Yes

We have two teachers and one TA in the classroom in grades 1-3, one expat teacher for English, one Vietnamese teacher and one Vietnamese teaching assistant. In Grades 4-5, there is one expat teacher and one TA per class and there is one Vietnamese teacher for every two classes.

We plan to offer Mandarin.

20

Yes, one for each classroom in grades 1-5

We have a 1-to-1 iPad model. Every student has a school provided iPad and teachers integrate technology into their lessons. We also offer Design Technology in grades 3-5.

We also have a Clevertouch Smart Screen in every classroom.

Yes, we will over virtual classroom should we need it in the future.

N/A

Yes, if needed, we will support students and their religious practices.

We're a PYP candidate school and students in Grade 5 will complete the IB PYP Exhibition at the end of the year.

N/A

Yes, when it is needed. Students are also required to read every night.

30-60 minutes

N/A - Currently we're only a primary school.

Yes, we accept up to 10% of students with special learning needs.

Our learning specialist work with students directly in the classroom. When needed, they also provide one-on-one support for students to access the curriculum.

We're a selective school so our students are already at the higher end in terms of academics. We extend and challenge all students in the classroom.

Yes, we have a full-time educational psychologist in our ecosystem.

All students are required to go through the admissions process. In grades 3 and higher, students are required to sit for standardised admissions testing for cognitive, reasoning and logic, plus maths, reading and writing.

Please see above.

Not at this point.

August and January for each semester

Yes

7:30

3:00

No, but we have daily enrichment activities from 3:00 - 4:00pm

Yes

Yes

Not at point

Yes

NLCS HCMC offers many enrichment activities and clubs. For example, we offer: STEAM, Stop Motion Animation, Art, Multi-Skills Sports, Football, Book Club, etc. Beyond the school day, for our Talent Identification Programme, we partner up with Soul Academy, Vietnam Contemporary Visual Arts Academy (VCVAA), ACT Academy and Vietnam International Institute of Sports (VIIS) to provide students with a variety of activities.

Swimming, football, basketball, badminton, Vovinam, table tennis, and other indoors and outdoors activities

We're only a primary school so we do not have sports teams or competitions yet.

Science Lab (double lab), Design Technology Lab (3 rooms): Digital Design Room, Fabrication Room and Green Room, Art Studio, Music Studio, Library

Football pitch, outdoors basketball courts, outdoors badminton court, Movement Room and a swimming pool across the street

Viet Nam Tinh Hoa Supported by NLCS International is a selective and highly academic co-educational junior school, providing students with the best possible elements of the Vietnamese, NLCS and international curricula, as well as connecting with Vietnamese identity through the dual language teaching approach of subjects, culture, and language.

Fundamental to our ethos at NLCS HCMC is a belief in the importance of developing students’ enjoyment and excitement about their learning through the combination of an ambitious academic education with exceptional pastoral care, and a range of subject-led enrichment activities that cater for every possible interest and talent.

Everyone matters at NLCS schools; every individual is well-known, is valued for who they are, and their contribution is recognised and celebrated. The opportunities for leadership, for public speaking, for performance, for creative expression, and sports are many and varied, and coupled with our focus on supporting the individual. The result is that students feel happy, and are given the confidence to run their own race – to embrace challenges, to be grounded, resilient and to flourish in whatever walk of life they may choose.

NLCS HCMC will be the fourth addition to the NLCS Family of Schools, following the successful establishment of our schools in Jeju, Dubai and Singapore. At all NLCS schools, we believe in growing a deeply interconnected Family of Schools in order to provide our students with opportunities to develop international links, to work with and understand people from different cultures and to broaden their own perspectives.

Our purpose-built campus, located in the city centre in District 3, has been designed to NLCS specifications in order to ensure world-class facilities for students and the best possible learning environment for your child.

As a selective and highly academic co-educational junior school, we teach to the top and we provide the support for students to achieve their highest potential with the two to three professionals in each classroom. We're progressive in our teaching method to provide students with choice and agency. We believe that students learn best when they interested in what they are learning. We also believe in depth of subject knowledge over breadth of general knowledge.