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ISE Pre-K and Kindergarten Field Day 2014
Prapakorn Kotarak
The pre-k and kindergarten students enjoyed a morning of field games
on February 5. Along with their teachers, parents and Grade 8 student
volunteers, the children had fun as usual.
ISE normally has four to six teams but since the pre-k classes have been
growing the past few months, the early childhood group was divided into
eight color teams this year with each team consisting of pre-k and
kindergarten students. The teachers and teaching assistants prepared eight
fun stations for the children to go to, putting a few modifications from
what we had last year. The stations were: miniature golf, obstacle course,
treasure hunting, cup stacking, kicking soccer balls, fishing, basketball
free throws, and a fun relay game where the children had to walk or move
like a particular animal.
After enjoying a water and ice cream break, the pre-k classes went back to
their classrooms to change their shirts and eat their snacks. Meanwhile,
kindergarten children had a quick recess then had a joint celebration of
100th day with the Grade 1 students. Although the weather was not as cold as
it was two weeks ago, the sun was out so all activities proceeded as
planned.
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See how our Garden grows
An overview of the new GIS seating
area.
Mark Beales
Photos by Ritche Guisona
GIS has a new-look garden - thanks to the students!
Garden International School (GIS) has created an excellent new seating area by
using wooden decking and plants. The former concrete area now looks green and
fits in well with the school’s eco-friendly aims.
Funds for the new area came from the recycling money which has been raised
thanks to students and staff recycling their waste, so it really is a green
area!
Among the first students to test out the seating were Shilpi, from Year 9B, who
said, “It’s great to have somewhere like this to sit and read!” Classmate Antra
added, “I really like the new look to this place, and it’s good to see that the
money from recycling has been used to help the school look even better.”
Year 9 students enjoy their new green
zone.
Regents exhibit the very best
in IB Visual Arts
Charlotte Summersby
This year, four exceptional artists at Regents International School Pattaya
are exhibiting their portfolios as part of the IB Diploma course. The gallery of
work demonstrates that the students have enjoyed a highly creative two years,
filled with personal growth and discovery.
Art teacher Miss Millar admires the
jigsaw tower ‘Miniature Puzzle Taipei 101’.
Art Teacher Katherine Millar commented, “The course is
excellent preparation for creative art-related university degrees, in fact much
of the course overlaps with the traditional one year Foundation Course that all
students doing art university degrees in the UK are required to complete.
“I have no doubt that the strong cultural mix of the Regents’ students, their
experiences on the IB Diploma course and involvement in the school’s Global
Citizenship programme, feeds a richness of experience into their studio pieces.
This year for example, one student wrote her extended essay on calligraphy and
has also brought that interest of Korean calligraphy into one of her studio
works.
“I feel very passionately that it is the excellent depth of academic enquiry
into art and design practices that allows the students to truly excel when
developing their own ideas here at Regents.”
IB Student applies wire to his
sculpture of two conjoined limbs, ‘Be-reached’.
IB Student adds the finishing
touches to her mixed media collage, ‘The Vision’.
‘Learned Desperation’, a mixed media
canvas based on the theme of Abandonment
‘Combination’, Acrylic on Canvas, is
a photo-realistic painting based on the work of David Hockney’s photo montages.
It investigates the organisation of images.
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St. Andrews’ students
committed to helping others
IB students proud of their successful “Community
Action Service” projects.
Kerry- Anne Randall, CAS Co-coordinator
On Thursday 30th January students from St. Andrews International School,
Green Valley, presented Pao from Operation Smile Thailand, with a cheque for
120,000 baht and donated 60,000 baht to Habitat for Humanity’s - Rebuild the
Philippines Appeal.
The St. Andrew’s community, led by the Yr 12 CAS students, is committed to
making meaningful contributions towards local and national charitable
organizations and this has been increased even further this year.
St. Andrews International School has joined Operation Smile, a charity which has
the support of very generous and talented surgeons who perform the necessary
operations to return the smile to countless children’s faces, and their
families. Students felt compelled to boost their support of Operation Smile
following a very moving visit to Ubon Ratchathani in September this year, where
students supported children with cleft palates and cleft lips through the
surgical process. Due to this experience they were driven to raise even more
this year to contribute towards the next medical mission as “Operation Smile
mobilizes a world of generous hearts to heal children’s smiles and transform
lives.”
