Patana News Volume 25 Issue 29

The ImporTance of pShe

Personal, social and HealtH education

Richard Kirtland, Primary Senior Teacher, Inclusion

Finding the best ways to help our children navigate their journey into an uncertain future is a challenge for you at home and for us in schools. As parents and teachers, we all want our children to grow up to be happy, healthy, kind and successful. But in today’s rapidly changing world, the path to achieving these goals is more complex than ever before. From the rise of social media to the ongoing pandemic, our children are facing unprecedented challenges.

That is why an excellent PSHE (Personal, Social, and Health Education) programme is essential – especially in a large and diverse international school like Bangkok Patana. By equipping our children with the skills, knowledge and perspectives they need to understand and respond well to their own social and emotional experiences, as well as deal with the complexities of the modern world, we are giving them the best possible chance to thrive and succeed. We are giving them a chance to be truly happy global citizens who will go out into society and promote the positive values that we as a school seek to instil in them. But it’s no easy task.

PSHE AT BANGKOK PATANA

At Bangkok Patana School we understand that PSHE education is not an optional extra; it is an essential ingredient of a child’s education and its benefits are wide ranging and long-lasting.

Recent studies, such as The Education Endowment Foundation’s report on improving social and emotional learning in primary schools, have shown that children who receive high-quality PSHE education that works to develop social and emotional learning (SEL) perform better academically, have better mental health and are more likely to make positive life

choices. But just having an excellent PSHE programme is not enough. It needs to be supported at all levels and embedded within a school culture that gives it currency and promotes its values.

A supportive school leadership, appropriate teacher training and collaboration and creating a positive school culture are absolutely fundamental ingredients in its success. It is also crucial to continually monitor and evaluate the provision in order to ensure that it is effectively meeting the needs of the children, the community and teachers who deliver it.

CRAFTING THE CURRICULUM

At Bangkok Patana, we are dedicated to meeting these challenges and have already done a great deal of work to create and introduce a 21st Century PSHE curriculum fit for our context. Throughout this year, and under the excellent leadership of our newly appointed PSHE Lead Kate McClengahan (Support for Learning), Leaders of Learning have been collaborating to further refine and reconfigure the curriculum under the three headings: Staying Safe and Happy, Life as a Global Citizen and Health and Well-being.

Within these domains, children learn about families, relationships and respecting others; belonging and community, digital media and literacy and money and work; physical health and mental well-being, growing and changing and keeping safe. We have also begun to weave into the curriculum some of the schools most major ‘special days’, such as World Peace Day, Tiger Spirit Day and Friendship Friday, so that children can learn more about why these days are so special and how they tie into our school’s values. Many of these major days are directly linked to our CAT (Community

Action Teams) programme, which strives to empower our students to become active stewards of the environment and our communities.

In addition to the main PSHE curriculum, we have worked with students, teachers and parents on other important areas of social and emotional learning (SEL); for example, Zones of Regulation and RSE (Relationships and Sex Education). Zones of Regulation helps children to recognise when they are becoming less regulated, then use appropriate strategies to manage their feelings and emotions, whilst RSE supports social and emotional learning by providing the children with the knowledge and skills they need to form healthy relationships, respect themselves and others and make informed decisions about their physical and emotional health. We will also soon be revisiting ‘circle time’ strategies and providing training in some of the different ways we can build a deeper sense of community and help the children practise social and emotional skills.

A POWERFUL PARTNERSHIP

There is so much we can do in school to promote these essential elements of their education, but with parents’ and carers’ help we can achieve so much more. As parents, you play

a vital role in supporting your child’s social and emotional learning and there are many ways you can help to support the work that we do in school. Perhaps the most important thing you can do is to have open and honest conversations with your child about the challenges they face and the experiences they have and to model the values and attitudes you want to see in them.

You can also attend the talks and workshops that we run in school. For example, last term we ran a parent-workshop on self-regulation and in the past few weeks we have held several talks on RSE. We were delighted to see such large turnouts for these events and look forward to offering more in the future.

By working in partnership and supporting each other as we strive towards a common goal, we can not only help our children feel protected, safe and secure, but also nurture in them our core values and equip them with the tools they need to become happy, healthy and successful global citizens who can flourish in the 21st Century.

Reference: Education Endowment Foundation. (2021). Improving Social and Emotional Learning in Primary Schools.

celebraTIng evereST 70

Stephen Murgatroyd, Cross Campus Head of Libraries

Mount Everest has long been a fascination to many, a mystical and magical place to those who live in its shadow and a challenge to the hardy and daredevil few. A hundred years ago, it was the ultimate ‘prize’, one of the few places still unconquered (the depths of the Marianas Trench still decades away from being discovered) on the planet… and the race was on to be the first to reach the summit. The story of the mountaineers and the Sherpas who helped and guided them are legendary, no more so than that of Edmund Hillary,

Height

8,850 m/ 29,035 ft

Country/Range

Nepal/Tibet

Himalaya

First Ascent

Known in Nepali as Sagarmatha and in Tibetan as Chomolungma, it is Earth’s highest mountain.

The international border between Nepal and China runs across Everest’s summit point.

The first successful summit was recorded on 29 May 1953 by Sir Edmund Hillary, from New Zealand, and Tenzing Norgay, a Sherpa from Nepal.

later to be Knighted, and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay. They reached the summit on the 29th May 1953, an achievement that was rightly lauded at the time and one that we celebrate the 70th anniversary of this term. Learn more about the mountain and its history from this wonderful display, which can also be seen outside the Secondary Library. To celebrate EVEREST ’70, we are delighted to be welcoming Matt Dickinson, who has reached the summit of this incredible mountain, as our visiting author this year from 22nd May until 2nd June.

Total Summits (as of July, 2022)

There have been approximately 11,346 summit ascents by 6,098 people.

The man who survived Mount Everest’s deadliest day and then went back.

Total Deaths (as of December, 2022)

The upper part of the mountain is known as the death zone. It is at around 8,000 m (26,000 ft), which is where the oxygen pressure level is not sufficient to sustain human life.

Tasty Thai Food in Year 1 with Mark Wiens

Karen Ferguson, Year 1 Teacher

Aspart of our Amazing Thailand topic, Year 1 students have been learning about animals, exciting places to visit in Thailand, temples, festivals and, of course, Thai food. We’re blessed in Thailand to have so much choice when it comes to incredible food; what better way to learn about it than by cooking some for ourselves?

