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We are grateful to have an enormously supportive parent body at BIS Hanoi. It is one of the cornerstones of our continuing success and growth.

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.

The global pandemic has impacted every inch of society and will forever remain a period that brought about significant challenges for us all.

This section of top tips looks at a few different ways of supporting your child in making the most of their online experiences, ultimately helping them thrive during this time.

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

In this section we aim to explain some top tips that will help you support your child during virtual learning. This week we look at how you can review work assigned to students and also check they can access the full offerings of the Microsoft Office Suite.

Sending children to school for the first time, or to a new school, can be challenging for parents.

Welcome to our first digital BIS Hanoi newsletter of the new academic year 2021/2022. I am very pleased to be here in Hanoi, taking on the responsibility of leading the school community in the next phase of its journey

Whether you’re trying to fill time on a rainy day, stuck inside enduring a hotel or home quarantine, or simply looking for ways to keep your children engaged during their summer holidays, it’s always good to have a wealth of ideas ready to go. British International School (BIS) Hanoi, Performing Arts teacher Emily Brawn shares six fun and creative activities to captivate your child’s attention and boost their confidence, even if you have limited space or resources.

Although we have not been able to welcome the students back onto the school campus before the end of term, there are still many other successes to celebrate in this final weekly update.

For many families, the first Nord Anglia school their child joins is only the beginning of their international education journey. In this blog we are interviewing Anne, a parent within the Nord Anglia community, who shares the experience of her family and their relocations around the world.

Each year, towards the end of term, BIS Primary students participate in an assessment week to support the teacher’s judgement of student attainment over the year. This year, it has moved online and for the last two weeks, our teachers and teaching assistants have been extremely busy carrying out individual student assessments, the results of which will be shared with you in the student reports soon.

Congratulations and well done to all Year 13 students who have now completed their exams. Thursday brought a close to the IB examination session and all our students should be applauded for their focus and hard work through this intense period. I hope you can all relax now as you begin to prepare for the next phase of your lives. We look forward to celebrating your graduation next weekend with you all.

Even when the students are learning at home due to the pandemic, they need to maintain practising reading and writing, as these skills are essential to every child. This week, we would like to offer a few practical tips and advice for assisting your children’s literacy learning at home.

This weekend the news broke that students across Hanoi would once again be learning from home to help prevent and control a new COVID–19 wave. As a community, we have adapted seamlessly back to online learning and our students have continued to show great perseverance and a fabulous attitude towards their studies. As Maths Curriculum Leaders, we wanted to take this opportunity to share some tips and advice for helping your children with Mathematics at home.

English as an Additional Language (EAL) is a vital support system at BIS Hanoi. In order to support our students at BIS Hanoi, we have several EAL teachers who work with students of all abilities to help develop their English language skills, specifically: reading, writing, speaking and listening.

Most of our students have ambitions for moving abroad following Sixth Form to study at university. Every year these graduates follow in the footsteps of our alumni who have attended some of the world’s best universities and whose success stories are inspiring proof of the exciting pathways which await them. We have prepared hundreds of past students for the transition from school to university, and have long perfected the recipe for ensuring them the best future international pathway. So, what’s key to setting them up for success?

I don’t know about you, but it seems to me that time is just flying by at the moment. It feels that we start each week on Monday morning with lots of time ahead of us, and suddenly it is Friday again! I suppose that is just a sign of a busy life and a purposeful school.

I’m sitting in my office this morning, feeling so proud of our students, that I can’t stop smiling! It has been an incredible week, one in which we have seen the very best of our students and a glimpse of their future selves.

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.