EMASI Van Phuc August 2020 Overview

We start our updates this month with excellent news from our previous school year. Our EMASI students have achieved an important milestone in their English language development.

Last year, several of our students worked hard and took the brave step to take an internationally recognized exam in a foreign language. These students are now able to receive a certification from an independent and reputable organization in language learning and assessment, Cambridge Assessment English, as proof of their language proficiency. 

In the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR), developed by the Council of Europe, language ability comprises five skills: reading, writing and listening, as well as spoken production and interaction. The Cambridge exams not only assess all five of these skills, but the achievements are also a demonstration of these students’ excellent academic effort as these certificates as recognized throughout the world.

Please stay tuned for a special announcement on the subject of this important milestone for our school coming soon!

Elementary Learning Updates

On the Elementary International Program, students have continued to settle into their class routines. They have followed the rules well and are now comfortable with their new teachers and classmates. The students have participated in a variety of interesting activities, such as giving presentations, making charts, creating posters, and using computers to complete quizzes. The students have also taken home their English notebooks for the first time. The teachers ask the parents to return the notebook every Monday.

From our MOET program, the first two weeks of school have allowed grade 1 students to successfully adjust to the EMASI learning environment. Teachers have observed great progress in personal development.

Meanwhile, Grade 2 students had a very interesting Nature & Society class exploring skeletons and Grade 3 students have developed their computer and collaboration skills with Microsoft Teams. Grade 4 are now working on a “Happy lunch” project for their Science class, while Grade 5 students went on a field trip by the banks of the Saigon river for their descriptive essays.

Finally, as part of our commitment to health and safety, elementary students practiced evacuation drills, with all children moving orderly, quickly and safely to the rendezvous points.

Physical fitness and the development of personal excellence is an important part of our program. Here is a clip of some of our students practicing basketball in our Physical Education class.

Middle and High School

In the 2nd week of the school year, middle and high school students have successfully picked up the pace. They had a chance to meet with the Leadership Team and myself to talk about the vision for the future. House activities will commence on Friday; we really hope that you will have amazing ideas, fully reflecting your strengths and build a united community.

For Middle and High School on the International Program, we invite you to look at this video prepared by Mr. Steve, showing video footage of an interactive project students are working on that brings together collaboration, technology and creativity – all vital skills for Industry 4.0 and beyond.

The project of the Value – Life skills committee is finalizing and ready for its commence in September. With the help of both MOET and IP teacher, the project is receiving more and more creative ideas, giving more opportunities to students to explore about themselves, helping them form their unique characteristics. With different topics for different grades, months we hope this is going to be such a precious journey on the path to maturity of the students.