Patana News Volume 23 Issue 33

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Friday 4th June 2021

Volume 23 Issue 33

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SUPPORTING PATANA VALUES

By Cross Campus Assistant Principal Katherine Hume

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Teacher Professional Learning SUPPORTING OUR PATANA VALUES OF PROTECTED, SAFE AND SECURE

“ Your present circumstances don’t determine where you can go. They merely determine where you start.”

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Katherine Hume, Assistant Principal: Continued Professional Learning

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s school leaders we understand that routine and familiarity are very important to well-being, particularly whilst navigating the challenges of the current pandemic.

As our CSL programme has evolved we have transitioned to a point in our third venture into CSL, where much of daily school life continues on and this has been evident with our teacher professional learning programmes.

planned programme of CPL ensured we provided these opportunities for staff. With the familiarity of MS Teams and easy access to a wide range of virtual, online professional learning opportunities, either internally or externally, has meant that we can seamlessly integrate CPL into our schedules even during CSL.

Our ‘learner first’ approach applies not only to our students but also to our staff. Creating a culture of nurturing lifelong learners in our community and putting the learner at the centre of that, ensures we continue to create relevant, purposeful and impactful professional learning and development opportunities for our teachers. In this uncertain environment, it’s important that learning continues, even if it cannot happen in person. Therefore, providing access to expertise, best practices, and other online professional learning resources for our teachers still remains important to us.

HOW CAN WE ENSURE WE PROMOTE, VALUE AND NURTURE WELL-BEING IN OUR COMMUNITY TO SUPPORT STUDENT LEARNING? This has been our whole school objective this year. As educators we need to ensure that we are up to date with the latest evidence and guidance on how best to support our community to feel protected, safe and secure, as well as nurture self-care and appropriately respond to any mental health challenges which may arise. The CPL programme has supported this recently with virtual talks and workshops delivered by external experts Natasha Devon MBE and Rachel Ewan.

Throughout Term 3 we have successfully delivered and participated in a whole school teacher professional learning day, focused on key school development priorities for the Primary and Secondary Schools as well as the Cross Campus Teams. These CPL days, dedicated to teacher professional learning, provide us with the opportunity to focus on growing and developing teachers' expertise and practice. Which has a direct impact on student outcomes, as it enables us as educators to deepen the knowledge and skills we need to address students’ needs and ensure high-quality learning and teaching. Continuing with our

Natasha is founder of the Mental Health Media Charter, which scrutinises the way the media report on mental health. She is a Trustee of Student Minds, a Patron for No Panic, an Ambassador for The Reading Agency and a mem-

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ber of the Men & Boys Coalition. Natasha ran a bespoke session for many of our leaders, which focused on the importance of self-care and having conversations around mental health with students or colleagues. She gave us some clear messages and expert, tangible advice on how best to support colleagues/students with their own selfcare and mental health, whilst maintaining boundaries and ensuring your own well-being.

Rachel Ewan offered a bespoke session for our Secondary Heads of Year as part of their annual development day. Rachel is a School mental health and wellbeing training consultant and positive psychology coach. She founded Mental Health and Well-being Training. Rachel led a scenario based, dialogue rich workshop on supporting students with selfharm.

Asia) recently held their first combined Safeguarding and CPL E-Conference. Over forty of our staff who are in key safeguarding or professional development roles virtually attended the Conference which ran across two days.

Guest speakers included Dr Elly Barnes, Tom Sherrington, Tim Gerrish and many more. The E-Conference format gave us the opportunity for many more staff to attend, re-

sulting in a wider spread of upskilling of knowledge and greater impact for individual teachers but also for us collectively as a school.

As we look ahead to next academic year we are expecting that CPL will continue in the virtual world for at least Term1. Although we are crossing our fingers that by Term 2 we will begin to see some local opportunities for FOBISIA (Federation of British International Schools in face to face training open up.

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Thanks Coach!

Cindy Adair, Cross Campus Assistant Principal Sports and Extra-curricular Activities

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ormally at this time of year we would host the Sports Awards and this would give us the opportunity to publicly thank our staff who get involved in coaching a sports team on top of their academic teaching. This role takes passion, dedication and the sacrifice of personal time, often on weekends and evenings to support the team at fixtures and tournaments. We want to say a big THANK YOU to all our Teachers/Coaches, we appreciate you.

