MONDAY, 9 NOVEMBER
• Freedom from Chemical Dependency Visit, 9-13 Nov
• ASA Session 2 Registration
TUESDAY , 10 NOVEMBER
• Grades 3-5 Athletics Morning, 8.20-11.30, UNIS Fields
• Singers United Mini Musical, 16.00-17.00, Black Box
• Grade 9 College Intro Night, 18.00-19.00, Library
WEDNESDAY, 11 NOVEMBER
• All Community Meeting with SCO, 8.30-10.30,
Community Room
• Board of Directors Meeting, 17.30-19.30,
Community Room
THURSDAY, 12 NOVEMBER
• MS Boys’ and Girls’ Basketball vs HIS @ UNIS,
16.00-17.30
• Freedom From Chemical Dependency (FCD) Parent
Night, 19.00-20.00, Theatre
FRIDAY, 13 NOVEMBER
• ISPP Invitational Swim Meet, Cambodia, 13-15 Nov
• MSHS Talent Show, 18.00-20.00, Theatre
SATURDAY, 14 NOVEMBER
• ASA and UMA Session 1 Ends
• HAC MS Basketball Festival @ BIS Hanoi
• Alumni Reunion - London, The House of Ho,
18.00-21.00
SUNDAY, 15 NOVEMBER
• KOTO Annual Bike Ride from UNIS Hanoi
MONDAY, 16 NOVEMBER
• THIMUN (The Hague International Model United
Nations) Singapore, 16-20 Nov
• JV Boys’ and Girls’ Basketball @ BIS, 15.30-17.30
TUESDAY , 17 NOVEMBER
• Committee on Directors Meeting, 7.00-8.30,
Conference Room
• Head of School Meeting with the Japanese
Community, 18.00-20.00, Community Room
WEDNESDAY, 18 NOVEMBER
• APAC Choir Festival @ UNIS Hanoi, 18-22 Nov
• APAC Orchestra Festival @ Shanghai American
School (SAS-PD), Shanghai, 18-22 Nov
THURSDAY, 19 NOVEMBER
• MRISA Jr. Basketball @ Vientiane International School
(VIS), Vientiane, 19-22 Nov
• Youth Sport Season 2 Festival - Soccer, 14.00-16.30,
Back Fields
FRIDAY, 20 NOVEMBER
• Teacher Appreciation Day
• ES Healthy Snack Sale 2,8.10-10.40, ECC and ES
Courtyards
SATURDAY, 14 NOVEMBER
• APAC Choir Festival Concert, 18.30-19.30
School News 1

Classrooms laid bare. An eery silence hung around buildings 5 and 6. The library, canteen and grounds suddenly devoid of adolescents and teens while the elementary school students of UNIS
Hanoi enjoyed the run of the whole school. It was that time of year again. The one school week when half the student population were transported to unfamiliar territory and put through their paces for an altogether unique learning experience.
“ We want them to be out of their comfort zone and learning to learn alongside each other well.
” explains
Colin Campbell, Service Learning
Coordinator for middle school and high school. Mr Campbell, who organises the mass exodus of this division every year revealed that all the trips were located across Vietnam’s vast countryside. The purpose, he said, is to offer the students authentic rural experiences where they can engage in local culture and interact with diverse ethnic minorities. In addition, the students try out new activities - from fishing with their hands to raft building to exploring historic caves. And after exhausting days of challenging physical pursuits, the students spend their evenings participating in tactical games devised to confront personal limitations or perceptions.
Every year, UNIS Hanoi aims to offer students a new experience that also gives them a once-in-a-lifetime chance to learn about Vietnam. This year, Grade
6 students stayed at the Cuc Phuong
National Park. Grade 7 visited Mai Chau;
Grade 8 Ba Vi National Park, while Grade
9 were in Cat Ba. Grade 10 explored Sa
Pa, Grade 11 discovered Phong Nha for the very first time and Grade 12 went to
La Vie Vu Linh.
“ These trips have become a tradition!
