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News image Dam Sen Park and Le Van Tam Park 2016 | BIS HCMC - dam-sen-park-and-le-van-tam-park-2016 Blog
Dam Sen Park and Le Van Tam Park 2016
As we begin the second half of term, so the Year 6 pupils embark upon their second IPC unit, ‘Fairgrounds’. This unit culminates with them presenting rides that they have made at an exhibition attended by other pupils, teachers and parents.
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News image Parent Corner – 28.10.16 - parent-corner-281016 Blog
Parent Corner – 28.10.16
Anne, on behalf of the parent group, updates us on this week’s events within the Parent Group.
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News image Centre for Mathematics and Computing (CEMC) Visits BIS HCMC - a-visit-from-cemc Blog | Secondary Campus | IGCSE | Learning (SC)
A Visit from CEMC
On Thursday, Year 10 students were treated to a change from their scheduled maths lesson with a visit from guest speaker Professor Robert Garbary.
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News image Road to Austin, Texas | British International School HCMC - road-to-austin-texas Blog | Featured on Home page | Secondary Campus | Whole School
Road to Austin, Texas
Determined to build on Team Helios' success, Steve, Rui, Ben and Hae On, better known as Doppler Racing, are travelling to Texas to compete in the 2016 F1 in Schools World Finals.
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News image The Importance Of Reading | British International School, HCMC - the-importance-of-reading Blog | Featured on Home page | Whole School
The Importance Of Reading
"The MORE that you READ, the more THINGS you will KNOW. The MORE that you LEARN, the more PLACES you’ll GO!’"
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News image Battle of the Bands 2016 - The Results | BIS HCMC - battle-of-the-bands-2016--the-results Blog | Secondary Campus | Events (SC)
Battle of the Bands 2016 - The Results
Thursday 6th October saw BIS HCMC host it’s Battle of the Bands Competition and a new band be crowned BOTB16 Champions!
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News image Meet The New Teachers: Ms Annabelle - meet-the-new-teachers-ms-annabelle Blog
Meet The New Teachers: Ms Annabelle
Our new Music Intern has come directly from University to join us here at the An Phu Primary Campus. Annabelle has settled in extremely well and we are very lucky to have such a talented musician to join Ms Beth and Ms Fran. Ms Annabelle shared with us, how she is settling into life in Vietnam.
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News image Wearable Technologies Conference | British International School - wearable-technologies-conference Blog | Secondary Campus | Featured on Home page | Trips (SC)
Wearable Technologies Conference
To achieve the highest marks, in the Higher Level Information Technology in a Global Society (ITGS) International Baccalaureate course, students must cite evidence of primary research into the relevant technology, and thus, we have undertaken our first overseas trip as a subject to attend the Wearable Technologies conference in Hong Kong.
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News image Thien Phuoc Foster Home Donation - thien-phuoc-foster-home-donation Blog | Community (SC) | Featured on Home page | Whole School
Thien Phuoc Foster Home Donation
Our long term community partner, Thien Phuoc Disabled Home, received therapy equipment this week through money from kind donations given at all three campuses.
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News image Mr Simon Higham: Weekly Update 07/10/16 - mr-simon-higham-weekly-update-07-10-16 Blog
Mr Simon Higham: Weekly Update 07/10/16
A wonderful week of community activities to reflect upon, and a look ahead to this Sunday's Family Picnic! See you on Sunday from 9.30am for a chance to bring our school community together, make new friends and have a fun filled family morning.
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News image ISHCMC vs BIS U14 Boys Basketball - ishcmc-vs-bis-u14-boys-basketball Blog | Secondary Campus | Sports (SC)
ISHCMC vs BIS U14 Boys Basketball
Overall, we played a hard-working, thunderous game and won 25-24. It was a very close game leading us to wonder when we face them again will the result be the same?
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News image SSIS Invitational 2016 - ssis-invitational-2016 Blog | Whole School
SSIS Invitational 2016
I would like to thank all of the BIS Barracuda swimmers that competed in the first SSIS Invitational relays meet on Saturday. We had a great turn out and some really good swims.
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News image Mr Tim Deyes: Weekly Update 30/09/2016 - mr-tim-deyes-weekly-update-30-09-2016 Blog | Featured on Home page | Whole School
Mr Tim Deyes: Weekly Update 30/09/2016
As this week has been witness to a number of exciting activities revolving around Book Week, I thought it would be appropriate to write about what are my favourite books and why I go back to them time and time again.
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News image Brilliant Book Swap - brilliant-book-swap Blog
Brilliant Book Swap
During our book celebration week there have been a variety of activities and events to get us all very excited about books! One event which has not only encouraged reading for pleasure but has also benefitted our wider community is the TX book swap.
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News image Saigon Senior Logic Competition - saigon-senior-logic-competition Blog | Secondary Campus | Learning (SC) | Trips (SC)
Saigon Senior Logic Competition
On Saturday the 24th of September, 12 BIS Students participated in the Saigon Senior Logic Competition held at ISHCMC, where their logic and wits were tested to their limits.
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News image Meet The New Teachers: Ms Natasha - meet-the-new-teachers-ms-natasha Blog
Meet The New Teachers: Ms Natasha
Our third ‘new’ teacher is new to BIS but not to Vietnam. Already we have discovered that Natasha, originally from the UK is pretty good at speaking Vietnamese and is always looking for opportunities to practice much to our local staff’s delight.
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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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News image ABRSM High Scorers’ Concert 2016 - abrsm-high-scorers-concert-2016 Blog | Featured on Home page | Whole School
ABRSM High Scorers’ Concert 2016
On Saturday 10th September, BIS proudly hosted the 6th Annual ABRSM High Scorers’ Concert in the auditorium. This concert serves as a showcase for the top performing students from the June practical instrumental exam session.
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News image Meet The New Teachers: Mr Robert - meet-the-new-teachers-mr-robert Blog
Meet The New Teachers: Mr Robert
Moving to Year 2 we meet Robert Sesemann who has joined us from the UK this year. Rob has settled in very well and we caught up with him to hear about his first impressions of Vietnam and BIS.
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