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It was lovely to greet the students as they returned on Wednesday in new uniforms, with smiles on their faces and they all seem to have settled well.

Applying to universities in the US has changed over the years. What used to be a competition of measurable grades and test scores is now an evaluation of transferable skills. Find out what American universities are seeking what your child can do to stand out.

I am delighted to announce that we have been awarded full accreditation by the Council of International Schools (CIS) (www.cois.org).

Five years ago in 2012, when we opened British International School Hanoi, I also ‘had a dream…’ and the dream, vision, or hope was that we would see our wonderful students performing outside the school environment at a high level. That dream has been realised in many ways over the last few years and two great examples of the fulfillment of my hopes happened this week.

It has been an extremely productive and positive week at British International School Hanoi. As I reported last week, we have been undertaking our CIS/WASC accreditation visit.

As I am sure you are aware British International School Hanoi has been a member of the Federation of British International Schools in Asia (FOBISIA) since October 2015. FOBISIA is a federation made up of 55 prestigious British type schools from all over Asia. As Simon Weston the FOBISIA Chair states:

Last week the British International School Hanoi hosted ten universities from the Colleges that Change Lives Tour. Throughout the week we also hosted individual schools from the US and the UK.  On Friday we had a large fair of 17 schools with 10 being from Australia and 7 from the US. It was a great opportunity for students to see two very different systems.

I often ask myself the question, “What do LeBron James, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Yuri Gagarin have in common?” The simple answer to that complicated thought is that each one of them, if they had been at British International School Hanoi during the last 24 hours, would have been simply amazed by what they saw.

British International School Hanoi are pleased to announce the success of their Secondary Mathematics Department at the 10th Hanoi Mathematics Olympiad.

Discover why someone from Wales became a supporter of an American football team and how this inspires the sports curriculum at our school.

All the Principals from NAE schools from around the world are here with the target of recruiting high quality teachers. I have to say that for the positions we have advertised we have received a large number of strong applications and I am confident that we will have more excellent teachers at British International School Hanoi to join our existing quality staff for the next academic year.

On the back of the success of the Geography Department’s accreditation by the Geographical Association (http://www.geography.org.uk/) in receiving the Secondary Geography Quality Mark, we are proud to be hosting the FOBISIA Geography Job-Alike Workshop here at BIS Hanoi.

We were pleased to welcome HE Giles Lever the British Ambassador to Vietnam come to BIS Hanoi today.