Florea Alexandru Valentin 12D Proposal regarding the celebrations for the arrival of the foreign visitors Introduction The aim of this proposal is to discuss the ways to celebrate the arrival in our town of Mrs Chan and her students next Friday. The variants suggested 1. Holding a disco and buffet reception, 2. An introductory talk with a video on things to do in our town, 3. A performance by our schools’ orchestra. Organising a disco and buffet The first idea that was discussed was organising a buffet reception and a disco party. I believe this can be a fun way for the students to interact and feel more at home, whilst also stretching their legs for a bit after their tiresome journey. However, this will have quite the opposite effect for students that are more introverted or those that feel anxious at these kinds of events, making them feel isolated from the rest and at unease. An introductory video of the town Another suggestion was to create a little video showing them the activities they can do in our town. This can be a great way to introduce them to our community and maybe make them feel less like foreigners. This is by far the easiest out of the variants, and the one with the most usefulness in my view, since they can learn how to spend their free time sightseeing and enjoying the fun activities our town has to offer. A school orchestra performance Whilst the school orchestra is more than capable of putting on a great show, as the previous track record shows, the music may not be to everyone’s taste so some students might find the performance uninteresting. However, I do believe that this option shouldn’t be left off the table and that it could be made optional, a point which I will mention in the paragraph below. Recommendation In my view, I recommend we organise all of the above mentioned, but with a small detail. I think that there should be a choice between the school orchestra performance and the disco/buffet so people can choose what even they want to attend based on their interests. Although it will be more complicated, organisatory wise since we need to prepare all three, with a lot of dedication we can truly make Mrs Chen and her students feel at home in our community.
