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Keep reading at home everyone

Even if you are running out of books to read at home, there are fantastic resources online.  Oxford Owl has a variety of levelled e-books suitable for EAL students of all ages.  Follow this link and find books that match your child's school assigned reading level/colour or reading age.

https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/

You will need to register for an account, but it is free and many of the books include comprehension activities or extension tasks.

Free Audio Books for Children

Audibles by Amazon has made a range of children's audio books in different languages available during this challenging time.

As well as being a great listening practice, getting absorbed in an audiobook is fantastic for parents' and children's well-being.

Here is the link. You do not need an Audibles or Amazon account to listen: https://stories.audible.com/discovery

Chúc mừng năm mới!

We would like to take this opportunity to wish the BIS community a happy, healthy and prosperous Lunar New Year.



This week we have been celebrating the most important event in the Vietnamese calendar, Tết.

Students have been busy learning more about Vietnamese culture and enjoying the various aspects of Lunar New Year celebrations.

We look forward to seeing our students after the Tết holiday.

Happy New Year!

Welcome back to our students, staff and parents. We are excited to begin the year as we have some very exciting events upcoming. The international week celebrations are sure to be an exciting part of the school year and we can't wait to learn more about the wonderful cultures, languages and countries from around the world and our school community. 

Merry Christmas everyone!

We hope you all have a fantastic holiday whether you stay in Vietnam or travel back to your home countries.  It is a special time of year for everyone.  Although it is important to have fun with friends and family its also a good idea to keep reading!  Read every day with your family.

Here is some fantastic festive vocabulary for you to use over the holiday period;

Here is a wonderful Christmas song video, with all the lyrics, so you can learn and sing along at home;

Here is another video that tells you all about our traditional Christmas food!

Happy Halloween to all our language learners!  Why not take this opportunity to learn some spooky vocabulary!

Halloween is a huge celebration in the USA and the UK.  Many other countries around the world also celebrate Halloween.  We often dress up in strange and scary costumes and sometimes we go trick or treating!

Welcome to EAL 2019-20!

The EAL department would like to welcome all students and parents to the new academic year. We hope you had a fantastic summer break and we're excited to teach you this term!

As well as welcoming lots of new students to our BIS community, we are also pleased to welcome our newest members of the EAL teaching team - Mr Paul and Ms Katherine.

Mr Paul will be working with year 2 students at the Early Years & Infant Campus, while Ms Katherine will work with year 4 at the Junior Campus. Make sure you say "Hello!" if you see them around school. 

Summer English Activities

Hello. We hope you are looking forward to the summer holidays and have lots of exciting plans
and opportunities to relax after all your hard work this year. If you’re worried about your English
getting a little rusty over the next 7 weeks, we have put together a list of fun, engaging and interactive
English activities (both online and offline) for you to enjoy this summer. Click on the link to take a look.

Wherever you are going and whatever you are doing, we wish you a fantastic summer!

Summer Activities June 19 by Erica on Scribd

EAL Parent Workshop - Junior Campus