传说，子夜时“鼠咬天开”后，“地辟于丑”，牛便是辟地的功臣，是负载生养万物的大地的象征。在勤劳的中国人眼里，牛也是生活的盼头：每年立春前必定鞭春牛、舞春牛，来祈求风调雨顺、五谷丰登。
Once upon a time, “A mouse bites the sky to open it, the earth is returning to its beauty at Chou, a team of oxen is doing its commendable duty. They are the load that endures all things on earth.＂In the eyes of the Chinese people, Oxen are also the hope of life: every year before the beginning of spring, we must play and dance with the oxen, to pray for wind, rain and abundant grain.
在这个辞旧迎新的时节，小学部美术组老师们带领孩子进行了一场以“牛”为主题的系列创作，表达了对新年的祝福和美好愿望。
In this farewell to the old, we welcome the new year. The art department teachers led the students through a series of creations with the theme of “Ox,” expressing all the teachers and students’ wishes for the new year.
GRADE 1 一年级
collage artworks 半浮雕拼贴
一年级的学生在老师的带领下，用厚卡纸剪贴的方法完成了半浮雕作品。理解牛的身体结构，然后油画棒上色使作品呈现立体的效果。
G1 students completed their collage artworks with thick paper clippings, which reinforced the student’s understanding of an oxen’s body structure. The pastel color makes the effect of the work more striking.
GRADE 2 二年级
cartoon 卡通画
二年级的孩子学习了卡通画，用另一种非常可爱的方式完成了“牛牛年画”。画中的牛有的抱着大元宝，有的正在放鞭炮，浓浓的年味蕴含其中。
G2 students learned cartooning, referencing from “Niuniu New year”, some of the oxen in the artwork are holding a great treasure, some are shooting off firecrackers, and many other different activities to welcome the new year.
GRADE 3 & 4 三、四年级
comprehensive materials 综合材料
三、四年级的学生分别结合“对比色”和“同类色”的理论知识，设计绘制了“图腾牛”和“舞蹈牛”。在创作过程中使用水彩、油画棒、马克笔、颜料等多种材料，作品效果丰富、有层次。
G3 and G4 students combined their theoretical knowledge of “Contrasting Colors” and “Similar Colors” to design and paint “Totem Ox” and “Dancing Ox,” students experimented with materials such as watercolor, pastel, marker pen pigment, and other materials, creating their own exciting artworks.
GRADE 5 五年级
sculptures 小雕塑
五年级的学生尝试创作了立体作品，设计了各种不同动作、不同神态的小牛，用粘土塑造出一件件小牛雕塑，最后刷上富有金属感的色彩，更加惟妙惟肖。
G5 students developed three-dimensional works designed in a variety of different movements. The oxen sculptures were created by clay and then being painted with metal colors.
通过这一次以“牛”为主题的系列创作，孩子们不仅掌握了各种美术技巧，同时感受“牛”所象征的优良品质：脚踏实地、勤劳肯干、吃苦耐劳、开拓进取……
Through the theme of the Chinese Ox, the children learned a variety of fine arts skills and the qualities of oxen. To be hardworking, pioneering, and enterprising were deeply engraved in the hearts of the children.
其中部分孩子的优秀作品被选来制作牛年日历，既为 “有爱的新年更Happy” 义卖活动献上一份爱心，也是一份吉祥的新春佳礼。相信2021年将如同孩子们的愿望的一样，幸福、美好！
Among them, some of the children’s excellent works have been selected to make the new year calendar for the “Year of the Ox”. The calendar is for the “New Year Charity” and a wonderful gift! We believe that 2021 will be blessed with health, wealth and happiness!
