Elementary Producation: The Emperor’s New Clothes

Principal’s Message

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Dear Parents and HIS Community,

This is a particularly full Newsletter and I would like to summarize the events and activi-

ties HIS has had since the last newsletter came to you. In that previous newsletter the

last event mentioned was Book Week in December just before we broke for the Winter

Holiday.

Following the start of the second semester in January we sent students to a successful

MRISA Cultural Festival in Ho Chi Minh City. The Student Council Executive then ar-

ranged for the student and staff photographs to be taken which have just come to the

school. This was a big exercise and the students have done a great job in managing

this. There have been the odd ‘hick-up’, as one can expect, but the Council should

not let this distract them from knowing they did a splendid job. (continued on page 2)

Book Week 6

Arts News 8

Maths Olympiad 9

G.6 Geography & Forensics 12

Model UN 13

Reception Home Visits 14

SCORE w/ Emotional Coach-

ing

15

TET Week 16

Summer Camp & PTA News 18

Student Council 19

Upcoming events 20

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The MRISA senior Basketball tournament followed at the end of

January. This took us into Vietnam Week and the Tet Break. Since

Tet we have had an Elementary School Open day, mock exams for

grades 10 and 12 and hosted the MRISA junior soccer tournament.

Thank you to all families who assisted with that event especially in

the hosting of visiting students. Last weekend, March 9, we hosted

a Math’s Olympiad event at HIS which brought together Math’s

teams from other schools in Hanoi. HIS did extremely well – con-

gratulations to the Math Department and students. We are now

into final rehearsals for the Elementary School production of the

‘Emperor’s New Clothes’. The performances will be at HIS next

week March 18-21. I know they have been working very hard towards this event. We are

planning ahead for a Secondary School Open morning for Aril 10.

As you know we have a new School Board and they are all very active in the drive to

further the development of HIS. This is pre-information but a special information paper will

be going to all stake-holders shortly more fully introducing the Board and outlining the developmental and stra-

tegic initiatives the Board members are to be active in. Already the Board with School administration have put

together three groups to drive some immediate tasks:

Group 1 to improve corporate governance will be chaired by myself.

Group 2 to improve physical infrastructure and facilities for HIS chaired by Ms. Phi Thu Tra (Board of Directors).

Group 3 to produce an updated and agreed long-term strategic plan for HIS – at least one with vision for the

next four years and chaired by Mr. Dang The Truyen (Board of Director).

All these groups will draw on the support of staff and parents and some will be joining these groups. All groups

will report in full to the Board and to all stake-holders. So please expect more information and up-dated to come

in this regard.

HIS will be closed for the Spring Break between March 23 and 31. School will start again on Monday April 1. Fol-

lowing the start of the last quarter there will be parent consultation meetings for Grade 10 and 12 parents prior

to the last formal teaching days for these grades towards the end of April when they will take both the IB Di-

ploma and IGCSE Examinations. There will be our annual Sports Day on April12 and more information will be

coming to you on this event.

It is that time of year when we will be asking all families to indicate to us their intentions for the next academic

year in regard to having their children continue or not at HIS. This is important information for us as there is much

interest from new families for next year and the school lists will fill up quickly. We will be writing to you separately

on this request immediately after we start quarter four from April 1.

Please note that HIS will be closed Friday April 19 for Ancestor Day National Holiday and also on Monday 29,

Tuesday 30 and Wednesday May I, the Tuesday and Wednesday are both National Holidays.

In conclusion I would like to congratulate my Grade 12 Theory of Knowledge class on having completed all their

Theory of Knowledge essays which have been sent to IB examination centre for marking and for having com-

pleted their oral Theory of Knowledge Presentations at HIS which this year were of an outstanding quality.

Terry Hamilton, Principal.

Principal’s Message (continued)

T H E T I G E R T I M E S

Mr Terry gets sere-

naded by Reception

class on his birthday.

