Striving to be labour pioneers of a new era.
As International Labour Day approached, the Primary School ran a series of activities themed "Building Dreams Through Labour, Honouring the Beautiful," guiding pupils to understand, practise and appreciate work — and to grow through hands-on experience. The activities were designed around the developmental needs of younger children, helping them feel the value and the joy of labour.
Understanding labour
In themed class meetings, pupils explored the origins and meaning of Labour Day and learned about the many people whose everyday work matters — doctors, teachers, farmers, sanitation workers and builders. They came to feel that every act of dedication deserves respect, and planted in their hearts a genuine admiration for those who work.
Practising labour
With age-appropriate, step-by-step tasks, labour education moved into the home: making beds, folding clothes, tidying schoolbags and desks, sorting rubbish, and watering plants — "doing my own things myself, and helping with the family's." Before the holiday, the school also ran a food-education lesson on ingredients, kitchen safety and healthy eating. Over the break, with their parents' guidance, children joined in cooking from start to finish — washing, chopping, stir-frying and plating — coming to understand the effort behind every meal and the importance of not wasting food.
Gratitude in action
With simple, sincere gestures, pupils paid their respects to the workers around them who quietly keep everything running — turning gratitude into action, and deepening their understanding of the spirit of labour.
By weaving together labour, character and home-school cooperation, the project helped pupils feel the joy of work and the meaning of gratitude. The Primary School will keep labour education at the heart of daily learning — building virtue, sharpening minds, nurturing a sense of beauty and strengthening bodies — so that every child grows into a capable, grateful and responsible young person.