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

Dates for the diary Saturday 28th May: Graduation Ceremony Class of 2016 Monday 30th May - Friday 3rd June: Year 10 & 12 Internal Exams and Study Leave Monday 30th May: KAIST visit, 3:30pm Saturday 4th June: BIS Aquathlon, 6.45am Sunday 5th June: PTG Flea Market Friday 10th June: Y11 Prom

From 20th-22nd May, this huge annual sporting event witnessed 6 British international schools across Asia competing in 4 tournaments over three days.

Our Year 5 children visited the Vietnam Waste Solutions Facility in the Binh Chanh district of the city. Linked to their IPC work on sustainability, the children learnt about what happens to the rubbish once it leaves their homes.

Dates for the diary Monday 16th - Friday 20th May: Environment Awareness Week Wednesday 18th May: Year 6 Transition Day Wednesday 18th May: Year 6 Parent Information Evening, 3.30pm Monday 23rd May: Headteacher's Information Evening, 6pm Saturday 28th May: Graduation Ceremony

Community partner visits Our community tour started last Friday April 1st with a morning walk, not just a walk but a dog walk as we were kindly invited by Regine, the dog trainer and Koto, one of ARC leaders, to join them on their daily tour.

The F2 children visited KizCiti in District 4 on Tuesday. An amazing time was had by all as we explored the different areas in the venue.

What a fantastic few days our U13 FOBISIA Games team had in Hong Kong. So much so, Mr Mincher is considering an extension to the trophy cabinet!

This was the first time that BIS HCMC had taken part in the Secondary FOBISIA Mathematics Competition and the students made us proud! They all had a great time competing against students from 23 other schools.

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.

Monday 8th – Friday 12th February: Tet holiday (School closes) Monday 15th February: School resumes Thursday 18th February: Year 3 Sleepover Friday 19th February: PTG Charity Bake Sale

The children from Year 6 have recently started their new IPC unit, ‘Fairgrounds’. This unit is very much focussed on Design Technology (DT) and as part of the process they are expected to design, create and then evaluate their finished fairground ride.

The highly successful Anne Frank Exhibition in November was the culmination of the hard work and collaboration demonstrated by a number of organisations, staff, and students from around the world.

On Monday 7th December the CHQ database will open once again for online sign up in Term 2. Now is the time to get prepared with your login details.

This week saw the children and teachers in Year 5 coming to school dressed as someone from numerous different civilisations that have developed throughout history.

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

Teacher’s day 2015 is on 20th November and that as last Friday! A big round of applause on behalf of AP1 and Thank you teachers; this school wouldn’t be as marvellous as this if it wasn’t for you! Once again, A Very Big thank you for which making a huge good difference for this school. Also, 23rd November is Guards and cleaner’s day.

SSA Basketball (directed by Saigon Heat) is Saigon's leading basketball training program and they are leading sessions at BIS HCMC.

On Wednesday 18th November, the BIS badminton teams travelled to Saigon South International School, to take part in the U11 SISAC Badminton Tournament.

On Friday 30th of October, year 12 and 13 students of Business and Management and Design and Technology had the pleasure of visiting the Pepsico factory in the Amata Industrial Zone.