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Last week the school had two visiting Principals from two other international Schools in South East

Asia. They were Val Thomas-Peters from the Alice Smith school in Kuala Lumpar, Malaysia and Shaun

Williams from the British International School, Vietnam. They looked at many aspects of how our

school is managed against all the documentation and reports I had sent as aprt of our application to

join the Federation of British International Schools of South East Asia (FOBISSEA). Their feedback

about the school was very positive at the end of Tuesday. The next step is for them to submit a report

at the next FOBISSEA Heads meeting in Malaysia where I will be asked to present the school to all

members who will finally then award us full membership. This meeting is in March at the end of my

recruitment trip to the UK to interview new teachers and I will report back on the outcome from this

meeting then.

Residential Experiences.

The school will be a quieter place this coming week with so many year groups out on residential visits.

These are always exciting and challenging experiences for our young people and we hope they enjoy

the different places and activities they will be undertaking around Thailand.

25th

29th

January

Y5 & Y 6 trip to Pa Ngam Y7 Trip to Prem International School, Chiang-Mai Y8 Trip to Kanjanaburi Y9 Trip to The Wild Lodge, Khao-Yai Y10 Trip to Hinsuaynamsai , Rayong Y12 Trip to Hua-Hin 5th 14th Feb, Ski Trip 8th 10th Mar,Y4 Residential Trip

The best of luck to the Year 11 and Year 13 students who will be staying in school to take their mock

IGCSE and International Baccalaureate examinations.

Fun Day

The organisation for this great event moves on at a pace with the PTG working very hard. Raffle tickets

have gone home this week so please join the fun and buy the books. Thank you to those parents who

have already offered help in terms of time, stalls, raffle prizes and in many more ways. There is stilllots to do and more prizes required so if you have not contributed yet please contact the school office

or the PTG with how you can make the day even more enjoyable and successful.

On a musical note no one has come forward yet from our parents with offers to play and entertain

everyone through the afternoon. If you have talents in this area they could be put to good use on this

day.

Monday 25t January

2010

St.AndrewsInternational School

Bangkok9 Pridi Banomyong 20Sukhumvit 71, PrakanongWattana, Bangkok 10110

Tel: 662 381 2387-8Fax: 662 391 5227

chooloffice standrews.ac.th

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Recruitment

At this time of year there is much planning to do for next year. We are very lucky again with our staff

turnover being very low. The school has advertised via its website and an international UK teaching paper,

The Times Educational Supplement and now has lots of good applications to fill the vacant posts. The

school will interview many teachers in Bangkok over the next few weeks before I go to the UK for 10 daysto hopefully complete this part of the planning process for next academic year.

I look forward to seeing everyone at Fun Day on Saturday 6th

February

Paul Schofield

Head of School

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Week 2 of the new term saw EYs and KS1 children preparing for the Talent Competition on Fun Day. Mrs

Alice has been watching the children in their music lessons and finding it very difficult to choose children

for the competition as there are some very talented people in EYs and KS1. The week culminated in a little

concert to help make the final decisions for Fun Day.

These pictures are just a few of the children who were brave enough to perform their talents to their

friends and parents. Well done to Tharit, Amy, Aston, Organ, Meyu, Attar, Nymph, Tee, Ferra, Mahima,

Arin and Anna. We really enjoyed listening to you and look forward to fun Day.

Its going to be a very difficult decision for me and the other judges!

Mrs Jo

Acting Head of KS1

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Pa Ngam Trip

Year 5 and 6 children go off on the annual trip to Pa Ngam tomorrow. You can follow events each day on

their blog http://standrewspangam.blogspot.com/

Baan Dada Childrens Home

Khun Dee and Khun Pheung from the office travelled to Sangklaburi last weekend to deliver the rest of the

gifts to the children at Baan Dada. Many thanks to them and to everyone who contributed to the

collection. The gifts were very well received.

Helen Kelly

Head of Key Stage 2

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Portraits by Year 9

If you walk towards the Quad, you will see a fantastic display of portrait work by Year 9 Art students. Mr Derek

writes:

Last term Year 9 were studying portraiture. They have been comparing and contrasting the Artists Julian Opie and

Lucien Freud. Students have used a number of techniques exploring 'mark making' to create portraits of varying

scale. They were allowed to further develop ideas through the use of Photoshop to manipulate their work and create

multiple images. There have also been involved in classroom discussions learning how art functions in a wider sense

in various professions. Have a look at the full display, which shows examples of work by Golf, Ramu, Nam, Three,

Wasiq, Ramu. Malilka, Natcha, Ikakorn and James.

