This issue of the BISbuzz newsletter provides information about upcoming events at the British International School in Ho Chi Minh City's secondary campus. It discusses the head teacher emphasizing safety and security on campus. It also includes articles about university guidance trips, World TB Day awareness activities by the Sixth Form Social Committee, preparations for the school's annual Green Day, and instructions for students to sign up for Term 3 activities online.

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BRITISH INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL - HO CHI MINH CITY| SECONDARY CAMPUS
MARCH 27 | ISSUE 27
IN THIS ISSUE
From the Head Teacher 02
University Guidance 05
World TB Day 07
Green Day 09
School Produc on 10
Ac vi es 11
Sports Day 13
PTG 14
From The BIStro & Underground 19
March
30th UK University Mini Fair, 3pm
April
1st Spring Concert, 6.30pm
2nd Year 9 Vietnamese Trip
4th ‐ 5th Year 10 Interna onal Award Expedi ons– Dalat
9th Year 8 Vietnamese Trip
10th Year 9 Full Report
UPCOMING EVENTS

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From The Head Teacher
Staying Safe
The safety and well‐being of the children is a key focus of ours here at BIS. We have a secure site and
conduct regular health and safety audits. As a busy school, we always welcome visitors to the school so
we all have a responsibility to ensure that adults who come onto the campus are iden fied and conduct
themselves in an appropriate manner. Over the coming weeks, we will turn our a en on to the entry
and exit procedures for the campus and we need the support of parents from the start.
Parents and other adults responsible for children at AP2 are issued with an access card. We ask you to
use this to swipe the readers at the entrances to the campus and again on exit. This helps the guards
iden fy people with current access cards. Expired or cancelled cards do not cause a beep.
Could we now ask that you wear the card while on site, clearly visible in the lanyard around your neck?
This will support us all in iden fying parents and visitors quickly and easily.
Richard Dyer
Head Teacher, Secondary
From The Head Teacher

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Guidance: BIS On The Road
On March 12th‐14th I had the privilege of visi ng the New York University Abu Dhabi Campus. We are
o en invited to visit universi es and in partnership with the Senior Leadership Team we decide which
universi es are of most benefit to our students and seek to develop rela onships with them so we may
advocate for our students on a more personal level.
The campus at NYUAD on Saadiyaat Island is very impressive. The campus sits alongside the first Louvre
Museum to be constructed outside of France and within the coming years a new Guggenheim Museum
will be built as well as the Sheikh Zayed Na onal Museum.
State of the art facili es ensure students have an excellent experience within and beyond the
classroom. Professors are from around the world and are leaders in research in their respec ve field.
The goal of NYUAD to is empower students to become creators of knowledge as opposed to passive
recipients of it. As such, research plays an integral role in the teaching and learning at the university. IB
students are perfectly poised to enter the liberal arts and science educa on offered at NYUAD. The
thoughts below reflect a high degree of crossover with our own educa onal values:
 NYU Abu Dhabi draws students from around the world, and prepares them for the challenges and
opportuni es of our interconnected world.
 NYU Abu Dhabi equips students for leadership in all arenas of human endeavour. It fosters curiosity,
crea vity, and cri cal reflec on. At NYUAD, students extend themselves and the fron ers of
knowledge.
 The residen al life of students is central to the University's academic mission. Learning takes place
across the campus, not only in classrooms, but also in residen al houses, through par cipa on in
clubs and sports, during informal campus gatherings, and being engaged with the wider community.
 NYU Abu Dhabi s mulates advanced research. The NYUAD Ins tute is a major research centre.
Research is integral to the undergraduate experience at NYU Abu Dhabi, and it will also drive the
University's graduate programmes.
 NYU Abu Dhabi and NYU New York form the backbone of a fully connected global network universi‐
ty. As one of the two major hubs in the global network, NYUAD creates a unique capacity for faculty
and students to access the assets of the en re university system.
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I had the chance to take part in a lecture personally and it was an invigora ng experience. Cyrus Patell,
Associate Professor of Literature originally from NYU New York created what we see frequently in our
ToK classes and required us as par cipants to engage cri cally in discussion.
As a visi ng counsellor I was able to meet with the admissions team who read our students’ applica ons
and get a thorough insight into the nomina on and applica on process and how applica ons are read.
This was an invaluable experience as I got to see first‐hand how students are considered and evaluated.
The highlight, however, was to meet with our former Head Boy Rafal Cierlica. Rafal is comple ng his
first year at NYUAD and it was a pleasure to listen to him share his experiences of university life so far.
As luck would have it Rafal was also on campus last Friday to share his experiences with students. Yuen
Lim also from the Class of 2014 joined us for the mini reunion!
I look forward to sharing further insights in to various universi es as we strategically visit more
ins tu ons that are a good fit for our students at BIS.
Aidan B Crowley
College & University Guidance Counsellor