This week, the students were very fortunate to experience a cooking class delivered by one of our Bangkok Patana parents, Mark Wiens. Mark is a travel and food blogger based here in Bangkok. With a staggering total of almost 10 million YouTube subscribers and a recent TV series on HBO, he is a man who is passionate and knowledgeable about food. As well as having a screen presence, he also organises and delivers food tours in Bangkok and has a restaurant called ‘Phed Mark’ located in Ekkamai. How exciting for our lucky students!

“Mark Wiens loves spicy food!” Mark’s son, Micah, informed me one day back in September. He certainly does, and he was keen for the children to experience the preparation and tasting of the delicious traditional Thai dish, Som Tam. Fortunately, the students didn’t need to worry about their mouths being ‘on-fire’ as they could choose how spicy they wanted their Som Tam.

Mark demonstrated how to make this classic dish by combining green papaya, tomatoes, Thai garlic, Thai chillies, long beans, fish sauce, palm sugar and lime juice. He also gave us a top tip of dipping sticky rice into the Som Tam sauce. There was much excitement in the room as the students collaborated successfully showing high motivation and engagement to put the dish together to their tastes. They all demonstrated a wide range of characteristics of effective learning: they concentrated and listened carefully to Mr Wiens; they got involved by following the recipe instructions; they were willing to have a go at chopping, pouring and mixing the ingredients together, and enjoyed trying the Som Tam when

it was ready (for some, it was their first experience). All we could say was, “Woah!” and if you’ve seen any of Mark’s videos, you’ll know that’s a good thing!

The students have also been learning to use adjectives in their writing, so it made sense to watch some of Mark’s videos and appreciate his rich use of vocabulary. Mark has a gift for injecting his passion for food into both his language and delivery when on screen and it was a joy to see this happening live in our school. He always uses a plethora of incredible adjectives to describe not only the taste, but also the smell and textures of the wide range of amazing foods and drinks he has sampled.

A huge thank you to Mark Wiens and Ying for providing such a wonderfully memorable learning experience for the Year 1 students. If you’d like to learn more about Thai food and get some top recommendations for places to eat in Thailand, as well as further afield, you can follow Mark on YouTube at https://www.youtube. com/@MarkWiens, You can find his recent TV series, ‘Food Affairs with Mark Wiens’, on HBO Go. You can also find Mark’s food travel guides and more about his career journey and how he persevered to follow his passions at migrationology.com. Why not try some new food in Bangkok this weekend? Aroi mak mak!

Year 9 exTended learnIng In englISh

Year 9 Extended Learning Students and Amanda Fielding, Secondary English Teacher

in terms of empathy in a culture which is one of the most interesting things.

Interviewer: What do you think the modern generation’s views would be about this story, comparing the present day to the past? How far do you think we’ve come since this time period?

Toprovide a modern aspect on the themes explored in the text, Of Mice and Men, we interviewed members of the English faculty.

Interviewer: What do you think the modern generation’s views would be about this story, comparing the present day to the past? How far do you think we’ve come since this time period?

Mrs Corker: A young generation of people that live in for example America (especially in the southern states) would find it quite worrying that there is a lot of similar treatment of different ethnic minorities and races still. A character like Crooks, for example, I think you’d probably find it still very relevant and it might feel quite concerning that these issues are still widespread still in terms of the race angle.

Two main themes that students tend to find the most interesting and different from their own experience because of the time difference are the treatment of different races and the treatment of males over females. Curley's wife grew up in a patriarchal society where men are dominant and she’s expected to stay in the house and be completely isolated and is expected to be married off. For a modern audience, these are the most relevant themes. I think it depends on where they live and depends on a reader's own cultural background or race and gender role.

The thing I found the most interesting about the younger generation is I have the conversation about whether we are comfortable using the n-word or not because it’s part of the text and part of understanding for life would’ve been like back then at the time period. Normally students don’t want to hear or read it. Also, times have changed

Ms Ghogar: There are many different issues. Curley’s wife is someone who is marginalised in the text, particularly given the fact that she’s anonymous and she’s objectified. We’ve come a long way since that and she’s in the ranch, she doesn’t have a job and seeks companionship with other male members. In terms of female member roles, we’ve come a long way since that. Steinbeck is trying to show the issue about that. About race, and how far we’ve come, Crooks is someone that represents racial issues. Lennie represents disabilities. In terms of race and disabilities, we’ve also come a long way since then.

Interviewer: Do you think it was important for the author to put men into the story that weren’t emotionally strong?

Ms Ghogar: I think it would've made a big difference because if he had put a character that didn’t represent masculinity and strength, we would have been able to see the raw form of people and them as people. Perhaps it connects with them more as characters. It shows them on the farm as strong, able, and resilient, doing what the boss told them to do which may not have been the case mentally. It would’ve maybe brought mental help into the ‘conversation’.

Interviewer: How do you think feminism is portrayed in this book? How did you come to that answer?

Ms Ghogar: In some instances, we can look at Curley’s wife not just as a victim but also as having some strength. There are two sides to her. It takes a lot to be a sole girl on a ranch to be able to approach Lennie. There’s a lot of strength for that and she’s not to blame fully for what happened. She has her own reasons perhaps for why she did what she did.

Interviewer: I thought there was a time when men were crying and being emotional and stuff, for example, the scene where Crook’s dog is killed. If that was completely erased from the book, how would it be?

Ms Ghogar: I think if it wasn’t there then it wouldn’t be as realistic because no one would’ve shown any form

Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck. A classic novel, originally published in 1937.

of empathy. He was silent and didn’t show any shock. It was important for Crooks to have shown that and perhaps him as the only coloured person on the ranch, perhaps he identifies with the dog, like similar experienc es. Curley doesn't see any value in the dog in a similar way that they don’t see value in Crooks, so I think Crooks crying perhaps mir rors the dog’s death. I think it’s very powerful, the two being together.

We’ve also asked for multiple readers’ opinions on the question ‘What message do you think Steinbeck tries to convey through the book’, the conclusion we have come to is that the messages mainly conveyed in this novel are the struggle for independence, prejudice towards the mentally ill, gender equality, sex ism, racism and, above all, friendship. The idea of friendship was presented through the sacrifices George made at the start for Len nie, but also how George killed Lennie at the end to spare him from all the misery he would have to go through later on if he stayed alive.

