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ISC celebrates traditional Loy Krathong
Valentina, Saira, Storm and
Kate doing the traditional ‘Ramwong’.
ISC Staff
Parents and children from the International School
Chonburi celebrated a traditional Loy Krathong. The children, dressed in a
variety of colourful Thai costumes, danced the Ramwong around the bike
track. That provided lots of photo opportunities for parents.
Back in the classrooms, each child made a krathong with
help from parents and staff. The best part was floating them in paddling
pools out in the garden and getting in the odd splash here and there.
Children make their own
krathongs with their parents.
It has been a busy time at ISC. The children, with lots
of support from their parents, held a bake sale to raise money for children
affected by the floods. Recently, Miss Lily took a group of children to the
Rangsit Home for Babies. The children and staff at this orphanage have been
living in Pattaya since their home in Bangkok is under water. They need
money to replace destroyed items like their washing machine so ISC children
happily donated 11,000 baht.
EY3 and Y1 children prepare to
‘loy’ their krathongs.
EY2 children and families in a
group photo.
Miss Lily’s children are
pictured here donating money from their bake sale to the staff at Rangsit
Home for Babies.
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Assumption College
Teachers learn at Asian U
Dr. Viphandh Roengpithya,
president of Asian University, introduces the Assumption Colleges teacher to
the old Indian art of Vedic Math.
Ulrich Werner
Back to school was the motto for 21 English Programme
teachers from Assumption College Bangrak to upgrade their own English
skills. Teaching sciences, applied physics, math in physics and the language
of symbols in English needs special skills that were in the focus of the
10-day seminar at Asian University.
Science teachers made one group, mathematics teachers the
other one, both getting in-depth training in their particular fields.
Together, both groups discussed and evaluated teaching practices and
classroom management in an English-speaking environment.
Besides individual teaching and language reviews, the
seminar participants joined special guest lectures and an introduction to
Vedic Math by the president of Asian U, Dr. Viphandh Roengpithya, and
enjoyed some relaxation classes, such as yoga and meditation, fun with
English, or line dancing.
The seminar was originally scheduled for 13 days.
Unfortunately, the participants could not enjoy the planned excursion nor
the demonstration classes at The College@AsianU against the end of the
seminar since the suddenly rising waters in Bangkok forced them to return
home.
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The Line of Movement
REISTA Drama weekend of Dance and Physical Theatre
Students
learning dance moves.
Mike Thomas
Thirty students from Years 7-13 recently took part in
a weekend of Dance and Physical Theatre under the title of The Line of
Movement. This is the fifth consecutive year that such weekends have
taken place which is based on the Festival model of the International
Schools’ Theatre Association of which the Regent’s is an active member
school. Despite the absence of our sister school in Bangkok and the
impact of the recent flooding, we were able to welcome three students
from the International School of the Eastern Seaboard.
In character.
The students were divided into three ensemble groups
in order to absorb the learning that took place and which provided a
forum to develop a piece of creative work to show in the finale
performance on the Sunday afternoon. In keeping with the title of the
weekend, the ensembles were called Vaslav Nijinsky, Martha Graham and
Pina Bausch, all names of famous dancers and teachers. Between these
sessions were specialist workshops and master classes which, this year,
were led by Mr Ulrich Gottlieb and Mr Terry Hatfield.
For Mr Gottlieb it was his third REISTA weekend and
he provided interesting and exciting sessions exploring patterns of
expressive movement using sticks, chairs and usually unused muscles!
Mr Hatfield led a memorable three-hour session on the
hypnotic Japanese Dance form of Butoh which most of the students were
meeting for the first time.
In addition, Mr Miller led a class bringing to life
the theories of Tadeshi Suzuki with Mr Lewis teaching an exciting two
hours of stage fighting and Gap Teacher Emily Westmoreland exploring new
ways for the students to improve their vocal technique.
Ms Dewsnap’s session on basic dance steps was also
hugely enjoyed. All the students were of the opinion that the workshops
were extremely useful for their Drama practice as well as being fun into
the bargain!
