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Navy runs sport camps for youngsters
Top Navy brass provides
encouragement.
Patcharapol Panrak
Rear Admiral Monrak Nilklad, deputy commander of Sattahip Naval
Base, presided over the opening of the Navy youth sports camp at the
physical education building at the naval base on April 20. The event was
also attended by commanders, officials, trainers and 100 youthful
participants.
Captain Kiatchai Naksukpaiboon, director of the Civil Business Department
and the sport camp, said that the camps are held at the naval bases in three
regions in Sattahip, Songkla and Pangnga during April and May.
The objective is for youngsters to build the values of love, faith and a
good attitude towards the Navy as well as for them to grow up with the
desired qualities to lead the nation in the future. The camp also teaches
them to utilize their spare time wisely, staying away from drugs, and
developing skills in their favorite sports, he said.
The camp at Sattahip naval base trains 100 boys and girls, aged 12 to 14,
who are the children of government officials and others.
They can participate in six different sports: football, volleyball, tennis,
swimming, tae kwon do and badminton, for 10 days from April 20 to 29 without
charge to develop sporting skills and learn the culture of the navy.
Rear Admiral Monrak said that he hoped this camp would be extremely
beneficial and a good experience for the kids.
Youthful athletes line up
during the opening ceremony.
Leadership Week 2009 at The Regent’s School
Angela Ahn (Year 13 IB student and Pillar
Leader for Leadership)
This year’s Leadership Week started with a leadership evening on
the Friday March 27. It was specially organised for all baraza group
leaders and the students interested in being involved in the Regent’s
International Round Square Conference in 2010.
Over 30 students attended the evening to further develop various
leadership skills for effective baraza group discussion.
 Balloons
are used as ice-breakers when working as a leader of a new group.
The first workshop was run by Mr. Tasker who emphasized the importance
of leadership and shared his ideas about breaking the ice at the start
of group discussion. In the following workshop, Mr. Walton shared his
communication skills and experiences of speaking in front of a large
audience.
After dinner, Ms. Jenkins organised a leadership game which taught the
students how to facilitate a good discussion. Not only the teachers, but
the prefects (Mr. Democracy, Miss Internationalism and Miss Environment)
also ran a workshop about what leadership means to them.
It was a great opportunity for the participants to listen to the
prefects’ experience of being a student leader. Although the evening was
quite intensive, all the students enthusiastically took part in the
workshops and went back with new ideas and skills.
During the week, lunchtime workshops were also offered to help any
students interested in taking leadership positions in school in the
future. Unlike the Friday evening, these workshops involved some of the
younger students from Year 7 to 13.
On Monday, the head students and prefects (Miss Adventure and Miss
Service) gave presentations about delegation and time management, which
are important skills we need as student leaders. Mrs. Ann West from the
Round Square Board also attended the workshop and shared her opinions
about the importance of leadership.
On Tuesday and Wednesday, Mr. Thomas and Mr. Rawlings each organised an
interactive workshop about gaining effective communication skills and
developing teamwork skills respectively.
Thursday was what everyone was waiting for, ‘The Leadership (theatre)
Sports’. This was organised by one of the Year 13 students (Ugyen
Tshering) and was an exciting activity that introduced the students to
some of the world’s famous leaders.
One of the highlights during the week was the whole school baraza group
discussion. Its main aim is to get students thinking about leadership
and encourage them to take an active part in leadership positions and
opportunities in the school. It was also a chance for baraza group
leaders to apply the skills they gained from the Friday evening session.
Overall, this year’s leadership week was entertaining and valuable as it
exposed the students to greater leadership opportunities in school. This
proved that leadership is one of the many strengths of the student
community at the Regent’s School.
Kyla, Hyun Jin, Han Hee
and Angela participate
in one of the leadership workshops.
A leadership group works
on improving listening skills.
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