Bustling program 'Tet flavor of my hometown'

(Baonghean.vn) - In the days before Lunar New Year, many primary schools in Do Luong district such as Nam Son, Luu Son, Xuan Son... organized the exciting and meaningful "Taste of Tet in my hometown" experience program.

Implementing the policy of the Department of Education and Training and the Do Luong District Youth Union, increasing extracurricular activities for students, primary schools in the district have regularly maintained practical experience activities, each month with a different theme such as "Being a soldier", "Folk games", "Enjoying art performances", "Visiting relics"...

Bustling "Taste of Tet in my hometown" festival of Nam Son Primary School students. Photo: Huy Thu.

On the eve of the New Year of the Rooster, “The taste of Tet in my hometown” is a theme that many schools in the district organize with diverse activities such as performing arts, club activities, charity, sales, etc. Especially in culinary activities, students can show off their skills in making dishes with traditional Tet flavors such as wrapping banh chung, banh tet, banh ngot, candied eggplant, pickled vegetables, etc.

For the first time, 5th grade students of Lam Son Primary School were introduced to the activity of wrapping banh chung. Photo: Huy Thu

Each grade level, depending on their age, is organized to make different types of cakes, candies, and dishes. Teacher Nguyen Thi Hong, Head of the Youth Union of Luu Son Primary School, said that at this school, students from grades 3 to 5 are allowed to participate in culinary experiences. Grade 3 students get acquainted with boiled tubers and fruits such as sweet potatoes, taro, and yams. Grade 4 students are organized to make coconut jam, salads, and pickles. Grade 5 students make banh chung, candied eggplant, etc.

Students from Nam Son Primary School also cooked banh chung under the guidance of the Team Leader and their parents. Photo: Huy Thu.

According to Ms. Hong, last year, Luu Son Primary School also organized a culinary experience program to familiarize themselves with traditional local cakes, but not on a large scale or as systematically as it is now. Students here were excited about the practical experience program "Taste of Tet in my hometown" and when participating, they often brought many kinds of vegetables, tubers, and fruits, which are agricultural products of their families, to use as ingredients for processing. With the same theme of Lunar New Year, each school organized with its own creativity, but all were bustling and joyful like a festival.

Teachers and students of Grade 4 of Lam Son Primary School make fried cakes, a dish found in most families in the area during Tet holiday. Photo: Huy Thu.

In each class, there will be 1 teacher and 2 parents to guide the children to make cakes and candies for Tet. The students will learn, work, and show each other how to wrap cakes, make candies, cook, fry, grill, and then arrange the dishes on the table with their class name on it. After completion, the school will have a panel of judges to score, commend the classes that cook well, decorate well, and give souvenirs to the students.

Fourth graders from Lam Son Primary School decorate their dining table and team space. Photo: Huy Thu.

In addition to culinary experiences, this Tet holiday, students also experienced fashion activities for the environment, charity for the poor, and donated rice and materials to help the poor, disabled, and families with meritorious services. On this occasion, through the program "Charity Rice Jar", students of Nam Son Primary School contributed 450 kg of rice to give to 45 students in difficult circumstances in the school.

Products on display by Grade 4 students - Luu Son Primary School. Photo: Huy Thu.

Talking about the practical experience activity with the theme "Tet flavor of my hometown", teacher Hoang Thi Long, head of the team of Nam Son primary school shared: The program is truly a playground, fun and learning, interesting and useful, training students in creativity, dexterity, the spirit of exchange and learning... Through this experience activity, it also helps students gain more understanding about the traditional Tet and love more the traditional cultural beauty of their homeland and nation.

Huy Thu