Early in November more than forty students from the European International School came to visit the APS library. The Grade 1 students were completing a Unit of Inquiry on library spaces and were interested in comparing and contrasting a ‘big’ library with their own little Primary library space.
Early in November more than forty students from the European International School came to visit the APS library. The Grade 1 students were completing a Unit of Inquiry on library spaces and were interested in comparing and contrasting a ‘big’ library with their own little Primary library space.
In a moment to make all booklovers proud, some of our Year 8 students, who were in the Library for their English lesson with Mr Redmond, started reading to the EIS students and the students had such a lovely visit that they stayed for over an hour!
Later in November, as a part of the South East Asia Librarian Knowledge Sharing Workshop (LKSW) being held at The American School in Nha Be district, more than forty librarians visited the Secondary Campus as a part of a bus tour of international school libraries in Ho Chi Minh City.
The BIS HCMC visit coincided with some of our busy times for the students and it was noted by the librarians that our students used the library very purposefully during breaks. Students knew which area they wanted to use, where the information or book they needed was, and while the APS library is very busy during breaks, students are on task and use the library space and resources for educational purposes.
How have we come to this? Students follow our Library Etiquette guidelines during their visits:
The British International School’s libraries are a blend of traditional school library and 21st Century learning centre. They carefully balance two roles; that of instilling an enduring love of the written word, and to provide a first class information service to meet students’ research needs.
Linda Breard, Head Librarian
We are incredibly proud of our Year 11 class of 2024, for their impressive IGCSE (International General Certificate of Secondary Education) results. This incredible cohort of 155 students, our largest IGCSE class in the history of the school, have significantly surpassed UK and international averages and were awarded 97% of all grades at A*-C. An incredible 62% of all grades awarded were at A*-A.
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