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News image ‘Talk for Writing’ with Carol Sattherthwaite | BIS Ho Chi Minh City - developing-writing-skills-using-talk-for-writing Blog | Early Years and Infant Campus | Educational Insights | Featured on Home page | Junior Campus | Student Learning
Developing writing skills using ‘Talk for Writing’
Talk for Writing was developed by Pie Corbett and Julia Strong and is an exceptionally effective strategy for teaching writing.
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News image The importance of learning to swim | British International School Ho Chi Minh City - the-importance-of-learning-to-swim Blog | Sports | Early Years and Infant Campus | Junior Campus
The importance of learning to swim
During Term 2 and Term 3 all students from F3 – Year 6 will participate in swimming as part of their PE program.
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News image Former England Cricket Captain Mike Gatting OBE visits BIS HCMC - former-england-cricket-captain-mike-gatting-obe-visits-bis-hcmc Blog | Sports | Co-Curricular Activities | Early Years and Infant Campus | Featured on Home page | Junior Campus | Secondary Campus | Student Learning | Whole School
Former England Cricket Captain Mike Gatting OBE visits BIS HCMC
On Friday 30th November, we had the privilege of welcoming Mike Gatting OBE to BIS HCMC to run coaching sessions for our cricket enthusiasts.
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News image Community Talk from Dr. Orly Raffles Medical | BIS HCMC - community-talk-from-dr-orly Blog | Early Years and Infant Campus
Community Talk from Dr. Orly
On Wednesday 3rd October Dr. Orly, Paediatrician from Raffles Medical gave the second community talk of this term.
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News image Embracing Digital Technology in the DREAMS Lab | BIS HCMC - embracing-digital-technology-in-the-dreams-lab Blog | Co-Curricular Activities | Early Years and Infant Campus | Educational Insights | Featured on Home page | Junior Campus | Student Learning
Embracing Digital Technology in the DREAMS Lab
We have developed the DREAMS Labs at both the Early Years and Infant Campus and the Junior Campus as places that will develop student curiosity in technology and design while building the skills, such as problem solving, computational thinking, logic and reasoning and trial and error, that will be needed for the world that our students will graduate into.
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News image Ironman Inspiration | British International School Ho Chi Minh City - ironman-inspiration Blog | Early Years and Infant Campus
Ironman Inspiration
One BIS HCMC parent Todd Gilmore is taking part in the Ironman World Championships in Hawaii later this month to raise money for Newborns Vietnam. Will his story inspire you to get involved with the BIS HCMC Ironman entry in 2019? Let's find out...
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News image Animal Rescue and Care (ARC) revisit F1 and F2 | BIS HCMC - animal-rescue-and-care-arc-revisit-f1-and-f2 Blog | Community (EY&IC) | Early Years and Infant Campus
Animal Rescue and Care (ARC) revisit F1 and F2
Students in F1 and F2 are revisited by our community partner, to learn more about animal safety and wellbeing whilst interacting with real dogs.
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News image F3 visit Binh Quoi | British International School Ho Chi Minh City - f3-visit-binh-quoi Blog | Early Years and Infant Campus | Expeditions (EY&IC)
F3 visit Binh Quoi
Children are endlessly full of interest, curiosity and questions and all these were charmingly evident this week as F3 rounded off our International Week learning to visit the various waterways at Binh Quoi Tourist Village.
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News image Animal Rescue and Care (ARC) Visits F1 and F2 | BIS HCMC | News - animal-rescue-and-care-visits-f1-and-f2 Blog | Community (EY&IC) | Early Years and Infant Campus
Animal Rescue and Care Visits F1 and F2
Students in F1 and F2 are learning to show care for animals with the help of our community partner, Animal Rescue and Care (ARC). ARC were also presented with a donation from funds raised at the PTG Spring Fair.
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News image Emotional Resilience by Dr Angie Wigford | British International School, Ho Chi Minh City - emotional-resilience-by-dr-angie-wigford Blog | Early Years and Infant Campus | Featured on Home page
Emotional Resilience by Dr Angie Wigford
This week Dr Angie Wigford ran 3 workshops on how a child’s brain develops. This then led onto a discussion on how important playfulness, acceptance, curiosity and empathy were in developing resilience.
