PE Newsletter 2019 2020 issue 34

1. Contents
Tết Fun Day Photos
p 2 & 3
Christmas Raffle
Sponsors p 4
English Center p 5
Class Pages p 6 - 25
Christmas Party photos p
26 - 27
School Holidays
Tết Holiday
Wed, Jan 22 to Fri, Jan
31
Hung Kings Day
Apr 2 & Apr 3
Reunification Day
Apr 30
International Labor
Day
May 1
Newsletter of Phoenix School
A
WORK OF HEART
Number 34, January 2020
Hue, Vietnam
33/9 Nguyen Hoang, Phuong Kim Long, Thanh Pho Hue
Tel: (0234)3515678 Fax: (0234)3519 617
Email: phoenixschoolvn@gmail.com
Websites: www.phoenixeducation.asia
www.fundraisingforeducation.net/
The management and staff of Phoenix School wish you all a
very happy, healthy, peaceful and prosperous new year in the
year of the rat, 2020.
Toàn thể cán bộ giáo viên/ nhân viên trường Phượng Hoàng kính
chúc mọi người một năm mới An khang Thịnh vượng, Vạn sự
Như ý. Chúc Mừng Năm Mới - Năm Canh Tý 2020
Phoenix School Tết Fun Day. (See more photos pages 2 & 3)

2. Tết Fun Day

3. Tết Fun Day

4. These are the companies and individuals who so generously donated prizes for our recent Christmas
raffle. We thank them sincerely for their support of our school and ask everyone in the Phoenix
community to support them in return.
Dưới đây là danh sách những công ty và cá nhân đã tài trợ cho chương trình xổ số Giáng sinh vừa
qua. Chúng tôi xin chân thành cảm ơn sự đóng góp của quý vị và cam kết sẽ luôn cố gắng cung cấp
những điều kiện học tập tốt nhất cho con em quý vị. Xin chân thành cảm ơn!
Our Generous Christmas Raffle Sponsors
Supporting Businesses
Pilgrimage Village Boutique Resort & Spa – 130 Minh Mạng, Huế - (0234) 3885 461
Clinic of Dr. Le Si Phuong – Dr. Nguyen Cong Quynh - 20/25 Hai Bà Trưng- (0234) 3821 234
Hoa Vien Garden Restaurant- 4A Võ Thị Sáu, Huế - 0935 232 301
Richmond Football Club– Melbourne, Australia, TheMighty Tigers. 2019 Premiers
XuânVinh Company – 67 Nguyễn Huệ, Huế - (0234) 3821 199
Bảo An Printer – 8 Ngô Quyền – (0234) 3848 455
Nhat Thanh Company – 22 Trường Chinh, Huế - (0234) 3817 757
Vũ Bảo Sport– 33A Trường Chinh, Huế - 0905 613 337
SausageFest – 243 BàTriệu – 0935 132 848
Hue Sport Bar – 10 Phạm Ngũ Lão, Huế- (0234) 3933 423
Fahasa Book Store – 6 Trần Hưng Đạo – (0234) 3572 002
Naris Japan – Tầng 2, Toàn Hà HCC, 28 Lý Thường Kiệt, Huế - (Ms. Phương) 0946 200 011

5. Phoenix Education Center
The month of December has seen Phoenix
Education Center complete its 23rd course.
Students were able to have a well-earned rest
and attend our Christmas party. The teachers
had a wonderful authentic Christmas experience,
thanks to the warmth and excitement of the
students who always open-mindedly embrace the
learning of new cultures and festivals.
The following week, it was back to work as we welcomed back our students
and made some new friends for our 24th course. Once again, our teachers
would like to thank the parents for the commitment and positive energy that
the students bring to make Phoenix Education such a great place to be.

6. Pre-Nursery
HAPPY NEW YEAR AND WELCOME TET HOLIDAY 2020
The students had a wonderful day at school at the Christmas Party. They were
very happy and excited. They were so cute.

7. NURSERY CLASS

8. Christmas and Tet are the most expected festivals
for children of the year. If they were eager to
meet Santa on Christmas Day, then they wit-
nessed the New Year tree-raising ceremony,
watched how to make banh chung and played
some traditional games on Tet Holiday. These
were really interesting experiences with them.

10. KINDER A

11. KINDER B CLASS

12. Merry Christmas and Happy
New Year! Prep Class
Chirstmas Lunar Tet

13. GRADE 1A
Happy New Year !!!
We had a lot of fun
at the Christmas
Party at Phoenix
School .

14. At the school Christmas
Party we danced to a
song called “What
makes you Beautiful”
and also “Twelve Days of
Christmas.”
GRADE 1B

15. Hi all! I’m May. Last December 21, my school celebrated
Christmas. I danced to the song called “ Santa Claus is
Coming to Town”. I sang “ The Twelve Day of Christmas”
too. I hope you all had a Merry Christmas and Happy New
Year everyone!
May