Residential and Exam Week

I am sure that all students and staff

in Years 7,8,9,10 and 12 will have a

great week on the Residential visits

to Chiang Mai, Kanchanaburi, Khao

Yai, Rayong and Prachinburi. Im

not sure that Year 11 and Year 13

students will be enjoying their week

as much but Im sure that they, and

their teachers, will find the mock

examination experience useful.

Simon Lawrence

Head of High School

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By Iyakorn

By Natcha

By Ramu

By Wasiq

By Gift

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Simon Lawrence

Head of High School

Physical Education Page 6

FootballThe football season kicked off last week in spectacular

fashion: 6 wins, a draw and a loss, and 42 goals scored for

STA in 8 games.

U9s beat Prep 5-1

The boys were confident going into the game, having

played Prep in the Futsal tournament before Christmas.

STA started the stronger of the two sides and were quickly

on the score sheet with a great free kick from Nicholas.

STA continued to dominate and were deservedly 4-0 up at

the halfway mark with goals from Nicholas, Jett and

Monty. In the second half, Prep made some changes to

the team and provided stiffer opposition for our boys.

Prep managed to pull back a goal after some confusion at

the back for STA, but it was little consolation for them as

Monty went on to score our fifth goal.

This week sees the U9s play a one off friendly against

Shrewsbury International School, which should provide a

real challenge for our boys. This game will be played after

school on Thursday. Please feel free to come along and

support.

U11s beat Prep 4-3

What a start to the season! An absolute thriller was

played out between St Andrews and Bangkok Prep. In the

1st half Prep made more of the play but some very solid

defensive work by Samie and Billy kept the score to 1-0

nearing the interval. After a change in tactics, Billy was

pushed up into midfield resulting in some great wing play.

This resulted in two quick goals, one by Akira, the other

an own goal. The 2nd half saw a real fight back by Prep

and they equalized early on. Both teams then scored

again to make it 3-3 which would have been a fair result

but Boom, a new signing playing on his STA debut, made

the difference by slotting home the winner with the last

kick of the game. Wow!!!

U13Bs beat Rasami 9-0

Awesome! One word that could definitely be used to

describe the start made by the U13 Boys. A classy

footballing performance from the boys saw them easily

brush aside their first opponents of the TISAC football

season. Some slick pass and move play saw the team rip

through the defence of Rasami and after only a few

minutes the boys were leading. From then on it was

relatively comfortable for the team with Ray and Moe

both scoring three goals, Loui grabbed a brace and

William also chipped in with an effort. This was a great

start to the season by the whole team, and lets hope they

can now keep up the goal-scoring prowess that was

shown this week. Well done boys!

U13Gs beat Charter 9-0

Goal scorers for the game included Rei, Pavini, Alex &

Mabelle . Such an impressive win could only be achieved

by a combined and coordinated team effort. Due to the

girls quick lead, players were able to explore different

positions on the pitch that will undoubtedly contribute to

better performances during future games.

U15Bs beat Wells 6-0

An impressive start to what hopes to be a great

season. The score clearly reflects the strength of our

attacking ability and the solidness of our defenders.

Krit opened the game with a lovely piece of skill and a

great finish. He managed to add two more during the

game to bag his first hat-trick of the season. Dries,

Nathan and Tweep helped secure our victory byscoring a goal each.

This victory can also be credited to Stefano and Nathan

who defended solidly. Nathans passion for the game

did get him into trouble; a hard shoulder that sent the

opposing player flying. The referee was quick to react

but luckily for STA, it was only a verbal warning. Yair

also had his moment of glory; shaking off the defender

to have a one-on-one chance with the goalkeeper, but

unfortunately his power got the better of him and he

blasted the ball over the bar.

U15Gs drew against KIS 3-3

A positive start to the season although it ended in a

draw. The game was dominated by STA who showed

that theyre not going to be pushed around too easily

this season, particularly Malaika and Rohina who both

showed Herculean effort at the back and middle of the

park. The girls will have to maintain concentration for a

full game though if they want to win games!

SNR Gs beat KIS 5-2

The Snr Gs got off to a good start with a strong display

against KIS. Our experience and skill were too much for

the opposition, particularly in the latter stages. Jenny

scored from a sweet low drive into the far corner and

Rameet ran half the length of pitch to finish a fantastic

solo effort, which were the highlight goals of the game.

In between were several lucky, deflected or own goals!

Some work on crossing the ball and defensive set plays

necessary, but a good start nonetheless.

