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With more than 40 different nationalities and 20 languages represented on campus, Northbridge International School Cambodia welcomes and values all linguistic and cultural backgrounds brought by the students, the parents and the school community. Our mission is to inspire dynamic, respectful and compassionate global citizens, and we believe that our multilingual school environment helps accomplish it.

At our last Northbridge International School Cambodia Parent Coffee Morning, the Inclusion Team presented to parents about two interesting topics: age-appropriate independence in Primary-aged children, and adolescent brain development in Secondary-aged children. It was great to share stories about the stages our children go through, as well as reflecting on our own personal journeys through childhood and adolescence.

At Northbridge International School Cambodia, our skills for English learning start early when we listen to our families and teachers speak in English.  We hear the sounds (phonetics) that culminate in the English language – words, sentences, and types of texts where we put sentences together for different purposes.

Many events have occurred this year at Northbridge International School Cambodia that have been missing for a few years, parents in classrooms for meetings, packed audiences for our Secondary production, International Day, numerous sports events, overseas cultural trips and countless local field trips. All these events have one thing in common, an opportunity for new experiences.

In today’s ever changing world of education, including at Northbridge International School Cambodia, we hear a lot about the importance of STEM or STEAM activties. But what are these and why are they deemed to be so important?

Northbridge International School Cambodia is an English Medium school; students are accessing the curriculum through English. But, with a student body made up of diverse home languages and as an IB continuum school we value and indeed nurture student’s multilingualism and multiculturalism.

For school year 2022-2023, Northbridge International School Cambodia installed some updates in the Secondary Science Laboratory Classrooms that the NISC Health and Safety Audit Committee has been working on from the previous school year based on the Nord Anglia Regional Manager on Health and Safety suggestions.

Take a visit to our early learning spaces at Northbridge International School Cambodia, both inside and out, and you will observe a wealth of play activities happening. Students are interacting in playing on their own (solo play), playing with the same thing or in the same space (mirrored play) or sharing together (collaborative play).

After becoming a father for the second time on NYE 2022, I was able to re-evaluate my lifestyle and reflect on how to improve myself for my family, my community, including at Northbridge International School Cambodia, and the planet.

For those of you who joined us for the Festival of Lights you will have noticed a group of Northbridge International School Cambodia Primary students that were comperes at the front of the stage introducing each act. They did a fantastic job of joining the different acts together and introducing each one in such a clear and confident way.

It has been a very exciting semester for the Houses this year at Northbridge International School Cambodia, and we have increased our presence even more across the school, forging bonds, sportsmanship and a sense of belonging to all students.

Studies show that a family's engagement has a direct positive impact on a child's learning success at any school, including Northbridge International School Cambodia.

Helping others has always been at the heart of the International Baccalaureate curriculum, giving Northbridge International School Cambodia students the opportunity to engage with the world around them and develop both empathy and the organizational skills necessary to make a change in their world.  

Throughout the past 4 months, Eco Council members have worked tirelessly to promote sustainability and come up with innovative plans to make Northbridge International School Cambodia a more environmentally friendly community.

The Northbridge International School Cambodia Secondary Student Council is made up of a representative from each advisory of the secondary school, and is led by the Treasurer – Sonisa Sambath, Secretary - Sethika Sok, Vice President – Jiwoo (Jiu) Yum, and President - Gyubin Han.

Being the Primary Student Leadership Leader at Northbridge International School Cambodia has put me in a position to bloom as a leader because of the transformational student leadership skills and style that our Student Council (STUCO) seem to embody so beautifully.

This semester, Northbridge International School Cambodia grade 12 DP Business Management students have been exploring the role of motivation in the workplace.

There are some essential skills students must learn in their academics at Northbridge International School Cambodia. Among these, writing is undoubtedly one of the most important skills all successful students must acquire. However, writing is considered the most difficult skill to be taught and learned, as it requires hard work and constant practice on a regular basis.