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Nowadays, for people to keep up with the world’s continuous developing pace and become a knowledgeable, helpful citizen, reading has become a bridge connecting our current knowledge to the outside world. Reading is a pathway for students to form their self-learning conscious and retrieve knowledge in the best way possible. From there, our young generations can develop lifelong learning skills and promote a great mentality. However, with our Technology and Society’s extensive development on the rise, consistent reading habits from people are starting to decrease. Social media is a contributing factor competing against the norms with their catchy interfaces, it is like a breath of fresh air to the young generations. The youngsters experience the ease, spontaneity and latest news on these apps, all of which makes the reading-from-a-book habit seem boring and soon to be forgotten. Understanding this current perspective, UTS’s Primary teachers’ team is holding a range of activities to elicit and bring out the joy of reading for the students. Each week, students get excited about the Reading session in the school’s library. This seems like “a new land” for students to seek adventures inside the books’ pages. With our project “Connecting knowledge”, students have gone through many interesting, beneficial activities to nurture their love for reading.       1. Designing Bookmark activity: With the theme of “Inspiring” through every book page, students designed their own creative bookmarks, along with positive, encouraging messages to themselves. In addition, UTSer’s is also shown their creativity and ingenuity through each funny and cute product.       2. Designing Book cover activity: In this activity, students are able to select one of the choices: recreating the cover of their favorite comic or designing a new cover for a storybook they have read before. All of the students were incredibly

At UTS we believe that every kid is a “unique seed” who deserves to grow up in his or her own way. We understand that our students need to be given the opportunity to learn in a way that is suitable for them while also respecting the differences in styles from our peers. Besides, not everyone is keen on traditional learning method. This motivate UTS to apply the “Experiential Learning”(ExL) to the curriculum, providing an alternative to traditional learning models, and here we will share many highlights of the “Experiential Learning” method with parents and students. 1. What is Experiential Learning? At its simplest, experiential learning (ExL) is the process of obtaining information and learning through experience, and can be further stripped down to simply be “learning through reflection on doing” (Patrick 2011: 1003). Unlike the ” hands-on learning “, ExL formally requires reflection, whereas hands-on learning is simply the act of doing something. ExL theory is different from other theories of learning, such as cognitive and behavioral learning, insofar as it is a much more holistic approach. It takes into account all of our experiences in our learning, including emotions, cognition, and environmental factors. It advocates for more depth in learning, rather than surface-level learning. Surface-level learning involves things like studying for an exam or memorizing information from a textbook – often this information is not retained well and is easily and commonly forgotten after the test. In contrast, deep learning typically involves learning a topic from multiple angles and approaches, from reading and experimenting to role-playing and discussion. 2. How the ExL model works? Operational model of the “Experiential learning” method 2.1: Experiencing: This can be a completely new experience or a re-imagining of an experience that has already happened. In each specific experience, you will each participate

A special academic year has ended with many memorable milestones. On the morning of May 27th, UTS-ers of US Vietnam Talent International School together ended the 2021-2022 academic year with an emotional closing ceremony. It can be said that this is a challenging year when the impact of covid 19 epidemic last for more than one semester, both teachers and students can only meet each other through a computer screen. However, the hard work, resilience and care of the UTS community, from students, teachers, staff and parents have turned every difficulty into the most amazing moments and brilliant achievements. A year is encapsulated in a few hours, but the knowledge, experience and sharing of the UTS community will surely accompany us on a meaningful journey of “growing talent with care”!  

In order for a plant to grow healthy, it certainly needs to be cared in the most appropriate and optimal environment. Children too, in order to be stable in the future, they need to be nurtured in the right environment. Understanding this, many families always want to invest in their children’s learning space at home to be more optimal, helping them have a comfortable and most suitable environment to grow up. So what is the best space for your child? Let’s discover here. Benefits of a suitable environment for children Many research on children around the world have proven that children living in a good environment will have more comprehensive physical and mental development. For example, a living environment close to nature creates conditions for children to increase physical activity, reduce eye diseases, obesity, respiratory or mental disorders. This is the reason motivating us to build Botanique Campus – a green school with open space and close to nature. Besides, the open living space with experiential activities is the premise to promote the intellectual development of children. Limiting exposure to electronic devices and instead having parents and children experience practical activities in art or scientific research will help children develop creativity and flexible thinking. So what is a suitable environment?  Here are six important environmental factors that affect a child’s growth: 1. Ensure security and safety Children’s nature is curious, they like to discover new things, so sometimes just because a few minutes of parents’ neglect, there will be situations that affect the safety of their children. Therefore, parents should choose apartments or houses with CCTV cameras, design infrastructure to ensure rescue, emergency exits, fire prevention, etc. to help quickly handle unexpected incidents that occur. . Notes on security and safety will never be superfluous so that parents can rest

