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Saigon String Quartett

Posted on24 Apr 2021

On the eve of King Hung Day, the Saigon String Quartet played for the staff and guests in the IB Library of the IGS. Works by Haydn, Grieg, Mendelssohn, Schubert, and even Gardel, were played. As part of foreign cultural and educational policy, it is a task of German schools abroad to promote opportunities for cultural encounters. We would...

Fisch Präparation im Biologieunterricht an der IGS HCMC

Dissection of Fish

Posted on24 Apr 2021

Grade 5 is currently studying the vertebrate fish in Biology. This week they learned about the internal structure of the fish. As practical activity, the students had the opportunity to participate in the dissection of a freshwater fish. After an external inspection of the fish, they cut into the fish and looked at the internal organs. The students were...

IJSO – qualification 3rd round

Posted on23 Apr 2021

The IGS Science-Team is proud to announce that 4 of 10 students who qualified for the 2nd round of the International Junior Science Olympiad have successfully passed! The 2nd round consisted of 24 tricky multiple-choice questions that cover a wide range of knowledge from the natural sciences. Congratulations to Lisa Koeppinger (Grade 9), Nguyen Hoang Nam Viet (Grade 7),...

Factory Contemporary Art Centre

Posted on23 Apr 2021

Last Friday grades 9 – 11 joined an art field trip visiting 3 art shows at the Factory Contemporary Art Centre. The shows highlight a range of Vietnamese talent, from the university graduate show ‘Same Same but Different’ to the excellent WITHIN/BENEATH/BETWEEN/UPON. The students were challenged to consider how the materials and curation of each show changed our perception of...

little gardeners

Posted on17 Apr 2021

Our little gardeners from the U6 area sowed seeds this week and in the coming weeks they will discover what the life cycle of a plant looks like. This is such an exciting opportunity to understand nature clearly and to take responsibility for your own little plant. We are eagerly waiting to see the first seedlings.

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