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Settling In Workshop For Parents

Arriving in a new school can be daunting for students and their families.

Blog | Early Years and Infant Campus | Junior Campus | Student Learning

Meet the 2019 Primary EAL Team

The English as an Additional Language (EAL) department works with students whose first language is not English and who therefore need direct support with English.

Blog | Early Years and Infant Campus | Junior Campus

Welcoming New Teachers to BIS Primary

An introduction to the teachers who will be joining Primary in August 2019.

Blog | Early Years and Infant Campus | Junior Campus

Primary Teaching Staff Leaving us this Year

It is always difficult to say goodbye to teachers and this year we say goodbye to 16 fabulous teachers across both our primary campuses.

Blog | Early Years and Infant Campus

Year 2 Visit the Ao Dai Museum

Year 2 ventured out to the beautiful countryside of District 9 to explore ao dais from a range of places and through history.

Blog | Sports | Early Years and Infant Campus | Health and Wellbeing | Junior Campus

BIS Primary Aquathlon 2019

Congratulations to all our participants at the 12th Annual BIS Primary Aquathlon held at the Junior Campus last Saturday.

Seeing the Light – Light and Dark Disco | IPC | BIS HCMC - seeing-the-light-in-year-1

Blog | Early Years and Infant Campus | Student Learning

When beginning a new topic we focus on the ‘knowledge’ element of the International Primary Curriculum. Doing a ‘knowledge harvest’ means that we can respond to children’s ideas and misconceptions accurately. By finding out what children already know, we can identify next steps. The ‘Entry Point’ is always an engaging and memorable kinesthetic experience in which children are immersed in a new topic.

PTG Coffee and Cake Morning 2019

On Thursday 11th April a wonderful event happened that not only bought all of our parents together from each campus, but also raised money for an important long term BIS community partner.

Blog | Sports | Early Years and Infant Campus | Junior Campus | Secondary Campus

Success for the BIS Barracudas at the AIS Swim Meet 2019

On Saturday 30th March 75 BIS Barracudas from Year 1 to Year 9 competed in the annual AIS Invitational Swim Meet.

BIS HCMC celebrates Earth Day 2019

The children at Primary have been celebrating Earth Day, with a particular focus on protecting endangered species.

Blog | Early Years and Infant Campus | Student Learning

Talk for Writing in F2

This week in F2 the children have all been submerged into their new Talk for Writing text, Goldilocks and the Three Bears.

Blog | Community Service | Early Years and Infant Campus | Featured on Home page | Junior Campus

Community Book Swap 2019

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.

Blog | Early Years and Infant Campus | Featured on Home page | Student Learning

F3 take their learning outdoors to support their Talk 4 Writing

Mr Gumpy’s Outing by John Burningham is an entertaining and engaging story that all the F3 classes have loved sharing together. After journeying through the Talk 4 Writing process, F3 armed themselves with binoculars, clipboards and pencils and excitedly ventured down to the Saigon riverside to see if they could spot Mr Gumpy.