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The theme of parent partnership continues at the Junior Campus this week with a number of successful events involving our BIS Community.
There was a record attendance for our Maths Workshop on Wednesday morning as well as 2 lovely Young Musician Semi Finals on both Wednesday and Thursday afternoons where we welcomed families of students performing. We look forward to more events next week with The Young Musician Showcase, workshops ( at the EY&I campus) and upcoming events such as EAL workshops, Open Mornings for our Swimming lessons and PTG events.
Details of all can be found by scrolling down through this update.
The theme of our assembly today was about leadership and care. Led by Mr Neil Gorton, Assistant Headteacher, we welcomed the new House Captains, heard from the Student Council Executive Committee and launched the student Council for all classes for this academic year.
One of our greatest examples of care and leadership has been Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II. Today we heard about her life of service, care and leadership. As a mark of respect to the Queen on the day of her funeral, Monday September 19th 2022, we will, as a school, observe a minute’s silence at 10.45am across all three campuses.
It was fantastic to welcome so many parents to our Maths Coffee mornings at EY&I and Juniors this week. After such long periods of Covid restrictions it was great to be able to share with you how we approach teaching Maths at BIS.
Maths will always be a core area of the curriculum for our children. Traditionally the focus has been to help improve our written methods and ensure we know our times tables. Whilst of course these are areas we are keen to further develop, more recently our focus has been on encouraging problem solving.
If we want our children to be amazing mathematicians, first we need to teach them how to be great problem solvers. This has definitely been our overarching message over the two sessions this week and it was wonderful to be able to share that with so many of you. Thank you to everyone for fully embracing the tasks set. For us it was fantastic to hear similar discussions amongst the parents that we would hear from the children in our classes. As we said earlier in the week, ‘mathematics is a strange language’ but one that is so important for our children to learn and develop. The beauty is it’s all around us and we can find examples to share with our children at anytime.
If you were unable to attend the workshop, please find a copy of the presentation here; Junior Campus Maths Parent Presentation.
Rob Wilson & Andy James, Primary Maths Subject Leaders
This week, we were treated to outstanding music in our two semi-finals for BIS Young Musicians. We heard cello and rock guitar, opera and pop, and everything in between. Our judges had a very hard time deciding from such a strong field but the following students have been selected to take part in our Showcase concert next week.
| 4C Erin | 5M Rio | 6V Kailey |
| 4C Nuala | 5N Melody | 6V SeoHyun |
| 4V June | 5N Nami | 6I Lucy |
| 4I Thong | 5H Teddy | 6B ZeRui |
| 4S Raoul | 5S Nigel |
Well done to all our semi-finalists and congratulations to the students above.
All members of our school community are welcome to attend the showcase and help us celebrate these impressive young musicians.
In addition, the following students have been chosen to represent BIS in the city-wide Young Musician of the Year Competition Final, on 4 October at the ABC International School.
| 4C Erin | 5N Melody | 6V SeoHyun |
| 4V Jun | 6I Lucy |
Well done to all our semi-finalists and congratulations to the students above.
CCAs will begin next week at the Junior Campus. We are delighted with the numbers that have signed up and it promises to be a very busy term ahead.
Children will be brought to the small field at the end of their club time by their club teacher. They may not line up in their usual class line, rather with the class teacher running the club. Please talk to your child about who is their club teacher and where they will line up. If it is wet pick up, the children will be picked up from the club venue. Again, please ensure you know where that club is taking place - it was shared with you in the school buddy diary for your child’s club.
We are delighted to invite everyone to take part in the much-awaited World CleanUp Day which will be taking place at the BIS Early Years and Infant Campus tomorrow, Saturday 17th September 2022.
The clean-up will be managed in small teams with a staged leaving time:
Please sign up here to join in the fun and to help make our community a cleaner environment. Everyone who participates will also earn house points!
We look forward to seeing you all there!
Also at the clean up day will be our Pop Up UPcycle Uniform Shop and a Uniform Swap area from 9am to 11am.
Drop by, get your couple of spare uniforms and help make BIS a greener school!
All uniforms are free of charge. No donations or swaps are necessary.
* Donation boxes will be available for anyone who would like to make a pre-loved uniform donation yet
=> To reduce the wastage of branded clothes (we are allowed to donate the uniforms as they are)
=> To support Community Charity Projects
=> To raise awareness of eco-sustainable development
=> To bring BIS Community together
This project is making sustainable use of uniforms inspired by the 5Rs of Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Recover, Repair. Making the old and used into something beautiful and reusable again. It’s all run by parent volunteers and all profits go to support Community Charity Projects.
Parent Partnership events continue with our Open Swimming Week 2022. During the week beginning 3rd October 2022, the PE department will be offering an ‘open swimming week’ to parents. This is an opportunity for parents to come into school and watch their children’s swimming lessons. Through watching your child’s swimming lesson, you will get the opportunity to see the skills your children are learning, how they are progressing and what areas they can develop in. A Letter with more details will be sent to all parents next week. We hope to see many parents at these sessions!
We are delighted to be able to resume rehearsals with our fantastic community choir next week. The community choir is open to all adult members of the BIS community who enjoy singing.
Rehearsals will take place on Thursday mornings 7.00am - 7.40am in the Secondary Theatre OR Friday afternoons in the Junior Campus multi-purpose room 13.15-14.15.
All are welcome, whatever your singing level.
Parents should register attendance in advance on this link.
Ian Alexander, Director of Music
We are delighted to share that there is a new BIS car park between the Junior Campus and the EY&I campus. We strongly encourage all parents and drivers to use this car park and walk the short distance to any of the three campuses to collect your children. This will reduce the number of cars parked along the road and ease the traffic congestion considerably.
