1. W/C 20/10 Half Term Holiday
27/10 Children back to school
29/10 Year 6 Trip to Dam Sen Park
5/11 Year 6 to PDV
6/11 - 9/11 Phuket Football Competition for Y4 - Y6
27/11 Parents’ Evening for Y1 - Y6
BRITISH INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL - HO CHI MINH CITY
10 OCTORBER 2014 | ISSUE 7
Dates for your diary
IN THIS ISSUE
From Head of Campus 2
Dates of Term 1 + PDV visits Year 6 3
Eco-School + PE Department 4
Holiday Programme + Finer Diners 5
October
TU XUONG PRIMARY
Newsletter
Contact information
43-45 Tu Xuong St, District 3, HCMC
Tel: (848) 3932 0210
Fax: (848) 3932 0770
E-mail:
suehill@bisvietnam.com
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2. From Head Teacher - Ms. Sue Hill
Dear Parents,
This week we said goodbye to one of our guards, Mr Minh, who has
worked at the TX campus for over 7 years. Not only has Mr Minh
helped keep us all safe by diligently guarding our campus, he is also
an accomplished musician. In assembly, last Friday he played a
wonderful piece on the classical guitar. The staff at TX presented Mr
Minh with a gift, another musical instrument - a mandolin. Mr Minh
astonished us all by playing the mandolin at the end of assembly. We
all wish Mr Minh the very best as he starts on his new venture…the
opening of a shop selling instruments in the Mekong Delta.
Mr Ian and I are attending school inspector training today and this weekend but will be back in the TX campus
on Monday.
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Musical Coffee Morning
TX Musical Coffee Morning 2014
On Wednesday, we held the Musical Coffee Morning in the foyer at TX. 66 talented children from Year 1 - 6
took to the stage and sang or played their hearts out to all the parents, teachers and children watching. I'm
very proud of everyone who performed, as they showed real courage and skill. The children’s wonderful per-
formances were the result of hard work and determination learning musical pieces and arrangements at home.
I would also like to thank the parents for all their help and guidance with the children’s musical education. To
see more photos and videos from the event please visit the TX music blog www.xmusic2014-
2015.blogspot.com
Mr Robbie

3. Dates of Term 1
PDV visits Year 6
Date Year Group/s Event
w/c 20/10 All Half Term Holiday
29/10 Y6 Trip to Dam Sen Park
5/11 Y6 Y6 to PDV
6/11-9/11 Y4-6 Phuket Football Competition
14/11 All Interim Reports to parents
27/11 Y1-Y6 Parents’ Evening
29/11 EYFS Parents Teddy Bears’ Picnic
3/12 Y3 TX visits Thien Phuoc
3/12 Y6 Y6 to PDV
7/12 All Clubs Finish
11/12 MP2 MP2 Production (Evening)
12/12-15/12 Y4-Y6 Bangkok Feeding Frenzy Swim Meet
17/12 EYFS Christmas Concert
18/12 Y1-Y6 Christmas Concert (Evening)
19/12 All Term 1 finishes @ 11.30am
On the 8th
October 2014, 11 children from PDV visited Y6. We all worked
together to learn new things and skills, for example, playing with Lego,
making movies, doing arts and crafts and being Vietnam tour guides
using the laptops. The children from PDV took turns on each activity.
Most of us were a little nervous at first but when we got to know each
other we felt much more comfortable and really enjoyed the activities. We
all had smiles on our faces throughout the afternoon.
After having a full rotation of all activities, we came back together to
watch a few of the movie trailers we had created. We were really excited
to see ourselves on the big screen. After that we all got together to take a
photo. When it was time for them to leave, the PdV children got to take
home a guide of Vietnam, an origami fortune teller, a jumping paper frog
and most important of all… we all have GREAT MEMORIES!
By Anh Vu and Gia Vinh, Y6
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4. Eco-School
First meeting of TX Eco-Schools Committee
This week, TX held the first meeting of the Eco-Schools Committee. Student and teacher repre-
sentatives of the different school communities were present:
Eco-Warriors (JB and Ms. Heather)
Eco-Scouts (Daniel and Ms. Jane)
Schools Council (Naomi)
School Leadership (Ms. Sue)
Parents (Anne)
Teachers (Ms. Alice)
BIS Community Service Projects (Ms. Emma)
TX will submit its application for the
Green Flag this year, and the group dis-
cussed the different things that we have to do in order to make sure that we are the first
school in Vietnam to get this award.
Energy month, to be held in November, is one of the exciting campaigns that we will be hold-
ing to help us get that award. The Eco-Warriors will tell us more about that next week, so get
ready.
The U11 TX Badminton squad took part in a tournament against AP1 on Wednesday 8th
October. The team
consisted of: Thibault Bourguignat, Tuan Huy Hong, Moksh Jhawer, Tyler Nguyen, J.B Salapete, Minh Vy
Nguyen, Hieu Nguyen and Pana Duong. The team took part in a singles tournament and doubles games. The
students thoroughly enjoyed the tournament, refining their badminton skills, and developing their knowledge
and understanding of the game. Well done TX!
Ms. Charlotte
PE Department

5. Newsletter Issue 7|5
Holiday Programme
Finer Diners
Well-done to Kenny, Minh and John (Year 6), Susu, Moksh and Jessie (Year 5).