Contents

Tet Fun Day Photos

- Page 2 & 3

English Center - Page 4

Grade 7 - Page 5

Grade 6 - Page 6

Grade 4 - Page 7

Grades 2 & 3 - Page 8

Grade 1 - Page 9

Prep - Page 10

Kinder - Page 11

Pre-Kinder - Page 12

Nursery - Page 13

Pre-Nursery - Page 14

School Holidays

Tet Feb 6 - Feb 14

Hung Kings Memorial

Apr 18

Reunification Day &

Labor Day

Apr 30 - May 3

Newsletter of Phoenix School

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WORK OF HEART

Number 15, February, 2016

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

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

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Trường Phượng Hoàng kính chúc quý vị năm mới Bính Thân dồi dào

sức khỏe, hạnh phúc và thịnh vượng!

From everyone here at Phoenix Education, we wish you all a very

happy, healthy and prosperous new year in the year of the monkey.

Tet Fun Day

Tet Fun Day

Tet Fun Day

WELCOME TO LUNAR

NEW YEAR AT PHOENIX

LANGUAGE CENTER.

After finishing Mid-term

test , all students are eager

to welcome in the Tet holi-

day.

On this occasion, Phoenix

English Center wishes that

the New Year brings JOY,

PEACE and HAPPINESS

to you and your entire fam-

“Hello! My name’s

Josephine (Nha Han). I’m stu-

dent of PET class. I think study-

ing at Phoenix School is a good

opportunity for children to learn

English in a fun way. All the

teachers are very nice and knowl-

edgeable. We feel it’s very easy

to understand when they teach

us. The teachers give us many

fun games that are good for both

entertainment and learning. I

love Phoenix school.”

H i, my name’s Minh. I

study in Flyers 1 class. I

really love studying here, it’s so

fun. My teacher is Mr. Neal, he

as well as all teachers here are

very friendly. I love them, I love

Phoenix School!”

Tet is my favorite holiday of the year. During Tet

holiday, everyone returns to their family and they

go out. During Tet, we do many traditional things.

We get a break from school and most children stay

at home and play cards, computer games or some of

them go visit their cousins. The traditional foods for

Tet are banh chung and banh tet. A lot of families

usually prepare candies, sunflower seeds, food and

drinks to welcome their friends and family. A few

families turn on the traditional Tet music. Markets

are full of customers and a lot of people spend their

time preparing their houses or going shopping.

My parents buy a big pot of yellow flowers called

hoa mai and put it in front of the house. When Tet

comes, it becomes very beautiful. The best thing

that I like about Tet is getting lucky money from

many people. When my family go visit our cousins,

my cousins, my uncle and my aunt give me a lot of

lucky money. Normally, my parents invite their

friends to our house and throw a Tet holiday party.

But this year, they are going to celebrate a party at

their restaurant. Tet is a wonderful holiday.

By Ngoc Grade 7

The best thing about Tet is everyone returns home.

We can meet our family who work in other cities.

Do you know why I love Tet? I love Tet because it

is one of the biggest holidays of my life. I get lots of

lucky money and eat lots traditional foods of Tet in

Hue. In Tet at my school we have a break so we can

play lots game in the break. On the first day of Tet

we go to visit the neighbors and visit grandparents.

During Tet we can get more or lose lucky money

when we play cards and other games. During Tet I

usually sleep at home and watch lots of great mov-

ies. Before Tet my mom goes to the supermarket

and buys candy and other things to prepare before

Tet. Two days later is Tet and mom checks the

candy and we have already eaten all of it, so she

needs to buy it again. Before Tet in Hue we have

lots of flower markets and it is really beautiful. My

mom always buys the best sunflower in the market.

The bad thing about Tet is just having it on three

days a year. This year I will go to Sai Gon and I will

countdown with my mom. I will do lots of things,

and stay at home and play with my brother. My

teacher Mr. Chris says he loves Vietnamese Tet

songs. Tet has lots of names like “Tet Nguyen

Dan”, “The Vietnamese New Year” and “Lunar

New Year”. The best thing about Tet is fireworks

and each year they are more beautiful than the pre-

vious year.

At my house we usually have the end of the year

party. We invite neighbors and friends to celebrate

the party. Tet is really important and the first people

who come to your house are important too because

the tradition says the first person who comes to our

house makes us more lucky. Thank you for reading.

