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What an evening; a new Harrow Bangkok tradition is born!

On Thursday 8 October our boarders represented their boarding houses with pride, commitment and passion to delight the crowd in a singing performance that will live long in the memory. Bradbeians, West Acrians and Grovites sang with full effort to deliver some striking performances that left everyone grinning and pining for more!

Bradbeians performed their very own version of ‘Believer’ by Imagine Dragons. Coordinated clapping, feet stamping and solo verses from Eugene, Davy and Sun laid down a high marker and West Acre knew they had to deliver. They did just that with a beautifully sang tune incorporating Disney’s ‘Sofia the First’ and ‘For The First Time In Forever’ and wonderfully choreographed hand movements and synchronised feet stamping added to the performance. The Grove were given the final performance slot and knew the pressure was on! They stepped up well to give the judges, Miss Woollam and Mr Tneoh from our coveted Music Department, a very difficult decision.

There could be only one winner of the inaugural Boarding House Song Competition and The Grove took a very close decision with their own version of Mariah Carey’s ‘All I Want for Christmas is You’. A (very) early Christmas present.

The positive and inclusive atmosphere was the biggest winner of the night. Well done and thank you to the boarders for putting on the most superb evening. A Harrow Bangkok tradition is born… we are already looking forward to next year!

Richard Walter Head of Boarding

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The Grove

The Grovites have continued to make tangible strides forward this term. Staff and students have been busy working to ensure leadership, independence and personal development are at the heart of life in The Grove. Firstly, a huge congratulations must be extended out to the Sixth Form for their instrumental role in leading the Grovite mentor programme. Here, each student has worked to guide a mentee in Year ten or eleven with setting and achieving their own personal targets. It has been a flourishing success and long may it continue.

It has been excellent to see the current Grovites upholding house traditions, such as the ‘Thursday Thought’ presentations. Here, Grovites have prepared and presented a relevant topic to the rest of the house. Following each presentation is a Q&A session and an enormous round of applause for their efforts and contributions. The students have also been pioneers in creating their own traditions. The Grove Table Tennis Championship has spurred healthy competition

Living together

In our inaugural edition of ‘Living together’ we look at the life of a Year 7 boy in Bradbys House.

I am going to tell you my amazing experiences of living in a boarding house. It is amazing because we have fantastic facilities, fun staff, and the fastest wi-fi. On top of this we have daily academic tutors who help me with my spoken and written English.

I normally wake up at 06.30am and have a nice, warm shower before going to the Hub where we eat our breakfast. Breakfast is the best meal because we have a throughout the year groups whilst the house eco committee have organised an energy saving project across the Boarding Village.

We have also been lucky enough to welcome Harrow alumni Khun Ton, to deliver an inspiring presentation about his experiences at Harrow on the Hill, university study and career development. The Grovites were full of enthusiasm and used the Q&A opportunity to deepen their understanding of potential career paths and later life decisions.

Finally, as gentleman of Harrow Bangkok, the Grovites have worked hard to build an identity that fosters HPL values, attitudes and attributes. SIPP has become the mantra (Smart, Inclusive, Positive, Polite) and is at the heart of all they do.

Mr Carmody The Grove Deputy House Master

lot of selection. I always eat an omelette, toast and have fresh orange juice. After I finished eating my delicious breakfast, I go straight to school. It takes about 10 minutes which is great because I don’t get stuck in traffic!

At 2.40 pm, school finishes and I have activities. After this I go back to the Boarding Village. We then have free time during which I cook, play PS4, football on the field, device time, chat with my friends, play board games, and more. My favourite activity is on Wednesday because we have cooking club and I love to learn new dishes.

At 5.30 pm it’s our House meeting. The teacher shares what’s going to happen during the week or the next day. After House meeting, it is dinner time. I then play with my friends before “prep”. Prep starts at 6.30 and lasts one hour. We have tutors to help us with our homework and reading.

At 7.30pm prep is finished and I go to play in the Sports Hall. At 8.20pm, I call my parents, shower and then at 9.00 pm I am in bed, but I can chat with my friends until 9.30 pm. At 9.30 pm I go to sleep and that’s my amazing experience in Bradbys House.

Pavis

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Wonderful West Acre

It has been yet another wonderful few weeks in West Acre with the usual frantic pace of school and boarding life. The girls have been absolute superstars and as more and more have arrived, old and new, the house is feeling complete again. The happiness and joy are tangible when you walk through the West Acre doors as is the sense of purpose and collaboration. The House Song performance was particularly impressive, the girls worked extremely hard with the support of our fantastic Sixth Form prefects – well done girls you were all awesome and we are very proud of you.

We have also been busy awarding merits with Tg and Gracey receiving a Bronze Award each and Gracey has now reached Silver Award. Both girls have demonstrated kindness and maturity time and time again and continuously go above and beyond with their academic studies together with the activities and expectations in West Acre. It won’t be long before many of the other girls receive their Bronze awards as they continue to impress us all here – ‘West Acre Angels’, they certainly are.

One of the more recent highlights was Halloween (or ‘Harroween’) with the girls excitedly dressing up and enjoying all the spooky events that took place both in school and in West Acre including ‘Manhunt’, a fabulous Harroween quiz, creepy cookies and a gruesome but delicious buffet in the house, an impressive spread thanks to Epicure.

Another wonderful opportunity to dress up was Loy Krathong and as the girls went into school they looked beautiful in their outfits and took part in making Loy Krathongs adorned with colourful flowers.

We are now looking forward to the runup to Christmas with many more events planned and more fun to be had – watch this space!

Anna Casteja West Acre House Mistress

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European Day

of Languages Celebration in Boarding!

Saturday 26th September 2020 marked the 17th year of the European Day of Languages. The European Day of Languages promotes awareness of the importance of language learning and protecting the linguistic heritage of European languages. The event was celebrated in the whole Upper School during tutor time with a fun quiz looking at different languages spoken around Europe. The idea was to remind students of the importance of languages but also to show them that when you learn a language, you do not just learn the language itself but also about the culture of the country where that language is spoken by widening your knowledge and discovering new things. On this occasion, in boarding, the Bradbys boys had the opportunity to experience languages and Europe at its finest: through food! The students prepared three famous and delicious dishes from around Europe. The well-known pizza from Italy, the delightful croissant from France and finally the mouth-watering Greek dipping sauce called Tzatziki. The students were supported by the graduate leaders Angelica and Georgie, Mr Downey and Mrs Ansen and her husband, new joiners of the Bradbys family. The students were working in three different groups and learnt some new cooking techniques such as rolling dough. For many students it was their first encounter with garlic and also their firsttime trying Tzatziki so - mission accomplished!

Shivaani Mahenthrarajah Upper School French Teacher