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Young students at Regents tackle ‘Round Square’ challenges
Year 5 students from Regents take
on the challenge of Nepal.
Tim Eaton
Primary-aged pupils at Regents International School Pattaya took
three days away from timetabled lessons last week to take part in the
school’s annual ‘Round Square Week’, as a result of which they have fabulous
stories to tell of trekking across Nepal, washing elephants in Chiang Mai,
camping with the students from Mechai Pattana School and much, much more.
Regents is a member of the Round Square organization of 100 leading school’s
around the world which place great weight on six ‘IDEALS’: Internationalism;
Democracy; Environmental awareness; Adventure; Leadership; and Service to
the community. Each one of the activities which took place during Primary
Round Square Week linked directly to at least one of those IDEALS.
Head of Primary, Nonie Adams commented: “I have not worked in a school where
an event such as Round Square Week takes place every year; it seems to be an
element of education unique to our school. Our children not only enjoy the
new challenges and opportunities that each day of this week brings, whilst
making new friends, but they also go on to achieve so much more because of
interests and ideas sparked during Round Square Week.”
Raft-building with the students
from Mechai Pattana School.
One young student works on her
environmental awareness in the Regents’ Garden.
Washing the elephants at the
Elephant Nature Park in Chiang Mai.
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Regents celebrates International Day with style
Principal Mike Walton hands over the
Football World Cup Trophy to Team Argentina.
Charlotte Summersby
On Friday 14th February Regents International School Pattaya celebrated
internationalism within the school with its annual International Day. Over 1,000
students representing 50 different counties took part in a colourful parade of
nations and then delighted their parents with a range of on-stage performances.
Almost 40 stalls around school had international delicacies on sale and the day
finished with a dance competition and World Cup football tournament.
Paul Crouch, Assistant Principal - Community and Student Enrichment, commented,
“International Day is one of the most popular days in the school calendar
because it really showcases the amazing diversity and vibrancy of our school.
Our students, teachers and parents are proud to represent the 50 different
nationalities within our school and a large number also look to embrace an
alternative nationality or culture to the one they have been brought up in. That
really demonstrates what an international learning environment is all about.
International Day is the perfect way for everyone to show their cultural
awareness and understanding in a society where being a citizen of the world is
just as important as being patriotic and proud of your national heritage.”
Principal Mike Walton enjoys the
festivities.
Regents’ students show off their
national dress in the International Day Fashion Show.
Biology Teacher Jennifer Ball and
Head of Secondary Garry Russell cheer on the students performing on stage.
Parents, friends and family join in
the International Day parade.
PE Teacher Samantha Howing-Nicholls
joins the South Korean students for the International Day parade.
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Going to the Zoo
GIS students had the chance to
feed a giraffe.
Mark Beales
Nursery students from Garden International School (GIS) went on a
fact-finding mission to Khao Kheow Zoo in Chonburi.
Enjoying a pleasant sunny day, the children had a chance to get up close and
feed elephants, giraffes and deer.
Nursery students had a great time at
the zoo.
Feeding the deer at the zoo.
Congratulations and well done
Ex, left, will go on to study Economics, while Leck
will train to become a Physical Education teacher.
Derek Franklin
Many children, especially those from poor families, can only dream of
receiving a scholarship to one of the better schools in the area, and then go on
to study at college or university.
Several years ago seventeen residents from the Father Ray Children’s Home were
fortunate to receive scholarships to Darasamuth School in Sriracha, and this
week four very happy teenagers graduated from Grade 12. It was the day they
thought would never arrive, and Miss Pom, the Home’s manager, and mother to all
the children, was on hand to personally congratulate each of them.
Four happy students and a very proud Miss Pom on a day
the students sometimes felt would never arrive.
The four graduates have spent most of their childhood living at the Children’s
Home; it has become the only home they remember. The Home tries to provide the
best possible opportunities for all its residents, including giving all the
children the chance to reach their full potential in higher education.
It was in 2010 that the first ever resident from the Home graduated from
university. Today there are eight studying at university, nine attending
vocational school and for the next school year there will be a further twenty
one children receiving scholarships to Darasamuth School.
The four recent graduates will now enroll at four different universities to
study English, Economics, International Business and Health Education.
We can only wish them the best of luck in their future studies.
More information can be found at www.fr-ray.org or email
[email protected].
Mook will be studying English for the next four years
and best friend Sai will study International Business.
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Drama in Vietnam
The group relaxing before the next workshop.
Douglas Heron- Head of Secondary Drama
A lucky group of 13 students (and their very proud drama teacher) from
St Andrews International School in Rayong recently attended the Drama Fobisia
Festival at BIS in Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam. The festival took place from 5th
- 8th February and included an exciting range of workshops covering Musical
Theatre, Using Silence, Improvisation and Devising.
We also got to visit the Golden Dragon Water Puppet Show where we saw puppets
magically performing on… yes you guessed it, water! It was amazing and none of
us could work out how the puppets were controlled.
The festival culminated on Saturday the 8th when the groups showed their devised
pieces to a large audience. Considering the limited amount of time the groups
had to create, rehearse and stage each devised pieces, the standard was truly
excellent.
We are all looking forward to the next Drama Fobisia in… Manila!
Weather Reports - from the roof
Year 9 students and Geography
teacher Mr Elderkamp are delighted with their new weather station
Mark Beales
Photo by Ritche Guisona
A weather station has been installed at Garden International School (GIS) to
help students with their studies.
Geography teacher Mr Elderkamp said the station, which is now on top of the
Secondary building’s roof, comes with a small portable computer and LCD screen.
That means it can show all elements of the weather and take readings.
The new machine will be a great help for Primary and Secondary to help students
with their research into weather.
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