Issue 1 - December 2013

Year 5 and 6 went on a school

trip to Bát Tràng. They visited the

old temple in Bát Tràng and learnt

more information about it. After

visiting the temple, they went to

Bát Tràng ceramic market, looking

at some of the art works.

Then, they went to the pottery

work shop and learnt how they

make them. After eating lunch at

the restaurant, they learnt from

the potter how to make pots.

When they were finished, they

tried to colour and decorate the

most beautiful patterns that they

wanted. Their work was heated

to make some beautiful cups.

YEAR 5 & 6 TRIP

TO BÁT TRÀNG

By Emma, Ha and Phuong

We went to Ba Vì by bus, there

were lots of fun things to do.

We saw many animals like: rab-

bits and sheep. We went to Nông

trại đồng quê, when we were

there we played many games

with Ms. Ngọc Chử the games

were very fun, and we went to

see the ladies dance, their dance

was very pretty. After we ate

lunch which, there was very much

food and it was very good. We

went to one lady she taught as to

made bánh cuốn and we ate it, so

yummy! We went to her house,

we saw lots of things at her

house and we caught fish, many

fish and we came back to our

school.

Year 3 & 4 Trip to

Ba Vì

By Mai Khue, Ha, and Minh

Mr. and Mrs. Rose were here to help

us understand more about our sci-

ence. He did lots of experiments

with us and explained how this hap-

pened.

He used liquid nitrogen to teach us

about states of matter. He also

made real clouds and put a balloon

on it (we actually saw it float!).

Mr. Phillip make a ‘Big Bang’ by put-

ting dry ice (freezing carbon diox-

ide) in a plastic bottle.

After that, we made our own ice

cream with liquid nitrogen and our

own colour and flavor to make as

creative ice cream as we can.

Science Day

By Emma, Ha and Phuong

BVIS Royal City is a school with

lots of fun activities and school

events like: Book Week, Moon Fes-

tival and House Allocation Day.

For the Book Week, the children

were able to meet some poets, illus-

trator and the Ambassador of Fin-

land to talk about Moomins. Also

the students got to buy great books

at school, and they had wonderful

competitions like: Design your

book cover, get caught reading,

guess the teachers’ favorite book.

By Rosie, Chau Anh and Lily

The moon festival was a lot

of fun for the children and

also the teachers. The chil-

dren handmade wonderful

pieces of art such as: lan-

terns, banyan tree leaves

and lots more wonderful

pieces of art.

The secondary students

produced a tradi-

tional Viet-

namese play

called Chú Cuội.

By Rosie, Chau Anh and Lily

Interview with

Mr. Sayer

1: What is your favourite hobby ? My

favourite hobby at the moment is run-

ning.

2: What is your favorite food? I like Thai and Indian food but really en-

joy Vietnamese food too.

3: What do you like about Viet Nam? It is such a beautiful country

and there are so many lovely people.

4:Why did you came to Viet Nam ? Because I heard a new school

was opening there and there were so many exciting projects to get involved

in.

5: What is your favourite musical instrument? I have tried to learn

piano—without much success— but I also love to listen to Jazz.

6:What is your favourite sport? As a player it has to be hockey and

golf.

7: What was it like to be a principal? I can work with some talented

students and no day is the same, so it is never boring. It is very rewarding.

By Gia Khan

PUZZLES PAGE

MAZE

After can you help

Santa with his

homework, help

him to get cookie

SUDOKU Help Santa complete his homework so he can go pass

presents for children.

By San and Nhung