National Program at UTS:  The National Program is a standard program under the new curriculum framework of the Ministry of Education and Training for all levels of education. At UTS, this program is more optimized and focused on practice to help students master general knowledge, effectively apply learned knowledge and skills to life. Besides, UTS likewise equip students with essential knowledge and skills so that can choose appropriate future careers and lifelong learning as well as understand how to build and grow in harmony with social relationships, freely express oneself and enrich spiritual life. Teaching Methods UTS students have access to the optimized National High School program through many methods: project-based class, inquiry based class, reversed class, etc. These are modern methods which are studied to bring higher efficiency than traditional learning methods. As a result, students acquire knowledge more actively, arouse their passion for learning and discovery. Moreover, students will more effectively grasp the focus of each subject. In addition, several UTS learning projects connect multiple subjects, giving students not only the opportunity to study each subject individually, but also to link interdisciplinary knowledge and apply it in practice. UTS operates concurrently the National High School Program with the International Program and the Growing Talent Program; it provides students with lessons associated with traditional Vietnamese values, assists them in appreciating and promoting traditional features in the community, and encourages students to become global citizens who are always prepared for future changes. Let’s take a look at the outstanding classes in the last 2021-2022 school year! 1.  “Ao dai of Vietnamese” Project – Vietnamese Class – Grade 5 This is a project about Vietnamese traditional ao dai in Vietnamese class 5 by Ms. Bich Quy. By practical application to theory, they temporarily left  the familiar school uniform and instead  put

We thought the summer break would be long, but looking back, it’s already the first day of school. The first morning of the new school year 2022-2023 took place with a lot of emotions and gorgeous smiles of UTS–ers at the 2 campuses, UTS Van Lang Complex and UTS Botanique Campus. To welcome the old students back to school and especially welcome the new students to the close-knit UTS community, our enthusiastic teachers and school staff had planned and prepared a lot for this special day.  It was joyful to see the students and their families happily keeping memories at the school’s photo areas. Especially, right from the gate, students were warmly welcomed by their teachers and guided to their classrooms.   In the first lesson, the students were led by their homeroom teacher to explore the school’s campus and facilities. This is also a special activity to help them get to know their classmates and teachers. The students had a good time sharing their interests with their friends or telling their teachers about a fun summer they had.   Lunch time was well organized with the cooperation of the students and the help of the classroom support staff. New students quickly became familiar with the process of taking food vouchers and eating utensils, receiving food, and returning trays after meals correctly.  Afternoon classes with interesting lessons to help students get used to the learning environment and engagement in the classroom. This is also an opportunity for teachers to listen to the academic goals of students this school year.  The new school year 2022-2023 has officially started! After the back-to-school day, there will be a series of meaningful activities during the first week of school to bring joy and cohesion to UTS-ers and especially new students. We hope that all students will have a fun

Outstandingly surpassing 1200 topics in the preliminary examination, UTS is very pleased to have 2 award winners in the Ho Chi Minh Science and Engineering Fair for High school students in the school year 2022-2023. Congratulations: ️The topic “Extract of nanocellulose from durian rind by-products for the application in solid-phase extraction of as(v) in water analysis” developed by Nguyen Thien Bao Chi (Grade 9.1) and Dao Manh Duc (Grade 9.1) have won the Third Prize. ️The topic “Using AI Robot to diagnose students with food poisoning” by Truong Le Bao Uyen (Grade 11.1) and Nguyen Minh Quan (Grade 11.1) won the First Prize. Especially, “Using AI Robot to diagnose students with food poisoning ” is a highly appreciated topic for its practicality in the Biomedical and Health Sciences industry. Henceforth, Bao Uyen and Minh Quan will be one of the teams participating in the final round in Quang Ninh. Dear UTS community, let’s congratulate our UTS “scientists”!  

Parents might wonder, what experiences do our children have in a day at UTS? Are there any values imparted from the lessons or just simply the knowledge written by the black board? To make sure that concern is no longer stay constantly in every parent’s mind, today at the seminar “Raising Kids: Balancing Love and Expectations “, parents were able to listen to the sharings with an experiential activity “Ice Escape” under the guidance of Ms. Tu Anh Nguyen – Parent Counselor, founder of Happy Parenting, and the author of the books “Làm Mẹ Rất Vui” và “Hiểu Con Để Dạy Con Tích Cực” and Mr. William Aurthur Klepacki Jr. – Deputy Head, International Program at UTS, parents have better understand about the journey to arouse joy in learning and the meaningful values ​​present in every happy day at UTS. Under the perspectives shared by experts and the new experiences in the seminar, UTS believes that parents can form the appropriate expectations for their children’s growing journey as well as be able to accompany their in the pages of becoming “global citizens” in the future. Hopefully with the provided methods, the whole family will eager to grow together so that the child’s growing up journey will be full of knowledge and love by family. Let’s review the great moments with UTS in today’s seminar!  

Even though a week has passed since the play “Snow White and the Seven Entrepreneurs” was performed – the actors, crew, and audiences may still be experiencing surprise and excitement. The UTS students’ clever acting and fluent English abilities in their first play, which emits an entirely different personality for characters who look familiar at first, are what made audiences surprised. The play’s compelling story has successfully conveyed to viewers the importance of staying determined to follow your passion despite obstacles. What is even more astounding is that, in addition to the superb players, the UTS students themselves serve as the “core personnel” who assist teachers at every stage of running the play and setting up the stage. Students have the chance to confidently express their love of art, grow as stage thinkers, improve their language abilities, and gain performance experience in front of crowd. Most importantly, 50% of the revenue from the concert night and associated activities will be donated to the Performing Arts Club Activities Fund, and the other half will support the School’s charitable activities. Once more, congrats to the UTS “talented seeds” for a job well done on their first English musical. Hopefully, UTS students will perform a lot more plays and important projects in the coming future.