Secondary

Yr 7 Outdoor Education Trip

It is with great regret the my first decision as the incoming Head of Outdoor Education was to postpone the the Year 7 residential trip. There were a number of factors that led us to this decision; the main and overriding one being that I want our pupils to gain the best experience possible.

I am in the process of organising another trip for Year 7 that will dovetail perfectly with trips they will be taking in future years. By using www.bigoutdoorsthailand.com we are able to construct a bespoke and progressive program for the pupils form Year 7 through to the end of their Regent’s Outdoor Education experience; combining continuity with a first class experience.

Craig Harrison , Whole School Outdoor Education

October 7, 2015

Year 10 Artist Tonal Studies

Regent's International School Bangkok Student Art

The Year 10 Art students have working hard this term on their first piece of coursework, they have been learning about tone and values. They were asked to choose an image by an Artist they admired, we studied the tonal values, how the Artist was able to render the shapes and how to create Form within our work.

Here are a few of their beautiful pencil studies, for a closer look come and see them in the foyer of the Secondary building.

October 7, 2015

Mathematics Certficates Issued

Regent's International School Mathematics Awards

The UKMT Junior Challenge certificates were handed out in assembly on Friday 2nd October. There was a Gold medal for Natasha (Year 9). She was best in her Year and also best in the school. Other winners were Khawpann and Plub with Silver Certificates and Marion, Na, LA, Sunny, Erwin, Baipat and Jessie with Bronze certificates. Congratulations to all of you!

By Mr. Mark Riddelsdell, Head of Mathematics

October 7, 2015

Music Scholars perform at American Food Fair

Regent's International School Music Scholars

On Friday 2nd October, 9 Music Scholars, along with Miss Teague and Mr. Ansell traveled to Central World, having been invited to perform at the opening of the American Food Fair.

With a planned repertoire of American hits including medleys from ‘Wicked’ and ‘Frozen’, we arrived to discover that ‘Singing in the Rain’ would have been more appropriate!

A huge thunderstorm had left the outdoor event looking a bit soggy, but we weren’t going to let that stop us, and the students performed excellently, demonstrating again what excellent Music scholars we have at the school.

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By Mr Gareth Ansell, Assistant Head (Key Stage 4)

October 7, 2015

SALAD (Speaking And Listening All Day) Day

Speaking and listening activities at Regent's International School Bangkok

On Friday 2nd October, Regent’s Secondary School held their first ever SALAD Day. No, this does not mean everybody in the building ate salad for the whole day; SALAD is a literacy initiative originating in the UK which helps generate more focus around speaking and listening skills. SALAD stands for Speaking And Listening All Day; the clue is in the title! For all KS3 students and teachers pens and writing on devices was absolutely banned and all learning had to take place through performance or discussion related tasks.

All departments went to an extra special effort to make these lesson exciting and the school was buzzing with the hum of activity all morning. Teachers had very tightly structured lessons to make sure each students was taking part and was given the chance to speak; it was certainly impressive to see the both the quality and variety of lesson our Regent’s teachers were able to create for our students.

We can’t wait until the next SALAD Day!

By Miss Heather Neill, Head of English

October 7, 2015

TEDX at Regent’s Interntational

The Speech Competition is an annual event here at The Regent’s International School, Bangkok. Our English Department understands how difficult and nerve wracking it can be standing in front of an audience and presenting your ideas; which is exactly why we want students to face this challenge!

This year the competition took on a different theme; the style of a ‘TEDX’ conference. TED stands for technology, entertainment and design and was created with the intention to bring communities together who had a thirst for knowledge and wanted to deepen their understanding of the world. TED is all about spreading good ideas; that is exactly what we wanted our students to do in their presentations this year. The categories were as follows:
Year 7 – Why you Should think Positively
Year 8 – Confidence Conquers All.
Year 9 – Why Charity is Necessary.
Year 10 – Life without Compassion, isn’t Living.
Year 11 – My Philosophy for a Happy Life

Every student gave 100% effort to their speech – offering personal ideas and objective advice for members of the audience. The winners from each class performed at the ‘conference’ and an overall winner was chosen by both the students and teachers. Congratulations to the following winners who performed confidently, fluently and passionately:
Year 7 – Jija
Year 8 – Shree
Year 9 – Sarah
Year 10 – Sahasi
Year 11 – Jung Seok

Well done to all students for participating, entertaining and inspiring your fellow students!

By Miss Heather Neill, Head of English

October 7, 2015

Under 15 Girls Basketball Victory!

Well done to our U15 girls basketball team who claimed a victory last week! Read Lissa’s report below.

On Wednesday 23rd September, Regents basketball Under 15 girls played against Charter. Our team includes Pin Y9, Shan Shan Y9, Na Y9, Sunny Y9, Rose Y9, Xin Xin Y9, Silvia Y9, Ploy Y10, Lhaki Y10 and Lissa Y10. Everybody did their best to compete, and everybody enjoyed the game. We won by 16 – 4, the whole team was very happy and excited because we won the game on our first match of this season. For us, it’s not about winning, it’s about the experience and the friends we make along the way.

By Lissa Wonson

Player of the match goes to Lissa, who scored two baskets and lead by positive example as captain for her team. – Ms. Rebecca Edwards, PE Teacher

September 29, 2015

ENGLISH STARS OF THE MONTH – SEPTEMBER 2015

The following students have been given a special award by their teacher for an exemplary attitude, hard work and dedication to learning. Read on to find out more!

KS3
Jija – Y7

Jija has been exceptionally enthusiastic in the first few weeks and is always the first to put her hand up and answer a question. She has worked hard on her speech, and has shown real creativity in her writing.

Dr Sweeting

KS4

Beck – Y11

Beck has shown incredible maturity and conscientiousness since the term began. His homework is completed to a high standard, he is giving 100% effort in class and has shown a monumental improvement in attitude since Y10 – well done Beck!

Miss Neill

KS5

Mint – Y12

For her commitment, hard work and excellent presentation Mint deserves to be KS5 Student of the Month. Mint’s work is detailed, thorough and well considered and shows sophistication and maturity in both ideas and execution. Well done Mint.

Mrs Brookes

September 28, 2015

TISAC Table Tennis Competition

Mr Riddelsdell took 8 Students from Year 10 & 11 to the TISAC Table Tennis Competition held at Heathfield’s school on Thursday 24th, September. There was a boys and Girls Competition. Lita, Cookie, Sonam and Tilly represented the girls. JS, Woo, Tyler and Ryan represented the boys.

There was good competition from the likes of Charter, Ascot, BCIS, Concordian, KIS, Heathfield, St Andrew’s and of course The Regent’s. Everybody enjoyed their pool games but Cookie was the only one to come through to the semi-final which she won. So The Regent’s was represented in one of the finals which was contested over three games. It was very close but unfortunately Cookie lost in the third game 11-8 but still came away with the silver medal.