1. Monday 1/9 CHQ Club Sign-up begins @4pm
Tuesday 2/9 School Closed
Thursday 4/9 CHQ Drop in for parents @8am in the office
Friday 5/9 CHQ Club Sign-up ends @5pm
Wednesday 10/9 Parents’ Information Evening
BRITISH INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL - HO CHI MINH CITY
29 AUGUST 2014 | ISSUE 1
Dates for your diary
IN THIS ISSUE
From Head of Campus + Vacancy at BIS + Music Department 2
Blogspot + PE Department + Dates of Term 1 3
CHQ - Signing up for Clubs 4 + 5
Health Update 5 + 6
September
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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Finer Diners:
Well-done to Jessica, Hung, Shao Fu (Year 5), and Minh Anh, Anh
Vu and Hao (Year 6).
2. From Head Teacher - Ms. Sue Hill
Dear Parents,
This is the first newsletter of another exciting year at the TX Campus! It was wonderful to
welcome our new families to the TX community on Tuesday then to say hello again to our
returning families on Wednesday. I hope you all had a wonderful holiday and are ready for the
year ahead.
I would like to invite all parents to attend an information evening on September 10th
. This
session is very important for you as your child’s class teacher will talk about routines and
events happening in the class as well as explaining more about the curriculum. Details about
the event are as follows:
Parents’ Information Evening
Date: 10th
September
Time: 6:30pm
Venue: Sports Hall
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Learning Support Assistant
BIS is seeking a second Learning Support Assistant to join the Learning Support Department at AP2 secondary
campus. Learning Support at AP2 consists of in-class support, study skills development and homework support for
students across the age range with a range of mild learning difficulties.
Qualifications and experience are useful, but enthusiasm, teamwork and an ability to relate to young people are es-
sential.
There is the possibility of splitting this post between two people working on different days.
If you are interested in this post, please send brief details of yourself by email to Richard Dyer
(richarddyer@bisvietnam.com) by Friday 5th
September and we will contact you with further information.
Admissions Officer
An expansion of the admissions team has led to the need for a full time admissions officer to work with the AP2
team. We require an adaptable, presentable person with good inter-personal skills to communicate with new fami-
lies applying to the secondary school. The position involves all aspects of admissions, from initial enquiry, through to
presenting the school to visiting families, student testing and final admission arrangements. The successful candi-
date will be a native English speaker with good communication and IT skills and a willingness to work flexibly within
a British style school.
If you are interested in this post, please send a copy of your resume to Tracey Brownrigg
(traceybrownrigg@bisvietnam.com) by Friday 5th
September and we will contact you with further information
Vacancies at BIS
We have a very fun and musical school year coming up. This half term we will be hosting the annual TX Musical
Coffee Morning. New music clubs are starting in a few weeks, such as recorder club with Ms Jess, brass club with
Ms Heather, and the existing orchestra and choirs. We will also be offering some brand new musical instrument
lessons to children from years 3 – 6: clarinet, saxophone and cello.
TX Music has a new blog for you to follow. Please visit www.xmusic2014-2015.blogspot.com to find out more about
music in TX. You will see a video featuring our new clarinet and saxophone teacher Mr Dung performing to the
children in assembly today.
Mr Robbie
Music Department
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Blogspot
The teachers have been back for over a week now, busily preparing for the new term and their new class, but
… school hadn’t started! School is all about the children and so it was great to welcome our new children on
Tuesday this week and then to see familiar faces return on Wednesday, as the 2014-2015 school year got
underway. During the New Pupil Orientation, I spoke about the importance of communication between school
and home. At TX, we use our blogs a great deal to do this. In order to help you check your child’s class blog
there are two tools; Follow by Email and the Translate Button. To find out more about these please check my
blog, or ask your child’s class teacher.
