As the Lunar New Year 2023 approaches, thousands of parents and students gathered at Phenikaa School to participate in the Spring Festival: “Tet around the world” on January 13, 2022 (i.e. the 22nd day of the lunar calendar).
The Tet holiday theme festival is a creative zone where students can design, experience and discover interesting cultural concepts about the Lunar New Year holiday in Vietnam and other countries around the world. This activity also reflects the school’s efforts to promote the physical and mental well-being of students, along with its creative and inspiring teaching method, aimed at the comprehensive development of students. The festival is also a golden opportunity to strengthen the bond between parents – students – teachers and other school members, according to the core value of Phenikaa School: Compassion – Creativity – Collaboration.
“Tet around the world” presents a series of cultural and art activities, telling the stories of different regions, with areas for food culture, street shows and folk games. All this paints a colorful picture of diverse customs, lifestyles and cultures between different ethnic groups: the distinctive agricultural charms of North-Central South Vietnam, the dynamic North America, the vintage breath of Europe, the mystical beauty of Africa and the free – lively Oceania…
The featured concept of the festival includes the introduction of various folk games around the world: Capturing Mandarin Square, Monkey Bridge, Cheraw Dance in Vietnam and TouHu (China), Yutnori (Korea), 3-corner Tug of War (Thailand), Mask Painting,… in other countries.
Calligraphy is a featured concept of the festival
Phenikaa School students are also engaged in the representation of New Year’s Eve celebration around the world, painting a colorful picture of diverse customs, lifestyles and cultures among different ethnic groups.
The introduction of various ethnic folk games lit up the space with music and laughter: TouHu (China), Yutnori (Korea), 3-corner tug of war (Thailand), mask painting,… Aiming to cultivate students through experience and comprehensive development , opening up to global integration, Phenikaa School Spring Festival activities are all about students. Students will have the opportunity to design game activities and creative spaces, introduce the cultures of their country and other countries in Vietnamese and English, play the role of MCs and art makers.
With the aim of cultivating learners through experience and comprehensive development, Phenikaa School seeks to create a practical playground for students, rich in meaning and creative in the knowledge-gathering method. The Spring Festival is part of the ‘subject-specialized’ learning method, which encourages students to learn through games and activities and explore different aspects of a subject: social, geography and history. Through the activities, students can develop different skills: communication, presentation, teamwork and bonding with their teachers, as both students and teachers have worked together on the ideas and implementation.
Cheraw dance – a Vietnamese folk game attracts many young visitors
Mr. Phenikaa School CEO Pham Anh Tuan said, “We are trying to realize the goal of being a “Happy School”, a place to inspire creativity and develop our students’ intellectual talents. With the Phenikaa School Spring Festival 2023, we want to create a hands-on playground where the students themselves are both creators and explorers, encouraging them to research, design and learn multiple aspects of a theme: geography, culture, language, presentation… both in theoretical knowledge and in practical skills. Besides, Phenikaa School Spring Festival 2023 also aims to strengthen the bond and understanding between parent – student – teacher / school, together we will cultivate generations of kind, understanding and knowledgeable students.
