學習在二十一世紀正在巨大的改變中。教師傳道、授業、解惑不再宥於傳統教室。

葳格體認到下一世代將要面臨不同的挑戰，坐在四四方方所謂安全環境中學習的教育方式，已經沒有辦法提供和為孩子們的未來做好準備。我們須要用不同的方式引領並啟發他們的天份和多元智能。

今年，葳格雙語小學的孩子們到南半球澳洲黃金海岸的Varsity College遊學，在那裡他們必須面對及吸收不同的文化和語言。

葳格幹部們以五個月的時間安排這次的遊學，試想有多少事前的課程規畫和教務準備須要處理才能夠讓學生們如常的到班級去上課。然而，教室外的情況也是一樣，學生離開教室後，各種不同因素都會影響他們的學習。因此，為了讓孩子們能夠面對興奮刺激的各種挑戰，我們花了很長的時間去做事前的準備。

我們經常自問：為什麼？當學生踏出校門後就停止學習並且痛恨學習！身為老師的我們是不是給得太過？以致於扼殺了他們的學習興趣和天賦，或是我們沒有示範和教導終身學習的無限？其實，離開教室宛若畢業後再進入一個截然不同的新環境；在這樣的環境是須要擁有流暢的資訊和溝通技巧。在澳洲行，我們提供了超越語言及文化學習的環境，學生們實際去測驗他們所學並驗證終身學習的重要性。

我們很高興葳格的學生勇敢地接受了這項挑戰。他們的努力將會得到很大的回饋。他們返家時帶著豐碩的學習經驗，當然，還有很多的事務和新朋友。謝謝家長們相信葳格和他們的孩子！他們的表現得非常卓越！Wagor將會在未來做好更多樣的學習情境，提供學子們面對真實世界的挑戰。

Learning is taking a dramatic change in the 21st century. Educators want to deliver learning from traditional classrooms and into the real world.

Wagor Bilingual Elementary knows our future generations will face different challenges. A traditional setting in an environment where children learn in square, so-called safe rooms is not what can provide and prepare them for their future. We need to take them to where they are able to develop their natural talents and various intelligences in diverse situations.
This year, our students went to Varsity College, in the Gold Coast region of Australia---a down-under world where students must face and adjust to cultural and linguistic differences daily.
It took our staff five months to prepare. Think about how much preparation a lesson or a week's lesson will need in prep time in order for students to have a normal class! Going out of the classroom is not as easy as staying in the classroom because when a student leaves the class, many different factors influence their education. Thus we worked long to prepare our students for such exciting challenges.
We often wonder: Why, when students graduate from school, they stop reading and hate learning? Have we as educators over stuffed them with knowledge, killing the learning instincts or we did not teach and demonstrate the possibility of life-long leaning? Leaving a classroom setting is like graduating from a place and going into a new place where everything is new and different; such an environment requires effort to obtain information and to communicate needs. By traveling to Australia we provide a practice environment in which students can exercise their skills and give proof the real necessity of life-long learning.
We are glad Wagor students took the challenge bravely. Their efforts were rewarded greatly: they came back with abundant learning experience and, of course, lots of good, new friends.
Thanks to our parents who believe in Wagor and their children. Their performance was extraordinary!

We will continue to prepare more in the future.