Interested in seeing some of the

photos from last week’s Outdoor

Education trips? You can find

their experience well documented

on these two sites:

http://2014ishcmc4trip.blogspot.com/

http://2014ishcmc5trip.blogspot.com/

In This Issue

Waste of paper.

Festivals in HCMC

Music Festival Update

Funny Bird: Nobody is Laughing

Poet’s Corner

The Importance of Sleep

Upcoming Events

Dear ISHCMC Community,

First off, thank you to all who attended our coffee morning on Thursday. It was extremely

gratifying to have parents and our admin team discuss with one another about the chal-

lenges of developing responsibility and independence in our students. There are many

helpful websites and podcasts on the Gradual Release of Responsibility that can support

independent actions at home and support our goals at school.

This week EE4 took a trip to Riverside to explore and expand their knowledge of the

community. After their visit, they have been building maps of all the different items they

discovered on their walk. Great job EE 4! In grade 5, students started their new unit that

will culminate in the PYP exhibition this April. Thank you to all parents who attended the

information evening last night and experienced a piece of what students will be exploring

throughout the coming weeks.

Please remember to be prompt when collecting students after school. We have had a

number of students who are still at school well after the end of the school day. It is im-

portant that time at home is maximized for all.

Good luck to our grade 3 students who will be attending the sleep over at school tonight.

I also hope to see everyone at the PTO International Festival tomorrow!

Kurtis Peterson

March 7th 2014

Event For Whom? Date/Time Location

Grade 3 Sleep Over Grade 3 Students Mar 7th MPR

Visual Arts Exhibition EE2-Gr10 students Mar 12-14th MPR

Gala Concert Perfor-

mance

Whole school students Mar 18th, 7.00pm Opera House

Sign up for Whole

School parent/Teacher/

Student Conference

Whole school students

and parents

Apr 1-3rd School

Primary Parent Coffee

Morning

Primary Parents Apr 3rd, 8-9am Meeting Room

PTO International Festi-

val

Everyone Mar 8th Whole School

International day coming up is

on 8th of March, 2014. This

ISHCMC fair is where other

countries show their culture.

There will be a lot of different

foods from different cultures and

you will get a “passport” so that

you can get stamps from the

countries. Every country has

their quiz about their own cul-

ture.

“International Day is fun. You

can try Dutch pancakes. They

are really tasty. Dutch games are

fun! Japanese games are fun too!

Plus I get to play with my friends

and eat ice cream” said Bopha

Jones about last year’s event.

Olivia Twomey stated, “You

could learn about other coun-

tries. It feels like you’re in their

country.”

We hope you come out on Satur-

day to enjoy ISHCMC’s Interna-

tional Festival put on by the

PTO.

By

Anne & Mai

Last year’s interna-tional festival photos

Come one, come all to the Interna-

tional Festival this Saturday!!!!

Night at the Oscars

The gala concert will take place on

Tuesday the 18th of March, 2014.

It will involve students from grade

3 to grade 12 at ISHCMC.

The gala concert will be located in

the Opera House. Students shall

share their singing talents like

playing instruments, singing and

public speaking flawlessly. The

Night of the Oscars is sure to

make the crowd roar in amaze-

ment as the students strut their

stuff on stage.

This year students from grade 3

and up can perform as well as

choir and other grades above. The

students that get up on stage al-

ways make the audience impressed

and that shall be their tradition for

years to come! When you go to the

show there even once, it will make

you want to come back there every

time. Many student voices are like

a lullaby, a melody to your ears so

you don’t want to miss the event!

So buy your tickets from the

ISHCMC Admissions Office as soon

as they are out, or someone will get

it first, and you will spend a whole

year of regret, asking yourself

“Why didn’t I get tickets when I

had the chance?!”

I hope this gave you some-

thing to think about…

By: Emma Shadwell

This year’s theme for the Music gala concert is…

Grade 4 went to Madu-

gui for their field trip

from 25-28 of February.

There were many fun

activities like the zip lin-

ing, rock climbing, grass

sliding and rafting. The

grade 4s donated some

activity books for an or-

phanage. Some Ma vil-

lagers went to the resort

we stayed in. They

Grade 4 in Madugui Trip

taught us how to weave

baskets. Then we played

games with them. One day

we did water activity’s be-

cause our new unit is about

water. We liked going

swimming; it was a nice

thing to cool down. We had

a nice night of sleep and

good breakfast. Get pre-

pared grade 3’s for next

year.

By: Drew Moreno

These were the tents we slept in.

Flappy Bird?

Flappy Bird?

People were complaining that

Flappy Bird has too many

graphics from Mario Bros. But

others who copied Flappy Bird

have had no complaints about it.

Then the person who made it

(he was Vietnamese) had to

withdraw it from videogames ar-

eas. It is probably the most ag-

gravating game in videogame

history. The highest

amount of pipes to get

is 1000. At the 1000th

pipe fire mario comes

out and starts firing fire-

balls at you. It also has

chompy plants which

will make you fall.

Theo Grist 5A ISHCMC

STAR

By Caden Skilnick

KGC

Star in the sky

Making sad people happy

Look at the star

Wish

For something

Come true.

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Anonymous

3D

Thinking blank

Homework blank

Poems blank

Everything blank

Writing blank

Blank blank

Clock

Jordan Duong

1C

Circle like

A button

Andd lines like

A ruler

Making a sound

Tik

Tok tik tok

Waiting for me

To go home

Popsicle

Karis Skilnick

2D

Freezing my mouth

Red

Blue

Green

Freezing my brain

Frozen cold

Cold as

Ice

Ice

Ice

Poet’s Corner

8am-3pm (near Rhino Hut)

USED 2014

Please drop your books off to your homeroom between

Monday 10th to Friday 21st March

Parents are welcome to buy books during the sale!Books priced from 20,000 to 60,000 VND each

All proceeds wil l go towards the PTO general fund.

The class that bring in

the most books wins a PIZZA PARTY !

CHOCOLATE CAKE

for the runner-up. Look out for

BOOKMARKDESIGN

CONTEST

3April

2April

4April

5April

COLLECTION OF USED BOOKSWe need your books !

All languages & All levels welcomeBooks should be in good condition.

No CD’s, DVD’s, games or puzzles please.