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Andy Dang, a Year 8 student here at the British International School, Ho Chi Minh City has recently returned from the Kids Golf World Championships in Malaysia as champion of his division.

Early in November more than forty students from the European International School came to visit the APS library.

Tết is the most important celebration in Vietnamese culture, honouring the arrival of spring. The celebration brings with it delicious food like bánh chưng, bánh dày, dưa hấu and traditional customs such as ancestor worship, wishing New Year's greetings and giving lucky money. Tết symbolises the time of the year where people can forget about the troubles of the past year and look towards the future.

Last year you may remember that our student netball team, made up of Year 5 and Year 6 students, competed in a Netball tournament between three other international schools and won. This term they faced an even bigger challenge...

The second annual Nord Anglia South East Asia Games were held at St Andrews school in Bangkok last weekend. The tournament gives students from Years 5 and 6 the opportunity to compete in Basketball and Teeball competitions against our fellow Nord Anglia schools.

In order to pass the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IBDP) students must fulfil the requirements of the non-academic component known as CAS (Creativity, Activity and Service). Here we talk to Zhen Yi Chew about his chosen IB CAS Project: Operation Smile.

In January 2018, our brand new Early Years and Infant Campus will open its doors, joining together our whole school community in one District 2 setting. This is an ideal location for a majority of our families however, the inevitable downside of this convenient location is the increased pressure on the flow of traffic in Thao Dien.

Coding makes up a large part of the Primary ICT curriculum and all students, from Year 1 to 6, work hard to create games, animations and programs with code. So when it is Computer Science Week and the annual hour of Code it is a given that we would celebrate our achievements and interests in the field of Computer Science.

The children of Milepost 1 were sensational in their performance this holiday season, in the production of “Gnome Alone.” The story began in Santa’s Workshop where the Christmas elves and fairies were busy helping Santa get ready to deliver presents to children all around the world.

The week beginning 4th December saw the House Dodgeball begin with a vengeance. It’s always a hotly contested competition and this year was bigger and better than ever.

Ms Archer joined BIS HCMC in August 2017 from Dulwich College Shanghai where she held the post of Head of Geography. Prior to this she taught Geography and Humanities in Munich, Budapest and the UK. As the Approaches to Teaching and Learning Coordinator at Munich International School in Germany, Gemma was also involved in developing and embedding learning skills across the curriculum. As she approaches the end of her first term at BIS HCMC, let’s find out how she’s settling in...

Last week a team comprised of Year 6 students entered the FOBISIA Maths Online Competition and competed against 36 other international schools in South East Asia.

British International School HCMC are proud to announce that our four Year 9 students who entered into the International FOBISIA Design and Technology Online Competition were awarded second place!

This year saw the British International School, Phuket host their 16th year of the Soccer 7’s Tournament. The biggest one to date, welcomed 1650 competitors playing for 165 teams from 39 international schools, based in 10 different countries – making this tournament a truly remarkable meeting place for Asia's top young footballers, and the international school community.

On 25th November, 12 BIS HCMC students embarked on their Community trip to Ky Quang 2 Pagoda Orphanage in the outskirts of Go Vap district, Ho Chi Minh City.

This year the FOBISIA Games took place in Phuket, Thailand and covered a range of sports including Football, Basketball, Swimming and Athletics. Each and every one of our students used their skills of perseverance, determination and ambition to bring home an unbelievable total of 5 trophies, 47 gold medals, 27 silver medals and 33 bronze medals as well as a host of memories and experiences that will last a lifetime. Here’s all the action straight from the Games…

The Patterson/Sutton Duo came to perform at all three of our campuses on Thursday 23rd November 2017. They played to the whole school and as well as hearing their fantastic cello and guitar playing they also answered some of the questions our Primary school children had thought of in their music lessons as well providing masterclasses for our Secondary students.

Next week, we are encouraging all students to break with bad habits and ensure they eat a healthy breakfast every morning. A ‘5-day breakfast-selfie challenge’ is upon us, with prizes to be won. Perhaps the biggest prize of all being a week of energy-fueled learning.

For this week's 'Meet the Teacher' our Year 12 students, Jamie and Ji Min speak to Head of History, Ms Lowry.

This month 4V, 4N, 4H and 4C have met up with students from Nguyen Hien school, a government school near Cantavil in An Phu. The exchange program involves our students hosting Nguyen Hien students twice and visiting Nguyen Hien twice. It enables children to interact with others from different backgrounds and so supports our mission of students becoming 'global citizens learning together'.