BRITISH INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL - HANOI

NEWSLETTERNOVEMBER 14 2014| ISSUE 11

IN THIS ISSUE

From Mr. Anthony RowlandsFrom Mr. Christopher ShortFrom Mrs. Karen HanrattyYear 9 - Sapa TripYear 5 Visit Red RiverHistory Competition (2)The Apprentice - Secondary Challenge Day (2)Advance NoticeLunch MenuContacts

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UPCOMING EVENTS

17th - 18th School photographer17th - 21st Anti – bullying week17th KS4/5 Boys Basketball vs St Paul18th Y6 to visit Museum of Ethnology Y10 Parents Evening KS3 Boys Football vs KISH KS4/5 Boys Basketball vs Wellspring19th KS3 Boys Football vs St.Paul20th Secondary Challenge Day 224th Ben Heason – Rock Climber visits School KS4/5 Boys Basketball vs Wellspring25th Open Day26th KS3 Boys & Girls Football vs BVIS Y2 visit to Alfresco restaurant, Vincom Centre Science Competition27th ECAs finish27th - 29th Silver DoEIA Qualifying Expedition28th Primary Reports Distributed

NOVEMBER

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From Mr Anthony Rowlands - Principal of BIS Hanoi

In our school calendar we have designated next week as “Anti-Bullying Week”. This is an important week for us as we feel very strongly that bullying has no place at BIS Hanoi. Any form of bullying is unacceptable and, as a school, we aim to tackle it at the earliest opportunity in an effort to

prevent emotional or physical distress.

A common definition of bullying is:

“Repeated, persistent and aggressive behaviour intended to cause fear, distress, or harm to another person's body, emotions, self-esteem or reputation.”

A key word in the above definition is ‘repeated’ as it is important to differentiate between ‘occasional’ conflict and ‘repeated’ conflict. Schools are places where students learn to coexist and collaborate together. Good schools ensure that they put in place policies and procedures that help students to live and work cooperatively, developing a trust and respect of each other. However, inevitably children will occasionally disagree or argue which can end up in conflict. This conflict is usually solved between the students themselves or with the support of an adult. It is when a student repeatedly finds themselves in conflict because of the actions of others that it becomes bullying.

Students can experience bullying in several forms:

Physical bullying

Physical bullying includes hitting, kicking, tripping, pinching and pushing or damaging property.

Verbal bullying

Verbal bullying includes name calling, insults, teasing, intimidation, homophobic or racist remarks, or verbal abuse.

Covert or hidden bullying

This sort of bullying is often harder to recognise and can be carried out behind the bullied person's back. It is designed to harm someone's social reputation and/or cause humiliation.

Cyberbullying

Cyberbullying can be overt or covert bullying behaviours using digital technologies, including hardware such as computers and smartphones and software such as social media, instant messaging, texts, websites etc.

I am looking forward to addressing this important area as a school and would appeal to you, as parents, to talk to your children about this topic. Being bullied is a most distressing experience which can have many negative long term effects. Let’s ensure that we tackle bullying as one community and ensure that BIS Hanoi students do not have to experience such hardship.

Have a most pleasant weekend.

F3 VISIT KIZCITI

Last week I was privileged to join Year 9 for their expedition to Sapa. There is a full write up in this newsletter with some photos. This was my third visit to this stunning part of northern Vietnam and it was a pleasure to see the students in Year 9 cope so well with the challenges thrown at them by the weather, the terrain and the problem solving activities put together by Exo Travel, our expedition partners. The journals they created are in the Library and are definitely worth looking at.

I have been fortunate to lead expeditions to a number of countries and it always confirms my belief that education happens exceptionally well both in and out of the classroom. With this in mind we have our second Challenge Day next week. This event is run by our Geography, Business Studies, ICT and English departments. The aim of the Challenge Days is to show students a practical application for their learning and that, although we might teach certain skills in certain subjects, in reality we need to bring these skills together to work with other people to solve challenges. This Challenge Day is themed around the US and UK television show The Apprentice. More details and photos next week but look out for the excellent promotion posters around school and online.

It was great to see so many Year 11 parents in school on Tuesday for our Information Morning. We understand parents are busy which is why we give so much notice to allow them to plan. Mr Byrne gave an excellent overview of the rest of the year for Year 11 and looked forward to A Levels and University applications. He showed an excellent video interviewing a number of admissions officers (including MIT and Duke) on the value of A Levels for US university applications.

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From Mr Christopher Short - Head of Secondary

Over the last two weeks we have seen House Sports events for both KS2 and KS1. These events are eagerly looked forward to by all children. They are well planned and a lot of fun, with events running continuously throughout the session keeping children active and giving them many

opportunities to participate and push themselves to their limits. There is a strong element of competition, particularly when the results are announced at the end, but there are no individual winners or losers, everything happens as part of a team and it is the team that wins or does not. Ultimately, it is not winning that matters so much as participating, being part of a team and giving your all for that team and your team mates.