16. Grade 2B
At the
Christmas Party

17. I sang and danced as well.
Tim
I was happy to receive
a present fromSanta
Claus.
Bao Khang
The food was great
because I had a lot of
to choose from.
Khanh Toan

18. I like Christmas Party
the most because I can
dance and sing hap-
pily. I also like the buf-
fet meat because the
food was yummy.
Dong Anh
This Christmas was amazing. The people
who performed did great. The food was
so good, I really enjoyed it and I had a lot
of fun. Sundance.
My favorite festival
at school is Christ-
mas because I can
eat a lot of food and
play a lot of games.
Quynh Nhu
I like the Christmas party be-
cause I had a lot of fun with
my friend. All the students
put on a show. After the per-
formance we ate a buffet meal.
We also got candy and a bal-
loon from Santa. I like the
Christmas party at Phoenix
school. Tom
My name is Man. I had
studied at this school for
3 years. But I always
like Christmas the best
because Santa Claus
gives us gifts.
Man

19. Last December 21, my school celebrated
Christmas. I danced and sang with my friends.
Then I ate dinner buffet.When Santa arrived,
he gave me candies and a balloon. After
Santa, everyone got excited for the Raffle
prizes and I was lucky to win!
Huong Binh
I had fun in the Christmas party at my
school. I liked to perform many songs
and ate buffet. After that I sat on Santa’
s leg and received a pretty present
from him. I really loved it. Merry
Christmas and Happy New Year every-
one!!!
Hoang Duy
I’mso glad to join in the
Christmas party because I
could sing and dance happily.
At the end, I won a special
prize so I felt over the moon.
It was a memorable night!
Thien Phuc
We had a Christmas party at
my school. We sang song,
dance some cool music, played
and ate buffet dinner. I would
like to play more but my mom
said we had to go home. It was
really sad but I had fun the
whole evening at least.
Hoang Khuong

21. For me, being a kid at Christmas is better then being an adult. The first reason is that I
can get presents from many people, especially the one from Santa which I expect the most.
Actually, I am really excited and thrilled during Christmas Eve when I am waiting for
Santa. I try to stay awake but I can’t help sleeping. The second reason is that I can enjoy
many Christmas activities with my friends and my family. For example, there are a lot of
Christmas parties for kids to join at school, at churches and many other ones where we
can sing while eating gingerbread. We can also participate in a variety of fun games, too.
Last but not least, I don’t have to go to school so I can go on a vacation with my family. If
only I could be a kid at Christmas forever so that I don’t have to worry about anything
like adults.
Hoang Quan
Bi Grade 7

22. My name’s Samantha, I’m one of Santa’s elves. Last Christmas, Santa took me with him
to give the presents to the children. At night on the 24th
December, he told me to get lots
of presents to put into his big red bag and get ready to deliver them. Exactly at 12 mid-
night, Santa rode his reindeers to deliver the presents.
We went around the world, jumped into lots of chimneys and gently put the gifts
down near the tree. I saw that all the families had decorated their Christmas trees and
around the chimney had lots of colorful curls, sweet candies, etc. The weather was so
cold! I thought that it was about -10°C to -7°C but Santa didn’t care about the cold!
“Giving the children their presents makes me feel very warm and comfortable!” he said.
We went to lots of houses, from 700 to 1000 houses. That is also the number of children
that had written the letters to Santa Claus. After all that, he rode the reindeers and went
back to our home.
I went back to my room and brushed my teeth and washed my face. Now it was 7 AM
and I jumped into the bed and slept! I was so tired but felt happy too! Thien Trang
More from
Bi Grade 7

