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RENAISSANCE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL SAIGON
PRE-SCHOOL PRIMARY SECONDARY
YEARBOOK
2012
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CONTENT
02 -- Contents
03 -- Mr Alun \ Head of School
04 -- Graduation
PRE - NURSERY
Ms. Sonia
Cabigting
Pre-Nursery
Teacher
RECEPTION
NURSERY
Ms. Joyce
Ms. Connie
Asico
Bungag
04 Vega
Nursery
Nursery
12 04Teacher
Teacher
14
16
STAFF
06 -- Management Team
07 -- Academic Staffs
10 -- Support Staffs
Ms. Zoe
Lundy
Reception
Teacher
18
PRIMARY
Mrs Robyn
Bews
Year 1
Teacher
20
Ms. Davnet
Mc Loughlin
Primary
Teacher
34
Mr. Robert
Flynn
Year 6
Teacher
51
Ms. Amy
Marie Sands
Primary
Teacher
25
Year 4 Teachers:
Ms Lucy
Bidder & Ms
Rennie Klem
36
Mr. Stephen
Isaacs
EAL Teacher
53
Mr. Robert
Saunders
Primary
Teacher
28
Ms. Rennie
Klem
Head of
English
40
Ms. Tram
Hau Thi Bich
Vietnamese
Teacher
54
Ms. Debbie
Buckle
Year 3
Teacher
30
Ms. Son Bui
Kim
TA
43
Mr. Christ.
Cromey
Music Teacher
55
SECONDARY
63-- MESSAGE FROM THE HEAD OF SECONDARY 65-- Safena Yvanovich & Zoya Cashmiri
66-- Kim Tae Hyun
67-- Mr. Lenny Parratt / General Subjects Teacher ICT & P.E
69-- Ms. Tracy Jane Smith / Mathematics Teacher
71-- Ms. Laura Baines / English Teacher
75-- Mr. David John Doyle-owen / Mathematics Teacher
78-- Mr. Joseph Paul Dawson/ History Teacher
83-- Mr. Tome Chan Chui / P.E Teacher
91-- 10EO Students
96-- Mr. Geoffrey Barraclough / Art & Design Teacher 100-- Jiweon Y12MR
101-- Mr. Mark Rees / Business Studies Teacher
106-- Mrs Annie Thomson / Head of Secondary, IB Coordinator, University Counsellor
115-- Young Jee Kang and Julia Lin - Year 13 students
117-- Mr. Brian Thorburn / Design Technology Teacher
Ms. Imogen
Dobbs
Ms. Kate
Sharples
Mr. Nigel
Buckle
IPC Coordinator/
Mile Post 3
Leader
Primary Teacher
& Mathematics
Coordinator
Primary Teacher
& Mile Post 3
Leader
44
Ms. Vy & Mr.
Wu Zeng
Chinese
Teacher
56
46
Ms. Melissa
Lean
P.E Teacher
57
49
Ms. Tina Peji
ICT Teacher
60
119--Mr. Gavin Nattrass/ Geography Teacher
120-- Mr. Patrick Thiedeman / Chemistry Teacher
124-- Mr James Pickering / Music Teacher - Secondary
125-- Ms. Sunhwa Jeong / Korean Teacher Secondary
126-- Ms. Trang / TA
127-- Ms. Jennifer Xin / Chinese Teacher Secondary
128-- Ms. Lily Ho / ICT Secondary Teacher, Pastoral Co-ordinator
130-- Ms. Tracy Jane Smith/ Mathematics Teacher
131-- Ms. Phuong Lien / Vietnamese Teacher
134-- Ms. Danielle Fontaine / Drama/French Teacher
135-- Mike - Year 12 student - 2012 Curie house captain 136-- Ms Vy / Chinese Teacher
137-- Mr. Wu Zeng / Chinese Teacher
138-- Ms. Laura Baines / English Teacher
140-- Mr. Eoin Michael O’sullivan / Physics Teacher 142-- Fun Day
143-- Good news to share with you / Dr. Bruce
From the Head of school
I
t is with great pleasure that I once again write the forward to our annual Yearbook.
Sadly, after five years at RISS, ten years in Vietnam and forty six years in the
teaching profession, it is time for me to retire. Dr. Bruce Robinson, my successor as
Head of School has been working with me over this last term to ensure a smooth
transition and I am confident that I leave a school that I love in very good hands.
Mr. Alun R. Thomas
Head of School
Looking back over five years in general and the last year in particular, I’m pleased to
note that RISS continues to be a dynamic organistaion, with a great future ahead.
Having been involved in the development of the school since before the foundation
was even laid means that I have a deep attachment to the school and it is with
mixed feelings that I leave the school and Vietnam.
As always, this Yearbook provides you with a pictorial overview of various events
held during the year and I know that I will periodically look back at this and other
Yearbooks with fond memories of the time that I spent as part of the RISS community.
I’m sure that you will do the same.
I’m not the only one leaving and as is the norm in international schools, we also say
goodbye to a few members of staff and to some of our pupils and their families. We
wish you all the very best wherever you go.
My personal thanks to all of you who have contributed to making my time at RISS
such a rewarding and successful experience and I hope that this yearbook will remind
you of many of the memorable events we have shared.
Alun R. Thomas
Head of School
June 2012
YEAR BOOK 2012
3
CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR
GRADUATION CLASS OF 2012
4
YEAR BOOK 2012
G R A DUATION DINNER
C L A S S O F 2 012
YEAR BOOK 2012
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STAFF
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
MS. LINH VƯƠNG BỬU
MS. QUỲNH NGUYỄN THÚY
MR. TUYÊN NGUYỄN
MR. THÀNH TRẦN KIM
PRESIDENT & CHAIRPERSON
BOARD MEMBER & VICE PRESIDENT
BOARD MEMBER & VICE PRESIDENT
BOARD MEMBER & VICE PRESIDENT
ACADEMIC MANAGEMENT TEAM
MS ANNIE THOMSON
Head of Secondary, IB Coordinator
& University Counsellor
MR ALUN THOMAS
Head of School
MS LY
PA to Head of School
MR. NIGEL BUCKLE
Primary Coordinator
MS LIEN
PA to Primary & Secondary Heads
ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF
Ms Han, Ms Phuong Anh, Ms Tuyen, Mr Mark
ADMISSIONS & MARKETING
Ms Tinh, Ms Mai, Ms Thu, Mr Vu, Ms Truc, Ms Kieu
ACCOUNTS
Mr Hung, Ms Thanh
PURCHASING
Mr Quy, Ms Hanh, Ms Vy, Mr Binh
IT DEPARTMENT
6
YEAR BOOK 2012
Ms Diem, Ms Thuy, Ms Nga, Ms Oanh
HR/ ADMIN
Mr Nhat, Mr Sang
RESOURCES
STAFF
RISS TEACHERS
Mr. Gavin, Mr. Patrick, Mr. Eoin, Mr. Mark Rees, Mr. Robert Saunders, Mr. Joseph, Ms. Rennie, Mr. Brian, Mr. David Ian,
Mr. Stephen, Mr Andi, Mr Lenny, Mr. Christopher Peter Baker, Mr. David John, Ms. Sarah
Ms Sunhwa, Ms Kara, Ms Jennifer, Ms. Sonia, Ms. Amy, Ms. Melissa, Ms Davnet, Ms. Kate Sharples, Mr. Robert Flynn,
Mr. Christopher Cromey, Mr James, Mr. Bill, Mr. Wu Zeng, Ms. Danielle, Mr. Tome
Ms. Laura Baines, Ms. Phuong Lien, Ms. Tram, Ms. Robyn, Ms. Monica, Ms. Lucy, Ms. Annie, Mr. Alun, Ms. Vy, Ms. Joyce,
Ms. Connie, Ms. Tina, Ms. Thuy, Ms. Imogen, Ms. Zoe
TEACHER ASSISTANTS
Ms Hanh, Ms Anh, Ms Son, Ms Khuong, Mr Vuong, Ms Son, Ms Trang, Ms My,
Mr Trung, Ms An, Ms Yen, Ms Quyen, Ms Huong, Ms Hoai, Ms Nga, Ms Thoa, Ms Le, Mr Hieu
Ms Ngan, Ms Soan, Ms Vui, Ms Chau, Ms Uyen, Ms Hoang, Ms Lien
YEAR BOOK 2012
7
STAFF
FUTURE KIDS & PRIMARY TEACHERS
Ms Sonia / Pre-Nursery
Ms Jocelyn / Nursery
Ms Connie / Nursery
Ms Zoe / Reception
Ms Kara / Year 1
Ms Robyn Bews / Year 1
Ms Amy Marie Sands / Year 2
Mr Robert / Year 2
Ms Debbie Buckle / Year 3
Ms Davnet Mc Loughlin/ Year 3
Ms Lucy Bidder / Year 4
Ms Rennie Klem / Year 4
Ms Imogen / Year 5
Ms Kate / Year 5
Mr Andrew Davies / Year 6
Mr Nigel / Year 6
Ms Robert/ Year 6
Ms Melissa / Primary P.E
Ms. Tram / Vietnamese
Mr Christopher / Music
Ms Pippa/ Primary
Learning Support
Ms Stephen / EAL
Ms. Thuy Rees / EAL
Ms Vy / Chinese
Ms Tina / ICT
Mr Vuong / P.E Assistant
Ms Chi, Ms Teresa, Ms Tam, Mr Tuan
LIBRARY
8
YEAR BOOK 2012
STAFF
SECONDARY TEACHERS
Mr. Lenny - Year 7
ICT & P.E
Ms. Tracy - Year 7
Mathematics
Mr. Christ Baker
Year 8 / Biology
Mr. David - Year 8
Mathematics
Mr. Tome Chui
Year 9 / P.E
Mr. Eoin Michael
Year 10
Ms. Laura
EAL/Spanish
Mr. Geoff - Year 10
Art & Design
Mr. Gavin
Geography
Mr. Bill
Mathematics
Mr. James
Music
Ms. Danielle
Drama/French
Mr. Patrick
Chemistry
Ms. Lily Ho - ICT
Mr. Mark Rees - Year 12
Business Studies
Mr. Brian
Design Technology
Ms. Sarah
English
Ms. Annie - Year 13
Head of Secondary
Ms. Jennifer Xin
Chinese
Mr. David Armitage
EAL
Mr. Wu Zeng
Chinese
Ms. Monica
Science
Mr. Joseph - Year 9
History
Mr. DAVID Olson
Year 11/ English
Ms. Phuong Lien Ms. Laura Baines
Vietnamese
English Teacher
YEAR BOOK 2012
9
STAFF
THE INVALUABLE SUPPORT STAFF
Ms. Katharina
Nurse
Ms Xuan, Ms Hong, Ms Dao, Ms Loan, Ms Van, Ms Sang, Ms Lan Anh, Ms Gai, Ms Xuan, Mr Hien
Ms Thuy, Ms Nhu, Ms Thu, Ms Hoa, Ms Khoi, Ms Hoang Anh, Ms Giang, Ms Tram
Ms. Nga
Nurse
Mr Truong, Mr Hưng, Mr Hai, Mr Tinh, Mr Thanh,
Mr Thuc, Mr Giang, Mr Manh, Mr Quang
Ms. Tung
Uniform Shop
Mr Hung, Mr Toan, Mr Truong, Mr Thien, Mr Vinh, Mr Thao
10 YEAR BOOK 2012
Mr. Hien
Maintenance
PRE - NURSERY
MS SONIA
Teacher
PRE - NURSERY
Ms Sonia Cabigting
MS. SOAN -TA
MS. VUI -TA
Xian
Le, Thanh Hoang Thao
Dang, Thua Khanh
Duong, Minh Khoa
Vu, Hai Viet
Nguyen, Hoai Nam Anh
Phan, Hoai Bao Ngan
To, Van Anh
YEAR BOOK 2012 11
PRE - NURSERY
Ms. Sonia Cabigting / Pre-Nursery Teacher
Time to Play!
We have begun to explore the world through play.
We are enjoying lots of creative activities to help our
imagination grow and develop. We feel nurtured,
loved and safe at our school
12 YEAR BOOK 2012
NURSERY
NURSERY
Ms. Jocelyn V. Asico
MS. JOYCE
Teacher
Beverly Yudianto
Nguyen Hoang Vy
MS. CHAU - TA
Bui Pham Phuong Uyen
Tran Chi Dung
Le Ngan Minh
Tran Eric
Ung Tan Dat
Nguyen Duc Minh
Vuong Hue Quan
YEAR BOOK 2012 13
NURSERY
Ms. Joyce Vega Asico / Nursery Teacher
Nursery J
One of term three’s themes is ‘People Who Help Us’
Nursery J enjoyed learning about firefighters and
the tools they are using to carry on their job. They
learned that being a firefighter is not an easy job, it is
dangerous but fun. They learned how exciting to be
a firefighter and how cool it is to be in the firehouse
with other firefighters. They role played firefighters
putting out fire in the playground. They really
enjoyed it and it was an awesome and engaging
activity. Some of the children are inspired to be a
firefighter when they grow up. The children love all
the activities we’ve done. Great job NJ!
14 YEAR BOOK 2012
NURSERY
MS CONNIE - Teacher
NURSERY
Ms Connie Bungag
MS UYEN - TA
Le Nguyen Gia Hung
Liv Doan
Eyde Moeller
Nguyen Minh Anh
Pham Thien Nam
Dylan Wong Hoi
Mun
Soh Hou Mun
Ho Hoang Nam
James David
Edward De Carle
Truong Minh Quy
Tran
Zoe Ruth Diego
Jacob
YEAR BOOK 2012 15
PRIMARY
Ms. Connie Bungag / Nursery Teacher
NURSERY C
Builder
Dentist
People who help us
One of our themes this term is ‘People
Who Help Us’. We focused on activities
about various roles found in our
neighborhood such as firefighters,
police officers, Doctors, nurses,
dentists and builders.
My family
We’ve done alot of engaging activities
about the theme.We had so much fun
role playing these jobs.
Police officer
Doctor, Nurse
Firefighter
16 YEAR BOOK 2012
RECEPTION
BANH Quang Son
CHAU Thuy Hai Phuc (Kitty)
CHEN Hung Yu
KIMURA Ryusei
LEE Yae Eun
MA Tri Dung (Derek)
MOELLER Amanda
RECEPTION
Ms Zoe Lundy
NGUYEN Khang (Kenny)
NGUYEN Nam Khanh
NGUYEN Minh Khue
Ms. Hoang - TA
MS ZOE - Teacher
NGUYEN Phuong Nghi
Ms. Lien - TA
NGUYEN Phuong
NGUYEN Xuan
Thuong (Win)
PARK Seo Yun
PHAM Hai Anh
THAN Minh Tri
TRAN Hoang Vi
TRAN Quang
TULADHAR Selena
PHAN An Khoi
RYAN Kai
VU Hai Nam
WONG Daphne
YEAR BOOK 2012 17
PRIMARY
Ms. Zoe Lundy / Reception Teacher
A year of fun and learning
in Reception Z.
We have had so many fun experiences
and learnt so many things this year in
Reception class. Here the children of
Reception Z talk about their favourite
thing from the whole year at school.
An Khoi
–“learning
about
Princesses”
Hai Nam
–“singing ‘Up,
up, up’ song”
Daphne – “learning about houses and
homes”
Hung Yu –“reading books in the libr
ary”
Kenny –“swimming in the big pool”
Amanda –“dressing up for Halloween
”
Kai – “going to dinosaur club”
Minh Tri – “getting a reading book”
Quang –“learning about pirates”
Selena – “singing with Mr. Chris”
Khanh –“reading books”
Vi – “dancing in dance club”
Khue –“painting pictures with An Kho
i”
Seo Yun –“I like drawing”
Hai Anh –“picking starfruit in the pla
yground”
Win –
“going to
the Zoo”
Yae Eun
“I like yoga
club”
Derek –
“playing with
the cars”
Nghi –“going
to Kidzciti”
Ryusei
–“dancing
on the stage
at the Talent
Show”
Kitty – “singing
the Princess
song”
Son –“going
to computers
with Ms. Tina”
18 YEAR BOOK 2012
Phuong –
“learning the
pirates song”
PRIMARY
Ms Kara - Teacher
Ms My -TA
1K
Ms Kara de Garston Webb
Cindy
Ella
Gia Anh
Helen
Hyeok-Hui
Jang Hyeon
Kelvin
Khang
Kwee Tung
Linh
Long
Minh Anh
Phuc
Soo Bin
Soo A
Thanh
Tita
YEAR BOOK 2012 19
PRIMARY
Ms. Kara - Jane de Garston -Webb / Year 1 Teacher
A little peep at the exciting learning
journey we’ve been on in 1K...
