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ISE Pre-K and Kindergarten Field Day 2014

Prapakorn Kotarak
The pre-k and kindergarten students enjoyed a morning of field games on February 5. Along with their teachers, parents and Grade 8 student volunteers, the children had fun as usual.
ISE normally has four to six teams but since the pre-k classes have been growing the past few months, the early childhood group was divided into eight color teams this year with each team consisting of pre-k and kindergarten students. The teachers and teaching assistants prepared eight fun stations for the children to go to, putting a few modifications from what we had last year. The stations were: miniature golf, obstacle course, treasure hunting, cup stacking, kicking soccer balls, fishing, basketball free throws, and a fun relay game where the children had to walk or move like a particular animal.
After enjoying a water and ice cream break, the pre-k classes went back to their classrooms to change their shirts and eat their snacks. Meanwhile, kindergarten children had a quick recess then had a joint celebration of 100th day with the Grade 1 students. Although the weather was not as cold as it was two weeks ago, the sun was out so all activities proceeded as planned.


See how our Garden grows

An overview of the new GIS seating area.

Mark Beales
Photos by Ritche Guisona
GIS has a new-look garden - thanks to the students!
Garden International School (GIS) has created an excellent new seating area by using wooden decking and plants. The former concrete area now looks green and fits in well with the school’s eco-friendly aims.
Funds for the new area came from the recycling money which has been raised thanks to students and staff recycling their waste, so it really is a green area!
Among the first students to test out the seating were Shilpi, from Year 9B, who said, “It’s great to have somewhere like this to sit and read!” Classmate Antra added, “I really like the new look to this place, and it’s good to see that the money from recycling has been used to help the school look even better.”

Year 9 students enjoy their new green zone.


Regents exhibit the very best in IB Visual Arts

Charlotte Summersby
This year, four exceptional artists at Regents International School Pattaya are exhibiting their portfolios as part of the IB Diploma course. The gallery of work demonstrates that the students have enjoyed a highly creative two years, filled with personal growth and discovery.

Art teacher Miss Millar admires the jigsaw tower ‘Miniature Puzzle Taipei 101’.

Art Teacher Katherine Millar commented, “The course is excellent preparation for creative art-related university degrees, in fact much of the course overlaps with the traditional one year Foundation Course that all students doing art university degrees in the UK are required to complete.
“I have no doubt that the strong cultural mix of the Regents’ students, their experiences on the IB Diploma course and involvement in the school’s Global Citizenship programme, feeds a richness of experience into their studio pieces. This year for example, one student wrote her extended essay on calligraphy and has also brought that interest of Korean calligraphy into one of her studio works.
“I feel very passionately that it is the excellent depth of academic enquiry into art and design practices that allows the students to truly excel when developing their own ideas here at Regents.”

IB Student applies wire to his sculpture of two conjoined limbs, ‘Be-reached’.

IB Student adds the finishing touches to her mixed media collage, ‘The Vision’.

‘Learned Desperation’, a mixed media canvas based on the theme of Abandonment

‘Combination’, Acrylic on Canvas, is a photo-realistic painting based on the work of David Hockney’s photo montages. It investigates the organisation of images.


St. Andrews’ students committed to helping others

IB students proud of their successful “Community Action Service” projects.

Kerry- Anne Randall, CAS Co-coordinator
On Thursday 30th January students from St. Andrews International School, Green Valley, presented Pao from Operation Smile Thailand, with a cheque for 120,000 baht and donated 60,000 baht to Habitat for Humanity’s - Rebuild the Philippines Appeal.
The St. Andrew’s community, led by the Yr 12 CAS students, is committed to making meaningful contributions towards local and national charitable organizations and this has been increased even further this year.
St. Andrews International School has joined Operation Smile, a charity which has the support of very generous and talented surgeons who perform the necessary operations to return the smile to countless children’s faces, and their families. Students felt compelled to boost their support of Operation Smile following a very moving visit to Ubon Ratchathani in September this year, where students supported children with cleft palates and cleft lips through the surgical process. Due to this experience they were driven to raise even more this year to contribute towards the next medical mission as “Operation Smile mobilizes a world of generous hearts to heal children’s smiles and transform lives.”
When the Super Typhoon Haiyan struck the Philippines last November, our community was distraught at the devastation, particularly as some of our St. Andrews families have relatives and friends in the area. The Primary students organized a very successful swim-a-thon and along with some of the secondary students, teachers and parents recorded a fundraising CD that not only showcases the incredible talent within the community, but raised a considerable amount of money for Habitat for Humanity’s Rebuild the Philippines Appeal. (Please contact the St. Andrews Office if you would like to buy a limited copy of the CD).
The CAS students would like to thank all the students, parents, staff, Ms Ann (from Laem Tong) and Lek (from Karma Studios) for their ongoing support of our fundraising endeavours.


