PE Newsletter 2020 2021 issue 36

1. Contents
Ms Thu’s 8 Years at
Phoenix School p2
Halloween Fun Day
Photos p3 & 4
Mr Vu Honoured p5
ESL Center News p6
Class Pages p 7 - 27
Coming Events
Christmas Celebration,
Sat, Dec 19
Tet Festivities
Fri, Jan 22
School Holidays
Tet Holiday
Feb 8 to Feb 16
Hung King Day
Wed, Apr 21
Reunification Day
Fri, Apr 30
International Labor
Day
Mon, May 3
Newsletter of Phoenix School
A
WORK OF HEART
Number 36, November 2020
Hue, Vietnam 33/9 Nguyen Hoang, Phuong Kim Long, Thanh Pho Hue
Tel: (0234)3515678 Fax: (0234)3519 617
Email: phoenixschoolvn@gmail.com
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Goodbye Ms Thu
Tạm biệt cô Thu
Ms Thu is retiring after a long
and distinguished career as a
Pre-School Teacher. Ms Thu
can to Phoenix School in the
2012/2013 school year. Back
then we only had 19 students
and that was before the current
school buildings were con-
structed. Everyone in the Phoe-
nix community wishes Ms Thu
a long, happy and healthy re-
tirement and thanks her for the
great contribution she has
made to the development of our
school.
Cô Thu sẽ nghỉ hưu sau một thời gian dài gắn bó với tư cách là một
giáo viên mầm non. Cô Thu đến trường Phoenix từ năm học
2012/2013. Lúc đó chúng ta chỉ có 19 học sinh và trước khi trường
học hiện tại được xây dựng như hiện nay. Mọi người trong trường
Phoenix chúc cô Thu luôn hạnh phúc, mạnh khỏe và cảm ơn cô vì
những đóng góp to lớn của cô cho sự phát triển của trường.
Phoenix School Director, Ms Nguyễn Thị Linh Phượng (right), makes a
presentation to Ms Thu on her last day at Phoenix School.
Photos of Ms Thu’s 8
years at Phoenix School
- page 2

2. Ms Thu’s 8 years at Phoenix School

3. Halloween Fun Day

4. Halloween Fun Day

5. This year, our brilliant Science Teacher Mr Vu, has
once again been honored in the “Young Knowledge for
Education” (“Tri thức trẻ vì giáo dục”) competition.
This prestigious national competition is jointly organ-
ized by the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union, the
Ministry of Education and Training, Tuoi Tre (Youth)
Newspaper and Thien Long Group of companies. In the
2017 competition Mr Vu’s entry was awarded the top
prize, being judged as one of the top 3 projects out of a
total of 329 entries. In this year’s competition, Mr Vu’s
project has been judged to be in the top 15 of a total of
1132 entries from across the country. Everyone at Phoe-
nix knows of Mr Vu’s abilities but now his talents are
being acknowledged throughout the nation.
Mr Vu Honored Once Again
Năm nay, thầy Vũ, giáo viên khoa học xuất sắc của
chúng ta một lần nữa được vinh danh trong cuộc thi ‘ Tri
thức trẻ vì giáo dục’ . Cuộc thi uy tín cấp quốc gia này do
Trung Ương Đoàn TNCS Hồ Chí Minh, Bộ Giáo Dục và
Đào Tạo, Báo Tuổi Trẻ và Tập đoàn Thiên Long phối
hợp tổ chức. Trong cuộc thi năm 2017, bài dự thi của
thầy Vũ được trao giải cao nhất, được đánh giá là một
trong ba dự án hàng đầu trong tổng số 329 bài dự thi.
Trong cuộc thi năm nay, dự án của thầy Vũ được đánh
giá lọt vào top 15 trong tổng số 1132 bài dự thi trên khắp
cả nước. Mọi người ở trường Phượng Hoàng đều biết về
khả năng của thầy Vũ nhưng hiện tại tài năng của thầy đã
được cả nước thừa nhận.
Thầy Vũ được vinh danh một lần nữa
(Above) Mr Vu’s award presentation in the 2017 competition.
(Below) The 2020 award presentation held last weekend in Ha Noi.

