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This was before BIS arrived, armed with 50 VERY excitable Year 7’s embarking on their very first secondary school journey. And what an experience it was!

Back in 2012, when our current Year 9 students were in Year 5, I was fortunate enough to lead their annual expedition to Cuc Phuong. During this year’s trip to Sa Pa I was able to see and experience how well our students have developed as global citizens over the years.

A sea of green hoodies flowed from BIS as the year 10s and 11s boarded the airport bound coaches this morning. A few hours and a short fight later and we arrived in Dalat. From the airport we were taken to a viewing point from which we looked out over the picturesque Dalat rooftops, cloaked in a veil of atmospheric cloud.

One of my favourite writers, Neil Gaiman once said “A book is a dream that you hold in your hands” so we encourage you to go out pick up some dreams and read.

There was an excitable atmosphere around school as some of our younger students - who were experiencing extra-curricular activities for the first time – were participating alongside some of our older students, who are currently preparing for tournaments in Thailand and Nepal.

On Monday, Year 8 went on a trip to Hanoi Geological Museum. It was built in 1914 and has displays showing The Earth and the Solar System and the The Geological Evolution of Vietnam.

On the back of the success of the Geography Department’s accreditation by the Geographical Association (http://www.geography.org.uk/) in receiving the Secondary Geography Quality Mark, we are proud to be hosting the FOBISIA Geography Job-Alike Workshop here at BIS Hanoi.

Quang Minh is our first Artist of the week after requesting to finish his half portrait at home.

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.