Seventy-five years ago today, millions of heroes crossed the Yangtze River and liberated Nanjing. On April 23, 2024, at this commemorative moment, Nanjing Yincheng Primary School Education Group held the first Children's Olympic Games with the theme of "Promoting the Spirit of Crossing the River and Lighting Up the Future with Children's Heart", so that students can understand and inherit the spirit of crossing the river in sports and stimulate their love for life.
Tens of thousands of people gathered, and the first Children's Olympic Games of Yincheng Education Group exploded into Olympic sports
In this event, Yincheng Primary School, Xiangshan Primary School, Baochuan Primary School, three schools of the Education Group, 5 campuses, and nearly 10,000 families gathered in the Olympic Sports to share the sports feast. Relevant leaders of the city and district came to the scene, Zhang Yingying, the mixed doubles champion of the World Table Tennis Championships, Jiang Fan, the men's 110-meter hurdles champion of the Asian Athletics Championships, and Zhu Xiaoya, the women's 200-meter individual medley champion of the National Swimming Championships, also came to cheer and help, igniting the enthusiasm of the students.
"Although Nanjing Yincheng Primary School Education Group has just been established, the group's highly influential and charismatic sharing and co-creation project, the Children's Olympic Games, is a household name. Today, the grand convening of the first Children's Olympic Games of Yincheng Primary School Education Group is not only a historic breakthrough in the number of participants, but also a historic witness to the group's development towards a better goal. Chen Haitao, deputy head of the Gulou District People's Government, said in his speech: "What shocked me the most today is that the first Children's Olympic Games of Yincheng Primary School is not only a grand event of group school sports competition, but also a feast of spiritual civilization. Bear in mind history, carry forward the spirit of the battle of crossing the river, move forward bravely, strive to be the first, and never give up. Students, you are all good children in the new era and good children in Yincheng. In the future, China will definitely be better, stronger, and richer because of you. ”
"We should take this Children's Olympic Games as an opportunity to internalize the spirit of the River Crossing Campaign in our hearts and externalize it in our actions, so that this spirit will become a powerful driving force for our group to continue to move forward, and better promote the high-quality development of Yincheng education. Zhang Yan, the general principal of Yincheng Primary School Education Group, said that the group held the first Children's Olympic Games to empower teachers and create beauty. The emphasis is on working with parents to protect together. It is also necessary to unite all parties and exert strength. The group strives to pursue the quality of every school, the happiness of every child, and the satisfaction of every family with the spirit of better.
Huang Ruiming, a parent of Huang Jiayi of Class 5 of Baochuan Primary School, delivered a speech as a parent representative: "Thank you Yincheng Primary School Education Group for providing such a good platform for children to enjoy the happiness brought by sports, and thank you teachers for their heartfelt companionship, so that children can have a healthy body and a sunny attitude. ”
The phalanx performance was wonderful, and the students of the three schools showed their style
The phalanx performance is based on the battle of crossing the river as a clue, divided into four chapters: the group is better, the victory crosses the river, the celebration of liberation, and long live the motherland. The lotus phalanx representing the emblem of Yincheng Group is the first to enter, symbolizing purity and elegance, hope and strength. It also represents that all teachers and students in the group have different petals and concentric petals. The subsequent victory phalanx was composed of parents of Baochuan Primary School, who held various honorary medals, representing that in the past 20 years, Yincheng Primary School has overcome obstacles and won the championship all the way with the spirit of climbing.
The students of Xiangjiang Road Campus of Yincheng Primary School and Baochuan Primary School formed a small soldier crossing the river company and a sailor phalanx respectively, recreating the magnificent scene of the battle of crossing the river, and also allowing everyone to review the brilliance and brilliance of the heroes.
The students of Xiangshan Primary School turned into Dumbo, singing and dancing, showing the joy of victory, while the teachers of the group danced garlands and sang and danced to lead everyone to the future together.
In the chapter of Long Live the Motherland, 120 parents of Yincheng Primary School formed countless phalanxes to show everyone the Chinese martial arts. The students of the Tinker Bell phalanx showed the cultural characteristics of the five continents with vivid performances, they held hands, heart to heart, and dreamed together, opening the door of the world and opening up the glory of the new world.
Finally, the three schools, 185 classes of 185 flag-bearers formed a glorious and united red flag phalanx, symbolizing the Yincheng Primary School Education Group to embrace the world, embrace the future, the audience sang "Singing the Motherland", the loud singing echoed for a long time in the entire Olympic Sports Center, igniting the patriotic enthusiasm in everyone's hearts.
Breaking down the campus barriers, students from the three schools competed in the same field
It is reported that the "Children's Olympic Games" broke the conventional competition mechanism in one fell swoop, broke through the campus barriers, integrated the three schools, and divided all the participating young players into groups according to grades and freely combined competition teams. In addition to the regular events, the competition also innovatively added themed group competition events and fun competition events. There are 30 meters / 50 meters / 100 meters "to deliver ammunition". "We are all god pitchers", "Crossing the blockade line", "The Red Army crosses the river".
The "Children's Olympic Games" is not only an arena, but also a friendship boat, which not only revisits history in the anniversary, but also interprets the spiritual connotation of "unity" with practical actions.
Yangtze Evening News/Purple Cow News reporter Li Chen
Trainee Journalist Gao Jiaman
Photo: Wu Weilong, Zhu Siqi
Proofread by Li Haihui