” exclaims Grade 11 student Anh Phuong
Nguyen, or AP as she’s fondly known.
“ I’ve been lucky enough to have been on every trip since Grade 6 and it is something we look forward to every year .” This year AP and her peers found themselves in Phong Nha, an area renowned for its historic caves, dormant bombs and poor rural communities.
“ I find I get a lot out of Week Without
Walls. We are often in situations where we are forced to challenge ourselves.
For example, one of my friends suffers from claustrophobia, so being in the mud cave was really brave for her, but she said she was able to overcome her fear because she knew she had her friends with her. There were also people on our trip who were scared of heights but still tried the zip-lining activity .”
For AP, however, the biggest personal lesson was finding out more about her rich heritage. “ As a Vietnamese national, learning about my country was important to me. We spent a beautiful hour in the mud caves before visiting a temple where we learned about the history of the area, including the roads that the youth built in the 1970’s which connected the district with Ha Noi for the first time. We also spoke to a team from MAG, a NGO that is dedicated to detecting and defusing mines and bombs. It was surprising to me to find that there are still a lot of dormant bombs in that area and I was shocked that there are remnants of the war still affecting Vietnam today. What’s more, we spent a whole day painting a local community center. Although some of my friends didn’t enjoy this as much as I did, we all felt good about doing something to brighten the lives of others.
”
AP, who hopes to study the fashion industry at college before returning to
Vietnam to play a role in her family’s fashion business, believes the trips have taught her lifelong lessons. “ In the middle school, the trips were closely linked to what we learned in the classrooms, but in the high school years the focus changes more to team-building, self-awareness and leadership skills .”
Mr Campbell confirms that this is the case. He divulged, “ Grade 6 for example, spent their trip learning about primates which is closely tied to their curriculum. The trip for Grade
7 was linked to what they are learning in humanities, whereas Grade 8 students had a physically challenging experience. From Grade 9, our focus starts to change to give students a chance to develop other skills. I think, the school has recognised that we need to expose the older students more to real decision-making so all the activities were based around this .”
While students in Grade 11 and 12 have grown accustomed to a week away from home, for other students simply living away from their families was the biggest learning experience. Twelve year-old Ryan Lim from Singapore revealed he was apprehensive about being away for so long. “ This was the first time that I was away from home and so far away from home too ” he shared. “ I felt nervous but excited. I was nervous that I wouldn’t adapt so well to the area or to a different routine. But
I was ok. I actually felt more mature and I’d definitely go again.
” Ryan’s friend Phuong Tran, 11, however felt very confident. “ We got to choose who we shared a room with and I loved the mountains. Mountain biking was my favourite experience ” she said.
Along with mountain-biking the Grade
6 students learned about primates and the impact of deforestation at the
Primate Resource Centre. The students
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also hiked a phenomenal 6km to see a hollow thousand year-old tree. “ We trekked all that way to see a dead tree!
” balked Phuong when re-telling the experience. But for both students, the most memorable activities focussed on team-building and tactics. Ryan revealed
“ We were split into groups and given games which required us to help each other out, express ourselves and learn the best ways to memorize information quickly and effectively. That was very interesting for me.”
Whether it was the sheer love of being away from home and bunking with friends, trying out a new sport or overcoming real fears, the vast majority of students report a sense of personal and academic growth. A sure sign that the trips are having the desired effect.
Read about the new Grade 8 trip in next week’s Tin Tuc.
stories@unishanoi.org
School News 3

If your family intends to leave
UNIS Hanoi at the end of the first semester, please submit an Admissions Withdrawal
Form indicating yourchild’s last day of attendance.
School will close for the winter break on Friday December 18 .
The last day of the first semester is Friday January 29 .
Upon confirmation of your departure, we shall guide your family through the withdrawal process.
Please email admissions@unishanoi.org or telephone for assistance
37581551 extensions 8217 /
8220 / 8732 / 8739 / 8738
On 25 September UN member states ratified 17 new Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs) which will set the vision for the human development until 2030. These provide a positive vision of a possible future that was built in part on a global conversation around ‘the future we want’.
