10 April 2015 | ISSUE 28

Dates for your diary

IN THIS ISSUE

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Headteacher 2

Champitette Summer Camp 3

EYFS Department 4

PE Department 5-6

Student Council 7

PTG 8

Lost and Found 9

Lunch Menus 10-11

Contact information

225 Nguyen Van Huong St, District 2, HCMC

Tel: (848) 3744 4551

Fax: (848) 3744 4182

E-mail:

simonhigham@bisvietnam.com

BRITISH INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL - HO CHI MINH CITY

AN PHU PRIMARY

Newsletter

13th - 17th Term 3 Club sign up via CHQ

16th Wake Up to the Environment Day

16th PTG Disco

17th Term 2 ends - school finishes at 11.30 AM

4th Term 3 begins

4th Vietnamese language classes begin

18th Term 3 Extra Curricular Clubs begin

April

Pictures from left to right :

AIS Friendly Swim Meet - Year 2-6

Making a Shelter Competition - Year 4

Electricity Experiment - Year 3

May

From The Headteacher - Mr Simon Higham

Issue 28/Page 2

AP1 Parent Blog and BIS HUB

Read more about last week’s Spring Concert by accessing our BIS HUB from the Home page of the school web-

site.

AP1 Parent Blog BIS HUB

According to the Oxford English Dictionary, ‘An association of two or more people as part-

ners defines the word ’partnership’. Teachers, parents and children working together

make a sound recipe for a quality educational experience and I would like to thank all of

you who attended this week’s parent meetings. Having spoken to many parents this week

and by carefully monitoring the overall percentage attending these meetings, it was very

encouraging to note that by Monday 6th April, over 93% of all parents across the school

had accessed our new online boking system and made appointments to see their child’s

class and specialist teachers. Such meetings are a means to communicate your child’s

achievements and efforts within school, right across the curriculum. In addition to this,

this time allows our teachers to communicate the next steps for your children’s learning

and discuss how parents can help in this process at home. If you are yet to see your child’s

class teacher, please ensure that you contact them directly in order to arrange an ap-

pointment. Thanks again for your continued support.

When entering our school, parents often ask me what makes BIS a special place to be? Is it the children, the

teachers, the facilities or the very high academic and non academic standards that we have? I believe that it is

all of these encapsulated within our Aide Memoire (see above). You may have seen the Aide Memoire around

our campus but what is it and why is it so important to us? Essentially, this is our school’s mission statement

and it is visible in every room across our Group of Schools. It helps us all to focus upon what we understand

are the main attributes of excellent learning. ‘Integrity’, ‘Care’ and ‘Respect’ are what we term as our moral

attributes - those that make you the person that you are. We constantly refer to these across everyday school

life instilling a sense of equality, empathy and nurture into the education of our children. Running alongside

these attribute are those of academic rigour - ‘Enquiry’, ‘Reflection’ and ‘Perseverance’, that focus on allowing

our children to move through the learning process by taking risks, evaluating outcomes and setting goals for

their next steps.

As our children transition through their different phases of an internationally focussed BIS education, they

develop as independent, forward thinking global citizens that are learning together. Look our for our Aide

Memoire across our campus and ask your children how they have shown ‘integrity’ and what ‘reflections’ they

have made in their learning today - you may be surprised how much they know about it!

Please take time to familiarise yourself with the Term 3 Extra Curricular Clubs Booklet this weekend ready

for the live sign up that begins at 5.00pm on Monday.

I hope that you enjoy reading through the articles in this week’s newsletter and I wish you a very pleasant

weekend ahead.

Issue 28/Page 3

Nord Anglia Education - Champittet Summer Camp

Register Online

Visit Our Website

College Champittet in Switzerland is one of our 35 Nord Anglia Education (NAE) schools. Being part of our big-

ger NAE group of schools it is possible for students to go to a summer school in Switzerland. Please see below

for further details of what is on offer and how you can register for this unique Summer experience.

Issue 28/Page 4

EYFS Department - Visits from Friends at Binh Tho

Over the past month, F3 have enjoyed weekly visits from the children at Binh Tho, which is one of our commu-

nity partner schools. Each week, the Binh Tho children have had the opportunity to visit each of the F3 classes.

