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BRITISH INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL - HO CHI MINH CITY| SECONDARY CAMPUS
DECEMBER 12 2014 | ISSUE 16
IN THIS ISSUE
From the Head Teacher 02
Ac vi es for Term 2 – The process 03
Dengue Fever 04
Community Service 05
Sport News 09
PTG 10
From The BIStro & Underground 13
December
12th—16th Bangkok Swimming Compe on
17th Year 10 Mai Tam Christmas party
19th Final Assembly
School closes 11.30am
22nd Dec 2014— 9th Jan 2015 Christmas Holiday
Monday 12th January Start of Term 2
UPCOMING EVENTS
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From The Head Teacher
Winter Concert
There is nothing more uplifting than music and our spirits were certainly lifted to the stars last night at our
2014 Winter Concert. From the opening choral fanfare to the final burst of community singing, with the
whole auditorium joining a round of “We Wish You A Merry Christmas”, we were treated to style, pa-
nache, talent and sheer quality. Thank you to Ms James who brought so many people together to perform,
and also to Mrs Astley for lights, Mr Nhon and his technical team for sound, Ms Tappin (String Ensem-
ble), Davis Zunk (Schools of Rock), Ms. Smith (Flute Choir/Woodwind Ensemble) and Mr. Alexander
(Jazz Band/Concert Band/Jazz Quintet). Of course, thank you to all parents and friends who attended and
to the students, without whom, none of this would be possible.
Christmas BISzaar
“Better than ever!” “Spectacular!” “A great family event.” “The PTG have raised the bar!”
All these comments, and more, were overheard at last weekend’s BISzaar. It was, indeed, our best and big-
gest ever. Our PTG Executive and many others were responsible for the day, and thanks go, in particular,
to Cindy, Eunice, Reshmi and Maria for their incredible powers of networking, their impeccable organiza-
tion and their limitless energy and vision.
Nobel Peace Prize, Global Citizenship and the BIS Whole School Assembly
This week, Malala Yousafzai received her Nobel Peace Prize, the youngest person ever awarded, at age 17.
At the ceremony, Malala said that she was there to stand up for the rights of forgotten and frightened chil-
dren, and raise their voice. She said of her award,
"It is for those forgotten children who want education. It is for those frightened children who want peace. It is
for those voiceless children who want change. ...I am here to stand up for their rights, raise their voice. It is
not time to pity them. It is time to take action so it becomes the last time that we see a child deprived of edu-
cation."
Global citizenship sits at the heart of our school mission statement. If BIS students wonder what global
citizenship is about, if they wish to know what a global citizen looks like and what she does, if they want a
glimpse of the infinite potential of young people like themselves, they need look no further than Ms
Yousafzai.
This week we also witnessed an articulate, persuasive and extremely well-presented assembly on human
trafficking. Ngoc Vo and Adya Rao, both from year 11, spoke in a confident and captivating manner to the
whole secondary school on Monday morning, presenting their work as part of the school’s involvement in
the Global Issues Network. The BIS students can now look closer to home for inspiration and a glimpse of
what global citizenship looks like in action, to Ngoc and Adya.
Richard Dyer
Head Teacher, Secondary
From The Head Teacher
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ACTIVITIES FOR TERM 2 – The process
Student have been able to sign up on CHQ http://www.bisvietnam.com/index.php/chq-80.htm (for Term 2 ac‐
vi es) from Monday 8th
December at 3pm. CHQ will close on Wednesday 17th
December at 5pm.
The activities booklet can be found by following the link on the school website:
http://www.bisvietnam.com/uploads/ContentPages/AboutUs/StudentLife/ClubActivities/
extra_curricular_booklet_term2_update6.pdf
or here:
http://tinyurl.com/otr5m6l
Students will be no fied through CHQ whether they have been selected by Friday 16th
January
Ac vity dates Term 2:
Start: Monday 19th
January 2015
End: Sunday 12th
April 2015
There will be no ac vi es from Monday 26th
January – Friday 30th
January 2015 inclusive (school trips/
examina ons week) & from Saturday 14th
February – Tuesday 24th
February (inclusive – Tết holiday).
Ac vi es resume again on Wednesday 25th
February.
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Dengue Fever
Dengue Fever occurs throughout Vietnam. Dengue Fever is charac‐
terized by acute onset of high fever, intense headache, and severe
aches and pains in the muscles and joints las ng several days to a
week or more. Fever may be accompanied by a rash.
What is Dengue Fever?
