AP2 News 15th May

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BRITISH INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL - HO CHI MINH CITY| SECONDARY CAMPUS
MAY 15 | ISSUE 32
IN THIS ISSUE
May
16th Admission Tests
18th—19th Year 10 Drama Showcase
25th—29th Year 10 & 12 Exam Week
25th—29th KS3 Assessment Week
26th—27th IBDP Visual Arts Exhibi on
30th Gradua on Ceremony, 11.30am
UPCOMING EVENTS
From the Head Teacher 02
Support for Nepal – BIS Students need your help 03
Our new maps — thinking big! 04
Junior Saigon Maths Compe on 05
BIS ‘Rhino Rangers’ 06
Sport News 07
PTG 10
From The BIStro & Underground 11

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From The Head TeacherFrom The Head Teacher
Nepal
I am sure that you will have been following the events in Nepal in recent weeks. Appearances to the
contrary, our students leapt into ac on immediately on hearing the news and, during the Spring Holiday,
our Head Students were already planning how they could help. Now they are ready to do so, with
specially designed badges and collec on boxes lined up to launch to the school community early next
week. Sean Neo and Hok Yin Kong have wri en an ar cle explaining how we are going to support the
students and teachers of the Bri sh School Kathmandu, a FOBISIA school, in their efforts to rebuild school
projects that they have a long‐term rela onship with. In this way, all support from BIS here in HCMC will
reach those in need immediately and will be used for longer term projects to help people in Nepal rebuild
their lives.
Parents can support this student‐led drive by allowing their children to donate in school, by sending
dona ons to BIS recep on or direct to the school in Kathmandu. Sean’s and Hokyin’s ar cle provides full
details.
Richard Dyer
Head Teacher, Secondary

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Support for Nepal – BIS Students need your help
On 15th
April 2015, a devasta ng earthquake rocked the founda ons of Nepali society to the core. A
magnitude 8 earthquake, it was the worst natural disaster to strike Nepal in 81 years. An es mated 8,000
people lost their lives to the quake, over 19,000 have been injured and thousands of homes across of the
country have been damaged or destroyed. Furthermore, the impact of this earthquake extends far
beyond the immediate a ermath. The lives of thousands of Nepali ci zens have been dras cally altered
in the span of a few weeks through the changes this will bring to their families, their society and their
livelihoods.
Our partners at the Bri sh School Kathmandu have gone above and beyond the call of duty to provide aid
to those afflicted by the earthquake. The generous staff and students have offered the school car park as
a place of temporary shelter for those affected and the school has hosted the arrival of aid materials from
Medecins Sans Fron ères. They have also arranged visits to their local school partners which were
decimated by the violent tremors. So far, the school community has provided food and tarpaulins for 83
families.
The scale of destruc on, however, is beyond comprehension and rebuilding will be a monumental
challenge. Many local schools such as the Dhading School, the Disabled New Life Centre and the
Bungama DSA School, which cared for and taught hearing and sight impaired children, were completely
devastated during this tragic event. These schools had a massive sphere of influence, providing educa on
for large communi es of impoverished people who needed them desperately. Rebuilding these schools
would provide educa on for children in the local Nepali community and would be a significant step
towards repairing a sha ered society.
We, as part of this global community, seek to con nue our support of people in need and help those less
fortunate than ourselves. As such, during the next few weeks, BIS students will be working with the Bri sh
School Kathmandu to raise funds to rebuild the local schools with the hope that we can ease the suffering
of those who have been affected by the ditaster. Every li le bit counts towards assis ng those in need
and we hope you will give generously. Prefects will be collec ng in school and awarding badges to the
most generous.
For more informa on, please visit these links:
http://www.tbskathmandu.org/files/11thMay-TBSVisitsDhadingSchools.pdf
http://www.tbskathmandu.org/news-and-events/school-news/
To donate, send small amounts of cash in with your children, contact BIS Recep on or transfer directly to
one of these bank accounts:
For Interna onal Transfers
A/c Name: The Bri sh School Kathmandu
IBAN number – GB43SCBL60919910938710
ABA Swi number code: SCBLJESH
Bank: Standard Chartered Bank (Jersey) Limited,
15 Castle Street, St. Helier, Jersey,
JE4 8PT, Channels Islands
For transfer from a UK Bank Account:
A/c Name: The Bri sh School Kathmandu
A/C Number: 10938710
Sort code: 60‐91‐99
Bank: Standard Chartered Bank
By Hokyin Kong and Sean Neo, Year 12

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Our new maps — thinking big!