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This last quarter has been

busy. We have had the

MRISA Cultural Festival, MRISA

Senior Basketball, Gaelic

Football, and we proudly

hosted the MRISA Junior Foot-

ball. A group recently spent

the weekend at the Model

United Nations event over at

UNIS. Our Grade 9 students

spent a week on Work Experi-

ence placements around the

city, ranging from the Melia

Hotel, to The Word magazine,

to the Asvelis Veterinary

C l i n i c .

B e f o r e

Tet we

c e l e -

b r a t e d

Vietnam-

ese culture, and recently we

were treated to a Kabuki per-

formance by our Grade 8

Japanese students. And on

Wednesday afternoons, my

office fills with the delicious

smells from the cooking

classes in the Biology lab, ex-

ploring a range of world cui-

sine.

This is only a little of what is

going on. Sometimes it feels

like not a day goes past with-

out some event taking place.

School life is so much more

than studying to obtain high

grades. For those who

choose to participate in a

wider range of activities,

school life can be a very ac-

tive, personally, emotionally,

and socially rewarding ex-

perience. It can be even

more fulfilling when those ac-

tivities are instigated and led

by students themselves. It is

an opportunity to share in

and learn about the multi-

tude of cultures and lan-

guages we have in our com-

munity. Seeing our students

coping with both success and

failure, carrying themselves

with pride and confidence,

standing up in assemblies

and sharing their experi-

ences, I think it is fair to say

that we are developing indi-

viduals “with a strong sense of

self-worth”, as stated in our

School Mission.

As we head into the final

Quarter of the year, I hope

we will see more and more

students taking a risk and opt-

ing to participate in this wide

range of opportunities. I am

looking forward to seeing the

results.

David Miles

invitation.

Our grade five students are

working towards thei r

Exhibition. This is the

culmination of their years in

elementary school and they

have an opportunity to

showcase their learning and

understandings of How We

Organise Ourselves by inquir-

ing into various NGOs in

Hanoi.

Elementary Student Council

organised a very successful

bake sale raising 3 million

VND, which they decided to

donate to Blue Dragon. This

event was made possible by

all the wonderful cakes and

treats brought in by parents,

thank you.

I would like to remind parents

that we have an open door

policy in the elementary

school and if you would like

to spend time in a classroom

or meet with your child’s

teacher, you are most

welcome to do so. Contact

your child’s teacher to

arrange a time.

Thank you again for your on-

going support of our school

and teachers,

Enjoy your mid-semester

break and safe travels.

Warren Bowers

In the elementary school we

have a lot to celebrate. The

production of The Emperor’s

New Clothes was, once

again, a tremendous success.

Thank you to all of the

teachers who have worked

hard to make it a positive

and enjoyable experience for

our students, in particular Mr

Mark Ellis who coordinated

this event. Thank you for your

support in this annual event.

On Tuesday April 9th a session

for parents about ICT in the

PYP will be led by Carla

Homes. You should have

received a letter will be

inviting you to attend. Please

contact your child’s teacher

if you did not receive this

Elementary Principal’s Message

International Mother Language Day takes place on the

21st February, every year.

The day is to promote awareness of linguistic and cul-

tural diversity and multilinguism. Schools around the

world recognize this event in many different ways.

At HIS, Grade 5 students were made aware of this special day, they watched a video and

discussed the importance of this day. At HIS, we celebrate many different languages and cultures

on a daily basis, as part of our learning. As part of the PYP, we are expected to encourage mother

tongue support in teaching and learning.

Miss Lisa

It is a very busy time of year for our IB and IGCSE students. Grades 10 and 12 have just completed their Mock Examinations which took place for the first time in our newly renovated auditorium. This allows for the perfect conditions in which to sit exams and students clearly benefitted from this new environment. As soon as the Mock Exams finished students were hard at work sitting their Oral examinations for lan-

guage subjects and completing Internal Assessments.

Grade 11 students have begun work on their Extended Essays and continue their good progress with

their CAS activities.

Final Examination timetables will be sent out at the start of April giving students plenty of time to pre-

pare for these.

