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We catch up with Team Photon and their Design Technology Teacher Mr Diver about their experience at this highly regarded international STEAM event and the lessons learned along the way...

Dan Champion reflects on the U19a Boys Volleyball team's performance in their recent match against AIS.

Last Saturday it was fantastic to see over 78 swimmers from BIS HCMC (37 Secondary swimmers and 41 Primary swimmers) participating in the SSIS Relay Swim Meet at Saigon South International School, District 7.

Details of the best ways of setting up parental controls, lists of software and links for where to find more information.

Hanako Kawasaki reflects on the U19 Girls Volleyball Match against AmIS...

Wednesday was a tasty day in F3 as all classes travelled by school bus to St Honore bakery in Thao Dien to help our Little Red Hen buy some bread.

Find out more about the team of ‘Tarzan teachers’ at An Phu Secondary – constantly striving to be their best by learning from one another.

As we mentioned earlier in the week, students and teachers at BIS HCMC have been taking part in the World’s Largest Lesson to raise awareness of, and continue our work towards, the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

This week we were able to celebrate the perseverance and the commitment of all of our LAMDA and ABRSM students in assembly.

Following in the footsteps of Team Helios and Doppler Racing, Photon Racing are the third cohort of students from BIS HCMC attending the F1 in Schools World Finals 2017 and the only school to be representing Vietnam.

In this post we speak to Ms Elaine Gillan who is now a Learning Support Teacher at An Phu Primary Campus to find out her first impressions of Vietnam.

In this post we speak to Mr Mike Sullivan who is one of our new Year 5 Teachers over at An Phu Primary Campus to see how he is settling into life in Ho Chi Minh City.

What has struck me this week is the number of smiles on the faces of children, parents and teachers.

The official start of our Inter-House Competition has commenced. This week our four Heads of House organised their first assembly of the Academic Year to reflect on last year’s achievements and inspire their teams to strive for that winning trophy!

Culture shock is defined by ‘Internations’ as the deeper cultural differences in mindset, customs and interpersonal interaction that trigger this phenomenon and turn cultural transition into a struggle. How does culture shock manifest itself? How should we deal with it?

We are delighted to welcome our new Deputy Head, Amy Murphy to BIS HCMC. As an experienced senior leader in international education, Amy will play a key role in shaping our students’ learning in the years ahead. Amy is looking forward to meeting you as parents in the near future.

My new role at BIS HCMC is actually a cross-campus one. I will be working as our Primary Admissions Manager and as such I have the pleasure of working alongside our fantastic admission officers.

F2 had a great beginning for this school year as the children met their new teachers who will support them in their new learning journey.

French teacher and CAS Coordinator at BIS HCMC, Ms Daphnée Deleporte chaperones NAE students to New York for the UNICEF High Level Political Forum (HLPF).

Community service projects play an integral part of life at BIS HCMC. With training each year, staff get a chance to experience exactly what it is like to take part in a community activity. Our Community Inset Mornings aim to offer fun and engaging activities and resources to our community partners which may not normally be accessible to them.