1. 27/11 Parents’ Evening for Y1 - Y6
29/11 EYFS Family Morning
1/12 Term 2 CHQ Clubs Sign-up @5pm
2/12 CHQ Drop-in Sessions @8am
7/12 Clubs finish
11/12 MP2 Production
12/12 - 15/12 Bangkok Swim Meet
17/12 EYFS Christmas Concert
18/12 TX Christmas Concert
19/12 Term 1 finishes @ 11:30am
BRITISH INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL - HO CHI MINH CITY
21 NOVEMBER 2014 | ISSUE 12
Dates for your diary
IN THIS ISSUE
From the Head of Campus 2
International Week 3
International Week 4
International Week 5
International Week 6
EYFS Family Morning + Dates of Term 1 + Blogspot 7
Paid Dance Classes for Term 2 + Holiday Programme 8
November + December
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
Newsletter Issue 12|1
2. From the Head Teacher - Ms. Sue Hill
Dear Parents,
What a fantastic week of celebrations we’ve had at the TX campus! The children have
been busy learning about the important issue of how we can protect our world and about
endangered species in their chosen country. Researching such global issues is helping our
community to become global citizens, one of the important phrases from our BIS mission
statement.
The Bollywood dancing on Tuesday was great fun. We were lucky enough to have a
Bollywood dance teacher visit our campus to teach us some moves. Today, in our
International Parade, we enjoyed watching a lively display of Bollywood dancing from four of our Indian parents.
I must congratulate the parents who have been practising relentlessly in our Multi-purpose Room.
The success of our amazing International Fair on Wednesday was due to the incredible creativity and hard work
of our parents. In total, we had approximately 100 parents in school offering crafts and games such as a French
quiz; Korean fan painting; Japanese sumo wrestling; Malaysian hat making; Indian mehendi and pin the bindi on
the lady; decorating bags from the Phillipines; Vietnamese shoe throwing and clay pig smashing and resting for
Arabic tea in the Kuwaiti majlis. These are just some of the amazing activities open to our children as they
rotated throughout the day. Everything stopped for our International Buffet which was an incredible, delicious
feast from around the world. Thank you so much to all those involved!
Today, the International Parade marked the end of this year’s celebrations. The colourful flag parade of 23
nationalities was a chance to marvel at some of the lovely national costumes and enjoy the creativity of some of
the teachers from the UK: Miss Alice, dressed as a Welsh dragon, Mr Richard as The Grand Old Duke of York,
Miss Charlie who wore a favourite British dish…a boiled egg with soldiers…on her head and Miss Kirstine as St
George.
A special thank you to the team from the Philippines for providing the photobooth; all proceeds from the booth
will be donated to one of our TX charity partners. Also, many thanks to Anne Salapete who arranged for the
Eiffel Tower to be transported to our campus for the week. I would also like to mention our Korean drummer, Jun
Han Chong who gave a wonderful performance on the Korean drum.
On Monday, we would like to invite all parents who helped on Wednesday to come and join us for
celebratory coffee, tea and cake in the Multi-purpose Room at 8am.
Parents’ Evening for Year 1 to Year 6
You will have chance to discuss the report with your child’s class teacher during parent and teacher meetings on
27th
November. Sheets, on which you can sign up for a suitable slot, will be in displayed in the foyer from
Monday 24th
November.
7. Dates of Term 1
Date Year Group/s Event
27/11 Y1-Y6 Parents’ Evening
29/11 EYFS EYFS Family Morning
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
EYFS Family Morning
Blogspot
The day of the International Flag Parade is special. As I stand by the gate in the morning, children arrive in
such a wonderful array of colours, materials and styles. The playground is a vision of internationalism at its
finest – the children looking so patriotic in their national costumes simply go and talk to their friends from
different countries and continents. We really are ‘global citizens working (and playing) together. It has been a
wonderful week! Thank you to everyone who has helped to make it so special. Thank you also to all those who
have bought tokens this week; the money will be going to local charities. Your child should have been given a
small photo from the Photobooth, I will be putting all the photos on my blog and you will be able to download
more copies early next week.
On my blog (ianbattersby.blogspot.com) this week there are
only two posts, but there are links to over 1000 photos from
Wednesday’s International Fair
and Friday’s Flag parade. I hope you enjoy them.
Mr. Ian
8. Paid Dance Classes for Term 2
Dear Parents,
Please see attached dance programmes that will be offered by the Dancenter next term.
Be aware that these programmes are also open to students from other schools. These programmes will not
appear on our Activities schedules (CHQ) as their sign up dates are between 1-13th
December.
Contact the Dancenter and make payments directly to secure a place for your son or daughter. Please also
quote BIS HCMC when making this booking.
If you have any further questions please do not hesitate to contact me.
Regards
Mr Phil Drake
Director of Sport/Activities & Trip Coordinator
British International School, Ho Chi Minh City
246 Nguyen Van Huong, District 2, HCMC, Vietnam
Phone: +84 (0)8 3744 2335
Fax: +84 (0)8 3744 2334
Mobile: +84 (0)9 06 965218
Email: PhilipDrake@bisvietnam.com
Website: www.bisvietnam.com
Part of the BIS Group of Schools
Holiday Programme
Date Sport Time Head Coach Min No of students Age Prices (VND) Location
20/12-22/12 Football 8:00-11:00am SSA Min 8 Y3 upwards 1.350.000 Big Field
20/12-22/12 Basketball 1:00pm-4:00pm SSA Min 8 Y3 upwards 1.350.000 AP2 Sports Hall
20/12-22/12 Swimming 8:45am-9:30am Mr Vinh Min 5/Max 10 F2-F3 415.000 AP1 Pool
9:30am-10:15am Mr Vinh Min 5/Max 10 Y1-Y2 415.000 AP1 Pool
11.00am-12.00pm Mr Vinh Min 5/Max 12 Y3-Y4 550.000 AP1 Pool
12.15pm-1.45pm Mr Vinh Min5/Max 15 Y5 upwards 825.000 AP1 Pool
