W/C 20/10 Half Term Holiday

27/10 Children back to school

29/10 Year 6 Trip to Dam Sen Park

5/11 Year 6 to PDV

6/11 - 9/11 Phuket Football Competition for Y4 - Y6

27/11 Parents’ Evening for Y1 - Y6

BRITISH INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL - HO CHI MINH CITY

10 OCTORBER 2014 | ISSUE 7

Dates for your diary

IN THIS ISSUE

From Head of Campus 2

Dates of Term 1 + PDV visits Year 6 3

Eco-School + PE Department 4

Holiday Programme + Finer Diners 5

October

TU XUONG PRIMARY

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43-45 Tu Xuong St, District 3, HCMC

Tel: (848) 3932 0210

Fax: (848) 3932 0770

E-mail:

suehill@bisvietnam.com

Newsletter Issue 7|1

From Head Teacher - Ms. Sue Hill

Dear Parents, This week we said goodbye to one of our guards, Mr Minh, who has worked at the TX campus for over 7 years. Not only has Mr Minh helped keep us all safe by diligently guarding our campus, he is also an accomplished musician. In assembly, last Friday he played a wonderful piece on the classical guitar. The staff at TX presented Mr Minh with a gift, another musical instrument - a mandolin. Mr Minh astonished us all by playing the mandolin at the end of assembly. We all wish Mr Minh the very best as he starts on his new venture…the opening of a shop selling instruments in the Mekong Delta.

Mr Ian and I are attending school inspector training today and this weekend but will be back in the TX campus on Monday.

Newsletter Issue 7|2

Musical Coffee Morning

TX Musical Coffee Morning 2014

On Wednesday, we held the Musical Coffee Morning in the foyer at TX. 66 talented children from Year 1 - 6 took to the stage and sang or played their hearts out to all the parents, teachers and children watching. I'm very proud of everyone who performed, as they showed real courage and skill. The children’s wonderful per-formances were the result of hard work and determination learning musical pieces and arrangements at home. I would also like to thank the parents for all their help and guidance with the children’s musical education. To see more photos and videos from the event please visit the TX music blog www.xmusic2014-2015.blogspot.com

Mr Robbie

Dates of Term 1

PDV visits Year 6

Date Year Group/s Event

w/c 20/10 All Half Term Holiday

29/10 Y6 Trip to Dam Sen Park

5/11 Y6 Y6 to PDV

6/11-9/11 Y4-6 Phuket Football Competition

14/11 All Interim Reports to parents

27/11 Y1-Y6 Parents’ Evening

29/11 EYFS Parents Teddy Bears’ Picnic

3/12 Y3 TX visits Thien Phuoc

3/12 Y6 Y6 to PDV

7/12 All Clubs Finish

11/12 MP2 MP2 Production (Evening)

12/12-15/12 Y4-Y6 Bangkok Feeding Frenzy Swim Meet

17/12 EYFS Christmas Concert

18/12 Y1-Y6 Christmas Concert (Evening)

19/12 All Term 1 finishes @ 11.30am

On the 8th October 2014, 11 children from PDV visited Y6. We all worked

together to learn new things and skills, for example, playing with Lego, making movies, doing arts and crafts and being Vietnam tour guides using the laptops. The children from PDV took turns on each activity. Most of us were a little nervous at first but when we got to know each other we felt much more comfortable and really enjoyed the activities. We all had smiles on our faces throughout the afternoon. After having a full rotation of all activities, we came back together to watch a few of the movie trailers we had created. We were really excited to see ourselves on the big screen. After that we all got together to take a photo. When it was time for them to leave, the PdV children got to take home a guide of Vietnam, an origami fortune teller, a jumping paper frog and most important of all… we all have GREAT MEMORIES! By Anh Vu and Gia Vinh, Y6

Newsletter Issue 7|3

Eco-School

First meeting of TX Eco-Schools Committee This week, TX held the first meeting of the Eco-Schools Committee. Student and teacher repre-sentatives of the different school communities were present: Eco-Warriors (JB and Ms. Heather) Eco-Scouts (Daniel and Ms. Jane) Schools Council (Naomi)

School Leadership (Ms. Sue) Parents (Anne) Teachers (Ms. Alice) BIS Community Service Projects (Ms. Emma)

TX will submit its application for the Green Flag this year, and the group dis-cussed the different things that we have to do in order to make sure that we are the first school in Vietnam to get this award. Energy month, to be held in November, is one of the exciting campaigns that we will be hold-ing to help us get that award. The Eco-Warriors will tell us more about that next week, so get ready.

The U11 TX Badminton squad took part in a tournament against AP1 on Wednesday 8th October. The team consisted of: Thibault Bourguignat, Tuan Huy Hong, Moksh Jhawer, Tyler Nguyen, J.B Salapete, Minh Vy Nguyen, Hieu Nguyen and Pana Duong. The team took part in a singles tournament and doubles games. The students thoroughly enjoyed the tournament, refining their badminton skills, and developing their knowledge and understanding of the game. Well done TX!

Ms. Charlotte

PE Department

Newsletter Issue 7|5

Holiday Programme

Finer Diners

Well-done to Kenny, Minh and John (Year 6), Susu, Moksh and Jessie (Year 5).