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Messages from the Heads of School (Week 13 2015)

From Mr. Brian Irving, Head of Secondary

It my pleasure once again to welcome a group of Secondary Parents to school to engage in a presentation on the Changing Teenage Brain where we looked at some of the neuroscience behind why teenagers behave as they do. I shall shortly be making an abridged version of the presentation available, in addition to the key points translated into Thai.
Last week, the Secondary students participated valiantly in our annual Sports Day. Despite the searing heat, the various events were all competed for competitively and this year we had a staff team in the mix whose fortunes were mixed. An excellent event that was enjoyed by all who attended!
On Monday we welcomed Peter Dalglish to school again to talk to the students and staff about his many and varied experiences of giving service to others. As inspirational as usual, Mr Dalglish enthralled the audience and encouraged the students and staff to make a lasting difference to the lives of people much less fortunate than ourselves.
Have a learning filled week.
Brian

From Mrs. Rachel Perkins, Head of Primary

Dear Parent,

It is amazing how time flies when you are having fun. The weeks now seem to be wizzing along to Christmas and I can not believe that we only have three weeks left of this term.
The school is preparing for the festive season and the children are all beginning to rehearse for their Christmas performances. Please check the ‘Important Dates’ section and add all these exciting events to your diary. Another fun event that we are planning is the Early Years Open Afternoon where all the children will have a wonderful, fun filled afternoon and even a special visit from Father Christmas, please tell your friends and family and register your place with the Admissions team. The weekend the school will be at Ploenchit Fair and I hope to see you all there, having fun and hopefully joining us on the water slide. I am sure it will be a great event and a fantastic way to raise money for charity.
Have a great weekend!
with best wishes
Rachel

Secondary Dates (Until End of Term 1)

November 2015
Sat 28th U11 Basketball Tournament
Ploenchit Fair
Mon 30th –Wed 9th Year 11 and 13 Mock Examinations begin

December 2015
Tues 1st TISAC Secondary Athletics
Fri 4th HM King’s Birthday Celebrations
Mon 7th HM King’s Birthday- school closed
Tue 8th Year 8 Science and Art Trip to the Aquarium
Thur 10th Year 11 and 13 Mock Examinations end
Wed 16th Whole School Christmas Concert
Thur 17th Years 7-10 and 12 Parents’ Consultation Afternoon
Fri 18th End of Term 1- school finishes at 12.30
Sat 19th Dec – Sun 10th January Holiday

English Stars of the Month

To reward those who show determination in English, we have created a ‘Stars of English’ newsboard to give recognition to students who are working above and beyond their teachers’ expectations.

See our ‘stars’ this month!

Amy - Y7 - English Star

Amy – Year 7

Amy works incredibly hard in English. Her classwork and homework are always of an excellent standard and show great care and effort.
Ms Brookes

 

 

 

 

Kam - Y10 - English StarKam – Year 10

Kam’s short story this month was fantastic and she put a great deal of effort into writing and redrafting it. Kam is always polite and hardworking, and as a result all of her work is of a similar high standard.
Dr Sweeting

 

 

 

Mint – Year 13

Mint - Y13 English StarThis month, Mint has redrafted her written task, completed two practice questions and volunteered to re-write an essay to improve it. This is representative of the huge effort she has put in since joining Regent’s and Mint has made fantastic progress as a result.
Dr Sweeting

Well done to all of you – keep up the good work!

My Favourite Sport

IMG_4080My Yr. 8 non – Thai students are learning about sports including Thai traditional sports like Ta-Kraw and Thai Boxing.

They have been practicing how to call them and presenting both their favourite sports and their favourite sports player.

Also,next week they are going to play Ta-Kraw!

By Kru Aom, Thai Teacher

Students of the Month

Put incredible effort into his Reading Log’, ‘positive attitude in every lesson’ and ‘improved participation in school sport’ were some of the reasons students were nominated to be October’s Student of the Month.