Whether we like it or not, life frequently has an element of competition. Whilst we may do our best in

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From Mrs Karen Hanratty - Head of Primary

FINE DINING

applications and interviews, whether we get the place we want at a particular university or the new job we are so keen to have depends very much not just on how well we have prepared but also on the strength of the other applicants. Children have to learn about competition – it is a fact of life. Events like House Sports enable children to experience competition, but in a safe, controlled way. They may feel the pleasure of winning, or the disappointment of losing, but as one of the team, not as an individual. House Sports are about so much more than how fast you can run or how far you can throw.

The Year 9 expedition went, as usual, to Sapa. We have been very lucky with the weather over the last two years but sadly our luck ran out this year. However, the rain and mist didn’t stop us enjoying our visit to this beautiful corner of Vietnam and only prevented us from doing one activity.

After collecting students from the Opera House and BIS we settling into our train cabins for the journey north. With the new road to Sapa it will be interesting to see how the train line survives but it definitely adds to the adventure of the travel to arrive in Lao Cau after a (reasonable) night’s sleep.

The rain stopped our wholesale exploration of the town but we did get a chance to see the church and the market before heading out to Ban Ho, our home for the next two days.

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Mr Robert GlossopEnglish Teacher

The highlight of the trip was the Amazing Race. House teams used clues to navigate themselves along the valley and up the side of a steep mountain to a small village school. Here we helped serve the children their lunch, played games and even mixed concrete and repaired their playground. All through the event each house team wrote a journal and these were added to the points earned by the team; congratulations to Dalat for their win. Individual students were nominated by each House staff member for their contribution on this challenging day. These students were:

• Hanoi: BUI Huy Quynh Anh (Kelly)• Hue: PHAM Huong Nhi • Dalat: DANG, Dinh Trung• Saigon: VU Bao Trang

The only casualty of the weather was the farming on the last day. After we found out the villagers weren’t going

in the field that day as it was too wet we decided to do another activity. Each house group wrote and performed a play about their time in Sapa. Through several uncanny impersonations of Mr Short we discovered that the students had really enjoyed their week and learnt a great deal.

We had another brief visit to Sapa Town on the way back to the station although the rain forced most staff and students into the cosy coffee shops of Sapa with roaring fires and hot chocolate.

Thirty eight happy, tired and to a certain extent dirty students and 6 staff arrived back in Hanoi in the early hours of Friday morning with an increased appreciation of another part of Vietnam, rural life, the ethnic groups of the country and en-suite bathrooms.

Year 9SAPA TRIP

The Year 9 expedition went, as usual, to Sapa. We have been very lucky with the weather over the last two years but sadly our luck ran out this year. However, the rain and mist didn’t stop us enjoying our visit to this beautiful corner of Vietnam and only prevented us from doing one activity.

After collecting students from the Opera House and BIS we settling into our train cabins for the journey north. With the new road to Sapa it will be interesting to see how the train line survives but it definitely adds to the adventure of the travel to arrive in Lao Cau after a (reasonable) night’s sleep.

The rain stopped our wholesale exploration of the town but we did get a chance to see the church and the market before heading out to Ban Ho, our home for the next two days.

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The highlight of the trip was the Amazing Race. House teams used clues to navigate themselves along the valley and up the side of a steep mountain to a small village school. Here we helped serve the children their lunch, played games and even mixed concrete and repaired their playground. All through the event each house team wrote a journal and these were added to the points earned by the team; congratulations to Dalat for their win. Individual students were nominated by each House staff member for their contribution on this challenging day. These students were:

• Hanoi: BUI Huy Quynh Anh (Kelly)• Hue: PHAM Huong Nhi • Dalat: DANG, Dinh Trung• Saigon: VU Bao Trang

The only casualty of the weather was the farming on the last day. After we found out the villagers weren’t going

in the field that day as it was too wet we decided to do another activity. Each house group wrote and performed a play about their time in Sapa. Through several uncanny impersonations of Mr Short we discovered that the students had really enjoyed their week and learnt a great deal.

We had another brief visit to Sapa Town on the way back to the station although the rain forced most staff and students into the cosy coffee shops of Sapa with roaring fires and hot chocolate.

Thirty eight happy, tired and to a certain extent dirty students and 6 staff arrived back in Hanoi in the early hours of Friday morning with an increased appreciation of another part of Vietnam, rural life, the ethnic groups of the country and en-suite bathrooms.

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YEAR 5 VISIT RED RIVER

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Write Your Own Historical Fiction Competition

This second competition is open to anyone in Years 7-9. One of the key attributes of historical fiction is that it has a convincing setting in a past time and place. Students can set their stories in ANY period or place in the past, so the story can fit in with and extend any historical topic they choose to study.

The criteria for this competition are:

1) the paper must have accurate historical context within it2) the paper should be written in less then 500 words3) the paper should contain an annotated bibliography.