With all of the hard work going on the end of the school year is creeping up fast with Graduation and

last days of school on the horizon and our grade 12 students have started to receive university offers.

I wish all students the very best in their upcoming examinations.

Matt Buxton

IGCSE- IB Diploma Coordinator

IG/IB News

PYP News

Celebrating International

Mother Language Day

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T H E T I G E R T I M E S

The Library Link Book Week

Highlights

Q: What did the spider do inside the li-brary?

A: It made a web page

Some of the

NEW BOOKS! What do they read in Reception?

Aura - ‘Jump Rabbit.’ The rabbit in the book plays with his friends. They play jumping and cooking.

My Linh - ‘Arthur’ books. His mummy and daddy are so good at cooking.

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Parents read

stories in their

native tongue

Assembly

PAJAMA DAY BED TIME STORIES

BOOK WEEK

Sock Puppet Competition

T H E T I G E R T I M E S

Bookworm

DRESS UP DAY

It’s book week, stupid! Danielle Kaunhoven, Secondary English Co-ordinator

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During the week of 3rd to the 7th

December, both Elementary and

Secondary really threw themselves

into the variety of fun activities

organized in order to celebrate Inter-

national Book Week. Students from

Grades 6-12 were involved in design-

ing a fantastic new logo to celebrate

the event, writing book reviews and

creative stories. Many students took

part in the ‘dress- up’ day, dressing up

as their favourite literary character.

We had the ‘Guess the teacher com-

petition’, where students had to guess

which of their teachers were hiding behind their favourite books.

Finally, Grade 6 and 8 students created some fantastic displays

about the famous author Roald Dahl and ‘Artemis Fowl’, a best-

seller by Eoin Colfer. We were also lucky to welcome the ‘Book

worm Café’ into school, for all students to choose some new

reading material. The lucky students who won book vouchers,

also had the chance to select a book of

their choice as a prize!

Congratulations to all our prize winners for their fantastic efforts!

A big thank you to everyone who took part and also to the other

staff members on the Book Week Committee. Ms. Linda Anderson and Ms Sue Fleming.

Winning logo by: Monika Techatanabaht

Logo competition:

-Monika Techatanabaht

-Alex Papendieck

Guess the teacher:

-Natalie Parr

Dress up day

Book reviews Yong Eui Shin Inah Cruz Viet Ahn Daniel Papendieck Victor Husak

Grade 11 reads for

Grade 1

Caption

describing

picture or

graphic.

Fifteen Secondary School students

travelled to HCMC at the beginning

of the Quarter to participate in the

Mekong River International Schools

Association Cultural Exchange

(MRISA CX) held at Saigon South

International School. They were able

to take part in a variety of arts work-

shops, group activities and perform-

ances. The wide variations of the

workshops on offer, allowed the

students to try new things and to

work with teachers and students from

other international schools. The aim

of the Exchange was to introduce

new ways of working and learning,

sharing ideas, and working in differ-

ent mediums under this year’s cho-

sen theme of ‘In motion’

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BREAKING NEWS: Hanoi International School has

the BEST MATHEMATICIANS in Hanoi! On Saturday, the 9th of March, we hosted the first Hanoi Mathematics Olympiad at HIS. There were 91 students competing from UNIS, Concordia, Hanoi Academy and BVIS. The results from all the teams were very close, but we did exceptionally well.

Our senior team comprising of Young Kwang, Young Sung, Ji Hyuk, Ga Young, Yeon Bin and Chelsea got GOLD in their division and Myung Hun, Ha Lim, Jin Wook, Jin Hyuk, Chan Min and Jae Jyuk took out the SILVER.

The intermediate teams were just as impressive with the team with Jae Hun, Woo Chan, Ji Sung, Kohei and Hai Ha bringing home the GOLD and the other team with Nara, Ji Won Natalie, Na Eun and Claudia doing very well. BVIS and UNIS both tied for second.

