8 May 2015 | ISSUE 30 Dates for your diary IN THIS ISSUE From: Page Headteacher 2 Nepal Earthquake Appeal 3 BIS HUB 4 Music Department 5 PE Department 6 PSHE Department 7 EYFS Department 8 Year 2 Department 9 Term 3 Extra Curriculum Activities 10 Lunch Menus 11-12 Contact information 225 Nguyen Van Huong St, District 2, HCMC Tel: (848) 3744 4551 Fax: (848) 3744 4182 E-mail: [email protected]BRITISH INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL - HO CHI MINH CITY AN PHU PRIMARY Newsletter 18th Term 3 Extra Curricular Clubs begin 20th Headteacher’s Coffee Morning (8.15am) 20th-24th FOBISIA Games May Pictures below from left to right : Learning about Shape- Fundinotots Design and Technology - Year 1+2
On Thursday evening, 12 musicians from both AP1 and TX primary campuses competed for a chance to win the
Young Musician of the Year Final 2015. All of the finalists had passed through the first round auditions and the
gruelling semi-finals to be chosen to perform in the AP2 Theatre. I’m so proud of all of the entrants who had
worked so hard and gave outstanding performances. Our judges were Mr Williams from the BVIS Music De-
partment and Mr Alexander and Ms James from the AP2 Music Department, who had a very challenging job of
listening to all of the performances and deciding who our winners should be.
I am pleased to announce that John Lee (violin) was given first place; Chae Rim Lee (piano) second place;
and Andrew Vu (saxophone) third. Our runner-up finalists were Hieu Nguyen (piano), Mel Chung (piano), Soo
Min Ryu (piano), Yu Gyeong Kang (cello), Sofia Lo (violin), Minh Anh Nguyen (piano), Jenny Phan (piano), Jun
Han Chong (Janggu drum) and Theresa Lai (piano). Well done to all those who took part, you performed su-
perbly, musically and to a very high standard.
Thank-you to all of the parents and instrumental teachers who have provided so much support and care for our
growing musicians, and to all of those adults and children who came to support our competitors. I’m already
looking forward to next year!
Mrs Frances Amos
Music Teacher
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PE Department - Gymnastics Competition
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PSHE (Personal, Social and Health Education) - Good to be Me
S.E.A.L
The theme for last half-term’s work on developing children’s social, emotional and behavioural skills has been
‘Good to be Me’. Over the half term, the children’s learning has been
focused on exploring how they can motivate themselves in their learning and across the school. They have been asked to set their own goals, think about how they learn best and
consider how they might make wise choices.
This term, our new topic is ‘Relationships’
Family Talk Time
We all have times when we feel down about some-
thing. What can we do to help? Ask each member of
your family to think of one thing that cheers them up
when they feel down or fed up. Your child might like to
draw the ideas and stick them on the fridge or wall as
a reminder of how we can help to cheer each other up
when we are feeling down.
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EYFS Department - F2 Love Role Play
The children in F2 have been having a lovely time in school in our different role play areas. Role play is great
for developing the children’s language skills, imaginations and cooperation with one another. In Ms Patricia’s
class and Ms Rachel’s class, the children have been dressing up as animals. They had lots of fun playing with
each other in role. In Ms Clair’s class, the children became fairy tale characters in the class castle, telling sto-
ries and making up spells.
Ms Clair Draper
F2 Teacher and Assistant Headteacher (EYFS)
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Year 2 IPC Topic - ‘Our World, The Environment’
Our new IPC topic in Year 2 is 'Our World, The Environment'. Children have been very interested in finding
out more about endangered animals and issues affecting them. Below are some photos and comments from the
children in Y2 to give you a flavour of what they have been doing in class.
Ryan and Kevin 2I: Poachers shoot elephants to get their tusks.
Valerie 2I: Sun bears have pads on their paws to help them climb trees.
Louis and Tarka 2S: Pangolins have overlapping armour. They are ant eaters and they also eat termites.
Their claws can break termite nests apart. It is against the law to kill them but some people eat them in wild-
life restaurants.
Xuka and Chau 2S: Moon bears are sometimes kept in a cage but it is better for them to live in the forest.
Ayush and Sheryl 2N: People kill the pangolins for medicine and for their skin. They keep them for pets.
Jerry 2N: Sun bears are being hunted for pets.
Dong Woo 2V: Some people eat king cobras and drink their blood.
Itsuki 2V: Some people make bags from snakes and some people kill elephants and make a necklace or statue
from its tusks.
Ms Jude Handscombe
Year 2 Teacher and Milepost 1 Leader
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Term 3 Extra Curriculum Activities
Please note that some of our Term 3 Extra Curriculum Clubs still have some available spaces for sign up. If your child(ren)
are interested in attending an extra club, in addition to their current allocation, please contact Ms Duyen directly for support.
All additional places will be allocated on a strictly first come, first served basis.
Activities Date Time Remarks
Advanced Magic
Year 4-6
Monday 14.40-15.40 Priority to students joining this
