It gives me great pleasure to announce that students from Northbridge International School Cambodia will once again have the opportunity to travel to Switzerland as part of Nord Anglia Education’s Switzerland Trekking Expedition programme.
Northbridge International School Cambodia students who are entering the Diploma Programme (Grades 11 and 12) in the 2019 academic year will have 4 new Mathematic courses to select from. These new courses reflect the exciting changes that are happening in the Mathematics department as a result of DP courses undergoing a curriculum review over a seven-year cycle.
The Individuals and Societies Department at Northbridge International School Cambodia would like to congratulate our Grade 12 students on all of their hard work during this final year of high school. You have pushed yourselves hard to reach this point in your education, and you should be very proud of the successes that you have already accomplished.
In April, I had the privilege of traveling to Sydney and Melbourne to visit some of the universities and catch up with some of our former Northbridge International School Cambodia students. Having a chance to catch up with them over a meal, or coffee was a great opportunity to get the inside story of what life in Australia is like for a NISC student.
With current Northbridge International School Cambodia Head of Secondary Mr Ben Holman moving to a new post within our Nord Anglia Education family of schools from the beginning of next academic year, we look forward to welcoming his replacement Ms Frances Morton, who joins us in August 2019.
In 1996, the American Academy of Poets established that April is Poetry Month. Schools all over the world take time in the month of April to celebrate poetic expression. At Northbridge International School Cambodia, MYP Language & Literature classes across all grade levels are investigating poetry as students focus on the creation, interpretation, and appreciation of poems.
On a very hot Friday afternoon of 29th March, the Northbridge International School Cambodia Grade 6 students braved the heat for two hours to showcase their final Game of Chance solutions at a Carnival theme event in the Secondary walkway.
Grade 7 Northbridge International School Cambodia students became interplanetary travel agents last week in their science class. One of the activities in the unit 'Earth Science' led by Ms Silvia and Mr Tom asked students to do research on extraterrestrial environments in the solar system and create a brochure to promote them as destinations for future space travelers.
Last weekend our Northbridge International School Cambodia Senior Nagas Football Teams travelled to Hanoi to compete in the 2018-2019 ASAC tournament. Both teams came into the tournament with energy, focus and were able to walk away with solid performances.
How are approaches to learning (ATL) used to record student progress at Northbridge International School Cambodia? “Through approaches to learning (ATL) in the IB programmes, students develop skills that have relevance across the curriculum that help them 'learn how to learn',” says the IB Design Guide 2014.
Research proves why authentic learning is an integral part of the language acquisition curriculum at Northbridge International School Cambodia. This instructional approach is one that allows students to explore, discuss, and meaningfully construct concepts and relationships in contexts that involve real-world problems and projects that are relevant to the learner.
The Northbridge International School Cambodia community joined students, teachers, mathematicians, and math lovers around the world to celebrate Pi Day, on March 14th 2019. Pi Day, is celebrated on the 14th day of March every year to pay homage to the mathematical constant Pi (π), which is approximately equal to 3.14. This constant is also first introduced to many students at Northbridge as they start MYP, in Grade 6.
Over the last two weeks at Northbridge International School Cambodia, Grade 10 students have attended meetings preparing them for the next school year and their entry into the IB Diploma Program.
Northbridge International School Cambodia would like to announce that Head of Secondary Mr Ben Holman will be moving to a new post within our Nord Anglia Education family of schools from the beginning of next academic year.
Here at Northbridge International School Cambodia, subjects don’t stand alone. Students find meaning and higher awareness when they learn in an integrated way. Dance and music have been working on an assignment with Grade 9 that is very much rooted in project based learning and linked to some Juilliard core works.
Grade 12 Northbridge International School Cambodia students, with the guidance of teachers from the Science department, visited Kep National Park in January and carried out different investigations about the variables that describe the forest.
At the very heart of the IB MYP and DP programmes is service and action (or activity) which informs our institutional approach to MIA's here at Northbridge International School Cambodia. MIA is an abbreviation for Mission In Action with the clear emphasis on service with the other dimensions of adventure and team building skills.
A common misconception in a mathematics classroom, such as those at Northbridge International School Cambodia, is that math only involves computation of numbers, memorizing analytical formulas, and stating answers. However, writing is an integral component to learning mathematics as it enables students to have a deeper understanding of the mathematical concept.
Building our students’ academic vocabularies is one of the most important components of education at Northbridge International School Cambodia (NISC). The educators at NISC know that exposing our kids to high level vocabulary and providing them practice using the vocabulary to discuss the world around them helps to lay a strong foundation for their success at university and beyond.