Regent's International School, Bangkok

Our Armenian boarding students were recently invited by the Armenian embassy to celebrate 25 years of independence. Dressing up smartly they visited a 5 star hotel in Bangkok for an evening of Armenian food and entertainment. Great fun was had by all and much food was eaten – making up for all food they had been missing from home.

Our boarding prefects have initiated and are running a new service activity for our local community. Every Sunday from 12-3pm we are opening our facilities to the children that live on the streets around our school.

Each week a selection of students will play games to teach some basic English, run sports activities, and run a session to teach some swim safety. This is particularly important given that drowning is the leading cause of death in children in Thailand.

The first week was a great success, with 20 local children attending. We hope it continues to grow. A big well done to our Boarding Prefects for running this.

Our boarding students are well settled into the first term now, and busy occupying themselves with lots of great trips.

Both the Boys’ and Girls’ Houses were busy voting for their Boarding Prefects. A big congratulations to Robert, Jeongwoo, Dechen, and Tsering from the Boys’ House; and Poojan, Migle, Johanna and Tshering from the Girls’ House. We’re sure you will do a fantastic job representing our boarding community.

From the Head of Boys Boarding

A group of students went paint-balling, and a fun few hours running around and ducking for cover was had by all.

Soon there is a trip to the famous Chatuchak Market. Busy and hot, but a great opportunity to pick up some bargains!

The boys football teams are also heading over to Ascot School to play a couple of friendly matches. We wish them the best of luck.

From the Head of Girls Boarding

The girls played pass the parcel to celebrate birthdays in August and September.

Along with the boys, girls boarding football teams are also heading over to Ascot School to play a couple of friendly matches.

All boarding staff would like to give a very warm welcome back to all students, both returning boarders and new boarders. This year we are lucky enough to have a large intake of new boarders from a wide variety of countries around the world – Japan, Korea, Myanmar, Armenia, Bhutan, Netherlands, Lithuania and China.

We started the year with a BBQ , inviting families to attend to meet members of the board and the Boarding House Staff. We were privileged to be joined by our Chairman, Dr. Virachai, who gave a brief welcoming address to start the new school year off.

Now we are in the final week of term our activities have been geared towards heading home for the holidays and celebrating a fantastic year together. Student’s asked for a mall trip last Saturday, so they could buy presents for their friends and family on their return home.

The Boys’ House had a BBQ pool party to celebrate the year, with some great food cooked by Houseparent Eddie and GAP staff Daniel. It finished with everyone pushed in the pool. The boys also had a cinema trip instead of prep – as there were no homework deadlines in the last week. There is another BBQ planned for our penultimate day, again organised by our BBQ-master Mr Eddie, for both House’s.

The Head’s of House would like to thank all the staff involved with boarding throughout the year for their hard work and commitment, and to wish all the students a happy and safe holiday. We thank our departing GAP staff for their help and support, and wish them the very best in their future endeavours.

Last weekend was busy due to a large number of our international boarders being required at school to complete their visas for next year. It’s events like this that make you realise the amazing diversity of nationalities we are fortunate to have in Boarding.

The Saturday afternoon saw a number of our boarders visit the ice rink for some ice skating. Stark contrast to the usual heat of Thailand. Socks and long sleeves definitely required.

This week all of our students have been busy with Round Square Week, taking part in many cultural, service related and active experiences. Coming up there is the small matter of an end of Term BBQ/Party for our boarding community, as well as a final weekend of trips which include the opportunity to visit Bangkok’s largest water park.

On the 28th and 29th May some of our boys went on a weekend trip to Suphanburi. This town, about 2 hours from Bangkok, is home to a few of our boarders. We got to spend some time with their families, and in addition we had VIP access and the opportunity to watch a Thai Premier League football match – Suphanburi vs Bangkok Glass.

A big thank you to Phoom and Moss` families for the great time we had on our weekend away.