It was a fabulous day, with students competing in 5 separate rounds. In the speed round each team had 50 questions and each person had 1 minute to do as many questions as they could before passing them to the next person in line. Next was the estimation round, where students had to apply this very important mathematical skill to a range of interest-

ing questions. Who would have thought there are so many hairs on the average human head! Round 3 was very exciting with students solving a range of questions to work out a phone number that they needed to ring and give a mathematical password. Round 4 tested students problem solving and team work. Round 5 divided students into two groups who had a relay to see which could solve the most questions. The final round saw the best student from each school combining to see if they could beat their teachers. The teachers were very relieved when they won by two points! My favourite comment of the day came from Mrs Yoon Hee who said she was trying to get some work done in her room, but it was so exciting, she stayed and watched all day.

It was a lot of fun and we will be sure to make this an annual event. Thanks to all the students who participated and the teachers who helped on the day.

Maths was the biggest winner!

In other exciting maths news, the results have come back from the UK Maths Chal-lenge. Woo Chan Jeong and Ha Yun Kim will compete in the Cayley round on the 14th of March. Seung Gyu Kim and Hai Ha Dinh will compete in the (Grey Kangaroo and Jin Wook Baek, Young Sung Cho and Ha Lim Kim will compete in the Pink Kan-garoo on the 21st of March.

Congratulations to all our students who continue to strive for excellence and good luck to our year 10s and 12s as they prepare for their final exams.

Ms Althea Gallaway

Mathematics Coordinator

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Grade 12 is currently caught up in a wave of excitement as early university offers

begin to roll in. Hui Yeong has already received conditional offers from the

extremely prestigious University College London (ranked

4th in the world in the 2012 QS World University Rankings)

the University of Bath and the University of Exeter, while

Nhung has conditional offers in Pharmacy at the

University of East Anglia, University College London,

Manchester University, King’s College London, The

University of Sydney and Monash University, as well as

Biomedicine at the University of Melbourne (currently ranked number 1 in

Australia and 28 in the world by Times Higher Education) and Science at Hong

Kong University of Science & Technology.

Vishwa’s good news is that he has 2 conditional offers to

study Business and Management at the University of

Lancaster and Anglia Ruskin University, while Tanvi has

received a conditional offer to study Law in the UK at the

University of Bradford.

Soo Jin (Sarah) recently received some very exciting

news: she received a conditional offer from the

University of Edinburgh to study Politics.

Our first offer from a Korean university came from the

prestigious KAIST, where Jin Hyuk has been granted an

unconditional offer to study Aerospace Engineering. Jin

also received an offer to study Engineering at Hong Kong University of

Science and Technology, but he much prefers the KAIST offer and so

do we!!!

Congratulations to Van, who received an unconditional offer from Troy

University in the USA with a FULL SCHOLARSHIP.

We remind grade 10 and 11 students of the importance of sitting tests such as TOEFL, IELTS, TOEIC and the SATs to the university application process. These tests

are required by many universities, and we encourage students to research their desired university courses as soon as possible in order to plan for test courses and dates. For the IELTS preparation course and test, students can register in person at British Council: 20 Thuy Khue, Tay Ho, Hanoi or by telephone (04) 3843 6780. The London School of Economics visited our school on 24th January for the first

time. We were delighted to host this esteemed university (two of our current

Grade 12 students have already applied to study there!) and thoroughly

enjoyed their presentation. Students wishing to contact LSE can email their

recruitment officer, Angela: a.n.heywood@lse.ac.uk.

Careers CornerCareers CornerCareers CornerCareers Corner

T H E T I G E R T I M E S

Yuina Kuboshita,

from our graduat-

ing class of 2012,

has recently been

admitted to Nara

Women’s Univer-

sity. This is an ex-

tremely prestigious

university and we

are delighted for

Yuina.

Kotone has been ac-

cepted into the acceler-

ated learning program

at Japan's Chiba Univer-

sity. Only 4 students were

accepted into the

program this year. It

means she will com-

mence her bachelor de-

gree upon completion of

grade 11. She will study

Human Sciences.