Furthermore, a student expressed that he was trying to portray themes of stereotypes and racism, especially ableism and sexism during that time period when these things weren’t accepted by the public as well as in the present day. He showed how arduous life was during the great depression which informs the reader even more about world history and what people had to go through.

Overall, this book is a pleasant read as it introduces you to a time period in which you may not have had much knowledge prior to this read as well as the struggles that came with the events that occurred in this specific time period.

For an additional, interactive experience exploring the themes throughout Of Mice and Men, check out the Year 9 students’ Padlet website, linked here. Complete with a video podcast, viewers are invited to engage with the topics being discussed by commenting directly on the page.

i n t h e U S a t t h e t i m e o f t h e G r e a t D e p r e s s i o n I t t a l k s a b o u t t h e t h e m e s o f a m b i t i o n ( h o w t h e t w o d r e a m t o f o w n i n g t h e i r o w n r a n c h t o g e t h e r ) a n d w h a t o b s t a c l e s s t a n d b e t w e e n t h e m A l s o , t h i s s t o r y t e l l s u s h o w m e n t a l d i s a b i l i t i e s c a n c r e a t e c h a l l e n g e s f o r a p e r s o n a n d h o w m u c h h e l p t h e y n e e d f r o m o t h e r p e o p l e .

The story challenges our assumptions about friendship, loyalty and justice Although George and Lennie are very close, he still kills him in the end This may seem like something friends would not do to each other, but you can see that George is trying to save his friend from facing even worse consequences than he would if he continued living It shows that George truly did care for Lennie despite the hardships they went through together and it shows that he is a true, loyal friend. Additionally, it gives justice to George who does seem like the main character because he has to work twice the amount as the other men due to the reason that Lennie isn’t able to work, so he isn’t able to get food George's life is a lot harder because he doesn’t understand anything due to his mental disability which can cause a lot of problems This ended up in George and Lennie being kicked out of the place in which they were working. Therefore, he doesn’t have to take care of Lennie anymore because he died and finally got justice after a huge amount of hard work

I n t h i s d a y

most people would not bother with the job of taking care of a person with disabilities because it would mean that it would get in between their job and their earnings and now nobody wants that because everyone wants money and pleasure and with a person like Lennie, it is very difficult to achieve so people would just make him stay at nursing homes

We’ve also asked for multiple readers’ opinions on the question ‘What message do you think Steinbeck tries to convey through the book’, the conclusion we have come to is that the messages mainly conveyed in this novel are the struggle for independence, prejudice towards the mentally ill, gender equality, sexism, racism and above all, friendship The idea of friendship was presented through the sacrifices George made at the start for Lennie, but also how George killed Lennie at the end to spare him from all the misery he would have to go through later on if he stayed alive

F u r t h e r m o r e ,

a student expressed that he was trying to portray themes of stereotypes and racism, especially ableism and sexism during that time period when these things weren’t accepted by the public as well as in the present day He showed how arduous life was during the great depression which informs the reader even more about world history and what people had to go through

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Comic Books & Chapter Books

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Comic Books DVDs

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Life Collection Non-Fiction

Parents’ Collection

Graphic Novels

Year 5 Adventure Stories

Zoom zoom zoom. The propeller of Eve’s helicopter was spinning countless turns and getting ready to take off to Manaus. In two weeks, Eve’s father (who is a Hollywood celebrity) would be having a performance in Manaus. Next to Eve’s helicopter were her parents and the stage crew. Beneath the strong, sturdy helicopter was the enormous Amazon rainforest. Suddenly, the helicopter gave a hard and push and soared into the calm, blue abyss like a bird flying towards the horizon.

Eve took a peek at the jungle below her. Ever since she was five years old, Eve knew that when she grew up, she would become an author. Every year, she would have a new topic, and this year’s was rainforests. Eve took out her dusty, dog-eared and worn-out notebook and flipped to the next blank page. Seeing a fresh, blank sheet always calmed her down. Behind her were her friends: Bryon, Hazel and young, seven year old Kyle. “Whatcha doing, Evie?” Hazel asked.

“Oh, nothing really. Just jotting down a few notes,” Eve replied, startled.

Eve never told her friends about her dream, she was afraid of them disapproving. In her mind, it was an easy image to picture her friends shouting and laughing at her. Suddenly, a graze on Eve’s leg pulled her back to the present. “Sorry, I’m playing Gran’s knife that she gave me,” Kyle whispered. Eve gave a weak smile, but when she tuned back, she closed her eyes and gritted her teeth in pain.

Unpredictably, and quite alarmingly, a jolt in the once-reliable helicopter was caused by bad weather and the pilot was losing control. He sputtered and coughed out a mouthful of slimey, white goo. The pilot clutched his neck, put his head in his hands and fainted, banging his head against the ‘landing’ button. It was like a speeding rollercoaster screeching to a halt before reaching the precipice, or like pressing the pause button on your favourite movie. Everything stopped for a moment, then it went down, down, down…

Next thing she knew, Eve was lying down below a tree, abandoned, bloody and wounded. Her eyelids were almost glued together but she managed to wrestle them open. She brushed her long, wavy hair out of her face and scanned left and right, hoping to find the others. Her

heart was continuously pounding in her chest, while stings and burns lay throbbing on her body. Then out of the blue, a hoarse but squeaky voice emerged from the darkness… “Eve and Bryon? Are you there? Hazel’s right behind the bush with me. Oh, how I wish we were in Manaus. I hate this place! Mean pilot Dave left us here, I’m never forgiving him!” nailed Kyle.

“Kyle, Pilot Dave is dead! Plus, it’s not his fault! The crash was caused by the storm. Now, you need to stay quiet so we don’t get attacked by a flock of birds!” Hazel snapped. Kyle stepped back at the thundering sound of Hazel’s voice. Among the illuminated backdrop of viridescent trees and sage green foliage, Eve and Bryon materialized from different directions.

“We should find a place to sleep for the night. The storm is getting horrible, so we need shelter,” whispered Bryon, stepping into the darkness. Kyle jumped onto Hazel’s back, which her shriek for a moment. Then, after giving each other a few glances, the four friends nodded their heads and stepped into the unknown…

The children’s eyes widened, their jaws dropped, then their whole bodies relaxed. In front of them was a small clearing lit up by the moon. Right in the middled was a newly built treehouse big enough for the four of them. The treehouse glowed in the dark, reflecting a bright, shimmering light onto the carpet of the forest floor. A sudden chill ran through Eve’s spine. She felt the presence of something…or someone, but there was no one behind her, in front of her beside her other than her friends. Still, was someone else there?