GIS students raise 100,000 baht for disaster fund

Sofia Tan (IB2)
Kind-hearted students from Garden International School (GIS) have raised more than 100,000 baht for a disaster fund.

IB student Sofia gets help preparing the hot dogs.

The students organised a series of fundraising events to help those hit by a devastating typhoon in the Philippines on November 8, 2013. The 300-mile wide typhoon was one of the strongest tropical storms to ever make landfall anywhere in the world. It affected millions of people as 195mph winds and a storm surge of 30ft hit coastal areas.
As a result, students from GIS decided they wanted to help. IB student Sofia Tan was one of those who helped organise several fundraising events.
Sofia, 18, said: “Last year a lot of disasters hit and destroyed many places in many countries and one of them was the large typhoon that hit the Philippines. As a Filipino citizen, it is terrible to hear that many people died and famous places and houses are broken down.

Students bought hot dogs to help raise funds for the Philippines.

“Typhoon Haiyan took place in November and as Christmas was coming I was sure it would be a difficult time for people there. The charity team at GIS and I decided to work on raising funds for the Philippines. The British International School of Manila (BIS) gave us an insight about how much we should raise and how to send it to them once the targets were reached.”
The first target was 75,000 baht, which would be enough to build two houses. Activities included hot dog day, where GIS raised 11,459 baht and then the Student Council helped by raising 17,420 baht. There was also a mufti day where students didn’t have to wear school uniform, but made a donation to our disaster fund.
After several other events, the student-led team has now raised an incredible 114,506 baht. Sofia said, “This is a great success and will be a great help to those people in the Philippines who have lost their houses.”
Sofia is one of several students at GIS studying the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme.


Regents’ students take a trip of a lifetime to Tanzania

Charlotte Summersby
Seven students from Regents International School Pattaya have just returned from the trip of a lifetime to Tanzania. The week-long visit to the Arusha region brought together over 100 students from 18 of the 27 schools which together make up the Nord Anglia Education family of worldwide schools.
The trip formed part of Nord Anglia Education’s Global Classroom initiative, the purpose of which is to connect the 17,000 students around the world who attend Nord Anglia Education schools. Using the online aspect of Global Classroom, students researched local and international non-governmental organisations in Tanzania and fundraised for local community projects.

While in Tanzania, the students helped to refurbish the country’s Maua English Medium School and found the time to enjoy the culture of Tanzania, visiting Zanzibar, Ngoro-goro Crater, and the Tarangire National Park, where they went on safari.
Juste from Lithuania, who is studying on the IB Diploma course at Regents commented, “Tanzania has been great! I have never visited a country with so many contrasts. It was an amazing opportunity both to experience a new culture and to find my real self as well.”
Patrick McKenna, Global Classroom Lead Teacher commented, “The trip underlines the benefits to our students of Regents joining the Nord Anglia Education family of schools. Our school already has an outstanding reputation for community partnerships, adventure-based learning and outdoor education, and by working with our sister schools on a project like this we have been able to take that to a new level. On an individual level, you can just imagine the impact that peering into the Ngoro-goro Crater, working with local Tanzanian communities and going on safari has had on these students.”


 
HEADLINES [click on headline to view story]

ISE Pre-K and Kindergarten Field Day 2014

See how our Garden grows

Regents exhibit the very best in IB Visual Arts

St. Andrews’ students committed to helping others

GIS students raise 100,000 baht for disaster fund

Regents’ students take a trip of a lifetime to Tanzania

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