• Entries are due in on Friday 16th January 2015. • Book tokens will be awarded as prizes within the department. • The best three entries will be submitted to the Historical Association to be judged in the final against students from around the world.• Students interested should talk to Mr O’Reilly (S219) and may also start their investigations here:

http://www.history.org.uk/resources/secondary_resource_6902_244.html

HISTORY COMPETITION (2)

English, Geography, ICT and Business Studies

CHALLENGE DAY

20th November 2014

Sir Alan will meet you at 8.40am in the Auditorium.Don’t be late!

Business / Smart - can link to house colours e.g. A blue tie for Saigon

Bring your electronic devices to help your team researchBe prepared to be challenged…You will be working in groups with students from different year groups

CHALLENGE DAY UPDATES – check the TVs and Daily Notice for more information

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BIS Hanoi is pleased to announce that Mr Ben Heason will visit the school on Monday 24th November 2014.

Ben is one of the UK’s leading climbers and has been climbing full-time for over 15 years. He is world-renowned for his bold climbing on routes at the cutting edge of the sport, including his impressive exploits on big wall expeditions around the globe. In 2005 Ben was part of an International Expedition to climb the world’s highest waterfall, deep in the heart of the Venezuelan jungle. �e team's successful expedition, with climbing at the highest level in an incredibly remote region of the planet, has been praised as 'one of the �nest achievements by British rock climbers on foreign soil'.

Ben is in Hanoi with a team who are on a climbing expedition in Ha Long Bay. Ben will speak to students during the day from Early Years through to Year 12. It will be a great experience for our students to listen and learn from a person who achieved so much and shown so much perseverance.

You can learn more about Ben at: www.benheason.com

ADVANCE NOTICE

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BIS HANOI MENUWeek Beginning 17th November

Monday17th Nov 18th Nov 19th Nov 20th Nov 21st Nov

Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

From Year 3 to Year 12 : All meals come with a salad or salad bar choice along and 2 choices of vegetables, rice, Vietnamese soup.

From Year 7 to Year 12: We have introduced our NEW Sandwich bar with assorted cheeses, fresh tuna, egg salad, roast meats and other daily specials on our homemade bread, dark rye, whole wheat, oatmeal, french bread, Vietnamese rolls, raisin bread and other fresh baked bread every day.

Rice soup with chicken

Fresh tofu Jam sandwich Banana crepe CookieCaramel

Morning snack

Morning snack

Lunch

Lunch

Lunch

Afternoon snack

EYFS

PRIM

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SEC

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DA

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Steam roll withpork cake

Fried egg withground pork

Fried egg withground pork

Steamed rollwith pork cake

Fried crispy fish Fried crispy porkFried tofu in

tomato sauce Grilled chicken

with oyster saucePork caramel

with egg

Fried crispy fishStauteed beefwith broccoli

Braised porkwith daikon

Braised fishwith rice

Grilled chickenwith oyster sauce

Sweet andsour tofu

Pork caramelwith egg

Fried crispy porkFried tofu intomato sauce

Beef lasagnaChicken with

mashed potatoesHawaian Pizza

Beef lasagna Braised fishwith rice

Chicken withmashed potatoes

Braised porkwith daikon

Braised porkwith daikon

Steamed rollwith pork cake

Beef lasagnaChicken with

mashed potatoesHawaian Pizza

Nha Trangfish noodle

Rice soup Sausage roll

Milk

Milk

Milk

Fruit

Juice Soya milk

Fruit Fruit Fruit Fruit

FruitFruit

Juice Juice Juice

Milk MilkJuice Juice Juice

Banana cake

Rice soup with chicken

Steam roll withpork cake Rice soup Sausage rollBanana cake

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Good communication is important to us and we would like to ensure that you have the correct contact information in order for you to call the school:

School Number: 04 3946 0435

Extention number:

Receptionist: 0(For all general enquiries)

Principal’s Office: 208principaloffice@bishanoi.com(If you wish to contact the School Principal)

Business Manager’s Office: 109thaonguyen@bishanoi.com

Primary Office: 220primaryoffice@bishanoi.com(For all enquiries regarding the Primary Section)

Secondary Office: 215secondaryoffice@bishanoi.com(For all enquiries regarding the Secondary Section)

Admission Department: 222/122/555/777/888bishanoi@bishanoi.comdessydelevaux@bishanoi.com (Admission Manager)jinnyjung@bishanoi.com (Korean Liaison Officer)hatruong@bishanoi.comtrambui@bishanoi.com

Marketing Department: 189huyennguyenngoc@bishanoi.com(For all enquiries regarding Marketing)

Finance Department: 202(For all enquiries regarding school fees)

Medical Room: 117/303linhdieu@bishanoi.com (Main school)liennguyen@bishanoi.com (Early Years Building)(For all enquiries regarding Medical Issues)

Uniform Shop: 221tamle@bishanoi.comduyennguyenthi@bishanoi.comnhungpham@bishanoi.com(For all enquiries regarding School Uniform)

School Buses: 218nganguyenthithuy@bishanoi.com(For all requiries regarding School Buses)