AIS Messenger, issue no.12 - Australian International School
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AIS Messenger, issue no.12 - Australian International School
www.aisvietnam.com Australian International School | Issue no.12 The AIS essenger University Visits, South Korea A very interesting opportunity for our students that also became a focus was their request for international students from our school to apply for a place at their university. Yonsei Underwood International College at Yonsei University offers degrees in English to international students. The quality of facilities and the whole ambience of the university was wonderful – a great place for our students to consider studying. The price and life as a student seem great as are the outcomes. We visited: Yonsei University, Yonsei Underwood International College, Korea University, Seoul National University, Sogang University, Hongik Korea University Xi Campus (Kindergarten) 190 Nguyen Van Huong Street Thao Dien Ward | District 2 | HCMC t: +84 8 3519 2727 | f: +84 8 3744 6961 Thao Dien Campus (Kindergarten & Primary School) APSC Compound 36 Thao Dien Road | District 2 | HCMC t: +84 8 3744 6960 | f: +84 8 3744 6961 University and Kunkuk University, all offering an array of excellent Undergraduate programmes Clive Keevil such as Executive Principal Biomedical Sciences, Biotechnology, Engineering and Medicine. They are also making arrangements with Betty to come to AIS and meet our students to discuss their next steps. Seoul National University L ast week I traveled to Seoul, South Korea with Betty Chong, our Korean Family Liaison Officer, to visit some of the top universities that our students aspire to join. We visited 7 of the top 10 universities and in all of them were welcomed with great enthusiasm. Throughout the interviews it was clear that they were as interested in us as we were in them. It proved very important for the universities to be able to put a picture to an international school on an application form. The admissions staff were exceedingly helpful and very keen to know all about AIS and our students. Thu Thiem Campus (Kindergarten, Primary, Middle & Senior School) 264 Mai Chi Tho (East-West Highway) An Phu Ward | District 2 | HCMC t: +84 8 3742 4040 | f: +84 8 3740 7361 May 2014 | The AIS Messenger 1 is immediately accessible at their fingertips with iPads, smart phones and other electronic devices. We need to teach students to use knowledge and think in different ways. Peter O’Sullivan Kindergarten & Primary Principal How Do You Define 21stCentury Learning? “ The power of successful 21st Century learning for a student equals the power of the teacher’s ability to facilitate that learning in the individual.” POS 21st Century learning means that students master content while producing, synthesizing, and evaluating information from a wide variety of subjects and sources with an understanding of and respect for diverse cultures. Students demonstrate the three Rs, but also the three Cs: Creativity, Communication, and Collaboration. They demonstrate digital literacy as well as civic responsibility. Virtual tools and opensource software create borderless learning environments for students of all ages, anytime and anywhere. Powerful learning of this nature demands well-prepared teachers who draw on advances in cognitive science and are strategically organized, in and out of cyberspace. The 21st Century teacher is re-programming and re-educating themselves, to emerge as critical learning mediators, who work closely with students in their school communities, while also serving as learning facilitators, virtual network guides, curriculum experts, gatekeepers and advocates for the students in their classrooms. As we continue to prepare students for this 21st Century, we are looking at providing them with a variety of thinking and innovation skills. Content knowledge 2 The AIS Messenger | May 2014 We don't need to worry that our students are tweeting, Facebooking, using voice recognition to write an assignment and watching TV all at the same time. The fact that we can't do it, doesn't mean they can't. It is part of their wired learning style which allows students to be receivers and creators of information at the same time. Our students are effectively preparing themselves for a new kind of workplace - fast pace, technology-rich and fostering lifelong learning. Students today will likely have several careers in their lifetime. They must develop strong critical thinking and interpersonal communication skills in order to be successful in an increasingly fluid, interconnected, and complex world. Technology allows for 24/7 access to information, constant social interaction, and easily created and shared digital content. In this setting, educators can leverage technology to create an engaging and personalised environment to meet the emerging educational needs of this generation. No longer does learning have to be one-size-fits-all or confined to the classroom. The opportunities afforded by technology should be used to re-imagine 21st Century education, focusing on preparing students to be learners for the future. AIS is becoming a “Beacon of Light” in the International Schools’ arena within Ho Chi Minh City, in terms of how we access and teach the 21st Century skills of Collaboration, Communication, Digital Literacy, Creativity and Innovation and Critical Thinking and Problem Solving