14/6 Term 3 Clubs Finish

15/6 Rainforest Café

16/6 MP3 Speech Contest (eve)

17/6 Rainforest Café

18/6 TX Aquathlon

26/6 School finishes at 11.30 a.m

BRITISH INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL - HO CHI MINH CITY

12 JUNE 2015 | ISSUE 35

Dates for your diary

IN THIS ISSUE

June

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

Newsletter Issue 35|1

From the Head Teacher 2

Reports + The Newsletter is Changing + Milepost 3 Speech Contest 3

EYFS Summer Concert 4

The TXstravaganza 5

Maths Competition + Lunch Meet 6

Year 13 Graduation Ceremony 7

Dates of Term 3 + Holiday Programmes 8

TaekWon– Do Program 9

Dance Camp 2015 10

Newsletter Issue 35|2

From the Head Teacher– Ms Sue Hill Dear Parents,

Many events took place at the TX campus this week including the TXtravaganza, our annual summer concert. Mr Robbie did a wonderful job of bringing together our TX musicians and choirs in a lively concert on Wednesday evening. Apart from the two choirs and orchestra, the audience were entertained by the string group and brass ensemble, the chamber choir and solo performances from Andrew Vu and Yu Gyeong Kang. Congratulations to all our performers who worked incredibly hard in their clubs this term. Thank you to Mr Robbie, Ms Heather, Ms Alice, Mr Mike and Ms Julia for their hard work in preparing the children for the concert.

On Thursday morning, in was the turn of our Foundation Stage children as they performed on the stage in their summer production, ‘Let’s Get Fruity!”. The audience were amazed at the level achieved by our youngest members of the TX campus. All the F3 children had speaking parts; they told the story of the naughty animals who stole the fruit only to return it after some careful negotiation. Once again the costumes were impressive, especially the Foundation Stage 1 and 2 children who dressed as animals, and I must thank our talented teaching assistants for their wonderful creativity. The teachers too deserve a great deal of praise for directing our young actors and actresses; not forgetting Mr Robbie who has been working with the children during their music sessions.

Other events this week include the maths tournament held at BVIS and the LAMDA acting exams held at the An Phu Secondary Campus. I must congratulate the teams of children involved. Sustainability was the focus of our assembly today. Year 5 explained how and why we must save our planet including the animals. One such animal, the endangered pygmy loris has been a focus of research for the Year 5 children. They are aiming to raise money to donate to the EAST project to build an enclosure to help rehabilitate the lorises which are saved from captivity. All parents are welcome to visit the Rainforest Café in the foyer next week which is being organised by Year 3. On sale at the café will be some of the EAST merchandise. I would like to finally say a big thank you to our TX parents for inviting me to afternoon tea at Villa Song

last Saturday. I was overwhelmed by the lovely flowers and kind comments made by parents and

children.

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Milepost 3 Speech Contest

Dear Parents, On the evening of Tuesday June 16th, from 6pm to 7.15pm, we will be hosting the TX Campus Annual Speech Contest! It was a fantastic event last time around so we hope you will all be able to come along and enjoy it this time, too. The Milepost 3 students have all been working hard on their speeches, and ten brave finalists will be chosen to perform on the night itself. Please come to support all of the children involved. There will also be musical interludes and brief talks by guest judges. Refreshments will be provided. Ms Jane, EAL Leader.

Reports

Your child will bring home their end of year report today. The reports give detailed feedback on progress made during the year and achievement compared to the UK averages. If your child is achieving a grade ‘B’ then they are performing within the average band. A few of our children are achieving at a very high level, especially in maths and these pupils have achieved a grade ‘A’. Many children who are acquiring English language skills will still be working at a level which is below average as the average level is determined by achievements in the UK, where the majority of children are native English speakers.

