News Search

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.

Blog | Secondary Campus | Community (SC) | Featured on Home page | Whole School

The Annual Community Football Tournament is Fast Approaching!

This is a wonderful whole school community event connecting students from Year 5, 6 & 7 and our community partner students who we work closely with throughout the year.

Blog | Featured on Home page | Whole School

How to Help Children Develop Emotional Resilience - Weekly Wellbeing

This month staff received training from Educational Psychologist Angie Wigford on how to help children develop Emotional Resilience. She shared with us the importance of looking after the mental health of our children and giving them strategies to cope with issues that arise in everyday life.

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.

Blog | Community (SC) | Featured on Home page | Whole School

Lest We Forget - Poppy Appeal 2017

Please join us in showing that we REMEMBER on the 11th of November by purchasing a Poppy or Poppy stationery from any of the BIS HCMC campuses.

Secrets of an A* IGCSE Student - Ana

“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.

Blog | Featured on Home page | Junior Campus | Music and Drama (JC) | Whole School

Young Musician of the Year Final 2017

12 primary students from across BIS HCMC and BVIS HCMC came together on Tuesday 17th October for the Final of the Young Musician of the Year Competition 2017.

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.

Blog | Secondary Campus | Featured on Home page | Whole School

The Importance of Physical Health - Weekly Wellbeing

For this week’s #WeeklyWellbeing topic, our Student Wellbeing Committee have focused on the importance of Physical Health.

Blog | Secondary Campus | Featured on Home page | Nord Anglia Education | Whole School

Lord David Puttnam to chair Nord Anglia's Education Advisory Board

Nord Anglia Education is pleased to announce the establishment of its Education Advisory Board, chaired by world-renowned film producer and educator, Lord David Puttnam. Find out how Lord Puttnam and Nord Anglia will work together to define the education of the future.

FOBISIA Music Teachers’ Conference 2017

Music teachers from BIS HCMC recently attended the 2017 FOBISIA Music Teachers’ Conference as part of their ongoing professional development.

Blog | Secondary Campus | Featured on Home page | Learning (SC) | Whole School

Spotlight on Learning: Let’s Think in English

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.

Blog | Featured on Home page | Learning (SC) | Whole School

Dyslexia Awareness Week 2017

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.

Blog | Secondary Campus | Featured on Home page | Trips (SC) | Whole School

Photon Racing Reflect on the F1 in Schools World Finals 2017

We catch up with Team Photon and their Design Technology Teacher Mr Diver about their experience at this highly regarded international STEAM event and the lessons learned along the way...

Photon Racing Compete in the F1 in Schools World Finals 2017

Following in the footsteps of Team Helios and Doppler Racing, Photon Racing are the third cohort of students from BIS HCMC attending the F1 in Schools World Finals 2017 and the only school to be representing Vietnam.

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

Supporting Our Parent Community - Culture Shock

Culture shock is defined by ‘Internations’ as the deeper cultural differences in mindset, customs and interpersonal interaction that trigger this phenomenon and turn cultural transition into a struggle. How does culture shock manifest itself? How should we deal with it?

Blog | Secondary Campus | Featured on Home page | UNICEF | Whole School

UPDATE: Students Attend UNICEF High Level Political Forum in New York

French teacher and CAS Coordinator at BIS HCMC, Ms Daphnée Deleporte chaperones NAE students to New York for the UNICEF High Level Political Forum (HLPF).

Blog | Secondary Campus | Community (SC) | Whole School

BIS HCMC Staff Community Inset 2017

Community service projects play an integral part of life at BIS HCMC. With training each year, staff get a chance to experience exactly what it is like to take part in a community activity. Our Community Inset Mornings aim to offer fun and engaging activities and resources to our community partners which may not normally be accessible to them.