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MRISA Jr. Football TournamentMRISA Jr. Football TournamentMRISA Jr. Football TournamentMRISA Jr. Football Tournament HIS hosted the MRISA junior football tournament last month (Feb 22-23). All 8 MRISA

schools from SE attended this event and we also invited two local International

schools to play. Overall 160 players from 10 schools.

It was an exciting weekend and it was impressive to see our tigers do their best

and improve on last years results.

Many thanks to all Parents, Players and Coaches (Brandon, Matt B and Dung). The

HIS community also did a great job in housing the 100 visiting players.

Results were as follows:

Girls: Boys:

HIS V VIS HIS V UNIS

0 0 0 4

HIS V BVIS HIS V ISHCMC

3 1 2 0

HIS V ISHCMC HIS V ISPP

0 3 0 1

HIS V CISH HIS V VIS

1 0 5 0

HIS V SSIS HIS V SSIS

1 0 0 0

Penalties: 4 5

Final positions:

1) UNIS 1) UNIS

2) ISPP 2) NISC

3) VIS 3) ISE

4) ISHCMC 4) ISPP

5) HIS 5) SSIS

6) SSIS 6) HIS

7) BVIS 7) VIS

8) CISH 8) ISHCMC

MVP: Elisa Renko MVP: Alexander

Papendieck

Our students continue to enjoy the opportunities these MRISA exchanges provide.

HIS Athletics

-Brent Chesterman

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H.I.S H.I.S H.I.S H.I.S

brings brings brings brings

home two home two home two home two

Gold Gold Gold Gold

Medals! Medals! Medals! Medals!

UNIS Forensic Public Speaking EventUNIS Forensic Public Speaking EventUNIS Forensic Public Speaking EventUNIS Forensic Public Speaking Event

Grade 6 Geography 'The Grade 6s have

been busy over the last

few weeks eagerly

collecting weather data

for their Geography

class on the roof of our

b e a u t i f u l

school. Students have

been collecting data on

precipitation, pressure,

humidity, wind speed,

wind direction, cloud

cover and temperature.

Some of the students

asked Mr. Chad, "When

will the REALLY BIG

storms arrive?". Well, in

response to that excel-

l e n t q u e s t i o n ,

Mr. Chad assures all of

the storm lovers out

there that April is the

official start to thunder-

storm season in Hanoi,

bringing hot sunny days

followed by convec-

tional cumulonimbus

rainfall in the after-

noons. So watch out for

those big puffy white

clouds that will form in

the hot afternoons,

s t a r t i n g n e x t

month! And always

keep your eye on the

weather as May is the

start of typhoon season,

which affects not only

Vietnam but also China,

Taiwan, Japan and the

Philippines! Don't forget

your raincoats!'

On Saturday 8th December, six students went to UNIS in

order to take part in the first ever Forensicon Public Speak-

ing event. This was the culmination of a couple of months

of hard work and practice. Thu Lam (Grade 9) and

Nhung Dong (Grade 12) opened the whole ceremony,

with a fantastic performance of a scene from Shake-

speare’s Much Ado about Nothing.

Then our high school debate team, Tanvi Kapila

(Grade12), Vish Sankaranarayanan (Grade 12) and Alejandra Rodriguez (Grade 11)

made a strong start to the day, debating for the motion: A just government ought to

prioritise universal human rights over its national interests. It was a steep learning curve

for our debate team. Despite a persuasive opening speech from the UNIS team, HIS

dominated the rest of the debate and went on to the next round.

Claudia Tran, (Grade 6) was our youngest competitor to bring home a gold, with her

engaging and funny acting skills. Claudia wowed the judges, being the youngest stu-

dent, up against competitors 3 or 4 years older, giving a tremendously confident and

hilarious performance.

