School Update
PYP Student Council
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t Concordian, our PYP Student Council is made up of student representatives from Grades 1-5 who work hard to improve our school and community. The Student Council has been working a lot over the past 2 months. The way we work has changed from last year. Last year, we were split into groups based on what things we were trying to improve. This year we split into groups based on what we're doing, for example the ICT Group does things involving computers. The Writing/Drawing Group does things such as making posters and creating decorations for our events. The Events Group like the name implies plans events.
Other than changing the way we work, we have done many other things. We've set up a "station" at the Freaky Fun Festival. The station was Fortnite themed. We did this because we wanted our "station" to be geared towards the interest of our peers. Furthermore, we've surveyed the entire PYP on their opinions of Concordian and sports. We plan to hopefully show the survey information to Coach K, so he can make CIS sports scene better. We are also working on the Christmas Drive, which has become a tradition at the Student Council. We aim to not only help improve the school, but also improve the world around us. The Student Council is determined to make the world better. We will continue to strive and make improvements. Thank you for all the support!!! - Respectfully submitted by the PY Council Student President, Burger
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School Update
Centerstage 8
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n Thursday, November 15th, 2018, Concordian “Thank you all soooooo much for your overwhelming International School held it’s 8th Centerstage PY support. We were humbled and overjoyed with the Talent Show and what a spectacle it was!! outpouring support, assistance and participation we have received from each and everyone of you. Student sang, danced, played instruments and more! The audience was truly mesmerized by our students’ incredible talent and were even surprised with a special teacher performance at the end. Everyone received certificates and awards. A handful were lucky to have been chosen by our judges to received a Supernova Award! Congratulations to all of our performers! You all shined on this day and we are all very proud of you and your incredible talents! Keep up the great work and we look forward to seeing your talent grow as you continue your education at Concordian. All of this is of course would not be possible without our amazing and extremely talented Mr. Sebert and Ms. Maricor, who put in days and weeks of hard work and dedication to ensure everything was perfect on this day. In addition, there were many others who supported this event and to say their thank yous best, here is a message from Mr. Sebert and Ms. Maricor acknowledging everyone.
We are especially grateful to all our administrators for their trust, invaluable assistance, and phenomenal support.... to Ms Megan, and all our teachers and teacher assistants who created the craze and turned the last few minutes of the show in an incredible experience for everyone present (special thanks to Ms. Peachi, Ms. Irish for the dance choreography, and to our Choir - Ms. Allen, Ms. Love, Ms. Shan, Ms. Abie, Ms. Jasmine, Ms. Jed, Ms. Jesusa, Ms. Rona, Ms. Ailene, and Ms. Berns)...to our Centerstage judges (both auditions & finals) who remained focused and completely concentrated, holding their breath for every act and performances, making tough decisions.... to Ms. Alpha and Mr. Yuri, for ensuring that the scores are adding up & averaging correctly.....to our wonderful people behind the scenes - K. Star, K. Ae, K. Pui, K. Non, Mr. Manny, K. Boonsri & the maintenance team, K. Tuk, & the custodians, and our amazing sound and lights team - K. Santi, K. Game, K. Max, K. Wat, K. Num, & K. Pong, who accommodated & customized sound/lights for each & every act.... Above all, we are sincerely thankful to all our brilliantly determined, gifted and enthusiastically talented students who are the main reason why Centerstage continue to evolve....and their parents whose support is beyond compare. YOU ALL made Centerstage happen the 8th time around!!!.....This is US! - The PYP!!! and we're fortunate and blessed to be part of this dynamic community....
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Thank you all once again!!! Xie Xie ni!!! Khop khun maak kha!
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Maricor and Sebert” Thank you EVERYONE for all that you do! We are already looking forward to next year’s performances!
School Update
Tournament of the Minds
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OM is a problem-solving program for teams of primary aged students from grades 3-5. Students are required to solve demanding, open-ended challenges from one of the following disciplines: Science Technology; Engineering Maths; Language Literature; Socials Sciences. This is an amazing opportunity for students to work together as part of a team to create a project that puts their creative, social and academic skills into practice and most importantly allows them to have a whole lot of fun. We are pleased to announce that this is Concordian’s second year being involved with this program. Students will participate in real, open-ended challenges, develop creative problem solving approaches and techniques, foster cooperative learning and teamwork, and promote knowledge and appreciation of self and others. It will encourage experimentation and risk taking as well as stimulate a spirit of inquiry and a love of learning. TOM is an opportunity for students with a passion for learning and problem-solving, to demonstrate their creative skills and talents in an exciting, vibrant, and public way. This year we had over 40 students from grades 3-5 tryout for this rigorous and challenging program. We are proud to announce our two teams that will be competing against schools from all over Southeast Asia on Sunday, March 3rd at Bangkok Prep:
Team 1
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Burger Otto Thyme Zoe Maya Cloe Ing Ing
Miki Sophia Praew Henry Lauren Pete Vera
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This year’s team facilitators are Ms. Rhiannon, Ms. Ashley, Ms. Amanda, Ms. Rachael, and Mr. Craig.
