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Kids caring for kids
Karyn Walker
Every year the Jesters ‘Care for Kids’ campaign
brings to light the plight of poor and underprivileged children in our
community, and students throughout the area have responded with incredible
enthusiasm, organizing all sorts of activities to fundraise and help out.
Lewis
‘Woody’ Underwood, chairman of the ‘Care for Kids’ Charity Drive
Committee is pictured here with the Regent’s Student Guild as they
confirmed their place as Bronze sponsors with the presentation of 10,000
Baht after a busy year of fundraising.
Lewis ‘Woody’ Underwood, chairman of the Jesters ‘Care
for Kids’ Charity Drive committee, recently visited the International
School of the Regent’s to receive 10,000 baht from the Student Guild.
 Care
for Kids support means the children receive enough milk and meals with
protein.
Liisa Toompuu, chairperson, said the Guild was very
pleased to become a Bronze sponsor and contribute towards the ‘Care for
Kids’ campaign. The money was raised through events the students had
organised, including bake sales, mufti days, discos and Valentines flower
sales.
Woody shared with the students some of the reasons for
the charity drive and outlined the projects which would help poor children
experience many of the things we all take for granted – like nutritious
meals, basic dental and medical care and the opportunity to go to school.
 Advice
from Unicef has helped the staff to plan meals which will help the children
to stay healthy.
Garden International School has also been a hive of
activity with students finishing off their school year with a special ‘Charity
Week’ aimed at raising enough money to reach the Bronze sponsorship level.
The whole school has been involved with daily events like competitions, bake
sales, sandwich sales and a car wash.
Helping ‘Care for Kids’ is not just about raising
money – giving time is also important and the students at St Andrews
International School have done just that by inviting children from the
Fountain of Life Center to visit their school to join in a fun afternoon of
activities including basketball and football. Students will also be out
energetically finding sponsors for their forthcoming walkathon and runathon,
one of the final events for the school year.
 Children
truly enjoy their lunch.
Energetic activity has also featured strongly at the International
School of the Eastern Seaboard (ISE) where the Student Council raised
money for the Fountain of Life by holding a walkathon earlier this year.
Your help provides 150 kids with over 112,000 meals each
year!
Ask any student and they will agree that it is a lot of
fun having a bake sale at school – everyone enjoys the baked goodies and
it is a great way to raise money for their charity projects. But imagine
providing three meals (breakfast, lunch and an afternoon snack) every day, 5
days a week, 50 weeks a year – for around 150 children – that’s more
than 112,000 meals each year!
That’s exactly what ‘Care for Kids’ is able to do
by covering the running costs at the Fountain of Life Center. Most of us are
lucky enough to have good food to eat every day, but for some children, a
nutritious meal or even regular food is a rare occurrence. Advice from
Unicef has helped the staff to plan meals which will help the children to
stay healthy and Care for Kids support means the children receive enough
milk and meals with protein.
The ‘Care for Kids’ committee would like to send a
big thank you to all the schools, their students, parents and staff for
taking the time to organise activities and support the charity drive.
Lewis Underwood said, "It is just great to see ‘kids
helping kids’ and the support from the international schools has been
tremendous - we really appreciate it – and look forward to seeing everyone
at the Children’s Fair on Sunday September 12 at the Diana Garden Resort
& Driving Range."
YWCA and Pattaya Sports Club serve ice cream to the kids at Wat Boonsamphan School
Suchada
Tupchai
What is most kids’ favorite way to cool off from the
heat? Ice cream, of course, and the 702 pupils of Wat Boonsamphan School
were thrilled when the members of YWCA Bangkok-Pattaya and Pattaya Sports
Club brought a virtual mountain of ice cream to top off the free lunch
they served at the school.
Hooray!
The ice cream is ready!
Aram Suwannakul, the school director, welcomed the
group and thanked the members for their support. A water cooler, iron, and
computer set were also presented to the school.
 Thank
you, this looks great, and I’m sure it will taste even better.
Wat Boonsamphan, or Baan Charknork School, provides
education to 702 kids at nursery level up to Prathom 6. The director said
most of the kids are unfortunate and lack financial support. He said with
the help of various clubs and organizations in society, the school will be
able to grow and offer education to his students more effectively.
Pattaya Redemptorist Center hosts annual ‘Wai Kru’ ceremonies
Students pay respect to teachers and mentors
Ariyawat
Nuamsawat
Last Thursday the Pattaya Redemptorist Vocational college
held their annual ‘wai kru’ ceremonies giving students the opportunity
to pay respect to educators and mentors within the school’s function room.