6. Phoenix English Center
The students at Phoenix English Center have
experienced a lot of disruption lately, but have
been as hard-working and focused as ever.
Students have recently completed their mid-
course tests. They have responded well to the
interruptions in their studies and have pro-
duced some excellent results.
Phoenix English Center students are showing
courage, confidence and great ability. They
always come to class with a smile and are
kind to their friends and teachers.
Great things are expected from our students for
the remainder of the course. We would like to
thank all of the parents for allowing us to
work with such fabulous, talented children.
Dedicated to providing fun,
interactive and thorough
language learning in a
relaxed classroom
environment.

7. PRE -NURSERY
Happy Halloween Day. All the children were happy and
excited to join in the Halloween activities at school.

8. NURSERY CLASS
HALLOWEEN FUN DAY
On the Halloween Fun Day, we had fun
at school . We were eager to wear differ-
ent costumes as witches, fairies and a lot
more.

9. Pre-Kinder
Happy Halloween

10. Last Friday, October 30th
, 2020, our school held a Halloween festival for all students. They
dressed up as favorite characters such as the evil witch, the cute pumpkin as well as the beautiful
princess. They brought many different colors to the festival. In addition, they also participated in
exciting games such as Cookie on the string, Ring Toss, Apple Bobbing Game, Pumpkin Bowl-
ing. The festival has left a lot of beautiful memories among all the students.
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!
KINDERGARTEN A

11. Kinder B– Happy Halloween
Kinder B class was very excited
when joining the Halloween
activities. They had a lot of fun and
have many memories of the day.

12. PREP A CLASS
On Friday morning, October 30th, Phoenix School celebrated the Halloween party for all students. We wore
our special costumes. We were all happy and excited. We have many good memories when we learn at Phoenix
School!

13. PREP B All the students
were so happy and
funny for
Halloween at
Phoenix School!!

14. HAPPY HALLOWEEN 2020
GRADE 1A

16. I had fun at the Halloween party at
my school. I like Halloween.
Aasiyah

17. Grade 3AGrade 3AGrade 3AGrade 3A
Kids are performing fashion shows and playing lots of Halloween games such as sack
dancing, apple bobbing, freeze dance, mummy making, eating cookies on a string, ...
Halloween is a traditional festival at Phoenix School every year. On this day the kids dress
up as very funny and lovely ghosts and witches They play many interesting games and enjoy
many delicious foods. Phoenix students have a great time at the Halloween festival.

18. I went to the Halloween Festival
at the school. I played many
games with my friends. We also
danced together. I got candies
and ate on apple. I enjoyed the
Halloween party.
Minh Thu
When I went to the Halloween party
I joined the Fashion show for the
costume competition. I was so lucky
to win a prize for it. I also played
games, like apple– eating contest
and sack race. I danced with my
friend. I had so much fun.
Nam Anh

19. At the school Halloween festival I
played many games. I was very
happy to have participated in the
Halloween at school.
Tam
This year, the Halloween celebration was simpler than previous years but we
were all still happy and excited. We wore Halloween clothes and each class pa-
raded around the playground. Our friend, Tim was given a gift for his impressive
costume. We also participated in many interesting games and received lots of
candy. Lastly, we danced together. We hope that next year our school will or-
ganize an even bigger Halloween Fun Day Grade 4
Halloween this year was very
fun. I dressed up as Harry Potter.
We had a lot of fun at Halloween
this year.
Gia Huan

20. On Halloween, I had a lot of fun. I
dressed up as Harry Potter and
some of my friend did as well.
Dong Anh
On Halloween this year, I had a lot of
fun. I played a lot of games.
Halloween is the best.
Rim

21. night, it’s all very dark.
Which scared me. After a
Halloween night, I was
having fun with my
friends. Vy
This was my first
time participating in
Halloween at this
school. It makes me very
happy. There were many
games and food. Some-
thing that used to scare
me is ghosts. It’s scary. I
have a house containing
ghosts but it’s very
friendly. I have a dog
and I turned it into a
zombie but it’s so cute
with me. On Halloween
Happy Halloween! Grade 6
At the Halloween party, I was very happy because I could go to the
Halloween party. The Halloween party started at 8 am. At half past 8
I wore my skeleton costume. At first, the teacher
came to my class and turned off the light and said:
“I’m coming” I screamed and ran out the class.
Then they said: “Yeah! You scared me”. I went to
the middle of the school and walked around the
school to play some games: Picked up the apple,
ate the biscuits, … I felt very happy and I think
this Halloween party was the best. I loved this
Halloween party. Thien Phuc