These goals provide a structure around which action can be galvanized as well as acting as a tool for civil society to hold governments and the international community to account. As such they will serve to indicate the effectiveness of our efforts to find a just and sustainable future for everyone on the planet.
Diploma Environmental Systems and
Societies Grade 11 are exploring the
SDGs and galvanizing a chosen SDG by spreading their findings and ideas. Tae
Young Jeong’s chosen SDG is ‘Gender
Equality’. Here is his finding and media of communication:
From the brief information given by the
United Nations, it could be seen that achieving gender equality will assist in not only peace but also in sustainability as well. However, it could be seen that actions going against this idea is prevalent across the globe.
As a result, I felt that doing an individual project focusing on a very specified goal of the female right activists might not be able to encourage and stimulate the gender equality movement as a whole as issues like female education and sexual violence are of completely different intensity and idea. Therefore, I decided to work with the first goal of this Sustainable
Development branch, which is: “ End all forms of discrimination against all women and girls everywhere ”
My ultimate aim is to develop a small project that can encourage gender right movement as a whole so that doesn’t matter which specific issue they work on, all female right activists could feel support.
“I decided to come up with a slogan that could both target and satisfy all people working for female right s around this world.
As a result, the slogan became: BY
2030, All Women Rights Activists
WILL COMPLETELY ACHIEVE their goals .
The sort of ‘prediction’ based wording was used in order to give an optimistic tone on their future achievements.
When it comes to the visual elements of the poster, I photoshopped a hand breaking through a wall to symbolize freedom from oppression.
At first, I wanted the hand to show gestures of relief, but as that might portray women as weak ones, I decided to replace the gesture with a fist, which in majority of cultures represent ‘strength’.“
G11 IB Environmental Systems and
Societies student
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Photos by Tim Barnsley

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13:20 – 14:00
Tuesday, November 10
13:20 – 14:00
Thursday, November 12
13:20 – 14:00
Monday, November 16
13:20 – 14:00
Monday, November 23
13:20 – 14:00
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University of Nebraska at Lincoln
Mr. Chase Blazek
International Recruitment Specialist
University of Iowa
Mr. Thomas Paulsen
Associate Director of International
Kirkwood Community College
Mr. Dawn Wood
Director of International Programs
Temple University
Mr. Nathan Jones
Assistant Director International Admission
Florida Institute of Technology
Ms. Stephanie Enstice
Associate Director of Admissions
Australian National University
Mr. Thomas Lowe
International Marketing Coordinator
Monash University
Ms. Hoa Levitas
Senior Regional Manager
Bard College
Ms. Shawn Moore
Admission Counselor
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On Tuesday November 10 we will be having our 4th annual Athletics Morning where we will be celebrating of the efforts these grades have putting in to improve their athletics skills. All students will compete as a team to get points for their house in each of the disciplines of runing
(sprint, middle distance), jumping (high jump, long jump) and throwing (discus, javelin, shot put, tennis ball).
The morning will finish with an exciting round of relays followed by a surprise event involving some of our more nimble teachers. It is a great morning of fun and each student will be pushing themselves for their house so parents are encouraged to come down and cheer everyone on.
The opening will be at 8:20 and the event will be done by 11:30 . Bring sunscreen and a hat as it could be hot.
Grades 3-5 Athletics Morning 2014-2015. Photos by Tim Barnsley.
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Last weekend, the Phoenix Swim Club swimmers had an exceptional weekend of racing! Our swimmers had 225 improved times and 112 first time races for grand total of 337 new Personal Best
Times. More than ¾ of or our swims were Personal Best Times!! Fantastic racing swimmers from our team!! We won the meet by over 1,000 points over
8 other schools including MRISA schools
– ISHCMC and VIS. Well done coaches and swimmers!!
