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Blog | Early Years and Infant Campus | Student Learning

Seeing the light in Year 1

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.

Blog | Junior Campus | Student Learning

Year 3 IPC topic ‘Rainforests’

It only seems like yesterday that all the children were walking through the school gate on the first day of the year and now we have started term three and there are only 7 weeks left of school!

Blog | Junior Campus | Student Learning

Year 3 Art Gallery

Despite the fact that we have had an extremely busy term, all the teachers, teaching assistants and children put in 100% effort to contribute to and create the first ever Year 3 Art Gallery.

Blog | Co-Curricular Activities | Featured on Home page | Secondary Campus | Student Learning

BIS sweep the board at Saigon Enterprise Challenge Finals 2019

Aroma, Evexia, Elysian Vietnam and Sepia were competing against eight other teams from BVIS, the European International School (EIS) and ABC International School and each was required to set up a stall to showcase their product.

Blog | Junior Campus | Student Learning

¡Hola! Bonjour! Ni Hao!

So many things have happened in the MFL lessons since the beginning of the year!

BIS HCMC celebrates Earth Day 2019

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

Blog | Community Service | Secondary Campus | Student Learning

Shoestring Science 2019

After weeks of planning, preparation and trial lessons with Year 5, our Year 9 students had the opportunity to teach their science lessons to Year 6 age students from Tran Quoc Toan (TQT) school.

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 | Co-Curricular Activities | Junior Campus | Student Learning

Year 6 Expedition to Cat Tien National Park

Over the last two weeks, all of the Year 6 classes have attended the Year 6 expedition to Cat Tien Park, staying at Ta Lai Longhouse.

Blog | Co-Curricular Activities | Featured on Home page | Secondary Campus | Student Learning

GIN Saigon Conference 2019

BIS HCMC collaborated with the Australian International School to organise the Global Issues Network Saigon Conference for 2019.

Blog | Co-Curricular Activities | Featured on Home page | Secondary Campus | Student Learning

FOBISIA Drama Festival 2019

Another year has gone by and so has another Drama FOBISIA festival. It was difficult to see how this one could surpass the last and yet this one was the best yet.

Blog | Co-Curricular Activities | Featured on Home page | Junior Campus | Student Learning

Year 4's Expedition to Long Hai

Last week, the Year 4 children spent 3 days and 2 nights at the beachside town of Long Hai. The aim of the trip was to build independence, confidence, friendships and of course, have fun!

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.