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Happy World Children’s Day 2020!

As a parent, it can be difficult to know how to best support your child in a changing, digital world which didn’t exist 10 years ago. The most important thing that you can do is be aware of what your child is using their device for, who are they friends with and what apps or websites they are using.

It has been a very busy term in the Art department with students working on various topics, projects and ECAs.

The swimming squads have been training each morning from the start of the academic year. Their hard work was showcased on Tuesday afternoon when the team entered the NAE Global Campus Sports Competition: Swimming.

On Tuesday morning this week, Year 8 students participated in a ‘Mindful Morning’ as part of their Life Skills curriculum.

A fortnight of acts of remembrance closed today with a powerful online assembly at BIS Hanoi. Planned by history teachers, Victoria Black and Sophie Peters, and recorded and performed by students, the assembly was extraordinary in its depth and quality.

The start of this academic year has been a busy one in the Performing Arts department, with Dance, Drama, Theatre Studies and Music lessons being delivered to students across our entire age range; from Foundation Stage Music through to Year 13 IB Theatre Studies.

Our new caterers, Joma bakery, launched an exciting range of products. Their school dining service is based on a commitment to providing a healthy and balanced meal for all students.

Tuesday night was a joyous occasion for our Year 12 students at BIS Hanoi. In the middle of the first term of studying the International Baccalaureate Diploma Program, BIS Hanoi students, with their families, paused for breath, posed for a photograph and reflected on their academic achievements over the last two years.

Global Campus (GC) Junior is a dedicated area on Nord Anglia’s Global Campus for children Under 8 years old. There are four different sections in GC Junior for you and your child to explore and complete activities and projects at home. Some of these resources and activities are also used by our teachers in school.

This term, Year 6 have been working on completing their entries for the first of this year’s MIT Challenges. The challenge requires students to design something to help astronauts eat, play sport, or do exercise more easily when they are in space. The lack of gravity in space means that eating a bowl of noodles is almost impossible, the soup and the noodles would be floating all over the space craft.

An interview with Salome Airdrie, Head of PE (Whole School)

At BIS we recruit outstanding practitioners to fulfil our promise to you and to ensure we deliver a world class education. In schools, when we talk about outstanding or excellence, this isn’t something that is achieved once and ticked off. Excellence is about consistently high standards and a drive to improve sustained by a desire for life-long learning, something shared between all of our dedicated teachers.

On Thursday, BIS Hanoi’s IB Options Evening was superbly attended by Year 11 students and their parents. The event was an insightful occasion for us to support students and parents in gathering all the useful information about IB subjects. We hope you found the IB Options evening informative and good luck on the path that you choose.

After weeks of preparation, planning and, I must add, considerable frustration with the delays, I am delighted to finally be in school. Leading the school remotely was a somewhat strange experience, and whilst not an ineffective strategy, no amount of technology can replace face to face contact; people together in the same space at the same time.

On Friday 30th October, your child will have the privilege of wearing a Halloween outfit on the day in return for a charitable donation. We have already suggested 30,000 VND as a donation but any further donations are much needed and would be much appreciated by those affected.