Our swimmers also broke 29 UNIS
Team Records and 13 Invitational Meet records!! Our record breaking swimmers included:
• 11+12 Girls: Sophia Villamil, Cassie
Hu Andersen, Grace Cenere and
Omaya Munro
• 13+over Girls: Adelaide Charlier,
Sofya Koroleva, Angela Villamil,
Hanako Hieda, and Isabella Todini
• 8+under Boys: Nghia Le and Uy Doan
• 9+10 Boys: Duc Hoai Le
• 11+12 Boys: Rasmus Makela, Adam
Strosing, Gai Ogasawara, Tat Anh
Trinh and Bill Nguyen
• 13+ Boys: Joya Tabe, Roope Makela,
Nils Jaranovs, and Duc Do
Special thanks to all our parents who volunteered at the meet!! They did a really fine job of making sure all the competitors had a great experience.
Thank you from the coaching staff for your time and involvement in our programme.
More special thanks to Ms Hoa and Ms
Giang in the Activities Office for taking care of all the logistics as well as the
Aquatics Staff for all their work. And finally, credit for the pictures in today’s
Tin Tuc to Tim Barnsley!
Our next swimming competition is APAC at HKIS at the end of January. That will be followed by our annual Aquathlon on
February 27.Varsity Swim Team tryouts continue on Monday next week for those unable to come this week. Please be at the pool by 4:15 with your suits, caps (for long hair), and goggles!
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In 1960s Baltimore, Tracy Turnblad, an overweight teenager with all the right moves, is obsessed with the Kitty Collins
Show. Every day after school, Tracy and her best friend, Penny run home to watch the show and drool over the hot Link
Larkin, much to Tracy’s mother Edna’s dismay. After one of the stars of the show leaves, Kitty Collins holds auditions to see who will be the next person on the Kitty Collins show. With the help of her friend Seaweed, Tracy makes it on the show. She becomes an overnight celebrity, a trendsetter in dance, fun and fashion, angering the evil dance Amber
Von Tussle and her mother Velma.
Presents
Tracy then decides that it’s not fair that the beatnik kids can only dance on the
Kitty Collins Show once a month, and with the help of Seaweed, Link, Penny,
Motormouth Maybelle, Wilbur, Tracy’s father and Edna, she’s going to integrate the show.....without denting her ‘do!’
The students in the high school have been working hard on this year’s production. Students have taken roles onstage as performers, in the pit orchestra and backstage on crews, including: set, props, costumes, hair and makeup, sound, lights, publicity and box office.
BOOK BY MUSIC BY LYRICS BY
Mark O’Donnell
Thomas Meehan
Marc Shaiman Scott Wittman
Marc Shaiman
Based on the New Line Cinema film written and directed by John Waters
Come and see the show on
December 3,4 & 5, 2015
7:00 pm
Centre for the Arts
Tickets are on sale outside the canteen at lunch & in B10 G29
P resented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI).
All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI.
421 West 54th Street, New York, NY 10019
Phone: 212-541-4682 Fax: 212-397-4684 www. MTIShows.com
School News 9

Different children have different sleep needs, habits and problems. Here are some answers to some frequently asked questions.
Questions: Is my child getting enough sleep? How much sleep do different ages need?
Answer:
• Toddler – 10-12 hours per night and most can do with an extra hour or 2 in the middle of the day.
• Pre-schooler – 11-13 hours per night. Children age 3- 5 years have a rapidly expanding imagination that can sometimes get in the way of a good night’s sleep. By listening to your child’s fears and helping
overcome them, you can beat the sleep monsters away.
• School Age – 10 -11 hours per night.
Children age 6-9 years. By school age, your child is regularly sleeping through the night without waking up.
A good night sleep is important for growth and development
• Adolescents – 12 and above. At least 9 hours per night. Sleep and sleep patterns start to change during adolescence. Adolescents also bring lots of reasons to miss out on sleep but your child needs to have a good quality sleep.
Question: What does it mean if my child wakes up grumpy?
Answer: It may mean your child is not getting enough sleep or that they are not getting enough deep sleep (the third and fourth stage of quiet or non
REM sleep, in which we sleep heavily, feeling drowsy if we are woken).
