Exciting toy festival 2013 - final round
Toy Festival is one of the extracurricular activities held annually at the Asian International School. Toy Festival provides a healthy, useful playground helping students develop thinking skills, creative skills and even practice teamwork and presentation skills. Toy Festival evolves from intellectual game development such as assembling models, racing vehicles and controlling flying objects to the games which develop ingenuity and creativity such as Yoyo, statue painting, flower arrangement...
On the morning of April 5th, 2013, 70 of the best teams from Caothang, Conghoa, Trannhatduat, Thaivanlung and Vanthanh campus as well as hundreds of spectators gathered at Thanglong campus to join in the "Toy Festival 2013 Finals". The large yard at Thanglong campus was grandly and elaborately designed: decorated and divided into areas for each section of the competition such as lectures, assembling models, racing vehicles, controlling flying objects, statue painting and flower arranging. Hundreds of students were in suspense, waiting to express their talents, creativity and ingenuity. Toy Festival 2013 also attracted the attention of numerous parents.
The jubilant atmosphere of Toy Festival 2013
Judges at the Toy Festival
The area attracting the loudest and largest audience was the racing section. In this competition, the students were required to direct their remote control cars through an obstacle course to reach the final destination safely and quickly. Meanwhile, the section where models were being assembled was very quiet as the students concentrated on completing their unique models such as ships, railway trains and aircraft...
The racing competition
Students focused on assembling ship models.
Students were very happy with their completed models
Unlike the area of assembling models which attracted many male students, the statue painting and flower arrangement areas attracted mostly female students. With their meticulous preparation, artistic talents and creativeness, they have made the most beautiful items. Through the process of competing in groups, the students learn teamwork, solidarity and cooperation among team members.
Flower arrangement competition
Statue painting competition
After completing their artistic endeavors the representatives of each group would do a presentation for the judges in both English and Vietnamese. In this section, the students were extremely mature and confident in presenting their ideas clearly and fluently. Their witty presentations as well as their innocence made the judges feel very happy and impressed.
Students presented their toy models in Vietnamese
Students gave their presentation in English to a foreign judge.
“Toy Festival” is a diversified festival with many different kinds of toys. In addition to the team competition, Toy Festival encourages individuals to show their talents in any games that they love, such as Yoyo, controlling flying objects, running objects...
Students performed Yo-yo
At the end of the festival, the judges awarded prizes for the best teams and individuals. The highest prize was awarded to the team from Conghoa campus, including four first prizes in the competition section: racing, statue painting, flower arrangement and controlling flying objects. As well, the teams and individuals from all IPS campuses received attractive prizes from the organization committee. As “Toy Festival 2013” ended, the student’s face still showed their glee after spending an exciting morning with their friends. In the future, Toy Festival will evolve into a larger, grander event in order to be a wholesome playground and useful venue for the students of the Asia International School.
Giving the rewards to the excellent teams and individuals