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What has struck me this week is the number of smiles on the faces of children, parents and teachers.

The official start of our Inter-House Competition has commenced. This week our four Heads of House organised their first assembly of the Academic Year to reflect on last year’s achievements and inspire their teams to strive for that winning trophy!

We are delighted to welcome our new Deputy Head, Amy Murphy to BIS HCMC. As an experienced senior leader in international education, Amy will play a key role in shaping our students’ learning in the years ahead. Amy is looking forward to meeting you as parents in the near future.

My new role at BIS HCMC is actually a cross-campus one. I will be working as our Primary Admissions Manager and as such I have the pleasure of working alongside our fantastic admission officers.

F2 had a great beginning for this school year as the children met their new teachers who will support them in their new learning journey.

French teacher and CAS Coordinator at BIS HCMC, Ms Daphnée Deleporte chaperones NAE students to New York for the UNICEF High Level Political Forum (HLPF).

Community service projects play an integral part of life at BIS HCMC. With training each year, staff get a chance to experience exactly what it is like to take part in a community activity. Our Community Inset Mornings aim to offer fun and engaging activities and resources to our community partners which may not normally be accessible to them.

It has been an exciting few weeks for me as I adjust into my new role as Principal of the British International School, Ho Chi Minh City.

Welcome back – I hope the holidays were restful. Let’s set our expectations high for this school year.

Through working together in partnership, BIS HCMC, the PTG and their partner FSSC, have a given a special welcome bag for all new primary students this week!

Year 13 BIS HCMC student Hanako Kawasaki is one of only 7 golfers to represent Vietnam at this year’s South East Asian Games in Malaysia.

As we look forward to another exciting year at BIS HCMC, we are very pleased to introduce Mr Anthony Rowlands, our new Principal.

We would like to congratulate our IB Diploma students on their outstanding results this year.

Last Monday, two Year 8 classes took part in a Mini Science Fair in order to think and communicate like real scientists.

Monday 5th June was World Environment Day, a day organised by the United Nations to raise awareness of the need to protect our environment. To support this global event, the community team together with the GreenR club organised several environmentally themed activities.

Although we are quickly heading towards the end of another very learning focused and creative term, the wide range of enrichment opportunities both inside and outside of our classrooms continues.

As this year comes to an end, we look back at what a fantastic year it has been for Community Service at APS.

Saturday 3 June saw students, parents and teachers take part in the annual BIS Aquathlon, this race for the first time ever an Inter House event and all four houses were represented well in hot and testing conditions.

On Wednesday, children from Years 5 and 6 took part in an interschool netball competition hosted at An Phu Primary. Could Tu Xuong retain their title?

Alois Luong (Year 10) and Jeremie Luong (Year 12) in conjunction with our Community Services department organised a toothpaste collection last month, and they asked the BIS Community for help. This was the result!