Round 2 was a close battle between HIS and the UNIS A debate teams. Both side put

up a real fight, using philosophical arguments to support their ideas convincingly. The

debate was so close, both of these teams went to face each other in the final. HIS

gave an absolutely outstanding performance, with a fantastic opening speech, razor

sharp cross examination and a precise, thoughtful and convincing closing speech.

A massive well done to all of the students who worked so hard to prepare and

achieved so much on the day!! Another thank you should also go to Ms. Debbie and

Mr. James for supporting the debate team with their practice. A final thank you to Mr.

David, Ms. Debbie and Mr. James for coming along on the day to further support the

students!

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A common complaint by many students regarding their studies is 'but what relevance does this have to the real world? When will I ever need to know this after I leave school?' The exciting thing about Model United Nations, is the fact that the topics are current, of crucial importance on the world stage and are real topics that are being debated in the real U.N, probably at the same time the students are doing the simulation! Between Thursday 28th February and Saturday 2nd March, seven of our Grade 11 students attended the 5th UNIS Model United Nations Conference. The theme this year was 'Rapprochement of Cultures', which means the recon-ciliation of cultures. The Conference began with an engaging speech from a representative of the real United Nations and a colourful Vietnamese cultural performance. Eleven schools in total attended, representing a total of 38 different countries.

Our students spent the weeks leading up to the conference researching their assigned countries, Iran, Haiti and South Africa. The topics focused upon in each General Assembly ranged from the question of illicit trade in nu-clear material, through to the provision of humanitarian aid to war refugees, to the question of ensuring farmers a fair price for their coffee and cacao. One of our students, Jae Yeon, was in the Security Council, discussing the civil wars raging in Mali, Afghanistan and Syria. On the first day of the conference, all of the students were understandably very nervous. The learning curve is very steep. M.U.N Conferences, like the real U.N Conferences are very formal, use their own special language and follow strict procedures. Nevertheless, all of our students delivered fantastic opening speeches. The M.U.N director from SSIS, complimented us on the quality of the speeches delivered by HIS students. After a busy first day, our students had time to reflect upon what they had learned, look more closely at the new draft resolutions (a document agreed between multiple countries, containing

suggestions for action on a topic) and think about what they would say the next day. All of our HIS students overcame their nerves and again, gave at least one speech on the second day of the conference. All of our students threw themselves into the 'lobbying' and 'merging' processes, persuading others to agree with their ideas and merging different ideas into one document or resolution. As a result of this, all of our HIS students submitted a draft resolution to the director's approval panel. All of our HIS students deserve a big congratulations for overcom-ing their nerves and contributing to a very successful conference. M.U.N is a way to broaden ones knowledge of current international relations, politics and history, a way to strengthen ones skills of analysing situations through different critical perspectives, a way to build ones confi-dence to speak up in front of people and finally, a way to network, make friends and influence people. We hope to see more students taking part in M.U.N in the coming year, so that we can expand and hopefully at-

tend an international conference! Please see myself or Mr James for further details!

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Enjoying homemade pizza for lunch in Aura’s

home.

Looking at pho-

tos in Bao Minh’s

sister’s bedroom

in Bao Minh’s

home.

Reception home visits Reception visited each other’s homes as a

way of exploring how people use their homes

and in what ways our homes show family

values and culture.

Playing on My Linh’s trampoline in her garden.

Soma showing everyone a family photo in his

home.

T H E T I G E R T I M E S

Ella’s mom, Mia, showing everyone how to

make traditional lamingtons.

Chatting with

Rosa’s mom

in the en-

trance way

of her home.

S.C.O.R.E. with Emotion Coaching! By Andrea Fleming & Masooma Kachelo

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When our children’s emotions are running high, it can bring out the worst in us. Using emotion coaching, a com-munication-based tool, empowers children to resolve their problems whilst forming close, personal relationships with parents. Studies have shown children display better physical health, score higher academcally, demon-strate fewer behavior problems, are more socially successful, and can better control impulses and delay gratifi-cation when using emotion coaching. The steps are simple but the execution is not; parents must show commit-ment and patience, and continually practice for it to become part of our daily interactions with our children.

