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We were all left wanting more after the amazing performances from our students in this year’s musical production of ‘Oliver’ From song and dance to London accented acting, we were dazzled by the cast who transformed our auditorium in Hanoi into the grim streets of 19th Century London.

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.

It has been a really exciting week at BVIS Secondary.   We celebrated the International Day of Peace by the entire school congregating in the Secondary auditorium to record a version of ‘One Day’ by Matisyahu. There were student soloists, and staff backing singers, and we had a staff and student band to accompany the 800 strong choir. It was such fun and a lovely way for the school to come together.

On Thursday last week we went on a trip to Bangkok to attend the 2017 FOBISIA drama festival. There we did a lot of workshops where we focused on the work of five famous theatre practitioners; Stanislavski, Berkoff, Frantic Assembly, Brecht and Artaud.

As part of our Love Enrichment Day on February 14th , a group of Secondary pupils visited the Marriott hotel for a masterclass in Korean cooking.

One-term in, we are delighted to highlight the excellent practice happening in two of our schools in Vietnam.  These two schools are extremely different in their intake, curriculum and music department faculty but have both shown fantastic progress in their implementation of the Programme to date.

Our year 10 and 11 IGCSE drama students performed their examination pieces - as part of their ongoing coursework - to a live audience. The students performed brilliantly

It was wonderful to have experienced my first ever Vietnamese Teachers’ Day last week. This is not a celebration or event in the UK. Most teachers go into the profession for the love of the job and teachers can often feel quite bashful when being recognized.

Last Friday we had a super first enrichment day of the year, based around the theme of remembrance. The day culminated in a debate by the Year 12 students on the theme “is it ever right to resist authority?”

The best place to learn a language is outside the classroom and on our trips the pupils are exposed to a lot of English.

We offer Psychology as a new and exciting opportunity for Sixth Form students at BVIS.

This year, new to the curriculum at BVIS is Computer Science a subject that aims to develop students’ logical thinking.

Thank you to Mr Chris Humphrey from the ‘Blue Dragon Foundation’ for coming in to talk to our secondary staff and students.

This article highlights the poem, Children Learn What They Live, by Dorothy Law Nolte, and its Vietnamese translation.

This week, the whole of Year 11 had a chance to collaborate with Operation Smile Vietnam and visited the Vietnam-Cuba Friendship Hospital.

Last Sunday, I was asked to do a presentation on independent learning. I know how important this topic is to parents, so I would like to summarise my main points in my newsletter this week.