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News image Binh Tho Life Skills Lessons | BIS HCMC Community Service Projects - binh-tho-life-skills-lessons Blog | Community (EY&IC) | Community (JC) | Community (SC) | Early Years and Infant Campus | Early Years and Infant PTG | Featured on Home page | Junior Campus | Junior PTG | Secondary Campus | Secondary PTG | Whole School
Binh Tho Life Skills Lessons
BIS HCMC have had the pleasure of working with Binh Tho School for the past 5 years. Binh Tho children visit us throughout the year and take part in a number of different activities with our students, such as: F3 playdates, Project Impact (Secondary), Friendship club and Busy Hands (Junior).
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News image Healthy Nutrition for Young Children: Family Workshop | BIS HCMC - healthy-nutrition-family-workshop Blog | Early Years and Infant Campus | Early Years and Infant PTG | Events (EY&IC) | Featured on Home page
Healthy Nutrition: Family Workshop
Fundinotots, in collaboration with Family Medical Practice, is proud to co-host a workshop on Healthy Nutrition and Good Eating Habits with paediatrician Dr. Jonathan Halevy.
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News image F3 Fairy Tale Dress Up Day at the BIS HCMC EY&IC - f3-fairy-tale-dress-up-day Blog | Early Years and Infant Campus | Featured on Home page
F3 Fairy Tale Dress Up Day
In F3, we are always looking for ways to help our little learners make as much meaning as we can, and what better way to bring stories alive than for us to actually be the characters? Find out which story characters appeared in F3 this week in this post.
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News image Super Cycling Man Visits BIS Ho Chi Minh City - super-cycling-man-visits-bis-hcmc Blog | Early Years and Infant Campus | Featured on Home page | Junior Campus
Super Cycling Man Visits BIS HCMC
When the children in Year 1 and 2 were told that a super hero was visiting, they guessed the obvious names such as: Batman, Superman, Mr Simon, Mr Ian…. However, today they were introduced to a new super hero - ‘Super Cycling Man’!
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News image Chocolate the Hedgehog Visits Year 1 | EYFS | BIS HCMC - chocolate-the-hedgehog-visits-year-1 Blog | Early Years and Infant Campus | Featured on Home page | Learning (EY&IC)
Chocolate the Hedgehog Visits Year 1
Year 1 children receive a visit from Chocolate the hedgehog as part of their non-fiction Talk for Writing unit.
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News image BIS HCMC Shortlisted at the British International School Awards 2018 - british-international-school-awards-2018 Blog | Early Years and Infant Campus | Featured on Home page | UNICEF | Junior Campus | Junior PTG | Secondary Campus | Whole School
British International School Awards 2018
The British International School Awards recognise excellence in British schools overseas, celebrate the successes of the education sector and help set benchmarks for best practices in schools. After our shortlisting in 2017 for our Community Service Projects we were delighted to once again find out we were shortlisted for the International Impact Award for our uniform upcycling project “One More”.
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News image Our New BIS Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Procedures | BIS HCMC - our-new-primary-curriculum-assessment-and-reporting-procedures Blog | Early Years and Infant Campus | Featured on Home page | Junior Campus | Learning (EY&IC) | Learning (JC) | Whole School
Our New Primary Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Procedures
Over the last 18 months the BIS HCMC Primary Curriculum has undergone a complete review.  We have created a bespoke Curriculum, beginning with Early Years in Foundation 1, moving into Year 1 straight through the primary years to the end of Year 9.
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News image Key Features of our New Early Years and Infant Campus | BIS HCMC - key-features-of-our-new-early-years-and-infant-campus Blog | Early Years and Infant Campus | Featured on Home page | Whole School
Key Features of our New Early Years and Infant Campus
It is a very exciting time in the history of the British International School, Ho Chi Minh City. The opening of the BIS Early Years and Infant Campus in January 2018, will bring together all members of the BIS community into one place for the first time.
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News image The Importance of First Language - the-importance-of-first-language Blog | Early Years and Infant Campus | Featured on Home page | Junior Campus | Learning (EY&IC) | Learning (JC) | Whole School
The Importance of First Language
First language, mother tongue or home language is the language spoken by parents at home before a child starts schooling. Research increasingly shows it is important for parents to continue developing their child’s first language because...
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