By Kiet Grade 7

Tết Holiday

Tết is a celebration of the New Year according

to the lunar calendar. Tết is a great time for

families and friends to come together. This is

one big important part about Tết. I love Tết be-

cause I get to visit my grandparents. It is al-

ways sunny on Tết and I hope it will be sunny

this year. I like to visit my family, eat Tết food

and have a break from school. Tết food is dif-

ferent from other food because it is a special

holiday. I really like watermelon seeds, sun-

flower seeds and banh chung.

When I visit my family, I always have to wear

fancy clothes but I don’t mind. I get to play

cards and games. One thing I really like about

Tết is decorating, because we get to decorate

the house and trees, and buy flowers and

plants. My favorite part about Tết is the music

and getting lucky money. I like listening to Tết

music.

By Tyler Grade 6

Tết Break

A TERRIFIC TET!

I am looking forward to Tet because I might go to Lebanon to meet my dad at work. Lebanon is a country in the Middle East near Syria and Israel. I can go to the park on Le Loi Street. It has a rollercoaster that goes round and round called Crazy Wave. Another is called UFO it goes up and down. My favorite ride is theUFO because it goes up about 30 metres high! I can eat treats and many Tet cakes when I visit houses of my neighbors and family. My favorite thing about Tet is re-ceiving lucky money. With my money I am going to buy an iWatch and buy Magnetic Thinking Putty. By B.J. Russell -Grade 4

I am looking forward to Tet because it’s my first year in Vietnam so Tet is very new to me. I am interested to find out about it and I will be able to go to my brother’s house and play with him. I’m looking for-ward to getting candy from the red Tet bowl and eating egg rolls when I visit people’s houses. I’m excited about getting lucky money from the people I know and buying a very expensive watch with a 24 hour display and an alarm to help me wake up at 6:30 a.m.

By Austin Huynh -Grade 4

I am looking forward to Tet because my Vietnamese age will turn into double digits, because I will be 10 years old. Everyone in Vietnam turns 1 year older at Tet. We get to see the fireworks from the citadel at my house. They explode into different colors and one even makes a smiley face. I want to visit the amusement park on Le Loi Street to ride the Crazy Wave rollercoaster. It spins up and down and round and round, I will feel happy after the ride. I am going to save the lucky money I get so that when l grow up I can buy all the things that will help me in my dream of becoming an architect.

By Shawnee Troha -Grade 4

Grade

2 and

Grade

3

Some of the students’ pictures about Tet

Holiday.

We had a good time together!

They are really happy in colorful tradi-

tional costumes (Ao Dais) when they

were taking part in Tet market festival

on our Tet Fun Day

Grade 1 students are

drawing some pic-

tures about Tet holi-

day.

Tet Nguyen Dan, or Tet for short, is the biggest and most popular festival of the year in

Vietnam. Therefore, Vietnamese people need to make good preparations to welcome the

New Year festival.

Phoenix School celebrated Tet Nguyen Dan for all Phoenix students on February 4,

2016. There were so many popular Tet activities such as, decorating the apricot blossom

tree, making the traditional cakes (banh chung, banh tet), playing the traditional

games, writing letters with calligrapher and joining in the village fair. The students were

so excited and enjoyed them. That was really a good chance for them to learn more

about Tet and its distinguished culture.

Tết Nguyên Đán là lễ hội lớn nhất và phổ biến nhất trong năm ở Việt Nam. Người Việt

cần chuẩn bị tốt mọi thứ để chào đón năm mới.

Trường Phượng Hoàng đã tổ chức ngày Tết Nguyên Đán cho tất cả học sinh trong

trường vào ngày 4 tháng 2 năm 2016 rất nhiều hoạt động phổ biến trong ngày tết đã

diễn ra như: trang trí cây mai vàng, gói bánh chưng, bánh tét, chơi các trò chơi dân

gian, viết thư pháp cùng ông đồ và tham gia chợ quê ngày tết. Tất cả học sinh đều cảm

thấy hứng thú khi tham gia các hoạt động. Đó thật sự là một cơ hội tốt cho các em học

tập về ngày tết cổ truyền và phân biệt bản sắc văn hóa của dân tộc

Happy New Year! 2016

May the New Year bring you happi-

ness, peace, health and prosperity.

Wishing you a joyous new year!

TET HOLIDAY

Sunny Class

The Lunar New Year is coming and in spite of the cold weather, our students joined in

outdoor activities and really had a lot of fun playing and learning. Some students were

interested in making Banh Chung, Banh Tet and playing some traditional games.

LOLLIPOP CLASS

We took part in some exciting activities at Phoenix School on Tet Fun Day. We were all very

happy!

Some activities on Tet Fun Day!