An Phu Primary News 10th April

1. 10 April 2015 | ISSUE 28
Dates for your diary
IN THIS ISSUE
From: Page
Headteacher 2
Champitette Summer Camp 3
EYFS Department 4
PE Department 5-6
Student Council 7
PTG 8
Lost and Found 9
Lunch Menus 10-11
Contact information
225 Nguyen Van Huong St, District 2, HCMC
Tel: (848) 3744 4551
Fax: (848) 3744 4182
E-mail:
simonhigham@bisvietnam.com
BRITISH INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL - HO CHI MINH CITY
AN PHU PRIMARY
Newsletter
13th - 17th Term 3 Club sign up via CHQ
16th Wake Up to the Environment Day
16th PTG Disco
17th Term 2 ends - school finishes at 11.30 AM
4th Term 3 begins
4th Vietnamese language classes begin
18th Term 3 Extra Curricular Clubs begin
April
Pictures from left to right :
AIS Friendly Swim Meet - Year 2-6
Making a Shelter Competition - Year 4
Electricity Experiment - Year 3
May

2. From The Headteacher - Mr Simon Higham
Issue 28/Page 2
AP1 Parent Blog and BIS HUB
Read more about last week’s Spring Concert by accessing our BIS HUB from the Home page of the school web-
site.
AP1 Parent Blog BIS HUB
According to the Oxford English Dictionary, ‘An association of two or more people as part-
ners defines the word ’partnership’. Teachers, parents and children working together
make a sound recipe for a quality educational experience and I would like to thank all of
you who attended this week’s parent meetings. Having spoken to many parents this week
and by carefully monitoring the overall percentage attending these meetings, it was very
encouraging to note that by Monday 6th April, over 93% of all parents across the school
had accessed our new online boking system and made appointments to see their child’s
class and specialist teachers. Such meetings are a means to communicate your child’s
achievements and efforts within school, right across the curriculum. In addition to this,
this time allows our teachers to communicate the next steps for your children’s learning
and discuss how parents can help in this process at home. If you are yet to see your child’s
class teacher, please ensure that you contact them directly in order to arrange an ap-
pointment. Thanks again for your continued support.
When entering our school, parents often ask me what makes BIS a special place to be? Is it the children, the
teachers, the facilities or the very high academic and non academic standards that we have? I believe that it is
all of these encapsulated within our Aide Memoire (see above). You may have seen the Aide Memoire around
our campus but what is it and why is it so important to us? Essentially, this is our school’s mission statement
and it is visible in every room across our Group of Schools. It helps us all to focus upon what we understand
are the main attributes of excellent learning. ‘Integrity’, ‘Care’ and ‘Respect’ are what we term as our moral
attributes - those that make you the person that you are. We constantly refer to these across everyday school
life instilling a sense of equality, empathy and nurture into the education of our children. Running alongside
these attribute are those of academic rigour - ‘Enquiry’, ‘Reflection’ and ‘Perseverance’, that focus on allowing
our children to move through the learning process by taking risks, evaluating outcomes and setting goals for
their next steps.
As our children transition through their different phases of an internationally focussed BIS education, they
develop as independent, forward thinking global citizens that are learning together. Look our for our Aide
Memoire across our campus and ask your children how they have shown ‘integrity’ and what ‘reflections’ they
have made in their learning today - you may be surprised how much they know about it!
Please take time to familiarise yourself with the Term 3 Extra Curricular Clubs Booklet this weekend ready
for the live sign up that begins at 5.00pm on Monday.
I hope that you enjoy reading through the articles in this week’s newsletter and I wish you a very pleasant
weekend ahead.

3. Issue 28/Page 3
Nord Anglia Education - Champittet Summer Camp
Register Online
Visit Our Website
College Champittet in Switzerland is one of our 35 Nord Anglia Education (NAE) schools. Being part of our big-
ger NAE group of schools it is possible for students to go to a summer school in Switzerland. Please see below
for further details of what is on offer and how you can register for this unique Summer experience.

