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Employers talk about workplace competencies being the key to talent and some of the most commonly mentioned are intrinsic motivation and learning agility.

Year 9s have been working hard in tutor time and well-being lessons writing supportive messages over the last week.

The process of deciding what to do, and where to go, after graduating from BIS Hanoi should be a long-term, ongoing one. The University Guidance Counsellor is focused on giving BIS Hanoi students the right support and guidance as they negotiate what can be difficult decisions.

Teacher spotlight is a series introducing our dedicated and talented Secondary School teachers. This week we hear from our University Counsellor, Bernd Widemann

Spotlight is a series introducing our dedicated and talented Secondary School teachers. This week we hear from our Assistant Head of Secondary School (IB), Gemma Archer.

Spotlight is a new series introducing our dedicated and talented Secondary School teachers.

In Theory of Knowledge (ToK), we challenge our students and teachers to take a step back from their subjects and examine their knowledge critically. Simply put this means to ask ‘how do we know what we know?’ This can seem a daunting task where students are required to peel back the layers of their knowledge to examine the deeper roots of how they have acquired their world view. The result of this over the two years is far more critical and reflective thinkers.

The Extended Essay is a 400-word dissertation style essay, which forms part of the core of the IB Diploma, along with TOK and CAS. Following a course teaching research and essay writing skills, the Essay is written on a topic of the student’s choosing. Completing the Extended Essay (EE) gives students the opportunity to produce a unique piece of work on a subject of interest to them, as well as to develop skills which will be extremely useful when they reach University.

Here at BIS Hanoi’s Geography department, our goal is to stretch the thinking of our students to believe that there are no boundaries to the ideas they can create, and the progress they can make.

British International School Hanoi are pleased to announce the success of their Secondary Mathematics Department at the 10th Hanoi Mathematics Olympiad.

We are continuing the transition from ICT to Computer Science and have introduced IGCSE Computer Science at British International School Hanoi this year. This is a very different course to ICT, instead focusing on the principles of computing and problem solving through algorithmic design.