Yinchuan Xiaokongming School is a twelve-year full-time school integrating primary, middle, and high schools. It was introduced as a key project of "Fujian-Ningxia Cooperation" by the Yinchuan Municipal Committee and Government in 2014 to expand the brand effect of "education in Yinchuan".

The school carries out teaching activities centered on students, implements "general + distinctive features", and guides students to follow the path of "qualified + special talents development", making teachers work happily and students learn happily. Persisting in the comprehensive and personalized development of students is the original intention of Chen Yuezhong, the founder and chairman of Xiao Kongming Education Group. In recent years, the school has persisted in actively carrying out education and teaching reforms, and the initiative and enthusiasm of students to learn has significantly increased. The academic performance has improved significantly compared to the past, receiving high praise from the majority of parents and society.

Recently, reporters stepped into this place to listen to those touching stories happening on campus.

“We are not walking the old path, but bringing education back to its essence, focusing on the cultivation of morality and emotion; education should not be limited to achieving high grades, but should also strive to cultivate a healthy personality,” said Chen Yuezhong, chairman of Yinchuan Xiaokongming School, to reporters.

As the founder of Xiaokongming Education Group, Chen Yuezhong said that Kongming has always been a symbol of wisdom. Adding the word "Xiao" in front of it is to let students use this image as a reference, establish their own personality coordinates, cultivate wisdom and good character from an early age, and transform the respect of parents for historical figures into a common learning aspiration for two generations.

Chen Yuezhong, a native of Fujian Province, has long been engaged in cooperation and exchange activities between Fujian and Ningxia. They have a very deep friendship with each other, and he has developed a unique emotional connection to Ningxia as a result. In 2014, in order to enhance the brand effect of "Fujian-Ningxia cooperation" and "education in Yinchuan," at the earnest hopes of the Yinchuan Municipal Party Committee and Government to promote local educational reform, Xiaokong Ming School was introduced to Yinchuan, and he came to Ningxia as a result.

For a long time, the education view of "only scores matter" has become a common consensus among people, with the traditional notion that good grades make a "good student" and poor grades make a "poor student", greatly neglecting the quality education of students. Little Confucius School abandons this idea, focusing on students to carry out teaching activities, the school implements the road of "ordinary + characteristic", and students implement the path of "qualified + special talent development", making teachers happy to work, and students enjoy learning. The school requires all faculty and staff to uphold the motto of "benevolence and goodness, continuous development", treat students equally, pay attention to the growth of each student with a fair attitude, and promote students' comprehensive and personalized development.

When Chen Yuezhong first considered the new educational model of Xiao Kongming, he realized that in the traditional educational model, teachers were the center of the classroom, and students seemed to understand in class, but in reality, they did not. So he created the "bowl-shaped classroom teaching" model. In the classroom, students sit in groups of 5 around a table, forming the shape of a bowl. Teachers usually ask students to discuss around a certain question, and then each group selects a representative to explain their group's point of view on stage in sequence. "Our open and inclusive teaching model can truly make students the masters of the classroom, allowing students to learn from each other in discussions, enhance their confidence in expressing their views, and develop characteristics of being good at communication, daring to express, and having a sunny confidence through the learning process," said Chen Yuezhong.

"If a student is compared to a seed, after careful cultivation, watering, and nurturing by teachers, each seed can grow hopeful buds and thrive." Vice Principal Li Lin believes that in traditional thinking, too much emphasis is placed on exam results, while neglecting the cultivation of good habits. Many students slowly "fall behind", making it an important topic for Xiao Kongming School to help children develop good habits.

Yinchuan Xiaokongming School implements a full-time mentor system, where teachers are required to act as learning mentors, life mentors, and behavior mentors, guiding children to develop good habits in learning, life, and behavior. As habits are formed naturally, Xiaokongming School, as a boarding school, also encourages children to develop habits such as making beds, doing laundry, cleaning, and maintaining a regular schedule through a grading system, and rewards progress for students in a timely manner.

After 8 years of development, Yinchuan Xiaokongming School has gradually won the trust of students and parents, and has also gained widespread recognition from the outside world. Chen Yuezhong stated that Xiaokongming School will continue to work hard to promote the reform and practice of "bowl-style classroom teaching", and provide valuable experience for the development of education in Ningxia.

(Reporter Fan Xiaoru) Million-dollar annual salary for global school principals, high-paying open recruitment of teachers nationwide, all teachers transformed into mentors, promoting quality education in depth, upholding the core values of "benevolence and excellence, endless vitality" and "letting children fall in love with learning", elementary students boarding, small class sizes of no more than 30 students...... In September 2014, located on the bank of the Yellow River, Yinchuan Binhe New Area Xiao Kongming School (hereinafter referred to as "Xiao Kongming School"), jointly operated by Yinchuan City, Yinchuan Binhe New Area, and Xiamen Xiaokongming Education Group, made its debut, bringing surprises to many students, parents, and even the education sector in our city.

This year, the Xiao Kongming School also signed an intention cooperation agreement with the Ashville Education institution in the UK, which has brought new development opportunities to the school.

Let's step into this school which has been running for nearly 3 years, covering an area of 400 acres, creating a combination of elementary and middle/high school, a public-private school, and see what it's all about.

Let students grasp the "steering wheel" of the classroom.

"Students, let's first listen to a piece of music, then use a line of poetry to describe it." Walking into the classroom of Grade 4 (5) at Xiaokong Ming School, the students are having their Chinese class.

"The whole song is full of spring, I feel it is like 'who cut out the delicate leaves, the February spring wind is like a pair of scissors.'"

