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Newsletter of Phoenix School

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WORK OF HEART

Number 12, September 2015

Hue, Vietnam 33/9 Nguyen Hoang, Phuong Kim Long, Thanh Pho Hue

Tel: (85-54)6564 839 Fax: (84-54)3519 617

Email: phoenixschoolvn@gmail.com

Websites: www.phoenixeducation.asia

www.fundraisingforeducation.net/

With the new year having just begun, Phoenix School’s fifth year of

operation, the school continues to grow and develop. We now have a

new pre-school class, making five pre-school classes altogether, a new

grade one class, a new grade three and a new grade four student and two

new grade seven students.

On Friday, September 4, we celebrated the commencement of the new

school year. Our Principal, Mr Cao, read a letter from the Prime Minis-

ter of Vietnam, Truong Tan Sang , and children released helium bal-

loons with messages attached about their wishes for the year ahead.

Hòa chung niềm hân hoan, phấn khởi của học sinh trên cả nước bước vào một

năm học mới, Trường Mầm non, Tiểu học & Trung học Cơ sở Phượng Hoàng

với năm hoạt động thứ Năm đã tổ chức lễ khai giảng năm học mới 2015 –

2016. Trong 5 năm qua, Trường đã đạt được nhiều thành tựu và đang trên đà

phát triển. Năm nay, Trường có 5 lớp Mầm non và có thêm các học sinh lớp

Một và lớp Bốn Song ngữ; các bạn học sinh mới lớp Bảy Quốc tế .

Trường đã tổ chức buổi lễ chào mừng năm học mới vào thứ Sáu, ngày

4/9/2015. Thầy Nguyễn Cao - Hiệu trưởng nhà trường đã đọc thư của Chủ

Tịch Nước Trương Tấn Sang nhân ngày khai trường, các em học sinh đã viết

và gắn những điều ước của mình theo những chùm bong bóng lên bầu trời để

chúng được bay xa và vươn cao hơn.

Off to a Great Start Chào mừng ngày khai trường

My Name is Becky. I am 26 years old and come from England. I have

been with Phoenix for four months now. I love Vietnam, and am enjoy-

ing my time here, exploring the city and working with some brilliant

teachers and children. I have worked in education for 5 years now, 3

years at home in England working in private schools and 2 years working

in Asia. I am looking forward to working with Phoenix School as we

grow!

Xin chào. My name is Darren and I'm one of the new teachers at Phoenix

School. I came to Hue 5 months ago after teaching in Thailand for 2

years and have been enjoying the place ever since. I come from Ireland,

where I studied Interactive Multimedia in Tralee. I enjoy traveling and

meeting new people and experiencing different cultures. I've lived in

Thailand for over 3 years and Canada for 2 and now look forward to

working and living in Vietnam.

Hello everyone! My name is Mai Thi Linh. I have just finished at Hue

University College of Foreign Languages. At present, I’m working in the

Pre-Kindergarten class. Previously I had been a teaching assistant for 2

months during the Summer School. I realize that children are very lovely

and innocent. I feel love for the kids and like my current job that I am do-

ing. I was very happy when I was received this position at Phoenix school.

I hope that everyone can help me so that I become a better teacher.

My name is NGUYỄN THỊ NGỌC GIÀU and I’m Music Teacher here at

Phoenix. I have a Bachelor of Music Education from Hue Academy of

Music. I’m a hard worker, lively and professional with a lot of experience

in teaching. I’m equally comfortable as a team player and I like to have

new challenges. My skills, my discipline, my seriousness and my re-

sponse will be my strengths.

Meet Our New Staff My name is Ngoc. I'm 24 years old. I have studied at the Hue University

of Pedagogy. Currently I am working in the education field -one Phoenix

school is good and healthy. The school has teachers, staff enthusiasm,

and dedication. I am teaching Grade 2 and Grade 3. I will endeavor to do

my best to complete the task.

My name is Pham Vu Phuong Duyen. I am from Hue City. I graduated from

Hue University College of Foreign Languages with a Bachelor of English

Language Teaching in 2014. After graduation, I did a part-time job as a

translator at the Centre for Environment and Agricultural Development Re-

search (NGO) in Quang Tri province. Besides, I had a short-term contact to

be an English Teacher at Thuan Loc Primary

School. I have worked as an ESL Adminis-

trator at Phoenix Education since May, 2015.