to the students through the outstanding curriculum programmes on offer at the School. It is good to know that 21st Century Learning is being embedded in schools throughout the world and it is safe to say that the amazing 21st Century educational journey has already started at AIS. New Community Liaison Officer My name is Ly. I have just joined the Marketing & Enrolment team to support the Japanese and Vietnamese speaking families. I have 7 years of experience in teaching Japanese for a Japanese software company. Before joining AIS, I was a Japanese interpreter for a Japanese trading company for 6 years. I love to learn about the culture and language of different countries in the world, especially Japan. Travelling, listening to music and reading newspaper are also my hobby. Thank you for welcoming me into the AIS community. I look forward to working with you all more closely soon! AIS has got talent T By Emma Percasky his year we have seen many talented and creative students entered into AIS Has Got Talent. Each year the student’s confidence and enthusiasm builds towards this event and we have one of the strongest groups of competitors this year. The teachers would like to thank all students that have auditioned and they have enjoyed seeing the different talents across the board. The final AIS Has Got Talent will be held on Monday 23 June, where five finalists from both Thao Dien and Thu Thiem will showcase their amazing abilities on stage in front of a live audience and judges! The finalists will be announced at the next Primary Assembly on both campuses. More information about the final will follow once the finalists have been confirmed and announced. IBDP Visual Arts T By Erwin Bryan Utchanah he IB Diploma Visual Arts students proudly presented their works to the school community on Friday 25 April. It was a privilege for parents, friends and teachers to witness the impact of an IB education on their creative minds. The following statements from the artists themselves reveal much about has happen to them. The school has had the privilege to create opportunities for these students to explore concepts, ideas and issues that have personal, local and global significance. The Visual Arts courses lead them to the development their natural curiosity focusing on their intellectual, physical and emotional balance leading to life-long personal well-being. ANZAC Service M By Jacqui Gaynor embers of the AIS Thao Dien Campus Choir got up very early on Friday 25 April to sing the New Zealand and Australian national anthems at the Ho Chi Minh City ANZAC Day ceremony held at the RMIT campus in District 3 at 6.30am. Many of our Choir members were returning for the second year in a row. Talin Bennett, Aarya Bennett, Lauren Stennett, Holly McNamara, Chloe McNamara, James Tonkin, Matilda Ryan, Charlotte Ryan, Essie Gibaud, Jasmyn Roberts, Zoe Nutsford and Oscar Cawood sang without any backing tracks or accompaniment for a large group in attendance at this most solemn service. ANZAC Day commemorates all those who lost their lives in war and conflict around the world and, in particular, the ANZACs. The singing evoked remembrance of sadness and of loss and incredible gratitude to all those who gave their lives to change our world forever. Lest We Forget. ~ Choir with Jacqui April 25 AIS Choir at ANZAC service May 2014 | The AIS Messenger 3 Students from 6MST class at Australian International School By Michael Stanley T he year 6 students at Australian International School are making an interactive blog about healthy lunch ideas for students. We would love your feedback and favourite recipes. Please follow the link below to discover some great healthy food choices. http://healthierlunchchoice.weebly.com Ao Dai Museum By Phuong Trinh "It was a meaningful trip as we saw the evolution of the Vietnamese traditional clothing- Ao dai. It was great to see how Ao dai has changed over time and the perception of beauty through ages. As a big class, we had a quality time together and it was definitely a memorable experience." (HOANG Nguyen Phuong Trang (Jessica)) 4 The AIS Messenger | May 2014 The museum is privately owned by an artist/ Ao dai designer/ Art lecturer Si Hoang. This has been his dream and commitment since 2002 and it opened in late January 2014. The museum is extended to an exhibition salon (photo 9690 with the wooden house), garden café, souvenir shops (whose designs look like Hoi An). More information can be found here http://baotangaodaivietnam.com/ Cooking & childhood development C By Julie Sunter ooking and food preparation with children is a great hands-on activity which you can share with your child on a daily basis. It gives children an opportunity to investigate, predict, experiment and observe whilst increasing their knowledge of the world and having fun. It is a great way to introduce good hygiene habits and, at the same time, improve self confidence and self-esteem. Most Early Childhood Education settings will plan for the children to take part in cooking and food preparation on a regular basis. This is because of the many skills that children will develop from this experience, including encouraging fussy eaters to try new foods, handling utensils, turn taking and learning safety in the kitchen. There are many reasons adults hesitate to have young children in the kitchen, but you can honestly never be too young. There are so many advantages to your