TX Newsletter13.02.15

16– 24/1 Tet Holiday

26/2 Science Day

26/2 Year 3 Sleepover

9- 11/3 Year 4 Trip

19/3 Parents’ Evening

20/3 TX Aquathlon

BRITISH INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL - HO CHI MINH CITY

13 FEBRUARY 2015 | ISSUE 21

Dates for your diary

IN THIS ISSUE

February + March

TU XUONG PRIMARY

Newsletter

Contact information

43-45 Tu Xuong St, District 3, HCMC

Tel: (848) 3932 0210

Fax: (848) 3932 0770

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Newsletter Issue 21|1

From the Head Teacher 2

Science Day 2015 3

Year 5 Trip to Hoi An 4

EYFS Tet Collection 5

Year 4 Photography Trip + Holiday Programme 6

U11 Boys Football + Dates of Term 2 7

From the Head Teacher - Ms. Sue Hill

Dear Parents, Welcome back Year 5! The intrepid explorers, from Ms Kris’ and Mr Rob’s classes, flew back from their 4 day adventure in Hoi An last night. From the looks on their faces, I could see some were a little tired today however they all agreed that the trip was a fantastic experience. When asked about their favourite activities, many agreed that the challenge of the abseiling was number one. Others enjoyed the organic farming and scavenger hunt or just the mere fact that they were away from school with their friends! Hoi An is one of our many excursions this term, as we concentrate on the pillar, Adventure, from our BISCAT booklets. Residential trips play an important part in building confidence, perseverance and independence;

qualities all valued by our school. After Tet, the Year 3 children will have their sleepover in school and Year 4 will enjoy their trip to Long Hai. This morning, the children amazed us with their wonderful performances during our Tet assembly. The smiles said it all as they sang and danced to various Tet tunes in front of an enthusiastic audience of parents and children. The final performance was the Year 4 lion and dragon dances. The audience gasped as the lion rolled over and also jumped! Thank you to all our teaching assistants who have worked so hard during Vietnamese Culture lessons to prepare children for the performance. As a foreigner here in Ho Chi Minh City, is it always an honour to take part in Vietnamese festivities and to learn more about the culture and customs. I would like to wish everyone a wonderful Tet holiday. For those who are travelling, I wish you safe and enjoyable journeys and look forward to welcoming you all back on Wednesday 25th February.

Chuc Mung Nam Moi!

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An amazing day of science, investigation and discovery awaits us after the Tet holidays. The children and adults of TX will be embarking on an adventure of discovery during our annual Science Day next half term. This year each year group will be focusing on a different aspect or area of science. Some of us will be

getting all starry eyed learning about light, while others may learn some shocking truths about electricity and its applications. Over the Tet holiday period your children will be set an exciting project to carry out at home and come back with on Science Day. Parents are asked to help their children discover the wonders of science. Please ask them questions about their task and help them out if needs be. Science is as much about the journey as it is about the destination, so please take the time to think about the task, not just get the answers. This year’s Science Day will also give mums, dads and carers the opportunity to do some science themselves. You are all invited in to come and see what your children have been doing during the day. At 2 o’clock all the classrooms will be open for you to come and visit. Come and let your children show you what they have been learning. Science Day is on Thursday the 26th of February, see you at 2:00pm in your child’s classroom. Mr John

Science Day 2015

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Year 5 Trip to Hoi An

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EYFS Tet Collection

What a spectacular Tet show from our EYFS children this year! Thank you to all the parents and carers for being such a wonderfully enthusiastic crowd. The children all had lots of fun performing in their beautiful Ao Dai to a vari-ety of songs. We are proud of all our EYFS children for being so enthusiastic and brave and such wonderful sing-ers and dancers! Ms Gurvinder EYFS Leader