Hi everyone! My name is Quynh (the name

of a kind of flower). I am 24 years old and

come from Quang Tri which has many well-known historical monuments,

like Vinh Moc Tunnel. I’ve just graduated from Hue University of Foreign

Languages with a Bachelor of English. I worked as a tutor when I was a stu-

dent. I’ve worked as a teacher of English for three weeks in Dong Ha City. I

like to read in a coffee shops when I have free time. My favorite slogan is ―

Nothing is impossible‖. That is the reason why I always try my best to learn

from everyone I meet.

Hello everyone. My name is Tien. My full

name is Nguyen Thi Ha Tien. I’m 24 years

old. I graduated Hue University of Education

and now I’m a Kindergarten Teacher at

Phoenix School. I’m very happy to be a

member of Phoenix School because every-

one at our school is very friendly and help-

ful. I love the children very much and I want

to be a good teacher.

Hello, everybody! My name’s Quy. I graduated at Thua Thien Hue College

of Education. I’m a new Kindergarden teacher at Phoenix school. I really

love the kids, that’s the reason why I work here.

My name’s Tu. I’m a Primary Teacher at

Phoenix School. Now, I’m teaching Grade One. I finished the primary edu-

cation programme at Hue Pedagogical University and I’m studying the mas-

ters course to develop my skill. Being a teacher is a wonderful thing! Let’s

try calculating. On average per year, maybe I’ll teach 20 students. I will

have taught 600 students over 30 years. Each person will have on average a

family for 4 (father, mother and 2 sons) in the future. So I will influence at

least 2400 people in my life, or even more. Thinking about it they will be-

come a meaningful people in the life, that is

awesome!

My name is Nguyễn Thị Kim Thanh Chi. I come from Hue and I graduated

from Hue University of Foreign Languages. I am so happy that I had the

opportunity to work here. This is a good environment for me to improve my

English skill. Besides, I also learn many useful things from my friends and

colleagues. And I will try my best to finish my work.

Hi I’m Nike and I come from Sweden. For people who don’t know me I’m a former student at Phoenix. I

went to Phoenix Education the first two years that it was running, 2011/12 to 2013/14. My grade 6 and 7

years were spent here and along those two years there came people and memories into my life that I won’t

ever forget.

Last spring, around May 2015, I came back to Phoenix for two weeks. In Sweden, in eighth grade, we have

this thing called ―Prao‖ weeks. Prao is a kind of assignment that we have in school. Students need to spend

two weeks in a work environment to prepare us for real work in our adulthood. Some of you might have

already guessed where I chose to have my Prao.

I chose Phoenix because I know things here from before and I also wanted to see how it had moved forward

and also to widen my mind. I know from a student’s perspective how the school runs but I wanted to see it

from a teacher’s perspective. Everyone at Phoenix opened up their arms and welcomed me again. The two

weeks at Phoenix were spent by following teachers and their lessons. I got to meet the kids. Games were

played and I could slowly see how the kids interacted more and more with me. All the kids were fast learn-

ers and I got to see the different methods that were used for each age group. The teachers adapted for every

child’s needs and it shows how much work they put into it.

I was so happy with my stay at Phoenix, it has taught me loads. I’d like to give a special thanks to the

teachers and the employees at the school. Thank you for letting me follow you guys in your work and I’m

already longing to be back soon.

Niki Returns to Phoenix

↓

Phoenix Education has begun coop-

eration with Saint Mary’s High

School in Pennsylvania, USA, and

has entered into an arrangement

where we will send up to five stu-

dents a year to study at Saint

Mary’s. This school year just begun,

Phoenix Education has arranged for

two students to commence their

Grade 10 studies at Saint Mary’s,

Bob and China. Bob of course is

well known to everyone at Phoenix

because he completed Grades 6 to 9

at our school and China is from Ho

Chi Minh City.

Phoenix Students in America

Bob and China with Mr Bob Troha (JT’s

father) & Ms Kim Schlimm (head of Inter-

national Studies) at Saint Mary’s High

School in Pennsylvania, USA.

In the new School Year, our class has 13 members, 10 boys and 3 girls. Everyone named us “lollipop” because we look like candy which are sweet and nice. We are all handsome boys and beautiful girls.