child’s social, physical and mental development. It gives you an opportunity to teach your child to take turns, follow directions, work together as a team and become aware of cleanliness such as washing hands. These are all important life lessons which will assist them in a social environment such as school and childcare. Encourage children to chop, grate and mix so that they become familiar with kitchen utensils. They will be developing coordination, arm strength and, at the same time, learning to handle tools with safety and care. Allow the child to place ingredients, such as chopped carrots or peas, in the bowl or saucepan. This is a great opportunity to work on their pincer grip and hand eye coordination. Cooking can be a spontaneous activity incorporated into your daily routine. Why not let your child stir the porridge for breakfast, butter the bread for lunch, cut the fruit for snack or grate the carrots for dinner. All simple activities, but still giving the children that feeling of importance they cherish when helping Mum and Dad do ‘grown up jobs’, with no actual cooking involved. Count how many cups of flour they are putting into the bowl so they get exposure to numbers and counting. Talk about the ingredients and show them the measurement and weight of each item. Let the children crack the eggs, show them the ingredients mixing in the bowl, let the children see the butter melt in the saucepan, allow the children to feel the consistency and how the mixture changes throughout the process. You will have just given a basic Math and Science lesson without even realising it. Extend the children’s knowledge of the world by allowing them to assist you in the whole cooking process. Choose a recipe together, buy the ingredients at the supermarket or market, prepare and cook the meal together. If you have the time and space, grow your own fruits and vegetables. This is a wonderful way of demonstrating Life Cycles. Introduce new foods on a regular basis so the children have exposure to a wide selection of produce. This is great for fussy eaters as children are more likely to try foods they have ‘played’ with and prepared. Cooking is such an important activity for young children, so when looking at schools and childcare facilities it is important to ask how they incorporate the cooking experience into their curriculum. Finally, cooking with children can be messy and time consuming, but it can also be extremely rewarding. To start cooking with your child you will need: • ingredients • patience • a sense of fun Now, mix these all together and enjoy the time with your child. Always remember the benefit in cooking is the whole process, so celebrate the successes and the failures. You may be surprised just how much you enjoy it. May 2014 | The AIS Messenger 5 Mother’s Day Breakfast at Dynotots By Dynotots Teachers T he D3 and D4 classes at Lotus celebrated Mother’s Day by serving the mums a special treat. The D3 Caterpillars and Butterflies held an afternoon tea. They baked banana chocolate chip muffins and served them with juice. They also gave their mums a special Mother’s Day photograph and card. The D4 Dragonflies and Beetles served their mums breakfast; some toast with jam on it and some mixed fruit juice to drink. The children gave their mums a relaxing back massage while they enjoyed eating their breakfast and chatting with each other. The children also painted their mums’ nails with nail polish. They had a great time playing with each other and before the mums left the classroom, the children gave them a special Mother’s Day card with a bouquet of flowers and sang the song: ‘Mother’s Day, Mother’s Day’ Is a very special day With a great big hug and lots of kisses too Each one says that “I Love You”. Year 5s Love Science! T 6 The AIS Messenger | May 2014 By Julian Knight he Year 5s at AIS have just finished their fifth Unit of Inquiry which comes under the Transdisciplinary Theme ‘How the World Works’. The students explored a range of renewable and non-renewable energy sources and how these affect the community and environment. Much of the learning involved fun science experiments where the students could inquire more deeply into these energy sources through ‘hands on’ activities. The students enjoyed this approach to learning and were able to make some insightful conclusions to these experiments. Some of the students at Thao Dien shared a few of these experiments at the last primary assembly. The rest of the school enjoyed learning about the lemon powered light, the solar oven and how energy can be transferred. It’s always fun to be learning through experiments! The Primary School Invites Parents to spend An Evening of Art with us By Amber Kotcher T he Primary School Invites Parents to spend An Evening of Art with us. On Friday, 13 June from 6-9pm. Supporting The Christina Noble Foundation. The Primary Students at all AIS campuses have created beautiful Class Artworks to be auctioned off during the event. The Art Raffle will be drawn with the winners taking home some very generous prizes from our sponsors. Canapés are provided by Au Parc. Live music and Refreshments also provided. Please plan to join us for An Evening of Art. Tickets are available at all AIS reception locations. Silent Auction Opportunity We understand that some parents are unable to attend the Primary School’s “An Evening of Art” event, due to other prior engagements. To assist