​On Wednesday and Thursday night (22,23 June) the Y7s and Y8s performed two fantastic plays. The Y8s did a play by David Harrower based on the book The Chrysalids by John Wyndham, which talks about the exclusion and inclusion of people in society and follows a group of telepathic children led by a boy called David. 
Even with slight complications and lots of improvisation during the practice of the Y8 play it turned out brilliant if I do say so myself (after all, that’s the thrill of theatre, isn’t it?)!
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Congrats to the Y7s on their amazing play too, which opened our eyes to the world of history and how human perception can alter actual reality ( I know i made that on the fly haha) Rachel Lim - year 8

In Science Form 1A have been working to answer a question of their choice on the topic “Space”. They were asked to summarise their information in an innovative and interesting poem. They had learnt the skills required for this during the visit of the poets Michael Salinger and Sarah Holbrook (http://www.michaelsalinger.com/outspoken/one.html) in April. Well done Form 1 A for producing such original and creative poems. Mrs Relan

The annual France Trip is a FIS tradition that has been passed down for 22 years. A memorable experience and a fantastic immersion into the French culture it was no less for our year group, years on. The 38 of us roughly spent 6 days in Paris and 12 in the south, where we enjoyed sailing, kayaking and swimming at the beach. Apart from the water sports, in our groups we explored the beautiful region of Cote D’Azur whilst visiting its many museums and monuments. Although our life in the south was quite tiring it was not as fast-paced or jammed pack as our few days in Paris, in which the famous city didn’t fail to charm us. There were also many opportunities to practice our language skills during this period, as we regularly ordered authentically at the many restaurants we dined at, rest assured the food was excellent. Our last few days were bittersweet, although we missed home we were sad to conclude such a remarkable trip. Now reflecting back, I notice how it helped create a special bond between our year group and forged new and unexpected friendships.
You can watch the video Bernard Tam made here : 

On the 3rd June, I received the Junior Referee of the Year Award from the HKRFU. The school has been very supportive in helping me achieve my main goal for this year by allowing me the necessary time off in order to referee in big tournaments, such as the Women’s Sevens and the National School Sevens in London. These tournaments, along with my other matches, have helped me develop and move one step closer to achieving my dream of refereeing professionally. Refereeing at a high level like I did at these tournaments is integral to my development because I experience a level of rugby that is not readily available at regular games in Hong Kong. I’m looking forward to refereeing at a higher level in Hong Kong next season.  ​Harry  Parsons

Day 1 Thursday 26th May
On that day , a flood of Year 6s entered the school, eager to see what secondary was like but also slightly nervous.  It was ours, the Year 8s’, job to guide them and help them settle in.  After the 'Snack and Chat' in the canteen at 10:00am (the snacks were great), the Year 6s proceeded to their first classes which were science and history tasters while we went to our normal classes. 
 An hour later, the Year 6s came back from their tasters tired, but somewhat relieved to know that secondary teachers wouldn't eat them if they talked in class.  After a pleasurable lunch hour, the whole Year 8 took a group photo with their buddies and then proceeded to begin the school tour.  
 The school tour was a lot like a scavenger hunt with riddles as clues.  It was a fun experience as some of the riddles were hard to solve and required our assistance.  To end the day, we did a library tour where the Year 6s were shown around the library, where different books were and how to sign into the library. 
 Overall, I think it was a great day and most of the anxiety that the Year 6s had was cleared and it was fun for us too as we got a taste of leading them around.  Of course we missed some periods and that might have added to the fun but that's a different thing.  By Akash Rajesh, Year 8 

​Day 2 Tuesday 7th June . 
On Tuesday we were lucky enough to have the Y6s come to our campus for the second time as an introduction to secondary. We got into our pre-arranged groups and Madame Leonard gave us a brief on our project. We had to make our own superhero with a connection to the FIS I PROMISE and present our characters to the parents and teachers that evening. We worked as a team to create our characters. There were stressful times but we took a “mindful minute” to work it out. But of most of all we had lots of fun.  We worked on the project all day, around 6:00pm parents started to arrive and Mr. MacEntire had a surprise for everyone. It was a Breakout EDU session. We had 20 minutes to crack clues to unlock 6 different locks on a box. We didn’t get all 6 locks off the box. It was challenging.  After we presented our Superhero projects. A fun but long day.  Hana Rutherford Year 8

                                          Thank you to Lochie and Luke for this great video of the day !

