English School of Mui Ne

A new year

Marcus Robell — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 13:42:59 +0000

2011 has now come to an end and we at ES are really happy with the progress we have done during the last year. All the students have worked hard and we have seen some great results in the subjects we teach in. We have now mixed up the students in seven of our eight classes. We did that to stimulate more friendship in the school and also to create classes where the students have equal skills. Our newest class (3A) has not mixed up with the other classes yet because they have not been with us for more than five months and they need more time to get familiar with ES and how we work.

Sunday is now review day where most students from all classes meet up in the schoolyard to summarize the week and review what they learned the past week by playing games and doing fun activities. This is done in mixed groups.

In our computer department we are focusing a lot on online learning, online research and less on Excel, Powerpoint and Word. This is an active decision because most of the students have reached a good level using these programs but many of them need more training in gathering information from Internet and present it in a good way.

Toan (1D), Thinh (1D) and Hau (1D) have all won great awards this last month. Toan got an award for one of the best young leaders in the province. Thinh for her speaking and writing English skills and Hau for his computer skills. We are of course very proud of our ambitious and hard working students and we believe that this will stimulate their fellow students even more.

To conclude, we are following our plan and we are reaching our goals. We have a good and strong team, great students and the future looks bright for English School of Mui Ne.

Please check out some great photos at our blog http://www.esmuine.blogspot.com/

A short report from Mui Ne

Marcus Robell — Sun, 12 Sep 2010 06:29:23 +0000

I arrived in Mui Ne this Monday for a short visit in ES and I have now spent almost one week in our new school with our 160 students. It is amazing what the staff of ES has accomplished since I left the last time (four months ago). Ms Vy and her staff should be extremely satisfied and proud of what they have done. The feeling when entering the new school is incredible, there are students EVERYWHERE. In the front yard there are at least ten students sitting practicing English, having discussions with teachers or reading books. Then you arrive in front of the office where it is packed with students and teachers in deep discussions. Passing the office and heading to the back school yard will give you the opportunity to see one of the many English lessons going on in the classroom. If you pass by the classroom you will then enter our beautiful schoolyard/garden where the action is intense with group work, discussions and games. If you visit ES any specific time you are sure to meet about 50-60 students in ES all involved in something with a big smile on their face. ES has become a place for our students to meet up whenever they want, a place to where they can study together, a place where they can be children even if some of them work long days in construction sites in the area. The new school is place where knowledge is spread from friends to friends, where the students feel at home and where big smiles are seen everyday.

New volunteers to ES-MN

Marcus Robell — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 12:37:40 +0000

Last October ES-MN had its first volunteer in the school and we are impressed and happy about what they have contributed with to the school. During the summer our friend Mican Franke joined us for a month and we all thank her for her hard work at the school. On the 3^rd of September our next volunteers will arrive in Mui Ne, Cecilia and Kevin. They will stay for about four months. During the next nine months ES-MN will have at least nine new volunteers joining us. Some of them stay for one month some of them for over five months. All members of the school would like to wish you all very welcome to us!

ES-MN proudly presents the ES-MN Student Council

Marcus Robell — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 09:17:20 +0000

Three students in ES-MN have started The ES-MN Student Council, an incentive from the students to help other students and to contribute to the community. They have created their own website, communicating with other students and teachers by email and have just uploaded their first video on Youtube.

Communicating in English, using their computer skills and helping their friends all at the same time! All of us working with ES-MN could not be more proud.

DGC joins ES-MN as the main sponsor and The International Childrens Day is celebrated in ES-MN

Marcus Robell — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 09:53:56 +0000

ES-MN is very happy to present our new main sponsor, the Swedish IT-company DGC (www.dgc.se). ES-MN and DGC have been discussing a cooperation for a few months and a decision was made from the DGC management some weeks ago to sponsor ES-MN. DGC will sponsor ES-MN with all costs for setting up and operate the IT-department in the school. A new computer room is already up and running with new computers, high speed Internet and a new ambitious and well respected computer teacher has joined the ES team. We all know the importance of information and technology and this sponsorship will help our students connect to the rest of the world in a great way. All of us working with ES-MN would like to welcome DGC as our main sponsor and we hope to see you soon in the school in Mui Ne. Below you will see some photos from the new computer room.

The International Children’s day was celebrated the 1th of June and all the 160 students had a great day with fun games, songs, presentations and cooking competitions. Please see some photos from the students´ blog at http://esmuine.blogspot.com/2010/06/happy-international-day-in-es-mn.html

60 new students in the new school

Marcus Robell — Fri, 14 May 2010 08:52:03 +0000

ES-MN has now started three new classes. Since we have some more space in our new school we decided to start three new classes and help some more less fortunate children/teenagers in the area. The photos belows shows class the three new classes and some new students in our old class D. ES-MN is now helping 160 students with English and computer skills.

ES-MN is also glad to inform that we have employed one more computer teacher, Mr Nguyễn Đức Bình. We would like to welcome him to the ES-MN team.

New School

admin — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 19:34:25 +0000

After twelve days and some long nights the new school is finished! The result is better than all of us could ever imagine. Everything from classroom to schoolyard and computer room looks amazing. We had the opening ceremony with all our students this Monday and you could really see the pure happiness in their eyes when they entered their new school.

ES is moving to a new school

admin — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 07:31:25 +0000

The renovation of the new school is in progress and the plan is to open it on Monday the 19^th. Everything is going according to plan and the entire ES-Team is very excited. Everyone from the Vietnamese building team, to ES teachers to ES friends is helping out to perfect the school.

Vietnamese New Year’s and Examinations

admin — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 04:21:26 +0000

New Year
Due to the Vietnamese New Year, the last one and a half weeks have been off. After months of hard work this break has been well-deserved, both for students and for teachers. We finished the year with a small ceremony on the school yard. Toan, last year’s ES-monitor held a small speech and introduced Hoang, the new ES-monitor for 2010. Marcus Robell congratulated the students on a good year and said a couple of encouraging words for next year. Students thanked the teachers and the volunteers for what they have done for the school. Finally the new school yearbook was handed out to each student. Hopefully next year will be just as good as or even better than 2009.

Examination
Before the New Year’s break a big examination was held in every class. It contained a writing, a listening and an oral part. The overall results were astonishing. An improvement since the last examination three months ago could clearly be seen in all students. All of us involved in ES are very proud and satisfied about the results made by our students. This is proof that the students are learning quickly and working hard to reach their goals. Every day we are getting closer to the goal we all strive for – a better future for the children of Mui Ne.

New Volunteers and Recent Events

admin — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 04:57:32 +0000

On December 25th two new Swedish volunteers arrived in Mui Né – Alex Carabi and Douglas von Euler. They have been very impressed by what they’ve seen so far: the students are the happiest children they’ve ever seen, the English skills on display are impressive and everything seems to be running smoothly.

The last few weeks have seen several fun events. Firstly two soccer tournaments, which were very tough encounters, with some great goals and super support from the students who didn’t play. Watch our video below to see some of the action!

On December 31st, ES-MN had its own News Years Party on the school yard, with each class performing either a dance or a play. 100 students, all teachers, almost 30 visitors from Sweden and what seemed like the whole village of Mui Né were in attendance. The teachers and the board were thanked by the students for their fantastic job in running and supporting the school, helping every student learn English and, as they put it, “becoming better people”.