12 December 2014 | ISSUE 15 Dates for your diary IN THIS ISSUE From: Page Headteacher 2 MP1 Christmas Production 3 F3 Christmas Production 4 MP3 Speech Competition 5 Music Department 6 Community Service Department 7-8 PSHE - Getting on and Falling out 9 Student Council’s 10 Meet the AP1 Staff 11 Fundinotots - BIS Baby and Toddler Group 12 Lunch Menus 13-14 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 14th Community Football Tournament 15th CHQ Term 2 Sign up begins (5.00pm) 16th Christmas Carol Concert (6.00pm) 18th EYFS Skype with Santa 18th Pre FOBISIA Meeting (4.00pm Gym) 19th CHQ Term 2 Sign up ends (12.00pm) 19th Term 1 Ends - 11.30am
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MP1 Christmas Production - Bertie’s Christmas Play
The children of Milepost 1 put on a grand performance this holiday season in the stage production of “Bertie‟s
Christmas Play.” Bertie is a dinosaur whose only Christmas wish is to have a part in his school nativity play.
He is cheered on by his friends and family around the world, who chat with him via Skype from places like Ha-
waii, China, Egypt, and Norway. They send their support and encouragement to Bertie as he tries over and
over again to win a role in the show. But try as he might, Bertie just can‟t get it right.
Bertie the dinosaur auditions for such roles as an angel, a shepherd, a wise man, and even a sheep but each
time the part goes to someone else. Bertie perseveres, and finally, when he tries for the role of „star‟… he gets
the part!
Milepost 1 students showed off their singing and dancing skills in an impressive production that put everyone
in the holiday spirit! The festive show was enjoyed by parents, all BIS students, and the Year 1 and Year 2
Community Partners from Thien Phuc Home and Anh Minh School. Well done, boys and girls! You are all
stars!
Ms Samantha Baker
EAL Teacher & Community Service Leader
F3 Christmas Production - Snowman at Sunset The children in F3 put on a fantastic performance today in their Christmas production of a 'Snowman at Sun-
set'. They all looked fantastic in their costumes and sung their hearts out whilst remembering to do their ac-
tions at the same time! We all felt very festive at the end of it and I'm sure you did too. Thank you again for
coming to support your children.
Ms Louise Swift
F3 Teacher and Assistant Milepost Leader
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MP3 Speech Competition
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Last night saw the culmination of several weeks
work on writing and delivering speeches in Year 5
and 6. The 11 finalists competed against one
another in an unbelievably exciting finale. Every
child delivered their speeches confidently and the
amount of time spent on them was evident.
The judges had a very difficult job to choose the
winners. In the end Chaiti from 6N was awarded
first place, Matthew from 5V came second and Jung
Min from 6H came third (see right).
Well done to everyone in MP3 for researching,
writing and delivering your own speeches.
Ms Deborah Spencer
Y5 Teacher and Assistant Milepost Leader
Our finalists
Nitika Gupta (5I)
Rosie Battersby (5B)
Jung Min Oh (6H)
Gemma Handscombe (6S)
Nini Pham (5S)
Jonathan Brownrigg (6B)
Naomi Martin (6V)
Matthew Grimshaw (5V)
Sam Johnston (6I)
Haley Nguyen (5N)
Chaiti Maheshwari (6N)
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Christmas Concert
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Community Service Department - Clubs
Sign-up for Extra Curricular Activities starts on Monday, and there are some very ex-
citing Community Service Clubs on offer for Term 2. These clubs are a great way to get
involved with the community through making new friends from local schools, trying
new activities, and sharing experiences with other children. You can even make an
impact on the environment!
Club
Day
Year Group
Teacher
Helping Hands with Thien Phuoc
Foster Home
Monday
Years 4-6
Ms Aoife
Ms Louise Short
Community Chess for Begin-
ners with Binh Trieu School
Monday
Years 4-6
Mr David
Community Lego Club with
Binh Trieu School
Monday
Years 2-6
Ms Andrea Dix
Working Together Playing To-
gether Learning Together with
Binh Trieu School
Monday
Years 2-6
Ms Louise Swift
Swimming with Binh Trieu
School
Monday
Years 1-2
Mr Vinh
Mr Triet
Creative Computing with Binh
Trieu School
Wednesday
Years 2-4
Mr Paul
Friendship Club with Binh Tho
School
Thursday
Years 1-3
Ms Melanie
Games Club with Mai Am Shelter
Thursday
Years 5-6
Ms Georgina
Ms Lisa
Keen to be Green with Binh Tho
School
Thursday
Years 4-6
Ms Rachel
Favourite Stories, Favourite
Crafts with Binh Tho School
Thursday
Years 1-3
Ms Samantha
Stretch and Relax with Binh
Tho School
Thursday
Years 4-6
Ms Sahita
Messy Art with Binh Tho School
Thursday
Years 2-4
Ms Charlie
See you there!
Ms Samantha Baker
EAL Teacher and Community Service Leader
Community Service Clubs for Term 2
Did you know that Community Service Clubs are in addition to your free club allocation? That means that
even after your allocation of free clubs, you can ADD a Community Service Club as a extra - every Community
Service Club is FREE!
Take a look at the clubs that are offered for your Year Group, and sign up on CHQ:
Community Service - Football Tournament
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Getting on and Falling out
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Social and Emotional Aspects
of Learning (SEAL)
The theme for this half-term‟s work on developing
children‟s social, emotional and behavioural skills has been
‘Getting On and Falling Out’.
Over this half term, the children‟s learning has been
focused on developing the social skills of friendship, working
well with others, managing anger and
resolving conflict.
After the holidays the whole school theme will be
‘Going for Goals’
Family Talk Time
All families have times when they get along together and times
when they tend to fall out. Sometimes we find it hard to make
up or even talk about it. Here are some questions to talk about:
When are the times that you get along best?
When are the times that you fall out the most?
What can you do at the times you fall out most to make every-
one feel better?
(PSHE - Personal, Social, Health Education)
Ms Georgina Cochrane
Year 6 Teacher and PSHE Leader
Student Council - Term 1 Update
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Words from the Student Council
We have had SO much going on this term! Our first BIG event was Non-Teacher‟s day. We wanted to show our
appreciation to the cleaners, guards, canteen and maintenance staff. So the day after Teachers Day, the Stu-
dent Council organised our very first „CGCM‟ Day, which is short for, cleaners, guards, canteen and mainte-
nance. MP3 children designed special BIS cards that were especially created for the event. The Student Council
also served the staff their lunch and some „Chè‟, a Vietnamese treat to show our appreciation for all that they
do. The staff were overjoyed and putting a smile on someone‟s face really is priceless.