22. On 31th of October, it was Halloween. Two brothers, Gon and Killua,
were begging their mom Kurapika to let them go outside to go trick-
or-treating. Kurapika finally agreed and they ran upstairs to get
their costumes. Killua dressed up as a vampire and Gon also dressed
up as an adorable vampire. They said “goodbye” to their parents
Leorio and Kurapika and started heading up to houses to ask them
for candies. After hours of trick-or-treating, they finally had a large
amount of candies. On their way home, Gon saw a big house, and it
seemed like no one was home cause on the porch there was a bowl of
candies and a sign saying “Take one only!!” Gon smelt something weird
coming from the house, but Killua didn’t care and started going to-
wards the bowl to get some candies. Gon noticed something and ran
fast to Killua before he took any of the candies and screamed “IT’S A TRAP!”, but he was too late. Killua took the candies
and was tied up by some some string on his ankle and he was flipped upside down. Killua was confused and Gon started
laughing at him, Killua started blushing and trying to ask Gon for help but Gon just stood there and laughed. Suddenly Kil-
lua’s fingernails turned sharp so he could cut the string, and when he did he fell down on his head. Killua and Gon rushed
home after that, when they opened their front door they saw mother Kurapika with their father Lleorio sleeping on the
couch. Gon went to get them some blankets and put themt over his parents, after that Killua and Gon went to change their
clothes and started counting how many candies they had. Killua had 23 candies and Gon had 21 candies, they started un-
wrapping them and putting them in their mouth. They had some candies for their parents Kurapika and Leorio too. After
they had finished eating their part of the candies they went to brush their teeth and went to bed.
Minh Anh
The Jack o’ Lantern on Halloween
When I woke up on November 1st
after the Halloween party, I felt that
I couldn’t move. I was a candle inside a Jack O’ Lantern pumpkin on a
person’s wall. When I took a look outside, there were too many people
dressed up in costumes such as ghosts, superheroes, Sans the skeleton
and his little brother Papyrus, werewolves, vampires, samurais, ninjas,
assasin, etc. I wished that I was human so that I could join Halloween.
Some kids came to their neighbors houses and they said “Trick or
treat?”, and the house owners gave them many types candies. The
street was noisy and crowded throughout the night and one band
played Halloween songs. The kids also came to my house, I was scared
but they didn’t kick me. After that day, I felt melt and died.
Nam Huy
THE BEST
COSTUME

23. Halloween 2020
On October 30, my school celebrated Halloween in the
morning. The festival is not as big as the previous years,
but it was also very fun and meaningful. The schoolyard
was very crowded with the students of the school. At the
beginning of the festival, we saw a lion dance performed
by our school students and a professional lion dance
team. After that were the games held in the school yard.
The seniors gave us a very good and dramatic team
game, even though my team was in third place but we
still got a candy reward. I feel very grateful to them for
putting in the effort to make such a good game. I feel
happy at Halloween this year with my friends and
teachers. Khanh Vy.
Like every year, 31st of October is the Hallow-
een day and our school celebrates that day.
Usually, we celebrate it on Saturday evening
for the dark of the night but this year we
couldn’t do it like that because of the flood.
Instead, we have a smaller party on Friday
morning and no haunted house. That was bad
without haunted house, but it was ok. We had a
small party because we love to save money to
donate for the people in the flood. After the
party we had the treasure hunt game. Ms Chau
and some of Grade 9 members created it and
our team was the second. It was a fun day and I
wish next year will be a big party.
Khoa.
Last week, our school had a Halloween party in the
morning due to the flood. But it didn't matter. I must
say it was very happy. I played and danced together and
took creepy photos. Teachers allowed us to
participate in interesting games. It was my second Hal-
loween festival since the day I attended Phoenix Educa-
tion. After playing the games, we went to lunch and
played hide and seek. It was fun. On Halloween day, I
were watched Netflix. Then we went out to eat, and
talked together. I love Halloween day. I hope next year
we will have a happier Halloween party than thisyear.
Anh Thu.
GRADE 8

