Dear parents,
Another excellent week here at BVIS with staff and students now in full swing.
As you know we take our community service responsibility very seriously and on Tuesday, we had our service learning Community Run.The Community Run was a great success, with all year groups up the whole school getting together and running (or walking) for fun. Some of the very grown up Secondary students acted as stewards, overseeing the fun run, guiding and encouraging the children as they ran.
Well done to everyone involved.
* Go to our Facebook page for more photos of BVIS Hanoi's amazing runners: click here.
As part of our drive to ensure you are more informed about what your children are doing at school, we have run a series of information sessions over the last two weeks and we hope that you found these useful.
In the last seven days, the children and teachers have been diving deeper into learning. It is a pleasure to see how engaged they are in their lessons, how happy the atmosphere is on the playground, and how united we feel in assembly.
It was lovely to see the Early Years children becoming increasingly familiar with their environments this week. The F1 children and the new BVIS children are settling into new routines so well, demonstrating such resilience. The returning F2 & F3 children are adapting to new teachers, new friends and new classrooms demonstrating a growing maturity. Remember to check the Class Dojo for information on Self- Regulation in the Early Years.
What a busy week year 1 have had. In class, the children were excited to create self- portraits using different materials and explore their new stories.
Year 2 was very excited to have ‘show and tell’ activity in our classes this week. Children were very confident in sharing their holidays in the past and shared what they did in the different famous destinations.
Year 3 have been learning about where rainforests are located in the world. They practiced their mapping skills by locating them on the world map using atlases.
Year 4 are learning how to write narratives (stories) by retelling the story of “Hiccup the Viking”. They are learning this through acting, roleplaying, learning new vocabulary, and drawing a visual ‘story map’ to help them remember the structure.
Year 5 have learnt about carbon emissions. They plotted the graph of carbon emissions of the UK and Vietnam since 1900 and then compared the results.
The Year 6 students have been learning about timelines. They were asked to look at inventions from different time periods and try to work out which period they were from, as well as which inventions they think are most valuable to people today. In Year 6, the students are being challenged to think critically about what the impact of a constantly developing world is, both the positive impacts and the negative ones.
In art this week we have been focusing on developing new techniques of baseline drawing. Year 7 have been drawing fish. Nam Anh was also Artist of the Week, well done!
Year 10 ICGSE class had the tricky task of drawing skulls, very scary!
Here is some of the wonderful use of visualisers and technology in English. Year 10 studying Ted Hughes poetry and preparing for First Language English by looking at a collection diverse short stories.
The Vietnamese Department worked with our students to deliver a fabulous assembly to celebrate National Day. It was informative, creative and fun for all the students and staff. Everyone enjoyed immensely and we all were able to reflect on Vietnamese history.
Year 11 in science, this week, have been learning all about nuclear physics. They have been challenged by Mr. Papa to demonstrate their knowledge on mini whiteboards. Well done year 11!
As part of their IGCSE curriculum our enthusiastic Year 11 students had the remarkable opportunity to dissect animal eyes. This not only deepened their understanding of the intricate structures within the eye but also allowed them to witness firsthand the wonders of vision. The students' curiosity and engagement during this dissection reflect their dedication to practical learning and their eagerness to unravel the mysteries of the natural world.
This week all of KS3 have been engaged in their first lessons about what Digital Society is, before they then break off into different strands which review the ways technology has impacted the world and what is to come from this in the future.
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Secondary school:
We wish you all a very happy public holiday, on the occasion of Vietnam Independence Day. School will reopen on Tuesday 5th September.
BVIS Hanoi's Senior Leadership Team
Weekly news from BVIS Hanoi's Senior Leadership Team (21/8 to 25/8/2023)
On August 29, all BVIS Hanoi students and teachers from Year 1 to Year 13 will join the Community Run at Royal City Square (Hanoi, Vietnam)
