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School No. 3 holds open day

Bangkok Hospital Pattaya chosen by training centers

Regent’s participate in Clean-up the World at Ao Udom Beach

Disabled skills on display at open day

School No. 3 holds open day

Deputy Mayor Wattana Chantanawaranon (center) and friends visit the exhibition at Pattaya School No. 3.

A future star performs for the audience.

Learning glass-blowing.

Reading is essential for school, and for life.

Narisa Nitikarn
Pattaya School No. 3 held an open day on September 14 to mark the 29th Pattaya education year.
The school, also known as Sawangfa Pruetaram, displayed work by its students in the various education areas and also featured a zone for the kindergarten class, entitled the “World of Early Childhood Education.”
Deputy Mayor Wattana Chantanawaranon presided over the opening, and school director Mrs Janyarat Kanchanabut and her teachers introduced performances by different groups of children singing and dancing on the stage, and showed visitors around the many exhibits that displayed the skills and development of the pupils.

Retaining Thai cultural heritage is an important part of learning.

The school band welcomes everyone to the event.


Bangkok Hospital Pattaya chosen by training centers

A group of student nurse aids will be studying at Bangkok Hospital Pattaya
at the end of this month.

The local Bangkok Hospital Pattaya has again been chosen by nursing centers throughout Thailand to train student nurses and nurse aides.
Ramboriruk School, Udonthani branch, sent 10 students for three months of rotational training, both in the in-patient and out-patient departments at the hospital, with the successful students finishing their training in September this year.
Ramboriruk School is only one of the centers which uses the Bangkok Hospital Pattaya in their training curriculum, and over the past 12 months the hospital has trained nurse aides from Nakhon Ratchasima, Chiang Rai and Chonburi.
A further group of six student nurses will be commencing at the hospital on September 24 and will be trained on site for the next three months.
The Bangkok Hospital Pattaya is recognized as a center of excellence, and the training schools make use of this to give their students the best opportunity in Thailand for solid grounding and attainment of the highest skills possible.


Regent’s participate in Clean-up the World at Ao Udom Beach

Hyun Jin Chung and
Hsu Ching-I (Jenny), Year 12 IB Students
Photos by Ann-Marie Magus, Year 12 IB Student

On the 16th of September, a group of about 60 students and teachers from the Regent’s School Pattaya worked with Wat Mai Nern Payom Thai School on the ‘Clean Up the World’ project, which is held every year throughout the world. The two schools, plus members of the Lions Club of Jomtien, spent two hours cleaning up the beach at Ao Udom.

Jenny and Han Hee on the lookout for more rubbish.
At first, we didn’t know whether or not the beach was clean so we were worried that we wouldn’t have much work to do. But that was not a problem. There was a lot of rubbish on the beach such as tyres, toothbrushes, sweet packets, plastic bags, straws and much more.
All students and teachers put their gloves on, grabbed a plastic bag and started collecting rubbish. Some students tried to dig out a tyre which was buried deep in the sand. Others picked up straws and plastic bottles which were all over the place.
Although it was not sunny, we were all sweating and exhausted by the end of the day. But it was worth the hard work and we were all very proud of ourselves as we looked back at the clean beach. After the hard work, we were treated by the Thai school who gave us refreshments and some fried rice.
Even though this event seemed small, it signified one of the most important themes in the world and allowed students to notice the importance of conserving the environment and raising awareness of the many environmental problems we face today. We realised that even though it may be easy to throw rubbish away, we need ten times the effort to pick it up.

Piia and Katrina ready to tackle the rubbish on the beach.

Prakhar fills his bin bag full of rubbish.

Ugyen and friends remove a very large piece of scrap from the beach.


Disabled skills on display at open day

At the Redemptorist Vocational Training School for the Disabled, students learn trades that will help them live a normal life.

Narisa Nitikarn
Redemptorist Vocational Training School for the Disabled held an open day on September 16 to show potential employers what skills disabled people are acquiring and how these can be utilized in the workplace.
Director of the school the Rev Lawrence Patin welcomed visitors and conducted them around the premises, showing them how the educational system works and the diverse training that is available to the handicapped attending the school.
Fr Lawrence said the school currently has 197 disabled male and female students. Facilities include a radio community broadcast room and a computer room. A variety of organizations provide support, both in terms of funds and in volunteer activities.
Alcazar Cabaret Show, led by general manager Pawin Pettrakul presented 30,000 baht to the school for the purchase of sports equipment. The funds came from a concert organized on June 21 by actor-singer Thang-Saksit Thangthong.

Facilities at the Redemptorist Vocational Training School for the Disabled include a radio community broadcast room (shown) and a computer room.

Rev. Lawrence Patin (right) visits the students’ works.

Pawin Pettrakul, Alcazar Cabaret Show general manager, presents 30,000 baht to Rev. Lawrence Patin, C.Ss.R.