24. Halloween is a holiday celebrated on October 31st. The most
common colors of the day are orange and black. Halloween
comes from the ancient Celtic festival Samhain. The ancient
Celts believed that on October 31st, now known as Halloween,
the boundary between the living and the deceased is not clear,
and the dead become dangerous for the living by causing prob-
lems such as sickness or damaged crops. On Halloween, the an-
cient Celts would place a skeleton by their window to represent
the dead. Believing that the head was the most powerful part of
the body, containing the spirit and knowledge, the Celts used the
"head" of the vegetable to decorate their houses. On this day
people often wear strange clothes as characters in horrible novels
or movies to frighten others. People usually like to dress as
ghosts, skeletons, or witches. Now Halloween is an official holi-
day in almost all European countries.
Lê Mỹ Kiều Duyên
It’s that time of year again
Leaves are turning colour and falling down
Halloween season is in the air
There is excitement everywhere
Of dressing up and trick or treating
Little bags filled with sweet treats
While the air is filled with joy
As well as cries from little children
Year after year the atmosphere never changes
Happy Halloween everyone!
Lê Phan Quỳnh Dao
Zoom, Zoom, Broom
Zoom, zoom, and zoom
We are flying bats the moon
Zoom, zoom, and zoom
We are riding our broom
If you’d like to take a trip
Climb abroad my broomstick
Zoom, zoom, and zoom
We are flying past the moon
10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1
BOO!
Trần Anh Thư

25. There was a little imposter
Who was good and in the ros-
ter
He liked to vent
Waits for a scent
Then pops out and accosts her.
—Shawnee
Halloween fun day was fun. We started around 8am
and finished around before lunch. A lot of people
dressed up which was nice, I dressed up as a clown.
We had a few activities in that day. I would say my fa-
vorite game was treasure hunting. We had 5 teams , I
was in team 2 with Thao and Shawnee. We basically
got a piece of paper that we needed to solve what was
on the paper, and if there was a task with it we would
need to do it. Team 2 won which was the team I was
in! and that was really it for Halloween fun day.
—Sunshine
Halloween Fun Day-International Class
On the day of the Halloween Party, my parents
brought me to school and then wore my costume. At
8:00 the party started and we showcased our cos-
tumes, I had a box as a costume. Some time later we
got to make a mummy, the rules are the best mummy
wins, there were 4 teams, Sundance volunteered to be
a mummy in my team and so, we wrapped him in toi-
let paper, our team won by a landslide.
—BJ
On October 30th, my school celebrated
Halloween Fun Day. There were storms, floods, covid-
19 pandemic and lots of people passed away so our
school couldn’t celebrate a grand fun day for Hallow-
een. Everyone were so sorry to hear that lots of people
were no long away with us because the flood brought
them away.
This Halloween, I dressed up as Donald Trump, the
45th president of the US. The election is still going on
in the US with 4 candidates and I want to support
Trump.
—Thao
Due to the flood that hit us this year, our school decided to
set the Halloween party in the morning, October 30th. Be-
cause they wanted to save money to donate for the people
that lost their house because the flood destroyed them.
When I heard about it I was surprised, this is my first time
I heard Halloween party in celebrated in the morning. Hal-
loween in the morning won’t be as fun as celebrating it at
night. My favorite activity in Halloween is Haunted
House, where we will decorate a room using scary stuff to
make it scary. Then some people will dress up as scary
ghosts and hide somewhere in the room so that when peo-
ple walk in, they’ll get scared by them. But unfortunately,
there won’t be a Haunted House activity this year’s Hal-
loween because it’s in the morning, people can see every-
thing when they walk in the room which makes it boring.
We started Halloween by showing off our costume, people
will walk around in front of us so we can see their cos-
tumes. But I didn’t care as much about it, I dressed up as a
vampire. Then there’s many other activities but I didn’t but
I didn’t participate because its boring. The next activity is
probably the best one in this year. We separated into 5
teams, each team have 4 people and we started off in my
homeroom. Each team will be given a question and the
answer will lead them to the next room. Where you’ll be
given another question, this repeats for about 7 rooms.
Everyone finished after about an hour and my team got
third place. This activity made this year’s Halloween so
much better, even though we celebrated Halloween in the
morning .
—Andrew
I still remember the one night when I was going
downstairs to take a piss and I saw a rat standing on
the stair. I waved my hand lightly as if the rat could
understand me than it ran away. After I’m done, I
went upstairs and when I turned back to check the
lights, the same rat were there again. My mind says
I should go up and sleep, I did so and the rat is never
to be seen again.
—Tommy