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OPEN HOUSE: 3 GOLDEN RULES FOR RAISING SELF-SUFFICIENT CHILDREN   “There is nothing in the mind that was not first in the senses.” – Dr. Maria Montessori The first years of life are extremely important for children while their senses are developed strongly. Sense is the bond between the child and the outside colorful world. Based on the Montessori philosophy, the Kindergarten Program at UTS aims to comprehensively develop the senses and help children gradually discover their special features. Hence, have you fully understood the Montessori philosophy and got ready for your child’s first school journey? Let’s come and join our parenting seminar with UTS this Saturday to find the answer!

A beautiful life gives us a lot of inspiration to create dreams. In countless ways of expression, Primary students at UTS have brought their wishes into each line and color in the “The Dreamy Drawing” contest.   The preliminary round of the contest received many lovely pictures, in which 67 children with their “colorful dreams” have excellently entered the final round. In the final round of the competition, the “little artist” were extremely enamored with the drawing paper, sketching a drawing associated with the theme “Green dream”, conveying a positive message to the community about the awareness of protect the green of the earth.   “Art” is one of the things that nourishes the human soul. Therefore, UTS hopes to nurture artistic thinking in each student, and at the same time create a space for UTS-ers to express their desire at the “The Dream Drawing” playground in the 2022-2023 school year.   Let’s take a look at the great moments of the competition!

Literature, which is already a colorful subject, now has become more interesting when students can access knowledge through a variety of practical learning activities. With the debate model “The Debaters 2022”, students in Grades 8 & 9 at UTS not only have the opportunity to learn but also to express their viewpoints in front of the crowd and hone their debating skills. The final round took place in an extremely vibrant atmosphere with the participation of the 4 excellent teams and M.A. Nguyen Mong Tuyen – Coach of “Finding the young and talented MC 2022” as the judge. Within the enthusiastic cheers from teachers and students, the teams had thrilling debates on topics related to school and other broader social issues. Students are trained in multidimensional logical thinking and analysis based on many distinct aspects and perspectives to produce sharp arguments to protect their team’s point of view. The comments from M.A. Nguyen Mong Tuyen also help UTS-ers promote their strengths and build a core foundation of courage and dare to express their personal views. The class has left many imprints as well as unforgettable memories. Let us review the fascinating moments in the “Teen School Debate” class that day!

Having a chance to travel around the globe and see breathtaking sightseeing are everyone’s dream. Yet in the “Fun facts around the world” project, the Grade 3 students in US Vietnam Talent International School have successfully “travel” around many destinations and witness many marvellous things. This project has taken the kids through the continents and widened their knowledge about how mysterious the world is through amazing learning topics week by week: Humans and cultures, Costumes and Festivals, Nature and Famous Destinations all over the world. UTS believes that this project has helped the students to cherish the unique cultures from all nations worldwide. UTS-ers would experience going to many different places, seeing new people and broadening their horizon about human beings, society and life. As a result, our students can build up their intellectual capacity, stronger connection when dealing with problems and better vision.

Models-designing, picture exhibitions, talk shows… are activities that UTS students have executed in the subject of Literature to transform the literary values into practice. This time, UTS-ers have tried new forms of recreating classical literary works through the project “Theatricalization of Literature and History works” at UTS. UTS students have fully conveyed the hidden human values in immortal poems and stories right on the UTS stage. Every sentence in the work is personified through realistic expressions, dialogues, and actions that make the viewers immerse themselves in the world inside the book and run the gamut of emotions. The comments and encouragement from the “genuine” juries include Director and Actor Nguyen Truong Thịnh; Ambassador of Miss Sea Island 2022 Nguyen Hong Khai Vy and UTS educators have partially contributed to refining UTS-ers’ acting and motivated them to explore their own interests and abilities. UTS is very proud of your efforts and congratulate to the success of the project “Theatricalization of Literature and History works”.

The warmth of Christmas does not come from the furnace’s heat or from a cup of hot chocolate, yet it is widely understood as the sharing between humans. And the Christmas atmosphere at UTS has been mellowed by sequences of activities to spread out the love throughout the week. The music that starts the day, the decoration in each class, every donated item and the clear singing from Primary students are simply ordinary activities. Yet it has generated a classical, cozy Christmas atmosphere and conveyed meaningful human values to the UTS Community. Christmas Concert on December 23, 2022 has ended a fulfill and lovely “season of giving”. All proceeds from the Christmas activities at UTS will be donated to charities. Ruth Carter Stapleton once said: “Christmas is most truly Christmas when we celebrate it by giving the light of love to those who need it most.” And this is the truest Christmas of the entire UTS Community! Let’s look back at the meaningful moments from last night!  

From 27th to 30th, November, we are honored to welcome the CIS evaluators – Mr. Shane Kells and Ms. Wendy Parry to visit UTS Van Lang Complex. This is an important part of the journey to CIS accreditation of UTS.  Important milestones with positive signals During 4 days of working we worked closely with the CIS evaluators to conduct effective meetings, interviews, and discussions as well as observed and evaluated learning activities and school operations, including: Meeting with the Board of Management about goals, expectations, and action plans for the CIS accreditation process. Interview sessions with the Board of Management about the Domains that contribute to a comprehensive learning environment such as Purpose and Direction, Curriculum, Quality of Teaching and Learning, Well-being, Facilities, etc. Interview sessions with Representatives of Students, Parents, Teachers, and Staff to listen to multi-dimensional assessments of the UTS community. Observing classrooms, learning areas, Clubs, school operations, and facilities. Self-study workshops conducted by CIS evaluators provide useful information and instructions for the Self-study phase. This visit was a great opportunity for UTS to acquire useful suggestions and instructions from CIS evaluators – who have qualifications and experience in working with high-quality international schools and organizations. Moreover, this is also an important milestone for the UTS community to be able to comprehensively and pragmatically evaluate all the School’s drivers based on the CIS International Accreditation Framework. Accordingly, we can identify our strengths, and areas to improve and set clearer goals for the School’s development. We are committed to this challenging but exciting journey to CIS accreditation After this visit, UTS will enter a Self-study phase based on the evaluators’ report. The upcoming journey will be extremely important for the UTS community as we will continuously self-assess and improve specific areas to prepare for the next phase of Team

Knowing how to apply lessons to create useful products is the objective that educators have aimed to nurture each student. UTS Students not only applied the lessons well but also spread out the human values from their products in the “Applied Art Epoxy Resin” project for the Secondary level. UTS-ers have together successfully created jewelry and decorated items from Epoxy Resin such as bracelets, necklaces, key chains, and desk lamps… under the instruction of Art teachers. The highlight of this project is the craft fairs with all the value gained from here will be donated to charities. The project has created a chance for students to actively get involved in different roles and know more about fine art and visual art. Hopefully, within the approach that integrates with practical experience, UTS-ers can summarize the critical values and essential skills while working as a team.

Following the success of the previous academic year, the academic arena UTS Genius Olympiad has returned and revealed the answer to environmental problems. UTS Academic Council has had “generous” compliments for the possibility and the creativity of the attended project at UTS Genius Olympiad 2023. UTS-ers have confidentially stepped out of their comfort zone to turn their idea into reality. The final products such as reports with in-depth study, short films, and essays… have required our contestants to acquire specific academic knowledge and creative skills. After days of challenge, UTS would like to congrats these mentioned below projects with their outstanding achievements,  who have a chance to become the representatives of UTS to participate in the upcoming Genius Olympiad World Championship occurring in the USA. Hopefully, following these academic contests, UTS-ers can successfully investigate their hidden power and continue to promote the “Contribution” value – one of the six core values of UTS!