When the Super Typhoon Haiyan struck the Philippines last November, our
community was distraught at the devastation, particularly as some of our St.
Andrews families have relatives and friends in the area. The Primary students
organized a very successful swim-a-thon and along with some of the secondary
students, teachers and parents recorded a fundraising CD that not only showcases
the incredible talent within the community, but raised a considerable amount of
money for Habitat for Humanity’s Rebuild the Philippines Appeal. (Please contact
the St. Andrews Office if you would like to buy a limited copy of the CD).
The CAS students would like to thank all the students, parents, staff, Ms Ann
(from Laem Tong) and Lek (from Karma Studios) for their ongoing support of our
fundraising endeavours.
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GIS students raise
100,000 baht
for disaster fund
Sofia Tan (IB2)
Kind-hearted students from Garden International School (GIS) have raised
more than 100,000 baht for a disaster fund.
IB student Sofia gets help preparing the hot dogs.
The students organised a series of fundraising events to help those hit by a
devastating typhoon in the Philippines on November 8, 2013. The 300-mile wide
typhoon was one of the strongest tropical storms to ever make landfall anywhere
in the world. It affected millions of people as 195mph winds and a storm surge
of 30ft hit coastal areas.
As a result, students from GIS decided they wanted to help. IB student Sofia Tan
was one of those who helped organise several fundraising events.
Sofia, 18, said: “Last year a lot of disasters hit and destroyed many places in
many countries and one of them was the large typhoon that hit the Philippines.
As a Filipino citizen, it is terrible to hear that many people died and famous
places and houses are broken down.
Students bought hot dogs to help raise funds for the
Philippines.
“Typhoon Haiyan took place in November and as Christmas was coming I was sure it
would be a difficult time for people there. The charity team at GIS and I
decided to work on raising funds for the Philippines. The British International
School of Manila (BIS) gave us an insight about how much we should raise and how
to send it to them once the targets were reached.”
The first target was 75,000 baht, which would be enough to build two houses.
Activities included hot dog day, where GIS raised 11,459 baht and then the
Student Council helped by raising 17,420 baht. There was also a mufti day where
students didn’t have to wear school uniform, but made a donation to our disaster
fund.
After several other events, the student-led team has now raised an incredible
114,506 baht. Sofia said, “This is a great success and will be a great help to
those people in the Philippines who have lost their houses.”
Sofia is one of several students at GIS studying the International Baccalaureate
Diploma Programme.
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Regents’ students take
a trip of a lifetime to Tanzania
Charlotte Summersby
Seven students from Regents International School Pattaya have just returned
from the trip of a lifetime to Tanzania. The week-long visit to the Arusha
region brought together over 100 students from 18 of the 27 schools which
together make up the Nord Anglia Education family of worldwide schools.
The trip formed part of Nord Anglia Education’s Global Classroom initiative, the
purpose of which is to connect the 17,000 students around the world who attend
Nord Anglia Education schools. Using the online aspect of Global Classroom,
students researched local and international non-governmental organisations in
Tanzania and fundraised for local community projects.
While in Tanzania, the students helped to refurbish the
country’s Maua English Medium School and found the time to enjoy the culture of
Tanzania, visiting Zanzibar, Ngoro-goro Crater, and the Tarangire National Park,
where they went on safari.
Juste from Lithuania, who is studying on the IB Diploma course at Regents
commented, “Tanzania has been great! I have never visited a country with so many
contrasts. It was an amazing opportunity both to experience a new culture and to
find my real self as well.”
Patrick McKenna, Global Classroom Lead Teacher commented, “The trip underlines
the benefits to our students of Regents joining the Nord Anglia Education family
of schools. Our school already has an outstanding reputation for community
partnerships, adventure-based learning and outdoor education, and by working
with our sister schools on a project like this we have been able to take that to
a new level. On an individual level, you can just imagine the impact that
peering into the Ngoro-goro Crater, working with local Tanzanian communities and
going on safari has had on these students.”
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