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After almost 3 months of rehearsals and preparation we are approaching the performance of this year’s KS3 production; Antigone.

This week our Year 9 students took part in the first stage of the FOBISIA online international Design and Technology competition, where our students have been asked to design and create a promotional gift for visitors to the school.

15 students from BIS HCMC have received an Outstanding Cambridge Learner Award to celebrate their exceptional achievement in the 2017 Summer IGCSE series, with 2 students achieving the highest standard mark in the world for Mathematics.

The Geography Department firmly believe that learning outside of the classroom plays a fundamental role in allowing our students to build a deeper understanding and a stronger connection with the world around them, along with appreciating the challenges and possibilities that may impact their lives and communities in the future.

“IGCSE was hard and stressful, but if you manage your time properly and have a good work ethic from the beginning, it’s really not that bad.” - Ana Samudio, Year 12 BIS HCMC student.

Our History Subject Ambassadors called their Houses together, to see whose historical knowledge beats all the rest in the inaugural History Inter-House Quiz.

We are delighted to welcome our new Assistant Head Teacher, Lee Falconer to BIS HCMC. Before making his way to Ho Chi Minh City Lee taught in the UK, Canada and Hong Kong with specific focus on raising standards of Teaching and Learning in Senior Schools.

This week, our spotlight on learning article focuses on the Let’s Think in English accelerated learning programme as we were lucky to be visited by its lead trainer Mr Michael Walsh from Kings College London.

This past week - October 2nd to 6th - was Dyslexia Awareness Week 2017. This week has not only been about awareness, but also about understanding the experience of people with Dyslexia, as not only being one of challenge but of success as well.

As we mentioned earlier in the week, students and teachers at BIS HCMC have been taking part in the World’s Largest Lesson to raise awareness of, and continue our work towards, the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

Last Monday, two Year 8 classes took part in a Mini Science Fair in order to think and communicate like real scientists.

Analytical Chemistry competitions have grown in popularity over recent decades and BIS HCMC just staged one for the very first time.

On 11th May, BIS HCMC sent a team of four YR8 students to China to the FOBISIA Secondary Mathematics Competition held at the British School of Beijing.

For fifteen British International School, HCMC, MUN students Wednesday the 1st of March was an ‘eventful’ day.

World Book Day is an annual celebration of the enjoyment books can give us, and this week is its 20th anniversary! There will be events going on at schools across the world, including author readings, book quizzes, dressing up as characters and more.

On Thursday, Year 10 students were treated to a change from their scheduled maths lesson with a visit from guest speaker Professor Robert Garbary.

On Saturday the 24th of September, 12 BIS Students participated in the Saigon Senior Logic Competition held at ISHCMC, where their logic and wits were tested to their limits.

After the difficult exam period, there is nothing like setting the students a challenging public speaking competition to make every moment of school count.

The ever-popular FOBISIA short story competition is this year being hosted by BIS HCMC. The theme is ‘Flight’, and students are encouraged to interpret this as creatively as possible.

It’s a little known fact that BIS has its very own weather station upon the roof of An Phu Secondary.