Tu xuong primary newsletter 5 September - Issue 2

1. Wednesday 10/9 Parents’ Information Evening
Thursday 11/9 EYFS Moon Festival
Friday 12/9 Y1 - Y6 Moon Festival Assembly
W/C 15/9 EYFS Parents’ Meetings
Monday 22/9 Clubs Begin
BRITISH INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL - HO CHI MINH CITY
5 SEPTEMBER 2014 | ISSUE 2
Dates for your diary
IN THIS ISSUE
From Head of Campus + Music Department 2
Blogspot + Korean Parents Coffee Morning 3
Dates of Term 1 + Finer Dinners 4
MP2 to AP1 + PE Department + Holiday Programme 5
EYFS Moon Festival poster 6 + 7
Y1 - Y6 Moon Festival poster 8
BBGV Fun Run 9
BBGV Fun Run Photo Contest + Cricket Club 10
BIS Saturday Football Programme 11
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

2. From Head Teacher - Ms. Sue Hill
Dear Parents,
This term, the TX focus is on our community and today we welcomed our group of can- teen staff to our assembly. The canteen staff introduced themselves through short videos. I hope the children remember their names but if not they can check on the displays in the canteen.
All Stars of the Week were awarded for aspects of caring this week: caring about the community; caring about learning; caring about other children and caring about the environment. Every classroom has learning objectives displayed so children can work to- wards becoming a ‘Master of Caring’.
I look forward to seeing many of you at our Parents’ Information Evening next week. This session is important for all parents as a lot of details about the year ahead will be provided. Please see below for further details:
Parents‟ Information Evening
Date: 10th September
Time: 6:30pm
Venue: Sports Hall
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Music Department
Today we were all in for a treat at assembly: Yu Gyeong and Mr Minh our new TX cello teacher performed at assembly. Mr Minh firstly spoke to us about the cello and performed a very moving cello piece called Reverie by Giovanni Bottesini. Next, Yu Gyeong from 6X took to the stage. She performed an amazing rendition of The Witches Dance by Niccolo Paganini.
Today application letters for musical instrument lessons are going out to all parents. Children at TX from Year 3 – 6 have the option of having lessons in a variety of musical instruments during school time. The choices of musical instruments are as follows: guitar, ukulele, drum kit, violin, clarinet, saxophone and cello. We have brand new cello, clarinet and saxophone teachers this year at TX and I hope many children will take advantage of learning these wonderful new instruments available at TX.
The deadline to return musical instrument application forms to Ms Emma or Mr Robbie is Friday 12th Septem- ber 2014.
Please remember to visit the TX music blog to see lots more photos and videos of musical activities in our school. xmusic2014-2015.blogspot.com
Mr. Robbie

3. Blogspot
After the introductions of last week, this week the children were settling into new routines. For many, this meant being introduced to their IPC topic. I have been looking at all the class blogs and have seen many exciting ‘Entry Points’. The Year 2s spent time exploring different means of transport in the playground, whilst the Year 6s examined and then dissected a brain. I was with the Year 5 children who were beginning their topic on ‘Space’; on my blog you can see some photos and videos of Mr Terry and Mr Henry from AP2, setting off rockets in the playground.
In this morning’s assembly, one of our music teachers, Mr Minh, and then Yu Gyeong in Year 6, played the cello beautifully. Learning to play a musical instrument is not only a wonderful skill to have, but has many benefits for the development of children’s (and adults for that matter) brains. You can find out more on my blog.
On my blog (ianbattersby.blogspot.com) this week you will find the following posts:
Ready for Blast Off with Year 5
The Benefits of Learning a Musical Instrument
Finer Diners – MP2
Mr. Ian
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Korean Parents Coffee Morning
안녕하세요?
BIS그룹에서 일을 시작한 한국인 직원 정승임 입니다. 제 이메일은 bettychong@bisvietnam.com입니다. 학교 관련 궁금하신 사항은 이곳으로 이메일 주시면 답변을 드리도록 하겠습니다. 보내실때 아이의 영문이름과 학년 반을 정확히 기재해주시기 바랍니다.
9월 17일 오전 8시 투송캠퍼스 Multi purpose Room에서 한국부모님들을 모시고 간담회를 가질 예정입니다.
많은 참석바랍니다.
Ms Betty

4. Finer Diners:
Well-done to Tammy, Neil, Risa, Mek Mek (Year 3), and Bonny and Ashlee (Year 4).
Dates of Term 1
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Finer Diners
Date
Year Group/s
Event
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
24/9
MP1
Coffee Morning—Blogs
28/9
All
BBGV Fun Run
29/9—30/9
All
We Love Books!
8/10
Y1 –6
Musical Coffee Morning
w/c 20/10
All
Half Term Holiday
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
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

5. Newsletter Issue 2|5
MP2 to AP1
Year 4 had a great time visiting AP1 as part of our IPC entry point to ‘Adventurers and Explorers’. Mr Simon told us that someone had left graffiti all over the school and we worked together using QR codes and ipads to solve the clues. Some comments from the children are that it was exciting, fun and they loved finding clues around the school and working together with Year 4 at AP1. The children in Year 4 are now confident explorers and can help solve any mystery!
Ms. Anna Hughes
PE Department
Patana School, Bangkok „Feeding Frenzy‟ swim meet 2014- Trial information
All Year 3-6 students have been invited to trial for the Bangkok Swim Squad. This will take place in the TX swimming pool and the dates and times are below:
In order for your son/daughter to trial you must update their availability via the CHQ email that was sent out on Wednesday and this needs to be complete by Wednesday 10th September 2014.
Ms. Charlotte
Date
Time
Year Group
Monday 15th September
7.15am-7.55am
Year 4
Wednesday 17th September
7.15am-7.55am
Year 5&6
Monday 22nd September
7.15am-7.55am
Year 4
Wednesday 24th September
7.15am-7.55am
Year 5&6
Holiday Programme

6. EYFS Moon Festival

7. EYFS Moon Festival

8. Moon Festival Assembly

9. BBGV Fun Run

10. BBGV Fun Run
New!!
Parent ran - Saturday Cricket Club
“ We are looking for parent volunteers, passionate about cricket, to coach our new team”
Saturdays starting: 22nd September until 6th December 2014
Location and time : BIS TX Sports Hall, 12pm-1pm
Fees : 300 000 VND
Welcome back BIS TX parents. I hope you had a great summer. We want to develop our TX parent community; our first step will be to start a cricket club run by volunteer parents. Why cricket and not football? Well, as you may know, An Phu primary parents run a football club on Saturdays. As this club is open to TX students as well, we decided to try something different. Cricket is a popular Commonwealth sport which means it is played by a lot of people! It is a fun game. What we need to start is the commitment of at least 3 or 4 parents (dads or mums), who will coach a team of 11 players. A certified coach will be helping at the be- ginning to give tips on how to coach. The idea behind this club is also to share a cultural aspect as well and to develop links between TX families. That club will be a perfect moment to socialize, don’t just drop your child but stay and meet new people. So, if you are passionate about cricket and want to be part of this, please send me an email at anne.salapete@gmail.com .
Thank you.
Anne S.
Cricket Club
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11. BIS Football Programme
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