You can often handle sleep difficulties by setting up a positive bed time routine and good sleep habits. Please seek medical advice if you are worried that your child’s sleep problem, however mild, is affecting their wellbeing, schoolwork or relationships.
Wishing you and yours a great sleep.
Health Centre Coordinator nurse@unishanoi.org
UNIS Hanoi is inviting applications for the following vacancies:
1. Technical Officer
2. Fitness Instructor
To view more information about these openings and other job opportunities at
UNIS Hanoi, and to apply online, please visit our website at www.unishanoi.
org/jobs
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Wednesday 4th Nov. 12:50 - 14:30.
totaling $13,000,
Photos by Tim Barnsley
School News 11

On October 24 2015, the Huong La
Centre Service Learning group went on their first trip to visit the center. The bus left at 8:10 and we arrived at 9:30.
We met the children living at the centre and sang songs for them. Then they danced Gangnam Style for us. Then we all danced together using songs from
PE (Tell Me Ma and Cupid Shuffle), which was spontaneous and fun. The children at the centre love dancing. At
10:30 the children ate lunch and Sister
Hai gave us a tour around the Centre.
It is a beautiful campus with a large courtyard, fruit and vegetable garden, a fish pond and a candle making room.
For lunch we ate rice with potatoes and meat with curry.
After lunch, our group split in half.
The first group went with the children to work on art projects. The second group undertook the enormous task of painting a badminton court for the mobile children, sisters and community to use. It was a task that required a lot of focus and energy under the hot sun, and when we begun, we didn’t think it was possible to finish by our
1:30 departure time. We made many measurements and taped off all the lines of the court before painting it.
We all shared the tasks involved in painting the court. It took us about an hour and a half to paint the badminton court, which left us time to play with the children before we returned to
UNIS. It was a successful and fun day.
We all felt proud that we were able to completely paint a badminton court during our short visit.
Our service group also gave donations to the Huong La Centre including cooking oil, toothpaste, toothbrushes, soap, shampoo and clothes and shoes in good condition. These are items that are always needed at this organization.
If you would like to make a donation, please drop it off at UNIS labeled “HLC
- Colin Campbell”, and we will bring it to the centre on our 5 December visit.
Grade 8
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Wednesday, November 11
8.30 – 10.30am
Community Room
(Building 7, room 104)
Special Guest – SOS International:
Giving a presentation on Healty Living in Vietnam.
Additional details will be emailed to parents this coming week.
Each year, our community –through the School Community Organisation
(SCO) - raises funds in course of implementing activities, the main activity being the organization and administration of the Spring Fair. Some of those funds are available each year to carry out project ideas proposed by members of the community. The funding process is designed to be fair, transparent, and community-based.
Application for funding may now be prepared and submitted for consideration. Please feel free to email us regarding any questions you may have in the process. The closing date for applications will be December 3.
Any member of our community, including teaching staff, administration, faculty, students of all ages and student groups and parents.
Community members can submit applications for projects that directly support the UNIS Hanoi
Community. Criteria for selection include consistency with the UNIS
Hanoi Mission and SCO Core Values, a demonstrated need, appropriate timetable and duration, a practical implementation plan, and justification of costs.
Projects range from:
• School equipment
• Extra Furniture outside the UNIS
Hanoi Administration budget
• Fees/wages for a teaching specialist
• Entertainment/Production costs for community building initiatives
• Workshop provider
• Publications
Please note regarding funds sought for charity: The charity must be connected to the UNIS Hanoi Service Learning
Programme and students/supervisors are encouraged to discuss proposals with the Service Learning Coordinator before submitting an application.
Examples of projects that have been funded in the past are:
• Phoenix Mascot
• Compost bins for the Community
Garden
• Outdoor picnic seating
• Big Red Drum (Trống) and Gong
(Cồng) for the Centre for the Arts
• Cameras for the ECC
• Bedding/supplies for a Service
Learning Group
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Friday, November 20, 2015
8.10am – 10.30am
• Production funding for the Operation
Smile Charity concert
• Timing system for the swimming pool
All applications must be submitted using the forms and templates which are available on the UNIS Hanoi website.
