Student Highlights & Success Stories (29/09 - 03/10/25)

Dear Families

Today I had the pleasure of attending our moon festival celebration assemblies. Some fantastic performances from our students.

Many families would like to know more about our A Level program. Please see details below of an A Level information session I shall be hosting. I hope many of you will be able to attend. Please feel free to register HERE.

This is an advance notice that on 25th October we will be hosting a Primary School British Garden Party. Full details below:

Finally, I wish to thank the whole community for your support during another very challenging week in Hanoi. I wish you all a very safe weekend ahead.

EYFS

Our youngest students have been being artists – exploring painting, mark-making, and building small worlds. Take a look at their wonderful creations!

Year 1

Year 1 students are always enthusiastic in music lessons. They enjoy exploring and getting to know different musical instruments.

Year 2

Year 2 is learning about the ‘Food Challenge’ on Global Campus. They discussed the criteria for creating a planet-friendly picnic lunch box. The children explored where different foods come from on the world map and realised that they should avoid choosing foods that have travelled a long distance for their lunch box.

Year 3

This week, Year 3 students continued their rainforest adventure. In English, we explored adjectives to describe rainforest animals and wrote creative stories giving animals their own voices using speech marks. In IPC, students learned about different rainforest plants and animals and how they adapt to survive in their environment. The children enjoyed discovering fascinating facts, from how animals camouflage to how plants collect sunlight and water. It was wonderful to see them use what they learned in their writing and discussions.

Year 4

This week during IPC, Year 4 learned about the space race. They put important events on a timeline and researched Neil Armstrong and the Apollo 11 mission.

Year 5

In our IPC in Year 5 this week, we prepared for a debate on the pros and cons of intensive vs free-range farming.

FOBISIA Code Breaking Maths Challenge

The atmosphere in the Code Breaking - FOBISIA exam room was tense but full of excitement as the students shared their code-breaking skills.

Multi Lingual Week

Last week we celebrated multi-lingual week which was a valuable opportunity for us to recognize, celebrate, and welcome the many languages spoken within our school community. Through these events, we not only explore new languages, but we also discover so much more about our students and their incredible talents.

The sessions included:

• Dutch/Afrikaans by Mr. Hendrik
• Arabic/Turkish by Senarya (Year 9)
• Japanese by Jessie (Year 13)
• Czech by Alex (Year 11)
• Italian by Mr. Gino
• Polish by Mr. Henryk
• Spanish by Ms. Romero
• Irish by Ms. Lynne
• Mandarin by Eva (Year 12)
• German by Dieu Anh
• Korean by Hyeseung and Yunhoo (Year 11)

Each session has been engaging, interactive, and such a joy for our students to experience.

We would also like to extend a special thank you to our EAL Ambassadors—Pham Duc and Khanh Ngoc (Year 12) and Taeyeon (Year 11)—for their support throughout the week.

It has been wonderful to see our community come together to share knowledge, celebrate cultural diversity, and deepen mutual understanding. We look forward to the remaining sessions and to continuing to embrace the many languages and cultures that make our school so special.

JV Boys Land Elusive HAC Title

The HAC season began unusually with three championship volleyball tournaments to align eight international school calendars.

At Concordia International School, Hanoi, the Varsity boys finished 5th/6th after a tight loss to HIS and a win over UNIS, while the Varsity girls reached the semi-finals before being edged by Concordia.

On Friday, the JV boys competed at RGSV, defeating the home team and St Paul’s to advance to the final against Concordia.

In a dramatic title match, Royal City’s Dragons secured the HAC trophy following a close second set, with Jim (Quoc Hung) delivering the decisive serve.

Winning, elation and trophies aren't the centre of this programme, but watching the joy, pride and satisfaction on the JV boys faces - it sure does feel good to be a DRAGON!

Spanish ECA

Each week, our students have a fantastic time exploring countries where Spanish is the primary language. With curiosity and focus, they research different cultures and communities — and bring knowledge to life! After the lessons, they apply what they learned to speak about themselves in Spanish, making meaningful connections between language and identity.

Year 7 History lessons

Year 7 History students have worked collaboratively to explore different aspects of Roman life, becoming ‘experts’ in their chosen area. They then shared their findings with their groups, enabling everyone to complete their worksheets and gain a fuller understanding of Roman society.

Year 7 STEAM Project – Redesigning the Human Body

Year 7 have now started their B1 STEAM project, where they are challenged to design a brand-new organ for the human body. Drawing on their science learning from their first unit of study on cells, tissues, and organ systems, they are brainstorming, planning, and building models of future organs that could help humans survive challenges such as climate change, pollution, or even space travel.

We are excited to see how their creative ideas and scientific knowledge will come together in the final showcase.

Year 7 Geography

Year 7 students have been given their Antarctic Expedition Boarding Card. BVIS Hanoi Geography have signed up and are officially part of the British Antarctic Survey's research expedition. Our ticket will be transported from Calgary, Canada to British Antarctic Survey research station and will be stored in a time capsule. Over the next few weeks as students study their Antarctica topic in lessons, they can use their boarding card QR to discover more about Antarctica and follow the scientists on their research. Students can continue to follow the expedition throughout the remainder of the year from home.

English as a Second Language

Year 7 have been getting creative to put together presentations that introduce themselves this week.

A Level Psychology

Psychology students used Skittles to model different sampling methods, assigning meanings to colours and selecting samples to explore how techniques like random, volunteer and opportunity sampling work in practice.