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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 | Community Service | Whole School

BIS Tet Gift Collection 2019

Community service representatives across all three BIS campuses collaborated to organise the collection and distribution of Tet gifts for our community partners.

Blog | Sports | Whole School

Junior swimmers finish strokes ahead in their latest swim meet

At the conclusion of Term 1 the Junior BIS Barracudas were invited to express their interest in becoming the Junior BIS Barracuda Swimming Captains.

Blog | Educational Insights | Featured on Home page | Whole School

Mary's Story - Becoming an International Teacher in Vietnam

We speak to Ms Mary McAloon, Deputy Head Teacher at BIS HCMC, Early Years and Infant Campus on her personal experience of teaching abroad.

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.

Nurturing global awareness and an international mindset

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.

Blog | Whole School

Welcome back to school! A look at the upcoming NAE calendar year

Welcome back to school! Nord Anglia Education is offering an incredible range of events in the upcoming 2018/2019 academic year.

Blog | Featured on Home page | Student Learning | Whole School

MIT Hack the Tube Challenge

Welcome back to WEEK EIGHT of the BIS Learning Skills Challenge!

Blog | Featured on Home page | UNICEF | Whole School

BIS HCMC 2020 Plastic Pledge

Here at the British International School Ho Chi Minh City, we have pledged to remove all single-use plastic from all three of our campuses by 2020. This is an exciting step in ensuring that we teach our students about sustainable living and a crucial part of meeting the Global Goals for Sustainable Development.

Blog | Music and Drama | Whole School

Juilliard alumni Jason Crimi visits BIS HCMC

An integral part of our performing arts collaboration here at BIS HCMC are visits by Juilliard alumni. These visits are a transformative experience designed to inspire students in the performing arts. This week we were visited by Jason Crimi, the Associate Principal Trombone of the Seoul Philharmonic orchestra.

The “NAE - UNICEF Student Summit” 2018 in New York City

As part of Nord Anglia Education’s collaboration with UNICEF, selected student ambassadors will visit New York from 6-13 July for the NAE–UNICEF Student Summit regarding the United Nation’s Global Goals for Sustainable Development.

Blog | Featured on Home page | UNICEF | Whole School

Thao Dien Clean Up 2018

On Saturday 23rd June, 40 members of BIS HCMC's community, including students, parents and teachers from across our 3 campuses, set out to clean up Thao Dien.

Blog | Community (SC) | Community Service | Whole School

Christina Noble Children’s Foundation Scholarships 2018

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.

Blog | Featured on Home page | Whole School

Teacher's Story - Lara Wilkinson and Hockey for Heroes

From 2013-2015, Lara Wilkinson was a primary PE teacher here at the British International School, Ho Chi Minh City. Since leaving Vietnam to go back to the UK, Lara has combined her passion for hockey with a charity close to her heart; Help for Heroes. We speak to her about her upcoming challenge Operation Endure where her ladies hockey squad will be completing 8 military challenges and 28 hockey matches in just 8 days.

Blog | Featured on Home page | Life in Ho Chi Minh City | Whole School

BIS HCMC Triumph in 2018 Da Nang Triathlon

This month saw the annual IRONMAN 70.3 Vietnam race return to the beautiful coastal city of Da Nang with more than 1,600 people from 56 countries and territories fighting for a podium position. Amongst the thousands who turned up to compete in these races were teachers, students and parents from BIS HCMC, ready to show Da Nang what they’re made of!

Blog | Whole School

BIS HCMC Driver's Code of Conduct

Please find enclosed our newly updated Driver’s Code of Conduct intended for all those who drive to our school campuses both at drop off and pick up times. With key information in both English and Vietnamese, our aim is to further educate our drivers to make better choices when they enter the areas around our school campuses and within the Thao Dien area as a whole.

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).

NAE STEAM Week @ MIT 2018

It was the week they had been waiting for! 4 students from BIS HCMC flew all the way to Boston to join 25 other Nord Anglia Education students for STEAM Week @ MIT - a unique, five-day long event packed with STEAM-related challenges, learning and adventure at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

The significance of MIT’s “mind and hand” philosophy

It’s one of the biggest events in NAE’s calendar - STEAM Week @ MIT kicked off this weekend on 29th April! An interesting fact unknown to many about MIT is its motto, “mind and hand”, or Mens et Manus in Latin. We would like to share a blog post by Mark Orrow-Whiting, Nord Anglia Education’s Director of Curriculum and Student Performance, on why he believes the “mind and hand” philosophy is integral to NAE’s STEAM curriculum, which has been enhanced in a collaboration with the university.