Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh City
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Aurora International School of the Arts uses a connected campus layout that includes three learning villas (Autumn Villa, Summer Villa, and Spring Villa) plus an administrative Office. The Piazza serves as the central indoor-outdoor gathering space where classes of all ages meet and interact. The Atelier network provides spaces for nature, light, focus, digital, sound, and books to support cross-disciplinary inquiry. The Garden is an open-air learning area described as a 'classroom without a roof,' and the Outdoor Space supports gross motor and aquatic activities with an outdoor atelier. These spaces together form the core facilities used for learning and project work.
Outdoor Space offers space for gross motor activities and aquatic activities, with an outdoor atelier to extend learning outdoors.
The Atelier system is central to Aurora's academic spaces, featuring ateliers for nature, light, focus, digital, sound, and books. The Atelier of Books provides a reading- and literacy-focused space within the learning environment. The Garden and Outdoor Space support outdoor and experiential learning as part of the curriculum. The campus comprises Autumn Villa, Summer Villa, and Spring Villa as dedicated classroom spaces for different age groups.
Aurora Extra Curricular Activities (ECA) programme includes Junior Engineers (Snapology LEGO DUPLO), GameBots and Coding with LEGO Spike Prime, Video Game Design, Judo, Football, Movement and Dance (Hip Hop, Zumba, Ballet), Chess, Vietnamese Games and Crafts, Fashion Design and Sewing, and Basketball. The program is delivered in partnership with well-established professional local organisations.
Aurora International School of the Arts is a Reggio Emilia–inspired school for children aged 1 to 15, offering Nursery and Preschool, Primary, and Middle School. The school grounds its practice in an environment that treats the learner as an active contributor to investigations, with learning spaces described as a piazza, atelier areas, the garden and outdoor spaces that support hands‑on exploration. The program blends Reggio Emilia principles with elements of the New Zealand curriculum to support inquiry-based learning and languages across the curriculum. English is the language of instruction, with Vietnamese and Japanese taught as mother-tongue languages and Spanish offered as an additional language. Enrichment activities include engineering, robotics and coding programs (Snapology, Lego Spike Prime, video game design), plus movement, dance, sports (judo, football, basketball) and chess. The school facilitates parent partnerships through initiatives such as Together Thursdays and a structured enrichment program. The Aurora community emphasizes project work, environmental learning and collaboration between families and staff.