1
We had a fantastic time rock and roll
dancing for our MP1 production.
3
We learnt
about
measuring
and found out which
tools would be the
most appropriate to
measure sand, water
and each other.
This is a measuring cylinder. (Linh, 1K)
This is a tape measure. (Ella, 1K)
2
We have been carrying out lots of scientific
experiments. One of our favourite was
learning about floating and sinking.
This is a measuring jug. (Kelvin, 1K)
4
We have been looking at
problem solving in Mathematics.
We built models then adapted
our designs to make them even better.
We had to build the tallest tower from bricks.
We had to build the tallest tower from plastic cups.
20 YEAR BOOK 2012
Ms. Kara - Jane de Garston -Webb / Year 1 Teacher
PRIMARY
5
We had to design and make a house made of newspaper.
6
We have been learning about
patterns and made our own
repeated patterns.
7
We made our own 3D shapes.
This is called a cuboid.
(Thanh, 1K)
This is a square-based
pyramid. (Gia Anh, 1K)
8
When learning about flowers
and insects, we used junk
modelling and worked together
as a group to build giant insects.
9
When learning about different
kinds of maps, we used
modelling clay to make our own
treasure islands. We then learnt about
how to read co-ordinates.
10
We have been learning about our 5
senses. We used all our senses when
making salt dough people. We used
our sight to describe the ingredients. We used
touch to feel the different textures. We used smell
to decide how we felt about the ingredients. We
used taste to see if we liked the ingredients and
we used our hearing to listen to the instructions.
YEAR BOOK 2012 21
PRIMARY
1R
Mrs Robyn Bews
Ms. Robyn
Teacher
Ms Hoai - TA
Henry
Hui En
Hyun Woo
Khanh Dan
Li Yen
Mimi
Phuong Anh
Tesni
Thoa
Tina
Vy
Angela
Bill
Duong
Emil
Emma
Jennie
Kenneth
Quynh Anh
Russel
22 YEAR BOOK 2012
Darryl
PRIMARY
Mrs Robyn Bews / Year 1 Teacher
1R have been busy…..
We enjoyed cooking fried
bananas.
We made a structure using cups.
We built a very tall tower.
We went on a trip to the dentist and
learnt how to look after our teeth.
We designed and made our own
board games.
Our chocolate cornflakes were
delicious!
We worked in a bakery.
We sold cars.
We were policemen and women.
We learnt where milk came from.
We worked in a beauty parlour.
We made our own ice creams – they
were delicious!
We dressed up as firemen.
We went on a school trip to
Kizciti and enjoyed learning
about different jobs and got
to see what it was like to be
a worker.
We put out fires.
YEAR BOOK 2012 23
PRIMARY
2A
Ms. Amy Marie Sands
Ms. Amy - Teacher
Ms. Quyen - TA
Da Hee
Geon Hee
Jessica
Kevin
Leticia
Min Jeong
My Dinh
My Kim
Ngoc Uyen
Se Yoon
Stanley
Thi
William
24 YEAR BOOK 2012
Ms. Amy Marie Sands / Primary Teacher PRIMARY
We are ARCAHEOLOGISTS
We are SCIENTISTS
IPC
We are pilots
We are firemen and woman
WE ARE GREAT PEOPLE!
MATHS
We can estimate and
measure capacity!
YEAR BOOK 2012 25
PRIMARY
Ms. Amy Marie Sands / Primary Teacher Talent show
26 YEAR BOOK 2012
PRIMARY
Mr. Robert - Teacher
Mr ROBERT Saunders
Bang
Alston
Dong Won
Khuong
2R
Bill
Hong An
Hwan Hee
Seok Min
Sophia
Ms. Yen - TA
Da Na
Hannah
Sophia_2
Ji Hee
Tuan Ky
YEAR BOOK 2012 27
PRIMARY
Mr. Robert Saunders / Primary Teacher
6: Pilot training school
9: Year 2 Monster faces in Canh Vien
What a fantastic
year we have had in
2R!
7: We were the fashionistas
5. Air Mekong Hostesses at their finest
1: Book Week we dressed up as our
favourite characters!
2: We became Firefighters
W
hat a fantastic year we have
had in 2R! I would like to thank
all of the wonderful support we
have had from our parents this year,
who were always ready to send the
children to school with an array of
objects as required.
We have had an assortment of
fun activities from Book Week to
International Day to field trips
around Ho Chi Minh City. Some of
our most memorable moments have
included
.Our field trip to Canh Vien
Park where we undertook an
environmental study
.Book Week where we all got to
dress up as our favourite book
characters and participated in some
fun games and learning activities.
.International Day where we
celebrated the diversity of our
class and school.
.Our trips to KidzCiti…… where
we had fun and learnt all about
the world around us! We loved role
playing the variety of jobs!
8: Hwan Hee the farmer
1
2
3: International day highlighted our
diversity
4: We became the LAW….
28 YEAR BOOK 2012
3
4
All in all we have had a very busy
and productive year, looking
back now it’s so hard to believe
we managed to fit everything
in! We have all made massive
improvements in our reading,
writing and Maths! Congratulations
Year 2….. Best of Luck for Year 3!!!!
10: Alston was very proud of his beans
11: Dong Won and Seok Min flew a
plane….. ensure your seat belts are
tightly fastened……
PRIMARY
3DB
Ms. Debbie - Teacher
CHEN Hung Chang
KWON Se Yeon
Ms Debbie BUCKLE
Eun Ryeol
Ms. Kim - TA
CHOI Eun Soo GORDON Jones Daisy HUYNH Tran Bao Ngan
LE Nguyen Khiet Tam
LEE Je Hoon
LEE Soo Yeon
Minh Quan
CHAU Viet Man
KIM Jong Chan
KIM Yoo Chan
LEE Yae Rin
NGO Lam Tai
NGUYEN Gia Han NGUYEN Phuc Xuan An PARK Seo Yeong PHAM Ngoc Mai Khoi TERINATE Pedro
VO Anh Ky
YEAR BOOK 2012 29
PRIMARY
Ms. Debbie Buckle / Year 3 teacher
Anh Kylosaurus
Bao Nganatops
Daisyranodon
Eun Ryeoltrodon
Eun Soodactylus
Hung Chanadon
Je Hoonoloch
Jennienychus
3DB Dinosaurs
Jong Chanaraptor
Nanasaurus
Susaniraptor
30 YEAR BOOK 2012
Mai Khoiasaurus
Pedrophysis
Taiasaurus
Manosaurus
Se Yeonosaurus
Tamanodon
Minh Quantasaurus
Seo Youngycus
Soo Yeonasaurus
Yoo Chan
Ms. Debbie Buckle / Year 3 teacher
PRIMARY
Year 3 Sleepover
YEAR BOOK 2012 31
PRIMARY
Ms. Debbie Buckle / Year 3 teacher
Year 3 Sleepover
32 YEAR BOOK 2012
PRIMARY
Alden
Bao Di
Chloe
Gia Bao
Huy
Hye Yeon
3DM
Ms. Davnet Mc Loughlin
In Soo
Kelly
Hannah
Jeong Yun
Ms. Davnet- Teacher
Ms Hanh - TA
Khang
Long
Minh Duc
Nha Uyen
Quang
Ryeo Won
Sang Wn
Thao Nhi
Todd
Tran
Yoon Ji
YEAR BOOK 2012 33
PRIMARY
Ms. Davnet Mc Loughlin / Primary Teacher
3DM - Ms. Davnet
Chloe: “I loved the Halloween production”
Alden: “I really enjoy golden time”
Hannah:” The dinosnore sleepover was great!”
Khang: ”I loved making our collection of 100 items to do with
Time and place, earth and Space”
Minh; “researching inventions that changed the world was
excellent!”
Ryeo Won;” I thought watching Mary Poppins was
supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!”
In Soo; “I like to do ICT”
Hye Yeon: “world maths day was my favourite day this year!”
Yoon ji “ I loved making our dinosaur time line”
Todd: “making our pinhole cameras was tricky but fun”
Kellly: “I was lucky to see the transit of Venus”
Huy: “our assembly was so much fun to make”
Minh Duc: “the swimming gala was super”
Thao Nhi:” I really enjoyed sleeping in the school!”
Bao: “I remember our PE lesson with Ms. Dav! it was fun!”
Uyen: “I enjoyed the football tournament”
Jeong Yun:” I liked the swimming gala”
Sang Won: “I loved making our music video” (you can watch it
on you tube!)
Tran: “The egg hunt was very eggciting!”
Bao Di: “Book week was great because we all dressed up as
our favourite book characters!”
Long: “I loved learning all about dinosaurs”
Quang: Our English topic ‘Performance poetry’ was my
favourite topic because I like to act with my friends”
34 YEAR BOOK 2012
PRIMARY
4L
4L
Ms. Lucy - Teacher
Ms. Lucy Bidder
AMIT Tuan
Suhard Suraan
Ms Thu - Teacher
HEO Yeong Jae
HUYNH Minh Tam
(Yvone)
HUYNH Ngoc
Quynh Tram
JEONG Ji U
JUNG Hae Yoon
KIM Myeong Jin
LEE Jun Ha
LEE Jun Seok
NGUYEN Hong
Dieu Linh
NGUYEN Phan
Huy Thinh
PARK Geon U
PHAM Phuong
Quynh Anh
TRAN Hoang Vu
TRAN Ngoc
Phuong Khanh
Vu Minh Tri
(Tommy)
Chonticha
BECKERS
JUNG Seung Gyo
NGUYEN Tran
Thai Son
ZHANG Van Trinh
YEAR BOOK 2012 35
PRIMARY
Year 4 Teachers: Ms Lucy Bidder & Ms Rennie Klem
36 YEAR BOOK 2012
Year 4 Teachers: Ms Lucy Bidder & Ms Rennie Klem
PRIMARY
YEAR BOOK 2012 37
PRIMARY
4R
Ms. Rennie - Teacher
Chan Sol
Ms. Son - TA
Ms. Rennie Klem
Anh Khoa
Jae Yoon
Hung
Hyun Min
In Keun
Jang Mi
Jay Sern
Katy
Ken
Kevin
Kha Di
Linh
Myung Jin
Nghi
Nguyen
Noor
Phuc
Sally
Sam
38 YEAR BOOK 2012
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Mui Ne Memories – 4R
I loved exploring the
Fairy Stream and finding different sand patterns in the dunes
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PRIMARY
Ms. Rennie Klem / Head of English
Book Week 2012 kicked off on Monday, 5th March and was once again a wonderful success. Children
had the opportunity to bring books from home and to swap them with other books at the
Book Exchange in the Library.
On Wednesday, 7th March, Fahasa brought thousands of books to sell in the Activity Room.
We loved looking for old favourites and finding books by new authors.
Children in 6A read
Kenzuke’s Kingdom
by Michael Morpurgo
and then used papier
maché to make the
island where the
story is set. 4L
painted scenes from
Snow White.
Ms Sarah and her Year 10 class read
with children in year 4 while children in
3DM painted scenes from Roald Dahl’s
Matilda. In year 1, we made pop-up
books and in Reception we chose our
favourite stories to read.
40 YEAR BOOK 2012
Ms. Rennie Klem / Head of English
PRIMARY
In 3DB we chose our
favourite authors and books
and designed our own
autobiography covers for
the competition.
5I talked about the reasons why they
love books and what books mean to
them. “You’re never alone with a book”,
said Jean Luc and “Books make you
happy”, quoted Chang Jin.
This year’s MP2 and 3 competition was
to design a cover for an autobiography.
MP1 designed covers for Fairytales and
Reception coloured pictures from their
favourite books.
Here are the winners:
Khue and Yae Eun —Reception
Long and Soo Bin –1K
Mimi and Khanh Dan—1R
Leticia and Thy—2A
Seung Won and Khuong—2R
Seo Young and Eun Soo—3DB
Nhi and Hye Yeon—3DM
Van Trinh, Ji U and Hae Yoon—4L
Hyun Min and Sally—4R
Danny and Minh—5I
Jason and Ji Min—5K
Beom Joon and Byeo Ri—6A
Ashley and Sarah—6N
Hye Won and Truc—6R
The dressing-up winners were:
Ryusei—Reception
Henry and Long—Year 1
Geon Hee and Khuong—Year 2
Susan and Todd—Year 3
Hung and Seong Gyo—Year 4
Duy and Min Jae—Year 5
Ashley, Hye Won and Jung Min—
Year 6
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PRIMARY
Kwan Woo
Vinh
Shin Young
Hye Jin
Danny
Khang
LEE Yoon Ha
5I
Ms. Imogen Dobbs
Chae Uk
Yumi
Ms. Imogen - Teacher
Ms. Son- TA
Duy
Jean Luc
Kim Uyen
Minh
Austin
Jimmy
42 YEAR BOOK 2012
Mai
Thanh
Triet
Hannah
Khoa
Seung Ryeol
Lee Eun
Charlotte
Jun Yeong
Ms Son Bui Kim / TA
PRIMARY
Moon Festival
A Fun F illed
Year in 5I
International Day
Museum Trip
Halloween
Hoi An Residential Trip
This year in 5I we
have had lots of
opportunities to learn
and celebrate.
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PRIMARY
Ms. Imogen Dobbs / IPC Coordinator/Mile Post 3 Leader
MP3’s
MARY POPPINS
Super califragilistic expialidocious!!
Many thanks to Ms Rennie for the lovely photo.
44 YEAR BOOK 2012
PRIMARY
5I
5K
Ms. Kate Sharples
Le Tran Anh Tuan
Lim JiMin
Lee Da Eun
Nguyen Anne
Laure Bich Ha
Seo HanBee
Seo JuWon
Tran Phuc Vuong
Truong Nhat Huy
Ms. Kate - Teacher
Pham Nguyen
Minh Nhat
Sohn JiHoon Truong Song
Kim Ngan
Ms. Huong - TA
Lee Jun Yop
Lee MinJae
Pham Tra My
Roh YunHo
Saw Nic Sern
Stromler Erik
Sun WooJin
Terinate Divina
Vo Danh An
Won Jong Seon
Yvanovich Sirian
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ENQUIRY ADAPTABILITY RESILIENCE MORALITY COMMUNICATION THOUGHTFULNESS COOPERATION RESPECT
PRIMARY
Ms. Kate Sharples / Primary Teacher & Mathematics Coordinator
ENQUIRY ADAPTABILITY RESILIENCE MORALITY COMMUNICATION THOUGHTFULNESS COOPERATION RESPECT
Check out our playscrips
We smile with music
A big thumbs up for Mathletics
Anne Laure, like a fish.
5K
What
a
Year!
Love, Laughs and Learning
We love using our design
technology skills.
Look at that frisbee go!
Check out my hand print CSI
Jason and Huy working together
Concentration is the way to go!
Well done!
