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One of the many positives of being back on site for Face to Face Learning is the opportunity for students to collaborate and work together as part of their learning.

Sharing learning experiences is at the core of a learning community such as BIS Ho CHi Minh City.

We talk about ‘community’ a lot at BIS, so it is very pleasing to see that according to the results of the latest Parent Satisfaction Survey, 93% of parents feel accepted into a warm and welcoming community.

Courage, creativity and compassion are the attributes we need from our leaders of today and in the future that our young people will inhabit.

Dear Parents, This week was one of sound and colour, buzz and excitement, as we relaunched our in-person CCA programme on Monday, held our World Book Day celebrations on Thursday and ended today with the magnificent special Acoustic Lounge to mark the culmination of Black History Month.

“The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.” - Dr. Seuss

Dear Parents, This week I have had the pleasure of speaking to every student in Years 7-12. We reflected on how special it is to come to school each day and how perhaps we all took for granted the privilege of being able to learn together in classrooms, labs and workshops - sports fields, drama and music rooms and enjoy each other ’s company at break and lunch. We focussed on some key ways to thrive in the weeks and months ahead to squeeze every drop of opportunity out of school life whilst showing respect and care for all in our community, in how we approach our learning, our use of campus spaces and in our relationships with others.

Has it just been a couple of weeks since we have been back? Read our Primary weekly update here.

Education in its essence is about change, it is a slow process - evolution not revolution. But, every now and then it creates moments that serve as mileposts, as markers on our journey. This week, we had the opportunity for two such mileposts for our Year 7 students and our Year 12 students.

It has been a week of high excitement and joy across both primary campuses as we were finally able to welcome students back on site!

Here at BIS HCMC we take great joy in our Nord Anglia collaborations with pioneering institutions such as MIT, Juilliard and of course the humanitarian aid organisation, UNICEF. With December 2021 marking the 75th anniversary of UNICEF, our Year 12 student Nini, was selected to interview former UNICEF UK President and UNICEF Ambassador, Lord David Puttnam. Read the full story.

Dear Parents, From all of us at the BIS Secondary Campus, we wish you and your families a happy and healthy year ahead. Chúc mừng năm mới!

As we approach the Tet Holiday, we would like to take this opportunity to wish all of our families a safe and peaceful holiday. Mr Anthony’s video message yesterday reflected on the past two years, but more importantly stressed moving forward and all of the staff at the Early Years and Infant and Junior Campuses are very excited at the thought of welcoming all of our amazing families back to campus on Monday 14th February.

Preparations continue for the return of the children to the Early Years and Infant Campus after the Tet holiday.

Dear Parents, As we approach the Lunar New Year, we bid farewell to the Year of the Buffalo, a symbol of persistence and determination. I am sure we can all agree that this has certainly been an apt representation of the qualities needed to navigate the past year. We now look forward to celebrating Tet with our families and welcoming in the Year of the Tiger.

It has been wonderful to see the children visiting their classes this week to collect their uniforms, meet their teachers in person, and get an understanding of the rules we need to enforce to ensure their safety when they come back after the Tet holiday.

Dear Parents, I would like to start this week's update by thanking our teachers and support staff on the Secondary Campus. I am so proud of our whole team for successfully meeting the challenge of running IGCSE & IBDP Mock examinations whilst maintaining hybrid learning.

Thank you to all our BIS families that took time this week to meet with class teachers for our Parent Teacher Student Conferences.

Parent feedback helps us to provide an even better educational experience for BIS children. Parent Teacher Student Conferences and Parent Satisfaction Survey are two platforms for providing that feedback.

Happy New Year to all of our BIS Community. Welcome back to all of our BIS families and a particularly warm welcome to all of our new families joining us this term. Although we are disappointed not to be able to welcome you all in person to campus, we look forward to seeing all of you very soon.