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News image Raghav Dwivedi wins FOBISIA Short Story Competition 2018 - raghav-dwivedi-wins-fobisia-short-story-competition-2018 Blog | Featured on Home page | Junior Campus | Secondary Campus | Whole School
Raghav Dwivedi wins FOBISIA Short Story Competition 2018
A huge congratulations goes out to Year 7 student Raghav Dwivedi who has once again been crowned winner of the FOBISIA Short Story Competition! After winning the primary category in 2017, he has now gone on to win the Secondary category as one of the youngest participants in his group.
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News image Mr Anthony Rowlands: Weekly Update 23/03/2018 | BIS HCMC - mr-anthony-rowlands-weekly-update-23-03-2018 Blog | Featured on Home page | Whole School
Mr Anthony Rowlands: Weekly Update 23/03/2018
In this week's update, Mr Rowlands details his 9 step plan to meeting challenges, making the rights choices and taking responsibility.
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News image Ms Astley visits The Juilliard School New York | BIS HCMC | Nord Anglia - ms-astley-visits-the-juilliard-school-new-york Blog | Continued Professional Development | Featured on Home page | Music and Drama (SC) | Nord Anglia Education | Secondary Campus | Whole School
Ms Astley visits The Juilliard School New York
Ms Astley joined other Nord Anglia Education teachers from around the world to learn more about the Juilliard Drama Curriculum coming to the British International School, Ho Chi Minh City from August 2018.
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News image Meet the Specialist: Ms Kim McWilliam | School Counsellor | BIS HCMC - meet-the-specialist-ms-mcwilliam Blog | Featured on Home page | Secondary Campus | Whole School
Meet the Specialist: Ms McWilliam
Kim McWilliam started work at BIS HCMC in August 2017 after working as a School Counsellor for over 11 years in Melbourne, Australia. Our student journalists Jamie and Jimin find out a little bit more about her in this week's 'Meet the Specialist' edition.
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News image Spring Fair 2018 | British International School Ho Chi Minh City - spring-fair-2018 Blog | Early Years and Infant PTG | Featured on Home page | Junior Campus | Junior PTG | Secondary Campus | Secondary PTG | Whole School
Spring Fair 2018
The Spring Fair is one of the highlights of the PTG and whole school calendar. A huge amount of work goes into making this event happen ensuring a wonderful day for all of our BIS community.
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News image BIS HCMC Welcomes Juilliard Curriculum Mentor Paul Murphy - bis-hcmc-welcomes-juilliard-curriculum-mentor-paul-murphy Blog | Continued Professional Development | Featured on Home page | Music and Drama (EY&IC) | Music and Drama (JC) | Music and Drama (SC) | Nord Anglia Education | Whole School
BIS HCMC Welcomes Juilliard Curriculum Mentor Paul Murphy
This week we have been lucky enough to have been visited by Paul Murphy, our Juilliard Curriculum Mentor. This is now Paul’s fifth visit to BIS HCMC where he has met many of our staff and students.
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News image SISAC Cross Country Championships 2018 | BIS HCMC - sisac-cross-country-championships-2018 Blog | Featured on Home page | Junior Campus | Secondary Campus | Sports (JC) | Sports (SC) | Whole School
SISAC Cross Country Championships 2018
On Tuesday 6th February, our U9, U11, U14 and U19 students from both our primary and secondary campuses headed to the golf course in District 7 for the SISAC Cross Country City Championships.
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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 Top Tips to Develop Healthy Digital Habits | BIS HCMC - top-tips-to-develop-healthy-digital-habits Blog | Featured on Home page | Junior Campus | Whole School
Top Tips to Develop Healthy Digital Habits
With the world that we now live in we have become more reliant on digital devices for both our work and personal lives. Cellphones, tablets and computers allow us to be connected to the world at all times and we are only now discovering the positive and negative impact that this level of connectivity is having on our lives. With our introduction of the BYOD programme this year it is important that we reflect on our students and how they use their devices outside the classroom.
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News image Andy Dang | Kids Golf World Championship | Secondary Sports | BIS HCMC - andy-dang-returns-triumphant-from-kids-golf-world-championship-in-malaysia Blog | Featured on Home page | Secondary Campus | Sports (SC) | Whole School
Andy Dang Returns Triumphant from Kids Golf World Championship in Malaysia
Andy Dang, a Year 8 student here at the British International School, Ho Chi Minh City has recently returned from the Kids Golf World Championships in Malaysia as champion of his division.
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News image Tet Shoe Box Appeal 2018 – Season of Giving | BIS HCMC - tet-shoe-box-appeal-2018-season-of-giving Blog | Secondary Campus | Community (SC) | Featured on Home page | Whole School
Tet Shoe Box Appeal 2018 – Season of Giving
Tết is the most important celebration in Vietnamese culture, honouring the arrival of spring. The celebration brings with it delicious food like bánh chưng, bánh dày, dưa hấu and traditional customs such as ancestor worship, wishing New Year's greetings and giving lucky money. Tết symbolises the time of the year where people can forget about the troubles of the past year and look towards the future.
