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Christmas Community Fair at Regents is a cracker!
Mr Dale Farrington helps out with
the Primary musicians!
Charlotte Summersby
On 30th November Regents’ Primary School held its annual Christmas
Community Fair filled with stalls, games, festive food, Christmas carols
and…a very special guest from the North Pole!
Head of Primary Nonie Adams commented, “Once again the Regents’ Primary
Christmas Community Fair was a wonderful morning with Primary teachers
working side-by-side with students, parents and community partners to
provide a special event for families in our community. Our Primary musicians
provided the perfect background music for some enjoyable Christmas shopping
and fun games.”
Pin the carrot on the Snowman!
A surprise visitor from the North
Pole!
Ms Helen Ball helps bring the
festive cheer!
Primary musicians supply the
perfect background music to a brilliant day!
GIS enjoys Christmas Fun Day
Ann lines up to soak a teacher.
Mark Beales
Photos by Mr Edwards and Hannah (Year 9)
Father Christmas paid a special visit to Garden International School
(GIS) as part of an action-packed Christmas Fun Day.
Students brought their parents along to school for a special day of festive fun.
There were stalls, including a coconut shy, ‘soak the teacher’ and a darts
competition, and a Santa’s grotto where youngsters could get to tell Father
Christmas what presents they’d like this year, and a range of food and drink on
offer.
The fun day raised more than 107,000 baht, which included a popular raffle with
some great prizes. Friends of Garden PTA raised around 24,000 baht, and all
funds raised on the day will be used on further supporting and improving the
school.
Even the youngest GIS fans had a
great time.
Santa’s Little Helper.
Year 11 students were part of the
festive performers.
Father Christmas says hi to some GIS
students.
Year 9 students have fun at the Fun
Day.
Teacher Mr Beales prepares for a
soaking.
Face painting was popular at the GIS
Christmas Fun Day.
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Regents host the ServICE Conference!
Students and organisers gather for a
group photo in front of the school.
Charlotte Summersby
On Friday 20th November Regents International School Pattaya hosted the
2013 ServICE Conference for over 170 students from twelve leading international
schools in Thailand and further a field in Poland!
The 3 day ServICE Conference is an annual opportunity for students to inspire,
connect and empower other students to become better global citizens.
Paul Crouch, Assistant Principal - Community and Student Enrichment, commented,
“Student led and focussed conferences that aim to make real connections through
education and an inspiring programme are an important aspect of international
schooling.
Students - inspire, connect, empower.
“Our students can become lost in the expat bubble and lose
focus on the importance of the opportunity their international school education
is affording them. By bringing likeminded students and facilitators together to
discuss important global issues and how to tackle them empowers them to make a
real difference in their local communities and wherever they may be in the
future globally and whatever their responsibilities are.”
Run by students for the students, the Regents troop of organisers planned the
three day conference with team building activities, trips to local community
projects, workshops and lectures led by inspirational speakers.
Chair of the Student Guild, Year 12 student James Kwon commented, “As our first
conference, it was a huge challenge but we embraced the opportunity and put in a
vast amount of time and effort. Delegates commented that the ServICE conference
was a great success and they have been inspired by so much - I too have been
inspired by not only the speakers but the delegates themselves. We are all very
proud of what we have achieved!”
Christine Tananone, Director of Global Citizenship at International School
Bangkok commented, “Many schools, including ours, are engaged in community
service, but Regents Pattaya has gone a step further by integrating
service-learning into the curriculum. And that is where it really impacts both
students and the community.”
This inspiring quote from Steve Jobs
is printed on the back of the event shirts.
Manuel da Quinta from UNAIDS
Thailand.
Regents organisers.
Students having great time.
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Pattaya Sports Club provide clean
drinking water to School No. 5
The new filters are in place.
William Macey
Water is arguably the most important ingredient for humans to have a happy,
healthy life. All plants and animals must have water to survive, whether it is
from a bottle or the food we eat, particularly vegetables and fruit, as you
would have experienced when you bite into a juicy orange only to feel the juice
running down your chin onto your clean shirt. 60% of the human body is made up
of water, without which we are dehydrated and become unwell.
Most visitors to Thailand take for granted having clean drinking water available
in their homelands at all times - just turn on the tap for a refreshing glass of
water. But that is not the case in Thailand as children at School No. 5
discovered recently.
There are 1800 children at this school and they have 2 water filters in
different parts of the school which, in the past, has provided clean drinking
water when needed. But recently, there have been reports of some children having
upset stomachs. An inspection of the water showed that all was not well and one
of the filters was closed by the doctor. The filters had been installed some
years ago, had gone past their sell by date and they did not have the UHV
filters attached which counteracts bacteria such as e-coli, diarrhoea and other
waterborne diseases.
Pattaya Sports Club were invited by Noy of YWCA to look at the problem and being
aware of how important it is to provide clean drinking water, we arranged for an
inspection and the necessary repairs to be made. New filters, piping and the
addition of UHV filters bring the systems up to date and an end to health
problems for the children.
Monty, the new headmaster at school No. 5, could not be happier and will arrange
for the filters to be covered to protect them from the extremes of weather. Many
of the children come from poor families and have to buy water which, very often,
they can ill afford. But with an ample supply of clean water they can fill up
their bottles and take water home to their families.
The head master is so happy.
Some children thank PSC.
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