There is a famous quote from former US President Barack Obama: “Reading is important. If you know how to read, the whole world will open up for you.”   In order to make reading a joy and a bridge to bring students to the vast world, UTS organized the “Growing up with Books” contest and received positive participation from 53 contestants from Grade 1 to Grade 5. The entries received by the organizers were extremely creative, from witty book “review” videos to colorful comic books created by the students. The stories are extremely interesting, revealing the creativity and language ability of the students.   For the “review” videos, the students have summarized the important details of the good stories in a very methodical and concise way with their feelings. And in the field of comic book creation, the organizing committee has received many stories, dreams, and expectations of UTS-ers in many extremely new forms.   UTS hopes that the contest conveys the spirit of reading culture and promote the creativity of each UTS-er. For now, let’s take a look back at those memorable moments with UTS!

With the aim of pursuing a green lifestyle and focusing on sustainable values, the NEW GEN UTS project – an inter-block project had received a lot of attention and response from UTS-ers. With the message: “Let’s improve and protect the living environment around us!”, the UTS-ers had 2 months of working together. Students used their imagination and creativity to develop and select the appropriate materials over the first few weeks of the project. Under the guidance of teachers, the students transformed into “designers” to produce the costume that ensured the three criteria of “beautiful – strange – meaningful” and performed in front of the whole school. Each outfit has its own beauty and meaning with a common criterion of reusing discarded items. The project “NEW GEN – UTS” is not only a place where UTS-ers can unleash their creativity but also spread a green message, helping us to reuse used objects, thereby bringing positive impacts to the environment that we live in.

Having an in-depth knowledge of pathology is never easy due to the vast amount of information and requirement for high levels of accuracy. However, “challenge accepted” – UTS Grade 10 students still successfully and professionally overcome this obstacle in the English class with the support of Mr. Kyle Gibbons to create attractive infographics. Utilizing their “full capacity,” students work together to visualize data and pictures to create helpful infographics. UTS students are excited to share their achievements with friends and happy to get comments from the teacher. Especially, students have learned the value of taking care of their health thanks to the informative infographics with simple visuals. Let’s cherish the enjoyable time from that day!