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- 1. Monday 1/9 CHQ Club Sign-up begins @4pm Tuesday 2/9 School Closed Thursday 4/9 CHQ Drop in for parents @8am in the office Friday 5/9 CHQ Club Sign-up ends @5pm Wednesday 10/9 Parents’ Information Evening BRITISH INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL - HO CHI MINH CITY 29 AUGUST 2014 | ISSUE 1 Dates for your diary IN THIS ISSUE From Head of Campus + Vacancy at BIS + Music Department 2 Blogspot + PE Department + Dates of Term 1 3 CHQ - Signing up for Clubs 4 + 5 Health Update 5 + 6 September TU XUONG PRIMARY Newsletter Contact information 43-45 Tu Xuong St, District 3, HCMC Tel: (848) 3932 0210 Fax: (848) 3932 0770 E-mail: suehill@bisvietnam.com Newsletter Issue 1|1 Finer Diners: Well-done to Jessica, Hung, Shao Fu (Year 5), and Minh Anh, Anh Vu and Hao (Year 6).
- 2. From Head Teacher - Ms. Sue Hill Dear Parents, This is the first newsletter of another exciting year at the TX Campus! It was wonderful to welcome our new families to the TX community on Tuesday then to say hello again to our returning families on Wednesday. I hope you all had a wonderful holiday and are ready for the year ahead. I would like to invite all parents to attend an information evening on September 10th. This session is very important for you as your child’s class teacher will talk about routines and events happening in the class as well as explaining more about the curriculum. Details about the event are as follows: Parents’ Information Evening Date: 10th September Time: 6:30pm Venue: Sports Hall Newsletter Issue 1|2 Learning Support Assistant BIS is seeking a second Learning Support Assistant to join the Learning Support Department at AP2 secondary campus. Learning Support at AP2 consists of in-class support, study skills development and homework support for students across the age range with a range of mild learning difficulties. Qualifications and experience are useful, but enthusiasm, teamwork and an ability to relate to young people are es- sential. There is the possibility of splitting this post between two people working on different days. If you are interested in this post, please send brief details of yourself by email to Richard Dyer (richarddyer@bisvietnam.com) by Friday 5th September and we will contact you with further information. Admissions Officer An expansion of the admissions team has led to the need for a full time admissions officer to work with the AP2 team. We require an adaptable, presentable person with good inter-personal skills to communicate with new fami- lies applying to the secondary school. The position involves all aspects of admissions, from initial enquiry, through to presenting the school to visiting families, student testing and final admission arrangements. The successful candi- date will be a native English speaker with good communication and IT skills and a willingness to work flexibly within a British style school. If you are interested in this post, please send a copy of your resume to Tracey Brownrigg (traceybrownrigg@bisvietnam.com) by Friday 5th September and we will contact you with further information Vacancies at BIS We have a very fun and musical school year coming up. This half term we will be hosting the annual TX Musical Coffee Morning. New music clubs are starting in a few weeks, such as recorder club with Ms Jess, brass club with Ms Heather, and the existing orchestra and choirs. We will also be offering some brand new musical instrument lessons to children from years 3 – 6: clarinet, saxophone and cello. TX Music has a new blog for you to follow. Please visit www.xmusic2014-2015.blogspot.com to find out more about music in TX. You will see a video featuring our new clarinet and saxophone teacher Mr Dung performing to the children in assembly today. Mr Robbie Music Department