Kyle rushed forward and started hastily climbing the sturdy-looking ladder while the older children thought of a plan to get to Manaus. “Hey! C’mon slowpokes! Look at what I found, it’s amazing!” Kyle shouted from the treehouse balcony. They went up into the treehouse and opened the recently painted door. Inside the treehouse was a long, cozy mattress, a dining table and a small whiteboard with stickers scattered all over it. Suddenly, a funny, tingling sensation surged through Eve’s body and her head lit up like a lightbulb. What was happened? Wait, it was the beginning of an idea!

“I know what we can do to get back! We can gather materials from this treehouse then build a small boat and

Olivia

use it to go back to Manaus!” Eve exclaimed. Hazed raised her eyebrows, Bryon started tutting and Kyle just whistled and pretended to play with the ants.

“Um, are you sure it will work? I mean, of course, I believe in you, Evie but…what if it sinks? We’ll all die!” Byron murmured, fidgeting with a leaf uncomfortably. The others nodded their heads in agreement.

“Oh, come on! If we make it strong enough, it won’t sink. Please, please, please?” Eve begged.

Eve’s throat was rusty and horse by the time she assured them that the boat would be safe and the only silver lining of this disaster that was good enough to help. After hours of persuading and debating, the fatigued group finally set off to find the famous Amazon River. As a gradient scene of purple, yellow, orange and green became mixed in the sky, the most inviting scent had navigated its way through the thick, dense walls of the Amazon jungle. The scene of the calm, peaceful river was there, patiently waiting for them. “We’ll be back!” Kyle exclaimed excitedly. They stood in awe for a while, then cheerfully skipped back to the treehouse.

“Ahhh, that river is amazing!” Hazel spoke, lying down on the mattress.

“Stop being a couch potato and let’s get to work!” Eve scolder her. Suddenly, Eve stopped. She bit her lip and

her hair stood on end. The sound of Hazel’s voice slowly drifted away.

“What was that?” Eve shrieked. A few seconds before, a crack and a snap had passed Eve’s ear and she processed in her brain that something…had…happened. The two girls gave each other a petrified look and scanned their surroundings. Then, a startling crumble sent them running towards the director of the ladder.

“Oh no! The ladder is gone. That’s what all the noise was from!” Kyle screamed. “Now we’re stuck up here and can’t sail the boat.” Out of the blue, a huge elephant came stomping by and started rubbing its back on the tree.

“Quick, climb on the elephant’s back! Then use the vines to get down on the floor!” Eve voiced. The children jumped own on the wrinkly surface of the elephant’s skin and reached their arm out for a vine. The elephant started thrashing and trying to get them off, but by the time it would be able to shake them off, they already started climbing down. The children were slipping and sliding, but eventually they reached the floor safe and sound. Back on the reassuring ground, a refreshing wave of relief washed over Eve’s body.

“You now what, I don’t think we need the boat to get to Manaus anymore. I have a plan,” Eve stated.

Celebrating our Green Goals!

Aswe progress through our final term of the academic year, it is time to take stock and celebrate all the successes of the One Green Goal initiative. Already we have supported Home of Praise install a clean water tank, bought seeds and soil for the Mercy Centre Farm, and provided a solar powered water pump to irrigate the fields of Children of the Forest in Sangkhlaburi.

So many of our Patana student and parent community also joined the One Green Goal initiative and we want to celebrate you too. Did you manage to make any long-term changes to your daily life? Did you find

an innovative way to cut your use single use plastics? We would love to hear from you. You can contact us via email (rola@patana.ac.th). We would especially love to see photos! Or you could even upload a video to show us your success using this link: My One Green Goal

We will be culminating the initiative at the Impact Fair on 2nd June. If you have participated in the One Green Goal challenge, we would love your journey to be part of our celebration. We look forward to hearing from you and celebrating your success!

Robine Johnson, Year 1 Teacher

our lIbrarIeS - STrIvIng To be The beST!

The aim of any school is to develop improvement; in children’s abilities, in pupil achievement, in teacher practice, and in the services and resources it provides. The constant cycle of setting goals, developing toward them, assessing progress and achieving outcomes is in everything we do throughout Bangkok Patana School. It was this ethos which guided the library team to recently embark on a new cycle of improvement. We began the cycle by looking at our current levels of service and resources with a view to setting some achievable, but ambitious, goals to improve for our customers.

To begin this journey, we recently surveyed the Bangkok Patana community by inviting them to complete a questionnaire through many of the school’s publications and mailing lists and by asking the children, students and staff to complete one during school time.

The survey was open to responses between 16th January 2023 and 10th March 2023 and garnered a very interesting set of responses, from glowing appreciation to some helpful suggestions for improvement.

The responses to our survey helped us to realise that over 80% of our users visit us regularly, many on a weekly basis. As you may suspect, the majority of visitors come to read or borrow books but many also take advantage of the other benefits of our wonderful libraries; like the comfortable areas to sit, the quiet places to study and meet friends, the activities and games we have available or the lesser known media available; like DVDs, Audio CDs or magazines. Some just come to talk to our amazing staff for ideas of books to read or for advice about using the outstanding research and information facilities on offer through the library.

Our range of magazines is also something we are hoping to expand. We currently subscribe to over 60 different titles which renew periodically. From the survey, you have provided us with a list of a further 34 titles for us to investigate adding to our shelves.

Did you know, we’re always happy to receive recommendations and title requests and we even have facilities set up online, here, to make this convenient for you? This page can also be accessed through our extensive web pages available from your Patana dashboard.

Our website is one particular area that users felt could be improved, therefore, we are currently in the process of updating it to be more user friendly and streamlined. You are able to access many of our resources there, for example our e-magazine service, PressReader and research databases like JSTOR and CORE.

Many of our users complemented us on our excellent and extensive book choices available for loan throughout our libraries but there were also some, very welcome, suggestions for titles and series we don’t currently stock. We are looking to acquire many of these now.

You are also able to access our library database, Destiny, where you can check for items in stock and find information about things you currently have on loan. Our “How to…” and FAQ sections of the library website can help you get the most out of the system and many other of our resources, too. Many of you have asked us to expand this section and we will look to find ways we can help with other aspects of our service there in the future.

One thing that sang out from the survey results was how much you appreciate our friendly, helpful team of librarians. We are always happy to help, if you need some advice, as survey respondents put it “the service from the librarians is brilliant” and “the staff are always so kind, helpful and knowledgeable.”

