The Happy Schoolhouse Blog

Friday Special

2012-02-10T11:32:00.006+07:00

Friday Special, as the name implies, is a special activity organized on Friday mornings for our students. These specials are activities that are different from the rest of the week's programmes and are always fun for our kids. We also have out-of-school field trips to add variety to the activities.

Welcome back

2012-02-01T08:21:00.001+07:00

We welcome our Happy family of students, parents and family back to school after the Tet holidays. We hope that all of you have had a good holiday and have refreshed yourselves for the second half of the school year. Our next celebration will be Valentine's Day.

Tet Celebrations (2012)

2012-01-18T23:30:00.003+07:00

THS has been having quite a few concerts in school recently - from the Official Opening to Teachers' Day to Christmas. We thought it would be good to have a change and go to the indoor playground instead. We were proven right as excited children and staff couldn't wait to get out of school to go the playground. This was our first out-of-school trip and naturally everyone was pumped up for action.

The Principal and staff of THS wish all parents and children a very happy Tet holiday. Please be reminded that classes will resume on Wed 1 Feb 2012.

Parent-Child Quality Time

2012-01-13T22:51:00.002+07:00

THS organized a lantern-making session for Tet mainly to create an opportunity for parents to spend quality with their children. The main focus was the time and not the lantern. Well, Friday turned out to be a busy day for parents but the kids enjoyed making red-packet lanterns to bring home for Tet.

Tet is coming

2012-01-09T13:10:00.003+07:00

Tet is coming soon. Everyone is excited about this time of the year. We will have a lantern-making activity on Fri 13 Jan 2012 where parents are invited to spend some time with their children to make a lantern for Tet. Our kids will also be going to the ABC Indoor Playground to celebrate Tet on 18 Jan 2012 - this is our very first trip out of school.

Please note that school will be closed from 19 to 31 Jan 2012. Classes will resume on Wed 1 Feb 2012.

Christmas Celebrations 2011

2011-12-23T23:28:00.005+07:00

Our first Christmas celebration ... and power has to be cut!!! Nevertheless, we continued with our celebrations and games, and waited keenly in anticipation of a visit by Father Christmas. Santa arrived on time and gave out presents (bought by parents) to all our excited kids. We concluded the celebrations with a special lunch for our children.

Thank you teachers and staff for working out the details and decorations for our celebrations. And a very merry Christmas to all of you and your families and to all our students, parents and families too.

Teachers' Day 2011

2011-11-18T22:34:00.005+07:00

This is our first Teachers' Day celebration at THS. The management would like to wish all teachers a very Happy Teachers' Day. We had a good time celebrating this special day with games and songs this afternoon. Please see the class blogs for more photos.

Thank you, parents for the lovely flowers

Ms Nga and Ms Thuy made these for our babies

THS Official Opening Day

2011-11-11T13:30:00.001+07:00

Students from The Alpha Kindergarten (TAK) came to join THS for our opening day celebration, and their presence made this a truly special occasion to remember. Apart from the special date, of course - 11.11.11. After a tour of THS, all of us settled down to song and games before proceeding for a sumptuous buffet spread kids-style. From the looks of it, our children really enjoyed their special lunch. Thank you, teachers and staff of THS and TAK, for the hard work and effort in making this a memorable day for all.

We would also like to thank Suri's parents (TAK), Ms Trang, Ms Huong, Ms Yen and Ms Hanh for their lovely flowers.

End of 1st week

2011-11-05T13:51:00.001+07:00

Presenting our 9 lovely students at the end of the first week.

THS Opening Day

2011-11-01T21:11:00.000+07:00

We had 6 new students this morning and a 7th in the afternoon. This is a great start and we look forward to receiving more students even as we continue to improve the school. Thank you, parents, for starting with us.

Updates

2011-10-16T10:01:00.000+07:00

Follow us as we embark on improving our environment for our children. Brightly coloured flowers hand-made by teachers light up the staircase when our kids walk up to their classes. Note that decorations are intentionally placed at kids eye-level wherever possible.

Up to the classrooms

Playgroup room

Entrance to office

Computer Room

Our brand new SmartBoard

Nursery Room

K1 Room

Halloween

2011-10-09T11:46:00.000+07:00

THS will be celebrating Halloween on Fri 28 Oct 2011 together with TAK.

Some information about Halloween :

Halloween is celebrated on 31 Oct every year.
It is a Western festival that is fast gaining popularity in the East.
Halloween began as a festival from Ireland to ward off evil spirits.
People carve out scary faces and figures in pumpkins, place a candle inside and set in their windows to scare away evil spirits and enemies on Halloween.
The traditional colours used for most Halloween decorations are black and orange.
Characters associated with Halloween : ghosts, witches, skeletons, vampires, werewolves, bats and black cats
People celebrate Halloween by going trick-or-treating, which means children dressing up in costumes to look like traditional characters, such as witches and ghosts, and go from house to house and say "trick or treat".
Most will give treats - candy or small toys.
Many homes will be decorated with Halloween themes to scare away evil spirits

(Source : http://www.teach-nology.com/themes/holidays/halloween/)

THS celebrates the fun part of Halloween by giving out candies and having our children wear costumes of any kind. Nowadays, Halloween is celebrated with all kinds of costumes; it need not be scary. We celebrate Halloween as one of the many international festivals so as to increase the international awareness of our students. Last month The Alpha Schools celebrated Mid-Autumn Festival. In Nov, we will celebrate the Indian Festival of Lights - Deepavali, and in Dec, Christmas.

Over the next 2 weeks, our children will be doing activities, crafts and worksheets in preparation for Halloween.

New playground

2011-09-29T09:22:00.000+07:00

The playground is finally up. The order was placed a month ago and we were waiting anxiously for the company to take it out from the port. Before that, the outdoor safety tiles had to be laid and that too was a wait for over a month for it to reach us from Malaysia. Finally, things are coming together.

We're open ... in a week

2011-09-24T21:23:00.000+07:00

The Happy Schoolhouse is ready to accept students on Mon 3 Oct 2011. We have not opened our doors as we wanted most, if not all things to be in place before we accept new students. Now that most things are ready, we have just the finishing touches to complete next week. New banners were up today ... thank goodness the weather held up long enough for us to complete the job. Here are some photos of our preparation.

Our international wall with postcards from the world over

The safety net hangs over 3 levels to keep our kids safe

Incy Wincy Spider keeps the sea creatures company

And Old Macdonald too

Charlie Brown and Sally keep the K1 kids company

The new banner at the front

Another at the back

One at the playground with outdoor safety tiles

Our logo on the signboard

THS School Uniform

We're in business

2011-09-08T10:58:00.000+07:00

The Education Department officers came to inspect our school today and gave us the green light to proceed. This is indeed a happy day for us. Now we can continue with our plans and we have our name approved : "Mam Non Hanh Phuc" in Vietnamese, "The Happy Schoolhouse" in English.