The festive atmosphere became bustling when the “Fun Run” race on a dreamlike road filled with banyan flowers began. Besides, right on the romantic green campus of Hoa Lac TH School, a series of diverse activities such as folk games, enjoying international cuisine from Myanmar, Korea, and India…; Experience the extremely unique art form “Waterprint Painting”… also welcomes visitors to visit and enjoy.
Present at the school campus very early, Mr. Nguyen Van Chuong (Thach Hoa, Thach That, Hanoi) said he learned about the festival and race through the school ‘s website. “I was very impressed with the theme of the festival and the message given by the organizers, so I planned to participate with my family, siblings and children. At the festival, all 15 people in my family signed up to run. This is a great opportunity for me and my loved ones to exercise and bond with family. In particular, seeing our children have a useful playground and the opportunity to experience the world-class environment of TH School, we all feel very happy.” Mr. Chuong excitedly shared right after completing the 5km Fun Run with his 8-year-old son.
The joy of Vu Hieu Phuong, a student at TH School, when coming to the Happiness Day festival was the excitement of being able to plan and organize a fundraising booth with her friends for the school ‘s Student Council. “We have prepared and are looking forward to today. Successful fundraising during the TH School Happiness Day event will help us have funds to organize many meaningful activities for students in the school as well as volunteer programs. For me, happiness is the joy of doing things I love and are meaningful to many people around me, like today ‘s fundraising sale” – Phuong shared.
Meanwhile, the happiness in today ‘s Happiness Day festival of 4th-grade student Nguyen Duc Linh is simply being able to play games that he has never experienced, such as trapeze dancing.
According to Ms. Tran Thi Quyen – Human Resources Director of TH Group, and member of the Board of Directors of TH School, Happiness Day is an event in a series of activities throughout March of TH Group aimed at celebrating Happiness Day. World Happiness March 20. “We are very proud that TH is probably the only business in Vietnam that celebrates the International Day of Happiness every year, which is understandable because “For true happiness” is a core value of the Group.” – Ms. Quyen said.
Also according to Ms. Quyen, the happiness that TH aims for is complete, overall, true human happiness with 5 aspects according to the SPIRE happiness model developed by Dr. Tal Ben-Shahar (University of Oxford University). Including S – Spiritual, P – Physical, I – Intellectual, R – Relationships and E – Emotions. The series of activities at this year ‘s Happiness Day event were designed by TH School teachers and students according to these core values.
It is spiritual happiness when everyone can participate in the festival in a happy atmosphere and prepare common booths together (especially TH School students – they are not just dedicated “guests”. enjoy the event but also experience and practice becoming an organizer, promote independence, confidence and life capital), contribute to charity fundraising activities through participating in running races and selling products. The happiness of running together on a dream-like road, playing physical games such as jumping, soccer, basketball… exercising. The happiness of interacting and learning with people around you, playing intellectual games, and learning about multinational culture. Happiness comes when each person can be themselves and choose to participate in activities they love.
And so that students can express themselves, be themselves, and be truly happy in their own way during the Happiness Day festival, Ms. Jane Francis Ball, Principal of Hoa Lac TH School, said before the event. Through the homeroom teachers, the school consulted all students about what they wanted to do, play, and have at the event.
From those wishes, TH School Hoa Lac ‘s 26,000 square meter green campus has been harmoniously designed for about 50 experience areas and rich booths. TH School Hoa Lac has become a space for exciting performances, physical activity and family bonding games, creative workshops for children and interesting interactive knowledge activities equipped Brilliant to bring an exciting experience to players.
Always smiling brightly throughout the program, Mrs. Chaw Chaw Yu, from Myanmar, parent of Katy Kyi Nuu Eain, a 6th grade student at TH School, happily said: “Everyone in this world is wish to be happy. We are always busy looking for happiness somewhere, but unexpectedly, TH School has made me and my child feel complete happiness right at this moment when we can experience so many interesting activities together. attractive and meaningful. It ‘s great that the school named today the Happiness Festival. And I see a lot of smiles, handshakes, and warm hugs here. True happiness is being spread.”