SNR Bs lost to KIS 6-0

Next gamesPrimary: Wed 3

rdFebruary v St. Stephens (away)

High School: Thursday 4th

Feb

U13B vs ASB, U15B vs PREP, U15G vs REG

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On February 12th a group of Yao House students will be visiting the Mercy Centre at Klong

Toey to give the elderly people our collected items. Many people have generously donated

things for the centre, thankyou. We still need more things though, so if you are a member

of Yao House and have not yet donated anything, please find time to bring something in from

the list below. Any items can be sent to my room (R31). Im sure you will all agree it is a

worthy cause.

Mr Steve

MISCELLANEOUS- Shampoo- Soap

- Toothbrush- Toothpaste- Lotion- Baby Oil

FOOD- Canned fish- Canned food

KITCHEN STUFF

- Rice- Sugar- Soy Sauce- Vegetable oil- Salt

- Vitamin for aged 60up- Supplementary food for 60up

MEDICINE/FIRSTAID- First aid kit

- Balm- Smelling salt-Calcium

MILK- Vitamilk (Soy milk)- UHT Milk for aged60 up- Powdered milk

- Cocoa/chocolate

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Superstars and Birthdays

Superstars Page 8

Y3G: Tiana, Hayoung Y5A: Jinyoung, Shauna, Cat

Y3D: Vict or ia, Car oline Y5M : Abigail

Y3C: I sabel Y5S: Gabin

Y4L: Jet t , Rohan Y6E : Pr ince, Yashwin

Y4 W : Faaiz, Hye Yeon Y6K: Jessie

Y4S: Alicia

Nurs: Shir ye KG: Organ, Ast on, Ryut a

Rec L: N icky Rec T: Gunst er , Poop Pup. M art in

Y1G: Nymph, Amy, Fif i, M illie, Harr y

Y1B: Fer r a, M ahima, Tee

Y2Y: M ew, Ar in, Daniel

Y2O: At t ar , Thar it , Anna, Kar l, M ar k

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Dates and Other News

ECAs

Please note that there are no High School ECAs after school this week from Monday 25th to Friday 29thJanuary, as High School students are away on their residential trips.

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Mon. 25th

29th

Jan. Y7 Residential Trip to Chiang Mai

Y8 Residential Trip to Kanjanaburi

Y10 Residential Trip to Hinsuaynamsai, Rayong.

Y12 Residential Trip to Hua Hin

Tues. 26th

29th

Jan. Y5 and Y6 Residential Trip to Phangam

Wed. 27th

Jan. Y4 Trip to National Science Museum

Nursery and KG to Cecilies house

Fri. 29th

Jan. Y3 Trip to Rama 9 Park

Tues. 2nd

Feb. Y1 Trip to Safari World

Wed. 3rd

Feb. High School House Athletics

Thurs. 4th

Feb. Nursery, KG and Receptions Trip to Dream World

Sat. 6th

Feb. Fun Day

Mon. 8th

Feb. Y3 Trip to Go Gibbon Khao Kheaw Open Zoo

Thurs. 11th

Feb. Primary Fun Sports Day

Please see the calendar on the school website for all events www.standrews.ac.th

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PTG News

Dear Parents,

Fun Day! Remember, St. Andrews Fun Day will take place on Saturday, 6th

February, 2010 so keep that

day free.

This is an important event for the school community and there are many ways you can help in making this

day a success:

1. Sponsor an event

You can help by sponsoring an activity at this years event. For example, you may want to sponsor an item

by a student in this years Talent Show by offering Bht.1000/- towards this.

2. Become a vendor

Over the years St. Andrews Fun Day has grown in popularity. Last year we had around 1000 people

present on the day. This large attendance makes this a perfect venue to promote your business and/or

sell your product/services. If you are interested in purchasing a stall on this day to showcase your

business, please contact Jyoti Dawar on 08 1639 6998 or emailjyotiscakes@yahoo.com.

3. Donate a Raffle Prize

No matter how small or how big, all donations are welcome and acknowledged with gratitude.

4. Purchase & Sell Raffle Tickets

Please support Fun Day by purchasing and selling the Raffle tickets your child brought home Raffle tickets

last week. There is an Early Bird prize for those selling/buying most raffle tickets by January 31, 2010.

The tickets should be submitted to the Accounts office with the money. House points are awarded.

5. Lend a Hand

We always welcome your assistance. We have had some parents volunteering their time on the day but

need more. So please, if you can spare some time either before or on 6th

February then please contact

the PTG or the school office.

Have a truly wonderful week ahead.

Your PTG Committee

Poonam Foster: 08 1955 1965

Ritu Gupta: 08 7505 4468Jyoti Dawar: 08 1639 6998

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