Karel de Cock – Basketball

Olly Blundell – Badminton, Volleyball and Golf

Charlie Tudsbery-Turner – Track & Field

Shane Owen – Volleyball and Badminton

Sam Mooring – Volleyball

Billy Osborne – Volleyball, Football and Softball

Jim Myers – Football

Philippa Richards – Touch Rugby, Netball and Softball

Cindy Adair – Volleyball

Katie Allen – Football and Badminton

Rich Molloy – Badminton

Liam Tyrrell – Basketball, Rugby and Softball

Olivia Clutterbuck – Cross Country

Clare Dale – Basketball and Softball

Laura Perry – Cross Country

Graham Lewis – Rugby, Tee Ball and Basketball

Lewis Bains - Athletics

Paul Yap - Swimming Carly Ellis – Softball Karen McGuire – Cross Country George Hume – Cross Country David Staley – Track & Field Max Dunn - Softball

Andrew Tatam – Basketball, Tee Ball, Athletics, Swimming Samantha Finnie – Athletics and Rugby/Touch Bartosz Cowling – Basketball Tristan McCarthy – Basketball, Tee Ball, Athletics and Samira Vance – Basketball Rugby/Touch Tim Jones – Cricket Chris Meller – Basketball, Tee Ball, Athletics Dave Walton – Football Zoe Edmunds – Basketball, Athletics and Tee Ball Alex Lowe – Football Rebecca Blundell – Basketball, Athletics and Tee Ball Claire Myers - Netball Jim Thombs – Volleyball

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Debbie Smith - Netball

Rich Hayes - Climbing

Paul Alford – Football, Tee Ball and Athletics

Louise Heard - Climbing

Tracey Barton – Cross Country

There are two other groups of staff we also traditionally thank at the Sports Awards and they are our Academy Coaches and our Sports and Activities department staff.

Many thanks for your tireless work supporting our students day in and ay out and helping sport at Bangkok Patana run smoothly for our students and the guests we host.

Carly Peart – Cross Country Robb Falls – Rugby Kate Flynn – Touch Rugby Dylan Jones – Golf Andrew Haughton – Golf Paul Wadsworth – Golf Steve Liu – Golf Tim Jarret – Golf Simon Griffiths - Golf Hannah McLaughlin – Climbing Nick Smith – Climbing Brian Taylor – Climbing Michelle Brinn – Climbing

Football Academy – Mark Potter, Justin Jempson and Brandon Grady Gymnastics Academy – William Preston and Siranya Bunphueak Tennis Academy – Daniel Ahl, Thassa Vitayaviroj and Putporn Chantawannop Swimming Academy – Tim Tripp, Aekapol Sumatha and Joe Denton Dance Academy – Vallary Lokre and Itthipat Semarat Sports & Activities Team – Khun Peach, Khun Jaa, Khun Bim, Khun Yeepun, Khun Champ, Khun Guy and Khun Fai

Roshanak Lashkari – Climbing

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Primary Musician of the Month Who Will be the Musician of the Year?

Rachel Stead, Primary Leader of Learning, Music his month we are reviewing the whole year of musicians featured in Musician of the Month. This week Ms Mallett is reviewing the musicians from September to December. Next week Mr McLean will review musicians from January through May. Then, Primary students will vote on their favourite. Who was your favourite?

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Thank You to Our Support Hospitals Cindy Adair, Cross Campus Assistant Principal Sports and Extra-curricular Activities

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aving a qualified medical team on hand at our sporting events is one of the reasons teams love to come to Bangkok Patana School and compete against our Tigers! Thank you to all the hospitals who have supported us this year.

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Re-framing Success in a Time of Challenge for Sport Rich Molloy, Cross Campus Head of Sport

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ith lockdown 3.0 in full swing, organised sport continues to take a back seat to ensure the safety, well being and general health of our community in Bangkok. Many of our students, as well as parents, will look back with a mixture of frustration and disappointment from a year where they missed out on so many of the normal sporting opportunities.

MAKE THE RIGHT CHOICE Within our community, every person has challenges – externally visible or not. It is impossible to know what each individual around you is going through, and even tougher to relate to them when you do. What the pandemic has undoubtably shown though, is that as individuals we must choose how to view each situation. Reflecting on the year that has been, we can look for the issues or we can see the environmental regeneration worldwide or the increased family interaction. Recognise that good will have come out of this time for everyone.