ENQUIRY ADAPTABILITY RESILIENCE MORALITY COMMUNICATION THOUGHTFULNESS COOPERATION RESPECT
46 YEAR BOOK 2012
PRIMARY
Mr. Andi - Teacher
6A
Mr. Andrew Davies
Ms. An - TA
Choi Jung Min
Huynh Gia Phat
Jessica Nguyen
Kim Beom Jun
Ngo Vu Minh Khoi
Shin Yeon Joo
Kim Da Jin
Kim Dong Seok
Lee Jae Won
Nam Ju Hee
Nguyen Thien
Bao Ngoc
Oscar Zeller
Phan Minh Nguyen
Seo Kyoung Won
Song Byeo Ri
Tram Gia Loi
Vivian Pham
Vu Quang Huy
YEAR BOOK 2012 47
PRIMARY
6N
Mr. Nigel Buckle
Ashley Krairojananan
Brenda Sulamdany
Ms. Khuong - TA
Mr. Nigel - Teacher
Elliot Zeller
Ha Nguyen
Joon Young Kim
Josh Tran
Katie Nguyen
Khang Ly
Long Tran
Lydia Shen
Myeong Ju Kim
Nam Tran
Nguyen Doan
Sarah Lee
Suk Hyun Choi
Thanh La
Vu Phan
48 YEAR BOOK 2012
Mr. Nigel Buckle / Primary Teacher & Mile Post 3 Leader
PRIMARY
In Mathematics we looked
at measurement. Students
were given the task of
making scale models of
their bedrooms.
Students
took
careful
measurements of their
bedrooms
and
its
contents. After deciding
on an appropriate scale
they produced detailed
replicas of their rooms.
They
had
great
fun,
learned
a lot
and
made
some
fantastic
models.
We
studied
Ancient
Egypt
and
the Nile.
The 6N students have particularly
enjoyed the DT aspects of our
IPC units this year.
As part of our work on rivers we made working model boats
which we tested in the nursery paddling pool, it was great!
YEAR BOOK 2012 49
PRIMARY
Mr. Robert - Teacher
6R
Ms. Dung - TA
Dinh Phuong
Kim Emily
Nguyen Truc
Le Vivianne
Park Sang Wook
50 YEAR BOOK 2012
Mr. Robert Flynn
Gordon Jones Joshua
Hong Sung Jae
Jeong Ha Young
Kim Andy
Lee Hye Won
Lee Se Won
Nguyen Anh
Nguyen Anna
Roh Kyung Jae
Tan Phuc
Tran Lien
Tran Thy
Mr. Robert Flynn / Year 6 Teacher
T
Book Week
Preparing for an experiment
he year
was my
first at
RISS and it
will go down
as a truly
great
one.
As a teacher
I couldn’t have asked for a better
group of talented students to work
with. They were focused, enthusiastic
and committed to doing the best
they could. Indeed, there was not
a challenge put forth that was not
met nor exceeded. 6R particularly
enjoyed our IPC studies this year. The
program allowed us to touch on such
a wide range of learning targets for
each unit, which really helped when
working with such a diverse group of
students. For some the Arts related
PRIMARY
Year 6R
assignments, whether it was painting,
drawing, photography or writing were
the most enjoyable part of the course.
Others preferred the Science related
work and the experiments such as our
fun balloon car races or challenging
bridge building competition. Still
others enjoyed the group discussions,
debates and research that were part
of the Social Studies component
of IPC. And through it all we got
to play various games and role
playing activities which made it all so
interesting and fun!! However, beyond
this what it really came down to was
the exceptional quality of students in
our class. 6R, you made it a wonderful
year and for that I thank you all!!
by Mr. Robert
Some very special 6R moments…
Amplified ringing
Government role playing game
Contracts signed and sealed
The best thing was the architecture project!! Sung Jae
This year I enjoyed everything!! Phuc
The bridge building competition was pretty awesome!! Joshua
It was fun making the domino video!! Ha Young
Our bridge that can hold 10 books!! Kyung Jae
I enjoyed the house competitions!! Phuong
I found learning percentage in Maths to be quite fun. Phuong Anh
The government game was the most fun!! Judith
I liked doing the group posters best!! Emily
The time I liked best was when we built the bridge!! Lien
My favourite thing was netball!! Hye Won
I was very excited to do the dental art competion!! Anna
I enjoyed debating and the camera trip best! Thy
I liked taking pictures on our Phu My Hung trip! Truc
I loved our 6R dance and being Jane in Mary Poppins! Vivi
I enjoyed the school lesson building project Sang Wook
I learnt chess strategy which made me feel great!! Andy
Looking contract over
Agreements
Acquiring assets
Determing a winner
YEAR BOOK 2012 51
PRIMARY
‘Ahoy there me hearties!’
Writing adventure
stories about pirates
with Year 5 developed
sentence construction
and the use of effective
vocabulary.
The ‘Underwater World’
created with Year 1
provided opportunities for
imaginative writing and
memory skills games.
Primary
Learning
Support
Ms Pippa
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Year 5 studied a narrative poem
about the willow pattern plate.
Drama, mind maps and poetry
reviews produced a wonderful
display of work. Well done!
Learning about the features
of different genres with Year
4 and 5.
We are all special
and we all have
different talents.
A display was
created to reflect
and celebrate the
importance
of this.
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Developing the ability and
skill to think in different
ways is important.
Mr. Stephen Isaacs / EAL Teacher
PRIMARY
Year Four have studied the different verbs of animal movement and are practising them. We watched different animals
move, then tried to guess which verbs go with which animals. After we worked out which animals and verbs go together,
we made a list of the kinds of animals that make each different movement. Then we added to it an animal that can’t have
that verb of movement. Chan Sol said “A spider can creep, but an elephant can’t”. Jang Mi knows
that an eagle can glide but a crab can’t.
Please have your passports, visas and tickets
ready please! Years Five and Six spent some time
at the airport, learning all the correct vocabulary,
procedures, do’s and don’ts of travelling by air.
We looked at the ground plan of Inchon airport
in Seoul, and now they know what to do from
departures all the way through to arrivals. We role
played lots of different activities, from checking
in to security- there are plenty of rules to learn
about safe air travel, but they all got their visas
on time, collected their e-tickets and flew off to
lots of different places. They also learned what
happens when you have too much baggage!
YEAR BOOK 2012 53
PRIMARY
Ms. Tram Hau Thi Bich / Vietnamese Teacher
VIETNAMESE
Culture
54 YEAR BOOK 2012
Mr. Christopher Cromey/ Music Teacher
SECONDARY
Mr Chris - Primary Music
I
t has been a marvelous year of Primary Music here at RISS.
A positive singing culture has been nurtured in the Music
classroom this year, and every child has had the chance to perform
in a Mile Post Production in front of a full theatre in school!
Here are some quotes from Primary Music, 2011-12:
“I liked everything I did with Mr Chris. I loved singing ‘Let It Be’! –
Ju Won 5K
“My favourite song I’ve learnt in Music this year is “We Found
Love” by Rihanna, because our choir made good harmonies for
it.” Holly 5K
“The best thing in Music was playing the Jurassic Park theme
song on the Melodian” Eun Soo 3DB
“My favourite thing is to sing Waving Flag”
Jennie 3DB
“I like to play an instrument that is called the Bird Whistle”
Jessica 2A
“This year in Music I learned many songs, for example: Beat It, Let
It Be and Yesterday!”
Stanley 2A
“When we first started the recorder I thought it was hard because
I didn’t know the notes, but I think it’s really easy now!”
Tram 4L
“I really enjoy this year’s Music lessons because I have learnt so
many new songs”
Brenda 6N
“I like to play recorder and sing Shosholoza” Josh 6N
YEAR BOOK 2012 55
PRIMARY
Ms. Vy & Mr. Wu Zeng / Chinese Teacher
Ah ha. What are
you drawing
about me
Chinese for Primary include year 3 to year 6. Student will attain
basic communicative skills in Family, and basic questions and
answers to identify the relationships of people, nationalities
and personal introduction. Also, they will study daily useful
expressions and be able to act and speak different situations.
These skills will be cooperated through rhymes, pictures, songs
and story-telling. In writing, student will learn basic knowledge
of strokes and stroke order of characters and look into Chinese
pictograph how Chinese characters have developed. Moreover,
Student will increase understanding of Chinese cultures with
relations to Chinese Language.
Don’t bother
me…I’m trying
my best…
Ms. Vy
We love Chinese
so much……
We can sing the
song in chinese：
两只老虎，
两只老虎
56 YEAR BOOK 2012
Ms. Melissa Lean / P.E Teacher
PRIMARY
HOUSE SPORTING EVENTS
Throughout 2011-2012 there
have been several Primary
School House Sporting
events that have taken
place for all students to get
involved and participate in.
H
OUSE FOOTBALL: The year
began with our annual house
football tournament, which took
place during term 1. As always it was
a very successful event with our Mile
Post 2 (year 3 and 4) students kicking
off the tournament in the morning
ensuring they set the standard high
for Mile Post 1 and 3 to follow. There
were several very excited students,
teachers and parents as there were
over 20 goals scored across both the
boys and girls games.
Next up in the football pitch was our
Mile Post 3 (year 5 and 6) students,
it turned out to be a very different
tournament in comparison to our Mile
Post 2 students as it took 7 games to
get a point on the score sheet, with a
total of only 4 points scored across the
entire tournament. It was looking like
it was going to be impossible to get
passed the exceptional goal keepers
on the day, but it was MacArthur Girls
when playing against Hung Girls that
managed to score the first point of
the tournament.
Our final tournament was for our
Mile Post 1 (Year 1+2) students which
took place in the afternoon up in
the gymnasium. It was another high
scoring tournament which added
to the excitement displayed by
the students, teachers and several
parents that came along to support
and watch their children participate.
The willingness to participate from
our year 1 and 2 students improved
from last year with everyone playing
to the best of their ability.
At the conclusion of all three
tournaments the scores were then
calculated to find out which house
was the overall House Football
tournament winner, to receive the
House Football trophy in assembly.
It was very close between all four
houses this year but it was HUNG that
took it out with a total of 60 points,
second was Curie with 56, third was
Pasteur with 54 and in fourth place
was MacArthur with a total of 48.
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PRIMARY
Ms. Melissa Lean / P.E Teacher
SWIMMING GALA: During the
last week of Term 1 our annual
Mile Post 2 and 3 Swimming Gala
took place. Like last year it was a
very successful morning with all
students participating in at least
one swimming race, trying their best
to get points for their school house
team.
The Swimming Gala consisted
of individual swimming races,
performing strokes such as breast
stroke, front crawl back stroke and
butterfly as well as several team
relays that consisted of a noodle
relay, arm band relay and tire relay.
Once the competition had concluded
all the points that individuals and
teams had acquired were added up
to find out who were the Mile Post 2
and 3 Swimming Gala Champions for
2011/12. Just like the House Football
tournament it was HUNG that came
out on top with a total of 311, second
was again CURIE with a total of 302,
third was MacArthur with 238 points
and in fourth place was PASTEUR
with 236 points.
SPORTS DAY: Thong Nhat Stadium
was again the location of our Mile
Post 2 and 3 Sports Day – all students
were transported there in the
morning on our RISS school buses
58 YEAR BOOK 2012
and took part
in three out
of four events
throughout
the course of
the
morning.
The
activities
consisted of Long Jump, High Jump,
Sprinting and Shot Put.
Like all of our House Competitions,
everyone got into the spirit of
the event by wearing their house
t-shirts and cheering/supporting
for students from their same house
during the different events. Several
of our students are very athletic and
were placed in more than one event
– Woo Jin Sun from year 5 was placed
1st in Sprinting, 1st in Long Jump
and 3rd in High Jump; Myung Jin Roh
from year 4 was placed 1st in Shot
Put, 1st in Sprinting and 1st in Long
Jump and Dong Woo Kim from year
3 was placed 1st in Sprinting and 1st
in Shot Put.
Like all house events, the points that
individuals had gained from placing
1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th were calculated
to see which house were the Sports
Day Champions for 2011/2012. In
first place was CURIE with 193 points;
second was MACARTHUR, with 179
points, third was PASTEUR with 162
points and in fourth place was HUNG
with 150 points.
Ms. Melissa Lean / P.E Teacher
PRIMARY
PHYSICAL
EDUCATION MP1
I
n Physical Education this year, all Mile Post 1
students have participated in several units, where
they have been given opportunities to develop their
physical ability as well as experience new games and
activities.
In the photos you can see during the gymnastics unit
that all students were very capable of performing a
variety of balances individually, and worked well to
support one another when needed.
Throughout term 2 and 3 all Mile
Post 1 students were given the
opportunity to practise and improve
their swimming technique. All
students have made great progress
and are becoming very confident
and competent when in the water.
In the photos you will see students
from Mile Post 1 swimming in the
large swimming pool with and
without the assistance of a board.
YEAR BOOK 2012 59
PRIMARY
Ms. Tina Peji / ICT Teacher
ICT Primary
Children from Year 2 - Year 6 groups
enjoyed editing their photos as they
became sports celebrities, superheroes,
beauty queens, movie stars and other
famous people from the past til the
present.
Mile Post 2 and 3 children did
PowerPoint Presentations and they
learnt how to insert pictures, sounds
and hyperlinks, make backgrounds
and do animations!
In our ICT Assembly, we played ‘Who
wants to be a millionaire?’ We applied
all the things we learnt in PowerPoint
in doing this game. We inserted music,
photos, and videos as well.
ICT Primary children improved their
keyboarding skills thru BBC Typing and
10 fast fingers. We had 3 competitions
for the whole academic year. Most
children did very well in Term 3.
Mile Post 2 and 3 children created
different types of charts such as Pie,
Bar and Columns.
Children from all year groups
(Reception-Year 6) experienced
recording their own voices in ICT using
the sound recorder application.
We enjoyed singing during assemblies!
Reception children listen very well to
instructions at the beginning of each
ICT lessons.
ICT reception
Reception children learnt exploring
an online story book. While enjoying
several stories, they experienced how
to point and click on the sounds,
pictures, and to use forward and
backward buttons.
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Children enjoyed different celebrations
and colouring thru the Interactive
White Board.
They love to draw and paint!
Ms. Tina Peji / ICT Teacher
PRIMARY
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PRIMARY
Ms. Tina Peji / ICT Teacher
Mile Post 1
Look I can insert text and pictures!
Mile Post 2
Mile Post 2 children enjoyed taking
photos while conducting interviews
Mile Post 3
Mile Post 3 children started making
simple videos using Movie Maker
MP 1 children learnt proper keyboarding.
Children learnt how to insert pictures
in PowerPoint
They experienced using the camera to
take photos and videos
They enjoyed decorating easter eggs!
They learnt how to create greeting
cards for their mom, dad, friends and
teachers!
They explored a website and used the
interactive white board
Children learnt how to print their
works in ICT.
They learnt different search techniques
They started using ICT tools like the scanner.
We help our new friends in ICT!
Children worked together as a group in ICT
They enjoyed demonstrating to their
friends using the interactive white board.
Using Word Art in Microsoft Word
62 YEAR BOOK 2012
MP2 children improved their
keyboarding skills throughout the
academic year.
Children had fun inserting their own
photos and come up with funny videos
using Jib Jab!
SECONDARY
MESSAGE FROM THE HEAD OF SECONDARY
Mrs Annie Thomson
Mrs Annie
This school year was our fifth year of operation and
over the last five years, our Secondary School has been
steadily growing. This year we saw our numbers swell to
almost full capacity in Yrs 7, 8, 9 & 10; in fact, Yr10 was
over capacity at the beginning of the school year and we
had to employ more teachers to cover the extra classes.
Next school year, we’re predicting that we’ll enroll the
largest IGCSE and IB classes to date, with approx 55
students in the IB and 90 students in the IGCSE. Our
school has established itself in Saigon as one of the best
providers of the IGCSE and IB programmes and in fact,
our IB average of 33.2 is the highest in Saigon
F
rom the moment our students step into Yr7 at
RISS, we’re preparing them for a demanding
journey through Secondary that takes them from
experiencing a ‘buffet of subjects’ in KS3, on to
their IGCSE and in to the IB. It’s important that
when students choose their subject options for
IGCSE and IB, that the subjects provide a vertical
pathway into the university course they’ve chosen.
This year, we witnessed an increase in student and
parent numbers at our parent-teacher evenings,
and at our IGCSE & IB subject options evenings. We
value communication between school and home
and I encourage all parents to contact the school
whenever you have questions or concerns; your
child’s education is at the heart of everything we do
in Secondary.