It has been so fantastic to see all the children playing together and sharing experiences. We have painted plant

pots and planted seeds, made play dough, masks, models….the list keeps on going! There is always lots of ener-

gy in the classroom and many, many smiles! We can’t wait to see our new friends again soon.

Ms Louise Swift

F3 Teacher & Assistant Milepost Leader

F1 Students: We enjoy reading books in the library

Issue 28/Page 5

PE Department - Spring Splash Sprints

On Saturday 4th April it was great to see over 120 swimmers taking part in the ‘Spring Splash Sprints’ at SSIS.

There were swimmers taking part from BIS and 5 other International Schools within the city. All students from

BIS AP1 & AP2, SSIS, AIS, ISHCMC and EIS HCMC contributed to the success of the event and many man-

aged to achieve personal bests. There was a fantastic feeling throughout the meet and the day ran smoothly.

It was exciting to see the overall team trophy awarded to BIS, along with several individual trophies which are

listed below.

Overall combined points:

BIS HCMC 3389 Points - Champions!

Individual Trophies:

1. Harry Park - Boys Champion Age 8 & under

2. Sophia Villamil - Girls Champion Age 9-10

3. Ryo Sarashina - Boys Champion Age 9-10

Once again thank you to all the swimmers, spectators and coaches who contributed to making the day so spe-

cial.

Mr Vinh Nguyen

Swim Coach

Issue 28/Page 6

Date

Sport

Time

Head

Coach

Minimum

No. Of

Students

Age

Prices

(all in VND)

Location

20/4-24/4 Football 8.00 am -

11.00 am SSA Min 8

Year 3

upwards 2,200,000 Big field

20/4-24/4 Basketball 1.00pm -

4.00pm SSA Min 8

Year 3

upwards 2,200,000

AP2

Sports

Hall

20/4-24/4 Swimming 8.45am -

1.45pm Mr Vinh Min 8

F2

upwards

Various prices

(see letter)

AP1

Swim-

ming Pool

20/4-24/4 T-ball/

Softball

4.00pm -

5.30pm

Mr

Richard Min 8

Year 3

upwards 660,000 Big Field

20/4-24/4 Multi-sports 8.15am -

9.15am

Mr Rich-

ard Min 8 F3 - Y2 440,000

AP1

Sports

Hall

20/4-24/4 Multi-sports 9.45am -

10.45am

Mr

Richard Min 8 F1 - F2 440,000

AP1

Sports

Hall

27/4-1/5 Football 8.00 am -

11.00 am SSA Min 8

Year 3

upwards 2,200,000 Big field

27/4-1/5 Basketball 1.00pm -

4.00pm SSA Min 8

Year 3

upwards 2,200,000

AP2

Sports

Hall

PE Department - April/May Holiday Programmes

Issue 28/Page 7

Student Council - The Children's Voice On the 16th April, AP1 will celebrating ’Green Day’ by taking part in the ‘Wake Up to the Environment Day’

event. This initiative has been developed by the Student Council and Eco-Committee to raise environmental

awareness amongst our school community, whilst also having fun. The day itself will be full of fun activities

like; coming to school in your pyjamas, the ‘Eco-Quiz’ written by Year 6, making ‘Fun Eco-Hats’, healthy bak-

ing and many more.

So on the 16th April do not forget to ‘Wake Up to the Environment’ and come to school dressed in your pyja-

mas!

Mr Luke Turner EAL Teacher

Issue 28 /Page 8

PTG - Annual General Meeting 2015

Issue 28 /Page 9

Lost and Found

The items pictured below have been accumulating in the Main Office over the last few months. If you think

you or your child is the owner of any of these items, please drop into the AP1 Main office to collect them. As

you can see there are a number of very large and some quite valuable items. Hopefully you recognise some of

them!