Primarily, we have to recognize the moment of opportunity to use emotion coaching. When our children act out, we need to remember they are acting out an uncomfortable emotion. Below are just some uncomfortable emotions and how our children display them:

WAYS

CHILDREN

ACT OUT UNCOMFORTABLE EMOTIONS

How do we manage our children acting out their uncomfortable emotions? We use emotion coaching through the S.C.O.R.E. technique.

Stop what we’re doing; Look at our child and her body language so that we become aware of our child’s emotions as well as our own emotional response

to our child’s emotions;

Clarify our child’s experience by listening empathically and validating feel-ings; “It sounds like you really don’t want to…..”, “I’m curious about…...”; Re-flect back what she is saying, “So you’re saying that…..”; Don’t ask, “Why?” but ask “What?”;

(Set) Options with limits based on family values and age; “What can we do?”; Brainstorm and evaluate solutions based on goals; If kids come up with inap-propriate solutions, “Wow, so you really feel……Can you think of another way to solve this problem?”; Help child take ownership of solution;

Role-play by acting out solution; Have child play both roles; For older kids, ask what the different responses might be and how she will handle them;

Empower our child by not rescuing (unless necessary for physical & emotional safety); Express confidence by citing an example of when she has done something similar before; Follow-up and debrief emotions; Celebrate!

Remember to recognize these situations as an opportunity for intimacy and teaching, not necessarily discipline. And don’t stop trying to S.C.O.R.E. with your children!

Andrea Fleming is an American psychotherapist/counselor who specializes in various adolescent and women’s issues, such as transition, cross-cultural adjustment, and emotional resilience. She has worked as an international school counselor and therapist in several countries, and currently runs a private practice in Hanoi. She is the mother of two children.

(counselinginhanoi@gmail.com )

Masooma Kachelo is a Pakistani (American-trained) marriage and family therapist (MFT) and hypnotherapist who specializes in women’s issues and workshops (‘Parenting from the Inside Out’ and ‘Building Intimacy”). She has worked as a therapist in both the US and Pakistan, and lived in Kenya before moving to Vietnam. She is the mother of two children and runs a private practice in Hanoi.

(mkachelo@gmail.com )

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Fear

Pain

Anger

Shame

Sadness

Envy

Loneliness

Crying

Bullying & Name-calling

Tantrums

Defiance & Stubbornness

Isolating

Behavior & Social Problems at School

Alcohol, Drugs, and Promis-cuity (older kids)

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TET Assembly

T H E T I G E R T I M E S

TET Week

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PTA UpdatePTA UpdatePTA UpdatePTA Update

T H E T I G E R T I M E S

The PTA supported a project of the 11th graders of HIS preparing a joined event at HIS. On February 25 from 4 p.m. onwards HIS was open to all students and parents. A coloured program was offered consisting of games for the ele-mentary kids, magician performance and an auction at the end of the day. Food and drinks were provided by two

caterers and the school canteen. In the end everybody was happy receiving nice presents during the auction and having had nice chats among students, parents and teachers. The profit summing up to 16,000,000 VND was spent on

the Chuc Son Orphanage for deaf children. The 11th graders were honoured for their great engagement for the organisation of the event during general assembly with a cake and certificates by PTA. The regular meetings of PTA took place in February and March. During the latest meeting issues like changes of the time schedule allowing more double periods and security measures at HIS were discussed. Members of the PTA expressed their interest of keeping up the nice and family-like atmosphere of HIS. At the same time parents want to know their children in a save environment. Alternative measures to signing in and out were suggested like

name badges of parents and family members as well as plastic cards connected to an electric door opening sys-tem. Furthermore it was asked for more detailed information from HIS principals on changes influencing directly the parents and teachers. Also the second survey was conducted on March 11-12 for the improvement of the canteen food at HIS. Results are currently being analysed to be presented to the new board of HIS.

Other activities of the PTA were the monthly get together for a joined lunch on March 2.

