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BIS HCMC Alumna, Tara Subba, receives inaugral Schwarzman Scholarship 2016!

One of the annual highlights for us in the Performing Arts Department is the School Musical, and this year was no exception with the show stopping performance of Bonnie and Clyde. Read in detail the incredible journey of our Secondary students for this production.

As we reach the last day of term , and look back at the year we have just spent together we do so knowing we can be proud of being part of this wonderful school.

This weekly update is the final copy for the academic year 2020 - 2021.

Another year has gone by very quickly.

It has certainly been another extraordinary week in the life of the BIS HCMC Secondary Campus - a week when we can all feel proud to be part of a special team that in just a few days can achieve so much.

Another week to be super proud of all our BIS community.

Discover how our experienced PE Department has pivoted it's teaching style for virtual lessons that engage students, with innovative and structured forms of skill development and physical activity.

During periods of online learning, it is important that we take time to consider how we can look after our community during this challenging time.

While it has been a quiet week on campus, it has been a busy week across the homes of BIS students as they have continued to wow us with their amazing efforts and engagement.

I know you will join me in congratulating our Year 13 students who finished the May 2021 IB Diploma Programme Examinations yesterday. In any year it is a huge achievement to complete such a broad and rigorous academic curriculum, but given the challenges of the last 16 months, our Class of 2021 have really shown incredible spirit, determination and togetherness in the way they have completed the journey of the IB Diploma Programme.

We have all become familiar with adapting to unfamiliar and complex challenges over this last year. Just when we think we have become adept, new challenges emerge - new challenges which test our character.

With an average attendance of over 99%, we have been delighted by the engagement of our students in their Virtual School this week.

What a wonderful week we had celebrating all things to do with books, from fiction to nonfiction to illustrations and everything in between!

This week was a momentous one in the life of the Secondary Campus. This week not only marked the departure of our year 11 and Year 13 students as they commence their period of study leave prior to their IGCSE and IBDP examinations- but also the simply stunning School Production of Bonnie and Clyde.

Each year BIS HCMC joins other students from across NAE schools in the Visual Arts competition. Each school is able to submit one entry for each of four age categories: Under 8s, 8-11, 11-14, and 14+, and these are fiercely contested places.

As part of IPC, Year 2 explore the ways humans can both protect and harm the environment, form and share opinions about the world we live in, and communicate their geographical understanding in a variety of ways. The production of Eddie the Penguin was certainly a unique way of sharing what had been learnt!

Over the next six weeks, BIS will host the children from Ky Quang Pagoda, who will experience a range of activities around the school with the F3 children.

Community is at the heart of BIS. As we see the community working together again, we can look forward to achieving more.

One of the highlights of the school year took place this week as we held our IB Visual Arts Exhibition 2021. This year’s was perhaps the most striking exhibition in BIS history. As I walked up the stairs of the exhibition venue, it was a breathtaking experience to be met by such a wonderful collection of pieces, curated so thoughtfully. It has been said that “A work of art is never completed, it is merely abandoned”- it was moving to see our students abandon their work to public view with such thought and courage - taking pride in the hundreds of hours of deliberate practice and refinement that enabled them to arrive at that moment. My congratulations to each of them on such a significant achievement and thanks to all for making it such a well attended event