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Mid-Autumn Festival at VFIS

On the afternoon of September 13, 2019, also on the full moon day of the 8th month of the lunar calendar, more than 200 students of Vietnam-Finland International School (VFIS) celebrated the Mid-Autumn Festival 2019 (VFIS Mid-Autumn Festival 2019) with various traditional activities such as reciting moon poetry, telling the story of the Moon Boy, lion-dragon-unicorn dance, making moon cakes, making Mid-Autumn lanterns, and so on in a cozy atmosphere at VFIS.

The Mid-Autumn Festival 2019 taking place at VFIS for the first time is not only a new experience for international students but also helps them exchange and gets acquainted with Vietnamese culture. In addition, through many academic and extracurricular activities to celebrate this festival with Finnish teachers, students are inspired with creativity and are given chances to train their self-confidence and dynamism.

With the bustling beat of drum and colorful lanterns made by VFIS students, the Mid-Autumn Festival at VFIS brought the students enormous joy for the first day of the new school year, helping the children enjoy their childhood, have fun learning and stay happy, just like the motto of VFIS.

Some images of Mid-Autumn Festival at VFIS:

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The Finnish teachers bringing Mid-Autumn themes to the classrooms at VFIS

 

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The students making the lanterns themselves and decorating VFIS campus

 

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Ms. Seija Nyholm, the Principal of VFIS celebrating Mid-Autumn Festival with the students

 

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VFIS students having fun with the Moon Boy and Rabbit

 

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VFIS teachers and students discovering Vietnamese culture through folk games
VFIS teachers and students discovering Vietnamese culture through folk games 

 

Telling the story of the Moon Boy with a recycled model
Telling the story of the Moon Boy with a recycled model

 

VFIS students reciting a poem
VFIS students reciting a poem

 

VFIS students excitedly making the moon cakes for the first time
VFIS students excitedly making the moon cakes for the first time

 

... and happily showing the products
... and happily showing the products

 

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The children having fun at the game booths of the Festival
The children having fun at the game booths of the Festival

 

eachers and students posing for a group photo of the first unforgettable and happy festival at VFIS
eachers and students posing for a group photo of the first unforgettable and happy festival at VFIS

 

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