1. 29/11 EYFS Family Morning
1/12 Term 2 CHQ Clubs Sign-up @5pm
2/12 CHQ Drop-in Sessions @8am
4/12 ‘Makizushi’ Coffee Morning @8am
4/12 Wine & Cheese Tasting @6pm
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
28 NOVEMBER 2014 | ISSUE 13
Dates for your diary
IN THIS ISSUE
From the Head of Campus 2
EYFS Family Morning + Dates of Term 1 + Finer Diners 3
Community Club + Eco-Warriors + Blogspot 4
CHQ 5
PE Department + Music Department 6
Paid Dance Classes for Term 2 + Holiday Programme 7
Football Tournament 8
Christmas BISzaar 9
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
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2. From the Head Teacher - Ms. Sue Hill
Dear Parents,
Our focus on Internationalism and global citizens continues until the festive holidays. With
this in mind, I would like to draw your attention to two events that are advertised in our
newsletter this week, both of which are aimed at parents. The first event is a coffee
morning, led by our Japanese parents. Following the success of our Indian celebrations for
Diwali, the forthcoming event will involve learning how to make the delicious sushi we
tasted as part of the international buffet. The Japanese mums are busy preparing and are
keen to welcome parents next Thursday 4th
December at 8 am.
The second event, a wine and cheese evening, has been organised by our French parents. The event should
appeal to many parents as advice on how to match wines with both cheese and Vietnamese food will be
provided. The evening will be held on Thursday 4th
December at The Warehouse.
Finally, I hope to see many parents tomorrow morning during our first EYFS Fun Day, held at the TX campus. A
bouncy castle, balloons, face painting and a variety of games will be available for children in our Foundation
Stage so lots of fun to be had.
Parent and Teacher Meetings
Teachers were happy to meet with many parents yesterday in individual parent and teacher conferences. If you
were unable to meet yesterday to discuss your child’s progress, then please contact your child’s class teacher to
make an appointment.
TX Parents Hosted Coffee Morning - Making Sushi roll
Thursday 4th December
Time: 8.00 -9.00 am
Venue: TX Multipurpose Room
Our Japanese mothers are planning to have a demonstration of
"Makizushi" (Sushi roll) making, and you can roll up one yourself. After
that, "Makizushi", Japanese sweets, drinks will be served. (vegetarian
fillings will be available).
We are looking forward to seeing you, and sharing our culture.
Just bring yourself !
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Dates of Term 1
Date Year Group/s Event
29/11 EYFS EYFS Family Morning
3/12 Y3 TX visits Thien Phuoc
3/12 Y6 Y6 to PDV
4/12 All ‘Makizushi’ Coffee Morning @8am
4/12 All Wine & Cheese Tasting @6pm
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
Finer Diners
Well done to Michael, Suri and Kiet (Year 1), and Minh, Yui and Quynh Anh (Year 2).
4. Community Club
The Community Friends Club has been running for the last
two terms here at TX. Children from the Tu Xuong Centre
join us every Thursday afternoon for a play session in the
Soft Play Room with some of the children from Year 2 and
3. All the children enjoy using the fun environment of the
soft play area, climbing and playing together- a particular
favourite is the parachute! For our children it is a chance
to meet and play with children they might not normally
come into contact with. Well done to all the children who
have taken part this term!
Ms. Nicola
Eco – Warriors
Green Certificate, November 2014
This month, the Eco-Scouts toured the school to see just
who was following the Eco-Code, and 5T were doing a
great job switching everything off.
Well done 5T.
November was also Energy Month, and children have been
telling me how their homes have changed as parents,
grandparents and children have all been taking more
responsibility to turn things off. Keep it up as we head into
December, and know that you are doing your bit to save
the world (and save money!!).
Ms. Heather
Blogspot
Effective communication between home and school is so important. Each week the newsletter is available via
e-mail, through the school website and on the noticeboard in the foyer. Furthermore, over the last two years
we have developed the use of blogs as a means of whole school and class communication. The advantage of
blogs is the ease with which photos and videos can be shared as well as important information. As this week
has progressed, I have received three additional sets of photos from Adam Astley, Anne Salapete and the
organisers of the photo-booth. Please follow the links on the blog to download photos of your child. Also can I
urge you, if you have not used the ‘Follow by Email’ tool to receive updates from my blog and your child’s
class blog, to please do so.
