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he Student Council is very busy. We have done a ton of things in the past few months. First of all, we organized several booths at the Festival of Love, a first for the PYP Student Council! Our booths raised a huge amount of money that we will use to buy school supplies for a local Thai school. Another event that raised money for a local Thai School was our 1st PYP Book Exchange. When you donated a book, you received a discount to buy a new book. Each book retailed for 20 Baht so they were really cheap. We are going to visit a local Thai school on a field trip where we plan to organize and play games and activities with the children and also donate school supplies. The Student Council has prepared for Earth Month. Doing an activity for Earth Month has kind of become a tradition for the PYP Student Council. We created different challenges for the different grades so it’s more interesting. We have also used our survey information from our Sports Survey to meet with Coach K.
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The students of grade 5 have reached another milestone by successfully completing their PYP Exhibition! To begin, all students took agency by selecting a special topic they felt passionate about. They dove deep into their interests to promote awareness about their specific topic. Each group’s We the PYP Student Council have been very exhibition was a culmination of the PYP programme successful this year. We have completed various goals that showcased all of their knowledge and skills and helped our school community in many ways. they have learned within their PYP journey. - Burger, President
Ted Talks After in-depth research the students synthesized their knowledge and prepared a dynamic Ted Talk style presentation to share with our school community. The students incorporated within those talks an artistic piece of their choice which represented their topic conflict and resolution. The 14 amazing presentations were spread throughout two wonderful days of teaching, learning, and passion. The school community is proud of the accomplishments of each group. These incredible public speakers are prepared to make the big leap into the MYP.
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- Mr. John, Ms. Dominik, Ms. Ashley, Mr. Craig, and Ms. Lindsay
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e are so very proud of our 14 students who represented Concordian at this year’s Tournament of the Minds. After working very hard for over 3 months, both teams placed 2nd in their divisions in the International Regional Final at Bangkok Prep on Sunday, March 3rd competing against schools from across Southeast Asia. 4 challenges 6 weeks 13 schools 63 teams 441 students
Our STEM team ‘The Dragon Scouts’ had to design a plan to announce a new species to the world in the challenge called ‘The Incredible Find’. The team needed to create a new species and a working model of the organism. The students also shot video footage and included full mathematical and engineering explanations for its creation. The final product was a combination of 3 different animal phylum: Porifera, Tardigrade, and Mollusca found living in the Sea of Doom in Brazil. They competed against 14 different teams faced with the same challenge and our Dragon Scouts placed 2nd! Amazing job Dragon Scouts! Our Language and Literature team, ‘Dragon Films’ competed in a challenge called ‘Page to Screen’. The students had to select an age appropriate book and create a persuasive pitch on why this book should become a film and demonstrate a clip of what the movie would look like. The team chose Smile by Raina Telgemeir and did an incredible job showcasing their creativity and imagination. They competed against 9 others teams and placed 2nd! Way to go Dragons! - Ms. Rhiannon & Ms. Ashley
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Athletics News
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he team had a difficult start in their first friendly match against BCIS which revealed a lot of skills and teamwork that needed to be built. The team had a focus of not only developing their skills but also becoming players that were “Humble, Hungry and Smart.” Throughout each practice and each game, the players nominated their teammates that embodied these attributes. As the season progressed, the players really became a “Humble, Hungry and Smart” team. The players showed immense growth throughout the season and developed grit and tenacity that led them to place second in the league and third place in the tournament (following a close loss that came down to the wire in the semi-finals and a dynamic win in straight sets the third place game). This result, shows significant growth from previous years and shows great potential for the program moving forward. Coach Jay
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hat a wonderful year of Lady Dragon Girls Football it has been! Our young team first came together in September with fantastic returning players: Grade 3 Airi, Nina, Rita. Grade 2 Ploy, Jade, Emma, and Torfun. We very happily added our new Grade 1s: Richy, Xiu Xiu, Name, and Imm. We began practicing ball handling skills, communicating with each other, positions on the field, and understanding the rules of football. During the month of September and October our team was very committed to practice and we learned how to work together. We added defence and offense drills, as well as strategies for passing and shooting. By November and December, we were ready for our games, challenging Berkeley, Ekamai International School, and KIS. We had great wins and tough losses. There were some excellent moments of resilience, strength, enthusiasm, and teamwork. Our goalies practiced early on Thursday mornings and never gave up.