In addition to growth in our rigorous academic
programmes this school year, we also saw our cocurricular programme expand and the IDEALS of
Round Square inform our activities and House Sports
programmes. You’ll note by reading the articles over
the following pages that our secondary students
are fortunate to be able to sign up for such a vibrant
activities programme, including: Hip Hop Dance;
Arts and Crafts for the District 4 School for the
Disabled; Jewellery Making; School Musicals and
Productions; Orchestra; Choir; Musical Ensemble; all
the team sports – Basketball, Football, Volleyball and
Badminton; Swimming; Gym; Fitness; Chess; Book
Club; Computer Maths Fun; International Friendship
Club; Korean, Vietnamese, Chinese and Spanish
Culture Clubs; Movie Making; Photography Club;
Expressive Arts Award; International Award; Karate;
Kung Fu and more.
Highlights of the year in Secondary were: Model
United Nations events, both at school level and
within the region; The Lion King; IDEALS WEEK,
including the IDEALS Trips; House Sports Events;
History Day; Book Week and Mother Tongue Day;
the ASDAN Trip; Fun Day; IB Art Exhibition; Student
Council Christmas Party; Summer Prom; Summer
Concert; Group 4 Project; Pre-IB and Pre-IG Prep
Week; Yr6-7 Transition Week; the RISS/SSIS combined
IB Music Workshop; International Day; Assemblies
and Awards Ceremonies; and Graduation. We
have an amazing team of teachers and teaching
assistants in Secondary, who work round the clock
to create such a vibrant and worthwhile mix of
inspiring lessons, special events and fun activities
for Secondary students to be fully engaged in all
that school life has to offer – how very lucky we are,
to have such a wonderfully dedicated and talented
team of professionals! For those of you who are
leaving our Secondary team this year, know that we
wish you well and that you’ll be thought of fondly,
and often; and I wish everyone in Secondary, a safe
and relaxing summer break
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SECONDARY
7LP
Mr. Lenny Parratt
Year 7/ General Subjects Teacher ICT & P.E
Mr Lenny - Teacher
Angela Toni Rosanes
Bui Hai Lam
Dang Minh Chau
Do Khanh Vy
Jenny Le
Tan Bao Ngoc (Stacey)
Jin Woo Chan
Kim So Yeon
Lee Da Jeong
Lee Da Yoon
Lee Sung Jin
Lim Gyu Won
Huy Hoang
Ngo Benny
Nguyen Hung
Nguyen Phong
Nguyen Thien
Park Gun Hyung (Jonathan)
Roh Gyu Rin
Safena Yvanovich
Shin Ju Kyoung
Tan Ngoc (Stacy)
Tran Toung (Nancy)
Vo Huan (Jack)
Zoya Cashmiri
64 YEAR BOOK 2012
Safena Yvanovich & Zoya Cashmiri
SECONDARY
7LP The Best Class In The World!!!!
When
we asked
our class mates
how
they
enjoyed this year, the students gave
mixed responses and we all had
different reasons why we liked
being in 7LP. What we all had in
common was we liked 7LP
because our teacher is very
kind and generous
toward us.
T
hrough the year we have had many fun
and exciting highlights. But one that
stands out is our end of term 2 pizza party.
We actually had to earn the money for our
party. Mr. Lenny made us start off with a
budget of 1 million VND. But every time we
spoke any language other thane English in
one off his classes, he would take away 100
000 dong from our budget. But every time we
did something that really impressed Mr. Lenny he would add 100 000
back. In the end of term 2 we had an awesome pizza party thanks to
Mr. Lenny. The Pizza’s were delicious, but were gone in 10 minutes.
We also did an assembly where we had to
Introduce inspirational heroes. During this time of year to practice
making this assembly a really good one we had lots of fun and
the audience was laughing a lot, which shows that they also really
enjoyed it.
As part of 7LP form time, we do show and tell every week. Mr.
Lenny would pick someone randomly then we would have to bring
something important to us into class and talk about the object we
brought.
We have all had a great year.
Safena Yvanovich
Zoya Cashmiri
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Kim Tae Hyun
House
Forget about the past!!!
in Secondary
Hung House did put amazing amount of effort and
passion to achieve the great victory
F
or me as the Hung’s captain, this year is especially
exiting year because Hung won 2 major house
events with gaining the sense of achievement. Our
true efforts and enthusiasm never betray us. We
won athletic by the overwhelming result comparing
to other houses. Also we won the recycling
competition which values to show us how ethical
and environmentally friendly the hung members are.
I indescribably thank to the all hung members and
teachers who always put uncountable effort to make
the best house. I wish for Hung house’s bright future
and no doubt to step forward to achieve even greater
achievement.
KIM TAE HYUN
66 YEAR BOOK 2012
Mr. Lenny Parratt / General Subjects Teacher ICT & P.E
PRIMARY
Activities
I
Mr. Lenny
t has been a fruitful year for activities at RISS. Throughout the year the
role of activities coordinator was shared and as such we managed to
keep the program fresh and exciting for the students. The introduction
of new activities at the beginning of every term gave students a chance
to branch out of their normal routines and out of their comfort zone to try
something new.
It’s at this point in the year when we can look back and reflect upon our
achievements. The student’s enthusiasm and participation is a testament
to the success of the Activities program.
There was a range of activities across the school, however a few in
particular stood out.
Perhaps the most popular activities of the year were the many action and
sport oriented clubs (basketball, dodge ball, football, table tennis), with
students proactively taking part to prove their skills against their class
peers and students of different years.
Term 3 also saw the introduction of the Hip Hop Dance Club, and it has
been a huge success. You will have a chance to see the students from the
club giving a performance at this year’s RISS Fun Day.
The Model United Nations has been a steadfast display of the student
body’s commitment to achieving IDEALS.
I would like to give special mention to the new Dodge Ball and Jewellery
clubs also, as the teachers and students worked exceptionally well to see
these two activities take off.
In 2013 we will see students receiving their Expressive Arts award and
Duke of Edinburgh award, prestigious certificates to add to their portfolio
of achievements.
The Swimming club has been successful in furthering our students’ skills
in the water, a necessity for enjoying an aquatic life. And finally the Art
and Craft club has continued to provide a wonderful service to the District
Four school students; it warmed the heart to see our students working so
compassionately.
The Activities program is a great way for the students to develop a passion
for learning new skills, and as such we work hard to keep our program
challenging and new for the students.
There will be changes to the Activities program in the next academic year.
Through the introduction of new clubs and a change to the enrollment
process we will be providing more opportunities for the students to
genuinely appreciate and achieve the IDEALS of Round Square.
I would like to recognise the achievements of all clubs, and say thank you
to all staff who have been involved. Your dedication and enthusiasm have
provided an invaluable experience for the students.
Mr. Lenny
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7TS
Ms. Tracy Jane Smith / Year 7/ Mathematics Teacher
Ms. Tracy - Teacher
Bill
Da Yeong
Dong Hyun
DT
HyeJin
Hyuk Joo
In Gul
Ji Seon
Kathy
Katrina
Kwan Seok
Kyu Sik
My
Nghi
Ngoc
Nhi
San Ha
Soo Hyun
Trung
Vanessa
Victor
Vy
Yong Ju
Yu Jin
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Ms. Tracy Jane Smith / Mathematics Teacher
SECONDARY
The First Year Of Our Secondary
Journey by 7TS
Through this page, you will find out about our
first year in middle school. What we enjoyed,
what we thought was interesting and challenges
that we faced and overcame.
Pen Pals
Throughout the academic year, we had the chance to
indulge ourselves in many useful activities. One of them
stood out by giving us the chance to socialize with people
from whole other lifestyles, half way across the globe from
us, from Britain in the school of Priory, Shrewsbury. We
had the opportunity to be pen pals with students, just like
us from Britain. Throughout this program, we have leant
many things about their English lifestyles etc. we thought,
as a form, that this activity was very useful.
“This year in the school we had lots of fun events. We thought
that the best one was International Day-“ Ngoc, Nhi and
Kathy
International Day
This year in the school we had lots of fun events. We
thought that the best one was International Day. On
International Day, each class represented a country,
and all the students got into different groups. We all
‘travelled’ into different classrooms to learn more
about different nationalities’ such as things like culture,
history and society. We also got to taste a variety of
foods which was very interesting. We also wore national
clothes such as: Ao Dai, Han Bok, etc.
In the first term we had a swimming gala and it was really
interesting because we all got to know who is good at
swimming.- Katrina
Our Assembly
One of the major events of this year to us was our form assembly. Our
assembly was about World Hello Day. Each of us got assigned a specific
country, our task was then to find out how to say hello in that country’s
main language. We were also given the task to find appropriate clothes for
each country. It was pretty nerve-wrecking for us to stand on stage and
perform to the whole secondary school. When we got our cue, everybody
nervously walked on stage. As the performance went on, we eventually
gained the confidence and closed the assembly with our final performance
‘Don’t Stop Believing- Journey’. I think we would agree that the man of
the show was Bill with his grass skirt portraying Hawaiians and his crowd
capturing act of the ‘wiggle-wiggle’.
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Ms. Tracy Jane Smith / Mathematics Teacher
7TS Photo Gallery
I thought the
assembly was very
interesting because we
got to learn a lot of things
about different countriesKwangSeok
As
you can see, our
assembly was about World
Hello Day. I was really happy
when I got Hong Kong because
I got to represent my home
country.-Victor
I got Italy in the
assembly and I found
some very interesting
information about the
country.- In Gul
I was really scared
when I first step on stage
but when I got on I got less
scared.-Vanessa
I found a really
traditional Mexican hat
and everybody seemed to
like it-Thomas
I really enjoyed Year 7 because it gave me a whole new
perspective in life, that you must work hard in order to be
successful at certain things. As a form, we are very proud of
ourselves and we will sure remember this year for the rest of our
lives-Trung
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I really enjoyed
when we all sang
“Don’t Stop Believing”
because I like to sing.
Ms. Laura Baines / English Teacher
SECONDARY
Year 7 Go Back in Time
Just a few things Year 7 have been teaching Year 1
this year.
D
uring this year, we have
been taking a journey back
in time to Year 1. We had the
amazing chance of teaching our old
selves, thanks to Ms. Laura and Ms.
Kara. While teaching the Year 1s, we
have learnt a lot that we would never
have learnt if we didn’t go through
this experience. We taught them a
variety of mini-subjects throughout
the academic year. We put in a lot of
effort to ensure that the quality of the
lessons were very good as the Year 1s
needed a quite strong base of English
to prepare for the foreseeable future
at primary school.
Every week we had loads of ideas
about how the lesson could be for
the Year 1s. It should not be too long,
nor too complex, nor too formal. The
lessons required high quality from
the Year 7s to make sure that the
learning time of the Year 1s wouldn’t
be ruined. After all, we were being
their teachers once a week! After
thinking and asking advice from the
teachers, we decided that the first
lesson would be teaching them how
to use more advanced adjectives in
certain situations. Gradually, the Year
1s’ vocabularies were strong enough
for them to start describing people,
things and settings. We then divided
into groups to prepare the props
such as pictures or diagrams for the
Year 1s to describe. They were asked
to use the simple adjectives that they
have learnt from the previous lessons
to describe anything that they have
been given.
After a few lessons, we evaluated
that the Year 1s were struggling a lot
with their imaginations. They needed
to be prompted in imagining any
scenes or ideas in their minds. Slowly
the amounts of words that they could
use without prompting developed
rapidly. Consequently we thought
that we could develop these ideas
and see how much they had learnt by
making a drama scene from an extract
of the book that the year 1s had been
reading. To get the Year 1s into their
characters, they were asked plenty
of questions about the characters
personality and actions. With the help
from the Year 7s, the Year 1s became
more confident about how to use
some more particular adjectives to
describe the mood of a character. All
of us really enjoyed it when we saw
how much the Year 1s had progressed
throughout that activity.
As this had worked so well we
didn’t want to stop there. We were
getting more and more determined
to improve the year ones creativity.
After all of this drama and role play
we confidently believed that the
year 1s could now be capable of
writing simple stories using their
new vocabulary and improved
imaginations. They were much better
this time at describing characters and
settings.
For the next terms objective with
the year 1s, since in year 7 we were
adapting stories to play scripts, we
decided to see if we could use what
we were doing to help them. We had
to use what we had been learning
and simplify it for the year 1s so they
could also do it. We converted their
own stories into play scripts for them
and then had to become directors of
mini plays, giving them all characters
and lines to learn. We had to teach
them how to empathise with their
characters, something we do a lot
in Year 7. Eventually, near the end of
the year, we had them act out their
adapted play scripts and they learnt
all their lines in a mere 30 minutes. We
were astounded by their progression
and effort. Both the Year 7s and 1s
gained lots of confidence.
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Ms. Laura Baines / English Teacher
Evaluation
Ms. Laura and the Year 7’s decided to
do this activity because we thought
that it would be an interesting
experience for us to see ourselves in
our younger ages and learn how to
teach. We travelled back in time and
transferred into the roles of temporary
teachers. We were teachers who
had the great opportunity to teach
ourselves in the area of teaching. We
wanted to see how we learned back
then when we were year 1’s ourselves.
We thought we would be good at it as
we know how we like to learn but it
was much harder than we thought.
We also wanted to experience how
the teachers felt when they were
teaching, therefore we would be
more respectful and thoughtful with
our teachers. We learnt that teaching
was not an easy job. It required
strength, compassion and patience
to be a good teacher and some of
us found it nearly impossible to be
one. We worked at school and also
for homework. We always needed
new ideas for the lesson because we
realized that repeating the same ideas
wasn’t the best way to help the Year 1s
as they got bored VERY easily. Overall,
we definitely learnt a whole lot and so
did the year 1s. They learnt how to use
more descriptive words accurately.
They were more confident in talking
and explaining their ideas to us. They
were better at understanding us, or
maybe we were better at explaining
to them. As for us, we found that we
became more patient and accepting
with a different type of people that
maybe we have never encountered in
our life before. If we hadn’t done this,
we may have just learned in our own
year groups with our normal peers
but because we have done it we have
now changed our way of learning
by teaching year 1s. We opened our
eyes to the real world and realized
that the things in life don’t always go
the way we want. We realized things
go wrong in reality. Teaching Year
1s was a tough challenge for Year
7s in this year. This challenge tested
our patience, understanding and
creativity the most.
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Now that this project is over, we have
looked back and said that the most
exciting activity was when we acted
out the fairy tales with the year 1s.
We thought that was very interesting
since this was the first time they ever
acted out something. We took in a
lot of considerations and planned
everything out very carefully. In the
end we thought that the fairy tales
were a very successful first attempt at
acting out a story.
Overall, we think that we have gained
lots of various experiences over the
last year which everybody should go
through including the year 7’s next
year. It was useful for us and it would
be for them whether they choose to
be a teacher or not. So many of us are
so much more confident now- even
the Year 7’s who were very quiet at
the beginning are now confident to
teach the Year 1’s in front of the class.
I think that the new Year 7’s would
really enjoy the experience next year.
In the end, we thought that it was
an awesome experience and that
everybody deserves to go through.
Written by
Trung, Zoya and Nancy- Year 7
SECONDARY
CHOI Jeong Hoon
CHOI JI Yoon
CHOI Joon Ho
CHOI William
CHOI Won Sang
CHOI Yu Jin
Christopher Peter Baker
8CB Mr
Year 8/ Biology Teacher
GIL Ji Woo
HWANG Eun Ah
HARRIS Cindy
JEON Hyun Sik
Hoang Trung Quan
Mr. Christopher
Teacher
JUNG Sae Wook
KIM Hyung Min
KIM SARA
KIM Yeo Eun
KIM Yeun Soo
LEE Jun Woo
NGUYEN Dang
NGUYEN Duong
NGUYEN Minh
Anh
PHAM Khoa
PHAN Song An
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Mr. David John
Doyle-owen
8DD
Year 8 / MathematicsTeacher
Mr Lenny - Teacher
Bao Nghi
Dan Thanh
Dan Thi
Duong
Geub Ryeol
Hung
Kiet
Min Ah
Min Ji
Minh
Phuc
Phuong
Ravin
Sana
Sang Ki
Sang
Seon Ah
Seung Il
Soo Min
Van Khanh
Yeo Bin
Yu Ri
74 YEAR BOOK 2012
Mr. David John Doyle-owen / Mathematics Teacher
SECONDARY
We work hard…
8DD
and we play hard!
