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A peaceful and loving Christmas at UTS

UTS always believes that a true, passionate educator always recognizes talents in every child. Some talents bloom from an early age, and some talents have to go through many trials and obstacles to blooming their self. Thanh Dat is such a special “eagle” who has had valuable experiences on his path of personal development through the recent World Scholar’s Cup 2023 competition. With his talent and unremitting efforts, Dat won gold and silver medals at the prestigious International Academic Competition. Let’s join UTS to learn about Dat’s journey to success! Start by finding his strengths Do Thanh Dat is a student in class 7.1 and is a “familiar face” at UTS in competitions ranging from sports, arts to academics. During his studies at UTS, Dat actively participated in competitions in many fields with the desire to find his strengths and interests.   “I always want to challenge myself in many fields, and encounter many new things because I think this is an opportunity to find my strengths. From then on, I was realize my special love for academia.” – Dat shared     Then, a young boy with a love for academics was nurtured at the “roof” of UTS and started on the path to conquering his early achievements.  Accelerate on the arduous academic path with a dedicated “Nurturer” After many efforts to improve his knowledge, a great opportunity came to Dat called the World Scholar’s Cup 2023 – one of the largest international academic competitions for worldwide high school students, conduced the World Scholar’s Cup 2023 in the Writing category – Individual and Group writing. Besides meeting new friends in Thailand and aiming to reach a meaningful medal, this is also the first milestone marking your academic dedication.     Dat shared: “The World Scholar’s Cup is one of

Reading culture is one of the essential factors in building a solid foundation for the development of education, particularly in the country as a whole. At UTS, we encourage our “Seeds” to develop their love of reading through daily habits from their early years. UTS believes that cultivating a reading culture is an important steppingstone for the journey of a global citizen in the 21st century. What is reading culture?  Reading culture is a phrase that expresses the reading behavior, reading values, and reading standards of each individual and the whole social community (according to Mr. Nguyen Huu Viem, National Library of Vietnam). In the conference “Books and Revitalising Education” in 2012, participating professors pointed out three factors that makeup reading culture: reading habits, book selection methods, and reading skills. The formation of the above three factors will determine whether the development of reading culture is positive or not. In the current context of global integration, each individual needs to constantly improve themselves, and forming a positive reading culture is one of the core things for individuals and the community, in general, to develop sustainably.     The importance of reading culture in personal development  Reading culture plays a key role in perfecting human skills and personality through the following values: Providing knowledge Developing emotional intelligence quotient (EQ) Improving communication skills Training thinking in everything   The experience and quintessence of our predecessors are often summarised and preserved today in the form of books and documents, so reading culture is a means to help us receive that huge source of knowledge. In addition, reading also helps us absorb many other thoughts, philosophies, and perspectives to have a more comprehensive and objective view of life, and develop emotional intelligence (EQ) when learning to understand many different stories. Reading a lot also

Aside from the spirit of lifelong learning, UTS-ers also showcased their strengths in the field of physical education and sports at the District level competition for the National Phu Dong Sports Festival in the academic year 2023 – 2024. Soccer The Primary Male Soccer Team has advanced to the Quarterfinals of the National Phu Dong Sports Festival and is ranked among the Top 8 strongest teams.     Badminton In Badminton, three UTS athletes played excellently and achieved worthy results: Ngo Hoang Uyen Phuong (Class 10.2) won the Gold Medal in the High School Women’s Single Category. Nguyen Tuong Nguyen (Class 7.1) and Dao Nguyen Dang Khoa (Class 7.5) won the Silver Medals in the Secondary School Men’s Doubles Category for Grades 6-7. Table tennis Nguyen Tran Quoc Thang and Mai Tuan Kiet, (Class 7.1) two talented athletes, had achieved one Silver Medal and one Bronze Medal in the Table Tennis Secondary School Men’s Single Category.   Swimming Swimming is the last sport in which UTS-ers participated extremely enthusiastically and got a series of high achievements in Single and Relay Competition: 2 Gold Medals, 8 Silver Medals and 19 Bronze Medals.      UTS is proud to see our students working hard every day and achieving worthy results. Let’s continue to raise up this spirit, UTS-ers!

