HOW THE SECONDARY STUDENT LEADERSHIP TEAM ARE DRIVING POSITIVE CHANGE

This year, the main goals of the Secondary student leadership team are to boost inclusivity, collaboration and engagement between students and teachers.

The new Prefect Team, who are dedicated to improving the school, are split into multiple different departments that will work together to coordinate fun events, making BIS Hanoi an even more warm and welcoming environment for everyone. We understand that every student has a different interest, which is why our priority is to produce a diverse range of events and activities that aim to include everyone.

Our opening initiative this year was to launch the school’s first ever extracurricular social media account to promote our sports mascot, the lionhearts, on Instagram (@ bis_lionhearts). Created by House Captains and the Promotions team, the account will notify students and bring them closer to upcoming events.

We also successfully hosted an IGCSE fair for Year 11s, where students were able to note down tips and experiences from Year 12s. Looking ahead to Term 3, we are initiating ideas for Easter, Pride Month and Prom! We hope students will look forward to the upcoming activities.

Uniform Committee

The Uniform Committee was established with the mission of understanding and investigating student’s preferences regarding our school uniform – and to plan for potential modifications and perhaps new Lionheart merchandise in the upcoming academic year.

The committee has conducted an extensive analysis based on a Uniform Survey sent out in February this year. The Uniform Survey gathered the opinions of 405 students about their level of satisfaction with each uniform item that was provided at the beginning of the academic year. It also addressed possible new concepts, such as Spirit Wear or Polo shirts.

We shared the analysis in a slideshow to the Secondary School Leadership Team (SSLT), where we discussed our visions and key points of the analysis. With their approval, we plan to further present it to the Extended Leadership Team (ELT) of BIS Hanoi and make positive changes to our school uniform.

Food Committee

The Food Committee meets bi-weekly to discuss ways to enhance our lunch experience. This term, we have been focusing on the quality of foods and drinks themselves, collecting opinions specifically on authenticity, diversity and quantity. However we have also been touching upon the canteen’s atmosphere and redesign, as well as the issue of food waste and long queues.

Incorporating the feedback from our students, we arranged a meeting with Joma, our lunch provider, to identify areas of strength and improvement, and to suggest constructive feedback. This term, we have witnessed a significant improvement in the food content, namely having more choices for vegetarian diets and a wider variety of sauces. Furthemore, the problem with food waste has been promptly addressed by our proposal to have better communication between the chefs and the students, so that a reasonable amount of food is put out.

Looking ahead to the next term, we aim to continue improving the diversity of food, alleviating the traffic at the counter, and redesigning the canteen.