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On Saturday 9th
May, BIS sent nine Year 8 mathema cians to Renaissance Interna onal School for the
annual Junior Saigon Maths Compe on. This being the first compe on for most of the compe tors, it
was great to see so much enthusiasm for a morning of tough problem solving!
The opening Individual Round proved to be challenging but Jungyoon Nam and Hayden Park both did well
to gain joint 7th
place between them. The teams ini ally struggled to get their team order right for the
Pass it Back Round but found their rhythm towards the end with BIS 3 (Joo Wan Ryu, Hayden Park and Jae
Won Jeon) earning a creditable 30 points.
Next came the Puzzle Round with the teams having to solve a puzzle using 60 different mathema cal
clues. BIS 1 (Benne Jones, Mai Anh Pham and Nina Pham) managed to work best under pressure to claim
9th
place.
The final Relay Round challenged the students’ mental and physical abili es. Fortunately, we had some
natural athletes amongst the teams with BIS 2 (Dana Kim, Jungyoon Nam and Sanny Wu) running the
fastest around the course.
Overall, a good morning’s work from the BIS teams. We certainly have some stars for the future!
Ben Sillitoe
Assistant Head of Mathema cs
Junior Saigon Maths Competition

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Recently, a group of BIS students from TX, AP1 and AP2 met up with Ms. Hong Nhung, the famous Viet‐
namese singer, to discuss the issue of the illegal trading of rhino horn in Vietnam. She is playing an im‐
portant role as a ‘rhino ambassador’ in the Vietnamese na onal public awareness campaign aimed at
stopping this trade in order to protect this cri cally endangered species from becoming ex nct.
Ms. Hong Nhung was so impressed as BIS students explained their ini a ves, including collec ng hun‐
dreds of signatures pledging not to be involved in this ac vity, placing collec on boxes around District 2
and producing posters and s ckers reminding people about the plight of the rhinos. The students in turn
were fascinated to hear first‐hand about her trip to South Africa where she witnessed the heartbreaking
scene of a dead rhino whose blood was s ll dripping from the hole where poachers had hacked off its
horn. The Q&A session that followed sparked some interes ng discussion, with BIS students asking intelli‐
gent ques ons as well as voicing their opinions in an extremely mature and caring way.
Also present was a BIS parent, Dr. Mary Chambers, who is the Director of Training and Public Engagement
with Science at the Oxford University Clinical Research Unit. She has also been involved in a number of
ini a ves to raise awareness, and kindly donated t‐shirts to all par cipants with the ‘Rhino Rangers’ logo.
While this is a complicated and urgent issue, BIS students believe in the old adage ‘do not despise small
beginnings’ knowing that their contribu on will have a posi ve influence in ensuring that the world’s
wildlife is protected for genera ons to come.
Simone Tansini (10V) and Mr. Robert Brownrigg (Head of Academic English and EAL)
BIS ‘Rhino Rangers’

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The ISHCMC Invitational Swimming 2015
On Saturday and Sunday May 9th
& 10th
, it was great to see over 305 swimmers taking part in The ISHCMC
Invita onal 2015. There were swimmers from 10 other Interna onal Schools from Ho Chi Minh City,
Hanoi and Cambodia. All students from BIS AP1, BIS AP2, BIS TX, SSIS, AIS, ISHCMC, UNIS, NISC, Ican, ISP
and EIS HCMC contributed to the success of the event and also achieved many personal bests. There was
a fantas c feeling throughout the meet and the day ran smoothly.
It was exci ng to see the overall team trophy awarded to BIS, along with several Individual trophies
which are listed below.
Most Effec ve team:
BIS HCMC ‐ Champions
Combined Team Scores:
BIS HCMC – 2nd
with 3,346.5 Points
Individual Trophies:
1. Shannen Tan – 3rd GIRLS 11‐12
2. Cielo Miguel – 2nd GIRLS 11‐12
3. Cedric Chua – 1st BOYS 11‐12
4. Kim Ninh – 2nd GIRLS 13‐14
5. Lim Zhuo Jun – 1st GIRLS 13‐14
6. Carl Chua – 2nd BOYS 13‐14
7. Jeremie Luong – 1st BOYS 13‐14
8. Angela Villamil – 1st GIRLS 15&Over
9. Jun Won Hwang – 1st BOYS 15&Over
Once again thank you to all swimmers, spectators and coaches who all contributed to the day.
Mr Vinh – BIS Swim Coach
Sport News - BIS Swim Success!

