St Andrews’19 nationalities celebrate International Week

Last week’s International Week provided a wonderful opportunity for the children of St Andrews International School to come together and experience the rich tradition, history and culture of the 19 different nationalities represented at the school.

The Dutch community

Throughout the week, the children learned about the different continents each morning in their own class groups. Such “hands on” activities as painting in the style of aboriginal art, having a visit from some Chinese chickens and making Thai desserts were thoroughly enjoyed. The colourful and interesting “travel agents” in the foyer were an excellent exhibition of the work being completed by the students. In the afternoons, the children worked in their nationality groups to produce an amazing “international newspaper” and practice their performances.

The Japanese and Korean children do a fine performance!

Friday’s events were most enjoyable. The international parade was a wonderful sight to see! All the international food stalls were excellent - full of delicious home favourites. The rain dance from the American Indians certainly worked, as on Friday afternoon there was a terrific downpour. 

Some traditional Japanese costumes

Many thanks to the parents who put such a huge effort into making the international buffet such a success.

The students, staff and families of St Andrews International School look forward to more of these festivals next year.

The younger students at the Dutch School at St. Andrew International School recently enjoyed the opportunity to spend some time at the St. Andrews Equestrian Center.

The baby foal learns to stand

The highlight of the trip was visiting the new baby foal that was born at the stables only last week. The mother was quit comfortable with the visitors, however the foal was a little more cautious hiding behind his mother for most of the time.

The children sang a song about a foal and his mother that they had learnt at school. They also learnt many other things about horses during their visit including how to care for horses and the proper way to treat them.

Learning to groom a horse

The students were able to have a close look at the many different types of brown colours of the horses and they counted them as well. Some of the older students were able to use some of this data that they collected in this natural setting to do math and grammar activities.

We would like to thank Anne Verhoeven who organised the morning and thanks to Geraldine Depuis the manager of St. Andrews Equestrian Center in the Green Valley Estate. The children had a wonderful morning.

ISE study trip to Europe

From left front row: Yumi Asabuki & Daisy Vogt. From left back row: Michael Tang, Ratima Grover, Chie Shizuma, Miika Telama, & Kaylin Waters.

The AP literature & AP history class from the International School Eastern Seaboard went to Austria, Germany and Prague. It was not only freezing cold, but also a lot of fun for students and chaperons to stroll around castles, churches and many historic places. Here they are standing in front of Schoenbrunn Castle in Vienna.

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