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After Christmas break, we kept becoming stronger together with twice weekly practices. By the time the February tournament came, we were ready to play hard. It was a beautiful morning at KIS on February 26th. Lady Dragons came out fast and fierce, and our defense of Emma, Rita, and Nina held strong, only allowing one goal. We lost the first game 1-0, but came out even more determined in our second game vs. Berkeley. We won 2-0, led by super attackers Ploy and Airi. Then we challenged KIS again in the playoffs, resulting a tie of 1-1. This led to 5 minutes of extra time for a golden shot opportunity. In the end, KIS was able to score a beautiful aerial goal to win the tournament, and Dragons took second.
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We are so proud of the excellent football players they have become. We love your fire for the game and your willingness to give 100% effort, while still having fun with each other. Keep being awesome and always double knot your shoes. See you next season! Love, Coach Heather and Coach Wilmer
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nother year and yet another amazing Sports Day! It was great to see so many parents at our PY Sports Day, witnessing how their children are evolving in sports and learning how important the school takes the IB Learner Profile attribute 'Balanced' in the PYP There were over 20 stations of different physical activities going on Grades 1 and 2 demonstrated their learning in the PY Gym, New Soccer Field, Basketball Court and Dome for their 8 Stations. Grades 3, 4 and 5 demonstrated their skills in other areas of the school, making use of our brand new Sports Facilities including the tennis Courts, table tennis room, SC Gym, 100 meter track and new 11 side football pitch! It was a great morning of fun with our Concordian students showing great sportsmanship, fair-play and willpower to complete all their stations They were all great risk-takers! A big THANK YOU to the parents for showing up and in some cases even participating To our PY teachers and teaching Assistants for all their hard work running the stations, being DJ's, taking their classes around the stations and even playing sports with them Another thank you to our Concordian Staff & IT department involved in all the preparation that went into our PY Sports Day lead by Khun Zyne and Khun Peanut Lastly, a big thank you to our students for one more year of being open-minded and trying different sports and activities. You always give your best effort! An event like this could never happen without the support of our entire Concordian Community! GO DRAGONS!!!! Looking forward to our next PY Sports Day! - Mr. JoĂŁo 20 CONCORDIAN
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oncordian had an amazing opportunity to welcome one of the best Chinese Dragon & Lion Dance teams to perform on January,31st 2019. All students and teachers were thrilled to experience this exciting Chinese cultural event. We believe this auspicious performance to start the new year will bring good luck to our entire school community.
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The Dragon’s Spirit
his is the 5th year the PTA has organized the Festival of Love. This year's theme, The Dragon's Spirit, was chosen because we wanted to show the strong spirit of Concordian. We had everyone wearing light Blue and one of the main features was getting the kids to do cheers. Hopefully, we will adopt some of these cheers to be taught to all Concordians through the years and whenever we hear one of these cheers, we will remember how proud and unified we are as Concordian Dragons! - Gilbert Lim, PTA President
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Photos by Milie, Poom, Pound, and Tonkla
Library Corner
The PYP Library Buzz
Librarians Knowledge Sharing Workshop (LKSW)
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n 8th of November 2018, Concordian had the honor to welcomed 28 Librarians from different International Schools around Asia Pacific who joined the Conference Theme - 'Global Citizenship'. They visited our libraries (PYP & MYP) to see our collection and organization process and at the same time for personal benchmarking.
Fall Book Fair
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oncordian hosted a successful “Three Day Book Fair”, participated by nine book vendors around Thailand.
We were able to restock our shelves with around 41,000 THB worth of new and interesting educational products like books and games that our students, teachers, and parents would love. All profit from the book fair was taken in product rather than cash to build a balance and updated library collection. A big THANK YOU to all of you who continually support our library events. - Ms. Mharvie
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“You’re never too old, too wacky, too wild, to pick up a book and read to a child.” - Dr. Seuss
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oncordian International School was very excited to organize its 6th “PY Chinese Writing Competition” in March. The contest was designed to encourage students to be proud of their Chinese writing skills, to showcase their writing abilities and to inspire others through their passion for learning Chinese. The Excellent Writer Award (the 1st place winner) and The Great Writer Award(the 2nd place winner) of each class was announced during the flag raising ceremony on Monday April 8th, 2019. Congratulations to all the amazing writers and let’s hear what they would like to share with the school community about writing, winning and learning Chinese.
