Volume 12013 - 2014

CONTENTS

Message from BOT 03 Pre Kindergarten & Kindergarten 1 04-05Kindergarten 2 06-07Grade 1 08-09Grade 2 10-11Grade 3 12-13Grade 4 14-15Grade 5 16-17Music & Drama 18-19Physical Education & Swimming 20-21French 22-23Vietnamese Language & Culture 24-25ISV Grand Opening 26First Day of School 27Our Field Trips 28Our Assemblies 29Moon Festival 30-31Scitech 32-33Vietnamese New Year (Tet) Celebration 34-35Family Fun Day 36-37First Year Anniversary 38-39Easter Egg Hunt 40ISV Faculty 41ISV Team 42

CONTENTS

Message from BOT 03 Pre Kindergarten & Kindergarten 1 04-05Kindergarten 2 06-07Grade 1 08-09Grade 2 10-11Grade 3 12-13Grade 4 14-15Grade 5 16-17Music & Drama 18-19Physical Education & Swimming 20-21French 22-23Vietnamese Language & Culture 24-25ISV Grand Opening 26First Day of School 27Our Field Trips 28Our Assemblies 29Moon Festival 30-31Scitech 32-33Vietnamese New Year (Tet) Celebration 34-35Family Fun Day 36-37First Year Anniversary 38-39Easter Egg Hunt 40ISV Faculty 41ISV Team 42

Letter from BOT

The International School of Vietnam’s (ISV) �rst ever Year Book represents the culmination of many years of planning and e�ort prior to the commencement of the 2013-2014 school year. ISV’s inaugural year has been an eventful one and we'd like to take this opportunity to thank you for all your support throughout this time.

I wish to take this opportunity to thank our Teaching Team for all their hard work in making this year such a success. Joining a new school can be a daunting task, our teachers have risen to the challenge and made this year a great one for all the students. Thank you! Through our teachers the school has made signi�cant strides along the path of becoming an excellent school. The school improvement journey will continue into the next year and the years after that to ensure that we are always doing the best for our learners.

The year has �own by and looking back over the year the school has changed so much. In terms of student numbers, the school has grown from 32 to 82 students! 21 di�erent nationalities are now represented in the school.

In January we received good news from the International Baccalaureate that we have been approved as a Primary Years Programme candidate school. This means that we are now part of global learning community of more than 1,175,000 students in 3,754 schools in over 147 countries.

In May we received further good news that we have been accepted as a Cambridge Interna-tional School, meaning we can o�er both iGCSE and A level examinations in the future.

I am sure that as you look though this Yearbook many happy memories will come �ooding back. This is just a snap shot of some of the terri�c work that has gone on throughout the school this year and it records some events and activities that have taken place both inside and outside of the classroom. The school has developed signi�cantly and I expect that to continue into the next years.

Have a great break and we look forward to welcoming you back in September.

Best wishes

Mrs Mai Bich Thuy

Board Chair

Board of Trustees

Nurture - Empower - Connect

Pre-Kindergarten& Kindergarten 1

Nguyen Gia Han

Ms. MicheleJohnstone

Ms. Nhung

Kim Dong Gyun Lim Ji Woo JoannaShalini John

KhabibabonuAzizovna Karimova

Minatsu Sanuki Tran Phuong Binh Nguyen HuyTrung Son

Victor Le Thibert Kim Yoon Ah

Tran Thu Van Yeo Seok Huyn Ahn Chae Yeon AngelaMai Robijn

ZoeWing Yan Wong

What an exciting International Day Pre-K/K1 class had!! We all learnt more about our friends - the countries they come from,

importantly, what the food from their countries tastes like! The children were very open-minded in tasting all the food.

Pre-K/K1 parents joined us in the afternoon and whatwonderful and interesting food they brought for us all to try from their countries! We were all risk-takers and tastedeverything!

Kindergarten-2

Ms. Nicole Brand MomoHamajima

Ms. NgocNguyen

JonathanChua Jay Gee

UriahAvraham Attia

Doan Anh Luong Alan Tai Daltry Homare Ito Mac Quang Anh TatemJane Spencer

Jung Seung Min Kim Taein Ha Sook Young Lee JeminJo Jaewan

Playing football !

F ruit loop subtraction!

Measuring heavy and light!

Making water balloons!

Learning about animals!

P.E and writing!

Playing in the class sandpit!

Making bubbles for art!

Learning about animals!

Going to P.E!

Going to music!

Singing, ‘Ten in a bed!’

Learning

how to

make

bubbles!

K2 traveled back in time and looked at photos from the beginning until the end of the year! Many giggles, laughter and fun activities were remembered. Have a look atK2’s favorite memories

K2, enjoy the rest of your journey!