Dengue fever is a virus‐caused disease that is spread by mosquitoes.
Causes, incidence, and risk factors
Dengue fever is caused by one of four different but related viruses. It is spread by the bite of mosquitoes,
most commonly the mosquito Aedes mosquitoes, primarily Aedes aegyp which is found in tropic and
subtropic regions. These mosquitoes are peri‐domes c, living in and around human dwellings. Some Ae‐
des mosquitoes prefer to breed, rest, and feed on humans in gardens, where it is cool and shady and
where they find small collec ons of fresh water to lay their eggs. Mosquitoes that carry the dengue virus‐
es like to bite during the day me in shady areas, and on cloudy, overcast days.
Dengue fever should not be confused with Dengue Haemorrhagic Fever, which is a separate disease that
is caused by the same type of virus but has much more severe symptoms.
Symptoms
Dengue fever begins with a sudden high fever, o en as high as 104 ‐ 105 degrees Fahrenheit (40 to 40.5
degrees Celsius), 4 to 7 days a er the infec on.
A flat, red rash may appear over most of the body 2 ‐ 5 days a er the fever starts.
A second rash, which looks like the measles, appears later in the disease.
Infected people may have increased skin sensi vity and are very uncomfortable.
Other symptoms:
Fa gue
Headache (especially behind the eyes)
Joint aches
Muscle aches
Nausea
Swollen lymph nodes
Vomi ng
Treatment
There is no specific treatment for dengue fever. You will need fluids if there
are signs of dehydra on. Acetaminophen (Tylenol) is used to treat a high
fever. Avoid taking aspirin, aspirin‐containing drugs, and other nonsteroi‐
dal an ‐inflammatory drugs (such as ibuprofen) because of their an co‐
agulant proper es. Fever should be controlled with acetaminophen and tepid sponge baths.
Preven on
No vaccine is available, although several are in clinical trials; no chemoprophylaxis is available to prevent
dengue.
Clothing, that adequately covers the arms and legs, especially during the early morning and late a er‐
noon, when risk of being bi en is the highest.
Use mosquito repellent
Ne ng can help reduce exposure to mosquitoes.
Empty and clean or cover any standing water that can be mosquito‐breeding sites in the local resi‐
dence (such as water storage tanks or flowerpot trays).
Traveling during periods of minimal mosquito ac vity can also be helpful.
Mosquito abatement programs may reduce the risk of infec on.
http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/yellowbook/2014/chapter-3-infectious-diseases-related-to-travel/dengue
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Community Service
VINA CAPITAL HEARTBEAT FOUNDATION GROUP 1
Vina Capital Heartbeat Vietnam is a founda on that aims to change the lives of children in Vietnam
through health and educa on projects and to empower Vietnamese children by providing opportuni es
for growth. Heartbeat Vietnam scouts children with congenital heart defects or murmurs, from rural are‐
as in Vietnam.
Our aim was to raise awareness for the founda on on one of the days during the Year 12 Community pro‐
ject week (24th‐28th Nov). The funds that we were able to secure by generous dona on from the PTG
gave us the pla orm to raise funds through our bake sale and game. In total we raised 8.6 million VND.
We hope to bring more a en on to this founda on and what they are doing to save and create be er
lives for the youth (with congenital heart defects) in Vietnam.
This community project has not only brought benefits towards the Heartbeat Vietnam Founda on, but
also gave us an opportunity to work efficiently within a community, to discuss about innova ve ideas as
well as plan and organize ac vi es. It allowed us to take on roles and responsibili es as individual lead‐
ers. We have worked with a lot of people and gained many new experiences through this community
project. We were also very delighted that we got the chance to incorporate our ar s c skills, by designing
campaign posters for Heartbeat Vietnam.
A er our campaign as a group we reflected on our work and found a couple of areas for development.
One of these areas is a method to raise even more awareness and make our campaign more unique com‐
pared to the other campaigns during the week.
This opportunity has abled us to make a difference in the life of at least one child and in parallel develop‐
ing our knowledge on the subject area. Our campaign was a great success and we feel that we have con‐
veyed our message through to the student body effec vely.
By, Heartbeat Vietnam Group 1 (Ruchi Panot, Eva Van Acker, Nathalie Sim, Carola Di Bella, Wen Xin
Teh, Josh Nguyen)
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Pins, gutter and strike!
We had a very enjoyable ou ng at the bowling alley with the boys of the Mai Am Club last Monday.
Every week, for the past 2 years, some dedicated Year 12 and Year 13 students have been teaching Eng‐
lish to a group of Vietnamese boys aged between 12 and 18 years.