On my blog (ianbattersby.blogspot.com) this week you will find the
following post:
Welcome to our new TX Families
A New Term, A New Start
Finer Diners – MP3
Mr. Ian
PE Department
British International School, Phuket Annual 7-a-side football competition 2014- Trial information
The Phuket Football 7-a-side tournament will take place on Thursday 6th
November to Sunday 9th
November.
All interested students will need to trial at the AP1 campus. If your son/daughter is interested in trialing please
click Yes on the CHQ email sent to all parents, by Monday 1st
September.
Patana School, Bangkok ‘Feeding Frenzy’ swim meet 2014- Trial information
The Patana School Bangkok „Feeding Frenzy‟ Swim meet will take place on Friday 12th
until Monday 15th
De-
cember this year. Trial information will be email out to parents on Monday 1st
September via CHQ. If you
would like your son/daughter to attend please respond via CHQ, by Wednesday 3rd
September.
For further information regarding events please do not hesitate to contact Ms Charlie
(charlottepemble@bisvietnam.com).
Ms. Charlie
Dates of Term 1
Date Year Group/s Event
1/9 All CHQ Club Sign-up begins @ 4.00pm
2/9 All Vietnam National Day—School Closed
4/9 All CHQ Drop in for parents @8.00am in the office
5/9 All CHQ Club Sign-up ends @ 5.00pm
10/9 All Parents’ Information Evening
11/9 EYFS Moon Festival Celebration
12/9 Y1-Y6 Moon Festival Assembly
15/9 All Club allocation available on CHQ
22/9 All Term 1 Clubs begin
28/9 All BBGV Fun Run
w/c 29/9 All Books, Books, Books
w/c 20/10 All Half Term Holiday
14/11 All Interim Reports to parents
27/11 Y1-Y6 Parents’ Evening
7/12 All Clubs Finish
19/12 All Term 1 finishes @ 11.30am
4. EXTRA CURRICULAR CLUBS TERM 1 2014-2015
Attached to the newsletter e-mail is the TX Extra Curricular
Clubs programme. We want to make sure that CHQ (the
online programme that we use to select clubs) can be ac-
cessed by all parents, so please log on to the system to
check that you can access the homepage.
For parents who know the system, please use the same
username and password that you last used to logon (see the
forgotten/lost password option at the bottom of this page
if needed). For new parents to the school, please use the
username and password that was sent to you earlier this
week and follow the step by step instructions below.
If you have NOT received an email from school with regards
to CHQ or need to know more information, please contact Ms Emma (emmawestman@bisvietnam.com) in
the school office who will be able to advise you further. For those new to CHQ we strongly recommend
that you attend our drop-in session on Thursday 4th
September at 8.00am in the school office.
It is very important that we have all your up to date email addresses in order for the online sign up to take
place. Always inform our office staff at TX if there is a change in your email address.
Please note: You will only be able to select clubs when the system goes live at 4.00pm on Monday 1st
September, with selections ending at 5.00pm on Friday 5th
September. You will be able to which clubs
your child has been allocated from Monday 15th
September.
CHQ Log on and selection procedure
Step 1. Log on using your school internet user name and password.
Example: User name: name@bisvietnam.net
Password: (for new families to school, this should have been emailed to you this week)
You will now be asked to change your password immediately to keep your page secure.
Step 2. You should now see a welcome screen with instructions. These instructions will take you through the
sign up procedure.
Step 3. After Monday 15th
September, click on the „My Profile‟ tab. Look for your child‟s schedule and
calendar of events.
Forgotten/Lost Password!
If you lose/forget your password please click the log on screen where it will ask you if you have forgotten your
password. When you click on this it will ask for:
Your child’s date of birth
Email Address: please enter your designated email address to receive a password.
Please look out for more details about CHQ sign up in the weekly school newsletter or on the digital screens
in the foyer.
Please do not hesitate to contact Ms Emma or Mr Ian if you have any questions about the sign up procedure.
