Every summer has its own story. Explore the themes, projects and moments from our camps at ISHCMC and CIS.
Six weeks, six big ideas
Our first summer at ISHCMC. Each week stood alone as a project-based theme, from innovation and technology to wellness and compassion, with local green innovators coming on campus to work with the children.
Every week mixed a hands-on project with life skills, sport, team building, partner activities and a cooking class, 8:30am to 3pm, Monday to Friday.
New challenges and a growth mindset. Children learned what it really means to think outside the box.
A STEM week on the tech skills of tomorrow, balanced with the human side found in the arts.
Turning problems into opportunities, from smog made into diamonds to cleaner air for the city.
Mindfulness, healthy habits and finding what you are passionate about.
How creativity builds confidence, and confidence builds more creativity.
How can we make the world a better place? Turning big questions into positive actions.
Inspire Educamps, founded in 2016, has been an ISHCMC partner since 2018, building on founder-led summer camps in Ho Chi Minh City since 2007. Registration opens January 2027.
Five weeks of eco solutions
Each week stood alone as a project-based theme linked to eco problems and solutions, from water and air to plastic, plants and living things. Children also worked towards an Eco-Solutions picture book, with every child listed as an author.
Every week mixed an eco project with activities, sport, life skills, team building and cooking, 8:30am to 3pm, Monday to Friday.
An inquiry into the world's water: what it is, how it connects to life and who pollutes it.
What air quality means for living creatures, and what we can do about air pollution.
Why and where we use plastic, what it does to living creatures, and whether there is another way.
How food is grown, what organic means, and which plants we can eat or use as medicine.
Life on land and in the oceans, and how the way humans live affects other creatures.
Inspire Educamps, founded in 2016, has been an ISHCMC partner since 2018, building on founder-led summer camps in Ho Chi Minh City since 2007. Registration opens January 2027.
Think big, think positive
Five stand-alone weekly themes built around personal vision and a growth mindset, with a focus on building confidence. Each week paired a thinking skills project with a life skills focus, ending in a family performance, Think about it!
Every week mixed a project with activities, sport, life skills, team building and cooking, 8:30am to 3pm, Monday to Friday.
Exploring what matters to each child and what they are passionate about.
Positive thinking in a fast-changing world. How we see the world is how we live in it.
Technology and AI move fast, so children need to learn how to think.
How the brain works, and the belief that ability grows with effort and the right strategies.
Simple keys for success that children can apply to everyday life.
Inspire Educamps, founded in 2016, has been an ISHCMC partner since 2018, building on founder-led summer camps in Ho Chi Minh City since 2007. Registration opens January 2027.
Think future, no limits
Five stand-alone weekly themes, each built around one big question, from what makes me, me to what the future will look like. The summer ended with the children's My World performance for families.
Each week had 25 sessions, 8:30am to 3pm, Monday to Friday: 9 project, 5 sport, 3 life skills and 2 each of activities, team building, cooking and drama.
Being yourself. Children looked at the beauty in being unique, the only one of them in the world.
Our attitude to life on planet Earth: valuing all living things and how everything connects.
Reality is perception. Children were guided to look at the world and see things in different ways.
How often do we look up at space? A week of curiosity about what is out there.
The final week expanded children's thinking with no limits on imagination.
Inspire Educamps, founded in 2016, has been an ISHCMC partner since 2018, building on founder-led summer camps in Ho Chi Minh City since 2007. Registration opens January 2027.
How we think is everything
Five weeks built around personal vision and a growth mindset. Each week stood alone as a project-based theme, explored through sport, team building, drama, art and cooking, and ended with a performance for families.
What does it really mean to think outside the box, and how can we do it?
Finding what you love to do, what makes you happy and what you are passionate about.
What is a purple cow, and can you create one? Standing out by doing something different.
Patterns in maths and nature, from the Golden Ratio to the Fibonacci Sequence.
Do thoughts have power? Exploring attention, intention and whether the brain beats a computer.
Inspire Educamps, founded in 2016, has been an ISHCMC partner since 2018, building on founder-led summer camps in Ho Chi Minh City since 2007. Registration opens January 2027.
Mission to Mars
A five-week STEM journey to Mars, from designing the spaceship to looking beyond the planet. Qualified English teachers led the project sessions, with English used throughout sport, team building, arts and crafts, life skills and baking.
Young engineers and scientists pooled their ideas to design the spaceship that would take them to Mars.
Preparing the crew with the skills needed for an interplanetary journey.
Creative and critical thinking to solve the engineering challenges of getting to Mars.
We made it to Mars. Now how do we not just survive, but thrive?
Looking from Mars to the stars. Is there life out there, and could we find another planet?
Inspire Educamps, founded in 2016, has been an ISHCMC partner since 2018, building on founder-led summer camps in Ho Chi Minh City since 2007. Registration opens January 2027.
A pathway to greater opportunities
An intensive, full-immersion English and study skills course for students from all schools. Daily English study was backed by mini projects, a weekly newsletter, thinking and study skills, sport, team building and cooking.
