This document is the March 13th issue of the British International School - Ho Chi Minh City Secondary Campus newsletter. It provides updates on various school events, including sports teams competing in the FOBISIA games in Taipei, an update to the school website and new BIS Hub online platform, a cross-campus science experiment between year levels, several students' participation in the UNISMUN conference in Hanoi, upcoming sports day activities, an upcoming spring concert, upcoming Parent Teacher Group events, and the weekly menu from the school cafeteria.

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BRITISH INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL - HO CHI MINH CITY| SECONDARY CAMPUS
MARCH 13 | ISSUE 25
IN THIS ISSUE
From the Head Teacher 02
Update to the BIS Website and Launch of our BIS HUB 03
Cross campus educa on 05
UNISMUN 2015 06
Sports Day 07
Spring Concert 09
PTG 10
From The BIStro & Underground 12
March
18th PTG Lost Property Display, 12.30pm
20th Year 8 Full Report
20th PTG Quiz Night, 4pm
20th ‐ 22th Saigon Model United Na ons Conference
24th PTG Year 7&8 lunch
25th PTG Year 9&10 lunch
26th PTG Year 11, 12&13 lunch
27th Year 10 Short Report
UPCOMING EVENTS

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From The Head Teacher
News is filtering through from our U13s squad who are on their final day of sports at the FOBISIA Games
in Taipei. Photographs can be seen on the Games Facebook pages here:
https://www.facebook.com/BIS.HCMC
or here:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/U13-FOBISIA-2015/819958258085335
There are links on the Facebook page to videos on YouTube also.
(For example, the boys vs. TES in basketball: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PR_Xms6dJaU)
Have a look. Like and share.
Richard Dyer
Head Teacher, Secondary
From The Head Teacher

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Update to the BIS Website and Launch of our BIS HUB
Over the past few months we have been upda ng the BIS website. We are really pleased to announce
that it has gone live this week. One of the new addi ons to the website is the development of our new
BIS HUB! This can be accessed from the website homepage main menu or by clicking this link:
http://www.bisvietnam.com/blog/
There are dedicated sec ons for Tu Xuong Primary, An Phu Primary and An Phu Secondary Campuses
where you can enjoy reading a variety of blog posts about:
 Parent Teacher Groups
 News
 Events
 Clubs
 Community
 University Guidance
 Student Council
 Learning
 Trips
 Sports
 Music and Drama
 Lunch Menus
The ‘Interna onal Educa on’ category will feature posts about BIS HCMC in the news, general ar cles on
interna onal educa on and guest posts from interna onal educators around the world.
The ‘Life in Ho Chi Minh City’ sec on is there to offer useful informa on about living in HCMC, including
upcoming family‐focused events and ac vi es.
The category on ‘Useful Websites’ provides exactly what it states! Here you will find a range of short ar ‐
cles about websites and their relevant links which you may find useful to bookmark.

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You can subscribe for updates to be delivered to your inbox as soon as they are posted:
Enjoy browsing!
Claire Durrant
Online Marke ng Officer

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Cross campus education
On Friday 6th
March, F1V made the long trek (for li le legs) to AP2 to visit a science lab in conjunc on
with their topic on “Fire”. The students put on laboratory goggles to be transformed into li le scien sts
and did two experiments under the watchful eyes of their teachers and Mrs Smith. Firstly they took it in
turns to carefully light a Bunsen Burner and they were so surprised to see a flame apparently from
nowhere. Then they were treated to a demonstra on of different coloured flames created by dipping a
wire loop into a variety of chemicals which was then held in a hot flame. They were excellent in their use
of language saying things like “Purple fire!” and “Nickel Chloride!”. Excellent work F1V.
Belinda Smith
Teacher of Biology

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UNISMUN 2015
From March 5th to 8th, a team of 17 eager and high‐spirited delegates traveled to Hanoi to par cipate in
the 7th annual United Na ons Interna onal School Model United Na ons (UNISMUN). Although we had
prepared ourselves for the s mula ng debates ahead for the next 3 days, li le did we know to pack
enough jumpers to ba le against the cold weather of Hanoi.
The resounding bang from the Secretary General’s gavel marked the opening of the conference which
was followed by a guest speaker Mr Nguyen, a researcher at the Hanoi Na onal Space Centre. The first
day of the conference was full of lobbying sessions where delegates and student officers from different
schools socialised with one another and engaged in prior debates.
The next day, delegates were given the opportunity to fight and debate for their stance on current
interna onal affairs: the situa on in the Middle East, Ukraine, LGBT rights, and the u lisa on of, and se‐
curity in, space. Not only was the conference filled with passionate speeches and challenging “Points of
Informa on”, but echoes of laughter during break mes.
Everyone le the conference with a feeling of increased confidence, experience and with a significantly
increased number of friend requests on social media and inside jokes. Our experience from this
conference definitely matched this year’s theme of “space” as the days of intense deba ng mounted up
to, in the wise words of Buzz Lightyear, infinity and beyond.
Haeon Yoon 11S and Sevina Lee 11V

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Sports Day

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Spring Concert

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PTG

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From the Underground & BIStro
Menu 1 (16 March)
From the Underground & BIStro
DAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY
MAIN
COURSE
CHOOSE 1
Cottage Pie-Beef
OR
Chicken & Vegeta-
ble Curry, Rice
Pasta with Pork Meat
Balls
OR
Fish Teriyaki, Rice
Roast Pork, Roast
Potato/Rice
OR
Chicken Noodle
Soup (Pho)
Fish Goujon &
Potato Wedges
OR
Beef & Vegetable
Stew, Rice
VEGETABLES
Morning Glory &
Carrot
Salad
Beansprouts & Carrot
Salad
Choy sum & Carrot
Salad
Chinese Cabbage
& Carrot
Salad
SOUP Watercress Cabbage & Carrot Tomato & Tofu Spinach & Melon
DESSERT Mixed Fruit Mixed Fruit Mixed Fruit Mixed Fruit
VEGETARIAN
Vegetarian Cot-
tage Pie
Chickpea Salad
Mixed Fruit
Pasta Napolitana
Mixed Beans Salad
Mixed Fruit
Vegetarian Noodle
Soup
Tofu in Soya Sauce
Mixed Fruit
Tofu & Vegetable
Stew, Rice
Spinach & Melon
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
Roast Chicken, York-
shire Pudding
OR
Pork in Dark Soya
Sauce, Rice
Broccoli & Carrot
Salad
Mixed Vegetable
Mixed Fruit
Chickpea & Vegeta-
ble Curry, Rice
Mixed Vegetable
Soup
Mixed Fruit
Donut
Cream Puff
Fruit Cup