"The spring scenery in the garden cannot be contained, a branch of red apricot breaks through the wall."

"I think 'Spring outing, apricot blossoms blowing all over the head' is more suitable."

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After the music stopped, the classroom immediately became lively, with classmates talking to each other and eagerly expressing their opinions.

In Grade 3, a student is standing on the platform teaching math to other classmates, while the substitute teacher is listening attentively at the desk. "When encountering multiplication, not only can we use rhymes, but there is another way of calculation. Today, I will share it with everyone." After some explanation and calculation, this "substitute teacher" returned to the classmates and provided close assistance to others, creating a relaxed and lively atmosphere in the classroom.

"The school implements full teacher mentorship, handing over the 'steering wheel' of learning to students to stimulate their desire for knowledge," said Tian Jizhong, principal of Xiaokongming School. Currently, nearly 500 students in the school are all involved, which can help students find and establish autonomous learning methods, as well as the ability and skills to independently analyze and solve problems.

The clever part of Xiaokongming School's education lies not only in its unique teaching methods and its offering of multiple elective courses such as fine arts, calligraphy, music, dance, instrumental music, and paper cutting, but also in the arrangement of the desks in the classroom, which are not placed in the traditional horizontal and vertical alignment. "The two rows of desks on both sides are placed facing the podium, and the four rows of desks are arranged in a radial pattern with the podium as the center. Students do not need to turn their necks to see the teacher," said Tian Jizhong. This arrangement allows students to concentrate better.

Short-term study abroad enriches students' learning experiences.

For a private school, sticking to the internationalization concept of running the school, not sticking to the traditional development direction, and having an international perspective are the keys to avoid being eliminated by the times. For students, short-term study abroad experiences can also help them feel the diverse teaching and experiences.

During the initial construction, Xiaokongming School proposed to strive to become a demonstration school for comprehensive deepening of educational reform in Ningxia and even the whole country within about 6 years. Based on this, Xiaokongming School has also cooperated with international schools this year. During the interview, Johnson from the Ashville Education Institution in the UK is inspecting Xiaokongming School and has reached preliminary cooperation intentions with the school. "I am delighted to visit the Binhe New Area. Through this inspection, we will strive to arrange for students and teachers from both schools to exchange visits during the summer vacation this year," Johnson said.

"Short-term study abroad, as an important content and form of inter-school cooperation agreements, is conducive to sharing teaching resources between both parties and better expanding students' international perspectives," said Chen Yuezhong, Chairman of Xiaokongming Education Group. In the future, the school will use its own advantages to actively seek cooperation and exchanges with high-quality educational resources abroad, establish the International Department of Xiaokongming School, further expand the forms of cooperation between both parties, seek more and deeper cooperation opportunities in teaching and research, promote the internationalization of education processes, and truly develop Xiaokongming School into a model school for comprehensive and deep implementation of quality education in Ningxia and even across the country.

"Centered around the problem, with group interaction as the platform, teacher guidance as the orientation, and knowledge transmission as the goal; emphasizing the experience of the educational process, awakening students' self-learning habits..." On March 13, more than 40 secretaries general of chambers of commerce from all over the country, as well as relevant enterprise leaders, visited, inspected, and held discussions at Xiaokongming School in Binhai New Area, Yinchuan. They engaged in in-depth discussions on the educational reform and development issues of Xiaokongming School in Binhai New Area.

The Secretary-General of the Ningxia Fujian Entrepreneurs Association, Sun Yaqian, believes that the current education has entered a wrong path, where grades determine everything and have led to the phenomenon of "high scores but low competence", decreased comprehensive quality of students, and poor self-care abilities. This educational issue needs to be urgently addressed. Liu Feng, the regional inspector, stated that to solve the education problem, schools need to make certain reforms in the educational format, change the traditional teaching style where the teacher dominates the classroom, and move away from large class teaching towards a student-centered approach to comprehensively improve student quality. In this regard, Xiaokongming School has made many new attempts: bowl-style interactive classrooms, small class sizes, mentorship systems, and comprehensive development of artistic talents, all of which have achieved certain positive results.

Leaders of various chambers of commerce talk about their own experiences and viewpoints. Now, in some families, especially those engaged in business, parents are often away for long periods, resulting in a lack of family education, which has a great impact on the physical and mental health of young people. Boarding schools that focus on quality education, like Xiaokongming School, are exactly what such families urgently need.

The Yinchuan Binhe New Area is the first inland open economic pilot zone in China's core region. It is a new space and carrier for the future development of Ningxia and Yinchuan. Various chambers of commerce in Ningxia pay great attention to it, showing confidence in and enthusiasm for the development of the Yinchuan Binhe New Area, and are very concerned about its educational development, tourism development, and urbanization construction.

Ningxia TV, Xinxi News, Yinchuan Daily, Yinchuan Evening News, Yinchuan TV, Xiaolongren Daily and other media were present for interviews and coverage.

On April 8, 2015, Xiaokongming School in Yinchuan Binhai New Area held a special 12th birthday party for students - the Lock-Opening Ceremony. The Lock-Opening Ceremony is derived from traditional Chinese cultural rituals, aiming to open the minds of young people, symbolizing the transition from childhood to adolescence. Xiaokongming School has taken this traditional ceremony, removed its feudal shortcomings, and retained its essence of beautiful implications, holding the Lock-Opening Ceremony for students. With the school motto of "Benevolence to the Utmost, Life is Everlasting", Xiaokongming School adheres to the educational philosophy of returning to the essence of education, combining Chinese traditional culture with modern education, aiming to cultivate truly high-quality talents.