- 3. Newsletter Issue 1|3 Blogspot The teachers have been back for over a week now, busily preparing for the new term and their new class, but … school hadn’t started! School is all about the children and so it was great to welcome our new children on Tuesday this week and then to see familiar faces return on Wednesday, as the 2014-2015 school year got underway. During the New Pupil Orientation, I spoke about the importance of communication between school and home. At TX, we use our blogs a great deal to do this. In order to help you check your child’s class blog there are two tools; Follow by Email and the Translate Button. To find out more about these please check my blog, or ask your child’s class teacher. On my blog (ianbattersby.blogspot.com) this week you will find the following post: Welcome to our new TX Families A New Term, A New Start Finer Diners – MP3 Mr. Ian PE Department British International School, Phuket Annual 7-a-side football competition 2014- Trial information The Phuket Football 7-a-side tournament will take place on Thursday 6th November to Sunday 9th November. All interested students will need to trial at the AP1 campus. If your son/daughter is interested in trialing please click Yes on the CHQ email sent to all parents, by Monday 1st September. Patana School, Bangkok ‘Feeding Frenzy’ swim meet 2014- Trial information The Patana School Bangkok „Feeding Frenzy‟ Swim meet will take place on Friday 12th until Monday 15th De- cember this year. Trial information will be email out to parents on Monday 1st September via CHQ. If you would like your son/daughter to attend please respond via CHQ, by Wednesday 3rd September. For further information regarding events please do not hesitate to contact Ms Charlie (charlottepemble@bisvietnam.com). Ms. Charlie Dates of Term 1 Date Year Group/s Event 1/9 All CHQ Club Sign-up begins @ 4.00pm 2/9 All Vietnam National Day—School Closed 4/9 All CHQ Drop in for parents @8.00am in the office 5/9 All CHQ Club Sign-up ends @ 5.00pm 10/9 All Parents’ Information Evening 11/9 EYFS Moon Festival Celebration 12/9 Y1-Y6 Moon Festival Assembly 15/9 All Club allocation available on CHQ 22/9 All Term 1 Clubs begin 28/9 All BBGV Fun Run w/c 29/9 All Books, Books, Books w/c 20/10 All Half Term Holiday 14/11 All Interim Reports to parents 27/11 Y1-Y6 Parents’ Evening 7/12 All Clubs Finish 19/12 All Term 1 finishes @ 11.30am
- 4. EXTRA CURRICULAR CLUBS TERM 1 2014-2015 Attached to the newsletter e-mail is the TX Extra Curricular Clubs programme. We want to make sure that CHQ (the online programme that we use to select clubs) can be ac- cessed by all parents, so please log on to the system to check that you can access the homepage. For parents who know the system, please use the same username and password that you last used to logon (see the forgotten/lost password option at the bottom of this page if needed). For new parents to the school, please use the username and password that was sent to you earlier this week and follow the step by step instructions below. If you have NOT received an email from school with regards to CHQ or need to know more information, please contact Ms Emma (emmawestman@bisvietnam.com) in the school office who will be able to advise you further. For those new to CHQ we strongly recommend that you attend our drop-in session on Thursday 4th September at 8.00am in the school office. It is very important that we have all your up to date email addresses in order for the online sign up to take place. Always inform our office staff at TX if there is a change in your email address. Please note: You will only be able to select clubs when the system goes live at 4.00pm on Monday 1st September, with selections ending at 5.00pm on Friday 5th September. You will be able to which clubs your child has been allocated from Monday 15th September. CHQ Log on