Students at Yunlin Elementary School Write to Santas|老師指導學童 寫信給聖誕老人獲回應

To motivate students to learn English, a teacher at Yunlin's Zhennan Elementary School assisted her students to write letters and mail them to Santas in Germany, Slovenia, France and Canada.


The letters and cards are all mailed from Santa's in other countries, who describe their work and life. In an effort to help students learn English and to celebrate Christmas, a teacher at Yunlin's Zhenna Elementary School helped students write letters to Santa Clauses in countries like Canada and Germany. The students received their return mails recently.

I'd like to taste the chocolate from other countries so I hope Santa can mail me some chocolates.
I asked him (in the letter) about the local weather.

(In their return letters), the Santa talks about their work and they asked the students to make sure their behaviors are good so they can receive Christmas presents.

Officials at Zhennan Elementary School said that in order to fall in line with Yunlin County's policy, which emphasizes on a more international, bilingual education, the teacher guided the students to write letters to foreign countries, and the parents will raise money to buy presents to gift to all the children at the school.

We'll mobilize the only cement mixer truck in Taiwan to bring all the gifts, which include bicycles, stationery, Legos and board games. We hope all the children could have a good time at Christmas.

The school said that they have also promoted students to donate at the local Yixin Children's Home in exchange for capsule toys. The school said they hope children can learn to share and help others in need through their Christmas experience.



小朋友們手中拿的卡片和信件，都是從國外寄來到斗六鎮南國小，信件中寫著國外聖誕老人平時工作和生活，為了要讓學生更有過節氣氛，鎮南國小結合英語教學課程，11月分就寫信給加拿大、德國等地的聖誕老人，近期也得到了回應。

斗六鎮南國小學生表示：「我是想吃吃看，其他國家巧克力，所以我希望聖誕老公公，可以寄一些道地巧克力給我。」

斗六鎮南國小學生表示：「我就問說當地氣候是怎樣？」

斗六鎮南國小老師 翁文燕表示：「（回信)介紹一下，聖誕老人的工作內容，要小朋友就是乖乖、當乖小孩，就是可以收到聖誕禮物。」

鎮南國小表示，配合雲縣府國際教育政策，強化學生雙語學習，先由老師指導學生書寫信件寄到國外，再由學校家長會募集聖誕禮物，要送給全校每位小朋友。

斗六鎮南國小校長 梁博雍表示：「全台唯一的扭蛋車，要來送禮，裡面都有兌換券，包括腳踏車，還有一些文具，和樂高的一些智慧遊戲，讓孩子能夠度過快樂聖誕節。」

校方表示，學校也發起送愛心到一心育幼院，只要捐款或募集發票，也可以獲得扭蛋，希望透過聖誕節活動，讓孩子過節也能懂得感恩惜福、分享送暖、幫助需要幫助的人。