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C.P. Seven Eleven
invites families to attend a Reading Camp at Suan Sampharn
The Department of Curriculum and Instruction
Development in association with C.P. Seven Eleven public Co., Ltd. will be
hosting a Reading Camp for families later this month at the Rose Garden
Hotel Suan Samphran in Nakhon Pathom to encourage children to love reading
and to strengthen their relationships with their families.
The reading camp will take place on November 25 from
8.30 a.m. to 5.45 p.m. A bus will depart the Ministry of Education for the
Rose Garden Hotel Suan Samphran at 9.30 a.m. The director-general of the
Department of Curriculum and Instruction Development will chair the
opening ceremony.
The day at Suan Samphran will include a seminar
entitled Encouraging Children To Read, anchored by Watana Boonsanur and
featuring academic-affairs experts Prof. Khunying Manmas Chawalit, Gesorn
Charoenrak, Nongnual Phongphaiboon, Pornarnogn Niyomka, Supphakit
Nimmarnnorathep and the parents of children who study at schools run by
the Department of General Education, the Department of Vocational
Education, and the Office of Bangkok Education. There will also be a
crocodile-wrestling show and elephant show complete with dramatic sounds
and narration.
Korsak Chairasmisak, chairman, executive board of
directors and CEO of C.P. Seven Eleven said, “Reading camp is an
educational activity of ours that is supported by the Ministry of
Education, Department of Local Administration, and Bangkok Metropolitan
Administration. We have hosted this activity since 1997.
“C.P. Seven Eleven organizes reading camps once a
month in order to teach children about the value of books and
self-learning - and to encourage families to read together. Reading camps
encourage the ideal of a well-read society,” said Mr. Korsak.
The Minister of Education Somsak Prisananuntakul said,
“Personally, I love reading. I read all kinds of books, short stories,
features, novels and poems. I think reading widens my knowledge. I always
encourage my children to read and like to watch as they develop their
reading skills. Parents should tell stories to their children every night
and when they are a little older, encourage them to read books with
pictures. This makes it possible for their children’s imagination to
take flight. Parents should also show children that they, too, love
reading by reading newspapers, magazines and books. Then, children will
imitate their parents’ behavior.”
C.P. Seven Eleven and the Department of Curriculum and
Instruction Development are offering places on this reading camp to
children aged between 10 and 18 and their parents (three people per
family). To qualify, one member of the family must write a letter about
their reading experiences, enclosing their name, address, phone number
and, if applicable, e-mail address, and send it to: C.P. Seven Eleven PCL,
20th floor, C.P. Tower, Silom road, Bang Rak, Bangkok, Fax it on 02 -
638-2680, or e-mail it to [email protected] by November 15. For more
details, call 02 - 631-0231 ext. 1628-9.
The reading camp committee will decide who will join
this camp on November 17. The families chosen will be informed by
telephone call. All activities at the camp will be free-of-charge.
Survival Swimming at the
International School of the Regents
Swimming is a very important aspect of the sports agenda
at the ISR, and the excellent facilities, particularly the large,
well-appointed pool, are popular with students at all levels throughout the
school.
 First...blow
up your trousers!
As part of the extra-curricular activity programme,
Primary pupils recently gained their bronze award certificates for
‘Survival Swimming’.
Even the most accomplished swimmers may at one time
suffer the misfortune of finding themselves in deep water with nowhere to
go! Staying alive in such a situation requires not only confidence and
stamina, but also the ability to keep a clear head and employ basic survival
techniques - and the young swimmers at the ISR proved to be up to the
challenge!
 ISR
students demonstrate the art of survival.
The activity was a very demanding one and involved
endurance swimming using both front and back strokes, surface dives through
hoops set in the deep end and jumping into the pool without allowing the
head to go under the water. Swimming whilst dressed and treading water for
five minutes was a particularly gruelling, important part of the award, as
was being able to inflate a pair of trousers in order to produce a
makeshift, but highly effective, float!
At the end of the day, the cool, clear water of the ISR
pool settled, undisturbed and inviting whilst the young survivors, homeward
bound, took with them skills that may sometime save their life as well as
the lives of others.
Junior membership
scheme at the RVYC
The Royal Varuna Yacht Club would like to make public
their junior membership scheme. It is designed to allow young people whose
parents are not members of the RVYC to learn and practice sailing.
 Junior
sailors Chris, Sam, Will, Sila and Virginie.
The scheme is available to anyone aged between 14-21
who would like to sail on a regular basis, with or without initial sailing
experience. The club currently has an active group of junior sailors who
meet once a month for a weekend of sailing and social activities. Come and
join in!
For more information please visit the RVYC website at www.Royal-Varuna-Yacht-Club.com
or email [email protected]
ATCC Convoy for Kids
The Australian Thai Chamber of Commerce (ATCC)
Transport and Logistics Subcommittee, with the support of the Transport
Industry in Thailand, is organizing a Convoy for Kids on November 19th.
The convoy is intended to be an annual event that will
publicise the plight of handicapped children and in so doing provide
charitable funding for the handicapped. The convoy will include the
bussing of handicapped children for an outing at Safari Park at Bangkaen.
Entertainment and meals will be provided together with a tour of the park.
The convoy would form outside of the “Foundation for
the Welfare of the Crippled” at 7811, Moo 1, Tiwanont, Bangtalad, Pakret
District, Nonthaburi Province at 8.00 a.m. There will be a short send off
ceremony conducted in the grounds of the Foundation from 8.15 a.m. to 8.45
a.m. The convoy would then proceed under police escort to Safari Park.
The ATCC seeks your support to include one or more (up
to 4) of your company vehicles in the convoy or to match the sponsorship
of your transport contractor who participates in the convoy.
The donations requested for inclusion in the convoy are
as follows: 1st Truck: Bt. 20,000, 2nd Truck Bt. 10,000, 3rd Truck: Bt.
5,000, 4th Truck: Free.
Inclusion in the convoy will provide positive publicity
for your company as the vehicles you support can display your logo.
In supporting this worthy endeavour we also trust it
will give positive publicity to the transport industry generally and raise
the self-esteem of all the drivers and helpers involved in the project.
All donations will be in support of the Foundation
under the Royal Patronage of Her Royal Highness, The Princess Mother in
this the 100th Anniversary of Her Birth.
To pledge support or for further information please
contact John Kershaw, chairman ATCC Transport and Logistics Subcommittee
on [email protected]
International School
of the Regents host Touring Team
Lancing College, a prestigious English private school,
have recently completed a successful six match tour of Thailand.
 The
combined International Schools squad
Whilst hosted by the International School of the
Regents in Pattaya they played two games; one against a combined team from
our three local international schools ISR, ISE and GIS, the other against
a team from Nong Prue Youth Club.
Both games were highly entertaining with the different
styles of football played by the teams being very evident. The contrast
between the long ball and chase tactics of the English boys and the deft
passing game of the local teams was quite marked. Lancing won the game
against the Combined International Schools by six goals to three and were
lucky to snatch a draw against Nong Prue with a last minute equaliser.
At the after match dinner, held at the Cosy Beach
Hotel, all present were enthralled by Foster Wheeler’s John Donachie,
who proved to be a knowledgeable and witty speaker. ISR’s headmaster, Mr
Simon Leslie, also spoke, thanking the players for the sporting manner in
which the games were played. He also mentioned that one of the most
pleasing aspects was that this was the first time GIS, ISR and ISE
students had combined into one team and that an exciting precedent had
been set for future cooperation between the schools.
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