I am very proud of the effort and achievements of all students in Key Stage 3, but special praise goes to this month’s winners:

Year 7 – Pup, Tony, Xiaoxin
Year 8 – Gift, Mimi S, Zahra
Year 9 – Earn, Ken, Punch

By Bethany Roberts, Assistant KS3

Boys’ Under 15 Basketball Tournament

A team comprising of year 9 and 10 boys played in a tournament at the Concordian School on Saturday 31st October. The boys  played in a round robin competition against schools from their own division and much bigger and stronger schools from Division One. They played their hearts out and came away with a 2-3 record. Wins against schools that they had lost to earlier in the year and competing against the Division One teams was the highlight of the day. Jace, Sahasi, Faaiz, Mahasi, Anshen, Shine, Mike, Train, Marino and Tee are to be commended for the way that they played and their efforts at training to improve over the season. A special thanks to Mr Rajesh Choithramani who provided drinks for the boys on the day and supported throughout.

By Mr. Marcel Hennes, Head of Round Square

Secondary Art Club

Students from all year groups have been participating in Art club this term, if you need extra help with a project or would like to use the facilities to complete Art homework then come and sign up!!! See Mrs Harris for more details.

Message From the Heads of School (Week 9 2015)

From the Head of Primary, Mrs. Rachel Perkins

Dear Parent,

It was delightful to welcome all the children and staff back this week from the half term holiday, everyone looked well rested and full of energy for the rest of the term.

This term will be very busy with the Year 6 residential, Book Week, Science Day and many other fun learning activities. Today we enjoyed a thrilling and frightening Halloween Day and many thanks goes to the Student Council for organising the fun and quite scary activities at break and lunch time. All the funds raised are going to local charities so as well as having lots of fun, the children were learning to support others less fortunate as themselves.

I hope you have a wonderful weekend and I look forward to seeing you all on Monday for Book Week.

With best wishes

Rachel

From the Head of Secondary, Mr. Brian Irving

Dear Parents,

I am very conscious of telling you in each newsletter what a busy school we are, but it’s true! This week our Year 10s have left Bangkok on their Outdoor Education adventure, plans for our spectacular Loy Krathong celebration are going well, and Year 11 Business Studies students have visited the Thai Labour Museum.

Time passes quickly when you are busy and having fun…is it nearly Movember (sic) already?

Have a learning filled fortnight!

Brian

Messages from the Heads of Schools (Week 7 2015)

 a-Rachel_0002From Mrs. Rachel Perkins, Head of Primary

Dear Parent, this week the school has been enjoying participating in our first ever Religious Education week. Year 2 and Reception visited Buddhist temples and Year 3 were very excited to visit a Sikh Temple on Tuesday. The children returned to school ready to tell me about their experience and what they had learnt, with the over riding message of how kind the people were that they met and how much they shared with them.

We also welcomed over 20 parents to our iPad workshop led by IT Co-ordinator Jenna Tait and the feedback was very positive. Next week we will be holding our annual World Food Day and the children will eat either a ‘poor meal’ or a ‘rich meal’. This event gives the children the chance to experience how it feels to have to eat a set diet and also will make them appreciate their normal meals and life style. We are also collecting rice for the Mercy Centre so please kindly place all donations on the table in the Line Up area.

Please kindly note that next Friday (16th Oct) the school will be closed for staff training.

Have a wonderful weekend.

With best wishes,

Rachel

From Mr Brian Irving, Head of Secondary

a-Brian_0002Dear Parents,

This week Mr Barrow and I welcomed a group of parents to our inaugural Parent-Teacher Committee meeting. A number of issues were discussed, including some seminars that the Secondary School will be holding for parents on topics as diverse as ‘helping your child with revising’ to ‘the challenges of bringing up pre-teens’. The number of parents attending was small, but from little acorns mighty oak trees grow.

I have spent a couple of afternoons recently spectating at our basketball matches. The skill and agility of the players, especially during these currently very humid conditions, fill me with awe. I would encourage parents to come along and support the students as they go into sporting battle.

Next week sees our first Parent-Teacher Consultation of the year and I hope that the students already (or will very shortly) have passed on their appointment sheets.

English Week is outstanding with English competitions, English speaking year group winners performing at lunchtime and an English ‘selfie’ booth alongside other events to celebrate our school’s common language ‘English’. The students who achieve the better results are those who work tirelessly to improve their levels of written and spoken English.

Have a learning-filled week.

Brian

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