition to paying attention to the content, the school has specially ordered a green mailbox that is common in daily life, and designed six styles of letter slips, one for each grade. delivery.
Primary and secondary school students "floating letters" to pass on blessings and greetings
The students actively participated in the "Postal Communication" activity, and the teachers and students who received the letters felt very relieved.
Chen, who is studying in Primary 5, said, "I tried writing letters to my classmates and the principal, and I was so happy to receive a reply from the principal! In the past, writing was all about handing in homework, but now writing letters has become a way for me to learn to write well. Motivation, I also bought new stickers to decorate the stationery!" Principal Liu promised to cherish every letter from students, and would personally reply and encourage teachers to reply.
He also said, "Since the Primary 5 and Primary 6 students have entered the stage of entering secondary school, the school hopes to let them know more about the life and learning situation in secondary schools, so it is now contacting the secondary schools in the district, hoping to organize a cross-school "Waiting" activity. The questions of the Primary 5 and Primary 6 students of our school are sent to the brothers and sisters of Secondary 1 and Secondary 2 through letters, and even let the students gradually become pen pals, greeting and blessing each other, and expressing their feelings to each other.
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In the era of advanced communication technology, physical letters have gradually declined.
In this age of efficiency and speed, messages can be sent in seconds via smartphones or emails at the touch of a button.
But can the relationship between people be established quickly?
Is the distance between people being narrowed or distanced by technology?
If you want, it's better to slow down the pace, put down the electronic communication tool in your hand, sit down quietly, and write a warm and human handwritten letter for the relatives and friends you haven't seen for a long time!
(Content provided by Anglican Kidd Primary School)
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