On behalf of the Library team, I would like to thank the Bangkok Patana community for your help with our development process. Your continued support and feedback is vital to our continuing journey to grow and improve in every way we can.

Damon Parker, Cross Campus Teacher Librarian

GYMNASTICS ACADEMY

Rebecca Dzatkowski, Head Gymnastics Coach

Harrow Invitational:

Aselectionof our younger gymnastics teams travelled to Harrow Intenational School to take part in their annual invitational event. Fourteen schools/gymnastics clubs joined this event from across Thailand, as well as one team from Hong Kong. The Tiger Gymnasts were on fire - seven out of our eight teams took the gold by flying colours! On top of their hard work and success, the gymnasts had so much fun. Hats off to the parent spectators, who really brought the energy - this was fabulous for our little ones, so thank you!

Additionally, Bangkok Patana took five out of the eight individual all-around titles! A special mention to the follow champions:

• Sahib Sachdev

• Poomphan (Zea) Luenganantakul

• Esther Lee

• Ellie Vergara

• Ploynapas (Pam) Asawapiwat

Harrow Gymnastics Invitational results

Level Category Ranking Gymnasts

MAG

MAG Level 1 Junior Team Award 3rd place Thann Thamavaranukupt, Tharin Huynh and Pasutha (Billy) Howship

MAG Level 1 senior Team Award 1st place Kabir Sachdev, Sahib Sachdev, Edward James Evans, Christopher Sira Duckworth and San (Penne) Banomyong

Individual All-around finals 1st place Sahib Sachdev

2nd place Christopher Sira Duckworth

3rd place Edward James Evans

MAG Level 2 junior Team Award 1st place Sebastian Barck-Holst, Caleb Ebrahim, Poomphan (Zea) Luenganantakul and Harper Collins

Individual All-around finals 1st place Poomphan (Zea) Luenganantakul

MAG Level 2 senior Team Award 1st place Nattakon (Glar) Watakeyanon, Techatat (Tate) Buristrakul and Darsh Gunecha

Individual All-around finals 2nd place Nattakon (Glar) Watakeyanon

WAG

WAG Level 2 junior Team Award 1st place Esther Lee, Jatym (Jatym) Mahadumrongkul, Worawaran (Kaosuay) Boonsong, Alyse Srisa-an, Janis Chan Tisha Dhanuwongkarnkar Charlotte (Eve) Kessler and Taya (Ciara) Dulyapraphant

Individual All-around finals 1st place Esther Lee

WAG Level 2 senior Team Award 1st place Dalinda Mendelsohn, Ellie Vergara, Emma Kiszakiewicz, Gracie Jones, Katherine (Katie) Ngan, Kwanrat (Aly) Sirichareonwong and Kenna McEwing

Individual All-around finals 1st place Ellie Vergara

3rd place Emma Kiszakiewicz

WAG Level 3 junior Team Award 1st place Tsz Yu (Dorothy) Yau, Rosemarie (Rosie) Hillaud, Ploynapas (Pam) Asawapiwat, Paola Romei, Mikayla Liu and Lyla Fowler

Individual All-around finals 1st place Ploynapas (Pam) Asawapiwat 2nd place Paola Romei

3rd place Rosemarie (Rosie) Hillaud

WAG Level 3 senior Team Award 1st place Molly Frazier, Jingqi (Nina) Sun, Jingtong (Angel) Sun, Freya Bidgoli, Ariana Hyman, Lauraine Poh and Belle Mason

Individual All-around finals 2nd place Jingtong (Angel) Sun

3rd place Lauraine Poh

ISB Black and Gold Invitational:

TheBangkok Patana Gymnastics Academy recently travelled to the International School Bangkok (ISB) for their Black and Gold Gymnastics Invitational 2023. This is the first time Bangkok Patana has visited ISB since before the pandemic and we were thrilled to be back, as ISB did a fabulous job of hosting - our gymnasts had a blast! The Tiger gymnasts absolutely smashed it, claiming a podium spot in every team category! A special mention to two WAG gymnasts who won Gold in all four apparatus and gold in the individual all-around - a huge congratulations to Jasmine Beroud (WAG Level 6) and Elizabeth Lee (WAG L4.5) - this is a fantastic achievement! Additionally, a special shout out to our wonderful #ORANGEARMY gymnastics parents who were ferousuly cheering along the gymnasts from the stands - thank you for bringing the energy! The gymnasts have returned from this meet more motivated than ever to get back in the gym and put in the work over the coming weeks for the BMAC Gymnastics Championships!

ISB Black and Gold Invitational results

Level Category Ranking Gymnasts

MAG

MAG Level 1 Junior Team Award 2nd place Thann Thamavaranukupt, Tharin Huynh and Pasutha (Billy) Howship

MAG Level 1 senior Team Award 1st place Kabir Sachdev, Sahib Sachdev, Edward James Evans, Christopher Sira Duckworth and San (Penne) Banomyong

Individual All-around finals 1st place San (Penne) Banomyong

2nd place Sahib Sachdev

3rd place Christopher Sira Duckworth

MAG Level 2 junior Team Award 1st place Sebastian Barck-Holst, Caleb Ebrahim, Poomphan (Zea) Luenganantakul and Harper Collins

Individual All-around finals 1st place Poomphan (Zea) Luenganantakul

3rd place Caleb Ebrahim

MAG Level 2 senior Team Award 3rd place Nattakon (Glar) Watakeyanon and Darsh Gunecha

Individual All-around finals 1st place Nattakon (Glar) Watakeyanon

MAG Level 3 open Team Award 3rd Place Matthew Duckworth and Aleem Bidgoli

Individual All-around finals 2nd place Matthew Duckworth

MAG Level 4 open Team Award 1st place Samuel (Sam) Jones, Oliver Somanatha Arachchige, Oliver Mason, Philip Duckworth and Frank Myers

Individual All-around finals 1st place Oliver Somanatha Arachchige

3rd place Samuel (Sam) Jones

WAG

WAG Level 2 junior Team Award 1st place Esther Lee, Jatym (Jatym) Mahadumrongkul, Natchanan (Ging) Watakeyanon, Worawaran (Kaosuay) Boonsong, Tisha Dhanuwongkarnkar and Yu-Lan (Claire) Wang