Deirdre Grimshaw

Deputy Headteacher

Issue 28/Page 10

MENU FOR F1 - F2 MENU 2 (WEEK BEGINNING 13 APRIL)

DAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY

MAIN COURSE

CHOOSE 1

Roast Chicken, Mashed Potato

OR Pork in Dark Soya

Sauce, Rice

Beef Lasagne OR

Seafood Fried Rice

Cheese Pizza OR

Pork with On-ion, Rice

Honey Baked

Chicken, Sautéed Potato

OR Pork Noodle

Soup (Nam Vang)

Pork burger OR

Szechuan Chicken, Rice

VEGETA-BLES

Cabbage & Car-rots

Spinach Morning Glory Long Beans &

Carrots Choy sum & Carrots

SOUP Spinach & Melon Tomato & Tofu Cabbage & Car-

rot Spinach Watercress

FOR

VEGETARI-AN

ONLY

Chickpea & Vege-table Curry, Rice Spinach & Melon

Soup

Vegetarian Lasa-gne

Tomato & Tofu Soup

Cheese Pizza Cabbage & Car-

rot Soup

Vegetarian Noo-dle Soup

Long Beans & Carrots

Aloo Tikki Burger Watercress Soup

MENU FOR F3 - YEAR 2 MENU 2 (WEEK BEGINNING 13 APRIL)

DAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY

MAIN COURSE CHOOSE 1

Roast Chicken, Mashed Potato

OR Pork in Dark Soya Sauce,

Rice

Beef Lasagne OR

Seafood Fried Rice

Cheese Pizza OR

Pork with Onion, Rice

Honey Baked Chicken, Sautéed

Potato OR

Pork Noodle Soup (Nam Vang)

Pork burger OR

Szechuan Chick-en, Rice

VEGETABLES Cabbage &

Carrots Spinach Morning Glory

Long Beans & Car-rots

Choy sum & Carrots

SOUP Spinach & Mel-

on Tomato & Tofu Cabbage & Carrot Spinach Watercress

FOR

VEGETARIAN ONLY

Chickpeas & Vegetable Cur-

ry, Rice Spinach & Mel-

on Soup

Vegetarian Lasa-gne

Tomato & Tofu Soup

Cheese Pizza Cabbage & Carrot

Soup

Vegetarian Noo-dle Soup

Long Beans & Car-rots

Aloo Tikki Burg-er

Watercress Soup

DELI BAR OPTION

Bun filled with Ham

& cheese Served with

Salad

Jacket Potato filled with Baked

Beans & Bacon Served with Salad

Bun filled with cheese

& egg Served with Salad

Jacket Potato filled with Bolo-

gnese Sauce Served with Salad

Bun filled with

Chicken & may-onnaise,

Served with Sal-ad

Fresh Fruits & Salad Bar are available daily

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MENU FOR YEAR 3 - YEAR 6 MENU 2 (WEEK BEGINNING 13 APRIL)

DAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY

MAIN COURSE

CHOOSE 1

Roast Chicken, Yorkshire Pudding

OR Pork in Dark Soya

Sauce, Rice

Beef Lasagne OR

Seafood Fried Rice

Cheese Pizza OR

Pork with Onion, Rice

Honey Baked Chicken, Sautéed

Potato OR

Pork Noodle Soup (Nam Vang)

Pork burger OR

Szechuan Chick-en, Rice

VEGETABLES Cabbage & Carrots Spinach Morning Glory Long Beans & Car-

rots Choy sum & Car-

rots

SOUP

Spinach & Melon

Tomato & Tofu

Cabbage & Carrot

Spinach

Watercress

FOR VEGETARI-

AN ONLY

Chickpea & Vege-table Curry, Rice Spinach & Melon

Soup

Vegetarian Lasa-gne

Tomato & Tofu Soup

Cheese Pizza Cabbage & Carrot

Soup

Vegetarian Noo-dle Soup

Long Beans & Car-rots

Aloo Tikki Burger Watercress Soup

DELI BAR OPTION

Baguette/Jacket Potato

filled with ham, chicken, cheese,

egg, tuna mayon-naise, baked

beans, peas & bo-lognese sauce

Served with Salad

Bun/Jacket Pota-to

filled with ham, chicken, cheese,

egg, tuna mayon-naise, baked

beans, peas & bolognese sauce

Served with Salad

Wrap/Jacket Pota-to

filled with bacon, ham, chicken, egg, cheese, tuna may-

onnaise, baked beans, peas & bo-

lognese sauce Served with Salad

Bun/Jacket Potato filled with ham, chicken, cheese,

egg, tuna mayon-naise, baked

beans, peas & bolognese

sauce Served with Salad

Baguette/Jacket Potato

filled with ham, chicken, cheese,

egg, tuna mayon-naise, baked

beans, peas & bolognese sauce

Served with Salad

Fresh Fruits & Salad Bar are available daily