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Mr. David John Doyle-owen / Mathematics Teacher
8DD - Mai Chau
Monday: We woke at 5 a.m. and
went to the airport to go to Hanoi.
We then took a bus to Mai Chau. At
night we played the game where we
danced and jumped between the
bamboo sticks
Tuesday: We went on a
treasure hunt. We had
a cooking competition.
We were separated into
teams each with their
own flag.
Wednesday: We
went to Chung Chau
Secondary school
to help repaint the
school and plant
trees. After that they
performed for us.
Thursday: We did
the amazing race.
At night we had a
fashion show and
bonfire.
Friday: we went home!
Diary by Dan Thy
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9JD
Mr Joseph Dawson
Year 9/ History Teacher
Mr Joseph - Teacher
CHOI Jun Ho
HAU Duong Vy
(Andy)
HO Nguyen Trinh
(Tom)
JANG Gee Young
Jeon Su Ung
JIN Woo Seok
KIM Do Un
KIM Hyung Won
(Olivia)
KIM Sung Cheol
Bao Tran (Angie)
Thuy An (Katie)
LEE Jee Hoon
LIEN Viet Anh
Chinh Linh (Sharon)
PARK Seong Hwan
THAI Ky Tu
(Jason)
TRUONG Hoang Huy VO Ngoc Linh Dan
VU Hong Thuy
YU Ye Jin
Tien (Jeany)
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Mr. Joseph Paul Dawson/ History Teacher
Noisy
Lively
Chara
c
ter
r
te
Laugh
9JD - BFF
Best Form Forever
“Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
9JD’s cool,
And awesome too.
Always hyper, always high.
They say “Naughty”, we say we
don’t mind.
Harsh time together, we still
smile. We’re together, we’re tied.”
By Dan 9JD
By Dan
78 YEAR BOOK 2012
Fun
Troubles
Coupl
es
We’ve survived through the hard time of Y9 and are going into
IGCSE next year guys!!
For students who leave next year, hope you have had a wonderful
time being part of “9JD”. Always remember the time we’ve spent
together as a class. Good luck and goodbye.
For students who will continue being part of “10JD”, don’t mess
around too much guys! IGCSE is going to be a tough. Have fun
during the summer. See you guys next year!
Katie—9JD
I’ve had an amazing first year being the form tutor for 9JD. It’s a
class full of fun and character. My highlights of the year for 9JD
include:
The IDEALS trip to Hoi An and all the laughs
Our form assembly on Child soldiers and trafficking where we
looked to inform and shock the school
The initiative shown by 9JD students in the KONY project
Beating 9TC at dodgeball… and generally being better than them!
Getting to know all the people in the class and seeing them all
bond as a group, and as people.
I look forward to another fun filled year as 10JD.
Mr. Joe.
Mr. Joseph Paul Dawson / History Teacher
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History Department
2011-12
Mr. Joe Dawson
I have a dream that one day all the boys
and girls of RISS shall rise up and say: ‘let
History reign’.
From the walls of S301 they shall sing ‘let History
reign’
From the tables in the Canteen they shall say ‘let
History reign’
From the turf of the football field they shall
shout ‘let History reign’
From their homes while doing essays they will
think ‘let history reign’
This year students at RISS have been
encouraged to look deeper and become more
involved in their History studies. Students in
History have learned in many different ways:
group work, research, presentations, videos,
trips, studying sources and artefacts from
the past; in order to enrich their learning
experience.
The IGCSE and IB have been hard at work all
year in order to get the highest grades possible.
They have also visited the War Remnants
Museum during their studies of the American
War, to use the local environment to give deeper
meaning and understanding.
As a result of these developments, popularity
and numbers have increased for History at
IGCSE and IB for 2012-13. We are also expecting
very good grades for the students who have
been examined this year, including a predicted
100% A*-C grades at IGCSE.
Students in each year group have been looking
at the following topics:
Year 7 – Ancient Civilisations: Romans, Egyptians
and Incans
Year 8 – Slavery through time, Black peoples of
the Americas, Civil rights, Empires
Year 9 – World War 1, Hitler and the Nazis, the
Holocaust
IGCSE – Results of World War 1, Causes of WW2,
The Cold War, Germany 1918-45
IB – Causes, Practices and effects of War, The Cold
War, Arab-Israeli conflict.
We also held the first RISS history day last month,
to celebrate all that is interesting and exciting
about History. Several teachers did talks to
students about their passion for History and
what area from History inspires them. We had:
Ms Lily (Martin Luther King), Mr David D.
(Winston Churchill), Mr David O. (Post-colonial
movements), Mr Chris (Napoleonic Wars) and Mr
Gavin (King Arthur).
Students produced work to show their passion
and enjoyment for History which led to
information for a tutor group competition testing
their knowledge. Congratulations to 10EO for
winning this competition!
All in all in has been a fun and exciting year in
History, and I shall look forward to the same
again and teaching all the amazing students at
RISS in 2012-13.
Mr. Joe Dawson.
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Mr. Joseph Paul Dawson / History Teacher
History Day
The Results…
In 3rd Place
There were 4 forms tied on 29/40!
………………………
7TS, 7LP, 8CB, 9TC
In 2nd Place
With 33 ½ / 40
……………………………
9JD
Are……………. With 34 ½ / 40…….
10EO
Thanks a lot to all the teachers, IB and
year 10 students who helped out.
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Mr. Joseph Paul Dawson/ History Teacher
SECONDARY
Pasteur House in Secondary
What we lack in house points, we make up for in sporting success!
Alone we can do so little; together we can do so
much.” Helen Keller
Throughout this whole academic year, Pasteur’s
iron-willed and unbending spirit has always been
held tightly together. It is always impressive seeing
the united spirit made by our Pasteur members.
Pasteur has lots of strong master sportsmen and
women, and that’s also the reason why we had
our amazing wins in the house swimming
gala and football and badminton
competitions.
Despite the fact that we have never gone to the top
of the weekly house points grand total, we are
always the loudest, the most passionate and
enthusiastic supporters that you can find in the
crowd, during every competitions.
Union is strength, union is power. We believe that
as long as we always keep our invincible vitality, the
house trophy will always come back to us!
Go Pasteur! We can do it!!!!!
By Angle & Seung Jun
House captains: Seung Jun, Angeline & Yira.
SECONDARY
Mr. Joseph Paul Dawson / History Teacher
RISS STAFF FOOTBALL TEAM END
OF SEASON 2011-12 REPORT
T
he season 2011-12 has been the most
successful for the RISS staff football team
in the school’s history. The staff body
have gathered together weekly all year to train
and play matches against other international
schools; in order to develop staff relations and
camaraderie. Elite athletes have been drawn
from across the globe, from places as far afield
as Wales, Western Samoa, Libya and Liverpool.
The RISS staff has competed this season
against their colleagues in BIS, SSIS, ISHCMC
and ABC. We are proud to report that we have
gone the whole season undefeated, and have
won all but one of our encounters. Last week
we had our biggest win, defeating ISHCMC
5-0.
Highlights of the season include:
- A hard fought battle with ABC where Mr.
Lenny put his body on the line
- Conquering the might of BIS 3-1, away from
home
- Mr. Tome learning to kick a ball (and then
becoming top scorer)
- Mr. Chris C. impacting game after game from
the bench as a battle hardened English lion
- Mr. Chris B’s superior athletic prowess and
fitness regime
- And Mr. Andi’s inspirational team talks and
tactical insight into the beautiful game.
It has been a wonderful and enjoyable season
for the staff and we look forward to many more
friendly encounters in the season 2012-13.
Mr. Joe (The enforcer) and Mr. Andi (The
Dragon).
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Mr. Tome Chan Chui / P.E Teacher
SECONDARY
Mr. Tome Chan Chui / Year 9/ P.E Teacher
9TC
BUI Minh Thy
Mr Tome - Teacher
CHOI Seung Yeon DOAN Duy Song Thinh
HUYNH Hong Phuc
JANG Jin Sol
JUNG Ji Yoon
LEE Yi Ra
LIM Jang Hyeok
LY Gia An
PHAM Nguyen Khoi PHAN Huy Anh Quan
TRAN Uy Nhiem
LEE Hyuna
LEE Jeong Seop
LEE Seon Beom
MOON Hyeong Gin NGUYEN Hoang Anh NGUYEN Thanh Duong
VU Hai Nam
TCHAN Bao Nhu
CAO Ngoc Thuy Anh
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Mr. Tome Chan Chui / P.E Teacher
9TC FOREVER……
Yi Ra Pasteur
House Captain
Seon Beom
Football Captain
Polly
Student Council
Hoang Anh Basketball
Captain
Angel, Hiro, Polly, Nana 2012 RISS talent show winners
9TC at paintball
Nam / Student council
…Well until we become 10TC
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Mr. Tome Chan Chui / P.E Teacher
SECONDARY
SECONDARY
Year 9 ASDAN
TRIP PAINTBALLL
A
Dan, Polly, Angel, Jeany, Thy, Katie and Nana
s part of the Year. 9 ASDAN course the
students of 9TC and 9JD had to come
together to plan and organize a day
trip to any destination of their choice. The
Year. 9 students chose Paintball, they were
required to; work out the budget, make the
permission slips, analyze all risks involved,
make the booking, book buses and translate
Vietnamese instructions into English.
Mr. Joe, Ms Monica and I went along with
the students but we did not have to do
anything ourselves.
An awesome trip organized by an awesome
group of kids.
Tom, Woo Seok, Su Ung, Seon Hwang, Dean and JS
9TC versus 9JD
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Mr. Tome Chan Chui / P.E Teacher
PHYSICAL EDUCATION
“Alone we can do so little, together we can achieve so much”
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Mr. Tome Chan Chui / P.E Teacher
SECONDARY
House Events
Dodge ball
Swimming Gala
Badminton
Sports Day
Football
SPORT
Swimming Gala
Football
Sports Day
Badminton
Dodge Ball
HOUSE WINNERS
Pasteur
Pasteur
Hung
Pasteur
McArthur
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Mr. Tome Chan Chui / P.E Teacher
Under 14 boys football team
RISS SECONDARY
SPORTS TEAMS
Under 14 girls basketball team
Under 14 boys basketball team
Under 14 girls football team
Under 14 badminton team
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Under 18 Basketball - No Photo
Under 18 Football - No Photo
Mr. Tome Chan Chui / P.E Teacher
SECONDARY
The International Award
T
he International Award is an award that
is recognized all around the World. It is
evidence that you have the discipline
and the open mindedness to complete
tasks involved in this course. There are four
elements that must be achieved in order to
qualify for the award. Physical, Service, Skill
and an Outdoor Adventure, students must
complete tasks in each of these categories
to gain the award.
This year was the first year that RISS has run the
award. A group of five year 11 students took part
in The International Award they were; Jung Hung,
Ah Young, Mi Ran, Byung Min and Jeong Eon. The
students learned how to play tennis, bake, play
basketball, coach football and volunteered to
help Mr. Chris with the Primary Choir.
Make sure you get the measurements right
Jeon Eon playing tennis
The group in the process of making short bread cookies
The final product
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10EO
Mr. Eoin O’Sullivan
/ Year 9/ Physics Teacher
Mr. Eoin O’Sullivan
Teacher
Alan Ku
Phuong Nguyen
C.J Harris
Candy Ngo
Char Rin Oh
Chau Vu
Gyeong Ju Jeon
Hee Sun Choi
Jong won Park
Jun Young Kim
Kevin Kang
Kien Nguyen
My Lam
Nhu Le
Sang Ho Jin
Suri Dang
Terry Tran
Wenli Liao
Won Suk Choi
Woo E Kwon
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10EO Students
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Ms. Laura Verdugo
10LV
MS. Laura - Teacher
HAN Jung Min
LEE Chae yeong
SONG Geon Hee
Year 10 / EAL / Spanish Teacher
Dinh Nguyen Ngoc Huy FERHAT Adriana
Shin Eun Jee
Vo Nguyen Mai
Hoang (Kelly)
HOANG Le Minh
JANG Hye Sung
JANG Soo Min
KIM Dong Hyeon
KIM Yeon Shin
LEE Soo Been
Megan
NGUYEN Hai Nam
PARK Joo Hyung
SHON Yae Chan
TRAN Minh Nhat
YANG Seung Doo
TRAN Duc Khiem
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TRAN Giai Du
ZAR Ei Hlaing
SECONDARY
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94 YEAR BOOK 2012
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10GB
Mr. Geoffrey - Teacher
Mr. Geoffrey Barraclough
Kim Byung Min
Jeon Jeong Eon
Seul Sun Ho
Han Yeol Lim
(Catherine)
Lee Jung Hoon
Yu Ye Lim
Truong Tien
Thanh (Eddie)
Year 10/ Art & Design Teacher
Le Duc Dang Khoa (Kevin)
Lee Ye Rim
Hoang Kim Phuong
Choi Yoon Hee
Lee Seung Jae
Nguyen Ton My
Linh (Lisa)
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Mr. Geoffrey Barraclough / Art & Design Teacher
Another VERY Successful Year in the
RISS Art Dept.
The quality of artwork has been particularly outstanding this year at all levels from Y7 to IB
and we are proud of our students achievements and their amazing creativity
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Y11 GB
“This year has been a hard-working year for all of Y11s – but with a
really cool form tutor and great teachers – it has also been a year
we in Y11GB will never forget...!”
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Mr DAVID Olson
11DO
Year 11/ English Teacher
Mr. David - Teacher
CHA Won Hyuk
NGUYEN Dang
Khoa
CHOI Mi Ran
NGUYEN Duong
Thuy Uyen
98 YEAR BOOK 2012
DO Nguyet Anh
- Nabi
KIM Ji Yeon
LEE Ah Young
LIM Gyu Ha
NGUYEN Hoang
Khai Thu
NGUYEN Thanh
Truc
SEUL Seiran
YOON Ji Hoon
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Mr. Mark Rees
Year 12/ Business Studies Teacher
12MR
CHEN Ching Yao
CHOI Da Song
HUR Ji Young
HWANG Hyun
Mr. Mark - Teacher
HONG Eun Ho
KIM Joo Hyuk
Pham The Hien
HSIEH Tsai En
KIM Seung Jun
PHAN Ngoc Bao
Nhi
KIM Tae Hyun
LE Thanh Trung
SHIN Yoo Jin
TRAN Thi Ngoc An
DUONG Dang
Khoa
FERHAT Abbas
Aina Nadhirah
JUNG Hyun Ji
KIM Hee Hyeon
LEE Ji Weon
PHAM Thuy
Linh Chi
VUONG Hue Van
YANG So Yun
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Jiweon Y12MR
Heart Dissection Biology IB Practical
On 3rd of May, students of Year12MR
have successfully carried out pig
heart dissection experiment during
their IB Biology class.
The class was divided into groups of four students,
and they were requested to annotate structure of
the heart as well as blood flow of oxygenated and
deoxygenated blood in the heart. Dissecting and
labeling the real heart might have been unfamiliar to
them, however everyone collaborated with his/her
group members to accomplish its aim.
Aina and Da Song
Using forceps
An and Ji Young working on their heart
The students have already learnt about the circulatory system
of the human body. The human heart consists of two pumps
lying side by side: right and left. It has four chambers (right
atrium and ventricle, left atrium and ventricle), associated
blood vessels and valves. The route of blood in heart is very
significant because the two halves, left and right, of the heart
are responsible for different direction of blood flow, which is
known as a double circulation, to avoid mixing of blood. The
right side pumps oxygenated blood while deoxygenated
blood flows the left side.