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BIS AP2 AQUATHLON
Saturday 6th
June 2015
Dear Parents,
On Saturday 6th
June AP2 will host its 8th
annual Aquathlon. This year the Primary event will take place a week
later on Saturday 13th
June. Further informa on will be sent from the Primary Campus shortly.
An Aquathlon is a fun and fast‐growing sport that combines both running and swimming.
The swimming will take place in the An Phu Secondary pool and the run will follow a safe route around An Phu, past
the Primary School. The race briefing will take place at 6.45am and the first race will begin at 7.00am.
In both races, boys and girls will set off at the same me but they will not race against each other. The distances for
each age group are:
 11 ‐ 13 years: 300m swim, 1.5 km run
 14 ‐ 17 years: 400m swim, 2.5 km run
Parents/Staff: 400m swim, 4km run
Please note the ages for this event will be taken as of 1st
August 2014 (the start of this academic year).
Students may wish to enter individually or as part of a team (where one student does the swimming and the other
the run). Please indicate this on the entry form.
You will require a swimming costume, goggles, a hat if you wish, towel and suitable clothes/trainers to run in
(including a t‐shirt). A small snack and refreshment is also recommended for a er the event.
If your child or you would like to par cipate, please confirm you a endance on CHQ by clicking the green Yes
bu on, complete the a ached form and return it to me or any other member of the PE department by Friday 29th
May.
If you have any further ques ons please do not hesitate to contact me at PhilipDrake@bisvietnam.com.
Yours sincerely,
Phil Drake
Director of Sport/ECA & Trips Coordinator
Reply Slip
The reply slip should be returned by Friday 30th
May. Please also ensure you click Yes on the CHQ email.
I would like my child to take part in the AP2 BIS Aquathlon on Saturday 6th
June.
Individual/Team: Please circle your choice
Name of Student(s): _________________________________
Male/Female: _______________
Class/Form: _____________
Please circle your choice of event below:
 11 ‐ 13 years: 300m swim, 1.5 km run
 14 ‐ 17 years: 400m swim, 2.5 km run
Parents’ Telephone/Mobile No: ______________________________________
Medical/Condi ons (E.g.Asthma): _____________________________________
For Parents: I would also like to take part in the adult fun race:
Individual/Team: Please circle your choice
Name: _________________________________
Male/Female: _______________
Telephone/Mobile No. (if different from above):_________________________
Medical/Condi ons (E.g.Asthma): ________________________________

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PTG

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From the Underground & BIStro
Menu 2 (18 May)
From the Underground & BIStro
DAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY
MAIN
COURSE
CHOOSE 1
Beef Lasagne
OR
Seafood Fried Rice
Cheese Pizza
OR
Pork with Onion, Rice
Honey Baked
Chicken,
Sautéed Potato/
Rice
OR
Pork Noodle Soup
(Nam Vang)
Ham Burger
OR
Szechuan Chicken,
Rice
VEGETA-
BLES
Morning Glory &
Carrot
Salad
Chinese Cabbage &
Carrot
Salad
Long Beans & Carrot
Salad
Choy sum & Carrot
Salad
SOUP
Spinach & Melon
Soup
Mixed Vegetable Soup
Spinach Watercress
DESSERT Mixed Fruit Mixed Fruit Mixed Fruit Mixed Fruit
VEGETARIAN
Vegetarian Lasagne
Chickepeas Salad
Mixed Fruit
Cheese Pizza
Mixed Vegetable Soup
Mixed Fruit
Tofu Noodle Soup
Long Beans & Carrot
Mixed Fruitit
Aloo Tikki Burger
Mixed Beans Salad
Mixed Fruit
DELI BAR
OPTION
Baguette & Wrap
Fill it with a variety of choices including ham, chicken, cheese, tuna mayonnaise, beef, baked bean, mixed
bean, bolognese sauce
SNACK MENU
Curry Puff
Samosa
Fruit Cup
Chocolate Mud Cake
Swiss Roll
Fruit Cup
Curry Puff
Samosa
Fruit Cup
Banana/Carrot
Muffin
Sponge Cake
Fruit Cup
FRIDAY
Ham & Cheese Croquet
Monsieur &
Roast Potato
OR
Chicken Rice
Bean Sprouts & Carrot
Salad
Tomato & Tofu Soup
Mixed Fruit
Oriental Fried Rice
Tomato & Tofu Soup
Mixed Fru
Donut
Cream Puff
Fruit Cup