Each week had 25 sessions, 8:30am to 3pm, Monday to Friday: 18 English study, 3 study skills, 2 sports and activities, 1 team building and 1 cooking.
A general English course built to lift ability and confidence across the curriculum.
Activities that gave the English study real meaning and use.
Students preparing for international school admission tests or external exams, and students already at international school building confidence in English. A chance to meet new friends before the August school start.
Expat teaching staff held a degree and an ESL qualification (CELTA or equivalent). Every student received a Certificate of Completion.
Inspire Educamps, founded in 2016, has been an ISHCMC partner since 2018, building on founder-led summer camps in Ho Chi Minh City since 2007. Registration opens January 2027.
Power up your mindset
Five weeks of mindset and communication at Canadian International School, run with E-Study. Each week stood alone as a project-based theme built around big questions, explored through sport, team building, drama, art and cooking.
How important is your attitude, and can it create opportunities and give you an advantage in life?
What AI is, what it can and cannot do, and how humans and robots are different.
What is reality? Exploring illusions, magic and whether we all see things the same way.
What determination and grit mean, overcoming fears and whether it is OK to fail.
What is really important to me? Defining success, setting goals and what we need to learn.
Inspire Educamps, founded in 2016, has been an ISHCMC partner since 2018, building on founder-led summer camps in Ho Chi Minh City since 2007. Registration opens January 2027.
Five weeks of real-life skills
A five-week programme of life skills that school does not always teach, from digital safety to money and start-ups. Social-emotional learning ran through every week, alongside sport, cooking, arts and crafts.
Every week combined a weekly project with SEL, daily sport, team building, cooking, arts and crafts and a life skills session, 8:30am to 3pm, Monday to Friday.
Screen time, online safety and digital literacy, with a close look at cyberbullying and social media.
Mindset, mental health awareness and coping skills, through mindfulness, art and stress relief.
Practical life hacks: getting organised, managing time and understanding money.
Critical thinking and problem-solving with puzzles, brain teasers and the scientific method.
Entrepreneurship with a start-up focus: business planning, market research and pitching ideas.
Inspire Educamps, founded in 2016, has been an ISHCMC partner since 2018, building on founder-led summer camps in Ho Chi Minh City since 2007. Registration opens January 2027.
Five weeks exploring sustainability
A five-week programme on the environment, from water and recycling to electric vehicles, solar power and eco-friendly living. Daily social emotional learning ran alongside cooking, arts and crafts, sport and team building.
Every week combined a weekly project with daily SEL, sport, team building, cooking, activities and life skills, 8:30am to 3pm, Monday to Friday.
Why water is life: pollution, its effects on ecosystems and ways to improve water quality.
Innovative recycling methods, waste reduction and new recycling technologies.
Electric vehicle technology, its environmental benefits and its impact on emissions.
How solar energy can power our world and help combat climate change.
Practical ways to live greener, from recycling and composting to cutting your carbon footprint.
Inspire Educamps, founded in 2016, has been an ISHCMC partner since 2018, building on founder-led summer camps in Ho Chi Minh City since 2007. Registration opens January 2027.
Think, learn, act
Five weeks built around specific, usable skills: mindset, research, leadership, money and taking action. Each week paired a theme with a social-emotional learning focus, plus daily sport, cooking and team building.
Every week combined a weekly project with SEL, daily sport, team building, cooking, arts and crafts and a life skills session, 8:30am to 3pm, Monday to Friday.
Growth mindset and goal-setting: how mindset shapes success and how to keep going.
Finding out more about what interests you on YouTube, and judging what is reliable.
How attitude affects success, with responsibility, leadership and accountability in teams.
Lifelong financial literacy: assets and liabilities, saving, budgeting and investing.
Ideas are not enough. Taking initiative and turning goals into real projects.
Inspire Educamps, founded in 2016, has been an ISHCMC partner since 2018, building on founder-led summer camps in Ho Chi Minh City since 2007. Registration opens January 2027.
Five weeks, five human intelligences
Each week built one of the 5Qs in our Human Advantage framework, from emotional awareness to leading with purpose. Children worked on hands-on projects in English and shared their work at a Future Minds Exhibition on the final day.
Every week mixed a theme project with 5Q sessions, sport and team building, activities, cooking, life skills and educational games, 8:30am to 3pm, Monday to Friday.
Building confidence, curiosity and creative energy, and seeing how mindset and teamwork spark innovation.
Learning to adjust, persevere and thrive when things change, with problem-solving at the centre.
Imagination and design thinking, turning creative ideas into practical solutions.
Empathy and global awareness, and how communication and cooperation build strong communities.
Leadership, initiative and social responsibility, shown through meaningful action and public presentation.
Inspire Educamps, founded in 2016, has been an ISHCMC partner since 2018, building on founder-led summer camps in Ho Chi Minh City since 2007. Registration opens January 2027.