Please can we ask for your support in sharing this with your drivers and encouraging them to use the car park also.
If you have not completed the ‘updated medical information’ Google Form that was shared by BIS HCMC on the 1st of August, you will have received an email yesterday (Thursday) urging you to do so as soon as possible. This information is vital, especially in the event of an emergency. Your swift completion of this task is much appreciated and thank you to those families who have done so already.
Kind regards, Mr. Chris
Whilst as a school and a country we are in a much better place than this time last year, Covid-19 continues to be a disruption. Right around the world, we have seen 3rd and 4th Covid waves appear, and Vietnam is no different. To keep our entire community safe, we urge that you watch for any symptoms with your children, and conduct a Rapid Antigen Test if you have any concerns for their health. If a positive result is confirmed, please inform Mr Chris (Christopher.McKelvie@bisvietnam.com ) as soon as possible. Even if negative, we ask that if children have any any Cold/Flu/Covid Symptoms, that they remain off school until symptom free.
If a positive case is recorded, your child will remain at home until such a time a negative result from a medical facility is returned to Mr Chris (email above), and to Nurse Shena (Shena.Nojor@bisvietnam.com). Symptoms are generally mild, and your child should be able to return to school within a week. Household/close contacts are able to return to school immediately if negative, but we urge
If at any time you have a concern at home with the health of your child, you are more than welcome to reach out to the Health and Safety Leads of either campus (EYIC Ms Sarah Curran Sarah.Curran@bisvietnam.com and JC Mr Chris McKelvie Christopher.McKelvie@bisvietnam.com.
Sarah Curran and Chris McKelvie, Deputy Headteachers
The last week has been full of celebration and also sadness for many. We wish to congratulate the children that performed so courageously and in style in Moon Festival. Additionally, the passing of The Queen is a time to reflect on the great service, dedication and inspiration that she presented to millions across the globe.
● Clean up Day 17th of September 2022
● Bake Sale 27th of October 2022
● Family Fun Evening 5th of November
● Teachers´ Day 21st of November 2022
Along with Mr Ian and Ms Dee, we are delighted to invite everyone to take part in the annual World Clean Up Day Event on Saturday 17th September between 8.45am and 11 am.
In addition to this, we also would like to allure you to visit our pop up shop and swap uniform stall in the Primary campus premises.
Please sign up here to join us. (put a link for sign up)
If you are signing up as a family or group then please only complete one form and add all of the names in the relevant question.
We look forward to seeing you on the 17th!
We would like to thank all the Class Reps who joined Thursday´s information briefing. Now all parents who have volunteered as Class Rep have received the presentation slides and the class parent contact details from the office. If you have not already heard from your class parent rep, they will be in touch with you very soon!
If you do not know who is your class parent rep, please ask your teachers. However there are still 16 classes without a class representative listed below.
EYIC
|
1B |
John Amos |
|
1I |
Bethan Trenerry/Erika |
|
1V |
Nicola Milburn |
|
1N |
Hannah Doughty |
|
1H |
Helena Tucker |
|
2I |
Aisling Yataki |
Junior
|
3S |
Elaine Gillan |
|
4H |
Peter Dulborough |
|
4C |
Tom Birbeck |
|
4M |
Hollie Roach |
|
5I |
Andy James |
|
5V |
Nicole Bradford |
|
5N |
Gillian Wishart |
|
5C |
Michael Sullivan |
|
6S |
Ellie Chick |
If you would like a reminder about what the Class parent rep does, watch the short video here (put a link to the video- as per last week)
If you are inspired to volunteer, please sign up here.
Would you like the opportunity to share some of the things you love about your home country with our BIS community during our infamous international week? Are you passionate about a place you have lived? Would you be willing to offer support to other families arriving from your home country? If yes, then volunteering as Country Rep is another wonderful way to support the PTG and parents in our BIS community.
Key Responsibilities:
1. Providing support to new families joining from your country.
● When there are new students arriving at the school from your country, they will be introduced to you.
● Support new families to introduce them to other families and provide any guidance that they may need setting into both the school environment and the local community .
2. Lead your Country group during the International Week (Term 3)
● Coordinating a food stall at the Global Cafe
● Coordinating any country specific performances
There are still countries without a representative listed below.
|
Armenia |
Japan |
Singapore |
|
Australia |
Kenya |
South Africa |
|
Belgium |
Malaysia |
South Korea |
|
Brazil |
Mexico |
Spain |
|
Canada |
Netherlands |
Sweden |
|
China |
New Zealand |
Switzerland |
|
Dominican republic |
Pakistan |
Taiwan |
|
Germany |
Philippines |
Thailand |
|
Vietnam |
Poland |
Turkey |
|
Indonesia |
Portugal |
Ukraine |
|
Israel |
Romania |
UK |
PLEASE NOTE: To take on this role, you do not need to have a passport of the country that you would like to represent. As long as you or your child/children have some connection to that country.
Please review the available slots below and click on the button next to your country to sign up.
As always, for more information about the PTG, to connect with us and ask questions, or if you would like to support as a volunteer, please email us directly on primaryptgbis@gmail.com
We look forward to meeting you all soon
Pamela, Petra and Timea, on behalf of the Primary PTG Team
19th September - Term 1 Clubs Begin
We are currently looking for qualified supply teachers here at BIS.
If you hold a teaching qualification and are interested in joining our apply teacher team, please do get in touch with Mr Chris Mc Kelvie, Deputy Headteacher. Christopher.McKelvie@bisvietnam.com
Wishing everyone a lovely weekend.
Deirdre Grimshaw, Headteacher of Junior Campus