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News image 2021 04 16 0048 ASSEMBLY Principals Awards DSC08413 News | 001 | Weekly School Updates
Finishing the term with a flourish!
I don’t know about you, but it seems to me that time is just flying by at the moment. It feels that we start each week on Monday morning with lots of time ahead of us, and suddenly it is Friday again! I suppose that is just a sign of a busy life and a purposeful school.
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News image Sleep and wellbeing News | foundationstageprenursery | Primary School News
Sleep and Wellbeing Workshop
Across the Primary School, we have been focusing on the importance of sleep and well being on children’s physical and emotional well-being. We have been working closely with Family Medical Practice and during the month of April they delivered three parent sessions on the importance of sleep in children. The sessions were delivered by Dr. Maria Santos.
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News image 2021 04 14 0054 PE Charity BASKETBALL DSC07581 News | studentlife | Student Life
Our inaugural Basketball Showcase
On Wednesday night, BIS Hanoi hosted its inaugural Basketball Showcase, raising money for the Blue Dragon Foundation. The event, organised spectacularly by a quartet of Sixth Form students, Tuong Vy, Tuan Kiet, Hoang Nam, Thanh Tri, was a huge success! Involving a group of young, bidding entrepreneurs selling snacks, drinks and raffle tickets for some amazing prizes, a half time shooting competition and entertaining match commentary.
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News image 2021 04 08 0013 Art Exhibition Secondary DSC06541 News | foundationstagereception | Secondary School News
Art and Music Gala Showcase 2021
On Thursday we hosted our Gala Showcase event, combining both musical talents from a variety of students but with a focus on our Year 11 IGCSE and Year 13 IBDP students, alongside our IBDP Visual Art exhibition for our Year 13 students.
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News image 2021 04 08 0031 Gala SHOWCASE Secondary DSC06645 Blog | 001 | Weekly School Updates
An incredible week at BIS Hanoi
I’m sitting in my office this morning, feeling so proud of our students, that I can’t stop smiling! It has been an incredible week, one in which we have seen the very best of our students and a glimpse of their future selves.
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News image TOK BIS Hanoi Blog | category12 | Secondary Learning
An exciting year of change in the Theory of Knowledge
In Theory of Knowledge (ToK), we challenge our students and teachers to take a step back from their subjects and examine their knowledge critically. Simply put this means to ask ‘how do we know what we know?’ This can seem a daunting task where students are required to peel back the layers of their knowledge to examine the deeper roots of how they have acquired their world view. The result of this over the two years is far more critical and reflective thinkers.
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2021 STEAM Festival
This week eight of our students from KS3 took part in the NAE SEA STEAM Festival. Despite it taking place virtually due to COVID restrictions, our students still enjoyed the full benefits of the festival, collaborating and sharing ideas with students from other countries in addition to applying their coding skills.
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News image 2021 04 01 0019 IPC Topic Y6 Sponsored Run DSC05796 News | foundationstageprenursery | Primary School News
Sponsored Run with Year 6
As part of our IPC Topic Express Yourself, Year 6 students have been looking at the importance of personal and collective responsibility within our local community.
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Performing Arts in the Primary Curriculum
We are extremely lucky to enjoy the benefits of Nord Anglia’s collaboration with The Juilliard School across the age range at BIS, with access to curriculum resources, staff develop opportunities, global projects and world-class professionals in theatre, dance and music.
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News image 2021 04 02 0010 Canteen Pix MFL DSC05995 News | foundationstagereception | Secondary School News
The FOBISIA MFL Championship
What an amazing outcome for our students in Y5 to Y9 in the FOBISIA LANGUAGE Championship last week, which was run by Education Perfect.
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Juilliard - MIT Collaborations
What a week it has been! There has been so much going on in school, with many exciting opportunities for our students to get involved in experiences and learning beyond the formal curriculum.
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Book Day 2021 takes BIS Hanoi by storm
The school was awash with every colour as books were brought to life by an abundance of incredible costumes. Characters from all genres descended upon the school and there was an energetic buzz around the building.
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News image 2021 03 26 0002 AWARD Debate team DSC05386 News | foundationstagereception | Secondary School News
BIS Hanoi Students Persevere to Excel at World Scholar’s Cup
I had a great start to my day on Wednesday morning, when I met three of our impressive Year 10 students. Bao Chau, Ngoc Anh and Thanh Mai shared with me their amazing story of competing in the World Scholar’s Cup at the Dewey School, last weekend. Along with 1000s of other students from Vietnam they embraced four challenging rounds (Collaborative Writing; The Scholar Bowl; The Scholar Challenge and the Scholar Debate).
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‘Share A Dream’ Term 1 Report
Making a difference in people’s lives is extremely important to our school community. Staff, students and parents at BIS are committed to supporting others through a variety of charity activities. Last year, we launched Share A Dream, a social platform that empowers our school to effect social change and channel this goodwill into a practical tool for change.
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Developing 21st Century skills and attitudes
At BIS Hanoi, we think and talk a lot about preparing our students for the future. In a rapidly changing world, it can be challenging to try to predict what that future might look like, but what we do know is that our students will need to be true global citizens, able to appreciate the views of others and show empathy, in a proactive manner, if we are to hope to improve our world.
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Science Week inspires the next generation of innovators at BIS Hanoi
This week has been a very special week on the BIS Hanoi calendar – Science Week! Students across the school enthusiastically got stuck into experiments and investigations both at home and at school.
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News image 2020 11 27 0006 STEAM Year 7 DSC07531 Blog | news | International Education
Meet the Teacher #2: David Burke shares his passion for STEAM
Let’s meet our second teacher of our “Meet the Teacher” series: Mr. David Burke shares about his passion for STEAM and how he develops a global perspective to inspire his students.
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News image 2021 03 02 0002 Welcome Back DSC03466 Blog | 001 | Weekly School Updates
Back to school!
It was wonderful on Tuesday to be able to welcome all our students back to school following our two weeks of VSE and a two-week holiday for Tet. At the main entrance on Tuesday morning I was met with many pairs of smiling eyes – I could not see their smiling mouths because of the masks everyone is wearing! There was a real buzz around the school as students reconnected with their friends and teachers, and got back down to face-to-face learning.
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News image News Default Image Blog | category12 | Secondary Learning
Value of the Extended Essay
The Extended Essay is a 400-word dissertation style essay, which forms part of the core of the IB Diploma, along with TOK and CAS. Following a course teaching research and essay writing skills, the Essay is written on a topic of the student’s choosing. Completing the Extended Essay (EE) gives students the opportunity to produce a unique piece of work on a subject of interest to them, as well as to develop skills which will be extremely useful when they reach University.
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News image 2020 09 09 Parent Information Morning DSC04061 Blog | parents | Homepage Featured Article | Parent Advice
Applying to university: Things your guidance counsellor can support you
For all of our students at BIS Hanoi, our university counsellor plays a key role in helping them to understand and successfully navigate the pathway to their university of choice. Taking the step from Sixth Form to university is an exciting challenge for students, but there are many big decisions which sit between these two milestones. It is the role of the university counsellor to provide support and guidance to students so that these decisions are informed, manageable, and ultimately lead our students to securing a place at a university which suits their ambitions for the future.
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