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World TB Day
World TB Day – An awareness‐raising campaign by the Sixth Form Social Committee
As you may have read in BISBuzz last week, Tuesday 24 March was World TB Day, a global day dedicated
to promo ng awareness about tuberculosis. TB kills more people in Vietnam each year than road
accidents do, and yet the disease receives li le publicity and there is limited public understanding about
how to prevent and treat TB. To help share the World TB Day message of “reach, treat and cure”, the
Sixth Form Events Commi ee has run several events this week in an effort to raise awareness in the
school community about the prevalence of TB in Vietnam.
To start the campaign, on Monday 23 March, the Events Commi ee delivered a presenta on on
tuberculosis to the whole school in assembly. The audience was enthusias c and we were pleased to
see that many already had a basic knowledge of TB. They were surprised to find out, however, that one
third of the world’s popula on is a carrier of the bacterium that causes TB. We ended our presenta on
by discussing the posi ve efforts on‐going in Vietnam to try to stem the spread of the disease.
Furthermore, on Wednesday 25 March we gave a special presenta on on TB to the support staff of BIS,
an ini a ve never before seen in BIS history. We were honoured to welcome Mr Luan Vo, the CEO of
Friends for Interna onal Tuberculosis Relief, to lead a Q&A session with the support staff in Vietnamese
a er the main presenta on. The support staff showed much interest in this topic and we hope that they
have gained an important insight into TB in Vietnam.
The Events Commi ee would like to thank Mr Luan, Mr Dyer, Mrs Holmyard, Ms Phuong, Ms Chau and
everyone else involved for their assistance in making our campaign for World TB Day a reality.
By Sean Neo Year 12

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Green Day
The BIS Green Day is fast approaching and this year it falls on Thursday 16th
April, just 6 days before
World Earth Day. More informa on will be coming your way in BISbuzz and on the new BIShub about
the dress code, the BIG BIS walk to school and the unveiling of our new bo le recycling bin. For now,
please get saving your used ba eries for a big collec on on the lunch me of Green Day. Dalat won the
plas c bo le recycling compe on; will they make it an environmental double on the 16th
April?
Mr Durrant and the Greenr Team
BIS Annual Green Day – 16th April

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School Production

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Instruc ons to students using CHQ & term 3 ac vity informa on
Please be aware that students will be able to sign up on CHQ (for Term 3 ac vi es) from Monday 6th
April at 3pm. CHQ will close on Wednesday 15th
April at 5pm.
The ac vi es booklet can be found by following the link to the school website:
http://www.bisvietnam.com/index.php/clubs_activities-39.htm (This will be updated by 3pm on
Monday 6th
April).
Students will be no fied on CHQ whether they have been selected by Friday 8th
May.
Ac vity dates Term 3
Start: Monday 11th
May 2015
End: Sunday 21st
June 2015
This system has been set up for you to use on a daily basis to select and track all your chosen ac vi es.
Please follow the instruc ons below to log on and select your desired ac vi es/paid clubs:
Go to school website www.bisvietnam.com and click on the CHQ link (bo om of website).
Your User Name is your school email address e.g. struong@bisvietnam.net
Your password has been emailed to your school email account. You should change your password to a
new password when you first log in. If you have forgo en your login details please click on ‘Forgo en
Your User ID or password’ from the CHQ login page. Follow the online instruc ons and a new password
will be sent to your school email. Any further issues please contact philipdrake@bisvietnam.com
Term 3 Clubs open for selec on on Monday 6th
April at 3pm and close on Wednesday 15th
April at
5pm. Most clubs will be randomly allocated to students once clubs close (no longer first come first
served) so there is no need to rush when clubs open.
A copy of the Term 3 Ac vi es Booklet will be available in the Documents tab and on the BIS website
from Monday 6th
April.
How to select your ac vi es/paid clubs
Step 1: From the Home Page under My Ac vi es 2014‐2015 Term 3 click View/Manage/Submit Ac vi‐
ty Choices
Step 2: For each ac vity/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 par cipate in.
The SAVE bu on will appear to the right of the ac vity list click SAVE
Step 3: Once you're happy with your choices you MUST press the SUBMIT bu on at the top of the page.
You will receive an automated email confirming your club preferences.
Step 4: To cancel a selec on a er submi ng add a 0 to the Desired box then save and submit
Step 5: From the Home Page My Ac vi es 2014‐2015 Term 3 you will be able to see which clubs you
have been accepted into/denied from by Friday 8th
May. If you click onto My Schedule for week
beginning Monday 11th
May you can check your weekly club metable.
Try to make sure you have a range of ac vi es which allow you to develop physically, crea vely as well
as socially.
For exis ng students in Year 7 please ask your parents for login details as your parents managed the sign
up process when students were in the AP1 & TX schools.
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Selec on Policy
Please note we follow a selec on policy for ECA’s as detailed below:
Sports Clubs
If the number of students who select a sports ac vity is greater than our maximum capacity students will
be trialled for this ac vity. Students will be no fied of this at the first session. This may mean that your
son/daughter will be accepted on the ECA for the first week however a er trials will be removed from
this ac vity.
Dance Programmes
The majority of our dance programmes are delivered by the Dancenter. The informa on for these dance
classes has already been distributed to parents as the sign up process & payment takes place directly with
the Dancenter in district 2. You can contact them for further informa on.
Music & Drama
For this group of ECA’s audi ons will normally take place via “sign ups”. This will be detailed in the ECA
booklet
Music
Students involved in music clubs during Term 2, will automa cally be “rolled over” into Term 3 clubs. For
any students interested in signing up for the following clubs, please see the music staff member, leading
the club; ABRSM Theory club, Choir, Male Vocal Group, Concert Band, String Ensemble, Clarinet Choir,
Flute Choir, Jazz Band, Brass ensemble, Double Bass Group.
All other ECA’s.
The online system will randomly allocate students to each ECA.
Please note that you may not always get your first choice ac vity.
Phil Drake
Director of Sport/Ac vi es & Trips Coordinator