It was quite difficult and complicated to find
different parts of the heart exactly as the students
have never seen the real heart before. Some of
them were struggling to decide correct label for
blood vessels as they had to know which side
is connected to the blood vessels (for example,
vena cava to right atrium and pulmonary veins
to left atrium). However, they used their prior
knowledge from previous class and other sources
to do their jobs.
Although the practical involved some complicated
process, it effectively helped the students to memorize
the structure and function of the heart. Learning through
direct and actual experience always remains in their
head. By touching and seeing the real heart, the students
became more familiar with the human circulatory system.
The task linked with the IB syllabus points in Topic 6.2 ‘The
Transport System’. It also added 60 minutes to our ‘lab
hours’ record, which needs to be 40 in total over the 2 year
course (for SL).
The labeled heart by Jiweon, Aina, Dasong
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Mr. Mark Rees / Business Studies Teacher
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usiness Studies is a popular subject
in the school. It runs all the way
from Year 7 to Year 13 and is
considered to be one of the humanities
or social sciences. At RISS students study
everything from considering their role as
informed consumers (Year 7) to running
their own business (Year 8) to introductory
economics (Year 9). Business is even more
challenging at IGCSE and then IB level. It
requires a broad range of skills, from the
imagination required in marketing to the
people skills required in Human Resource
Management, to the Mathematics skills
required in Financing to the logic skills of
Operations.
Mr. Mark Rees
Head of Humanities
Department
RISS has always had a good business program and over half of last year’s IB
graduating class went onto study business related degrees at Universities
around the world. For many of them they found their first year of business
at university very similar to what the school covers at IB level and this made
their transition to tertiary education much easier.
Here on this page you will find a few of the views of various current Business
Studies students at RISS.
Many
sided learning, it’s the
The
most interesting subject
economy is
ever!
expanding, so let our minds
inflate with business
knowledge.
It’s
really fun! (Eliza)
Remember
to answer 3 questions
before we buy
The
Marketing Mix Song is cool!
http://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=zFENz_nnrq8
The best
thing in Business is it’s all
about competition. (Candy)
Thoughts
about
Business
Studies
It helps
us to understand
the risk of debt, how to
control a business leads me to
success. (Phuong)
IGCSE Business studies is enjoyable,
but it is also very challenging. It is a
big step up from KS3 as we have to
absorb lots of new materials in one
lesson. Questions are much more
demanding, but that shouldn’t be
the reason why you should give up
on it. Business studies teaches you
a lot of essential life skills that will
serve as a stepping stone for your
future. Work hard! And you will
succeed. (Minh-10 LV)
It has
taught me one thing:
no pain, no gain! Pennies
don’t fall from heaven, it’s
a fact (Sung)
It gives me a shock all the
time. It’s challenging, very
challenging. It makes me want
that
challenge again and again.
Monday and Wednesday are
my favorite days during the
week because there is Business
Studies! But….I personally
think ICT is better :-P
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Mr. Mark Rees / Business Studies Teacher
Model United
Nations @ RISS
The Model United Nations is
one of the most popular school
activities where students focus
on different international issues,
and develop their research and
speaking skills. The MUN students
have been working hard to solve
world issues on behalf of their own
countries. They view the world in
different perspectives, and suggest
pragmatic, tangible and practical
solutions to the problem, as if
they are in the real United Nations
conferences. The most successful
of the RISS MUN delegates then
took another step forward and
participated in inter-school MUN
conferences. This year several
delegates attended four keys MUN’s.
the delegates, it was their first
external MUN conference they had
attended. They have faced a lot of
difficulties as the style of writing,
speech and language being used
were unfamiliar to them, however,
they worked hard to rise to the level
expected. The RISS delegates learnt
how to communicate, argue and
debate with other delegates from
different schools and nationalities
throughout the conference using
the complex leel of English used at
the real United Nations.
Internal MUN December
There was an Internal MUN in
December 2011, led by the former
leaders of MUN (much appreciation
to them for all their hard work
leading this in 2010_2011). It
became stepping stone for the
establishment of the MUN club in
2012 and for it to flourish.
UNISMUN
The annual UNISMUN was held in
the United Nations International
School in Hanoi in February 2012.
This was our second time of sending
a group of our MUN students to
an external (and very real) MUN
conference. Of the 16 delegates
from RISS, two were delegates in
the Security Council for the first
time in our school. For most of
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ISMUN
21 students attended the ISMUN
(International Saigon Model United
Nations) conference, as delegates.
Ji-Weon in Year 12, one of our
MUN leaders was appointed to the
role of co-chair. RISS performed
exceptionally well and debated
resolutions actively. Since there
were various committees in ISMUN,
delegates were able to approach
different international issues,
widening their perspectives and
viewpoints.
RISSMUN - Internal MUN June
There is also an Internal MUN in June
(14th, 15th, and 16th of June). This
MUN conference addresses issues
from different committees of the UN:
The issue of protecting rights of the
LGBT community an issue overseen
by the Human Rights Council, the
issue of resource deficiency due to
an increase in human population,
an issue overseen by the EconomicSocial Council (ECOSOC), and the
situation in The Democratic Republic
of Congo, an issue overseen directly
by the Security Council. This will be
a particularly challenging MUN and
will feature both our experienced
delegates and students new to MUN.
Mr. Mark Rees / Business Studies Teacher
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Mr. Mark Rees / Business Studies Teacher
Your best moment being an Epic (12MR)
I have thoroughly enjoyed this year with the Epics. Having taught manyof them since I first arrived
in the school, I knew some of them well. At the same time, we were also joined by lots of new faces. I’m looking forward to sharing in the Epics’ epic journey next year as they complete their very
last year of school. My highlight of the year was observing 22 finally grown teenagers running away
in fear from the Borneo bugs and in some cases, the Borneo chickens :-P
- Mr Mark Rees (Epics’ form tutor)
The biggest fortune in my
The Borneo trip to Ko-
Be sure to enjoy your IDE-
Ideals Trip did not
life is to be able to have Mr. ta Kinabalu, allowed us
ALS trip to the fullest ! It’s
just allow me to
Mark as a form tutor.
to play “monopoly”. It’s once in a lifetime experience.
quite addictive.
- Tae Hyun Kim
I’m happy to have known my
classmates the way I have
- An Ngoc Thi Tran
- Brad Le
Our friendship has improved
because if I hadn’t, it
wouldn’t have made 12 MR
day by day since the Borneo
the way it is today.
- Aina
- Hien Pham
Performing for
the school band
was exciting because I made
some mistakes.
- Hyun Hwang
The exams last December was the
first IB style exam
and It motivated
and encouraged
me to work harder
this year.
chance to get clos-
Our friendship is get-
er with the others !
ting closer. I miss Bor-
- Yoo Jin Shin
At first it was
and everyone else.
weird to be called
Break a leg next year.
“Epics”. But we’re
- Vicky Phan
The IDEALS Trip
During the trip, every
was valuable. Eating,
night, we’d sit in front
sleeping, working and
of the long house to
being able to experi-
talk. We bonded.
ence my friends was
- Vivian Vuong
unforgettable.
Mr Mark is the best
- HeeHyeon Kim
- Ji Weon Lee
but also, gave a
neo, I love Mr Mark
trip. We got to take care of
each other, like a family.
learn new things
all used at being
called “Kid-dults”
and “Dolphins”!
- Ji Young Hur
I was able to deal
with hard times because of the Epics!
The IDEALS trip
tutor I’ve had and the
My first day of school felt awk-
Matching everyone’s baby
Epics will be my best
ward: uniform, school, teachers
photos was fun. The one
memory. This time in
and friends. Now I’m used to it.
with Mr Mark sitting in the
RISS will be unforget-
Things have changed so much & I
bath tub was a classic!
table.
- Angeline Hsieh
- Zeke Duong
wonder how year 13 would be
like.
and the dinner in
Koto bonded us
that it will be hard
to forget even when
I leave.
- DaSong Choi
- Hyun Ji Jung
I love the laughter we share. The sinister look
Mr Mark stares and the wonderful events &
experiences we’ve gone through together.
- Mickey Pham
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Ms Sue’s farewell party was upsetting but, I had a
lot of fun as we were able to write her a letter and
we were able to see her leave Vietnam happily.
- So Yun yang
13AT
Ms. Annie Thomson
Year 13/ Head of Secondary
IB Coordinator
University Counsellor
Ms. Annie - Teacher
Julia Lin
Nguyen Xuan
Anh (Tom)
David Lin
Kang Young Jee
Shen Chun Yu
(Jasmine)
Le Phuong Hai Trieu Le Tran Quoc Thang
TaeJoo Lee
Thy Chau
Liao Yu Chieh
Trang Le
Jenny Tran
Lincon On
Yasmin Liyana binti
Ferhat Abbas
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Mrs Annie Thomson / Head of Secondary, IB Coordinator, University Counsellor
Mrs Annie Thomson
As another school year comes
to an end, we say good
bye and good luck to the
Graduating Class of 2012.
As they head to universities
both here and abroad, we are
confident that they are well
prepared, ready to take on the
challenges of university study,
and for most of them, the
responsibilities of living away
from home.
Over the last 5 years as RISS
students, the Class of 2012
have experienced an holistic
education that is based on
the pillars of Round Square:
Internationalism, Democracy,
Environment, Action,
Leadership and Service, which
are blended through both
the academic programme
and the co-curricular learning
programme. They have
learned to manage the rigours
of exams through their Mocks
and IGCSE experience at the
end of Yr11 and through offtimetable, school block exams
at the end of Term 1 and at End
of Year, and they have learned
to model the attributers of the
IB Learner Profile to become
“internationally minded
people, who, recognizing their
common humanity and shared
guardianship of the planet,
help to create a better, more
peaceful word.” (IB Mission
Statement).
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We wish the Class of 2012
every success, as they head
off to: UBC, UCLA, University
of Toronto, NUS, SP Jain, SMU,
SIM, ICHM, Kent, University
of the Arts London, Yonsei,
RMIT, Jacob, La Salle College
of the Arts, UTICA College
and University of Cincinnati,
to study: international
business, international politics,
economics, engineering,
medicine, neuro-science,
international events and
hospitality management,
graphic design, arts
management, fine arts,
recreational studies, sports
management, accounting and
finance.
CHAU, Thuy Nhu Thy
SECONDARY
Highlights: Cooking Class, Working at an orphanage
Awards: Art – Best Technique Award
University goal: Art Management
“I’ve been accepted to University of Arts London, but I wanted
to study closer to home and my family. Therefore, I decided to study
at Lasalle College of Arts in Singapore. My only and simple wish for
university life is completing 4 years without repeating.”
Life goal: Open a gallery of my own artwork in my family’s hotel.
FERHAT Abbas, Yasmin Liyana
Highlights: MUN Admin, Student Council, Recycling, Studying, Borneo
trip
Awards: 2 Leadership Awards
University Goal: International Relations
“I have applied to Nottingham U, Sheffield U, University of
Southampton, LSE, U of Birmingham and Jacobs U. I was accepted to 5
universities and I decided to accept Jacobs University’s offer because
they offered a 50% scholarship and it is located in Germany and was
therefore the most enticing offer. I will be studying International
Politics and History.”
Life Goal: To uphold Human Rights in all countries and gain a role in the UN
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KANG, Young Jee
Highlights: MUN, Fund Raising Band Festival, SPJain Brain Triathlon
school champion, Bridge to BBA, School Musical Ensemble pianist
Awards: volunteer certificates, music awards, effort awards on Korean
& Business
University goal: Business Administration
“I have applied to Singapore National Universities and waiting
for their acceptance. I also have got unconditional offer of full 4
years scholarship from SP Jain. I am also planning to apply Korean
Universities in coming up July 2012.”
Life Goal: To find out where the humans heading to and to live the
happiest life in the world
LE, Phuong Hai Trieu
Highlights: Oil Project, Recycling, Swimming
Awards: Chemistry, Geography, Vietnamese, Star Learner and
Academic Excellence Awards
University Goal: Human Health and Behaviours, Medicine
“I have applied to USA and Australia. All of the universities, which I
had applied, accepted me. I have also received merit based scholarship
from Utica College in the US, where I am going to take part in Human
health and behaviors as my pre-medicine course. After getting my
bachelor degree, I will apply to a medical university to take medicine
course as my post-graduated degree. University of Debrecen in
Hungary is also one of my preferences for taking medicine course.”
Life Goal: to become the bridge between the poor and the
development of medicine - making health services accessible for all
people.
108 YEAR BOOK 2012
LE, Thi Thu Trang
SECONDARY
Highlights: MUN, Rock Climbing, Designed T-shirt for Primary
Performance
Awards: DT Award
University Goal: Digital Arts/Graphic Design
“I have applied to different universities in the UK and so far I
received offers from University of Arts London, University of Kent and
University of East London. My first choice would definitely be studying
at the University of Kent, but I’m still waiting for an offer from Kingston
University London. I haven’t fully decided where I will be going next
year.”
Life goal: Live with no regrets.
LE, Tran Quoc Thang
Highlights: Venture Scouts & Cooking Club
Awards: TOK, French, IDEALS Leadership & Service, Academic
Excellence Awards
University Goal: Neuroscience/Psychology
“I have applied to the USA and Australia. I received a merit
based scholarship from Utica College in the US to study Psychology,
and I also received a scholarship valued at over $100 000 USD to
study Science in Northland College at the University of Wollongong in
Australia. After I graduate, I hope to find employment in the USA.”
Life Goal: to become a scientist and learn about the behavior of the
human brain.
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LEE, Tae Joo
Highlights: MUN, Habitat for Humanity, Voluntary Medical Service,
Football & Basketball Teams
Awards: International Student Award from Council of International
Schools, Business & Management, Maths, Chemistry, Physics, Korean,
Academic Excellence and Valedictorian
University Goal: Economics
“I was accepted into UCLA, Weslyan, Boston College, Michigan,
Illinois - Urban Champaign, Lehigh, and an unconditional $20,000
scholarship from American University. I decided to go to University of
California – Los Angeles (UCLA), to study Economics.”
Life Goal: working in the international business world.
LIAO, Yu Chieh
Highlights: District 4 Project with recycling, leadership award and MUN
Admin
Awards: Leadership award, art award
University Goal: Finance
“I have applied to SP Jain Center of Management in Singapore.
Some of the schools I placed my interests on are amazing because of
their programs and courses and are also incredible for their reputation,
but I believe SP Jain will give me a more wonderful experience.
Life Goal: to become a successful and useful person to those I care
110 YEAR BOOK 2012
LIN, Chien – Jo
SECONDARY
Highlights: MUN (CAS), Organizing the Graduation Ceremony for the
Class 2011
Awards: IDEALS, Internationalism, UNSW Maths Competition,
Academic Excellence Awards - Design Technology
University Goal: Industrial Relations
“I have applied universities in 4 states of Canada. I have already
accepted an offer from the University of British Columbia which has the
smallest class sizes and latest facilities. Although I also got offers and
scholarships from other good schools such as University of Alberta,
University of Calgary, University of Victoria and etc., I think UBC
provides the best environment for international relations.”
Life Goal: fight for women and children who suffer from domestic
abuse and human rights violations.
LIN, Li Wei
Highlights: School Band, Senior Football & Basketball, MUN, School
Musical – Lion king, Guitar Teaching
Awards: Leadership Award
University Goal: Hospitality Management
“Get well prepared to face what it takes to be a professional Hotel
Manager.”
Life Goal: to stay positive and determined but most of all, to be happy.
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NGUYEN, Lan Chi
Highlights: Oil project, Helping the Disabled Children from the District
4 School
Awards: TOK award, Art award, IDEALS leadership award, IDEALS
linguistic award, school’s video presenter.
University Goal: Business – Marketing
“I applied to the 68th best Business school of the world SPJain
and I am accepted unconditionally. I have received a scholarship
of 25% in 4 years. In the future, I will have opportunity to study in
Singapore, Dubai, and Sydney. After getting bachelor degree, I will
work in many countries and then come back to Vietnam. I want to
experience in different working environment and understand the
culture of different countries”
Life Goal: to have automatic sources of finance and helping
unfortunate people.
