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Last Friday (November 2), British International School Hanoi (BIS Hanoi) hosted its 8th annual “International Festival” to celebrate the different nationalities and cultures within the school through traditional games, costumes and food as well as other community activities held by the school’s community partners.

It will be a fantastic week for students attending the STEAM Festival in Pattaya!

On Thursday and Friday, Year 13 delivered some outstanding presentations for their Theory of Knowledge (TOK) IB diploma course. The quality was particularly high this year with a small number of students even achieving full marks.

This year, students at the British International School Hanoi (BIS Hanoi), part of the global Nord Anglia Education family of schools, achieved an impressive pass rate of 92.4% with 46.5% being A*/A level. The students recently had the privilege to be able to celebrate their outstanding achievements at the British Ambassador's Residence.

The event is aimed at supporting various BBGV Charities and BIS Hanoi will be a key sponsor of this event.

Year 8 are off to a great trip to Cat Ba.

Year 7 are off to a great trip to La Ferme du Colvert.

On Friday, we organised the Phase 2 Exhibition where parents could come and get a good idea of the work students in Year 3&4 have been doing this term. Additionally, this was an opportunity for Phase 2 children to develop and practice their English-speaking skills.

Wednesday (9th October) lunch time saw the return of our termly Live Lunch concert series with students from Secondary taking to the stage in the school’s central reception area.

On Wednesday, Ms Naomi Skinner, a Primary teacher from our sister BIS school in Ho Chi Minh City, did a presentation to the Primary students about her 2,200km charity run from Hanoi all the way to Ho Chi Minh City. All the funds raised from the run will go directly to charities that support vulnerable Vietnamese children.

The Friends of BIS parents’ group enjoyed a visit to the Tam Dao Bear Sanctuary on Monday this week. The parents gained a better knowledge and understanding of the sanctuary’s facilities, the Community service programmes that are open to BIS students and, most importantly, the issues surrounding bear bile farming and what Tam Dao are doing to try and stop it.

On Wednesday 25th September, students in Years 7-10 took part in our termly House Maths competition. This term, the competition was Sprint Maths and the atmosphere was electric with students being determined to be the quickest to the teacher and lots of friendly competition between the teams!

The Junior round of The Global Round of World Scholar's Cup (WSC) 2019 has recently taken place in Manila. A BIS Hanoi team of Bao Linh, Quynh Anh and Kim Ngan were incredibly successful at the competition and achieved qualification for the Tournament of Champions at Yale University in November 2019!

At BIS, we are always seeking to improve our learning environment for students. Several changes have been made to our Art rooms which you will notice when visiting the campus. The changes will enable students to work collaboratively, challenge their creativity and thus, facilitate them in becoming masters in any discipline they interest in.

35 US Universities including New York University, Suffolk University, Northwestern in Qatar, Florida Institute of Tech., Universities of Iowa, Florida, Tulsa, Houston and many more participated in the fair.

On Friday morning, Trung Tien Tran and Valerie Lua – our Head Boy & Head Girl – made their first speech in front of Secondary students as well as teachers. The whole auditorium was inspired by their speech and we are looking forward to an exciting year ahead with new changes in the Student Leadership structure.