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There was an excitable atmosphere around school as some of our younger students - who were experiencing extra-curricular activities for the first time – were participating alongside some of our older students, who are currently preparing for tournaments in Thailand and Nepal.

On Monday, Year 8 went on a trip to Hanoi Geological Museum. It was built in 1914 and has displays showing The Earth and the Solar System and the The Geological Evolution of Vietnam.

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.

Quang Minh is our first Artist of the week after requesting to finish his half portrait at home.

In February 2016 Le Tran Thu Thao – a BIS Hanoi Alumni was awarded a full scholarship to Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Thao has now commenced her studies in Horticulture. After graduating from BIS Hanoi she would like to share some of her University application experiences with you

As Mr Rowlands passionately stated in the secondary assembly, we don’t want any of our children to be excluded from talking to each other. When in school, the children must seize the opportunity to discover more from the people around them by using our common language of English.

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

Two very special events took place this week in the Primary School. Firstly, the Early Year Centre performed ’In My Dreams’: a lively and colourful production with catchy tunes and an important moral where good conquered evil and friendship won through. The second event was the Primary Talent Show.

Our community service program continues to grow from strength to strength, encouraging our students to be conscious and active members of their community.

We all had a sensational time but our students did the most amazing job generating some hilarious experiences, videos and photos that had us smiling from ear to ear. They can all be very proud of the work and behavior during this trip. It was an incredible experience for all of us!

The last fixture was played on Sunday. We entered 1 under 11 team and 3 under 14 boys doubles team in the inter school tennis championships last weekend.

REFLECTION is another one of the characteristics we look to aspire to in our Aide Memoire; this week we have reflected on the message that both the British actor Paul Blackthorne and Vietnamese comedian Xuan Bac passed on to our staff and students, here are some of the comments.

Students from Years 3 and 4 competed in sprint and hurdle relays, ball throw, javelin, long jump and speed bounce, whilst students from Years 5 and 6 competed in sprint, hurdle and distance relays, shot put, javelin, long jump and triple jump