A PLACE TO BELONG

Welcome to this edition of Esprit Magazine, Term 2, 2022-2023.

A look back over the past few months at BIS Hanoi reveals a vast range of activities, events, competitions and adventures that have taken place. Students of all ages have enjoyed new experiences, both inside and outside the classroom, as well as on and off school campus. Reflecting on this myself, I was amazed at the breadth of our educational offer.

Our residential programme kicked off in January with Secondary student trips to various destinations across Vietnam. This was the first time since 2019 that the school has been able to provide such enrichment experiences for our students. It has been a delight for our staff teams to plan and deliver these fantastic opportunities.

Our Primary students also enjoyed sleepovers ahead of their own trips in March and April. It is clear from the smiling faces in the photographs that this was a much needed, and thoroughly enjoyable, set of enrichment activities away from home and school.

This term saw the return of our fabulous Tet celebrations, which this year featured both student performers and professional dragon dancers to get us into the new year spirit. Book Week was a similarly fun-filled week, this time with a focus on the joys of reading. A vast array of costumed students and staff could be seen walking the corridors, while students of all ages fully embraced DEAR – Dropping Everything and Reading.

Our enrichment programme of Co-Curricular Activities (CCAs), including sporting fixtures, performing arts events, visiting speakers, and day trips, has continued to add flavour to the daily learning and teaching focus of our school community.

The breadth of our Parent Connect workshops has also reached a whole new level; already we have seen 41 sessions delivered to parents across Early Years, Primary and Secondary. The majority of sessions were delivered by our staff team, but we are delighted to have added student-led workshops as well.

We trust that parents have found these workshops to be an informative and enjoyable opportunity to dig deeper into the curriculum, as well as approaches to learning and teaching. In addition, our Friends of BIS group has led a number of family events, both on and off campus, with the aim of connecting people and allowing them to share their journey together. Thank you to everyone involved.

I hope you enjoy browsing the articles, photos and celebrations of our community’s successes. We are proud of all that our students have achieved already this year.

As you read through the coming pages, you will see that BIS Hanoi is indeed ‘A Place to Belong’.

Richard Vaughan Principal