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In February 2016 Le Tran Thu Thao – a BIS Hanoi Alumni was awarded a full scholarship to Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Thao has now commenced her studies in Horticulture. After graduating from BIS Hanoi she would like to share some of her University application experiences with you

As Mr Rowlands passionately stated in the secondary assembly, we don’t want any of our children to be excluded from talking to each other. When in school, the children must seize the opportunity to discover more from the people around them by using our common language of English.

We were pleased to welcome HE Giles Lever the British Ambassador to Vietnam come to BIS Hanoi today.

Two very special events took place this week in the Primary School. Firstly, the Early Year Centre performed ’In My Dreams’: a lively and colourful production with catchy tunes and an important moral where good conquered evil and friendship won through. The second event was the Primary Talent Show.

Our community service program continues to grow from strength to strength, encouraging our students to be conscious and active members of their community.

We all had a sensational time but our students did the most amazing job generating some hilarious experiences, videos and photos that had us smiling from ear to ear. They can all be very proud of the work and behavior during this trip. It was an incredible experience for all of us!

The last fixture was played on Sunday. We entered 1 under 11 team and 3 under 14 boys doubles team in the inter school tennis championships last weekend.

REFLECTION is another one of the characteristics we look to aspire to in our Aide Memoire; this week we have reflected on the message that both the British actor Paul Blackthorne and Vietnamese comedian Xuan Bac passed on to our staff and students, here are some of the comments.

Students from Years 3 and 4 competed in sprint and hurdle relays, ball throw, javelin, long jump and speed bounce, whilst students from Years 5 and 6 competed in sprint, hurdle and distance relays, shot put, javelin, long jump and triple jump

You may remember an exciting announcement made recently about the winning children in Primary who designed a superhero to represent one of the characteristics in our Aide Memoire.

This year is the 60th Anniversary of the Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award for Young People. Initially only for boys and based in a single Scottish school, the Award has now spread across the world to over 140 countries, and over 300,000 young people begin their Award every year.

Discover the eight secrets of success and the power of passion from Richard St John, an award-winning speech writer.