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After two long years of interruptions to our regular school activities, it was wonderful to welcome parents and our wider school community back on site to celebrate our Grade 10 Personal Project Showcase at Northbridge International School Cambodia.

In my last blog, we discussed recreational mathematics. More countries around the world, such as Ireland and New Zealand, have embraced the idea of recreational mathematics and have 'math week' where members of the community participate in the fun events. This includes life size mazes that have an algorithm to follow or having number-themed treasure hunts.

This week the Grade 12 IB Diploma students at NISC complete a major milestone in their DP journey: the submission of the Theory of Knowledge (TOK) essay. This 1,600-word essay is the culmination of two years of reading, study and thought, centered around the question of “how do we know what we claim to know?”. Some people may feel that this question is either so obvious as to not warrant discussion, or so opaque as to be unanswerable. TOK students strive to uncover their own, and others’ cognitive biases, assumptions and intellectual blind spots in order to create a firm foundation on which to build their intellectual world as lifelong learners.

One of the key goals of the IB programmes is to promote intercultural understanding but what does this really mean and how can it be achieved in our language classes at NISC?

Just over two years ago, Cambodia had its first Covid-19 case, and since that time, our students at Northbridge have being demonstrating their resilience, adjusting to new ways of learning, and continuing to strive to achieve their best. They should be commended for their adaptability and the overall positivity they have maintained.

NISC started the school year 2021-2022 through online learning until second week of September. This pandemic certainly brought innovation among Science teachers in another level as we need to come up with engaging lessons delivered online to all students.

Students at Northbridge International School Cambodia are encouraged to be ambitious. Through excellent and innovative teaching and learning experiences, we provide the right conditions for everyone to achieve their very best academically.

As a teacher, a parent and a grade level leader at Northbridge International School Cambodia, I am a great proponent for teaching children to advocate for themselves. Self advocacy helps foster independence and success. Self advocacy means students speak up for themselves, ask for what they need, and ask for help. Many of our students have expressed low confidence in communicating with teachers and advocating for what they need.

Self-efficacy is the belief that you can manage a task or a situation and influences our opinions, feelings, behaviours, and motivation. Students at Northbridge International School Cambodia with a higher self-efficacy believe that they possess the skills to navigate through life and attain their goals.

In taking a human rights approach or human justice perspective, it is critical to foster equity for diverse learners at Northbridge International School Cambodia. The United Nations created a universal framework to assist schools and educators to develop best practice for all learners, including all students with barriers to learning.

Learning a language in the IB involves much more than mastering vocabulary and grammar. In MYP at Northbridge International School Cambodia, students learn through the lens of four key concepts: communication, connections, creativity and culture. They learn how to communicate in a variety of contexts and have the opportunity to explore the role of language in ‘Identity and relationships’. The aim is that they develop sociocultural competences and can interact with sensitivity.

Here at Northbridge International School Cambodia we would like to identify from within our school community those parents who could offer our secondary school students future encounters with the world of work. This could include work placements or internships, work experience or other employer-based activities such as talks or visits.

My name is Matthew Coles and I am the new CAS Coordinator at Northbridge International School Cambodia. I have worked in a variety of charitable roles both in and and out of schools. I am very excited to be taking over this role.

Transitions happen all throughout a students' academic journey here at Northbridge International School Cambodia. As an IB continuum school, Northbridge students go through important stages of development as they transition from the Primary Years Programme (PYP), to Middle Years Programme (MYP) and then from the MYP to the Diploma Programme (DP).

Is Ibis just an example of Ravenclaw? Is the Elephant house based on Hufflepuff? Is Cobra but a copy of Salazar Slytherin? Does Stingray line up alongside Gryffindor? For some of you, the House system at Northbridge International School Cambodia may be a completely new concept, or at least just a copy of the fictional world of Harry Potter.

The Global Campus program, unique to Nord Anglia schools like Northbridge International School Cambodia, really does have something for everyone, from our partnerships with MIT, Juilliard and UNICEF, to the Writers Corner where any budding wordsmiths can explore the Global Campus library and perhaps try their hand at some journalism.

Graduation Day is the pinnacle of students' time at Northbridge International School Cambodia. A single day of celebration represents the culmination of years of effort. Think of it like an iceberg - you see the very tip, but there’s a whole mass of support hidden under the water.

As we are starting the new year online at Northbridge International School Cambodia I thought it might be useful to share some tips for making online learning successful. Students should use this time as on opportunity to become more independent and disciplined — traits that will be invaluable for a lifetime.

Welcome everyone to a new academic year at Northbridge International School Cambodia. As this is my first post I thought it might be good to tell you something about me as the new Head of Secondary.

We made it! What another incredible year for us at Northbridge International School Cambodia. This is the time of year for us as educators to reflect on goals met, goals still in motion and what we need to push to the top of our lists next year. It is also a time for us to celebrate our wins and achievements with our students through awards and presentations.