Ms. StephanieJarosova

Ms. OanhNguyen

Choi Seoung Jun ChristopherLimos Petersen

Kim Han Ju

Le Hong Minh Nam Hojeong

Nguyen Quoc An ShakhrizodaAzizovnaKarimova

Song Hwa Young

Yeo Sang HyunLe PhuocThien Chuong

Grade 1

At the beginning of the school year our class had only three students! Chuong, Hwa Yeong, and

They each made a shape poster and diorama about a traditional story they studied during the unit.

Grade 1 class adopted a giant tiger snail that was found in the playground. The students called the snail “Okane Kudasai”. A Japanese phrase that translates to “money please”!

Friends Forever Working Together Celebrating Together

Grade 2

Mr. Robert Day Doan Anh Phuc Nene Hamajima JediahJames Spencer

Calvin Anh Dang Laura Santos Lee Jong Yun Park Jun Hyeok

~Calvin~

them.” ~Calvin~

cabonara spaghetti.”~Jed~

enjoyed making

works.”

to glue my name into my shirt.”~Phuc~

Grade 3

Ms. Anna Chadwick AlexandraAnh Dang

Tran Thanh Mai Nguyen Thu Han

NathanVan Jones

Mei Shigeyoshi

“One of the highlights of Grade 3 was when I.S.V had a carnival and I won 210 lollies. I shared the lollies with the whole school. Another highlight was listening to Ms. Anna read us Roald Dahl and Lemony Snicket books. My teacher, Ms. Anna, is amazing and very nice to us. My third highlight is when I wrote books in class, it was really fun to write them”.-Carolina

“We made T-shirts and we made them with our own two hands. I enjoyed learn-ing something new, which was sewing. I was pleased with the cape I made on the back of my T-shirt.I also liked making books because I like to designthings.”-Nathan

“We read many Roald Dahl books and a book by Lemony Snicket. One of my highlights in Grade 3 was when I wrote two stories. They are about twocharacters named Anna and Rosey.I’m writing a series called, The Twin’s Adventures. I like writing storiesbecause it is fun.”-Thu Han

“I enjoyed making afternoon tea for the whole school because seeing students smile makes me smile. I like my school,I like my friends and I like my teacher. That makes me happy about my school.”-Mei

“I liked planning my own stories. We published our stories and made them into real books. Ms. Anna was a great teacher because she guided us in plan-ning our stories. I also liked making our own T-shirts in our clothing unit. We also made clothes out of paper and I was the winner with my dog belt design.”-Alex

“I have had a wonderful year working with Grade 3. One of my highlights was when we wore matching card hats on Math’s Morning.”Ms. Anna

Grade 4Grade 4

Park Chae WonChoi Seung Bin Alexander Jessen

Le Phuoc Thien Cam

Doan Minh Anh

Hwang JunSebastian Knoller Lee Dong HaMs. Kelly Blocker

C e le br a t i ng a y e a r f ul l of la ught e r , le a r ni ng a nd lot s of

F UN!

Grade 5

Mrs. Penny Day Lee Chan Seo Caleb Tobias NguyenMinh Khue

Joshua Tobias Ha Sang Min Nam Hoseong Duong Tuan Antonio Potess

“Our children have sung, played, danced and acted throughout this exciting year. They have been experiencing a huge variety of quality music and literature. I am con�dent to say that the children of ISV have had a wonderful �rst year in Musicand Drama.”Daniel Hewitt, ISV 2014

“My favourite thing in Drama was 10 in a bed because we could wear our pyjamas in school.”Homare, K2

“My favourite thing in Music was the Tadpole Blues, because we could sing very, very loud!”Uriah, K2

“I like ‘On the Ning, Nang, Nong’ because the words are so funny.” Shakrizoda, Grade 1

Music and Drama

“Do we have Drama today Mr. Daniel? Yes. YEEEEEEEEAAAAH!” Zoe, PreK

“I want em yêu trường em.It is pretty.” Chae Yeon, K1

“I like �owers. I like the da�odils, I like the mountains…… A doo wap, a doo wap a doo wap. I like it Mr. Daniel!”Trung Son, PreK

“I liked ‘Fe, Fi, Fo’ because it sounds

so strange”Hoseong Grade 5

“I liked the Christmas ISV News thing

because we got to throw snowballs at Jun”

Caleb Grade 5

“I liked Jacob and Sons the most

because it made me feel happy

when singing it” Khue Grade 5

‘My favourite thing was the ISV anniversary. I liked it because almost everyone got to

participate in the �ag ceremony and I represented my country Columbia”

Antonio Grade 5

“I liked doing the Pirate Play, because we got to make

swords and have a pretend �ght on the stage. I got to die!”

