BIS AP2 News 13th March

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BRITISH INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL - HO CHI MINH CITY| SECONDARY CAMPUS

MARCH 13 | ISSUE 25

IN THIS ISSUE

From the Head Teacher 02

Update to the BIS Website and Launch of our BIS HUB 03

Cross campus educa on 05

UNISMUN 2015 06

Sports Day 07

Spring Concert 09

PTG 10

From The BIStro & Underground 12

March

18th PTG Lost Property Display, 12.30pm

20th Year 8 Full Report

20th PTG Quiz Night, 4pm

20th ‐ 22th Saigon Model United Na ons Conference

24th PTG Year 7&8 lunch

25th PTG Year 9&10 lunch

26th PTG Year 11, 12&13 lunch

27th Year 10 Short Report

UPCOMING EVENTS


From The Head Teacher

News is filtering through from our U13s squad who are on their final day of sports at the FOBISIA Games

in Taipei. Photographs can be seen on the Games Facebook pages here:

https://www.facebook.com/BIS.HCMC

or here:

https://www.facebook.com/pages/U13-FOBISIA-2015/819958258085335

There are links on the Facebook page to videos on YouTube also.

(For example, the boys vs. TES in basketball: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PR_Xms6dJaU)

Have a look. Like and share.

Richard Dyer Head Teacher, Secondary

From The Head Teacher


UpdatetotheBISWebsiteandLaunchofourBISHUB

Over the past few months we have been upda ng the BIS website. We are really pleased to announce that it has gone live this week. One of the new addi ons to the website is the development of our new BIS HUB! This can be accessed from the website homepage main menu or by clicking this link: http://www.bisvietnam.com/blog/ There are dedicated sec ons for Tu Xuong Primary, An Phu Primary and An Phu Secondary Campuses where you can enjoy reading a variety of blog posts about: Parent Teacher Groups News Events Clubs Community University Guidance Student Council Learning Trips Sports Music and Drama Lunch Menus

The ‘Interna onal Educa on’ category will feature posts about BIS HCMC in the news, general ar cles on interna onal educa on and guest posts from interna onal educators around the world.

The ‘Life in Ho Chi Minh City’ sec on is there to offer useful informa on about living in HCMC, including upcoming family‐focused events and ac vi es.

The category on ‘Useful Websites’ provides exactly what it states! Here you will find a range of short ar ‐

cles about websites and their relevant links which you may find useful to bookmark.


You can subscribe for updates to be delivered to your inbox as soon as they are posted:

Enjoy browsing!

Claire Durrant Online Marke ng Officer


Cross campus education On Friday 6th March, F1V made the long trek (for li le legs) to AP2 to visit a science lab in conjunc on

with their topic on “Fire”. The students put on laboratory goggles to be transformed into li le scien sts

and did two experiments under the watchful eyes of their teachers and Mrs Smith. Firstly they took it in

turns to carefully light a Bunsen Burner and they were so surprised to see a flame apparently from

nowhere. Then they were treated to a demonstra on of different coloured flames created by dipping a

wire loop into a variety of chemicals which was then held in a hot flame. They were excellent in their use

of language saying things like “Purple fire!” and “Nickel Chloride!”. Excellent work F1V.

Belinda Smith Teacher of Biology


UNISMUN 2015

From March 5th to 8th, a team of 17 eager and high‐spirited delegates traveled to Hanoi to par cipate in the 7th annual United Na ons Interna onal School Model United Na ons (UNISMUN). Although we had prepared ourselves for the s mula ng debates ahead for the next 3 days, li le did we know to pack enough jumpers to ba le against the cold weather of Hanoi. The resounding bang from the Secretary General’s gavel marked the opening of the conference which was followed by a guest speaker Mr Nguyen, a researcher at the Hanoi Na onal Space Centre. The first day of the conference was full of lobbying sessions where delegates and student officers from different schools socialised with one another and engaged in prior debates. The next day, delegates were given the opportunity to fight and debate for their stance on current interna onal affairs: the situa on in the Middle East, Ukraine, LGBT rights, and the u lisa on of, and se‐curity in, space. Not only was the conference filled with passionate speeches and challenging “Points of Informa on”, but echoes of laughter during break mes. Everyone le the conference with a feeling of increased confidence, experience and with a significantly increased number of friend requests on social media and inside jokes. Our experience from this conference definitely matched this year’s theme of “space” as the days of intense deba ng mounted up to, in the wise words of Buzz Lightyear, infinity and beyond.

Haeon Yoon 11S and Sevina Lee 11V


Sports Day



Spring Concert


PTG



From the Underground & BIStro

Menu 1 (16 March)

From the Underground & BIStro

DAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY

MAIN COURSE

CHOOSE 1

Cottage Pie-Beef OR

Chicken & Vegeta-ble Curry, Rice

Pasta with Pork Meat Balls OR

Fish Teriyaki, Rice

Roast Pork, Roast Potato/Rice

OR Chicken Noodle

Soup (Pho)

Fish Goujon & Potato Wedges

OR Beef & Vegetable

Stew, Rice

VEGETABLES Morning Glory &

Carrot Salad

Beansprouts & Carrot Salad

Choy sum & Carrot Salad

Chinese Cabbage & Carrot

Salad

SOUP Watercress Cabbage & Carrot Tomato & Tofu Spinach & Melon

DESSERT Mixed Fruit Mixed Fruit Mixed Fruit Mixed Fruit

VEGETARIAN

Vegetarian Cot-tage Pie

Chickpea Salad Mixed Fruit

Pasta Napolitana Mixed Beans Salad

Mixed Fruit

Vegetarian Noodle Soup

Tofu in Soya Sauce Mixed Fruit

Tofu & Vegetable Stew, Rice

Spinach & Melon Mixed Fruit

DELI BAR OPTION

Baguette / Wrap Fill it with a variety of choices including ham, chicken, cheese, tuna mayonnaise, beef, baked bean,

mixed bean, bolognese sauce

SNACK MENU

Curry Puff Samosa

Fruit Cup

Chocolate Mud Cake Swiss Roll Fruit Cup

Curry Puff Samosa

Fruit Cup

Banana/Carrot Muffin

Sponge Cake Fruit Cup

FRIDAY

Roast Chicken, York-shire Pudding

OR Pork in Dark Soya

Sauce, Rice

Broccoli & Carrot Salad

Mixed Vegetable

Mixed Fruit

Chickpea & Vegeta-ble Curry, Rice

Mixed Vegetable Soup

Mixed Fruit

Donut Cream Puff Fruit Cup

Education

BIS AP2 News 13th March