Welcome to our class!!

Lollipop Class

We are studying English with our Foreign

Teacher!

We are learning English songs

together!

Every Thursday afternoon, we go swimming with our friends and parents. We

love swimming because it is makes fun!!

Members in our class: * An Nhien

* Hoang Hai (Lucky)

* Quang Hung (Yoho)

* Khanh Hung (Tin)

* Thanh Long (Sony)

* Phuoc An (Kaka)

* Bao Khang (Sydney)

* Thien Chau (Saphire)

* Nam Khanh (Mark– xu)

* Bao Ngoc

* Quy Bach (Gon)

* Tuan Kiet (Ren)

* Khoi Nguyen (Face)

Students are writing the treaty to stick on the balloon on the first day of school

Back To School

All stu-

dents and

teachers at

Phoenix

School pre-

pare for

ceremony

of the new

Teachers and students of Pre—

Kinder prepare for the release of

wishes to the sky.

Welcome to the New School Year 2015-2016

Hap

py

Birth

day

!

Thao Chi’s Birthday King’s Birthday

Rainbow Class

Welcome a new school

year at Phoenix school.

Rainbow Class students

are very happy and ex-

cited to go to school eve-

ryday. We hope that we

will have a lot of fun and

success in school year.

LỚP MỘT-SONG NGỮ

My name is Khuong. I’m learning in Grade 1 at Phoenix

School. I have a lot of friends here. They are very

friendly, lovely and funny.

Em tên là Khương. Em đang học lớp Một tại trường

Phượng Hoàng. Em có rất nhiều bạn bè ở đây. Các bạn

ấy rất thân thiện, đáng yêu và hài hước.

My name is Minh. I’m learning in Grade 1 at

Phoenix School. Every day I get to earn

many new things. I really like this school.

Em tên là Minh. Em bắt đầu học lớp Một tại

trường Phượng Hoàng. Mỗi ngày em được

biết thêm nhiều điều mới lạ. Em rất thích

ngôi trường này.

My name’s Khanh Linh. I have learned at Phoenix

school since Kindergarten and I continue studying at

primary Phoenix School.

Em tên là Khánh Linh. Em đã học Mầm non tại

trường Phượng Hoàng. Năm nay em tiếp tục học lên

Tiểu học ở đây

My name is Monica. I have learned at Phoenix

School many years since my Kindergarten days.

Going to school everyday I am really happy!

Em tên là Monica. Em đã học ở trường Phượng

Hoàng nhiều năm liền kể từ khi em còn học Mầm

non. Mỗi ngày đến trường đều thật là vui!

Hi! I am Đại An! My teacher can speak Vietnamese and Eng-

lish. I like that very much! I have many friends in class.

Xin chào! Tôi là Đại An! Giáo viên của tôi có thể nói được

tiếng Việt và tiếng Anh. Tôi thích điều đó rất nhiều! Tôi có

nhiều bạn bè trong lớp.

Hello. I am Andrew! I can speak English and

Vietnamese because I was born in USA.

Xin chào Tôi là Andrew! Tôi có thể nói tiếng Anh

và tiếng Việt vì tôi sinh ra ở Mỹ.

BILINGUAL GRADE TWO

LỚP HAI —TIỂU HỌC SONG NGỮ

My name is Bao Anh . I have learned at the Phoenix School for two

years. This year I have a lot of friends. I like this school a lot.

Em tên là Bảo Anh. Em đã học tại trường Phượng Hoàng được hai

năm. Năm nay, em có rất nhiều bạn bè. Em thích ngôi trường này

rất nhiều.

My name is Ngoc and I study Grade 2! I

really like to listen to my teachers!

Tên tôi là Ngọc và tôi học lớp 2! Tôi

thực sự thích lắng nghe giáo viên của

tôi giảng bài!

Hello! I am My Ky. Every day I am so happy

to go to Phoenix School. I love my teacher

and friends so much.

Xin chào! Tên của tôi là Mỹ Kỳ. Mỗi ngày tôi

rất vui khi đến trường Phượng Hoàng. Tôi yêu

thầy cô và bạn bè rất nhiều.