Each UTS educator is a caring “nurturer” with the mission of growing the students to be excellent in character and in learning. Being able to witness the “seeds” grow up, and see all the hard works pay off can brighten their day and motivate the UTS “nurturers” on their journey of “Growing talent with care”.

Anti-Bullying Week is annually organized in the third week of November, aiming to raise awareness, promoting appropriate behavior by saying no to bullying and together build a safe community. This year, focusing on the theme “Make a noise about bullying”, UTS offers different activities varied from writing and drawing to decorating and making videos. This is an opportunity for students to use their voices and express their thoughts to prevent bullying in school.

Do parents know that training children to have a positive thinking is the key to your children’s confidence and stability in the face of life’s difficulties. To achieve that goal, children need the support of parents to accompany them to become a person with a happy life. Positive thinking is not a built-in trait, it is the result of a long process of training from an early age. It is thanks to this process that positive thinking will be the premise for children to become happy people, global citizens who create positive values for society. So how can parents train this way of thinking for their children?   1. Be positive to your children: Many studies show that children’s lifestyle tends to be influenced by parents, so to teach children to be positive, parents also need to have a positive lifestyle in all circumstances. When faced with their child’s mistakes, parents absolutely must not show attitudes such as anger, blame and ridicule, but should use gentle words to remind their children such as: “Next time, don’t make that mistake”, “Next time you’ll be a little more careful, you’ll do better”. Living in a happy and optimistic environment, children will also learn the habit of being optimistic, happy and seeing things from a fresher perspective.     2. Take good care of your child from physical to mental: The relationship between parents and children is a stable relationship, it is a bond connected by love, so there is no child who does not like to be cared for and comforted by their parents. Help parents take the time to show their affection for their children by a few small actions such as cuddling, playing with their children. This will help children feel the joy and love of parents, so they will

At the end of October, children and adults worldwide always eagerly look forward to celebrating Halloween. Halloween has become an annual festival for children and adults in European and American countries. Our Halloween Festival for the academic year 2023 – 2024 called “UTSpook-a-thon” carries the meaning of a festive season with many interesting activities for students. At the same time, the School wishes to create opportunities for Cultural integration, an environment to develop our students’ talents and learn to respect human values after each activity at UTS.

Equipping students with skills to protect themselves and to handle emergency situation is one of the top priorities at UTS, especially fire prevention and firefighting skills. From the school’s perspective, fire prevention and firefighting activities are always carefully prepared in the school operation including to fully equip all students, teachers, and staff at UTS with necessary knowledge and competencies. This is essential for everyone to proactively and promptly respond to the unwanted events that not only might happen at UTS campus but also anywhere else. At the beginning of each academic year, training sessions for teachers and staff are always integrated in the Professional Development Week to ensure the safest teaching and learning during the academic year. In early October, all UTS students completed the training session and gained useful knowledge in protecting themselves and their families in case there is an incident. The training session was delivered following the main topics, including: 1. Identify and instruct on the use of fire safety equipment 2. Instruct on fire evacuation plans and necessary steps during emergencies 3. Important notes and fire alarm signals at UTS To help students better visualize the possible scenarios, the instructor provided specific detailed demonstrations and practiced solving situations based on the shared principles with students. In addition to notes and guidelines to do when there is a fire, students were also informed about the causes that can lead to fires and explosions, thereby minimizing the possibility of situations and having initial preventive measures. The information conveyed in the fire prevention and firefighting training session at UTS is not limited to the application within the school campus. More than that, students are expected to be well-informed and well-applied in their daily life. UTS aims to build a practical foundation so that students are always safe no matter