Any questions about the process or the forms should be directed to sco@unishanoi.org
We look forward to reviewing your applications.
Regards,
ECC  K2JM & K2CO
ES  2RJ, 3TC, 3VdC, 3BM, 3CG
The Elementary School Snack Sale is a long standing tradition at UNIS Hanoi.
Over 20 years ago, the “Bake Sale” was created to raise funds for library books while providing students with the opportunity to taste a diverse range of snacks from all around the world!
The Snack Sale has evolved into a fun opportunity for children to exercise choice, learn how to handle money and is raising awareness of the value of healthy snacks.
As a Nut and Allergy Aware campus we require all snacks to include a list of ingredients . When it is your turn to be a contributing class, we encourage that each family supports the ES Snack Sale by providing:
• 10 individually wrapped homemade healthy snacks (the value of each treat should be at least 10,000VND)
• A labeled container/dish with your child’s class and name
• On the morning of the snack sale, please deliver the snacks BEFORE
8.10am
to the designated tables in the ECC or ES Courtyards Courtyard
Both savory and sweet snacks are welcome (i.e. fresh fruit bowl, lightly salted/sweetened popcorn, rice balls, homemade muesli bars, muffins, samosas, etc.), below are a few example of snacks provided in previous snack sales.
If you are interested in volunteering, just come by the Snack Sale table in the morning, we need as much help as possible to sell snacks to the students!
If you have any questions about what snacks to bring, please contact the
Snack Sale Coordinators at snacksale@unishanoi.org
Your Snack Sale Coordinators:
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The much anticipated Used Book Sale will be held on May 6, 2016. It’s still a long way off but we are happy to take your unwanted books starting NOW!
• Do you have books that you no longer need but which someone else would enjoy?
• Maybe you are leaving Hanoi soon and don’t want to ship all of your books to your next posting?
• Do you want to donate your books to a good cause?
The Used Book Sale will be glad to accept your gently loved books . You can put your books aside now to donate to the UNIS Hanoi book sale in the Spring, or better yet, bring them to the Book Sale Drop Box outside of the
UNIS Library today!
This Book Sale is an opportunity for both kids and adults to purchase some ‘pre-loved’ books, in their native tongue (or another language!), at bargain prices.
Kids’ books, adults’ books, fact or fiction, English, Vietnamese, Korean,
Japanese, German, Swedish, French
– we’re interested in books on any subject, in any language spoken within the UNIS Hanoi community. If it’s a book that someone else might enjoy, donate it (please no out-dated travel guides, class readers or inappropriate books please!).
Books will be collected in each ECC,
ES and MS classroom starting in April, with a central collection for HS.
We’ll be back with more details in the coming months. In the meantime, please start putting your pre-loved books safely aside or bring them to the Book Sale Drop Box outside of the
UNIS Hanoi Library.
booksale@unishanoi.org
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2,000,000VND
200,000VND
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koto.com.au/dreamride2015

ST.PAUL AMERICAN SCHOOL
- SPLENDORA
HOAI DUC DISTRICT, HANOI,
10:00 - 16:00 - SATURDAY 28
NOVEMBER 2015
Tickets: Adults VND 150,000 (VND
180,000 on the gate). Children aged
3-12 VND 50,000
The Bazaar is coming! A great family fun day out awaits you with food, drink and live entertainment, so get ready to buy your tickets (on sale around Hanoi and at UNIS soon) and be part of one of the largest charity fund raisers in Hanoi.
This year we are going to show that
HIWC has “Got Talent”. Children under 16 performing solo or in a group are invited to take part on our main stage from 10am-12 noon. If you are interested, please contact bazaarkids@ hanoi-iwc.com
.
For all other information including sponsorship and volunteering please contact: bazaarcoordinator@hanoi-iwc.
com.
President HIWC president@hanoi-iwc.com
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