The unexpected discovery of this REISTA was the work
of Pina Bausch, a German teacher of Dance and Artistic Director of
Tanzteater Wuppertal in Germany. Her recent death led to the making of a
film which included excerpts from her key works. Her approach to dance
was unique in that it combined elements of classical dance with elements
theatre and even speech. Like Butoh her approach enabled the dancers to
powerfully express innermost their feelings on stage in such a way that
connected directly with the audience.
In conclusion, this was a powerful and useful two
days of learning which will contribute towards the students’ current
studies of Theatre. Each ensemble produced excellent and contrasting
finale performances which will undoubtedly linger in the memory.
As Year 11 GCSE Drama student Julianne Dionisio
commented at the end: ‘This weekend was truly awesome: I will never
forget the last few days!’
Thank you to all the students who took part, the
teachers who led workshops and the parents who provided support and
encouragement.
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St. Andrews students send Pattaya aid relief
to the displaced orphanage
Tony Malhotra (2nd left) and Andrew Emery
(right), together with students Sangjin and Jasmine from St Andrews
brought life-saving water filters and Swiss International Air Lines
blankets for the children.
Andy Emery, KS3 Coordinator at
St Andrews International School
Students from St. Andrews International School
presented a number of essential items needed for children between the
ages of 0-6 early this week. The orphanage, which contained 250
children, had to be evacuated in an emergency situation in Bangkok and
had to be relocated to Banglamung.
Pattaya Flood Relief has identified the orphanage as
a key project in which to help. The students represented the Flood
Relief Fund which has donated 20 water filters, 250 blankets, powdered
milk, clothing, rice, toothpaste and soap to the orphanage.
The Rangsit Babies Home
became so flooded, 250 children between the ages of 0-6 had to be
evacuated to Banglamung.
Student Sangjin Lee said, “It was great to see that
the money the people of Pattaya are raising is going to a very
worthwhile cause. The centre is low on many basics and need all the help
they can get. The children really need a lot of help and if people can
donate as much as possible - that would be great.”
If anyone would like to help the orphanage by
donating clothes for children 0-6, toothpaste, rice and milk then please
contact Andy Emery on aemery@ standrews-schools.com
Sangjin and Jasmine make
new friends at the HRH Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Vocational School
in Banglamung.
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Flood Fair at St Andrews School raises 100,000 baht in two hours
David gets ready for the
sponge throwing competition.
Jasmine, Year 11
student at St Andrews International School
Recently, St. Andrews International School, Green
Valley hosted a fair to raise money for the flood victims in Thailand.
It was organized entirely by the secondary students, in groups of 4-5,
and they had to come up with a store/game for the primary students and
parents to take part in.
There were lots of activities to do and we managed to
organize some fantastic entertainment for the younger students. A few of
the students even went on stage to perform live and show off their
singing and dancing talents. Various instruments were also played such
as the guitar and piano, creating a fun atmosphere for all participants
in the event.
The students paid to
decorate their own delicious cupcakes.
Some of the stalls included bake sales, guessing the
name of a teddy bear, face painting, shooting balls into a basketball
hoop, cupcake decorating, a bouncy castle, bobbing for apples, trying to
hit teachers with wet sponges and so many more great activities to
participate in.
The whole event was around 2 hours long, and we
managed to raise 100,000 baht for people who have been affected by the
floods. All the students were very proud with what they had managed to
achieve with just a week’s notice to prepare a stall, decide who would
do what, get prizes and finally to help out on the day. It was a
fantastic event to take part in, especially knowing our money was going
to such a good cause, and the support from everyone was outstanding,
with lots of great co-operation from the students, parents and staff.
Mr Owen, the Head of
Maths, is challenged to a game of chess.
Students show off their
talents at the Fair for Floods.
The audience enjoys the
entertainment.
Myles set up his own hoop
activity for the Flood Fair.
Mr Holloway faces the
onslaught of wet sponges.
Students and teachers play
bingo.
The bouncy castle was a
real hit and helped to raise lots of money.
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