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At BIS Hanoi, we get our young learners actively involved in the classroom. For instance, Year 3 students had the opportunity to learn about the typical breakfast in Spain and also the one in France.

Well-being for everyone: Looking after our mind is just as important as looking after our bodies. This can be done by practising mindfulness.

Since October 2018, BIS Hanoi invited all families to join the “Friends of BIS” with the purpose of building our BIS community, providing more opportunities for families to come together, take action and explore the culture of our host country. After an enthusiastic discussion at the inaugural meeting last year, some excellent ideas emerged and have been put into actions since then.

As part of their ‘Healthy Me’ topic, the Year 2 children went on a trip to Vinmart this week.

F2 went on a fun-filled trip to Jump Arena to celebrate and end their topic “Let’s Get Moving!”

Last night saw an incredible performance of Pirates of the Curry Bean by the Year 6 children at BIS Hanoi.

This week, as we head towards the most important holiday in the Vietnamese culture – the Lunar New Year (or Tết), students of BIS Hanoi had a fantastic opportunity to nurture a respectful and caring sense of social responsibility and build friendships with students from Hy Vong School and Xa Dan School.

Last Friday saw the launch of the second unit of work for our IGCSE Art students.

Alumni artists from The Juilliard School frequently visit our schools around the world, transforming the connection students have to the performing arts. Actor and teaching artist Abby Gerdts, along with dancer Ingrid Kapteyn, have visited a number of Nord Anglia Education schools across Asia, Europe and the Middle East. The pair share their experiences teaching at our schools, their thoughts on our upcoming regional festivals, and what motivated and inspired them to pursue careers in the performing arts when they were at school.

The Tanzania Permaculture expedition is a life-changing experience and an opportunity for your child to make a lasting impact on the local communities around Nazareti Primary School in Tanzania.

This week, 6I were very lucky to have a special visitor for their IPC Entry Point – it was Henry VIII!

At BIS Hanoi we aim to make sure that every History classroom is one that is built with both high ceilings of challenges and solid floors of support.

It was lovely to see our students return on Monday, smiling and refreshed after the holidays. I would also like to extend a special welcome to all the new students who arrived this week. Newcomers included those from Australia, France and Singapore.

At our traditional end of term ‘Whole School Assembly’ this morning, Ms. Sue Hill highlighted all the outstanding achievements and events at the British International School Hanoi this term.

The British International School Hanoi is heading into the holidays with the perfect family musical: ‘Annie’ performed on December 12 & 13.

In the final article of his 3-part series on assessment and reporting at BIS Hanoi, Mr. Webb, Head of Secondary, explains how feedback is reported to parents.

In the second of three short articles about assessment and reporting at BIS Hanoi, Mr. Webb, Head of Secondary, shows how the National Curriculum levels can be interpreted.

Christmas is definitely the best time of the year for our youngest learners in EYC.

Thank you to all of the students and parents who were able to attend our recent talk on Careers in the 21st Century talk by Dr. Shanton Chang. It was a great opportunity to get a better picture of what skills and knowledge our students will need in the future. For those of you not able to attend we have summarized his talk as well as provided his presentation below.

This week we received the exciting news that BIS Hanoi has been short-listed for the International School Awards for 2019. From over 200 nominations, we have reached the final three in the category ‘Pastoral Initiative’.