Dol G1K: 我很兴奋，我很自豪，我很快乐! I’m excited, proud of myself and so happy! Gywn G1K: 我很开心我赢了。I'm very happy that I won. Don G1Y: 我很开心，我很快乐！I’m so happy and thrilled! Brownie G1Y: 我想我很棒。在二年级我会赢第一名。 I’m proud of myself and I would like to win the 1st place in Grade 2. Pun Pun G1H: 我很开心，也很惊喜。 I’m so surprised and happy that I’m winning. CJ G1H: 我很开心，也很自豪骄傲。I'm very happy and proud. Reiko G1S: 我很开心，也很惊喜。I’m so surprised and happy that I’m winning. Ing Ing G1S: 我听到我的名字，我真的很惊喜，也很快乐。 I’m so surprised and happy when hearing my name(announced in the award ceremony).
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Sureen G2M: 我想如果我们要写好一个人，就要好好的观察他。 I think to write well about a person, you need to observe that person carefully. Tatar G2M: 第一次得到第一名我很开心。 我写的时候有很好的想法。在比赛的时候有一点紧张，但是我很自信。 I am happy that I won the first prize. I had good ideas when I write. I was nervous during the contest but overall I’m very confident. Aimee G2M: 我写的时候很紧张，但是我努力做到最好。 I was nervous in the Writing Contest, but I did my best. Plearn G2N: 我们要认真学习，专心听老师，这样才能赢写作比赛。 If we want to win the Writing Contest, we need to study hard and listen to teachers with concentration. Katie G2N: 我觉得我每天认真学习中文，所以我才能赢。 I think I study Chinese very hard everyday and that’s how I could win the Writing Contest. Ploy G2C: 如果你好好学中文，就会像我一样赢比赛。 Study Chinese well, and you will be winning the contest, just like me. Plus G2C: 我很爱写东西，可以赢写作比赛让我更喜欢写作文了。 I love writing and winning the Writing Contest made me love writing even more! Emma G2S: 我在K3才开始学中文，现在二年级我赢了第一个中文比赛，我要谢谢我的中文老师。 I started learning Chinese only in K3. Now I won a Chinese contest! Thank you Chinese teachers. Jasmin G2S: 我写的时候很紧张，怕写的不好。可是没想到我赢了！我很自豪。 I was nervous in the Writing Contest, worried that I couldn’t write well. Unexpectedly I won! So proud of myself. Vera G3W: 我很兴奋因为去年我还是一个新生，今年我得了第一。
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I am so excited because last year I was only a new student and this year I won the first place! Ryu G3W：我赢了两年写作比赛好兴奋。去年我第一，今年我第二。So excited that I won Chinese Writing Contest two years in a row. Last year I won the first place and this year I won the second place. Diya G3W: 看见写作题目，我就决定写我的姥姥。她从北京来探望我们，刚走。这次写作是我的真情流露。 I decided to write about my grandma when seeing the writing topic “ The Person I Care about”. She just returned to Beijing after a short visit to us. My writing reflected my true feelings. Ken.W G3W: 二年级和三年级我都得到第二名。如果我继续努力学中文，明年我就可以拿第一。 I won the second place both in G2 and G3. If I continue to study Chinese hard, I can won the first place next year in G4. Pim G3R: 我很自豪因为这是我第二年得奖。I’m so proud because I won two years in a row. Ing Ing G3R: 我很开心因为这是我第三年得奖。I’m so proud because I won three years in a row. Airi G3A: 妈妈告诉我我赢不赢不重要，努力就好。然后我就很努力，我也赢了 ! My mom tells me winning is not that important, as long as you try your best. So I tried my best and I won! Manie G3A: 我的妈妈告诉我，我没有赢。原来她只是想要给我一个惊喜！ I was really surprised because my mom told me I didn't win. Actually, she was just trying to surprised me. Nina G3Y: 我很开心因为我每一年都赢。我要感谢我的中文老师们。 I’m so happy that I won the Writing Contest every year, thanks to all my great Chinese teachers. Bibee G3Y: 我和家人都很开心，因为这是我第一次写作比赛拿奖。