and selection procedure Step 1. Log on using your school internet user name and password. Example: User name: name@bisvietnam.net Password: (for new families to school, this should have been emailed to you this week) You will now be asked to change your password immediately to keep your page secure. Step 2. You should now see a welcome screen with instructions. These instructions will take you through the sign up procedure. Step 3. After Monday 15th September, click on the „My Profile‟ tab. Look for your child‟s schedule and calendar of events. Forgotten/Lost Password! If you lose/forget your password please click the log on screen where it will ask you if you have forgotten your password. When you click on this it will ask for: Your child’s date of birth Email Address: please enter your designated email address to receive a password. Please look out for more details about CHQ sign up in the weekly school newsletter or on the digital screens in the foyer. Please do not hesitate to contact Ms Emma or Mr Ian if you have any questions about the sign up procedure. Anyone who requires help using CHQ to select clubs, is invited to a drop-in session at school on Thursday 4th September from 8.00am in the school office. EXTRA CURRICULAR CLUBS TERM 1 2014-2015 Newsletter Issue 1|4
- 5. CÁC HOẠT ĐỘNG NGOẠI KHÓA HỌC KỲ 1 2014-2015 Danh sách các hoạt động ngoại khóa được đính kèm trong email này. Để tránh trục trặc trong ngày đăng kí, xin phụ huynh vui lòng thử đăng nhập vào CHQ để kiểm tra trước. Phụ huynh đã sử dụng CHQ vào năm ngoái: vui lòng dùng tên truy cập và mật mã cũ (Xem cuối trang nếu phụ huynh đã quên password). Phụ huynh mới: xin dùng tên truy cập và mật mã đã được gửi cho phụ huynh vào đầu tuần này và làm theo các bước hướng dẫn dưới đây. Nếu phụ huynh chưa nhận được tên truy cập và mật mã, hoặc phụ huynh muốn tìm hiểu thêm thông tin, xin liên lạc với cô Emma (emmawestman@bisvietnam.com) . Nếu phụ huynh chưa biết cách sử dụng CHQ, xin vui lòng đến buổi hướng dẫn tại văn phòng vào thứ 5, ngày 4 tháng 9 lúc 8 giờ . Một điều rất quan trọng là nhà trường đã có địa chỉ thư điện tử cập nhập mới nhất của phụ huynh cho việc đăng ký trên mạng. Xin vui lòng thông báo cho văn phòng tại TX nếu quý vị có thay đổi địa chỉ thư điện tử. Vui lòng lưu ý: Phụ huynh chỉ có thể đăng ký các câu lạc bộ khi hệ thống bắt đầu hoạt động từ 4 giờ chiều ngày Thứ Hai 1 tháng 9 và kết thúc lúc 5 giờ chiều ngày Thứ Sáu 5 tháng 9. Phụ huynh có thể xem danh sách chính thức các bé sẽ học câu lạc bộ nào vào ngày Thứ Hai 15 tháng 9 Truy cập CHQ và tiến hành chọn câu lạc bộ Bước 1. Nhập tên truy cập và mật mã do trường cung cấp Ví dụ: Tên truy cập: tên@bisvietnam.net Mật khẩu: (đối với những phụ huynh mới, trường sẽ gửi mật khẩu qua email trong tuần này) Phụ huynh sẽ được yêu cầu đổi mật khẩu ngay lập tức để bảo mật. Bước 2. Phụ huynh sẽ thấy bảng hướng dẫn hiện trên cửa sổ chính. Những hướng dẫn này sẽ giúp phụ huynh đăng ký theo từng bước. Bước 3. Sau ngày thứ hai, 15 tháng 9, phụ huynh sẽ bấm chọn “My Profile”. Sau đó, tìm thời khóa biểu và tên câu lạc bộ của con em mình. Mất hoặc quên mật khẩu! Nếu phụ huynh mất hoặc quên mật khẩu, vui lòng nhấp vào dòng chữ “Quên hoặc mất mật khẩu” trên màn hình đăng nhập máy tính. Khi nhấp vào đây, phụ huynh sẽ được hỏi: Ngày tháng năm sinh của bé Địa chỉ email: vui lòng điền địa chỉ email để nhận mật khẩu mới. Thông tin chi tiết về đăng ký CHQ vui lòng đọc trên thư điện tử hằng tuần hoặc trên màn hình ti vi trước sảnh văn phòng. Xin vui lòng liên hệ cô Emma hoặc thầy Ian nếu phụ huynh có bất kỳ thắc mắc nào về quá trình đăng ký. Những phụ huynh cần được hỗ trợ sử dụng CHQ để đăng ký câu lạc bộ được mời đến buổi hướng dẫn vào thứ Năm ngày 4 tháng 9 từ 8 giờ tại văn phòng. EXTRA CURRICULAR CLUBS TERM 1 2014-2015 Newsletter Issue 1|5
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