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Activities & Events
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oncordian International School held its first ‘Chinese Summit of International Education’ on the 28th and 29th of September 2018. A total of 110 attendees from 35 Asian institutions, including international schools, Chinese language education centers, and individual educators, attended the summit.
Unlike other Chinese summits held in previous years, the Concordian summit added an entire school day for classroom observations. Each participant could choose four classes of different grade levels to observe during the day. These observations enabled participants to clearly understand how classes at Concordian are conducted, and how Chinese can be taught in a language immersion program under IB curriculum, tailored to various age groups. The participants were so impressed by the Chinese language level of Concordian students, demonstrating that the methods of Chinese teaching in the school are quite successful.
The organizers invited the famous language and curriculum educator Ms. Ma Yamin to lecture on the topics of ‘The Essence of Concept-based Learning and Teaching’, and ‘Implementing Concept-based Learning and Teaching’. Through Ms. Ma Yamin’s vivid teaching methods, and intriguing content, the participants learned practical methodology that can be applied to their own classroom teaching. After six months of preparation by a professional team, the first Concordian Chinese summit was a great In addition to the interesting lectures, success. Not only was the excellent Chinese Concordian set up several workshops operated by its language teaching at Concordian acknowledged by own outstanding Chinese department. The workshops most of the educators, but a wonderful network was built included ‘PYP Creative Writing’, ‘Concept-based to exchange relevant experiences and information, Learning and Teaching in PYP’, ‘Inquiry-based benefiting everyone who is committed in high quality learning and Teaching in the Secondary Chinese education. Classroom’, ‘Creating Visible Thinking Routines in The Chinese Classroom’, ‘The Chinese Classroom - Simple, Let us look forward to the next even more thoughtProductive, and Mindful’, and more. During the provoking and inspiring “Chinese Summit of workshops, participants were asked to engage in International Education’! hands-on learning, rather than listening and learning passively, which made all the workshops livelier, and trained teachers to be active problem solvers.
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Activities & Events
Loy Krathong festival 2018
wan-loi-gra-thong (river goddess worship festival) Loy Krathong Day is another important day in Thailand. This tradition has been carried on since the Sukhothai Era. The Loy Krathong date is not fixed. It varies every year depending on the full moon. It is on the fifteenth day of the waxing moon in the twelfth lunar month of the transitional Thai calendar. It usually falls in November according to the international calendar. This year it was held on November 22, 2018. Loy Kratong at Concordian Students wore the Thai traditional costumes to participate in the Loy Krathong activities. The Early Years students made krathongs with their parents and floated them in the swimming pool, this year they EY has been encouraging the eco-friendly environment in school so, we promoted reusing a plastic bag to take their Krathongs home. The Primary Years held a Loy Krathong Assembly. In the morning of Loy Krathong Day, the PY Thai classical music band had a great performance to welcome parents and students to our fantastic festival in the lobby. Then, in they PY assembly, G5 students had a beautiful show called “The auspicious river of Loy krathong” which was about the legendary Himmapan Forest and the Anodard.
Grade 9 and Grade 10 held a Krathong Contest. It The performance included the glamorous was the first year they created BIG Krathongs for Kinnaree dance to celebrate the Loy Krathong festival. the competition in the 50 metre-pool! Many thanks to Everything was arranged and prepared by our G5 Dr. C and Mr. Markus for supervising them. students. Their work is so artistic and culturally Grade 6, Grade 7, and Grade 8 held the a touching. We are so proud of you, our G5. variety of Thai activities. The theme of their event was, “Tie, Taste and Tour.” They were so excited to present their activities and make good memories on stage by releasing a lantern together. Happy Loy Krathong Day! Thai Department
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SPELLING BEE
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This year Concordian students from grades 1 to 5 participated in the 2018 KPIS Inter-School Spelling Bee. The competition was divided into three categories a grade 1/2 category a grade 3/4 category and a grade 5/6 category. We had many excellent Concordian spellers try out for the team, but ultimately we were only able to select 6 students from each category. Students were provided with word lists of up to 400 words which they studied for nearly 2 months prior to the competition. Concordian students did a fantastic job of preparing for the competition and many of the students made it to the knockout rounds which were rounds that went outside of the prepared spelling lists and contained difficult words meant to knock children out of the competition. These were some tough words!
At the grade 1/2 level some of these knockout words included gerund, pretentious, and nuisance. In the grade 3/4 category knockout words consisted of words such anxious and fatigued. Some examples at the grade 5/6 level comprised negligence and omnipotence. Concordian students did a fabulous job of representing our school’s English program. For instance, although the competition started with over 130 students at the grade 1/2 level, when they were down to the final 14 contestants, 3 of them were Concordian students.
While we are very proud of all students, we would like to extend special congratulations to Grade 2 Joshua and Pluem who were official finalists, and to Grade 2 Ari who won 3rd place overall at the Grade 1/2 level. We really hope that the tradition of representing Concordian’s amazing English program at the spelling bee can continue in the future, and we look forward to having all interested students try out in the 2019-20 school year!
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