未来我会更努力学好中文，继续拿奖! Me and my family are so thrilled because this is the first time I won the Writing Contest. In the future, I will continue studying hard in Chinese and winning prizes! Lita G4J: 得到第一我很惊喜。我在写作时不紧张因为Ms. Sunnie教了我们怎么写好词和好句子。 I was surprised that I won the first place. I was not nervous about writing as Ms. Sunnie taught us how to use good words and write good sentences. Maggie G4J: 我很快乐。我要谢谢Ms. Sunnie教我怎么写作。 I'm very happy and want to thank Ms. Sunnie for teaching me writing. Pao Pao G4S: 我很自豪。我想把奖杯给爷爷看，可惜他已经去世了。 I’m so proud of myself. I would like to show my trophy to my grandpa, but he already passed away… Pim G4S: 写作比赛让我感到越来越自信。Thanks to the Writing Contest, I’m becoming more and more confident. Joanne G4S: 感谢我的妈妈因为她一直鼓励我多读中文书来帮助提高我的写作。 I would like to thank my mother who always encourages me to read more Chinese books to improve my writing. Janie G4F: 我很开心。在今年的中文课，我学到了更多的字词和句子来表达我的想法。 I’m so happy I won. This year I learned many more words and sentences to express my ideas. Rika G4F: 我很惊喜和快乐。今年特别高兴因为我的妹妹Reiko也得奖了。 I was surprised and especially happy because my sister Reiko also won the Writing Contest. Chone G4B: 感谢中文老师们，我和全家都很高兴。 Thank you all the Chinese teachers! Me and my family are so happy. Ai G4B: 我很开心我三年都得到第二名。不知道什么时候会得第一。 I’m very happy I won the second place three years in a row. I wonder when I can won the first place. Meena G4B: 谢谢爸爸妈妈每天晚上和我一起读书，这帮助了我的写作能力。 Thank you parents for reading with me every night and this helped me to improve my writing. Deen G4B: 谢谢妈妈教我中文。您对我很严格，可是我知道这是为了我好。 Thank you mom for teaching me Chinese. Thank you for being so strict with me. I know it is good for me. Sheen G5D: 我喜欢写作比赛。它让我进步，提高写作能力。 I enjoy the Writing Contest. It helps me to improve my Chinese writing skills. Pear G5D: 我觉得写作就是写出自己的创意，内心和想法。 I think writing is to show your creativity, heart and ideas in words on paper. Pote G5J: 学习中文很重要。我们要努力学中文。因为我一直努力才能赢。 Learning Chinese is very important. I won because I always study hard in Chinese. Pei Pei G5J: 非常高兴拿到这个奖！我要继续专心、努力地学习，不放弃。 So glad to won this prize. I will continue working hard in study and never give up. Sofia G5A: 我很喜欢写作。写作能帮助我的学习，表达自己，练习中文。 I love writing. Writing can help improve learning, expressing myself and practising Chinese. Grand G5A: 这是一次很好的机会。让我知道我学了八年中文，到了哪里。 This is a great opportunity for me to know my Chinese level after 8 years of learning. Zoe G5C: 虽然写好中文不容易，但是我会继续努力，因为中文很重要。 Even though writing in Chinese is not easy, but I will continue to try my best because learning Chinese is very important. Nam Petch G5C: 写作时，要把自己心里的感情写出来，让读者感动。 I think when we write, we need to write our true feelings to touch and connect with the readers. Kurtis G5C: 我喜欢中文，学中文很有趣。中文写作时一个有用的和重要的技能。 I love learning Chinese and finds it very interesting. Chinese writing is a useful and important skill. 45 CONCORDIAN
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veryone was welcomed on the morning of Concordian‘s Thai New Year Day with a great performance from our Thai classical music bandi in the lobby area.
