Life of Pi, the film

Such a wonderful film. Didn't regret waiting to see it for months. :)
Not as detailed as the book, but was great enough to lighten up my Sunday morning.  

Oliver Audition!!

Started the day with an audition for next term production "Oliver Twist", MP3 children showed that they have great potential for both acting and singing. MP3 teachers possibly will have a hard time choosing main characters. :)
Well done to all children who took part in the audition!

Dragons Den

After much hard work and practicing, Year 6 presented their fairground rides to the Dragons this morning, hoping to get some investment for further work on their rides.

Overall, Year 6 children had done a great job at persuading the Dragons. There were persuasive pitches, great presentations and amazing attitude. The Dragons had a hard time deciding where to put their investment into. Well done everyone!

 

Earthquake at TX

Monday started as calmly and gently as any other Mondays. Until....an announcement exploded that TX was being hit by an earthquake. Children frantically scrambled under tables and tried to protect themselves.
The earthquake ended with everyone still safe and sound. Thanks to the Y4 earthquake "experts", who came to our class last week and intructed us what to do during an earthquake. :)

 

Twins research

"Family structure and relationship" is our topic for this week Vietnamese Culture lesson. During the lesson, children explored the relationship between parents & children and between siblings. There was great discussion on the pros and cons of being the oldest, youngest and the only child.
At the end of the discussion, we crossed the perspectives on twins. Do twins have different ideas, different experiences on the matters?
To help us to have a better idea on twins, Vietnamese Culture homework for this week is: " to search for an interesting fact regarding twins and comment on this post." Your comment can be facts, example, case studies...

I'm looking forward to read your wonderful research.

CAT testing

This week, children are taking CAT test, which stands for "Cognitive Ability Test". These test are designed to find out how good one is at reasoning, being able to think things through. Children do not need to have any preparation since they don't need to learn any facts. These tests will help us to identify strengths, weaknesses and one learning preferences.

Riddles for weekend :)

1. On my way to St. Ives I saw a man with 7 wives. Each wife had 7 sacks. Each sack had 7 cats. Each cat had 7 kittens. Kitten, cats, sacks, wives. How many were going to St. Ives?

2.
Which is the finished cube? A, B, C, D, or E ??

Christmas Box Decorations !!!

 A special Christmas event is waiting for children to join at TX! 

 Each child is being asked to decorate a small box with a Christmas theme.  It can then be filled a range of items.  We will then collect the boxes together, to be entered into a special Christmas raffle.  There will be a prize for the best home-made box per Mile Post. 

Ideas for decorating boxes

Any small box can be used from home and decorated using Christmas drawings, ribbon, fabric, paint, etc. It's an opportunitiy for children to show their creativity while doing something for our community.

Ideas for filling the box

-Sweets and biscuits                                                                       -Colouring books and note-books

-Stationary-pens, pencils, crayons                                            -Stickers

-Small toys                                                                                          -Hair clips and bands

-Necklaces and bracelets

No chocolate please!

All money raised from the raffle will go to the TX Community projects and Community clubs.  If you have any questions, please come and see Ms Gurvinder in the F1 classroom.

Important dates

-Boxes can be handed in in the foyer week beginning Monday 3rd December for one week. For each box handed in a child can buy one raffle ticket. No Christmas box, no ticket! Children are very welcome to make more than one box. Each raffle ticket will cost 25,000 VND. It will help us if children bring in the exact amount of money.

-On Monday 10^thDecember between 7.30 and 7.55 am in the foyer children can come and exchange their raffle ticket for a Christmas box!

Only at TX

International Week assembly

International Week was ended with great performances from children from the whole school. There were dances and music from different countries. Parents and teachers were amazed and entertained by the children's talented shows.
6X did a small play "Race to the South Pole" and a funny, live Antarctica food web. The children had practiced hard for the assembly and we are so proud of them for making such great effort and put on great performance. Well done everyone!!!

 

Have a wonderful weekend and get ready for a new week :D

International Buffet

Yesterday lunch was extra special since there were so much food from a variety of countries. As soon as one entered the canteen, the delicious smell of food drifted toward and promised an unforgetable lunch buffet. There were more than plenty of food for all staffs and children. It was spetacular to see children, staffs, and even children from PDV ate lunch together.
Much appriciation to those who contributed and supported.

International Fair

On Wednesday, school was lit up and filled with many craft activities and traditional games from different countries. It's great to see that children enjoyed themselves and were not afraid to try different crafts and games. It was such a wonderful day and children were provided with many experiences, thanks to parents and community, who worked together to set up such fantastic event.

 

In the foyer, there were crafts from Korea, dot painting from Australia, conical hat painting from Vietnam...and many more activities from India, Malaysia, New Zealand...

 

 

 

In the sport hall, there were games from Japan, South Korea, France and of course some games from Vietnam. Some were easy and fun, some were a bit more challenging; however, the children totally occupied and fully enjoyed their times. 

 

Making Pingu with F3

6X and Ms Helen's F3 had a fantastic time working together and created some awesome, unique Pingu. The work demanded children to use their communication skills to work with the smaller children. It was quite challenging at some time but the children managed well and had successfully created some beautiful Pingu masterpiece. The room was filled with happy laughter and radiant smiles. At the end, F3 children were more than excited to leave the room with their own Mr Pingu, leaving 6X children with a sense of happiness and accomplishment that they had succeeded in brighten up F3 children's day.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Vietnamese Culture International Week

 

 

As a special treat for International Week, children had to opportunity to visit the Vietnamese Room. Children were amazed and fascinated by all the items and fruits that were on display.There was a small version of a "Monkey bridge" made off bamboo. Most children were excited trying to keep their balance, walking across the bridge.