Individual All-around finals 2nd place Jatym (Jatym) Mahadumrongkul

3rd place Worawaran (Kaosuay) Boonsong

WAG Level 2 senior Team Award 2nd place Ellie Vergara, Emma Kiszakiewicz, Gracie Jones, Katherine (Katie) Ngan, Kwanrat (Aly) Sirichareonwong and Kenna McEwing

Individual All-around finals 2nd place Ellie Vergara

3rd place Katherine (Katie) Ngan

(Pam) Asawapiwat

2nd place Rosemarie (Rosie) Hillaud

3rd place Tsz Yu (Dorothy) Yau

WAG Level 3 senior

WAG Level 4

Award

Individual All-around finals

place Molly Frazier, Jingqi (Nina) Sun, Jingtong (Angel) Sun, Belle Mason, Freya Bidgoli, Ariana Hyman and Lauraine Poh

place Jingtong (Angel) Sun

place Athena Thamavaranukupt, Eugenia Sabatini, Jidapa (Jasmine) Thamprida and Mona Parinyanusorn

WAG Level 4 senior Team Award 2nd place Isabella (Bella) Pek, Isabella Knight, Ka Yu (Kaya) Yau, Sophie Schwaar, Yuzuha (Jennie) Saito and Natalie Xin Qiao Thai

Individual All-around finals 3rd place Ka Yu (Kaya) Yau

WAG Level 4.5 open Team Award 1st place Elizabeth Lee Amelie Kawasaki Naan Pidhchada Dai, Praefah (Ja Ja) Chotima, Quinn Tatiyamaneekul and Annetta Jagota

Individual All-around finals 1st place Elizabeth Lee 3rd place Amelie Kawasaki

WAG Level 5 open Team Award 1st place Karen Kawasaki, Chanya Thienthong, Penelope (Penny) Jones Pimnara (Prim) Asawapiwat and Sofiya Malik

Individual All-around finals 2nd place Karen Kawasaki

WAG Level 6 open Team Award 2nd place Jasmine Beroud Alice Jones and Anika Jagota

Individual All-around finals 1st place Jasmine Beroud

SWIM ACADEMY

Joseph Denton, Assistant Head Swim Coach

SEASAC Junior Swimming: SEASAC

Junior Swimming Championships 2023 saw 13 teams from across five countries take part for the first time in-person since May 2019. These teams travelled to NIST International School to compete in the scorching heat on 5th and 6th May. The format for these championships differ slightly compared to the Senior Championships as each team has 10 girls and 10 boys that are then split into five in the 11-12 age group and five in the 13-14 age group. Swimmers were eligible to compete in six individual events and with six relay events on offer, some swimmers were competing in 12 different races across the weekend.

The Bangkok Patana TigerSharks displayed fantastic commitment, resilience and humility throughout the weekend which provided a challenge physically and mentally. They continuously showed great passion with support of their teammates on poolside and celebrated new personal best performances. Along with this, the TigerSharks displayed their personal abilities in supporting swimmers from other teams before and after races, congratulating others on their performances. This was a credit to those TigerSharks swimmers representing Bangkok Patana School throughout the weekend, displaying their diversity and humility.

Throughout the weekend there was some competitive and fast racing, displaying the talent throughout the conference and this was reflected in the standings for the TigerSharks. The boys battled continuously throughout the weekend with multiple schools and their standings weren’t decided until the final relay of the weekend. The boys displayed continuous resilience to finish in 2nd place in the overall boys’ standings, just 5.5 points behind NIST in 1st place. The girls started off the weekend strong and kept the momentum rolling to take 3rd place in both the 11-12 and 13-14 age groups and 1st place in the overall girls’ standings. The combined effort of both the girls’ and boys’ teams saw the TigerSharks claim 1st place in the overall standings at SEASAC Junior Swimming Championships 2023.

The TigerSharks claimed a total of 34 medals from the championships, with six being Gold, 17 Silver and 11 Bronze. A special mention to Oscar Lai (8S) who claimed the 11-12 School and SEASAC Record in the Boys’ 100m Breaststroke. Congratulations to all 20 TigerSharks who participated throughout the weekend on their personal best performances and their contribution to claiming the SEASAC Junior swimming title!

how do emaIlS ImpacT Your carbon fooTprInT?

Ana Bolakoso, SEC Key Stage 3 Representative

Arecentstudy has found that the use of email contributes significantly to carbon emissions, particularly due to the energy required to power and cool the massive data centres that store and process emails. This is a concerning issue, as the growth of digital services and the increasing amount of data being generated means that the demand for these data centres is also increasing, which in turn leads to higher carbon emissions. On average the Patana community sends approximately 26,000 emails a day using many servers to process them. That is a lot of emissions!

So what can we do to help reduce our email-related carbon footprint?

Here are some tips:

1. Send fewer emails: One of the simplest ways to reduce email-related emissions is to simply send fewer emails. Before hitting send, ask yourself if the email is really necessary or if the information could be conveyed through another means. Could you go and chat to the person face to face instead or shoot them a quick Teams message?

2. Unsubscribe from unnecessary emails: Many of us receive SPAM emails each day that we simply delete without even opening. By unsubscribing from these unnecessary emails, you can help reduce the overall amount of energy required to process emails.

3. Use more energy-efficient devices: When using devices to access and send emails, choose more energy-efficient options. For example, use a laptop instead of a desktop computer, or choose a mobile device with a longer battery life.

4. Use the cloud: Storing files in the cloud can be more energy-efficient than storing them on your personal device. This is because cloud providers typically use more efficient data centres and can take advantage of economies of scale.

5. Choose green web hosting: If you have a website or blog, consider using a web hosting provider that uses renewable energy sources to power their data centres and offset their emissions.

According to the Shift Project, a French think tank, global carbon emissions from emails and other digital services are expected to reach 4% of total emissions by 2025. That's equivalent to the amount of emissions generated by the aviation industry. In Bangkok, Thailand, the impact of digital services on carbon emissions is also a growing concern, as the country has seen a significant increase in internet usage in recent years. According to a 2012 study by the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA), the city produces approximately 23.2 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent emissions annually, with the transportation and energy sectors being the largest contributors. However, the growth of digital services and data centres is also a contributing factor to carbon emissions in the city.

