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The instinctive reaction, of a teacher on lunchtime duty in the canteen, upon seeing a Year 6 child skipping, is to remind them of their behavioural responsibilities. However, when that child happens to be a Year 6 girl called Kathy, whose skipping is inspired by the barely containable pride of one who has just achieved a great success on behalf of the school, the correct reaction is to understand and smile.

Wow! It has been a whole year since Language in Focus was launched at BIS Primary. We have already learnt about Polish, German, Malay, Thai and now Korean. It has been so much fun exploring lots of different cultures.

There was confusion in Year 2 this week as the classroom chairs went on strike due to the fact that they didn’t think the children were treating them very well! The children soon realised their mistakes and wrote letters back to the chairs to get them to return to the classrooms so the children could continue to use them! Read more about how this strange situation unfolded...

Ms Astley joined other Nord Anglia Education teachers from around the world to learn more about the Juilliard Drama Curriculum coming to the British International School, Ho Chi Minh City from August 2018.

Year 1 children receive a visit from Chocolate the hedgehog as part of their non-fiction Talk for Writing unit.

Earlier this month our BIS HCMC sports stars travelled to the world class sporting facility that is Thanyapura Sports Resort in Phuket, Thailand, for the U13 Green Group FOBISIA Games 2018.

Earlier in the term we announced the opening of the 3rd annual BIS Film Festival and we are excited to now be able to reveal the winners!

Kim McWilliam started work at BIS HCMC in August 2017 after working as a School Counsellor for over 11 years in Melbourne, Australia. Our student journalists Jamie and Jimin find out a little bit more about her in this week's 'Meet the Specialist' edition.

Our U19a girls football team went into their match against SSIS last Thursday with passion and determination. Read the highlights in this match report by Lhasa and view the video footage to see all the goals from the game!

After weeks of rehearsing and preparation, 18 very excited BIS HCMC primary children met at the Junior Campus on Thursday ready to travel to Singapore for the 2018 FOBISIA Primary Music Festival hosted by Tanglin Trust School.

On the 8th and 9th March, 8 of our excited mathematicians from Years 7 and 8 jumped on a plane heading for Shanghai to represent BIS HCMC at the FOBISIA Secondary Mathematics Competition 2018. Aarush Yendamuri brings us the highlights from the 2 day trip...

At the beginning of March, twelve BIS students travelled from Ho Chi Minh City to Manila, Philippines to compete in the 2018 South East Asian Mathematics Competition (SEAMC). This competition embodies the spirit of communication, collaboration, creativity, critical thinking and cultural competence through the attendance of a diverse range of schools from various countries. YoonYoung Choi brings us all the highlights from the event…

This term, Ms Archer, Ms Kerr and myself had the pleasure of taking the Year 12 IB geographers on a fieldwork collection adventure deep into the Dalat countryside. On this adventure the students were able to collect huge amounts of river data for their Internal Assessment and also experience a ‘Geomystery tour’ which offered a different perspective into the impacts of flood plain modification around Dalat. This aims to develop the way in which the students think critically and reflect upon the interrelationships between people and their environment.

The past two weeks have seen our primary students at the Junior Campus excited for their residential visits as part of 'Trips Week' 2018. Mr Michael Martin brings us the highlights from the Year 3 adventure which saw the children sleeping over at school!

English as an Additional Language or EAL aims to provide effective teaching that enables children to use English confidently and competently inside and outside the classroom. In this blog, Ms Shaheena updates us on the latest activites from the Year 3 EAL lessons.

Einstein was right about many things, including how to ride a bike – stop moving and you fall off. The same can be said for learning – you can’t stop pedaling.

The SISAC football season kicked off this week with our first friendly fixtures in preparation for the City Championships in May.

As part of our coffee morning programme here on the Junior Campus, we were very happy to welcome 35 parents along to our Bring Your Own Device – Laptop (BYOD) information session.

On Monday and Wednesday last week, two excitable groups of Year 4 children arrived at school with their suitcases ready for their residential trip to the seaside resort of Long Hai.

Last week, the Global Goals Club here at BIS HCMC held a Global Challenge Week to advocate and raise awareness of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals with particular focus on Goal 11 (Sustainable Cities and Communities) and Goal 12 (Responsible Consumption).