The document is a newsletter from the British International School - Ho Chi Minh City providing key dates and information for parents. It includes: - Dates for the upcoming term such as sports day, school photographs, and a teddy bears' picnic. - A summary of recent events at the school including Christmas performances by EYFS and musical performances. - Information on dance classes being offered next term and sporting holiday programs. - Recognition of students who graduated as 'Masters of Enquiry' and 'Global Citizens'. - Upcoming eco events and the winners of the 'Green Certificate' for December.

1. 12/1 Children Back to School
21/1 - 23/1 School Photographs
22/1 Teddy Bears’ Picnic @ BVIS
26/1 Clubs Start
26/1 - 30/1 Healthy Week
28/1 F3 - Y6 Sports Day
BRITISH INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL - HO CHI MINH CITY
19 DECEMBER 2014 | ISSUE 16
Dates for your diary
IN THIS ISSUE
From the Head of Campus 2
Christmas Musical Market 3
„Ralph the Reindeer‟ EYFS Concert 4
„Feeding Frenzy‟ BKK Swim Meets 5
PE Department 6
Tet Collection 7
Helmets for kids + Community Football Tournament 8
Eco-Warriors + Dates of Term 2 9
January
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,
Another wonderful week of festive performances here at TX! The EYFS performance of
„Ralph the Reindeer‟ certainly got us in the mood for Christmas. The F3 children were very
brave speakers on the stage and led us through the story of how Rudolf was too sick to fly
so Ralph was called in to help Santa. Unfortunately, Ralph couldn‟t fly, however, with help
from the other reindeer he managed to take off and thankfully all was well for Christmas
Eve. Well done to all the F1, F2 and F3 children who were amazing and congratulations to
the EYFS team for working so hard to bring the performance to the big stage.
Last night, we held our Christmas market and concert. Children from the age of 5 to 11 performed on a special
stage set up in the playground with the audience seated on beanbags and milling around enjoying the ambi-
ence. In addition to the MP choirs and orchestra club, we also had performances from the Chamber Choir,
String Orchestra, Brass Ensemble, Year 6 Junk Band and the recorder group. Thank you to Ms Mandy and her
team of guards and maintenance men for making the playground look so festive with the colourful lanterns and
spotlights. I would also like to thank Mr Robbie and his team of musicians: Mr Mike, Ms Heather, Ms Alice, Ms
Jess and Ms Julia.
This morning, we celebrated the Masters of Learning for Global Citizens and Enquiry. Year 2 children gave a
super introduction about why we should become global citizens then the graduation began. Congratulations to
the following children:
Masters of Enquiry:
F3: Zander, Xiang
Year 1: Cadhla, Sushi
Year 2: An, Thy
Year 3: Bao Van, Quynh An
Year 4: Nghia, Tri
Year 5: David, Gally
Year 6: Kephren, Anh Vu
Global Citizen:
F3: Anakha, Hoai An
Year 1: Dolly, Michael
Year 2: Sy Anh, Prakhar
Year 3: Quoc Vinh, Neil
Year 4: Davis, Soo A
Year 5: Mi, Theresa
Year 6: Minh Vy, Chenny

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To conclude our busy first term, last night we had the TX Christmas Musical Market, where TX was
transformed for the evening into a winter wonderland! This event consisted of a very festive German-style
market in the TX foyer, with arts and crafts available to buy made by all made by the children from EYFS to
Year 6, with help from Ms Charlie. Alongside this, we had amazing performances in the playground by the TX
orchestra, choirs, Year 6 Junk Band, Brass Group and many more.
The children have been preparing for these musical performances for many weeks, and it was wonderful to
see all this hard work being paid off.
To see more photos and information about music at TX, please visit the music blog: www.xmusic2014-
2015.blogspot.com
Mr. Robbie
Christmas Musical Market

