I often ask myself the question, “What do LeBron James, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Yuri Gagarin have in common?” The simple answer to that complicated thought is that each one of them, if they had been at British International School Hanoi during the last 24 hours, would have been simply amazed by what they saw.
At British International School Hanoi, the learning support program is pushing for more emotional awareness within the curriculum, so that students can gain independence and learn to be accountable for their actions.
This was before BIS arrived, armed with 50 VERY excitable Year 7’s embarking on their very first secondary school journey. And what an experience it was!
A sea of green hoodies flowed from BIS as the year 10s and 11s boarded the airport bound coaches this morning. A few hours and a short fight later and we arrived in Dalat. From the airport we were taken to a viewing point from which we looked out over the picturesque Dalat rooftops, cloaked in a veil of atmospheric cloud.
One of my favourite writers, Neil Gaiman once said “A book is a dream that you hold in your hands” so we encourage you to go out pick up some dreams and read.
On Monday, Year 8 went on a trip to Hanoi Geological Museum. It was built in 1914 and has displays showing The Earth and the Solar System and the The Geological Evolution of Vietnam.
On the back of the success of the Geography Department’s accreditation by the Geographical Association (http://www.geography.org.uk/) in receiving the Secondary Geography Quality Mark, we are proud to be hosting the FOBISIA Geography Job-Alike Workshop here at BIS Hanoi.
In February 2016 Le Tran Thu Thao – a BIS Hanoi Alumni was awarded a full scholarship to Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Thao has now commenced her studies in Horticulture. After graduating from BIS Hanoi she would like to share some of her University application experiences with you