 Some
of the students performed the ‘Rum Auyporn’, dance of blessings.
During a deeply respectful ceremony students presented
offerings and flowers to their teachers for imparting their knowledge and
improving their chances in society once they complete their studies. A
variety of religious rituals were also performed.
 Students
pay respects to their teachers.
Father Bunjong Chaiyara, who presided over the
ceremonies, announced that the school’s teachers were very special
individuals who gave students, mostly disabled, the opportunity to improve
their quality of life.
 The
flower presentation pageant was a sight to behold.
Distinctive activities were also held including a flower
presentation pageant and extra curricular lectures. The day was carried out
in the manner of warmth and respect.
St. Andrews International School shows well at FOBISSEA Primary Games - Penang 2004
David Lowder
Head of School
St. Andrews
St. Andrews International School took part in their
first FOBISSEA (Federation of British International Schools South East
Asia) Primary Games last month in Penang, Malaysia. St. Christopher’s
International School hosted the event, which saw 18 regional international
schools and nearly 700 pupils all come together to compete at football,
swimming, tee-ball and athletics.
The
whole team celebrates the tee ball bonze medals.
St. Andrews took 19 pupils, whereas most other schools
were able to field the maximum 36. The children had been practicing since
November nearly two to three times a week. We were really unsure as to how
well we would perform but the main reason for taking part in the Games was
for experience.
 At
the starting line...
The children more than did themselves justice, both in
individual and team performances and gained a healthy range of individual
1st, 2nd and 3rd places. We were very proud of the children because the
Games were both physically and mentally demanding for the children and a
real test of individual temperament. Everybody gave 100% in everything
they took part in - whether they had a chance to win or not.
Finally, well done to all the St. Andrews children who
took part in the FOBISSEA Games; you were brilliant.
Please enjoy reading some of the children’s own
accounts:
FOBISSEA Girls Football
By Tanya Lowder Year 6
Wednesday morning we all woke up and got on the bus,
and travelled to the football stadium. We arrived at the stadium and found
our base. First we played St Christopher’s International Primary School,
we drew nil nil.
Shortly after that we played British International
School of Vietnam, and we drew once more.
After a short break, we played the British School of
Kathmandu and we won 1-0.
Later on this busy day we played Garden International
School and drew again.
Luckily we got into the finals and drew against TES so
the game went into extra time. We still had a draw at the end of extra
time. We were so nervous when they decided to take the game to penalties.
The people we chose to take our penalty kicks were
Eline Verhoeven, Tanya Lowder and Kwan Ahearn. They all scored. Next TES
had their penalty kicks and Mind Techahongsa our goal keeper saved all
their shots.
The final result was that we came in in 3rd place and
we won a bronze medal, and we were all pleased and proud of the way we
played.
FOBISSEA Swimming
Written by Luis Pahl and Thai Youngvanich
All the FOBISSEA games started of with the swimming on
7\06\04.
To open the FOBISSEA games we had an opening ceremony
where all the schools marched around the pool with flags. After the march
we all returned to our seats and waited for our races.
 The
girls are ready for action in the tyre relay.
A lady from the government smashed a gong to let the
races get on their way. Everyone was nervous. The first races were the
medleys from the Year 4’s girls and after that the Year 4 boys. It was
then the turn of the Year 5 boys and girls. When it came to the Year 6
girls Tanya Lowder represented St. Andrews and unfortunately didn’t get
in the top 3.
After all the medleys came the breaststroke for all the
years. While the races were going on the children were cheering so hard
for their schools.
In the Year 6 boys breaststroke race Kym Preston got
2nd place. After the breaststroke races we had the butterfly session. In
the year 5 boys group our Nicolai Neufeld went in for it and just missed a
medal position. In the year 5 girls we had Lucie Lefevre and she also
unfortunately did not make it. Then it came to the year 6 boys group, Luis
Pahl entered. Ending his race with a great 3rd place.
Soon after we had the backstroke races and for the Year
6 boys Arthur Bijl picked up a magnificent 2nd place.
Then we had the front crawl races and lots of children
from S.A.I.S. entered end the races. For the Year 6 girls we had Tanya
Lowder who won 3rd this time and for the 25m-Year 6 boys Luis Pahl (the
captain of the team) who got a fantastic 3rd place.
Then the tyre races took place for the girls, boys and
at the end, it was mixed. Since these were the last races the crowd went
wild.
Even those children who were not successful in gaining
a medal really enjoyed their races and competing against such strong
swimmers from other schools.
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