BILINGUAL GRADE THREE

LỚP BA —TIỂU HỌC SONG NGỮ

Em tên là Cẩm Tú. Hiện nay, em đang học lớp Ba tại trường

Phượng Hoàng. Học mà chơi, chơi mà học. Việc học bây giờ

không còn trở nên quá mệt cho em mệt nữa.

My name is Cam Tu. Currently, I am in grade three at the

Phoenix School. ―Learning through play is fun to learn‖. The

school no longer become too tiresome for me. I’m not tired

anymore.

Grade Four A WARM WELCOME TO AUSTIN

Grade 4 welcomes new student Austin Huynh, who joins his new classmates

from Prestonburg, Kentucky in the USA. Austin is 9 years old and likes playing

computer games and sports. He said “ I really like my new school, I enjoy playing outside in the playground, especially on the slide.” Austin will join Shawnee and B.J. in Grade 4. B.J. welcomed Austin

and said, “Austin is very funny and I like it when he tells jokes.” Shawnee is happy to have Austin in his class and said, “I’m glad Austin is in our class because he is

fun to play with.” Welcome Austin!

What we are looking forward to this year

B.J. — I am excited to celebrate Halloween because I like dressing up and spooking people! I am also looking forward to going on some field trips like last year because I like going to new places. Austin — I want to celebrate Thanksgiving here because people told me we can eat Turkey here! I like mashed potatoes too. My brother will visit from the USA in December, just before Christmas, so I’m excited about seeing him. Shawnee — I’m looking forward to Halloween because I like to get scared, I remember last years haunted house and I want to see it again. I like Christmas too because we get to set up the Christmas tree, and also Easter when we get to collect and hide eggs.

(From L to R) BJ, Austin and Shawnee

Hi, my name is Tyler and I am 11 years

and will be 12 in November. This is my

fifth year at Phoenix School and it is go-

ing very well. My best friend Bob has re-

cently left the school to go to America

and study but I have 2 new friends this

year that will keep me company and

they are Kiệt and Ngọc. I like to play a

lot of sports as well, that is what I love

to do. My favorite types of sports are

soccer, badminton, basketball and of

course baseball. I play it almost every

day unless if it’s raining or if it’s too hot

to play.

Let’s talk about subjects during school.

My favorite subjects in school are math,

science and English classes. In math I am

trying to do as much work as possible so

I can have a little bit more break time in

class and maybe a few math problems

when I do my homework. In science, we

did many experiments, which I also love

to do. We made a hover boat, a fire

tornado and water rockets …

Grade Six

I am excited for the Moon Festival, the

Halloween party, Christmas party and my

birthday. I am excited for these festivals

because they only happen once per year

and they are also very fun festivals. Du-

ring the Christmas holiday we get to re-

member all the Christmas songs, learn to

play them on the keyboard and perform

the Christmas plays. When the Moon Fes-

tival comes by every autumn of the year

depending upon the full moon of that

season, we get to eat some moon cakes

that my Mom made for the school, and

we get to do the dragon dance, make star

lanterns and play lots of games. For the

Halloween party we get to dress up in

different scary costumes and perform fun

songs and skits that David helps us with

and there are always games like every

other holiday.

Tyler Grade 6

Hello my name is Kiet. I am 12 years old. I am

from Hue and I study at Phoenix School. I am

very happy because I can learn English here. There

are a lot of teachers from many countries in the

world. They teach us English so we can go to other

countries to study. In here I like to play on the

computer and talk about my subject In my free

time I can read a lot of books in the library and in

music class, we practice singing and dancing as

well as as practicing keyboard. My favorite teach-

ers are Ms. Giau and Mr. Chris. In the afternoon I

study PE and karate. At lunch time I eat a lot of

food.

My name is Ngoc. I am 12 years old. I am from

Viet Nam. I study in Phuong Hoang School. I en-

joy studying in this school because I can learn

about many different things and practice English.

There are lots of teachers here to teach us. My fa-

vorite subjects at school are English and Science.

In Science, we can do many experiments. In Mu-

sic, the teacher teaches us how to play the drums

and different kinds of musical instruments. In the

library, I can read a lot of books. In my free time, I

often listen to music or go and play video games in

the computer room. At lunch time, I can have

lunch at the cafeteria. There are a lot of activities

and sports that I can do here. I like all holidays and

festivals in Hue.

Welcome to Grade Seven