上海市民办协和双语尚音学校联合升旗仪式。本周一，协和尚音的操场上响起了嘹亮的国歌声，全体师生满怀崇敬，注视着五星红旗冉冉升起，迎风飘扬。
本学期第一次三部联合升旗仪式由双语部四（2）班的洪思为和融合部4E班的周悦哲同学主持。5D班的黎兆奕同学和5E班的李睿琪担任光荣的升旗手，七2班的何岩朔和陈奕凡同学担任光荣的护旗手。
本次联合升旗仪式的主题是“Thinker”。学习就是思考、思考、再思考的过程，如何做一位真正的“Thinker”，做一位“Thinker”的目的是什么？融合部副校长Ms. Christina和心理辅导老师Mr. Neil，就九大核心素养之一的“善于思考”，给我们带来了精彩的发言。
Ms. Christina在发言中讲到：“我们每个人每天都在思考，都经历着不同的思考，每个小朋友都是天生的“Thinker”。但是仅仅作为一个“Thinker”还不够，我们在思考的时候，要学会从多个角度去思考和分析问题，再做出明智的选择和行为，这才能够让我们的思考更加有意义。我们才是真正意义上的“Thinker”。
比如，当你在Recess时和同学发生矛盾或冲突，你会做出什么样的思考和决定呢？你是会先让自己到一边冷静一下？或者是尝试着和同学好好沟通？还是直接和同学发生冲突呢？短暂的思考，会影响你的决定和当时事件的后果，可能你学会了与别人更好的交流，可能你学会了和不同性格的人交朋友，也可能你会得到一张反思书。所以，如此看来，思考的目的就是让我们做出明智的决定和正确的行为。这也是我们能够经常收获成长的方式之一。
我还想建议大家，除了对学习以及日常小事的思考，还要经常有宏观的思考，将来想做什么，想成为和谁一样了不起的人物，要怎么样做才能够成为这样的人。给自己树立远大的目标，然后为自己的目标去努力。这才是有意义的思考。”
Mr. Neil老师在发言中讲到:“
Good morning ShangYin, as you should already know, the personal goal this month is on being good thinkers. Sounds very simple. It is only thinking, we do that almost every second. But if you pause for a moment and really think about the question, what is it really asking? What does it mean to be a thinker? Even if you feel like you know, can you explain it with words?
If this question sparked your interest, you will enjoy the next couple of minutes because I am going to share with you one the most important moments in my life and the impact it had shaping how I think today.
Many years ago, when I was still in school, if I have a question, my teacher will always tell me to “think a little harder”; or when we are learning about hard problems, I always hear phrases like “putting on our thinking hat”.
To me it sounds like the right thing to say, but I never understood the meaning behind these phrases. I was skeptical because most of the times when I ask questions, it is exactly when I don’t know what to think. So how can I think harder? Where do I even begin?
What bothered me more is that we are expected to be thinkers, as if thinking harder will give us the answer to everything. But no one ever taught us what thinking is. Or given us a direction of where to think. The result is a feeling of sort of knowing the answer, but not 100% sure with the answer. This bothered me greatly, which is why I went into the field of Psychology – The study of how people think.
Fast forward to today, with every bit of knowledge I know, I still struggled defining thinking. But if I have to try, I think
Thinking is the feeling of kind of knowing the answer but not sure with the answer you have. It is to find interest in a thing, and spend time learning about it just to be a little more comfortable with your answer.
Thinking is to use what you know; find what you want to know; and ask questions on what you don’t know. Thinking is to let your mind go free, and see where it wants to take you.
So go out there, pay attention to the things around you. Ask questions, be open, figure out what you want to know. Only then, your mind will show you how truly wonderful it is to be a Thinker.”
春种一粒粟，秋收万颗子。每一次思考都种下一颗种子，都是新的起点，不断思考，不断反思总结，是为了更好地努力。思考是反思的基础，反思是思考的升华，愿尚音的孩子们都能勤于思考，善于反思，不断进步不断成长！