We had a Makaton master class workshop, a search party assembled in FS2 in search of our endangered house mascot animals and Santa’s elves have been busy putting up Christmas decorations. How wonderful!
Makaton is a language programme that uses signs and symbols, together with speech to aid communication. Over the last few years the teachers in Foundation Stage especially have become increasingly interested in using Makaton with the children.
Last week Ms Lizzie ran an interesting Makaton workshop for teachers and parents in using some basic signs. It will be interesting to see how the children pick up the signs and whether they begin to use them at home and at school.
On Friday and Saturday last week we ran our annual flu vaccination programme on the Primary Campus. This year over 600 students, academic, admin and estates staff registered for the programme. Thank you to Samitivej, our own nurses and Estates team for a brilliant job of organising.
For the last few week's the children in FS2 have been enjoying getting to know the house mascot animals and have been learning that they are endangered and need to be looked after. We were surprised to learn on Friday morning that they had all gone missing and needed to be found. With the wonderful help from our House Leaders who luckily had a map and some clues to help we set off on a search around the school to find our beloved animals. Finally after an intense search we found them all in the “Lost and Found” room near the canteen! A huge thanks to the House Leaders who came to help us and for such a fun activity on a Friday!
-- Ms Meg
There was an air of excitement in school this morning when the children saw that Santa’s elves had been busy at the weekend putting up the first of the Christmas decorations. Over this week the classrooms and campus will start to take on more of a Christmas feel as we prepare for the concerts, the carol singing, the shows and the Christmas Fair. It is going to be a busy few weeks!
Usually, the Primary School Christmas Fair falls on the day of the concerts. This year, it will be held on a separate day- Wednesday 16th December. The fair will run from 2.30 pm until 4.30 pm. As well as the stalls run by the Y6 children, there will also be outside vendors selling their wares, which is always the perfect way to grab some gifts for your friends and family. There will also be food vendors in the canteen so you can grab a bite to eat and catch up with friends.
As is traditional at this time of year, our thoughts turn to people in our local community that are less fortunate than ourselves. This year more than any other there is a huge need for your generosity.
The donations are already coming in for our Christmas Charity Appeals.
Reminders of ways you can contribute are below...
The Thai Department is organizing a donation opportunity for STA families to give to the less fortunate children in the north and northeast of Thailand.
These children are in need of some love and warmth. Unfortunately, they are not able to afford these necessities so we hope we are able to help them out.
If your child has any pre-loved soft toys that they no longer use, we would love to receive them to be given to these children. We ask for you to please donate toys that have been washed and cleaned.
When? - We’re accepting the soft toys from November 23rd – December 18th.
Where? - The donation box will be provided at the S block on the 2nd floor in the shared area in front of Khroo Yui’s classroom (S22).
Collection boxes will be on each floor of the T Building and in the G Block. Donations should not be gift wrapped. Even the smallest donation will be gratefully received.
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Rice |
Instant Noodles |
UHT Milk for |
Cooking Oil and Seasoning sauces |
Biscuits |
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Dish soap and Washing Detergent |
Baby Diapers M,L XL & Adult Diapers M,L XL |
Deodorant |
Children’s socks |
Shampoo |
Here is a comprehensive list of fresh produce you can order. This includes different milks in glass reusable bottles, bread, meats, tofu and fresh and delicious local fruit and vegetables. You can preorder using this form, but a range of products will be available on the day. Follow this link for more about Happy Grocers.
Upcoming Events
With the goal of providing meaningful help to the flood victims in the northern regions of Thailand, our entire community at St Andrews Bangkok came together to raise funds and donations for the affected families. In the span of a few short weeks, added to donations of food and clothing, we managed to raise an astounding total of 386,676.50 THB in donation funds. To all students, teachers, parents, and staff who participated in our efforts and contributed to this cause—thank you!
Last Friday, the STA Primary campus was transformed into a celebration of all things maths! The day was packed with engaging, hands-on activities across all year groups, making maths truly come alive for our students.
Senior student at St Andrews Bangkok, Pun (Year 13), devises an innovative solution for effective waste management. Recently, he completed an ambitious project: an AI-powered waste sorting system. After much research and testing, he got the system to work and put the model to use in one of our rooms at school!
Physics students from St Andrews Bangkok made quite an impression at the Beamline for Schools (BL4S) competition and won the Best Outreach Award for their brilliant work. BL4S is a prestigious global physics contest organised by CERN (the European Laboratory for Particle Physics in Geneva, Switzerland) and DESY (the German Electron Synchrotron in Hamburg, Germany), inviting High School students worldwide to propose detailed experiments to be conducted at a particle accelerator beamline. While our students did not win the main prize of conducting their experiment in Geneva, they still stood out and were recognised from an entry of over 400 teams.
