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Government Housing Bank visits Vocational School
All students received gifts from the
Government Housing Bank.
Snacks were provided by McDonalds.
Derek Franklin
Students from the Vocational School for People with
Disabilities welcomed Khan Prachuabmoh, president of the Government Housing
Bank, when he visited the school recently. This was the second visit Khun
Khan has made to the school, the first being in February when he made a
donation 100,000 baht.
Khan was on hand to help serve the meals.
He was accompanied by many of his staff who gave up
their free time to see for themselves how the school uses its donations and
to witness the changes that an education can make to the lives of those
living with a disability.
Khan, who was welcomed by Fr. Peter, acting-president of
the Fr. Ray Foundation, and Udomchoke, principal of the school, gave an
inspiring talk to the students informing them that just by coming to the
school they have taken the first step in changing their lives for the
better.
Lunch was provided by McDonalds who supplied enough
chicken nuggets, fries and sodas to keep everyone happy, and before leaving
all the students received a small gift from Khan.
Khan with Fr. Peter and Udomchoke.
Once again the wheelchair dancers impressed the crowd.
Chulalongkorn Business
students inspired by visit
to Pattaya School for the Blind
Prof. Kriengkrai presents a donation to Tarawoot
Gumnerdsook, vice-principal of the School for the Blind, to ensure the
education of blind children continues in Pattaya.
Derek Franklin
Graduating students from Chulalongkorn Business
School recently travelled to Pattaya to spend the morning visiting the
Pattaya School for the Blind.
Accompanied by course leader Prof. Kriengkrai
Boonlert-U-Thai, the students were given a tour of the school and met
with the blind students who proudly showed off the skills they have
learned whilst at the school, which is managed by the Father Ray
Foundation.
Prior to leaving to return to the capital Prof.
Kriengkrai presented a donation to Tarawoot Gumnerdsook, vice-principal
of the School for the Blind, to ensure the education of blind children
continues in Pattaya.
St Andrews students learn about trains and planes
Mara Cary, Year 1
teacher at St Andrews International School
Year 1 at St Andrews International School took part
in a fantastic end of unit visit at the end of last term. In our unit
‘On the move’, we were learning about different modes of transport and
why we go on journeys.
Checking out the cockpit.
We started our day by being dropped off at Pattaya’s
train station. We had our snack on the platform while we waited, and
finally… the train arrived! We went on the train from Pattaya to
Sattahip, where the school buses were waiting for us. We had our lunch
on the beach in Sattahip and we still had some time to play on the sand!
Our exciting finale was a visit to U-Tapao airport,
where we had the chance to see some military airplanes and actually went
inside one of them. What a super day we all had!
“We went on the train and the plane. I liked the
trip, it was fun. We went on a bus. We did not have any ice-cream. I saw
trees and the plane was close,” said Wesley in Year 1.
Arvind from Year 1 added “We went on the train and we
saw an army plane and we went inside the control room and we went inside
the plane. My favourite bit was the train because it was going SO fast.”
Here comes the train!
Year 1 visit U-Tapao airport.
St Andrews students learn
to ride horses during P.E.
Meryl Williams, St Andrews GV Horse Riding Instructor
The children at St Andrews are very lucky as they
have their own horse riding stables.
Horse riding practice at St. Andrews School.
During the course of the last academic year over 80
students from Yr 3 (7 years old) to year 9 (14 years old) took the
opportunity to attend the stables as part of their P.E. lessons. During
this time they learnt how to handle and care for ponies as if they were
their own. This involved catching and cleaning the ponies and putting on
the equipment needed to be able to ride. They even cleaned out the
stables! All the students then proceeded to learn the basic skills of
horse riding.
Other students attended the stables during the
regular activity sessions, where again they were trained in general
horsemanship in addition to riding. They were divided into groups based
on ability and age.
Every night after school, you will always find
children from the surrounding areas taking up horse riding lessons. This
includes dressage, show jumping and cross country jumping. Saturday
morning is usually catered to very young children as mini lessons are
conducted.
Preparations for the ride.
Mums and dads also have the opportunity to ride with
horses to suit all abilities.
Our stables have attended many competitions over the
years and have achieved the distinction of being crowned Thailand’s show
jumping pony championship team this year. Students have also achieved
very good results in dressage riding and have the trophies to prove it.
The stables now boast its own polo team, with the
children busily learning the new riding style so as to compete against
the other local teams.
This is a truly exciting time for all involved and we welcome riders
of all ages to join us!
The St. Andrews Polo Team.
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