4. Issue 28/Page 4
EYFS Department - Visits from Friends at Binh Tho
Over the past month, F3 have enjoyed weekly visits from the children at Binh Tho, which is one of our commu-
nity partner schools. Each week, the Binh Tho children have had the opportunity to visit each of the F3 classes.
It has been so fantastic to see all the children playing together and sharing experiences. We have painted plant
pots and planted seeds, made play dough, masks, models….the list keeps on going! There is always lots of ener-
gy in the classroom and many, many smiles! We can’t wait to see our new friends again soon.
Ms Louise Swift
F3 Teacher & Assistant Milepost Leader
F1 Students: We enjoy reading books in the library

5. Issue 28/Page 5
PE Department - Spring Splash Sprints
On Saturday 4th April it was great to see over 120 swimmers taking part in the ‘Spring Splash Sprints’ at SSIS.
There were swimmers taking part from BIS and 5 other International Schools within the city. All students from
BIS AP1 & AP2, SSIS, AIS, ISHCMC and EIS HCMC contributed to the success of the event and many man-
aged to achieve personal bests. There was a fantastic feeling throughout the meet and the day ran smoothly.
It was exciting to see the overall team trophy awarded to BIS, along with several individual trophies which are
listed below.
Overall combined points:
BIS HCMC 3389 Points - Champions!
Individual Trophies:
1. Harry Park - Boys Champion Age 8 & under
2. Sophia Villamil - Girls Champion Age 9-10
3. Ryo Sarashina - Boys Champion Age 9-10
Once again thank you to all the swimmers, spectators and coaches who contributed to making the day so spe-
cial.
Mr Vinh Nguyen
Swim Coach

6. Issue 28/Page 6
Date Sport Time
Head
Coach
Minimum
No. Of
Students
Age
Prices
(all in VND)
Location
20/4-24/4 Football
8.00 am -
11.00 am
SSA Min 8
Year 3
upwards
2,200,000 Big field
20/4-24/4 Basketball
1.00pm -
4.00pm
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
4.00pm -
5.30pm
Mr
Richard
Min 8
Year 3
upwards
660,000 Big Field
20/4-24/4 Multi-sports
8.15am -
9.15am
Mr Rich-
ard
Min 8 F3 - Y2 440,000
AP1
Sports
Hall
20/4-24/4 Multi-sports
9.45am -
10.45am
Mr
Richard
Min 8 F1 - F2 440,000
AP1
Sports
Hall
27/4-1/5 Football
8.00 am -
11.00 am
SSA Min 8
Year 3
upwards
2,200,000 Big field
27/4-1/5 Basketball
1.00pm -
4.00pm
SSA Min 8
Year 3
upwards
2,200,000
AP2
Sports
Hall
PE Department - April/May Holiday Programmes

7. Issue 28/Page 7
Student Council - The Children's Voice
On the 16th April, AP1 will celebrating ’Green Day’ by taking part in the ‘Wake Up to the Environment Day’
event. This initiative has been developed by the Student Council and Eco-Committee to raise environmental
awareness amongst our school community, whilst also having fun. The day itself will be full of fun activities
like; coming to school in your pyjamas, the ‘Eco-Quiz’ written by Year 6, making ‘Fun Eco-Hats’, healthy bak-
ing and many more.
So on the 16th April do not forget to ‘Wake Up to the Environment’ and come to school dressed in your pyja-
mas!
Mr Luke Turner
EAL Teacher

8. Issue 28 /Page 8
PTG - Annual General Meeting 2015

9. Issue 28 /Page 9
Lost and Found
The items pictured below have been accumulating in the Main Office over the last few months. If you think
you or your child is the owner of any of these items, please drop into the AP1 Main office to collect them. As
you can see there are a number of very large and some quite valuable items. Hopefully you recognise some of
them!
Deirdre Grimshaw
Deputy Headteacher