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News image Help Traffic Flow in Thao Dien with Carpool Karaoke | BIS HCMC - help-traffic-flow-in-thao-dien-with-carpool-karaoke Blog | Featured on Home page | Life in Ho Chi Minh City | Secondary Campus | Secondary PTG | Whole School
Help Traffic Flow in Thao Dien with Carpool Karaoke
In January 2018, our brand new Early Years and Infant Campus will open its doors, joining together our whole school community in one District 2 setting. This is an ideal location for a majority of our families however, the inevitable downside of this convenient location is the increased pressure on the flow of traffic in Thao Dien.
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News image Coding for the Future at the British International School HCMC - coding-for-the-future Blog | Featured on Home page | Whole School
Coding for the Future
Coding makes up a large part of the Primary ICT curriculum and all students, from Year 1 to 6, work hard to create games, animations and programs with code. So when it is Computer Science Week and the annual hour of Code it is a given that we would celebrate our achievements and interests in the field of Computer Science.
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News image Phuket Football 7s Tournament 2017 Update | BIS HCMC - phuket-football-7s-tournament-2017-update Blog | Secondary Campus | Sports (SC) | Trips (SC) | Whole School
Phuket Football 7s Tournament 2017 Update
This year saw the British International School, Phuket host their 16th year of the Soccer 7’s Tournament. The biggest one to date, welcomed 1650 competitors playing for 165 teams from 39 international schools, based in 10 different countries – making this tournament a truly remarkable meeting place for Asia's top young footballers, and the international school community.
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News image Juilliard Alumni Visit | Patterson/Sutton Duo | British International School HCMC - juilliard-performing-artists-visit-bis-hcmc Blog | Secondary Campus | Featured on Home page | Music and Drama (SC) | Whole School
Juilliard Performing Artists Visit BIS HCMC
The Patterson/Sutton Duo came to perform at all three of our campuses on Thursday 23rd November 2017. They played to the whole school and as well as hearing their fantastic cello and guitar playing they also answered some of the questions our Primary school children had thought of in their music lessons as well providing masterclasses for our Secondary students.
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News image Key Stage 3 Performance of Antigone | KS3 Drama | BIS HCMC - key-stage-3-performance-of-antigone Blog | Secondary Campus | Events (SC) | Featured on Home page | Learning (SC) | Music and Drama (SC) | Whole School
Key Stage 3 Performance of Antigone
After almost 3 months of rehearsals and preparation we are approaching the performance of this year’s KS3 production; Antigone.
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News image Nord Anglia Regional Child Protection and Safeguarding Conference | BIS HCMC - nord-anglia-regional-child-protection-and-safeguarding-conference Blog | Secondary Campus | Continued Professional Development | Featured on Home page | Nord Anglia Education | Whole School
Nord Anglia Regional Child Protection and Safeguarding Conference
Along with Health and Safety, Child Protection and Safeguarding is the number one priority for our community here at The British International School, Ho Chi Minh City. Ensuring the health and well-being of students, staff and parents is key to a happy and successful school.
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News image Saimuse Charity Concert 2017 | British International School HCMC - saimuse-charity-concert-2017 Blog | Secondary Campus | Events (SC) | Featured on Home page | Music and Drama (SC) | Whole School
Saimuse Charity Concert 2017
On Sunday the 5th of November, 6 international schools in Ho Chi Minh City, including 70 musicians from BIS HCMC came together to perform at the annual charity fundraising event; Saimuse.
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News image Juilliard Alumni Patterson/Sutton Duo Visit BIS HCMC | Nord Anglia Education - juilliard-alumni-patterson-sutton-duo-visit-bis-hcmc Blog | Secondary Campus | Featured on Home page | Music and Drama (SC) | Nord Anglia Education | Whole School
Juilliard Alumni Patterson/Sutton Duo Visit BIS HCMC
We are excited to announce that on Thursday 23rd November our students will be visited by Juilliard Alumni Guitar and Cello Duo Dr. Kimberley Patterson and Dr. Patrick Sutton! The duo will be performing for both our Primary and Secondary school students before holding a live question and answer session.
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News image 15 BIS HCMC students achieve top results in IGCSE Outstanding Cambridge Learner Awards - 15-bis-hcmc-students-achieve-top-results-in-igcse-outstanding-cambridge-learner-awards Blog | Featured on Home page | IGCSE | Learning (SC) | Secondary Campus | Whole School
15 BIS HCMC students achieve top results in IGCSE Outstanding Cambridge Learner Awards
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.
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