Kids' Corner

Two BEST students prove to be best in Kingdom

Lot’s of fun at ISE Field Day

Thirty Eastern Seaboard children between 7 and 10 years old participate in Fanta Talent contest

Kids' Corner

Marvin is still having lots of fun learning all about penguins. Did you think tat all penguins looked the same? Well Marvin has discovered that not all penguins are black and white. Some look very unusual indeed.

The rockhopper penguin looks like it has very crazy ‘hairstyle’. It has yellow feathers that poke out of the sided of its head and a bright orange beak. It likes to live in large groups called colonies in the Falkland Islands. It is about 56 cm tall, which means that it is one of the smaller penguins but not the smallest. Find a ruler to measure how tall the rockhopper penguins is.

Do you know anything about penguins? Write to Marvin and tell him about what you know. He would really like that! You can send your letters to:

Mar and Marvin

ISE International School

P.O. Box 6, Banglamung

Chonburi, 20150

Fax: 038-345 156 or 038-372 590

Jokes:

1. Why did the librarian slip on the library floor?

2. Why doesn’t a cat ever have a tail that is 12 inches long?

3. What is a monster’s favorite bedtime story?

4. How does a biologist talk to people?

Answers:

1. Because he was in the non-friction section.

2. Because then it would be a foot.

3. Ghoul Deluxe and the Three Scares.

4. He calls them on his cell phone.

Read the description about the rockhopper penguin, then color him to
see what he looks like.

I am a rockhopper penguin. I have red eyes. Yellow feathers poke out from the sides of my head. My beak is orange.

Bye from Marg and Marvin

Two BEST students prove to be best in Kingdom

Two students from Burapha English Programme School of Thailand (BEST) recently won first prize at the Thai National School’s Competition in English for primary schools. James Crow and Jackie Yang, both from primary 6, won their two qualifying heats and went on to win the grand final in English speaking, listening, reading and writing, that was held in Suphan Buri town on Tuesday, February 11.

At the prize giving ceremony (3rd-7th from left): Dr Kasama Worawan Na Ayuthaya, under-secretary to the minister of education, Kongin Timporn, Thai principal of BEST school, Jackie Yang, James Crow, and David Mills, primary 6 English teacher.

James and Jackie with the award for 1st prize.

The competition is held every year between schools all over Thailand that follow the Thai national curriculum. BEST is very proud of their achievements and wishes to congratulate the two young orators and thank all their teachers for obviously providing them with a quality education in English.

BEST has been offering a bilingual program in Thai and English since 1997. It currently has over 600 students enrolled from nursery through to secondary.

Lot’s of fun at ISE Field Day

January 29 was a perfect day for the annual Elementary School Field Day at ISE. All children grade 1 through 5 participated in it. Sixth grade students did a wonderful job in helping to organize this year’s event. They chose the games and decided on this year’s theme, which was “We Are All One School”. They were great role models to the younger students.

Each class made an eagle as a symbol of their school pride which they carried as they came on to the field. One of the eagles was even eatable. The students had great fun with a new version of field hockey, throwing games, tug of war and especially the water games.

Best regards,

Brunhilde

Thirty Eastern Seaboard children between 7 and 10 years old participate in Fanta Talent contest

Four from each region will be going to Korea as Thailand youth emissaries

Suchada Tupchai

The final round of the Fanta Talent Show Contest was held at Central Festival Center, Big C, Pattaya on February 2. The event was held to select the four most talented out of a group of thirty children who made it through the first round at the Chee On Natural Park in Chonburi last month.

The four winners in the Fanta Youth Emissary Project will travel to South Korea in May to exchange cultures with youth from other nations.

One of the great shows put on during the contest.

The chosen children from the Eastern region will be joining 20 other children from 5 other regions on a trip to South Korea to promote Thailand’s unique heritage, arts, and culture, from May 1-5. HRH Princess Sirindhorn trophies and 10,000 baht were also presented to all 24 youth ambassadors.

The organizers of the Fanta Youth Emissaries campaign were the National Children, Disadvantaged, Disabled, and Elderly Welfare Bureau, Thai Namtip Co., Ltd., Hadtip Co., Ltd., and Coca-Cola (Thailand).

The contest was divided into 3 parts and 10 children took their turns performing on stage. Popular star Par Ji (Aunt Ji) or Atcharaphan Paiboonsuwan interviewed the children and their responses impressed the committee. Children had a maximum of 3 minutes to perform their best on stage.

Fresh young faces show how much fun the event really was.

Popular entertainment star Atcharaphan “Pa Ji” Paiboonsuwan interviewed the contestants.

Kitti Samanthai, vice director of the National Children, Disadvantaged, Disables, and Elderly Welfare Bureau and Somsak Yonokphan, Banglamung district chief presented the trophies and 10,000 baht in cash prizes to the 4 winners. And the winners were: Rapheeporn Manorat from Chonburi Nursery School who performed Pra Apaimanee, Cholthicha Raksasukh from Sattahip School who performed Bai Si Su Kwan dance, Thanya Sirichanyanont from Wat Donthong School Chacheongsao who performed Sukhothai dance, and Natthawan Limpawit from Suphawit School Srakaew.