Every Thursday 20 BIS student volunteers from different year groups head down the road after school. The Thao Dien School for Disabled Children is a school located 5 minutes from ours and is one of our long-standing community links. One hundred and twenty children with mental disabilities attend the school and they are from all over HCMC and it’s provinces. Although they have to pay for it, the children’s parents send them to this school as it provides an education specific to their needs. The children really look forward to our visits. They have fun interacting with our students in the playground, playing with bean bags, hoops and balls and they also enjoy painting and drawing. After half term, Year 12s will be leading English lessons, teaching some of the their pupils vocabulary and songs. We look forward to extending our links with the school in November by welcoming them to BIS during Year 8 ILS lessons. Our Year 8 pupils will have the opportunity to plan activities and parties for the pupils of the Thao Dien Disabled School.
Emma Goodwin
Secondary Community Service Leader
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