6. If you must send an email, don’t add attachments, embed links instead, this takes less energy to transmit.

At Bangkok Patana School, we are committed to reducing our carbon footprint and promoting sustainability. We encourage students, parents and staff to be mindful of their digital practices and take steps to reduce their email-related carbon footprint. If the students, parents and staff who make up our community (more than 5,000 people in total) all sent ONE less email each week, it would make a HUGE difference! By working together, we can make a positive impact on our environment and create a more sustainable future.

paTana PartiCiPates! Achievements from Our Community

Michio Tanaka, Patana Parent

Mizuki

Tanaka, 7C, competed with her dance team in the Asia-Pacific Street Dance Championships 2023, winning 1st place in the Under 14 Team Category. Additionally, in the Hip Hop International Thailand competition, Mizuki was awarded 1st place Runner Up in both the Junior Division (Under 12) and the JV MegaCrew Division (Under 17). These results further qualified her to participate in world competitions that will be held in England and the USA in August 2023. Mizuki is proud of her hard work and the achievements of her team. Congratulations!

TranSporT corner

Transport Department

Please note that Thai schools will return from their school break from Monday 15th May. Traffic from this day onwards will increase, so we kindly ask that students are not late for the bus in the mornings.

Please remind your child/ren about the importance of keeping their seatbelt on for the duration of their journey. Students not abiding by this strict safety rule will be reported to their class teacher/tutor.

Please ask your child/ren to ensure they check the bus before getting off to make sure they have taken all of their belongings with them. There is an increasing number of items being left on the school buses. All left items will be taken to Lost Property the following day.

If you will be in school to pick up your child, please remember to in-

form Transport in advance. Your help in avoiding last minute cancellations is much appreciated.

If you are planning to move to a new location, please contact Transport in advance to ensure we have a bus service for your new location. Note that Transport needs a minimum of five working days’ notice to change the bus route for your child/ren.

If you would like to join the school transport service, or cancel the school transport service, for 2023/24 school year, please do so by Friday 23rd June 2023.

Finally, an additional reminder to please park properly in the spaces designated for the school community and kindly respect the school’s Security and Parking regulations. Thank you!

maTT mIllS TeSTImonIal feSTIval of CriCket

Cindy Adair, Cross Campus Assistant Principal, Continued Professional Learning

On1st May, following our annual CPL Day, nearly 60 staff assembled at the Sports Hall to take part in the Matt Mills Testimonial Festival of Cricket. You may not know that Mr Mills and Mr Robertson run the Patana Premier League Cricket ECA every Friday from 2:30 - 4:30pm (the metaphorical “graveyard shift” of ECAs). Mr Mills can be found refereeing and cheering on an enthusiastic group of 40 cricketers from Secondary School, each eager to earn the coveted ice cream prize for being best and fairest on the day.

The Festival of Cricket featured two formats - traditional indoor cricket for those who self-assessed as “Warnie” or “I was famous at my high school once” and the fast and furious game of continuous cricket for those who self-assessed as “All the gear, no idea”.

Teams were assembled, Captains named and the fun began! Mr Tristan showed off his fast bowling chops, Mr Taylor his elegant batting style, Coach Dan took a few very impressive catches and there were cheers of delight as Mrs Dale took wicket after wicket.

The eventual winners were the Black Shirts (representing Mr Mills’ Kiwi heritage). Shout out to our MVPs,

Honourable mentions to Miss Hobday, who has a killer cover drive owing to her time spent playing Cricket at university and Mr Ramsden who originally popped by the Sports Hall as a spectator, but could not resist joining in and turned out to be very handy with the bat!

A team photo and some refreshments made for a thoroughly enjoyable afternoon and it’s hoped the Cricket match will become an annual event.

Mr Murgatroyd and Mr O’Neill, who put on a masterclass of continuous cricket, amassing a massive score for his team.

VICE CHAIRPERSON

Vice Chairperson position description

The Vice Chairperson deputises for the PTG Chairperson, while operating within the bounds of the PTG Constitution The time commitment for this position may vary throughout the year depending on the tasks/events at hand

Attributes & Skills-

Be friendly, outgoing and approachable Show leadership, which translates to trusting the team’s ability to deliver and delegating tasks, maintaining a focus on the big picture, listening to the team and allowing open discussion, accepting criticism and being open to change, accepting praise gratefully and sharing it with the team and other volunteers, and being objective and not bringing personal issues to the table; Be diplomatic and discrete, which translates to ensuring personal and confidential information is not disclosed inappropriately (being the main point of contact in the PTG for parents, teachers, and staff, as well as PTG Committee members)

Be transparent, which translates to being open, frank and honest (and expecting the same from team members), and operating ethically at all times; and

Be organised and structured, which translates to staying informed about the PTG’s actions and functions, ensuring PTG activities are planned and executed efficiently and effectively.

AVAILABLE PTG COMMITTEE POSITIONS 2023/24

YEAR REPRESENTATIVESNURSERY, FS2, YEAR 6, YEAR 7, YEAR 8 & YEAR 11

Year Rep Position Description

Be the sole point of contact for your respective Year group Update and report to Primary Representative with comments and concerns raised by parents Volunteer and support as many Primary parent meetings and events as possible (e g Newcomers’ events; Primary Year Group and Class Parent coffee mornings, the Christmas Concert) and raise awareness about the PTG, the role of the PTG Primary Parent Representative and the PTG Primary Year Group Representatives and solicit volunteers to assist with PTG activities and events.

Relay PTG and school updates to the respective Year Groups

CURRENT PTG COMMITTEE POSITIONS RE-RUNNING

I grew up in the Los Angeles metropolitan area but spent the years prior to Bangkok in the suburbs of Washington D C Our family has been in Thailand for seven years My kids are Milo in Year 3 and Ronan in Year 1 who started at Patana this year I am also the PTG USA representative I have served as the Secretary this past year, coordinating PTG Executive and Heads of School meetings and managing administrative tasks

I grew up in India and lived in Hong Kong for eight years before moving to Bangkok

This is our 6th year in Patana; my kids are in Year 6 and Year 3 I have served as the Communications Rep these past two years, handling Social Media posts, Graphics, and PTG updates on Firefly, Patana News, and Primary Newsletters, in collaboration with other PTG members and school leaders

Ratchadaporn

Parinyanusorn (Soreda)

Thai Liaison ptgthai@patana.ac.th

Our family has been at Patana for four years I have two daughters: Mona in Year 4 and Lisa in FS2 We love Patana! During the past two years, I have served as the Thai Rep coordinating and executing school activities and events in collaboration with other PTG members

I have two boys in Patana, Adryan in Year 6 and Aaron in Year 3 I was born and raised in Bangkok, but my family is originally from Japan I love playing sports, especially badminton, and football!