parents who cannot attend but would like to have the same opportunity to purchase their child’s Class produced piece of original piece of Art Work, there will be a “Silent Auction” over the coming weeks, at all Campuses. Silent Auction – How does it work?: The Art Work pieces will be on display at each campus over the coming weeks for parents to view. You select the piece of Art Work you wish to purchase and submit a “Silent Bid” before the live auction on Friday 13 June. If your “Silent Bid” is the highest price on the night of the actual auction you will win your child’s Class Art piece. The “Silent Bid” (with the price you are willing to buy the Art piece, your name, mobile number and child’s Class details), should be placed in a sealed envelope and submitted to one of following people who will keep it a secret until the live auction on Friday 13 June: • Ms Minh – TT Campus, Receptionist • Ms Thanh – Xi Campus, Secretary • Ms Loan – Lotus, Admin Manager • Ms Lien CB Campus, Admin Coordinator If you are successful on the live auction night you will be contacted to come to the school and pay the money and collect the Art piece to hang proudly in your home. For further clarifications please email Mr Peter O’Sullivan at [email protected] Thank you The Art Committee May 2014 | The AIS Messenger 7 CAS By Andrew Masterton T he CAS Programme is a core component of the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IBDP). The emphasis of CAS is on doing real tasks that have real consequences. Many of our Year 1 diploma students have passionately engaged in various activities that they have voluntarily chosen to do. We encourage parents to support and to advise their children about the long term benefits of this component of their education. Year 2 & 3 Sleepover A By Kathleen Guthrie s part of the PYP curriculum, all Year 2 & 3 students participated in a funfilled overnight camp on Friday 16 May, held in the safety of the Thao Dien and Thu Thiem Campuses, supervised by the Year 2 and 3 teachers and support teachers. The overnight camp was an outstanding success, which created an opportunity for the students to push the boundaries of what it means to be a risk taker, to encourage independence, to encourage bonding with one another and most importantly, to have fun. The students participated various team activities including the challenge to build two towers using minimal materials. Students also enjoyed pizza and lots of fun and games, such as dodgeball, volleyball, football, and bowling. Year Two and Three settled into their beds with popcorn and a movie before drifting off into a deep sleep. Some children were up before sunrise the next morning due to the excitement being on their first camp. All the children enjoyed a freshly cooked breakfast and a nice dip in the swimming pool before being collected by their parents on Saturday morning. Thank you to all the teachers, support teachers, wonderful students and parents for your hard work and support to ensure that the camp was a success. 8 The AIS Messenger | May 2014 AIS Super Fins M By Jet Asis any of the our AIS Super Fins Swimmers recently competed in the ISHCMC Swimming Invitational 2014. It was the team’s first major meet of the year. Our top Swimmers for this meet was Daria Sulek (Y4IS), Nguyen Viet Anh (7GN), Noah Ostergard (Y3DC) and Kaisei Futa (10PX). Daria was the High Point Trophy Winner for the Girls’ 8 and under category, Noah won the 3rd place for High Point for the Boys’ 8 and under. Kaisei and Viet Anh won 4 individual medals in total. Other AIS Swimmers that swam and competed in the meet included: Year 11: Janine Fan Chiang, Jin Hee Kim Year 4: Leo Pham, Levin Biner, Paul Meyer-Plate, Kitty To Year 3: Mael Biner Congratulations to the AIS Super Fins Swimmers who did the whole school proud. We’d also like to thank the parents who came and supported swimmers. Your cheer and congratulations made a positive impact on the performance of our AIS Super Fins! Girls Soccer Tournament Report By Khanh Ha (Tournament Team Captain) W e are proud to announce that the AIS Girls’ Soccer Team has had a victorious round of wins in the Under-11s Soccer Tournament in Ho Chi Minh City, against Singapore International School, ISHCMC and BIS. All competing teams were very strong team but through team work, determination and focus, the AIS Soccer team brought home the trophy, with great pride and joy. Year 10: Sun Hee Kim Year 7: Joann Kim, Jonathan Hackenberg Year 6: Nhat Anh Nguyen, Long Vu, Poncho Wannathip Year 5: Charlotte Ryan, Holly McNamara, Jasmyn Roberts, Karolina Szabela, Tess Young, Caroline Carlsson Dear Family and Friends, On 19 June, AIS will be recognising students’ academic accomplishment at the annual Awards Ceremony. Also on this momentous evening we will witness the first Year 13 graduation of the new AIS; the Class of 2014. We hope that you will join with us to celebrate our school’s yearly tradition of honouring students who have excelled both in the classroom and in the greater Ho Chi Minh City community. Invitation Graduation & Awards Ceremony We look forward to celebrating their success with you on 19 June, 6pm, at the Thu Thiem Campus Auditorium. Mr Gabriel Ang & Mr Gabriel Price, Graduation and Awards Ceremony Organizers May 2014 | The AIS Messenger 9 AGS Vietnam__En_210x297_2014_CTP_.pdf 1 5/6/2014 4:16:42 PM C M Y CM MY CY CMY K
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