On my blog (ianbattersby.blogspot.com) this week
you will find the following posts:
3T Shadow Competition
More Photos from the Flag Parade
International Photo-booth
More International Week Photos
Makizushi Coffee Morning
Finer Diners – MP1
Mr. Ian
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5. Newsletter Issue 13|5
CHQ
Welcome to TX Term 2 Club Sign-up!
CHQ portal goes live for selection of Term 2 activities at 5.00pm on Monday 1st
December 2014.
Please select clubs as follows:
Step 1: From the Home page please select View/Manage/Submit Activity Choices (2014-2015
Term 2)
Step 2: For each activity/paid club add a different number e.g. Monday: Football club add
1, Wednesday: Board Games add 2 then 3, 4, 5 etc. to all other clubs you would like to participate in.
The SAVE button will appear to the right of the activity list click SAVE
Step 3 : Once you're happy with your choices you MUST press the SUBMIT button at the top of the
page. You will receive an automated email confirming your club preferences.
Step 4: To cancel a selection after submitting, add a ‘0’ to the desired box then save and submit.
Step 5: If you click onto My Schedule after Friday 12th
December you should be able to see your
activities by scrolling through to Monday 26th
January (start of Term 2 activities) you will also
receive an email of the clubs you have been accepted into.
For any new or existing parents that require help, we will be having a drop in parent session on
Tuesday 2nd
December at 8am in the TX Office. Please come along to this session if you are a new
parent or have any issues with CHQ as we will be happy to help you with the sign up process. Please
check your email inbox as you have been issued your CHQ username and password this week.
Please bring these details along to our drop in session on Tuesday.
If this is the first time logging onto CHQ you may be asked to change your password immediately to
keep your page secure. Please be aware that your password is case sensitive (meaning it could be a
mix of capitals and lower case letters) so please check again if you are having trouble. If you are still
having trouble please email myself at emmawestman@bisvietnam.com for assistance.
6. On Wednesday 26th
November the U11 Girls Basketball team took part in the ‘A Pool’ Basketball tournament
at AP2. They competed against five other international schools from around HCMC. The team consisted of
seven students. These were; Jeanette Vo (6T), Hannah Bui (6T), Yu Gyeong Kang (6X), Jamie Donnelly (6T),
Minh Nguyen (6T), Susu Le (5T) and Kelly Tran (5T).
The first game that the team played was against TT AIS. The TX squad initially found it difficult to organise
their defence in this game but then they were able to make some superb steals. Jeanette aided and scored
several points. It was an extremely close game that culminated in TT AIS beating TX by one point.
In the second game against SSIS and third against ISHCMC TX dominated from the onset. Jamie was able to
intercept several passes that were made by the opposition into the key. Both Susu and Yu Gyeong supported
Jamie and ran back to mark the other players. In both games, Hannah, Minh, Kelly and Jeanette passed the
ball quickly and scored several baskets. The squad’s teamwork at this point was superb! The score from the
SSIS game was 14-2 to TX and the third game was 12-8 to TX.
In the fourth game we played AP1. This was a challenging match that the squad fatigued quickly in culminating
in an AP1 win. However, due to the points scored TX went into the 1st
and 2nd
play offs.
TX went up against AP1 again. This time however, TX stepped onto the court a completely different team.
They fought for every ball demonstrating both determination and perseverance. However, in the end AP1’s
attack managed to break through TX’s defence. It resulted in AP1 winning the game.
The TX team took home the second place trophy. Players of the tournament go to Kelly and Hannah. Kelly
demonstrated superb attacking play and movement on court. Hannah was solid in both attack and defence
always supporting her team mates.
The students were really happy with their achievement and performance in the tournament. The girls showed
both hard work and dedication to their training and their games leading up to the tournament which resulted in
second place. Well done TX, you should be proud!
Ms. Charlotte
PE Department
Music
All song lyrics for choir are now on the Music Blog www.xmusic2014-2015.blogspot.com. If your child is in
either Milepost 1 Choir or Milepost 2 and 3 Choir, please click on the CHOIR LYRICS button, where all of the
song words can be found.
Both choirs have been working extremely hard over the past few weeks, and videos of some performances in
class can be found on the blog too.
Milepost 3 - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory singing auditions
Mr Robbie will be auditioning any children interested in a singing part for the Milepost 3 production of Charlie
and the Chocolate Factory next Friday 5th
December at 2pm. The song is called ‘The Candy Man’, and is one
of the songs in the play. Any child wishing to try for a singing part should learn this song at home, ready for
next Friday. It can be found on the music blog, along with the song lyrics.
Mr. Robbie
Music Department
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7. 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
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