Learn more about Year 4s Egyptian Expo, Year 6s meeting with the Tourism Authority of Thailand, the Year 2 Minibeasts Show and what our Early Years Foundation Stage students got up to.
How wonderful it was last week to have the Year 4 students all dressed up and enjoying their Egyptian Expo Day. They spent a long time showing other year groups all the wonderful things they had done this term regarding the Topic of The Egyptians; artwork, stories and some incredible artefacts. They were also able to record a song and a video tour for parents to see for themselves how hard they had worked. Well done to everyone for all the hard work!
Last week saw very impressive performances by Year 2s. They were performing their Mini-beast shows to their parents on various days throughout the week. There were songs, jokes, amazing facts and lots of fun as they all entertained in front of a live audience, one of the first times this year we have been able to do this. All the teachers and parents were so impressed with the confidence and quality of the children’s performances, considering they had not been able to do this kind of show for a very long time. Well done to all the staff involved and all the students for such a great effort.
This morning saw STA welcome many new families as children, starting next academic year, were invited in to meet their new teachers. Mr Paul gave a welcome speech to new families and the students were taken to their new classrooms to meet their teachers along with the other students already at the school. It is always an exciting time starting a new school and also starting a new year with a new teacher so we welcome everyone and wish all good luck in the year ahead.
On Monday 6th June, Year 6 had a visit from the TAT (Tourism Authority of Thailand) who were interested in viewing students’ progress in Project-Based Learning (PBL).
Year 6’s PBL driving question is ‘How can we promote tourism in Thailand?’ During the term, students worked in groups to find answers to this question. This involved real-life skills such as carrying out research, interviewing, conducting market research, communicating with experts, marketing, conducting surveys, creating apps, videos and websites. After much research, students discovered that the TAT are the experts in tourism here in Thailand. With Khun Noke’s kind assistance (School Director), students’ wrote formal emails to the TAT, asking if they could kindly visit, provide feedback and give advice about their projects. Students were delighted to receive a reply, confirming they could visit.
Khun Noke, Mr Paul, Khun Pornpan (Director, International Advertising Publicity Division - TAT) and Khun Boontarika (Marketing Promotion Officer, International Advertising Publicity Division - TAT) visited each class in Year 6. They talked to students and observed groups creating their own hotels, resorts, tours, apps, theme parks and much more. Their input was received very well by the students and their feedback was invaluable. They were so impressed that they would like to come back and have requested more time so that they can speak to groups in greater depth. An additional staff member from the TAT will accompany them also. We are excited and look forward to welcoming them back to view the finished projects on Monday 20th June.
Ms Keri Year 6
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.