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On Tuesday, the Year 4 children went on an exciting photography trip to District 1. As part of our IPC ‘Shelters’ topic we wanted the children to consider how the build environment has changed over time. We wanted to look at the skyline of the city from a tall building. Shri Restaurant in the Centec Tower invited us to take photographs from their rooftop. The manager Mr Ashley was very helpful when Mr Mike and I were organising the trip and the staff were extremely welcoming and helpful when we were at the restaurant. Shri provided us with delicious snacks and drinks for free, as a welcoming gesture. The children and staff would like to say a huge thank you to Mr Ashley and the staff at Shri, who made our trip very enjoyable. We had the opportunity to take some excellent photos of the buildings of Ho Chi Minh City and in the coming weeks we will compare our photos, with photographs of the city through the ages. Ms Emma

Year 4 Photography Trip

Date Sport Time

Head

Coach

Minimum

No. Of

Students Age

Prices (all in

VND) Location

20/4-24/4 Football 8 am- 11

am SSA Min 8

Year 3

upwards 2,200,000 Big field

20/4-24/4 Basketball 1pm-4pm SSA Min 8 Year 3

upwards 2,200,000

AP2 Sports

hall

20/4-24/4 Swimming 8.45am -

1.45pm Mr Vinh Min 8 F2 upwards

Various prices

(see letter)

AP1 Swim-

ming Pool

20/4-24/4 T-ball/

Softball

4pm -

5.30pm Mr Richard Min 8

Year 3

upwards 660,000 VND Big Field

20/4-24/4 Multisports 8.15am -

9.15am Mr Richard Min 8 F3 - Y2 440,000 VND

AP1 Sports

Hall

20/4-24/4 Multisports 9.45am -

10.45am Mr Richard Min 8 F1 - F2 440,000 VND

AP1 Sports

Hall

27/4-1/5 Football 8 am- 11

am SSA Min 8

Year 3

upwards 2,200,000 Big field

27/4-1/5 Basketball 1pm-4pm SSA Min 8 Year 3

upwards 2,200,000

AP2 Sports

hall

Holiday Programmes

Dates of Term 2

Date Year Group/s Event

16/2—24/2 All Tet Holiday

26/2 All Science Day

26/2 Y3 Sleepover

9/3—11/3 Y4 Residential Trip to Long Hai

19/3 All Parents’ Evening

1/4 Y3-6 Spring Concert (evening)

5/4 All Term 2 Clubs Finish

8/4 MP2 Speech Competition

14/4 MP3 Production—’Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’ (evening)

17/4 All Term 2 finishes @ 11.30am

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U11 Boys Football On the 11th and 12th February the U11 Boys Football team played against two international schools. The team consisted of; Chi Nhan Phan, Pana Duong, Gia Vinh Le Nguyen, Tyler Nguyen, Anh Khoi Ngo Pham, Bao Tran, Vi Tri Khuu, Anh Vu Dang. On Wednesday 11th February the boys’ squad played against AP1. From the onset of the game the TX squad fought for every ball and made some superb interceptions. Gia Vinh had several runs down the line and shots on goal but unfortunately they just wouldn’t go in the back of the net. Vi Tri and Pana made some superb saves in goal and continually communicated with Chi Nhan and Anh Khoi in defence. The overall score was 5-1 to AP1 at the end of the match. There were two players of the match; Vi Tri for making some superb reactionary saves and Gia Vinh for controlling the mid field and continually battling for the ball.

On Thursday 12th February the squad played against EIS. The TX squad walked onto the pitch excited and determined to win. From the onset of the match Anh Khoi chased down every ball and made some excellent tackles which influenced the game. Gia Vinh opened out the midfield play, constantly working hard and connecting the backs and forwards. His effort and determination was exceptional. Pana was influential within the game; his communication and goal keeping skills aided the TX squad to work as a team. The overall score was 6-3 to TX.

The player of the match goes to Pana for his superb saves in goal and communication with his teammates

on the pitch. Well done TX; your hard work in training is paying off!

Ms Charlotte