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What is happening at Bloom — stories from the stages, the dates worth putting in your diary, the shape of the academic year, and a year of photographs.

A teacher walking across campus with students of different ages on the first day of term
Featured Academics · September 2026

A new school year opens on a growing campus

The academic year runs from September to June, and this one begins with new families across every stage — from PK3 in Early Childhood through to our Pre-University students preparing for graduation.

Secondary students writing in a language classroom
Academics
Our first students sit the DELF and the YCT
Four languages run alongside English at BIS, each toward an official external certificate.
A teacher and students with suitcases reading a map before a school trip
Student Life
Grades 3–5 pack for the annual Shanghai trip
The L+Snow skiing trip is the year's furthest journey — team-building and outdoor adventure.
Parents and staff talking over coffee at the Welcome Coffee
Community
New families meet at the Welcome Coffee
An informal morning for parents joining Bloom, hosted after New Family Orientation.
Every story from the school, sorted by stage and subject.
What's on

The next four
dates for
your diary.

Tours, consultations and celebrations. Everything is confirmed and published through MyBIS before it happens.

Every Wed
9:00
School Tour for prospective families
Walk the campus during lessons, meet the Heads of stage, and see a classroom in use.
Admissions
Sep
18
Welcome Coffee for new parents
An informal morning to meet other families and the team who look after your child's stage.
Community
Oct
09
Parent Consultations · all stages
We arrange parental consultations throughout the year, alongside regular written reports.
Academics
Nov
01
Scholarship applications open
The Primary merit scholarship window runs from November through February each year.
Admissions
Stay in touch
The Bloom newsletter,
once a month.
Term dates, what the stages have been learning, and the events worth putting in the diary. No more than one email a month.
Already a BIS family? Everything also arrives through MyBIS, alongside lunch, bus and activity registration.
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Press and media enquiries
For interviews, photography permissions or school statements, contact the front office and we will put you in touch with the right member of the leadership team.
info@bis.edu.kh ›
Every week, all year
WED
9:00
Free · booking required · roughly one hour
The weekly school tour

See a real school day,
while it is happening.

Tours run during lesson time rather than after hours — you will see classes in progress across Early Childhood, Primary, Secondary School and Pre-University, meet the Head of your child's stage, and finish with time for questions.

Reserve a place
The agenda

What's coming up

Confirmed on MyBIS
Consent forms and times arrive before every date.
Trip details, event times and any paperwork come through the parent portal, alongside lunch, bus and activity registration.
Can't make a Wednesday?
We will arrange another time.
Including after 15:30, when the activity programme is in full swing and the campus is at its loudest.
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The academic year

September to June,
in three terms.

The BIS academic year begins in September and ends in June. This page shows the shape of the year — exact start and end dates for each term are published in the school calendar and confirmed on MyBIS.

Term 1 I
September – December
The year opens, activities begin in the second week, and the first written reports and parent consultations fall inside this term.
Holidays inside the term: Pchum Ben, Water Festival, and the Cambodian national days.
Term 2 II
January – March
The longest stretch of teaching. Scholarship applications close in February, and mid-year entry is possible where a place is available.
Holidays inside the term: Chinese New Year and International Women's Day.
Term 3 III
April – June
External language examinations, end-of-year reports and the celebrations that close the year — including graduation for our Pre-University students.
Holidays inside the term: Khmer New Year, Visak Bochea and the King's Birthday.
A week at BIS

The hours that
repeat every week.

Morning care (Early Childhood)from 8.00am
School day · Monday to Friday8:00 – 15:30
PK3 half-day option ends11:00
ECA students dismissed from class15:15
Activities & after-school care15:30 – 18:30
Weekend activities8:00 – 11:00
Public holidays
The school follows the Cambodian public holiday calendar
Khmer New Year, Pchum Ben, the Water Festival and the national days fall inside term time. Because several move with the lunar calendar, exact dates are confirmed each year rather than fixed here.
Khmer New Year Pchum Ben Water Festival Visak Bochea
Download the full year calendar
Term dates, holidays, report deadlines and event dates on one printable sheet — published each August.
Download PDF ›
Albums

A year at Bloom,
photographed.

The clubs, the trips, the languages and the celebrations — photographed as they happen, by the teachers who were there.

Afternoons in the clubs25 activities
Sports, Art and Academic, and Performing Arts — photographed across a single week of the activity programme.
Education visits & tripsAll year
The Zoo, the Royal Palace, the National Museum — and the annual Shanghai L+Snow skiing trip for Grades 3–5.
Five languages
Khmer, Spanish, French, Chinese
Sports
Football, swimming, judo
Performing arts
Mini Broadway, dance, music
The campus
PG Dream Residence, Toul Sangke
Photography and your child
Families tell us on enrolment whether their child may appear in school photography. Consent can be changed at any time through MyBIS or the front office — and we honour it in every album on this page.
New Family Resources ›
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