Next PTA meeting will be on Arpil 11 at 2 p.m.

All parents are welcome to join us any time to make the PTA more lively. Thanks so far for all the great support of so many of PTA parents!

Susanne Dollmann

PTA President

Secondary Student Council

P A G E 1 9

In this period, stu-dent council mainly did two things.

The executives of student council organized

a photo day. We con-tacted the photo studio, handed out the form to students and teachers, collected orders from them, organized the

schedule, asked permis-sion from the teachers and calculated the finance. Our vice-president Ji Soo Kim made the schedule

for the whole school which is a really tiresome job. On the day, executives skipped the classes and managed the photo day.

It was meaningful for us because we finished it in one day. Until last year, the photo day took two days but we have short-

ened the time. On that day, we divided the work. Yong Eui and Ji Soo han-dled the documents that have all information about the photo such as total

cost, money we earned, and number of photos we have to order. Eui Jeong, the treasurer, managed the financial problems. The

unit of the money was really big so the work was really difficult. Ga Hyun informed the classes when they should come to the

aud i t o r i um

and put the students in order and made sure that everyone takes photo that they ordered. Running all around the school was a tough job.

Moreover, student council made an event on Valentine’s Day. The actual Valen-tine’s Day was during the tet holiday so we shifted one week ahead. We made the form and got orders from secondary students. We

gave three options which were rose, small size chocolate and big size chocolate. Those prod-ucts were sold in a cheaper price than they ac-tually are and the quality was really good, so many students ordered. On Thursday, we deliv-ered the presents to students. Many people got

them and looked happy and satisfied.

We are planning to work harder in the last period to wrap up the school year success-fully.

On Wednesday 20th February, Elementary Student

Council planned and organized a Bake Sale. The

purpose of the Bake sale, apart from e a t i n g

yummy cakes, was to raise awareness and funds

for Blue Dragon.

Check out http://www.streetkidsinvietnam.com for

more information.

Elementary Student Council

Student Council

Bakesale

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UPCOMING EVENTSUPCOMING EVENTSUPCOMING EVENTSUPCOMING EVENTS

APRILAPRILAPRILAPRIL

3 - SECONDARY PARENTS CONSULTATION

9 - PYP PARENTS INFO

10 - SEONDARY OPEN HOUSE

11 –PTA MEETING

12 - SPORTS DAY

18 - G12 STUDY LEAVE BEGINS

19 - ANCESTOR DAY (PH)

23 - ARTS FESTIVAL

24 - G10 STUDY LEAVE BEGINS

30 - REUNIFICATION DAY (PH)

MAYMAYMAYMAY

1 - LABOUR DAY (PH)

2 - 22- IB DIPLOMA PROGRAMME EXAMINATIONS

6 - 6/4 - IGCSE EXAMINATIONS

30- GRADE 5 EXHIBITION

31 - GRADE 12 GRADUATION

JUNEJUNEJUNEJUNE

6- GRADE 5 TRANSITION DAY

7 - GRADE 5 GRADUATION.

14 - SCHOOL CLOSE

REMINDER:REMINDER:REMINDER:REMINDER:

THERE IS A PARENT INFORMA-

TION SESSION ON TUESDAY, TUESDAY, TUESDAY, TUESDAY,

APRIL 9TH AT 1PM IN THE APRIL 9TH AT 1PM IN THE APRIL 9TH AT 1PM IN THE APRIL 9TH AT 1PM IN THE

AUDITORIUM. AUDITORIUM. AUDITORIUM. AUDITORIUM. THIS SESSION

WILL LOOK AT THE ROLE OF

INFORMATION AND COMMU-

NICATIONS TECHNOLOGY IN A

PYP CLASSROOM AND WILL BE

FACILITATED BY MS CARLA

HOLMES. THIS SESSION IS AIMED

AT ELEMENTARY PARENTS,

HOWEVER, ALL PARENTS ARE

WELCOME TO ATTEND.