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Sports Day
Inter House Athle cs Sports Day 2015
On Wednesday 4th
March, students at the An Phu Secondary Campus took part in the annual Inter
House, Athle cs Sports Day. The day began with an open 1500m race, with students then represen ng
their house in 4 different athle c events. In true BIS fashion, there was a great atmosphere, with stu‐
dents suppor ng one and other in a friendly, yet compe ve manner. The day culminated with the Tug
of War and Relay events, with the crowd ge ng behind their house for an exci ng finale. Congratula‐
ons to everyone that took part and helped out, to make it such an enjoyable day. A special men on to
those students who broke school records, in a year which saw more records broken than ever:
 Ma hew McKelvie (800m)
 Bailey Miller (1500m)
 Isaac Youm (200m & High Jump)
 Ibra You (High Jump)
 Andrew Schaffer (Discus)
 Anna Huynh (Discus)
 Vincent Kwok (Discus)
 Fieke Evers (Shot Pu )
 Dan Champion (Shot Pu )
 Luke Dyer (Javelin)
Final results and circuit winners will be announced in assembly at the end of term.
Gary Willis
Head of Physical Educa on

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PTG
BIS Parents Dinner
ATTENTION ALL PARENTS
PTG is arranging a dinner get together for all BIS parents on
FRIDAY 10TH
APRIL from 7pm.
A great opportunity for all parents (especially working
parents) to join a BIS social event which will be an evening of
great food and entertainment!
Details will be emailed to parents directly.
RSVP: bisptgap2@gmail.com

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From the Underground & BIStro
Menu 3 (30 March)
From the Underground & BIStro
DAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY
MAIN
COURSE
CHOOSE 1
Chicken Carbonara
OR
Roast Pork, Rice
Pasta Bolognese-
Pork
OR
Sweet & Sour Fish,
Rice
Battered Fish &
Chips
OR
Nasi Lemak
(Chicken & Egg)
Chili Con Carne -
Beef, Rice
OR
Won Ton Noodle
Soup
VEGETA-
BLES
Bok Choy & Carrot
Salad
Long Bean, Carrot
Salad
Morning Glory,
Carrot
Salad
Choy sum &
Carrot
Salad
SOUP Choy sum Spinach & Melon
Tomato & Tofu
Soup
Mixed Vegetable
DESSERT Mixed Fruit Mixed Fruit Mixed Fruit Mixed Fruit
VEGETARIAN
Braised Tofu &
Beans, Rice
Choy sum Soup
Mixed Fruit
Veggie Pasta
Chickpeas Salad
Mixed Fruit
Vegetarian Chili,
Rice
Tomato & Tofu
Soup
Mixed Fruit
Tofu Noodle
Soup
Choy sum &
Carrot
Mixed Fruit
DELI BAR
OPTION
Baguette & Wrap
Fill it with a variety of choices including ham, chicken, cheese, tuna mayonnaise, beef, baked
bean, mixed bean, bolognese sauce
SNACK MENU
Curry Puff
Samosa
Fruit Cup
Chocolate Mud Cake
Swiss Roll
Fruit Cup
Curry Puff
Samosa
Fruit Cup
Banana/Carrot
Muffin
Sponge Cake
Fruit Cup
FRIDAY
Honey Lime Chicken,
Sautéed Potato
OR
Beef Rendang, Rice
Broccoli & Carrot
Salad
Watercress
Mixed Fruit
Dhal
Broccoli & Carrot
Mixed Fruit
Donut
Creame Puff
Fruit Cup