This academic year has been like no other, beginning with uncertainty in August - no way of knowing whether inter-school sport would return to the agenda. Season 2 was cut short as well following the January closure, before the final week of Season 3 was lost for our Under 11, UnHow you view your narder 13, Under 15 teams this time around. rative is the key. Taking reSport is full of success and failures. Our seasons are of- sponsibility for focussing ten defined by going to trials, making the team, winning the on how you interpret your match, winning the tournament and being the MVP. In re- situation and results. This ality, very few students will manage to complete even half notion transcends sport and of these outcomes. In reality, the struggle to accomplish is essential across our daily them, the getting up and trying again, the extra training lives, from minor frustrations needed- these are the keys to success. Our students learn to life changing events. The hand being dealt to many more in the process than any trophy will ever achieve. around the world has been Elite sport, as well as school sport, is littered with set- significantly worse than ours backs and missed opportunities. The tools to manage and yet many are still smilthese feelings are key and setting goals is a great starting ing, still helping others, still point. But there are a whole host more options which we developing the Patana core principles, embracing every as coaches, parents and athletes can do to keep getting opportunity and framing their own success. better day by day.

As trivial as the lost events of this year may seem, our cancelled tournaments have been a real disappointment to many. As with everything, our student athletes have a choice to make. Equipping them with the skills necessary to be responsible for their reactions are key to empowering them into ownership of their journey through sport, and life.

YOU ARE NOT A SPORT At this time more than any, it is essential that our young athletes understand that their sporting achievement does not make them a better or worse person. It does not change how much they are loved, or how popular they will be. Many of the most sport-centric students will be feeling a little lost, like they are missing something, and it can be difficult to keep everything in perspective. We must

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help to remind them- their self-worth has not changed.

Our young athletes can prepare for their return for sport by acknowledging and understanding that mistakes will As a parent and a coach, knowing what to say and con- happen, it is through these mistakes that we learn, we grow tinually reminding student athletes is essential to supporting and become more accustomed to being resilient by keepthem in this difficult time: ing on going. Once again, we must get the narrative right: • You are a great person, that hasn’t changed since • The perfect performance is not the end goal, my persport stopped. formance is- me doing the best I can today.

• Winning or losing, getting records, making the team won’t change how much we love you.

• Even the most elite athletes in the world make mistakes- it’s ok for me to as well.

One of the best TV adverts in my lifetime came from Dr Pepper and their slogan ‘what’s the worst that can happen?’

PERFECTION DOES NOT EXIST Perfection does not exist- you can always pull off a more effective Cruyff turn, you can always hit a cross court backhand more accurately, you can always land the final jump of a floor routine better. There are also conversations that can be completed more appropriately, we can reflect on our own behaviour more vigorously. Aspiring for the concept of perfection will only lead to disappointment.

Invoices for school fee for Term 1 2021/22 were sent to parents on Wednesday, 12th May 2021. If you have not received your invoice please contact the Accounting Department or email accounts@patana.ac.th.

Please note that the due date for settlement is Friday 11th June 2021 and payments received after this date will be subject to a late payment charge of one percent per month.

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UNI COUNSELORS’ CORNER

University Offers

Benyapa (Uefa) Benjasiriwan University of British Columbia Sauder School of Business, University of Toronto, University of Nottingham, University of Leeds, University of Surrey and Lancaster University Business and Computer Science

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’m hoping to attend UBC’s Sauder School of Business due to their flexibility in terms of course structure and the unique programmes they provide such as Combined Majors in Business and Computer Science, which I intend to partake in. Additionally, UBC’s friendly atmosphere and focus on student well-being will greatly help my transition into a new environment where I can be assured I am receiving high-quality education whilst also being part of an open-minded community.

My decision to apply to these universities relied heavily on their programmes and if it suited my interest of Computer Science, Business Management and also artificial intelligence.

I also attended multiple webinars and virtual booths to learn more about faculties the campuses provided, work experience opportunities and more.

I plan on studying a combination of Business and Computer Science. Personally, I enjoy the versatility of computer science and how it can be applied to so many other fields through the use of hardware and software. Aside from that, I believe learning the inner-workings of a business such as financial accounts can be useful when applying it to real businesses and how they operate.”“In school I am a member of the Patana Robotics team, Model United Nations, Patana Animal Welfare Society, Thongbai Daycare and the Ruth Centre project. Out of school, I participate in tennis and dance.

