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The results are in! How did our junior school atheletes fare on the track and field? Find out more!

From 13th – 17th January 2020, the Primary PE Department will be holding trials for the FOBISIA Games Team.

Last Thursday saw one of the biggest academic events in the calendar for the Upper Juniors, The Year 5 and Year 6 Speech and Debate Finals.

On Saturday 23rd November, the first ever youth cricket tournament was hosted by the Saigon Cricket Association, where 2 schools, BIS and AIS, participated.

Kumasta! BIS encourages us to be global citizens learning together, and we love finding out about the rich variety of cultures in our world.

Over the last two weeks, I have had the pleasure of attending two FOBISIA conferences, and we have hosted an inspection team from CIS and WASC.

Last week our Year 4 classes were treated to an inspirational workshop run by our parent group ‘One More Reused’.

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.

Through our embedded community service programme our students work with a range of community partners, one of which is the Christina Noble Children’s Foundation (CNCF) who we have worked closely with for the past 5 years.

A summary of the CIS/WASC evaluation process following the team’s visit this week.

October marked the third annual TEDx event at the British International School Ho Chi Minh City (BIS HCMC) and as always it was an experience to be remembered.

The 2019 U15 FOBISIA Games will go down long in the memories of all who were present at Thanyapura to witness the supreme efforts of the boys representing the British International School Ho Chi Minh City (BIS HCMC).

Here at the British International School Ho Chi Minh City we are delighted to partner with Blue Dragon Children’s Foundation who have impacted the lives of over 50,000 children and families since being established in 2005.

The BIS Barracudas have been training hard since returning to school in August. For most swimmers, this was their first competition for the competitive season.

Last week, BIS students took part in the Language Perfect Northern Championships which ran from the 6th to the 13th of November 2019.

In recent weeks Year 3 have finished a unit of science work that focused on rocks, their properties and how they are formed.

Earlier this week, our Juilliard Curriculum Dance Specialist, Salla Saarikangas, made her first visit to BIS to help guide us in creating a bespoke Dance curriculum for our students.

Respect for one another lies at the heart of what we do at BIS. Respect can take many forms, but understanding is one of the keys that is central to all elements of this characteristic.

This year the Nord Anglia Education South East Asia STEAM Festival was held at Regents International School in Pattaya and for 6 of our students it was an amazing journey of collaboration, critical thinking and creativity.

Whilst proud of the fact that we have been crowned Asia’s best Math’s school for the past two consecutive years in the FOBISIA (Federation of British International School In Asia) Math’s Championships, as a school we do not sit back reflecting on the past.