NGUYEN, Xuan Anh
Highlights: IDEALS Week, Finishing High School
Awards: MUN Award, Leadership Award, House Captain Award
University Goal: Information Technology
“Application Programming: I was recently accepted into SP
Jain, but with all of the future financial issues that I would have to face
with my family, I chose RMIT. Instead of being a dilettante of Business
Management, I took up my passion in IT.”
Life Goal: Work in society and stop procrastinating.
112 YEAR BOOK 2012
ON, Tan Luc
SECONDARY
Highlights: Rock Climbing, Band Festival, Football, Basketball Team
Awards: 4 Leaderships awards
University goal: Hotel & Event Management
“I decided to go to the International College of Hotel
Management (ICHM) in Adelaide, Australia”
Life Goal: to become a professional hotel manager and develop the
hotel and events industry in my country.
SHEN, Chun Yu
Highlights: Student Council, MUN, Swimming
Awards: Chinese awards, MUN awards
University Goal: Commerce Economy
“I applied to different schools in Canada and so far I have
received many offers from universities such as the University of
Toronto, Simon Fraser University and University of Western Ontario.
The course Commerce Economy is always the subject area that
interested me the most. Luckily, I was accepted by Rotman Commerce
Business School, one of the best commerce/business school in Canada,
in Toronto University.”
Life Goal: be someone useful to my family.
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TRAN, Thi Le
Highlights: Charity, Translation, Costume Design for the Lion King.
Awards: Leadership Awards
University Goal: Finance and Accounting
“I have applied to SP Jain University as this University offers
really good Business course.”
Life Goal: to be an accountant at Wall Street
class of 2012
GRADUATED
114 YEAR BOOK 2012
Young Jee Kang and Julia Lin - Year 13 students
SECONDARY
Time for A Diet
Hey, RISSers, YoungJee and Julia here.
Your one and only source of real life for
RISS IB’s elites.
Good day, Phu My Hung. One peaceful day, IBs
are buried under a deep pool of books. What’s
the top news recently? The Graduation and Bye
Bye to IB. And now, it comes to an end!
Congratulations to the Class of 2012. We are
about to depart on another risky, mysterious,
and scary adventure. It is time for us to escape
our cages of school and parents. Now is the time
to go crazy. Parties and… You know what we are
talking about *wink wink*
Looking back on what the IB elites have gone
through, the hell of submission dates, exams
and university applications, we thought we
couldn’t survive. But we did, thanks to the
support from our teachers, especially Mrs.
Annie Thomson, the one who has multiple
responsibilities in our school; IB Coordinator,
University Counsellor, Head of Secondary,
English teacher, ToK teacher, and Form teacher.
Our journey was not always filled with happy,
pleasant things, we had so many obstacles to
overcome. We also had to communicate with
each other to solve particular problems. Not all
problems are able to be solved, but they were
worth the experiences. Experiential learning
is an important part of IB. We have started to
develop an instinct in leadership and that gut
feeling of how and where we are heading in our
lives.
To pick the worst one ever: (can’t pick only one,
I have over 100), the most recent events were
the Final IB exams and CAS presentation which
we presented during assembly. For the finals,
it was nice that we had study leave to have
extra time to study at home and to get enough
sleep. Sleep, Praise the Lord. Still, our school
was prepared to ensure that we felt comfortable
during the finals. In fact, many of us felt the
Finals to be similar to our Mock Exams. Comfort
is important! Still, it was not easy. You better
look forward to your IB life: mountains of books,
full hard drive, assignments, exams, teachers
chasing us and never ending deadlines.
Do you know why our topic is “time for a diet”?
It’s because of all the things that we mentioned
above. We didn’t have time to exercise, or
let’s say, no time to even leave the desk. You
can see that many of our IB students have
increased their weight significantly. How are
we supposed to attend graduation dinner and
prom with swelled sizes? Or can we even fit in
the dresses that we like? It is time for us to diet
and exercise. Besides that, we have to go around
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Young Jee Kang and Julia Lin - Year 13 students
Time for A Diet
Saigon to visit places that we did not have
the opportunity to visit during our school
experience. Most of us will be leaving Saigon
for our various universities in a few weeks.
We will all return from time to time to RISS
to visit all the students and teachers. We will
miss our school life and will start to know
how precious our time was. It is time for us to
embark on the second part of lives. We will
study, get degrees, get jobs, get married, settle
down somewhere and miss our childhoods.
We are no longer under the protection of our
parents and it is time for us to go our own way.
We are unsure of when we will be seeing each
other again, but we will meet at least once in
our remaining lives and we will welcome that
time. We will laugh and get embarrassed at all
the stupid things we did.
Are you getting bored? We will shut up now
and stop talking. We know you love us.
XOXO muah!
116 YEAR BOOK 2012
Mr. Brian Thorburn / Design Technology Teacher
SECONDARY
Design Technology
Depar tment
T
Mr. Brian Thorburn
he Academic Year 2011-2012 is now coming to an end as is my time here at RISS.
I will be handing over the Design Technology Department to a new specialist
teacher and he will be taking this subject area and Department forward. It has been
my pleasure to teach here at RISS for the past 3 years and I will leave both RISS and
Vietnam with memories which I will have for many years to come. The present Year
10 and 12 cohorts are in a good position to enter the final year of their respective
courses. Design Technology as a subject area at IGCSE and IB levels is becoming
more popular and I am confident this will only continue.
Design Technology Teacher
Pictured below are just a fraction of the RISS students who have passed through the Department and
I have had the pleasure to teach.
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Word Search Competition (Bolts, Nuts, Screws and Nails)
CLOUT
CUTTACK
DOMED
BRAD
HEXHEAD
MACHINE
MASONRY
MIRROR
NYLOCK
OVALWIRE
PANHEAD
ROOFING
SECURITY
STAPLE
WINGNUT
Examples of Bolts and Screws
118 YEAR BOOK 2012
Mr. Gavin Nattrass/ Geography Teacher
SECONDARY
This year in
GEOGRAPHY
G
lobally geography has never been more on
everybody’s agenda. This year we have filled
the curriculum with additional cases linked to
current global economic affairs. The most pressing
issues are climate change and response; peak oil
predictions; Japanese nuclear disaster fallout;
resource scarcity and the impact of the credit crisis in
the west upon global development.
Fortunately we have also found lighter moments and
enjoyed field trips studying rivers in Thailand and at
Gian Diem falls, Urban studies have taken place in
and around Ho Chi Minh city.
In Theory of Knowledge all students have explored
our geographical paradigms and looked for where
we find our scientific evidence in Geography. How
can we know the Earth is not hollow? Where has our
comprehensive understanding of our planet came
from and yet, how much more still remains to be
known? Can the earth as a biome respond in time to
anthropogenic greenhouse warming? Students at
RISS are evaluating events, recognizing the rate of
changes locally and internationally and developing
creativity skills in the solutions they suggest.
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Mr. Patrick Thiedeman / Chemistry Teacher
IB Chemistry and Group 4 Project
preparation.
2011-2012
“…Chemistry is an important
subject….its all around us……”
“…It was fun …we
decided ourselves
the topic for our
Group 4 Project….
this was new !!!…it
means we must all
contribute and work
together …”
“…cant wait
to put our
plans into
“action”.
Lets try
out our
ideas…..!
..Studying Chemistry will help me whatever
I go on to do in my life …
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Mr. Patrick Thiedeman / Chemistry Teacher
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Key Stage 3 Science
Poster designs and individual
research
Model making
Experiments
IGCSE Chemistry
I am planning on a career in
Medicine …this was a “must”
subject.
Now I understand why Chemistry is
important…. Its all around us
I don’t need to have
Chemistry for my
future….but I enjoyed it
and learnt so much!
The more we learn…the more we realize we “don’t know”
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Mr. Patrick Thiedeman / Chemistry Teacher
PHOTOGRAPHY Club
Teacher: Mr. Patrick
Welcome
to the Photography
Club !!
What do we do in the club…
We take many pictures what type of photo you want.
You can create your own pictures freely.
Activities
MUN
Movie
club
Korean
culture
Funny photo?
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Mr. Patrick Thiedeman / Chemistry Teacher
PHOTOGRAPHY Club
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…….theme……Shadows !
Fun Picture / 8CB KIM HYUNG MIN
I’ll show you fun and cute pictures
Here are some fake pictures!
What things I done…
In photography club, I took pictures about a topic.
I enjoy taking pictures because it is interesting.
And taking fake pictures are really fun!
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Mr James Pickering / Music Teacher - Secondary
Music Department
This year has been a very productive
time for the Music Department. We
started by putting on a fully staged
version of the highly acclaimed and
successful Musical of the “Lion King”.
There were many people involved in
this including many of our talented
students. Hoang Le Minh took the
lead role of Simba. Adrianna and Aina
took the parts of Young and Mature
Nala respectively. David did a fantastic
job as “Mufasa”. Tom and C.J. made us
all laugh with their portrayal of Timon
and Pumba and Won Hyuk as Rafiki
captured everyone’s imagination.
Sung deservers a special mention as
his take on the despicable character
Scar, it was one of the highlights of
the whole performance. Of course a
Musical or any show couldn’t happen
without the supporting characters,
all of whom contributed to the whole
experience. A group of year 7 and
8 girls played the vile Hyenas who
combined with several older students
as Lions helped with the backing
singing, dancing and overall effect of
the show.
No Musical would be complete
without its Musical Ensemble who
did a very professional job during
all of the performances. I would like
to single out Kang Young Jee (our
Pianist) who held the whole show
together with her fantastic playing.
She also helped direct some of the
ensemble rehearsals ensuring that
we would be able to play to a high
standard
Many members of our staff and
students were involved in various
roles off the stage from helping
rehearse to building sets. They
included Mme Danielle, Ms Amy,
Ms Sarah, Ms Sunhwa, Mr Lenny, Mr
Geoff, Mr Tuan, Ms Thanh and Ms
Hanh. In fact there were very few staff
that weren’t involved. All of whom
gave their expertise freely so the
School could put on a fantastic show.
Next year we are planning on
undertaking a different type of
production, a Variety Show. These
compilation performances have
many different short acts performing
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Singing – performing your favorite
song with friends
Acting – perform a famous scene
from a play of movie or come up
with your own
Rock/Pop Groups – perform as a
group a song of your choice
Comedy – come up with an act to
make everyone laugh
Musical Recitals – perform a
challenging piece of Music
Ventriloquism – practice speaking
without moving your lips
Magic – astound us with feats of
Magic
Acrobatics – demonstrate your
movement skills, possibly include
some juggling
Combination Acts – you don’t have
to limit yourself to only one of the
above
A Variety show will enable all
students show off
their
performance
skills and abilities. If
you have an idea for
an act that you would
like us to be in the
show in December
don’t forget to come
and see me at the
beginning of the next
academic year.
Summer Concert
At the time of writing
we are currently
preparing for our
Secondary Summer
Concert. This will
be held in the RISS
Theatre on June 15th at 7.00pm. We
will be featuring a wide variety of
Music on the programme and there is
sure to be something that everyone
will enjoy. We will be featuring Music
by composers such as Bach, Grieg,
Respighi and Morricone as well as
some Popular Music by John Lennon
and Paul McCartney. We will also
feature Music composed by Students
and Teachers here at Renaissance
International School Saigon. There
will be several soloists, the RISS
Choir, the RISS Orchestra and again
a guest appearance by the Choir
from the charity KOTO (Know One
Teach One http://www.koto.com.
au/). It is certain to have been a very
entertaining evening.IB Music
This year also saw our first students
in year 13 take their International
Baccalaureate Music Exams. The
IB Music program is an intensive
course of study that requires a great
deal from the students. They have
to complete 3 original compositions
of their own Music, perform and
record a solo performance recital of
20 mins to a high
standard, undertake
a Musical Links
Investigation into
Music from different
Cultures as well
as sit a three hour
Exam. The students
undertaking
this
course
have
submitted
coursework which
is amongst the
best I have seen,
especially in their
composition
and
investigation work.
I would like to take
this opportunity to wish them luck
with all their IB and future studies.
Ms. Sunhwa Jeong / Korean Teacher Secondary
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Key Stage 5 : We have successfully completed
half of their IB Korean Literature course. Throughout
this academic year, we have studied several World
Literatures including “Outsider” of Albert Camus,
“Crime and Punishment” of F.Dostoevsky and “Don
Quixote” of Miguel de Cervantes.
Key Stage 4: We learned basic
skill for writing argumentative essay,
descriptions and short stories. Also,
we learned making a well-grounded
argument to persuade other people.
We had been writing lots of short
stories in given topics, themes and
background. We improved writing
skills through all tasks we did this
year. (Yr 10, Jeon Gyeong Ju)
Seconday
Korean
We have found and discussed about
different aspects of each literatures
through interactive debate. Each of
us had to take turn in organizing and
leading the debate.
We also have studied different
factors of literature, such as language
and plot, which play important
role in delivering and determining
the core message of the work of
literature.
I believe studying World Literature
have provided us both practical and
intangible advantages. We are now
able to appreciate and recognize use
of different components of novels,
and their effect. Moreover, it has
brought us something more valuable
than just analyzing those factors. It
has broadened our understanding
of the different human conditions.
While reading the great works
of literature, we were able to
experience different perspectives
of narrators and characters toward
certain issue or society. It has
exposed us to a wider range of
human experience and enriched our
own individual character. (Yr 12, Lee
Ji Weon)
Key Stage 3 : We mainly
did speaking and writing tasks.
Specially, Yr 9 made PPT about their
favourite subject and taught class
about specific parts of the subject.
Also, We did many activities for
Korean letter day (Han-guel Day).
Yr 7 and Yr 8 made posters and Yr9
made videos. Moreover, students
wrote summary of their school
trips. Overall,
We did a lot of activities and
studying this year. (Yr 9. Yu Ye Jin)
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Ms. Trang / TA
EAL “TEACHERS “ FOR A DAY
Can
someone make
sentences with “when” and
“while”?
Teachers Ji Seon and Hye Jin are teaching their class
Present Perfect tense.
It’s
easy! I’ve got to
earn house points
from this.
It’s so
nervous to be a
teacher, but I have to
win it.
Did
you know
that modal verbs are
commonly used in
English?
Doing quiz is always fun.
Sunny is teaching a vocabulary lesson
which is very helpful before the exam.
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Ms. Jennifer Xin / Chinese Teacher Secondary
IGCSE & IB Chinese Program
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中文
行动本地化
Dama out the poem“I am the cloud in
the sky.”
Y 12 students learn to appreciate
poems in different ways.
他
生气了，他
很高兴，他很得
意……
思想国际化
IGCSE MFL students work on the emotion words.
IB 点亮明天
IGCSE First Language students
如果
我是市长……
If I am the
mayor……
Mandarin B student is sharing the ideas to
improve the community.
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Ms. Lily Ho / ICT Secondary Teacher, Pastoral Co-ordinator
T
his year the ICT
department saw the
introduction of the new IB course—
Information
Technology in a Global
Society. This was a new course offered for
the first time at RISS to our current Year 12
students. During this course students have
looked at the problems that ICT has caused for
companies and individuals. Not an easy task
when you have spent the last 2 years studying
IGCSE ICT with Ms Lily who has constantly
been harking on about how good ICT is and
why everyone should be studying it.
ICT
This year we have also seen the number of students,
who wish to study IGCSE ICT. grow, which is great
news for the
department, and is certainly
keeping the teacher on her toes with all the extra
work. The students have taken this course like a duck
to water, and I’m sure that we should expect to see
some great results next year from this class. It’s great
to see the students so
enthusiastic about a subject—and they are not even
playing computer games.
