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News image Moon Festival 2024 - Moon Festival 2024 Blog | Events (EY&IC) | Events (JC) | Life in Ho Chi Minh City | Junior Campus | Early Years and Infant Campus
Embracing the culture and traditions of our host country Vietnam: Moon Festival 2024
Last Tuesday 17th September our Early Years and Primary students and staff excitedly came together to celebrate Moon Festival. Also known as Mid- Autumn Festival and ‘Tết Trung Thu’ in Vietnamese, Moon Festival is a significant cultural event in Vietnam. It’s held on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month of the year. This is also one of the highlights of international school life here at BIS HCMC as we value and respect the significance and embrace the culture and traditions of our beautiful host country, Vietnam.
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News image Building for the Future - HMS Spey - Building for the Future - HMS Spey News | Life in Ho Chi Minh City | Learning (JC) | Trips (JC)
Building for the Future - A Special Invite to His Majesty’s Ship (HMS) Spey
Following a special invite from the British Consul General, eighteen Year 6 STEM students took a tour around HMS Spey, a royal navy patrol ship.
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News image What is it like to transition your children between Nord Anglia schools - what-is-it-like-to-transition-your-children-between-nord-anglia-schools Blog | Featured on Home page | Life in Ho Chi Minh City | Whole School
What is it like to transition your children between Nord Anglia schools
For many families, the first Nord Anglia school their child joins is only the beginning of their international education journey. In this blog we are interviewing Anne, a parent within the Nord Anglia community, who shares the experience of her family and their relocations around the world.
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News image Community Talk: Air Pollution | BIS HCMC - community-talk-air-pollution Blog | Early Years and Infant Campus | Health and Wellbeing | Life in Ho Chi Minh City
Community Talk: Air Pollution
Mary McAloon, Health and Safety representative, summarises the key messages that Dr Oliva left us with.
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News image Tet Survival Guide 2019 | Santa Fe Relocation | BIS HCMC - tet-survival-guide-2019 Blog | Featured on Home page | Life in Ho Chi Minh City
Tet Survival Guide 2019
Staying in Vietnam for the Tet holidays? Santa Fe have you covered with their 2019 Tet Survival Guide.
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News image BIS HCMC Triumph in 2018 Da Nang Triathlon - bis-hcmc-triumph-in-2018-da-nang-triathlon Blog | Featured on Home page | Life in Ho Chi Minh City | Whole School
BIS HCMC Triumph in 2018 Da Nang Triathlon
This month saw the annual IRONMAN 70.3 Vietnam race return to the beautiful coastal city of Da Nang with more than 1,600 people from 56 countries and territories fighting for a podium position. Amongst the thousands who turned up to compete in these races were teachers, students and parents from BIS HCMC, ready to show Da Nang what they’re made of!
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News image IRONMAN 70.3 Vietnam 2018 | British International School Ho Chi Minh City - ironman-703-vietnam-2018 Blog | Featured on Home page | Life in Ho Chi Minh City | Whole School
IRONMAN 70.3 Vietnam 2018
Number 1 IRONMAN 70.3 Vietnam will return to the city of Da Nang for its 4th edition on Sunday 13th May 2018 along with family events SUNRISE SPRINT and IRONKIDS Vietnam on Saturday 12th May 2018. Find out how you can sign up.
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News image Help Traffic Flow in Thao Dien with Carpool Karaoke | BIS HCMC - help-traffic-flow-in-thao-dien-with-carpool-karaoke Blog | Featured on Home page | Life in Ho Chi Minh City | Secondary Campus | Secondary PTG | Whole School
Help Traffic Flow in Thao Dien with Carpool Karaoke
In January 2018, our brand new Early Years and Infant Campus will open its doors, joining together our whole school community in one District 2 setting. This is an ideal location for a majority of our families however, the inevitable downside of this convenient location is the increased pressure on the flow of traffic in Thao Dien.
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News image Supporting Our Parent Community - Culture Shock - supporting-our-parent-community--culture-shock Blog | Featured on Home page | Life in Ho Chi Minh City | Whole School
Supporting Our Parent Community - Culture Shock
Culture shock is defined by ‘Internations’ as the deeper cultural differences in mindset, customs and interpersonal interaction that trigger this phenomenon and turn cultural transition into a struggle. How does culture shock manifest itself? How should we deal with it?
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News image BIS Baby and Toddler Group - bis-baby-and-toddler-group Blog | Featured on Home page | Life in Ho Chi Minh City
BIS Baby and Toddler Group
If you are a new parent living in HCMC, firstly congratulations, and secondly, are you familiar with Fundinotots?
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Anne Frank: The Lessons Learned
The highly successful Anne Frank Exhibition in November was the culmination of the hard work and collaboration demonstrated by a number of organisations, staff, and students from around the world.
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News image More New Teachers..... - more-new-teachers Blog | Life in Ho Chi Minh City
More New Teachers.....
This week we meet two teachers, one who has joined us with her family from their previous posting in Cairo, Egypt and the second from the Isle of Wight in the UK. I am happy to report that both have settled in really well to AP1 and a wonderful addition to our teaching staff and BIS community.
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News image Meet our New Teachers - meet-our-new-teachers Blog | Life in Ho Chi Minh City
Meet our New Teachers
For the next few weeks we will be introducing our new staff and asking them some questions about how they have settled into BIS and Vietnam. Moving countries as many of us know is not an easy thing to do, to up root from family and friends, to leave all you know that is safe and secure can be daunting for some but we are delighted that our new staff this year have take the risk and have joined us here at AP1.
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