For World Children’s Day on 20 November, students around the world came together to raise their voice on the
importance of children’s rights. Find out why Nord Anglia Education schools are empowering students to become
global citizens.
The new International Early Years Curriculum (IEYC) units of work were fully implemented across the Early Years this week. The atmosphere was buzzing with excitement. Classrooms and shared areas were transformed into language rich environments where opportunities for learning new vocabulary and role-playing stories could be found everywhere.
What does personal, social and emotional development actually mean?
Personal development is about how children come to understand who they are and what they can do.
You will hopefully have heard the name ‘Juilliard’, if not from its fame as a centre of excellence for its Arts programs, then from its collaboration with Nord Anglia Education and in particular the British Vietnamese International School Hanoi. Hilary Easton, one of the curriculum developers for the global collaboration, Juilliard Faculty Head and owner of her own dance school in New York, has worked with our students and staff to see how the Juilliard dance curriculum is working for our students.
We talk a lot about giving students the skills they will need to be learners throughout their lives and not just when they are at school. I hope that the experiences they have in school will enable them to always be curious, always want to enquire and find out more and always want to learn.
This term sees an exciting partnership formed between BVIS and the Nhan Chinh School for Deaf Children. Our Secondary students meet up once a week during ECA time to brainstorm ways in which they can be of service to deaf children at Nhan Chinh, and at the same time learn how to communicate with others who do not have the same ease of communication as themselves.
Hanoi, August 25th, 2017 – For the 2nd year running, the British Vietnamese International School (BVIS) students' results have exceeded the UK average IGCSEs (International General Certificate of Secondary Education) with 88.1% students achieving 5A*- C grades compared to the UK average of 66.3%.
Research suggests that mastering two languages can fundamentally alter the structure of your brain, rewiring it to work differently than the brains of those who only speak one language.