Nathan, Grade 3

“My favorite thing was watching and singing Mary Poppins songs. The words are nonsense…like

supercalafragalisticexpialidocious!”Mei, Grade 3

“My favourite thing inDrama was recording people’s

television shows, because maybe I would like to be on television” Jed, Grade 2

“I like the Jelly Beans activity because you get to play the instruments and it’s noisy, and most people call me a chatterbox so I like being

noisy” Phuc, Grade 2

Physical Education and Swimming

Greetings all,

the past year and look at the achievements, as well as the

have found the year has gone by quickly, and the school has had a successful start. I have enjoyed the PE and swimming departments and look forward to developing programs for the New Year. The students have participated well in PE and swimming, and I believe the progression for next year will be very positive. I have looked into a swimming program that can be monitored and assessed more closely, providing

and parents. We have received new resources for the New Year and I am very excited to be able to teach the students a variety of new skills as well as new activities. This year my goal was to get the students enjoying PE and swimming. Having them work together, and as individuals duringactivities is very important. This creates a comfortable

that barrier is very important for students and teachers, allowing for quality PE lessons and providing the students with an opportunity to build relationships at school. ISV also

to BVIS on a return trip. Congratulations to all involved,

to the new year and what it will bring to ISV.

French

PreK - K1 Zoe, Victor et Joanna ont commencé à apprendre le français cette année. Ilspeuvent maintenant dire bonjour, se présenter, exprimer leur humeur,

en ciel, compter jusqu’à 10, nommer des animaux… Ils ont aussi joué à des jeux en français sur le tableau intéractif et sur les ipads. C’était une année très amusante où ils ont aussi appris des chansons pour dire bonjour et des chansons sur les animaux.

“ I like French because It is fun” (Zoe)“ I like talking about animals I like and I don’t like in French” (Victor)“ I want to go to Paris” (Joanna)

G2 - G3 « My favorite moment in french is making the menu for the french restau-rant. » (Nathan)« J’aime manger les macarons. » (Alex)« J’aime jouer aux jeux en francais. » (Calvin)« I like learning the names of the animals in french. » (Laura)« I like to learn french because french is spoken in many other countries. » (Mei)« I like the activity where we had to glue the name of the food and the pictures together. » (Jed)

G4 - G5 “ My favorite thing in French was eating the macaron” (Caleb)“ My favorite activity in French was creating a menu for a French restaurant” (Alex)“ I like French because it is really interest-ing to learn a new language and It is a very popular language” (Tuan)“ I like learning about animals in French.” (Thien Cam)“I was interested in making menus in French so i can learn more about popular dishes in France.” (Lee Chanseo)“In French, I enjoy researching about the

(Joshua)“I am surprised that French is really similar to English.” (Hoseong)“My favorite subject in French was learning about sports.” (Sebastian)

K2/G1 Nous voici les élèves de K2/G1. Nous apprenons le français depuis le mois de septembre. Nous apprenons lefrançais grâce à des jeux et deschansons. Nous savons nous présenter et dire ce que nous aimons :

“Bonjour je m’appelle Homare et j’ai 6 ans. J’aime le français et les chiens.»,«Bonjour je m’appelle Jonathanet j’aime la chanson sur le poisson.»,«Je m’appelle Uriah et ça va bien», “Bonjour, je m’appelle Tatem et j’aime les hamsters”,“Bonjour, je m’appelle Taein et j’aime Madame Arc en ciel.”,“Bonjour je m’appelle Hojeong etj’aime les chiens.”

Vietnamese Languageand Culture

This year we have explored a lot about Vietnamese in bothwritten and oral language. We also considered the relationship between language and culture. Through songs, stories and celebrations, language can be accessed more deeply.

ISV Grand Opening13th June 2013

First Day of School4th September 2013

Field Trips

School Assemblies

Moon FestivalSeptember 2013

Scitech

Vietnamese New Year(TET) Celebration

Family Fun Day

1 Year Anniversary

Easter Egg HuntEaster Egg Hunt

Michele JohnstonePre-K/K1

Nicole BrandK2

Stephanie JarosovaGrade 1

Robert DayGrade 2

Anna ChadwickGrade 3

Kelly BlockerGrade 4

Penny DayGrade 5

Daniel HewittMusic/Drama

Liam ChadwickP.E

Mai Vu NgocVietnamese

Perrine Cazet French

Oanh NguyenGrade 1 Aide

Nhung PhamPre-K/K1 Aide

Ngoc NguyenK2 Aide

Nghiep PhamP.E Aide

Hien NguyenNurse

ISV Faculty

ISV Team

Kitchen Team Support Team Finance/Accounting

Facilities Team Admissions Lifeguard

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