There were also different types of fruit, an armful of lotus, a minimised rice field, a countryside model of a "hen house"....and so much more for the children to explore and enjoy.   

 

 

International Week Flag Parade

There was so much excitement in the atmosphere as the children arrived school in various traditional costumes. It was amazing to see how colourful the playground had been transformed into!!
The flag parade in the sport hall was fabulous. Parents and teaching staff were charmed by the beautiful outfits and radiant smiles that the children put on.

International Week

Our International Week celebrations will start next week, the 12th of November. Children will be having the Flag Parade at 8:15am on Monday. Children are to come to school dressed in their national costume. Parents are welcome to come and watch. Feel free to come in your nation dress as well :) There will be Photo booth on Monday in the foyer, where children can take picture with their friends from their class or with children from the same year group.
 On Wednesday, there will be different games in the sport hall and craft activities in the foyer, organised by parents from different nationalities. In addition, there would be an International Food Fair for lunch with all the food provided by our wonderful parents.  Tickets/vouchers for activities and the photo booth are available to purchase from the office. The cost of these is 5000VND each and it's recommended that children buy 10 tickets each. Children should bring the money to the office, not to teachers/TAs.   

Poem Recital International Week

 

To celebrate International Week, each Year Group will have a poem to perform for Friday assembly. The poem has an International theme and the children are given one week to practise. They can do this alone or in pairs.

This year, Year 6 will have Antarctica as their "home" and lucky enough, 6X got the "Waddling Penguins" as their poem.

Start practising!!! Mr James and I are expecting to see some great, dramatic performances! ^_^

 

 

 

Waddle, waddle, waddle
From side to side
Penguins go a-walking
Slip, slip, slide, slide.

With a funny jump
The penguins dash
Down to the water
Splash! Splash! Splash! Splash!

Waddle from the water
With a rock n' roll
Penguins go parading
On a wintry stroll.

 

6x's Entry point "Fairgrounds"

Year 6's entry point to their next IPC topic "Fairgrounds" was highlighted by the trip to Dam Sen Park on Wednesday, 31st October.
Started off quite early in the morning, we left BIS around 8:15 and spent most of the day in Dam Sen Park: exploring, enjoying the rides, extreme screaming and totally having the most extraordinary day since half term :) Children had times to enjoyed many different fairgrounds ride and also had the opportunity to visit Haunted House (as a special treat for Halloween :D )

A bit "exhausted" after the ride !! 

Vietnamese family structure

Children had opportunities to learn the typical family structure in Vietnam and shared how family is structured in their own culture/home in Vietnamese Culture lesson. Since many years ago, Vietnamese tend to live together as a big family with 3 or 4 generations under one roof. As modern time arrives, the structure has gotten smaller to make thing easier for people to work and to adjust to life. However, it would not be a surprise to find a family with more than 2 generations in Vietnam.

For homework this week, children will need to draw a family tree for their own family. Family tree should be coloured and hand in by next Tuesday, 6/11.  Below are some example that children can use as references.

Show me your creativity and the best quality of work!!

 

 

Life of Pi

An excellent, breathtaking book by Yann Martel. I remember reading it when I was in year 9.  Such a fantastic, adventurous novel!!! I remember looking at the book cover (the one above) with amazed and kept asking myself what was this book about? Why the tiger? Why the small person there??? I took it off the shelf in the library and checked it out without even a glance at the blurb. I had abandoned all my homework and papers just to finish the book in the night. The more I read, I more I relised that I was drawn into the book and become part of the book myself.

The novel is about a Pi Patel, an Indian boy who experienced a shipwreck when his family immigrated to Canada, bringing most of their zoo animals with them. Fortunately, Pi survived the shipwreck. He stayed in a small lifeboat- with a hyena, zebra, orangutan and a tiger for company-, and adrift in the Pacific Ocean for 227 days. Most of his days were started and ended with thirst and hunger...

A 3D film version of "Life of Pi", directed by Ang Lee is coming to the cinema this November. No doubt that I will buy the ticket the first chance that I get :) Can't miss this,can I ! I enjoy the book so much that can't wait to see how the movie turns out. I'm sure hope it won't make me disappointed.

It had been a productive half-term. The children had worked hard and tried their best to achieve the best possible. Some children had been awarded "yellow ribbon" and enjoying their freedom around school. Keep working hard and don't let the yellow ribbon be taken away :) . There are more yellow ribbons to come before Christmas, offering children more opportunities to show that they are trustworthy and responsible.
Have a good holiday everyone. Enjoy the break and recharge your energy for the next half-term. (teachers and teaching assistants really need this :D)

Don't forget to read loads of books (both for your homework and pleasure)! I'm sure will read plenty.

Wednesday started with Music Coffee Morning. Children had an opportunity to "show off" their music talents. The performers were fantastic and amazing. I'm so proud of them.

The afternoon skipped by quickly. 6X finished the day with  a community project with Poussieres de Vie. This term, Year 6 will work along with PDV children to create comic strips using Comic Life. At first, both BIS and PDV children were shy and hestitated to talk. However, it didn't take long before the room was filled with laughter and joy.