Last Saturday, students, parents and staff at Garden
International School celebrated the grand opening of their new sports
field by hosting a football tournament.
Built over the summer break and complete with a proper
drainage system, the GIS sports field is now one and half times bigger
than before and is large enough for a 200 metre running track.
Reception
children enjoying their ‘Fun Football’.
The ribbon cutting ceremony took place at 9 a.m. Helle
Rantzen, president of the Garden School Association (GSA) thanked the
numerous amount of support from all sectors of the Garden community for
making this momentous day happen.
‘Fun Football’ set the tone of the day, as children
from Reception to Year 3 participated in various dribbling techniques and
shooting games with the football. “What’s the time, Mr Wolf?” was
most definitely the favourite game of the day.
Concentrated
defence from GIS against the Pala team.
Students from Primary and Secondary sectors of the
school were involved in a ‘World Cup’ competition. The children were
placed in different ‘countries’ and played a round robin match. In the
Primary competition, ‘Italy’ managed to reign supreme and beat off
contenders from ‘Belgium’, ‘England’ and ‘Canada’.
As for the Secondary students, it was a tight
competition; however, ‘Brazil’ stayed on top to overcome ‘United
Kingdom’ and ‘Germany’. Excellent football skills as well as high
levels of sportsmanship were demonstrated from all of the students
throughout the day.
The ‘football-fest’ continued with the Seniors
playing against the local Pala Temple School in Ban Chang. Despite the
heat of the day, spirits were high. GIS defended and played extremely
well; however, Pala’s team was just too good on the day! Hamburgers at
half time did not deter Pala from their determination or stamina. Final
score 5-3.
Helle
Rantzen declaring the GIS sports field ‘open’.
The final match of the day involved the parents and
staff of GIS against Foster Wheeler. It was a tough and exciting match as
both teams continued to attack and defend successfully. After the first
third of the match, the score was still deadlocked at 0-0. The first goal
for GIS came from the boot of the only female on the team, head of PE,
Miss Sue Burke. Foster Wheeler, however, were quick to retaliate to equal
the score yet again. It was a match of highs and lows as near misses from
both teams resulted in the crowd ‘oohing’ and ‘sighing’
continuously. Despite two goals from GIS parent Mark Harrison, Foster
Wheeler were able to just take the lead in the final minutes of the game.
Final score 4-3.
GIS have promised a re-match with Foster Wheeler and
look forward to hosting many more matches in the future.
Students
demonstrate proper brushing techniques during the dental health exhibit at
Pattaya City School #7.
Students
compete in a drawing contest for the best picture demonstrating proper
brushing.