IBDP Group 4 Project The Group 4 Project is one of the most exciting times for the first-year students in DP, especially those who love science and experiments. As a core requirement of the IBDP, Group 4 Project encourages practice-based learning and inter-disciplinary collaboration between students.The students from each Science subject (Physics, Chemistry and Biology)

G11 Business Insight Day On June 19th, our G11 business students made a trip to the Columbia Clinic to take part in a business insight workshop. The main focus was to give the students an insight into life at a high-end clinic, the clinic business developing trends and the variety of skills and roles that

G11 Business Competition with International School Brunei Weeks ago, I was chatting with a fellow business teacher, Ms He, who works at International School Brunei. We found out that there were so many things we have in common. And we wondered if our students would like to know each other too. A random chat between two

Design Cycle – Music Production The design music class makes its first steps in the music production. Our students are very impressed and proud of how we managed the way out of crisis here in BIS. They devoted their first creation to the school re-opening event. There were the phases which covered a wide range

Design Cycle – MUN In MUN Design, students participated in a Mock Trial that simulated the International Criminal Court on May 13th. During their first week, students researched a specific country and controversial leader and examined arguments in favour and against putting the leader on trial. During their second and third week, students were divided

G9 Japanese Language Acquisition Current Unit: Daily Life (Identities and Relationships)   One of the reasons that students do not engage with learning a world language via online methods is that there are not enough dynamic and kinesthetic language activities. A new unit, Daily Life, was introduced during the period that students were at home.

G9 & G11 Business  Cross-grade Business Quiz Competition On May 19th, a cross-grade quiz competition was held for Grades 9 and 11 business students to help promote inter-grade cooperation while at the same time reviewBusiness concept and terminology. Three rounds involved, which are the charades round, the Kahoot round and the Quizlet round. The students enjoyed the

Cultural and Intercultural Connections BIS ELL students were captured demonstrating excellent team work and individual initiatives. Students are participating in an in-class project titled, “Cultural and Intercultural Connections”. Students are making use of technology for research purposes in order to broaden their knowledge about cultures in different countries. Students made connections to prior knowledge and

MUN Kiva Fundraising Microloans This Academic Highlight was written by the leader of the Kiva Fundraising Event, Yoyo Huang from G9: “Though the actual event only lasted two hours, days and nights were dedicated to preparing. Consent forms had to be written and translated, posters designed and printed, invitations sent to selected performers, tickets procedures