Advertorial – Congratulations to Renaissance International School Saigon’s Year 11 pupil Lim Seong Jun on his exceptional achievement in being awarded the highest mark for any international school in Vietnam in the 2014 Cambridge IGCSE Mandarin Chinese examinations.

Cambridge Learner Awards celebrate the outstanding academic achievements of learners around the world who have demonstrated exceptional performance in Cambridge examinations.

The University of Cambridge IGCSE Certificate is very high-valued in international education, with schools in more than 100 countries worldwide using the examinations. The highest pass grade for IGCSE is A* which is awarded for exceptional performance. Grades B and C are regarded as good pass grades.

In 2014, Renaissance had 15 students attending the IGCSE Mandarin Chinese examination, they achieved 10 A/A*’s, 2 B’s and 3 C’s.

Renaissance is an international British school providing an education that has similar characteristics to an education in an independent school in the UK and incorporating a strong international dimension. The British character of the school is embodied in its ethos, curriculum, teaching, and care for pupils and their achievements. The school promotes a vibrant and creative curriculum, designed to inspire achievement at all levels.

The school’s programmes are based on the British system (the National Curriculum for England), modified to meet the international profile of its pupils. The pre-school 'Future Kids' program is based on the UK's Early Years Foundation Stage Curriculum. At the primary level, the curriculum taught incorporates the International Primary Curriculum (IPC). At the secondary level, the school again follows the British framework until the final two years, when pupils are prepared for the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme. The curriculum covers the following key subjects: English, Mathematics, Science, History, Geography, Music, Drama, Information and Communication Technology, Health and Physical Education, Art and Design and selected Modern Foreign Languages including Vietnamese, Korean and Mandarin. Vietnamese Language, Culture and Social Studies are provided for Vietnamese pupils.

Working in partnership, pupils, parents and teachers will help inspire and develop in the young people here a love for learning and the ability to celebrate, respect and appreciate diversity. A balanced, child-centred Renaissance approach enables them to explore the creativity possible within both the arts and sciences.