The Songkran Festival is to provide the opportunity for the school community to gather in order to join our unique ceremony. Students express respect to the teachers by pouring scented water onto their then teachers in bless the students with good luck and prosperity. Songkran is the traditional Thai New Year which starts on April 13 every year and lasts for 3 days. Songkran is a Sanskrit word which means “move” or “change place” as it is the day when the sun changes its position in the zodiac. It is also known as the “Water Festival” This year, Songkran festival in Concordian International School was held on Thursday the 11th of April 2019. EY/PY After the ceremony, EY/PY had exciting time enjoying the entertaining water station. Thank you everyone who made the Ceremony a wonderful event and we would like to give special thank to Mr. Savage for organizing the fun wet activities. Thank you for your help and support and being involved in Songkran festival 2019. MYP/DP After the ceremony MYP/DP had a Fashion show in the theme of “Pa-Khoa-Ma-Tae Tae in the Closet”. We are so proud of you young designers; mentored by the Design Department and MYP/DP teachers. Thank you for a wonderful time this year , it was really the unique ! Kru Dear
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ur school celebrates Songkran every year. It gets better every year, Concordian tends to follow the Thai tradition of Songkran even though we are an International School. In the afternoon all the students got together in the Grand Theatre. The first session was the (Rod Nam Dum Hua) ceremony, where students would come up to the teachers and pour scented water on their hands to show respect to them. After that the students watched the design department showcase their work on the Songkran themed Thai Masks that they made themselves. They made them with the help of the design teachers Ms. Charne, Mr. Eric and Mr. Jonathan. The mask was a simple design and had glowing lights. It was a unique experience. To top that, the school held a fashion show featuring clothes made out of Pa-Kao-ma. The company Lalalove was nice enough to showcase some of their designs. We students modelled for the Lalalove fashion show. Our school also held our own fashion show and the students design the clothes, the teachers were modelling this time. It was extraordinary! Khun Varnee said a quick speech to finish the ceremony up. Most of the students had fun this Songkran. Concordian has done it again. I speak for all of the students when I say this was the most unique Songkran. We have to thank the Thai department and the Design department also we have to thank the models and lastly thank you Lalalove for the fashion show. Happy Songkran! - Pim G6
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oncordian International School PY section successfully organized The Voice of Concordian – Chinese Singing Contest Season Three in celebration to the Chinese New Year 2019. What a spectacular event it was! After auditions, sixteen performances were selected to compete in the Voice Finale on the 12th of February 2019. All the finalists’ voices were so beautiful. They demonstrated their wide voice range by accurately hitting all the notes, from the highest to the lowest. They put in true emotion in conjunction with solid singing techniques, making their performance truly heartfelt and amazing! Our four judges: Ms. Nathalie, Ms. Sally, Mr. Yuri and student judge Ang Ang, Grade 9, were so touched by their performances and they had only good words to say to them. Our audience enjoyed the show deeply and many students were inspired by the performer's passion towards singing. Congratulations to the following students who won the Best Voice Awards : Ken G2M , Minnie G2S, CJ G1H, Plearn G2N, Ploy G2C and Pleng G1Y, Khao Wan G3W, Khao Mai G5J, Mind G5D, Pear G5D, Kaem G5C, and Candy G4S. Congratulations to the following students who won the Good Voice Awards : Namo G1K, Kin G1K, Korn G1K, Kumzub G1S, Candy G2S, Nita G2C, Tatar G2M, Jade G2N, Pao Pao G4S, Nina G3Y, Ami G3Y, Proud G3Y, Jane G3Y, Purit G5J, and Pote G5J. All of this surely would not have been possible without our awesome PY Chinese team. All the Chinese teachers, teacher assistants, and support teachers prepared for weeks to ensure the success of the event. They did all the work from stage decoration to sound and screen design. Of course I would also like to express the sincere appreciation to our school administrators, IT team, maintenance team and our extremely supportive Concordian parents. With all of your help, the Voice of Concordian Season Three was an absolute success. It brought the students passions of learning Chinese and singing together! We look forward to the Voice of Concordian Season Four next year! - Ms. Ariel, Vice Principal of Learning and Teaching
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