23. Lunar Calendar Class Animals
I was born in 2007, the year of the pig in the
Asian zodiac. There are 12 animals in this zo-
diac, people are given an animal depending on
the year they were born. According to the zodiac,
people who are pigs often hold unique attitudes
and standpoints amongtheir peers. Their weak-
nesses are being gullible, which means they be-
lieve everythingthey are told, slow-witted and
faltering, which means they can’t make deci-
sions well. The zodiac began after the Jade Em-
peror god of China invented a race between 12
animals across a riverto heaven.The order of the
animals inthe calendar depends on where they
finishedthe race. As the Ox was about to win the
race, the rat leapt from his head on to the bank to
finish first, then the Ox arrived in second place.
The order of the 12 animals is Rat, Ox,Tiger,
Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey,
Rooster, Dog andPig. Each animal takes it’s turn
on the calendar every 12 years. Andrew
Nguyen
I was born in 2007, the year of the Pig.
People born as a Pig are thought to have
qualities of being loyal to friends & family,
cooperative with others, ambitious in life, good-
tempered, and honest. However, the bad per-
sonalities of a Pig are being gullible, which means
they are prone to beingtricked, sluggish, and short-
tempered. Long ago there was no Asian zodiac. The
Jade Emperor godof China wantedto choose 12 ani-
mals to be his guards, so he sent an immortal being
totell the animals of Earth about a race.The sooner
the animal went through the Heavenly Gate,the better
the rank the animal would have as his guard. Rat woke
up very early to race, but on the way to the gate he
encountered a river, so he jumped into Ox’s ear while
Ox was crossing the river and dashed off through the
Heavenly Gateto win. Ox was second, while Pig was
last, just behind Rooster and Dog.
I was born in the year of the dog in 2006. China has a
story about a god called the Jade Emperor who made a
race for 13 animals to cross a river to get into heaven.
However, the cat was late and lost its chance, so there
were only 12 animals in the race. The dog finished 11th
because it thought the river water was clean, so he took a
bath. People born in the Year of the Dog are usually in-
dependent, sincere, loyal and decisive. I think I’m deci-
sive because I’m good at making decisions, loyal be-
cause I can keep my friends secrets and independent be-
cause I can clean my room and cook eggs. However, I
don’t think I’m sincere because I don’t always tell
people how I feel. The bad characteristics of dogs are
that they are conservative, stubborn, and emotional. I
think I’m conservative because if people try to help, but
do it a different way to how I wanted, then I don’t like it.
I think I’m stubborn because I like to do things my own
way, but I don’t think I am very emotional.
Shawnee
There are differences in New Year between Asia and
other countries, in the west people spendtime trav-
elling & relaxing as they have two weeks off for Christ-
mas & New Year. New Year in Vietnam is a time for
people to return home to enjoy a long holiday. Western
New Year is on 1st January every year, but Tet is held
between January and February; it depends on the lunar
calendar. Most people in Western countries celebrate
New Year with a countdown to midnight. However, in
Vietnam people celebrate Tet for at least a week, eat
traditional food and go to pagodas to pray for good
health in the New Year. At Tet kids get lucky money,
but western kids open presents at Christmas. Vietnam
also has lots of games at Tet like bau cua tom ca, bam-
boo dancing, etc. and also lion & dragon dances inside
houses and stores, as people believe the dances will
scare ghosts fromthe building. Le Thi Phuong Thao
I was born in 2006, the year of the dog. This
zodiac sign has an independent, sincere, loyal
and decisive personality. Their strengths are
being loyal, responsible, courageous and lively
but their weakness is they’re sensitive,
conservative, stubborn and emotional.They’re
the second last animal in the zodiac years. In
the zodiac race created by the Jade emperor,
the dog was in 11th place. He was an adept
swimmer but he hadn’t had a bath in a long
time, the sun had warmedthe water, so he
stayed in the river and had a bath. I think I’m
similar to a dog because I’m responsible,
clever, and courageous. I’m also sensi-
tive, stubborn and emotional.The dog
didn’t care about the race, he just took a
bath in the river even though he was
good at swimming. Tran Huu Minh
Tam
B.J. Russell
International Class

24. The Christmas Tree
I am a Christmas pine tree. I was brought to life ten years ago when a farmer laid me
down in thewarmthofthesoil.Today,when acouplebought mefroma Christmas tree
farm, Iwasoverjoyedto finallybepartof a loving family for the mostmagical timeof the
year. When wearrivedhome,a little girl camerunning outofthehouse,screamingexcit-
edly at the top of her lungs. The house looked so magical with fairy lights, inflatable
Santaandreindeersonthefront-yard.Iwasthencarriedintothelivingroominbetween
the crackling fire and the bright window—I guessed thatthiswould be mycozy homefor
the next few weeks. That night, the family started adorning me with different colored
baubles, beautiful twinkling lights and a goldenstaron top. This was the first time ina
while where I felt loved and that I was important. It felt like I was brought to life again.
However, life in this family was very differentthan what I had thought.Therewascon-
stant fighting in theliving room—itwas far from the mostmagical timeof the year.Every
night, when theparentswere asleep, Everleigh, thelittle girl,would comedown,sit next
tomeandwishforalovingfamily.IwishedthatIcouldembraceherinmyarmsandtellher
thateverythingwillbeokay. (continuedinthenextpage)

25. But I’m only a tree, so the only
thing I could do was to give her
snowflakes as a sign of good luck.
She would hold it close to her
heart and gave me a small smile.
The next morning, I decided to
takemattersintomyown“hands”—I
triedmybesttocarveoutthefamily
name, “the Anderson” onto a gor-
geous ornament. To my surprise,
the parents have stopped fighting ever since theysaw the surprise decoration that re-
minded themof a happy family. It was beginning to look a lot like the Christmas that I
had imagined. Everleigh was also be-
coming more like her cheerful self
again. Finally,ChristmasDay arrived.
There were a lotof colorful presents
under meand Iwas guarding themwith
my life. Seeing the presents getting
opened one by one and how happy
each family member became, Icouldn’t
help butsmileto myself, thinking thatI
had played an important role in bring-
ingthisfamilybacktogether.Mypines
started dropping, and it was finally time for me to leave the place that I had called my
home for the last month. Beforesaying my farewell, I wished Everleigh and her family
happiness,healthandIhopetoseethemagainnextyear.
Le Phan Quynh Dao

26. Phoenix Christmas Party

27. Phoenix Christmas Party