On Saturday the 16th of March, 35 BIS HCMC students and staff embarked on their community trip to Ky Quang Pagoda located in the outskirts of Go Vap district. We were welcomed warmly and had a really memorable time doing crafting activities, chatting and dancing with the children.
Community service from everyone at BIS continues to shine. The Community Book Swap Event has run across both the Junior and Early Years & Infant Campuses, supported by staff, students and the PTG.
The Saigon Enterprise Challenge tasks secondary students from international schools around Ho Chi Minh City to research, design and produce an innovative new product to bring to market.
Community service representatives across all three BIS campuses collaborated to organise the collection and distribution of Tet gifts for our community partners.
Community service is a significant practice at BIS. One of the main aims of our Community Service Programme is for students to learn to take responsibility towards people, animals and the environment.
Our secondary students have enjoyed another great term at the local primary school, Huynh Van Ngoi, whilst teaching English to the year 5 students as a part of their co-curricular activity (CCA) and community work.
Nord Anglia Education (NAE) schools inspire confident, creative global citizens who have a thirst for knowledge and a vision to change the world for the better. We also believe that students with a global worldview will have competitive advantages in our increasingly interconnected world. An NAE education offer provides unique learning opportunities to enable our students to become truly globally-minded and globally-active citizens.
Year 12 IB Language and Literature students visited Mai Tam House of Hope in Thu Duc district, a home which supports adults and children living with HIV.
Early on Saturday the 16th of June, 19 students across different year groups and 3 teachers had yet another unforgettable experience at Ky Quang Pagoda. Greeted with warmth, we planned engaging, fun activities with the children including our first-ever dance and singing performance as well as games, cuddling and arts and crafts.
This year, with the support from the Secondary PTG, we have been able to pay for 4 elementary scholarships and 3 university scholarships for underprivileged children through the CNCF scholarship programme.