This week, some of our teachers attained their Swim Coach accreditation licenses, the inspectors called through with positive news, Percy the Park Keeper said farewell and House Leaders look for songwriters!
As mentioned previously, last week saw two inspectors from the UK come from the EDT team and inspect the school to see if we were still reaching the ‘outstanding’ standards from our previous inspection. Please see the link below for that accreditation: previous EDT Accreditation
The focus of this visit was on a number of developments in the school, the three areas were:
Assessment, Data & Tracking
VSE, Technology and Pedagogy
Wellbeing
There will be a full report written by the EDT in a week or two but we have already had confirmation from them via email that we are still reaching the outstanding standards from their previous inspection. Their focus on Primary was last Tuesday and we received some very positive feedback. Highlights included:
Students enjoyed the school and liked their teachers
The school environment looked good, with learning being displayed well around the school
The lessons observed were all of high quality
We were particularly pleased with how well the students reacted to having visitors in the school. They were polite and welcoming which made us all feel very proud of them.
Well done STA!
We are very excited to introduce our new Lahu Leader and announce the new House competition.... House Anthem!!!!!
Please see the competition slides HERE for all of the information and links you will need. The deadline is the 20th of May!
The House Team
After an all too short visit of only three weeks, Percy the Park Keeper, an English groundsman made famous by author Nick Butterworth, met the children one last time to say goodbye. He thanked them for having looked after him so well and also to receive a set of books written by the children to help him remember his stay in Bangkok. Before he headed off on a tuk-tuk to the airport, he showed the children some remarkable beans he had come across on a trip to Chatuchak Market. The beans were bright, shiny, and golden in colour - they were very unusual, one might even say magical. Before Percy departed, his final job in Thailand was to plant them. You can see from one of the pictures that something has started to grow where the beans were planted! Next week, the children will begin their next learning theme on Fairy Tales.
Goodbye Percy, we will all miss you!
Mr Colin 1
Congratulations to Khun Third, Ms Becca and Ms Meg, for completing their Swim Teacher Practitioner Training with ‘Swim Coach Asia.’ They worked very hard to fulfil all the requirements needed to complete the training and now have a qualification to teach swimming to our students. This will be very beneficial to the students in the future as the teachers can support their learning in the pool. Well done to you all!
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.