The Newsletter is Changing

The BIS HUB has proved popular with parents and students for sharing articles on school life, news, events and notices. So, from next week, we are going to stop using the old format of newsletter and use the BIS HUB instead. Throughout the week, articles will be uploaded as a post on the BIS HUB (instead of as a page on the newsletter). On Friday, Ms Sue will post a weekly update in the News section and include within that the links to the articles from the week. Parents will be sent an email on Friday afternoon exactly like you are now, with a link to the Head’s weekly update like this: http://www.bisvietnam.com/blog/ms-sue-hill-weekly-update-5th-june/ which will include hyperlinks to all the articles on the BIS HUB for that week. If you have any questions about this, please do not hesitate to contact me. Thanks, Mr Ian Deputy Headteacher

Milepost 3 Speech Contest

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EYFS Summer Concert

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The TXstravaganza On Wednesday evening, after weeks of rehearsing and preparation, TX hosted its annual summer concert – the TXstravaganza. This wonderful concert featured fabulous performances by Milepost 1 Choir, String Group, TX Orchestra, Brass Group, Chamber Choir, Milepost 2 & 3 Choir and solo performances by Yu Gyeong Kang (6X) on the cello and Andrew Vu (5T) on the saxophone. The concert was concluded with an arrangement of The Carpenters famous song ‘Sing’, performed by the orchestra and both choirs together. Thank you very much to all the teachers who helped organise this concert, in particular Mr Mike, Ms Heather, Ms Alice and Ms Julia. Thank you also to Ms Michelle for taking fantastic photos of the event. I was very proud of the children who performed amazingly. This was my final music concert at TX, and it will be one I definitely remember for a long time. The concert was filmed, and DVDs will be available from the TX office very soon. Mr Robbie TX Music Leader www.xmusic2014-2015.blogspot.com

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Maths Competition

On Tuesday morning two teams of students from Year 5 and 6 ventured over to BVIS to compete in the UKMT mathematics competition. The children needed to combine all their mathematical know how to solve many different puzzles in both individual and team challenges. Our Year 6’s proved to be very strong in the logic round, whilst our Year 5’s triumphed during the speed test.

Both teams performed very and an enjoyable morning was had by all.

Mr Rob - Maths subject leader

Lunch Meet

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Year 13 Graduation Ceremnony

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Dates of Term 3

Holiday Programmes

Please see the following Holiday Sports Programmes which will take place during the summer break at BIS HCMC. Registration can be made at each of the school campuses. End of year Camp

Start of year Camp

Date

Sport Time Head Coach

Age Prices (all in

VND) Location

29/6-3/7 Swimming 8.45am - 1.45pm

Mr Vinh F2 upwards Various prices

(see letter) AP1 Swimming

Pool

29/6-3/7 Skills factory - mini soccer

8.15am - 9.45am

SSA Age 3 - 5

years 1,600,000 AP1 small field

29/6-3/7 Football 8 am- 11 am SSA Year 3

upwards 2,200,000 Big field

29/6-3/7 Basketball 1pm-4pm SSA Year 3

upwards 2,200,000

AP2 Sports hall

Date Sport Time Head Coach

Age Prices (all in

VND) Location

21/8-25/8 Swimming 8 am- 1:45

pm Mr Vinh F2 upwards

Various (see letters)

AP1 pool

21/8-25/8 Skills factory -

mini soccer 8.15am - 9.45am

SSA Age 3 - 5

years 1,600,000

AP1 small field

21/8-25/8 Football 8 am- 11

am SSA

Year 3 up-wards

2,200,000 Big field

21/8-25/8 Basketball 1pm-4pm SSA Year 3 up-

wards 2,200,000

AP2 Sportshall

21/8-25/8 T-ball/Softball 4pm -

5.30pm Mr Richard

Year 3 up-wards

660,000 Big Field

Date Year Group/s Event

14/6 All Term 3 Clubs Finish

16/6 MP3 MP3 Speech Contest (Eve)

25/6 All Leavers Assembly

26/6 All School Finishes @11.30

Newsletter Issue 35|9

Taekwon-Do program

Newsletter Issue 35|10

Dance Camp 2015