Our students plan and prepare the lessons themselves and bring their own resources to class. They then
sit individually with one student and teach them the new vocabulary. At the end of the lesson, they all
play a game or perform a role play and it has been fantas c to witness the bond between our students
and their protégés develop over me.
Their linguis c abili es and confidence have grown tremendously and we are looking forward to organis‐
ing more events like this one to celebrate our achievements together.
Miss Bellaoui
French and Spanish teacher
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Cancer Ward Visits Club – Movember Campaign
The students of the Children with Cancer Ward Visit Club would like to thank all the students and parents
who have supported the Movember Campaign. On Wednesday, Ms Anh, Thuy’s Dream’s representa ve
came to the club and answered our students’ ques ons about cancer in Vietnam. Our students were also
very proud to be able to hand over the money raised throughout November.
Daphnée Deleporte
CAS and Community Coordinator
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Football has the power to bring us together and to engage young people who would not
otherwise feel part of the First World War centenary.
As the ming of our Community Football Tournament coincides with the centenary of a very significant
event in history, we will have a tribute before the games begin. We are very honoured to have Mr. Doug‐
las Barnes, HM Consul‐General HCMC a end and present a plaque to BIS to commemorate the event.
BIS in conjunc on with the Bri sh Consulate are suppor ng a project called ‘Football Remembers Week’,
being run between The Bri sh Council, the Premier League, the Football League and the Football Associa‐
on. They have joined forces in an imagina ve partnership to encourage young people to remember the
Christmas Truce of 1914, one of the greatest surprises of the First World War. The Bri sh Council have
sent the educa on pack to over 30,000 schools in the UK and already many have taken part.
The aim of this project is to engage football fans to pay tribute to what took place in Flanders on Christ‐
mas Day 1914. The Christmas Truce was a spontaneous ceasefire between soldiers figh ng on the West‐
ern Front in 1914. They met in ‘no man’s land’, buried their dead, sang carols and exchanged gi s. Some
even played football.
From 6‐14 December, players at every level of football – from Premier League to primary schools, are in‐
vited to play a match as part of ‘Football Remembers’ and to take part in a photo tribute. By taking a pic‐
ture of the combined teams and uploading to Twi er or Instagram using #FootballRemembers. Photos
will be posted on the website and stored as a moment of history.
http://www.footballremembers.com/
For more informa on on this ini a ve please visit the website https://schoolsonline.britishcouncil.org/
classroom-resources/football-remembers or download the Football Remembers Week Ac vity Pack
h ps://schoolsonline.bri shcouncil.org/sites/so/files/files/Football%20Remembers‐Pack‐Ac vi es.pdf
We look forward to welcoming all players, friends and family and many of our community partner organi‐
sa ons on a very special day.
Thanks in advance for all your support.
Ian Wilson
Community Service Projects
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From the Underground & BIStro
Menu 1 (15 December)
From the Underground & BIStro
DAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY
MAIN COURSE
CHOOSE 1
Cottage Pie-Beef
OR
Chicken & Vegeta-
ble Curry, Rice
Pasta with Pork Meat
Balls
OR
Fish Teriyaki, Rice
Roast Pork, Roast
Potato/Rice
OR
Chicken Noodle
Soup (Pho)
Fish Goujon &
Potato Wedges
OR
Beef & Vegetable
Stew, Rice
VEGETABLES
Morning Glory &
Carrot
Salad
Beansprouts &
Carrot
Salad
Choy sum & Carrot
Salad
Chinese Cabbage
& Carrot
Salad
SOUP Watercress Cabbage & Carrot Tomato & Tofu Spinach & Melon
DESSERT Mixed Fruit Mixed Fruit Mixed Fruit Mixed Fruit
VEGETARIAN
Vegetarian Cot-
tage Pie
Chickpea Salad
Mixed Fruit
Pasta Napolitana
Mixed Beans Salad
Mixed Fruit
Vegetarian Noodle
Soup
Tofu in Soya
Sauce
Mixed Fruit
Tofu & Vegetable
Stew, Rice
Spinach & Melon
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
Roast Chicken, York-
shire Pudding
OR
Pork in Dark Soya
Sauce, Rice
Broccoli & Carrot
Salad
Mixed Vegetable
Mixed Fruit
Chickpea & Vegeta-
ble Curry, Rice
Mixed Vegetable
Soup
Mixed Fruit
Donut
Cream Puff
Fruit Cup