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‘Ralph The Reindeer’
Our EYFS children showed off their amazing talents on Wednesday during their Christmas
performance. For the first time, every F3 child had a speaking part and they really shone!
There were some hilarious moments on the stage such as the time when Ralph the
Reindeer discovered he couldn‟t fly but also some more spontaneous ones! The F1 and
F2 children looked wonderful in their respective elf and reindeer costumes but it was their
singing we were really impressed with. It was also fantastic to have such an appreciative
audience!
Ms Gurvinder
EYFS Leader

5. The BIS swim squad from all three campuses took part in the Bangkok Patana „Feeding Frenzy‟ Invitational
Swim meet. Andrew Vu, Jeanette Vo, Jamie Donnelly, Khoa Tran and Quynh An Tran from the TX campus
participated in the event. The results were as follows;
- BIS came fourth out of twelve schools with a total point score 2018 points.
- Quynh An Tran came first in her age group for overall points score.
- All the students that took part managed to improve on their (PB‟s) time in the different events.
Well done to all the swimmers that took part; without your hard work and dedication the squad would not have
achieved its position.
Ms. Charlotte
‘Feeding Frenzy’ BKK Swim Meet
Blogspot
This week has certainly got us in the Christmas spirit! The EYFS children lifted their voices and spoke very
bravely during their production of „Ralph the Reindeer‟. This was followed, quite amazingly, by a live satellite
link to the North Pole; the children spoke to Santa for half an hour and asked him lots of questions. Come
Thursday, it was the turn if the children in Years 1 – 6 to make us feel festive at the Christmas Musical
Market. It was a wonderful community event! Thank you to all the teachers for working so hard to make these
events so magical, and especially to Mr Robbie for all his contributions.
Wishing everyone a very merry Christmas and a
happy and successful New Year!
On my blog (ianbattersby.blogspot.com) this week
you will find the following posts:
Rehearsing „Ralph the Reindeer‟
Skyping Santa
What a Wonderful Evening!
Mr. Ian
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6. 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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Tet Collection

8. Helmets For Kids
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Community Football Tournament
Community Football Tournament
A Day of Friendship
100 years ago, an unexpected game of football on the fields of France brought two opposing armies
together. It is heartening to know that The Beautiful Game can still bring people together as we welcomed
over 70 children to a carnival of football and friendship.
Being part of a sports team is something of a dream to many children across the world and our Community
Service leaders made sure that this dream was fulfilled for our students and community partners. All of this
happened in a tournament that was both competitive and sporting.
The teams were all mixed so that our BIS students and our guests played on the same sides on a day that
was perhaps best summarised by one of our own students: “I made some great new friends today”.
Mr Jonathan Smith
Year 4 Teacher, English Leader, An Phu Primary

9. Eco - Warriors
Green Certificate, December 2014; the last one of the year!
4X was awarded the Green Certificate for the month of
December. The classroom was kept very green by the
children who made sure that everything was switched off
when it was empty, and scrap paper was available for
printing. Well done 4X.
Remember over the holidays– be green at home!
Reduce, reuse, recycle too
The Eco-Teams are watching you.
Wishing you a green and merry holiday season.
Ms. Heather and the Eco-Teams
Dates of Term 2
Date Year Group/s Event
12/1 All Term 2 Begins
21/1—23/1 All School Photographs
22/1 EYFS Teddy Bear’s Picnic at BVIS
26/1 All Clubs start
26/1—30/1 All Healthy week
28/1 F3—Y6 Sports Day
5/2 EYFS Activity Day
9/2—12/2 Y5 Residential Trip to Hoi An
12/2 EYFS Tet Celebration
13/2 Y1—Y6 Tet Assembly
16/2—24/2 All Tet Holiday
26/2 All Science Day
26/2 Y3 Sleepover
9/3—11/3 Y4 Residential Trip to Long Hai
19/3 All Parents’ Evening
1/4 Y3-6 Spring Concert (evening)
5/4 All Term 2 Clubs Finish
8/4 MP2 Speech Competition
14/4 MP3 Production—’Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’ (evening)
17/4 All Term 2 finishes @ 11.30am
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