Anyone who requires help using CHQ to select clubs, is invited to a drop-in session at school on
Thursday 4th
September from 8.00am in the school office.
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5. CÁC HOẠT ĐỘNG NGOẠI KHÓA HỌC KỲ 1 2014-2015
Danh sách các hoạt động ngoại khóa được đính kèm trong
email này. Để tránh trục trặc trong ngày đăng kí, xin phụ
huynh vui lòng thử đăng nhập vào CHQ để kiểm tra trước.
Phụ huynh đã sử dụng CHQ vào năm ngoái: vui lòng dùng
tên truy cập và mật mã cũ (Xem cuối trang nếu phụ huynh đã
quên password).
Phụ huynh mới: xin dùng tên truy cập và mật mã đã được gửi
cho phụ huynh vào đầu tuần này và làm theo các bước
hướng dẫn dưới đây.
Nếu phụ huynh chưa nhận được tên truy cập và mật mã,
hoặc phụ huynh muốn tìm hiểu thêm thông tin, xin liên lạc với
cô Emma (emmawestman@bisvietnam.com) . Nếu phụ huynh chưa biết cách sử dụng CHQ, xin vui lòng
đến buổi hướng dẫn tại văn phòng vào thứ 5, ngày 4 tháng 9 lúc 8 giờ .
Một điều rất quan trọng là nhà trường đã có địa chỉ thư điện tử cập nhập mới nhất của phụ huynh cho việc
đăng ký trên mạng. Xin vui lòng thông báo cho văn phòng tại TX nếu quý vị có thay đổi địa chỉ thư điện tử.
Vui lòng lưu ý: Phụ huynh chỉ có thể đăng ký các câu lạc bộ khi hệ thống bắt đầu hoạt động từ 4 giờ chiều
ngày Thứ Hai 1 tháng 9 và kết thúc lúc 5 giờ chiều ngày Thứ Sáu 5 tháng 9. Phụ huynh có thể xem danh
sách chính thức các bé sẽ học câu lạc bộ nào vào ngày Thứ Hai 15 tháng 9
Truy cập CHQ và tiến hành chọn câu lạc bộ
Bước 1. Nhập tên truy cập và mật mã do trường cung cấp
Ví dụ: Tên truy cập: tên@bisvietnam.net
Mật khẩu: (đối với những phụ huynh mới, trường sẽ gửi mật khẩu qua email trong tuần này)
Phụ huynh sẽ được yêu cầu đổi mật khẩu ngay lập tức để bảo mật.
Bước 2. Phụ huynh sẽ thấy bảng hướng dẫn hiện trên cửa sổ chính. Những hướng dẫn này sẽ giúp phụ
huynh đăng ký theo từng bước.
Bước 3. Sau ngày thứ hai, 15 tháng 9, phụ huynh sẽ bấm chọn “My Profile”. Sau đó, tìm thời khóa biểu và
tên câu lạc bộ của con em mình.
Mất hoặc quên mật khẩu!
Nếu phụ huynh mất hoặc quên mật khẩu, vui lòng nhấp vào dòng chữ “Quên hoặc mất mật khẩu” trên màn
hình đăng nhập máy tính. Khi nhấp vào đây, phụ huynh sẽ được hỏi:
Ngày tháng năm sinh của bé
Địa chỉ email: vui lòng điền địa chỉ email để nhận mật khẩu mới.
Thông tin chi tiết về đăng ký CHQ vui lòng đọc trên thư điện tử hằng tuần hoặc trên màn hình ti vi trước sảnh
văn phòng.
Xin vui lòng liên hệ cô Emma hoặc thầy Ian nếu phụ huynh có bất kỳ thắc mắc nào về quá trình đăng ký.
Những phụ huynh cần được hỗ trợ sử dụng CHQ để đăng ký câu lạc bộ được mời đến buổi hướng
dẫn vào thứ Năm ngày 4 tháng 9 từ 8 giờ tại văn phòng.
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