BIS HANOI STUDENT WINS THE GLOBAL CAMPUS WRITING COMPETITION

Scan to read his English and Spanish story

Students at BIS Hanoi recently had the exciting opportunity to participate in the NAE Global Campus One Third Story Writing Competition. We were delighted to find out that, our of hundreds of entries from all around the world, our Year 9 student Duc Minh wrote the winning story for his age group.

Duc Minh's story 'The Bear's Siesta’ was selected as the winner of the Core Category (ages 8-15) out of 118 stories submitted from 42 Nord Anglia schools around the world. One of the judging criteria was for one-third of the story to contain nonEnglish vocabulary. Duc Minh demonstrated his proficiency in Spanish for his story, which was chosen as the winner by renowned children's author Serena Patel.

Ms Georgina Dorr, our Head of Whole-school MFL department, said:

“We were delighted with all our entries for the Global Campus Writing Competition, which saw our students enter stories written in Spanish, French, Mandarin, Vietnamese, Tagalog, and Japanese. We were especially thrilled that one of our students not only got shortlisted but was selected by the author as the winner of his category!”

“Duc Minh has an excellent future ahead of him as he moves into learning Spanish at IGCSE – and we are looking forward to seeing what he does next with his excellent language skills!”

Duc Minh also shared his joy on the achievement:

"I’m proud of what I have achieved in the competition. In spite of the many challenges, I have been through, the support from my friends, family and teachers motivated me to persevere whenever I felt stuck. I had no idea when I entered the writing competition that I would be witnessing so many exciting moments, such as going on to win a Global Campus competition. Also, I am proud of the immense personal growth that I have experienced in such a short period of time."

Duc Minh's story was selected as the winner of the Core Category (ages 8-15) out of 118 stories submitted from 42 Nord Anglia schools.

'The Bear’s Siesta’ was handed over to a professional illustrator, who brought the story to life. The final e-book is now available to read on Global Campus. Take a look at the story and we hope you all enjoy it.

A huge congratulations to Duc Minh.