The CAS element of IB is always approached with great enthusiasm by the students and this year has been no different. The IB group are extremely motivated, inventive and have taken part in a range of interesting experiences throughout the year. ​
As a school we support the IB students by offering a range of opportunities for them. We started 2015 by packing our bags and heading off to Northern Thailand for a week of activities and service. It is a very special week and I know the memories will stay with the students for a long time. I feel privileged to have spent the week with them. As a student body their conduct, enthusiasm and teamwork are reward enough for the extreme tiredness teachers feel (hopefully Mr. Burgman and Mr. Bogart agree) by the time we get home.  
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After getting back, the Year 12s begin to prepare to host the Junior Disco, which this year was successfully organized by Charlotte (aka Wonder Woman), Debasmita and Elisabeth. It was a fun evening and enjoyed by all.  The Big Day Out was another event supervised by Mr. Horton (many thanks for your support) and supported by Year 12s.  The end of the year brought the winter concert which was expertly handled by Clement, Tricia, Debasmita, Mao Lin and Kikinay with support from all of Year 12.  The concerts are always well received and enjoyed and this year was no different. A great deal of work goes into preparing the concerts, with (auditions and technical training, supported by Frederic) occurring months before. We are really looking forward to the summer concert.  

Along came 2016 and with it   the sponsored walk  when the whole of the international section leaves the classroom behind and heads up into the Tai Tam Country Park. Again, a great deal of preparation takes place for this to run smoothly. Many thanks to Luca, Estelle and David for their help with this.  One of the highlights of the year is the graduation ball which is organized by a small team of Year 12s and preparation for this starts some 10 months prior to the event. The grad ball team arrange everything from the venue to the sponsors to all the little things that make it so special for our graduating class.  It is a tough task and our IB students always rise to the challenge.  I would like to thank Wei Hua, Sofia, Mao Lin and Murial for taking on this rewarding experience this year and for doing such an excellent job. I am sure our great grad team from last year (Megan, Sophie and Melissa) wished you well.  

Alongside all of these events, we have had kindness week, bake sales, beach and trail clean ups. Individually, students have been involved in the following personal experiences: COP 21 Conference, tutoring, sailing, MUN, debating, World Scholars, piano, netball, marine conservation, rowing, read-a-thon, photography and dancing to name a few. Our students work extremely hard and many of them have excelled in their sports and activities. 

Fund Raising 2015 / 2016
​All the money raised by Year 12 this year has been divided up and donated to the following charities: Médecins Sans Frontières, Food Angels, Room to Read and Volunteers without Borders (which is affiliated to the Maekok River Village in Thailand). This year the donations have helped feed 500 people in Hong Kong through Food Angels and our donation to VWB has supplied musical equipment and a peripatetic teacher to a rural village school in Northern Thailand.  Thank you to all of Year 12 for being a great CAS group this year and for all your efforts. You have dealt with the challenges with maturity and good humor. It is also important to mention the graduating class of 2016 (some of whom are seen in the photo to your right) who all successfully completed their personal CAS programmes and did a fantastic job last year of organizing and supporting all the events. I wish you well for your futures and thank you for all your hard work.   
Ms Bell , CAS Coordinator for IBDP ​

It is not very often that you can say “hey, I went to a really wacky and fun academic competition last weekend”, right?  Well that is exactly what 33 students from FIS did in March when they entered the Hong Kong round of the World Scholars Cup (see www.scholarscup.org )
We started our learning journey in January, meeting every week to ask questions on the theme of an imperfect world.  We looked at areas such as crime & justice, disease & public health, cheating and what happens when states falter.  

We asked such questions as:  Are democracies better states than non-states?

• ​Does terrorism cause states to fail? Or: do failed states spawn terrorism? 
• Should we strive for a world without disease?  
• Why is mad cow disease both a medical and political issue? 

The largest rookie team at the round by far, FIS students proved to be quick learners.  They competed in teams of 3 and on an individual level in four areas: 
1. Debating: i.e Resolve – Hong Kong would survive a Zombie Apocolypse
2. Scholars Challenge – 150 multiple choice questions on the 5 areas of study  
3. Essay writing – write a persuasive essay 
4. Scholars Bowl – a fun team game on clickers in a multiple choice format with different points for each question (see example opposite) 
As you can see everyone did well with medals coming for everyone from the various sections of the challenges. 
Here are all the students that took part and their best results: 
Senior Section (250 students) 
Debasmita Bhattacharya   6th overall, 1st place special challenge area, 3rd place team bowl 
Charlotte Williams : 1st place challenge History, 3rd place team bowl 
David Vacek : 3rd place team bowl, 7th place team debate 
Clement Francony  10th place team debate, 5 Honor medals inc. individual writing 
Luca Lit & Charlotte Rushton  :Both 10th place team debate 
Nazir Ashraf, Bertram Lau & Zara Denham  Matthew Scholar, Hadrian Wong & Josef Guillon 
Honor Medal Team Bowl 
Chloe Cheung 
Winner of the Di Vinci award 
Sho Gierszten 
6th place Di Vinci award 
Christy Chu 
Honor medal in the Di Vinci award