At Key Stage 3 students are learning all the
practical skills that they need to help them
with producing work in other subjects. We
learn skills in:
• Word Processing
• Spreadsheets
• Databases
• Power Point Presentations
• Control
• Legislation
• Movie Making
• Data Logging
And much, much more
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Ms. Lily Ho / ICT Secondary Teacher, Pastoral Co-ordinator
I didn’t study IGCSE ICT and
I am finding it really hard
for me to understand it.
However I realize that it is
an interesting subject. By
studying ICT, I have learned
more about technologies.
Eun Ho 12MR
ITGS is very useful because it
makes me think and consider
the pros and cons of every
technology that I use everyday.
Compared to IGCSE ICT, it is very
different because there is more
writing and research whereas
in IGCSE you focus a lot on the
practical work. Even thought
this subject is very hard, we have
a great teacher to support and
teach us. Brad 12MR
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ITGS is very different and
harder than IGCSE ICT. I have
improved my ICT skills during
this time. All the thing we
have learnt are about global
issues in the real world,
however the teacher is still
funny as always. Hien 12MR
ICT is great. Better than
Business Studies. It’s really
exciting. Yae Chan 10LV
ICT is important in this
technology society. ICT
helps us not only in the
subject, but for other
subjects as well.
Phuong 10EO
Computers are
everywhere. The
fridge, the stereo,
even the electric
shower. It’s
awesome!
Candy 10LV
ICT ROCKS!
Won Suk 10EO
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Ms. Tracy Jane Smith/ Mathematics Teacher
MATHEMATICS
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Ms. Phuong Lien / Vietnamese Teacher (Whole School)
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VIETNAMESE PRESCHOOL
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Ms. Phuong Lien / Vietnamese Teacher (Whole School)
Vietnamese Primary
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Ms. Phuong Lien / Vietnamese Teacher (Whole School)
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Vietnamese Secondary
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Ms. Danielle Fontaine / Drama/French Teacher
RISS French master painters’
2012
RISS French master painters’ Exhibit
Exhibit
2012
Toulouse Lautrec’s favourite is
Year 7: Zoya, Vy, Nhi, Safena, Jenny and Benny
Jacques-Louis David’s
favourite is Ms. Danielle
Stephany Hasselsweiller’s favourite is
Year 8:
Song Anh, Hyung Min, Duong, Ji Yoon,
Khoa, Sana, Seon Ah, Dan Thy, Yeo Eun
Renoir’s favourite is Year 9 : Dan, Elle, Hiro,
Huy, Jessica, Jun Ho, Katie, Nam, Nana, Sunny, Thy,Tom Lim
Pierre Ernole’s favourite is IB boy :
Thang
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Victor Guilbert’s favourite is Year 10 : C.J.,
Hee Sun, Megan, Sung, Minh, Adriana, Kelly,
Du, Huy, Chae Yeong
Degas’s favourite is Year 11:
Truc, Phuong, Jeong Eon, Uyen
Paul Gauguin’s favourite is IB
girls : Aina and Yasmin
Mike - Year 12 student - 2012 Curie house captain
The great Curie house has had
a very impressive year. The
Curie clan has shown off some
great talents. Curie’s year
started off in the pool for the
junior swimming competition.
There we saw some very
impressive swimming from all
who took part and some great
wins were achieved in the
name of the curie house.
The Curie Students had yet
another chance to show
off their sporting talents
during the house football
competition. Under Mr.
Tome’s guidance the boys
came very close to winning
but unfortunately they were
stopped in the final after a
penalty shoot out. Mr. Tome
swore that Curie would get
their revenge and has began
planning for next years
competition. All of the curie
students took part in this
year’s sports day. Curie had
some excellent wins and the
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team spirit was alive and well.
However this was not to be
Curie’s day as the Horrible
Hung house false started and
bribe their way to the top of
the podium !!!
Both the house badminton
and house dodge ball were
more highlights in the Curie
calendar. All of the Curie
teams played in both the
house events the onlookers
screamed and cheered their
team mates during some nail
biting matches.
Last but not least, It has been
a very close race throughout
the year with horrible hung
and Classy Curie battling
it out for the overall house
points championship, but as
everyone knows, Curie is the
best house ever and will never
be beaten!!
GO CURIE!!!!!!
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Ms Vy / Chinese Teacher
Mr. Wu Zeng / Chinese Teacher
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I like Chinese class for several reason .Firstly,it very
interesting to learn about different language other
than mother tongue language or English. Learning
Chinese must be very benefit for me in future.
Secondly,I do a lot of activities during Chinese class.I
sang Chinese song during the class and also did
competition with classmates. Lastly , I love my friends
in Chinese class.Thay are all funny and comfortable.
These are the reason why I like my Chinese class.
YEJIN - Year 9JD Student
We really enjoy
when we
introduce our
family by chinese
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Ms. Laura Baines / English Teacher
Book Week
at RISS
B
efore one can look into the
competitions and the events
that were held, one must
truly understand what the spirit of
Book Week really is about. During
Book Week students were strongly
encouraged to appreciate a book of
any kind in a better light. We were
strongly encouraged to indulge
ourselves into the books whether it
is into the surrealistic reality of the
world that defies the fundamental
laws of physics of a fantasy book or
into a continuum of information,
exciting and surprising facts of a
non-fiction book. As we are moving
into a new century and technology
is taking over and books seem to
unfortunately become irrelevant,
during this period of time, many
have learned that there is a world
just as magical and enticing away
from the digital devices of video
gaming and social networks.
There were multiple competitions
that were held on book week as
well, which was on March 5th-9th
this year. There was a read-a-thon
in which students had to read as
much as they could during the
week and the reader with the
highest grand total would win.
For those who have a touch of
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creativity with their fingers pens,
they took up the challenge to write
the best short stories or poem
that they could imagine within
the theme of ‘A Place I would like
to return to’, ‘’The House on the
Hill’ or ‘A surprise Visitor’. Much
deliberation from the teachers
was needed to decide a deserving
winner as there were many entries.
The final element of Book Week
was for those who preferred their
creativity not be written down on
paper, but instead by designing a
costume of their favourite story
book character. Even though I’m
a student I can say that the
teachers had a hard time to pick
the ugliest stepmothers and
the weirdest Cinderella’s and
decide which one would win as
there were so many excellent
costumes. Even the teachers
joined in!
Written by Sung 10LV
Below are the winning entries for
the creative writing competition,
one from KS3 and one from KS4.
Prize winners from
Book Week
Read-a-thon
Dan Thy 8DD- who read the most
amount of books during the
challenge
Angela 7LP – who wrote the most
amount of book reviews during
the challenge
Favourite literary character
costume
1st place- San Ha (7TS) who was
Beth from Little Women
2nd place- Kwang Seok (7TS) who
was Mad Hatter from Alice in
Wonderland
3rd place- Da Yoon (7LP) who was
Heidi
Creative writing
competition
Winning entry from KS4
RETURN TO THE EXISTENCE
BEYOND
Sung Jang 10LV
Theme: A Place I Would Like To
Return To
The destructive drizzle dampens
as the soothing silence sings; it
sings,
The stark sun slowly sinking sets
ablaze
and freezes the horizon,
More than enough are walking
through the empty doors,
crowded
the bridge cracks, it screams out
for help,
No one answers,
The utopia has been torn apart,
The cracks are beginning to reveal
itself,
It burns. Then it leaves a cold
aftermath,
Silver tongue so sweet and sour
Ms. Laura Baines / English Teacher
and because of that sometimes
there is real longing and need of
sleep, even after you have just
awoken to return to your reality in
which you can play God.
Winning entry from KS3
The story was over five pages and
so we have given you just a short
extract to enjoy. If you would like
to read the rest of the story, I’m
sure Nancy 7LP would be happy to
share it with you.
The surprise visitor
whispers lullabies for the asleep
to rise,
The limpid darkness dies
as the start to the sunrise hours,
The solitude salutes me gone as it
hits me,
Though I know it impossible to
sense,
it will return to me and,
I will return.
Comments from the poet:
Sometimes an overload of work
can steam-roll you flat and squeeze
every ounce of energy out. As an
IGCSE student I can certainly feel
at times that my homework just
multiplies like a terrible cold virus
in your body. Multiple assignments
and essays done simultaneously
can really put a strain on you. At
times it seems as if there is no
escape from the stress that mounts
from the whole idea of always
giving in your best work.
However; sleep in the opinion
of many is getaway that helps
you relax the most and not use
a 6-figure cheque to fly to some
holiday destination. As we fall into
the world of dreams we experience
things that we cannot explain,
whether it is that angelic glow from
the sky below or the darkness of the
dancing around you. Whatever the
case, dreams are truly fascinating
Nancy 7LP
Thomas and I had to be together
for three weeks since I agreed to
help him. I did not remember how
I accepted that but anyway I think
that was a good idea. We went
through so many things together;
we had great times but for some
reason, I always thought how
weird it was when I stayed really
friendly with the person who had
always bullied me over the last
three years.
We went from station to station
under the hot and cold temperature
conditions. Sometimes there was
constant rain which caused even
more trouble. Finally, we arrived
at the very mysterious place
where our revolution began. We
went through the back door, up
to the ceiling to observe carefully
the conversation between the
two black interested, suspected
men. After an hour waiting full of
passion, we did not manage to
collect much information until the
very last minute. The conversation
had just mentioned my father’s
name and Thomas’ parents. I felt
an electric shock float through me
and up to my nerves. What was I
thinking? The scene showed that
those two men inside the room
were my uncles. I wanted to jump
into the room immediately but
Thomas held me back. He kept
me tightly to him and covered
my mouth to hear the rest of the
conversation.
“Well then brother, how can you
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get the money from those two
poor people?”
“I don’t expect to have their
family’s money. I am going to sell
them to the Chinese men. We had
a contract. I will be a billionaire
after this.”
The conversation continued for a
while but I started to feel faint. We
changed our plan. He was going
to find his parents on his own and
I would talk to the police men. We
would separate the group because
we did not have much time left. I
agreed.
The next morning as I packed my
stuff; I found a small picture of
Thomas Vincent’s family. It was
taken a few years ago with his
parents. By looking at the picture,
I could imagine how hard his life
was, being separated from his
parents. I thought about it for a
while and decided to help him as
much as I could.
I went to the policemen early in the
morning. There, I received some
of my father stuff back and asked
for the help. I showed them the
video of the two men I had earlier.
Everything went smoothly as I
predicted it would. The policemen
set up the organization for the
criminal hunt right after. I called
Thomas and told him not to worry.
For the first time ever, he said thank
you to me in a deep meaningful
voice and I was too happy to
appreciate it. The case was sorted
out. Thomas found his parents
and was once again able to live
with them. He decided to take a
medicine university course and so
I did. We became friends and well
that was the end of my fairy tale.
I have a slogan for myself now: To
live life like a dream.
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Mr. Eoin Michael O’sullivan / Physics Teacher A transit of Venus is one
of the rarest astronomical
phenomena, occurring in a
cycle that repeats every 243
years, with pairs of transits
eight years apart separated by
about 121 years and 105 years
The Transit Of
Venus
the best locations for observing this
rare event.
J
ohannes Kepler was the first
astronomer to predict a Venus
transit - that of 6th December
1631. Kepler correctly predicted that
an ascending node transit of Venus
would occur in December 1631, but
no-one observed it - due to the fact
that it occurred after sunset for most
of Europe. Kepler himself died in 1630
Using Kepler’s tables, Jeremiah
Horrocks realised that a transit would
occur on November 24th 1639 and
observed it for the first time from
Much Hoole in Lancashire.
He
alerted his friend William Crabtree
who observed it from Manchester
and it is believed that these were the
only people to witness it.
Using geometry, astronomers knew
they could use the transit of Venus to
determine how far the Earth was from
the sun, producing the Astronomical
Unit. We now know this distance is
93 million miles but, a century ago,
countries mounted expensive and
sometimes dangerous expeditions to
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Perhaps the most famous expedition
was that of Captain Cook to Tahiti in
1769. Following the observations,
Cook opened sealed orders that told
him to search for the, then unknown,
southern continent, Terra Australis
Incognita. As a result, he claimed
New Zealand for the Brirish Crown
and the land he called New South
Wales.
On June the 6th 2012 the staff and
students of RISS were lucky enough
to view the last transit of Venus for
another 105 years.
6th June 2012
Mr. Eoin Michael O’sullivan / Physics Teacher
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The bright and sunny day began at
06:15 for Mr. Eoin, Wenli (10EO), Mike
(12MR) and Vickey (12MR). All of the
early morning astronomers were able
to see the small dot passing slowly
through the suns bright surface.
This rare sight continued to please
up until 07:00 at which point clouds
blocked the unique view.
Unfortunately, due to the heavy cloud
cover it was decided to postpone the
main event for the majority of the
students. Only a small number of
students from primary (6A, 6R and
6N) were invited down to the physics
lab for a lecture and a demonstration
of the history and the science behind
the transit of Venus.
But then, luckily for the students,
there was a break in the cloud. All of
the students rushed out with solar
glasses in hand and were once again
able to see Venus float across the
surface of the sun.
This unique view was visible on and
off for the rest of the morning, up until
the transit finished at approximately
11:15. During this time students from
year 10 and 12 were able to see the
transit along with a number of the
teachers.
Even though the day started as a
disappointment it ended as a great
success with at least 100 people being
able to see an event that won’t happen
again in the lifetime of anyone alive
today.
woke up early on the day to help set
everything up. Thank you.
And finally to all of the teachers,
particularly the Science and Math
Department, who put a lot of time
and effort into making the event
something that will last in the memory
of all who viewed it.
Thank you.
Mr. Eoin
I would like to finish by thanking
all that helped to make the day a
great success. To all the students
who donated their binoculars and
telescopes, who drew posters of the
event and especially to those who
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PRE-SCHOOL PRIMARY SECONDARY
1 June 2012
Dear Parents & Guardians
Great News to Share with You
RISS strives to give the best international education in Vietnam.
Academic performance is one way parents/guardians can truly measure the quality of an international
school.
At RISS, our total focus is on ensuring our students are well taught and fully supported in achieving the
highest possible exam results - helping them to secure their university of choice.
The IB Diploma results for 2011 clearly demonstrates the academic performance of RISS and validates
the commitment and hard work of our teaching faculty who inspire their students.
IB Exam Results
May 2011
RISS
Vietnam - All Schools
BIS
ISHCMC
World
Mean Points
Score
33.20
32.72
32.70
31.20
29.65
Pass Rate
100.00%
93.10%
95.12%
N/A
77.93%
RISS is clearly the No.1 IB World School in Ho Chi Minh city and the only school in the city with a
100% Pass Rate and 3.55 points above the world average.
Our IB results confirms that you made a wise choice in placing your child in RISS. Thank you for your
trust in us.
During the next academic year 2012-13, we have some exciting new developments that will make RISS
even better.
Kind Regards
Dr. Bruce M. Robinson
Head of School from 2012-13
CONTACT US
RENAISSANCE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL SAIGON
PRE - SCHOOL - PRIMARY - SECONDARY
74 Nguyen Thi Thap Street.,
Binh Thuan Ward,
District. 7, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Tel: (84-8) 3773 3171 - 3
Fax: (84-8) 3773 3176
Website: www.rissaigon.edu.vn
ACADEMIC
Mr. Alun Thomas – Head of School
Email: alunthomas@rissaigon.edu.vn
Mrs Annie Thomson - Head of Secondary &
IB CoordinatorUniversity Coumsellor
Email: annie.thomson@rissaigon.edu.vn
ADMISSION
Tel: (84-8) 3773 3171 – Ext. 120
Email: admission@rissaigon.edu.vn
Mark Lockwood - Admissions & Marketing Director
Tel: (84-8) 3773 3171 – Ext. 120
Email: Mark.Lockwood@rissaigon.edu.vn
Ms. Man Thi Ngoc Han – Student Recruitment Supervisor
Tel: (84-8) 3773 3171 – Ext. 121
Email: han.manthingoc@rissaigon.edu.vn
Ms. Le Thanh Tuyen - Admission Officer
Tel: (84-8) 3773 3171 – Ext. 121
Email: tuyen.lethanh@rissaigon.edu.vn