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Last month we were proud to have three student ambassadors attend this year’s NAE-UNICEF Student Summit, hosted for the first time ever in Houston, Texas from 12 to 19 June 2024.  The event was hosted at Nord Anglia’s two schools in the city: The Village School and the British International School of Houston. Houston was chosen as the ideal location for the Summit thanks to being the first officially recognised “Child-Friendly City” in the United States of America.

After 13 years at BIS our Whole School Deputy Head Teacher (Enrichment) Ms Lauren Binnington has made a huge mark on BIS HCMC. One of the many long-lasting changes she has seen in her time is the development of our sustainability practices in line with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. In her latest and final blog at #BISHCMC Lauren reflects on how far we have come as a sustainable school, whilst developing a global citizen mindset in each and every student.

Last week two of our students, JaeYeon and Caitlin, joined over 100 NAE student delegates from around the world at the NAE-UNICEF Student Summit in New York City.  This was an extraordinary opportunity for them to develop their leadership and advocacy skills and collaborate with like-minded students to cultivate their social purpose through the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

An overview of the events surrounding World Children's Day and Reach Out Week across three campuses.

The 1000 paper cranes project by Khanh Linh and Tu Anh is the perfect example of how our students are inspiring hope and happiness in our community.

Our Global Campus platform hosts a range of new Xtra activities to expand our students’ experiences and challenge them to do something different!

In the World Children’s Day assembly this week our 2019 Ambassadors to the United Nations Nina Pham and Eugene Chang launched the search for the 2020 ambassadors.

On Saturday 21st September 2019, the British International School HCMC hosted the second annual World Cleanup Day as part of the CleanUp Vietnam initiative.

APPLY NOW for the chance to join Nord Anglia Education students from around the world at the UNICEF Student Summit on sustainable development in New York in July 2019.

This year’s Geography Photography Competition once again tied in with our school’s collaboration with UNICEF.

On Saturday over 200 members of the BIS HCMC school community, including students, parents and teachers from across the 3 campuses, joined over 13 million worldwide volunteers to participate in World CleanUp Day.

Here at the British International School Ho Chi Minh City, we have pledged to remove all single-use plastic from all three of our campuses by 2020. This is an exciting step in ensuring that we teach our students about sustainable living and a crucial part of meeting the Global Goals for Sustainable Development.

As part of Nord Anglia Education’s collaboration with UNICEF, selected student ambassadors will visit New York from 6-13 July for the NAE–UNICEF Student Summit regarding the United Nation’s Global Goals for Sustainable Development.

On Saturday 23rd June, 40 members of BIS HCMC's community, including students, parents and teachers from across our 3 campuses, set out to clean up Thao Dien.

Once again NAE students have been given the unique opportunity to travel to the United Nations Headquarters in New York to attend the High Level Political Forum and engage in a Global MUN debate with 3 ambitious students representing the British International School, Ho Chi Minh City.

Last week, the Global Goals Club here at BIS HCMC held a Global Challenge Week to advocate and raise awareness of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals with particular focus on Goal 11 (Sustainable Cities and Communities) and Goal 12 (Responsible Consumption).

United Nations International School Model United Nations (UNISMUN) is a 3 day, annual conference hosted by UNIS Hanoi. With 18 different international schools from all over South-East Asia participating, there were over 300 international students at the event, including 18 students representing BIS HCMC.

The British International School Awards recognise excellence in British schools overseas, celebrate the successes of the education sector and help set benchmarks for best practices in schools. After our shortlisting in 2017 for our Community Service Projects we were delighted to once again find out we were shortlisted for the International Impact Award for our uniform upcycling project “One More”.

Student-led club Greenr Minds has initiated the Upcycling House Competition at BIS HCMC, Secondary Campus in the hopes of creating new and useful products out of old school uniforms.

The student-led club Green Minds has established e-waste collection bins around all BIS HCMC campuses from which collected electronics will be recycled.