News from the IGS

Tet celebration & certificates

Posted on11 Feb 2021
The last day of school before the Vietnamese New Year celebrations is usually also the day of the mid-term graduation ceremony at the IGS. This year it took place via igs_online. The ceremony was opened with a piano piece performed by the IGS student Xu Ziyuan. This was followed by the headmaster’s speech and a review of the last...
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igs_online 2.0

Posted on05 Feb 2021
“Schools in Ho Chi Minh City will be closed until the Tet vacation.” It was exactly one year ago that the IGS went online as one of the first schools in the Network of German Schools to do so, back then after the TET holidays. When, on Monday, 1 February, 2021, the Vietnamese authorities announced that the schools would...
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2nd NAWI project day at the IGS

Posted on30 Jan 2021
The lecture series for grades 7 to 11 took place for the first time at the IGS on January 28, 2021. Experts from various subject areas lectured on their special expertise. With Mr. Reisdorf, the students immersed themselves in the fantastic world of mathematics; with Mr. Kehm they got to know about gravitation as a primal force in the...
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tet preps

Posted on30 Jan 2021
As already mentioned last week, the little ones have been preparing intensively for the upcoming Tet celebration. The elementary school choir is rehearsing traditional Tet songs under the direction of Douglas Vale and Jonathan Armes. In addition, they are actively supported by Ms. Quynh Anh. For the students of grade 6, slight feelings of stage fright are gradually rising....
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Crafting for our tet celebration

Posted on30 Jan 2021
This week the students are busy crafting and decorating for our upcoming Tết celebrations. Grade 1 have created city-scape banners showing Saigon on New Year’s Eve, while Grade 4 are preparing papier mache sculptures for the library. Chúc mừng năm mới everyone!