10. Issue 28/Page 10
MENU FOR F1 - F2
MENU 2 (WEEK BEGINNING 13 APRIL)
DAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY
MAIN
COURSE
CHOOSE 1
Roast Chicken,
Mashed Potato
OR
Pork in Dark Soya
Sauce, Rice
Beef Lasagne
OR
Seafood Fried Rice
Cheese Pizza
OR
Pork with On-
ion, Rice
Honey Baked
Chicken, Sautéed
Potato
OR
Pork Noodle
Soup (Nam Vang)
Pork burger
OR
Szechuan Chicken, Rice
VEGETA-
BLES
Cabbage & Car-
rots
Spinach Morning Glory
Long Beans &
Carrots
Choy sum & Carrots
SOUP Spinach & Melon Tomato & Tofu
Cabbage & Car-
rot
Spinach Watercress
FOR
VEGETARI-
AN
ONLY
Chickpea & Vege-
table Curry, Rice
Spinach & Melon
Soup
Vegetarian Lasa-
gne
Tomato & Tofu
Soup
Cheese Pizza
Cabbage & Car-
rot Soup
Vegetarian Noo-
dle Soup
Long Beans &
Carrots
Aloo Tikki Burger
Watercress Soup
MENU FOR F3 - YEAR 2
MENU 2 (WEEK BEGINNING 13 APRIL)
DAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY
MAIN COURSE
CHOOSE 1
Roast Chicken,
Mashed Potato
OR
Pork in Dark
Soya Sauce,
Rice
Beef Lasagne
OR
Seafood Fried
Rice
Cheese Pizza
OR
Pork with Onion,
Rice
Honey Baked
Chicken, Sautéed
Potato
OR
Pork Noodle Soup
(Nam Vang)
Pork burger
OR
Szechuan Chick-
en, Rice
VEGETABLES
Cabbage &
Carrots
Spinach Morning Glory
Long Beans & Car-
rots
Choy sum &
Carrots
SOUP
Spinach & Mel-
on
Tomato & Tofu Cabbage & Carrot Spinach Watercress
FOR
VEGETARIAN
ONLY
Chickpeas &
Vegetable Cur-
ry, Rice
Spinach & Mel-
on Soup
Vegetarian Lasa-
gne
Tomato & Tofu
Soup
Cheese Pizza
Cabbage & Carrot
Soup
Vegetarian Noo-
dle Soup
Long Beans & Car-
rots
Aloo Tikki Burg-
er
Watercress
Soup
DELI BAR
OPTION
Bun
filled with Ham
& cheese
Served with
Salad
Jacket Potato
filled with Baked
Beans & Bacon
Served with Salad
Bun
filled with cheese
& egg
Served with Salad
Jacket Potato
filled with Bolo-
gnese Sauce
Served with Salad
Bun
filled with
Chicken & may-
onnaise,
Served with Sal-
ad
Fresh Fruits & Salad Bar are available daily

11. Issue 28/Page 11
MENU FOR YEAR 3 - YEAR 6
MENU 2 (WEEK BEGINNING 13 APRIL)
DAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY
MAIN
COURSE
CHOOSE 1
Roast Chicken,
Yorkshire Pudding
OR
Pork in Dark Soya
Sauce, Rice
Beef Lasagne
OR
Seafood Fried
Rice
Cheese Pizza
OR
Pork with Onion,
Rice
Honey Baked
Chicken, Sautéed
Potato
OR
Pork Noodle Soup
(Nam Vang)
Pork burger
OR
Szechuan Chick-
en, Rice
VEGETABLES Cabbage & Carrots Spinach Morning Glory
Long Beans & Car-
rots
Choy sum & Car-
rots
SOUP Spinach & Melon Tomato & Tofu Cabbage & Carrot Spinach Watercress
FOR
VEGETARI-
AN
ONLY
Chickpea & Vege-
table Curry, Rice
Spinach & Melon
Soup
Vegetarian Lasa-
gne
Tomato & Tofu
Soup
Cheese Pizza
Cabbage & Carrot
Soup
Vegetarian Noo-
dle Soup
Long Beans & Car-
rots
Aloo Tikki Burger
Watercress Soup
DELI BAR
OPTION
Baguette/Jacket
Potato
filled with ham,
chicken, cheese,
egg, tuna mayon-
naise, baked
beans, peas & bo-
lognese sauce
Served with Salad
Bun/Jacket Pota-
to
filled with ham,
chicken, cheese,
egg, tuna mayon-
naise, baked
beans, peas &
bolognese sauce
Served with Salad
Wrap/Jacket Pota-
to
filled with bacon,
ham, chicken, egg,
cheese, tuna may-
onnaise, baked
beans, peas & bo-
lognese sauce
Served with Salad
Bun/Jacket Potato
filled with ham,
chicken, cheese,
egg, tuna mayon-
naise, baked
beans,
peas & bolognese
sauce
Served with Salad
Baguette/Jacket
Potato
filled with ham,
chicken, cheese,
egg, tuna mayon-
naise, baked
beans, peas &
bolognese sauce
Served with Salad
Fresh Fruits & Salad Bar are available daily