In the Spotlight...

University of California at Santa Cruz, USA

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he University of California at Santa Cruz was originally established to offer a different perspective on education.Nearly 100 percent of incoming first year students live on the stunning campus in residential colleges set among the redwood forests, a system that they remain a part of during their time at school. . The school is nationally known for astronomy and space sciences programmes, marine biology and computer science including a computer game design major. The school is noted for offering one of the highest percentages of engineering graduate degrees to women. Notable alumni include comedians Andy Samberg and Maya Rudolph, Susan Wojcicki, CEO of YouTube and astronaut Kathryn D Sullivan.

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CAT/CAS CORNER Human Trafficking in 2021: Are We Past it or Not? Pon Pingkarawat, 12H The views of articles in our CAT/CAS column are those of the author.

FINAL THOUGHTS

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espite the advancements in technology and law enforcement allowing governmental institutions to rapidly react to cases of human trafficking anywhere in their own country, there will always be cases of human trafficking. As of May 2021, we, as a global community, still have a long way to go to completely eradicate human trafficking, but there is light at the end of the tunnel. All we have to do is to keep walking, one step at a time.

To completely eradicate human trafficking, there will need to be sweeping changes implemented. These include, but are not limited to: • Increased education among both genders. A highly educated population is more aware of the issues associated with human trafficking and will be better prepared to identify and alert it [9].

• More responsive law enforcement. In order to react to human trafficking cases, which are mostly reported in rural or remote areas, law enforcement officers need access to the neccessary equipment such as vehicles, drones and long distance communication devices.

• Supporting anti-trafficking organisations. A fundraising campaign or an awareness campaign can bring attention to the issue of human trafficking as well as bringing support to the anti-trafficking charities, such as Bangkok Patana’s very own STOP. These examples above are some methods that can be used to significantly reduce the rate of human trafficking no matter of the location.

In conclusion, to answer the question, are we past human trafficking or not? We, as a global community, still have a long way to go to completely eradicate human trafficking, but there is light at the end of the tunnel. All we have to do is to keep walking, one step at a time.

ABOUT STOP STOP or Stop Trafficking Of People is a CAT club aimed at eliminating modern slavery while also empowering students, teacher and the rest of the community to recognize and respond to human trafficking. STOP gives people an opportunity to speak out and provides a safe platform to reach out about modern slavery. All profits raised by STOP goes primarily to local education charities such as The Mekong Club and the United Nations International-Agency Project on Human Trafficking, as well as UNICEF. Thank you for reading.

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ARTS COUNCIL

Days Blend into One Another Yewon Kim, 11M

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t’s Charli XCX who said, “Close myself off in new ways” ... and I would agree; it is what I do best: to isolate myself until it becomes unbearable for me. Since March of 2020, the sentiment of disconnect and loneliness has become increasingly prevalent, a universally shared experience due to the COVID-19 pandemic and quarantining. The penultimate piece I did for my IGCSE Fine Arts portfolio, “Days Blend into One Another”, is an animation about the pointlessness of daily life devoid of human warmth. My initial intentions of portraying my personal experiences of feeling secluded and stuck spiralling in my bedroom amidst everyone else who seemed to be enjoying life, too, evolved with the changing events.

Drawing inspiration from the parallels between the experiences of social distancing and self-withdrawal, I wanted to depict scenes that were both deeply personal and which I felt others could reflect from as well. I emphasised passive consumption of media and video chats because although they are seen as mechanisms of engaging with the world and those who are close to us, I found that not only was it a futile attempt to emulate real human connections but that it often exacerbated the loneliness I felt.

What I realised was that through the process of creating this animation, I felt a sense of clarity emerge: Why I was alive - to enjoy art and music, to incorporate the sounds and images I love to create my own narrative. Once I let myself be vulnerable by sharing a piece of my struggles with the world and to have it respond back to me in the form of people telling me that they too have experienced similar. The notion that art can be wielded as a tool of self-expression is true, and I felt that furthermore, it is through art that people can connect with one another, especially during times of hardship such as these.

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Putting Inspiration Onto Canvas Yiting (Freya) Yao, 10K

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espite it being only my first year in the IGCSE Fine Art course, I was exposed to and explored many different artistic skills and inspirations. With the support of my teacher, I have also improved my technique and learnt good ways to implement the skills I saw into my own artwork.

strongly inspired by a piece painted by the artist Amarin Bupasiri (picture below).