I served as the Events Coordinator for these past two years, from planning to executing all PTG Events along with other PTG members and school leaders

Apollo Chansrichawla

Primary Representative ptgprimary@patana.ac.th

I have two kids in Patana My son, Lucas is in Year 7 and my daughter, Sophia is in Year 4 This is our 7th year at Patana I have been involved with PTG in various capacities such as Fun Day Coordinator and Year Rep for FS1, Year 1 and Year 2 I have served as the Primary Rep these past two years acting as the liaison between the PTG Primary Year Group Representatives and the Primary Leadership Team

Chris Huang Secretary ptgsec@patana.ac.th

Sneha Rebecca Mathew Communications Coordinator ptgcomms@patana.ac.th

Anchal Pathela Events Coordinator ptgevents@patana.ac.th

Year 5 Adventure Stories

adventure in tHe amazon rainforest

Seamus Doherty, 5L

TheAmazon rainforest gazed upwards as a steel-clad bird soared through the troposphere. Inside the plane was a young biologist named George. He was flying from Colombia, where he had an important meeting to Madagascar to help save endangered species. Laying down in his lap was Strike – a French bulldog. Although Strike loved chasing his tail, he was kicked out of the park 11 times due to his huge obsession with playing fetch and stealing others dogs’ toys. George shook his head at the memory of Strike attacking a Siberian Husky’s teddy. How could he possibly have thought he could win that battle? Eyeing the window, George could see the many colourful adventures down in the canopy. A flock of toucans flew by.

Suddenly, Strike woke up, noticed the toucans, barked and sprinted to the back of the plane, as it glided past. George laughed hysterically. Then, another flock of toucans came. Impulsively, Strike rushed to the front of the plane and scrambled to the control panel to chase the toucans. “Stop!” yelled the pilot alarmingly. A red light began flashing.

‘Auto-shutdown in 3…’ The pilot gasped.

‘2…

George braced himself.

‘1…’

Strike howled louder than ever before, drowning out the siren.

‘Auto shutdown now activating.’

The plane stopped. Completely. The world was spiraling! The next moment, it all faded to black.

George woke up, heavily armed with blood. He was surrounded by an armada of sharp rocks and blanketed with a sheet of sheer metal. George was pinned to the ground. He loosened up and managed to wriggle out. Relieved and exhausted, George trekked up the mountain of plane scrap. He was on the Amazon River. Strike was squealing very loudly. Something in the bushes was glaring paralyzingly at him. Then it disappeared.

As the morning awakened, George was thinking what to do.

“So, Strike, what do you think? We can follow the river, but which way do we follow?”

“Arf arf” (juicy beef in Strike language).

“Hey, I brought my compass. Where is it? Ah, here it is. Aw no, it’s broken.”

“Bark bark” (Juicy beef again).

“Too bad we don’t have any food. I had some beef for you.”

“Awwwwoooo noooooo!”

“I’ve got an idea! We can climb that tree for the fruits on it.”

And so, George climbed the tree carrying Strike along the way. As George ate, a brain wave shot in. He could climb to top of the tree to see where the city is.

A grub came crawling down the tree.

“You can eat this,” stated George. Lukcily, George was a biologist meaning he knew what animals were edible. Strike immediately gulped it down.

“Are you ready?” asked George. “Then let’s go!”

George climbed across the towering trees advancing through difficult parkour until he found the tallest tress. Many twigs had jabbed him as leaves brushed along his wounds. He started his ascent. A beehive was right next to him, ready to strike.

“Ddddddd-don’t m-m-m-m-m-move”, stumbled George. A bee buzzed in Strike’s ear. Strike gave a deafening bark. He bashed into the beehive in a spontaneous way. The enraged bees instantly retaliated, ambushing George and his dog. They fell down the tree snapping all the unstable sticks! George’s foot was hanging onto a vine, while Strike was a blanket of leaves. He sensed something suspicious…Strike dived into an abyss of leaves.

“Strike!” yelled George. “No!” George grabbed a stick and stabbed the vine until it broke. Suddenly something was binding him tightly; it was an anaconda! Without warning, Strike bit the anaconda on its thick tail. The anaconda rolled over and fell from the canopy to the forest floor. Strike froze, the anaconda froze. George turned around and whispered to himself, ‘uh oh’. There was a WILDFIRE!

The anaconda swiftly slithered away. The fire spread like jam on crisp toast. Four trees fell over, leaving no choice for an exit so George had to think fast. Very fast! The fire was closing in on him. George picked up a rock and flung it at the most unstable tree, while Strike destructively charged into the same tree, trying to get at the rock. There was a large bruise on his forehead, but he still ran on alongside George. Then disaster struck! George’s foot became tangled by a vine that was attached to a branch. He was surrounded by fire.

Fire swallowed the world. George squirmed frantically, slowing down as he noticed that the other end of the vine was stuck under a tree. Hope slowly turned to sparks. Sparks, sparks of HOPE! Sparks turned to parts. Parts turned to flames. Flames turned to bundles. Bundles turned to planets. Planets turned to stars and stars to galaxies. Galaxies turned to a universe. A universe of hope! Miraculously, it began to pour, but, incredibly, the fire survived. The once splintering rain mutated into a primordial sea, and, eventually, the fire was decimated.

In the end, the two amigos found their way to Rio de Janeiro and took a flight to Madagascar.

#247: Parents’ and Carers’ guide to telegraM

Controversial changes to WhatsApp’s privacy policy back in 2021 was a major shot in the arm for Telegram, as millions of users began searching for a more secure messaging platform. Indeed, Telegram is so confident in its resistance to hacks that it’s previously set challenges (with a prize of up to $300,000) to any user who’s able to crack its encryption.

With protected ‘secret chats’ and self-deleting messages, however, Telegram’s security advantage has also been subverted by criminals using the app to trade stolen data, share child sexual exploitation material and arrange drug deals. As Telegram’s popularity continues to grow, this guide explains what your need to be aware of.

Have a relaxing weekend.

Brian Taylor Assistant Principal, Campus Curriculum Technology Integration

Guest Conductor: Dr. T.J. Harper

Director of Choral Activities, Loyola Marymount University, USA

Camp Dates: June 28 - July 4, 2023

Center of Learning Network for the Region, Saraburi

Culminating Concert: 7 PM, July 6, 2023

Chulalongkorn University Music Hall