Many of you were able to do some of your best work during school closure, learning not just for yourselves but emtributing to the learning of the whole class, helping your classmates. Nhu has often commented on your resilience, what we in Finland call sisu, and has praised you for your high level of motivation. Your teachers are full of admiration for the way you braced online learning, attending the meetings regularly and completing your schoolwork emscientiously. At our last celebration before Tet, no one could imagine the upheaval that lay ahead. You have set a good example for younger students.Ĭlass 5B: You have worked very hard this year, growing not only physically but also growing in character and acadic achievent. ![]() At a time when current events rind us of the suffering caused by racism and inequality, we should not underestimate the power of education to bring people together and to foster cultural awareness. Each one of you is unique, each one of you is valuable. You have picked up new words from your classmates-hopefully not only curse words-and learned to appreciate your classmates for who they are. Because you are a very international bunch, coming from many different countries, you have also gained a better understanding of other cultures and languages. They, too, have been on this journey with you. Let’s not forget the fourth graders, who sit here in the audience. Your teachers have admired your class spirit, 5A, and your love of playing games together. Paula has been impressed with your ability to learn under challenging circumstances and the way you have grown together as a class. During online learning, you persevered, although it was not easy getting used to a whole new way of ’going’ to school. ![]() Some of you joined the class at the beginning of Term 2 and hardly had time to settle in before the school building was closed. Each one of you was very brave, determined to forge ahead.Ĭlass 5A: During this year, you have made new friends and worked very hard. So many new strange things to get used to. For some of you, new country and language. ![]() New classmates, new teachers, new school building. Everyone was a little worried, a little nervous. Together, you and your parents, body the pioneering spirit! Of all the schools they could have chosen for you, they have chosen Vietnam-Finland International School, believing that this school can provide you with the best 21st-century education. Moreover, your parents are pioneers, too. As the first graduating class of VFIS, you Grade 5 students have lived through the ups and downs of the school’s first year and taken part in quite an adventure. This means taking risks, but it also means great adventure and great rewards. To be a pioneer means to move forward into territory that is new. ![]() It is this seemd sense of the word that I use when I call you pioneers. A pioneer is also a person or group of people who are among the first in any field of inquiry, enterprise or progress. A pioneer is a person who is among the first to enter or settle a region, thus opening it up for occupation and development by others. You and your parents have worked hard this year and today we celebrate your success. It gives me great pleasure to look at this row of Grade 5 students. Dear Students, Parents, Teachers and Honourable Guests,
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