I loved the expressions and the frame angle the three girls were in, so I then incorporated that idea into my own work back in the classroom. Our artworks are mainly focused on the theme ‘Contrasts’, which could be showEarlier on in the year, our class had a chance to visit the cased with opposite colours, difference in sizes, and texMuseum of Contemporary Art (MOCA). From that, I was ture etc. I mostly focused on colour composition to fit the theme of contrasts.

This is a study I worked on for several weeks.

Using the inspiration from the artist Amarin Bupasiri, I have decided to draw three similar frogs with bright green skin, on a vibrant orange background.

The vibrancy of the green and orange displayed a contrast in colour. I first worked on a single frog, on a mini canvas to test out my colour tone and brush strokes, before moving onto a larger scale.

It was important to me to have the exact shades of orange I had in mind because I thought it played an important role in really bringing forward the contrast in the painting. Overall, the study was an enjoyable learning experience and I definitely look forward to continuing exploring other skills through my IGCSE journey.

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#187: Breaking the Laws of Physics?

I’m sure many of you, like me, hit the subscribe button on YouTube but never really do much more with those subscriptions. Rather, you get sucked into the suggested videos on the right-hand side bar when you’re watching something you searched for. What I like to suggest is that you make the Subscriptions - YouTube page your default browser tab for YouTube, rather than simply the YouTube homepage. That way, you have a small modicum of control over what appears when you navigate to YouTube, not the YouTube algorithm suggestions based on your viewing history.

There are very few YouTube channels that I “click the bell” icon on. One of them is Veritasium. For over ten years, with over nine million subscribers, Derek Muller is an Australian-born Canadian science communicator that has a real knack of unravelling science related phenomenon. His latest below is an instant classic. Can a wind-powered vehicle move faster than the wind in the same direction of the wind? If you don’t believe me, rather than watch an episode of your favourite series on Netflix, take an alternative 20 minutes to watch Derek’s latest video. You may be inspired to click subscribe and hit that bell…

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Desert Island Discs With Sophie Riley, Foundation Stage Leader of Learning and Welfare

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his column follows in the style of the famed BBC podcast which features a celebrity every week – here we feature our own Bangkok Patana celebrities! What eight songs, one luxury item and one book would you take with you if you were stuck on a desert island?

Today Sophie Riley, Leader of Learning and Welfare for Foundation Stage, is stuck on a desert island.

MS RILEY, IF YOU WERE STUCK ON A DESERT ISLAND WHAT EIGHT PIECES OF MUSIC WOULD YOU WANT TO HAVE WITH YOU? Slide - The Goo Goo Dolls Dancing in the Dark - Bruce Springsteen Walk of Life - Dire Straits Girls Like You - Maroon 5 (featuring Cardi B) Wake Me Up - Avicii Listen to Ms Riley’s playlist here

It’s Time - Imagine Dragons Walk Me Home - Pink Have You Ever Seen the Rain? - Willie Nelson

PICK ONE LUXURY ITEM YOU WOULD WANT TO HAVE WITH YOU. THIS ITEM MUST BE INANIMATE AND OF NO USE IN ESCAPING THE ISLAND OR ALLOWING COMMUNICATION FROM OUTSIDE. Scuba Diving Gear (Not to escape- but to explore) WHICH ONE BOOK WOULD YOU WANT TO HAVE WITH YOU? Anything by Jill Mansell- I love cheesy romantic books!

Catch the real Desert Island Discs on BBC. Now that you are stuck at home, what are you listening to? Have a list of your own? Let us know! Contact SHKN with your favourites.

Have you bookmarked next year’s calendar yet?

2021/22 CALENDAR

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COMMUNITY NOTICES

Bangkok Community Theatre Short Films Online All 13 BCT Shorts 2021 - The Zoom Edition are now available on YouTube and they have been set up as a playlist for easy viewing. This has been a huge collaborative effort by cast and crew to keep creativity and theatre alive in Bangkok and beyond during this topsy turvy pandemic. These 13 productions were put together with cast and crew working from: Bangkok, Salaya, Rangsit, Pattaya, Krabi, Phang Nga, Phuket, Chiang Mai, Quezon City in The Philippines and Dubai!

You can watch all of them here

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