Rugby School Thailand: 2017/18 school magazine by Rugby School Thailand

2017-2018

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CONTENTS Review of the Year

ACTIVITIES

The Headmaster

Badminton

Divisional Events

Tennis

Prizes

Big Art

Chess

Debating

PRE-PREP From the Head of Pre-Prep

Book Club

Rugby Rascals

Coding

After School Activities

Chinese Board Games

Pre-Nursery

Engineering

Nursery

Scuba Diving

Reception

Equestrianism

Year 1

Eco Committee

Year 2

Gardening

German

Golf

SUBJECTS Academics

Math Plus

Year 3

Kayaking

Art & Design

Photography

Drama

Sailing

Computing

Table Tennis

English

Volleyball

French

Taekwondo and Chanbara

Mandarin

Website Creation

Humanities

Video Making

Maths

Thai Dance

Physical Education

Thai Language

Science

Brass Ensemble

Spanish

Clarinet Ensemble

Thai for Thai

Thai for non Thais

Music

EVENT

SPORT Sport Day

Swimming

Basketball

Jungle Book

Football

Gruffalo

Cricket

Chines New Year 2018

Handball

Christmas lunch

Tag Rugby

Flash mob dance

International Day

Loy Krathong

Project week

Residential trip Year 3-4

Residential trip Year 5-6

Songkran Day

The Verse Speaking Competition

Wai Khru

World Book Day

Anniversary of the passing of Bhumlbol Adulyade

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REVIEW OF THE YEAR

THE HEADMASTER Extracts from the Founding Headmaster’s Speech at the endof-year Speech Day Khun Taya, Khunying Kasama, RST Parents, Grandparents, friends and Children… So here we are…the final day of the first year in the existence of Rugby School Thailand. It seems a long time ago, does it not, that most of you were gathered in the Dining Hall back in early September to hear Khun Nataphol Teepsuwan and myself apologise for the delay in our opening. And, if you remember, the very first week of RST education actually took place in a hotel at Jomtien beach. Not an easy start, by any means. I’m sure that some of you at that time were wondering whether you had made a terrible mistake moving your children to a brand new school, but you stuck with us nevertheless and for that we will always be very grateful. 10 days after that inauspicious Dining Hall gathering, we moved into the Pre-Prep classroom block, now known as the Oval, with 110 children. And we now finish the year with the Oval occupied by 152 very talented children. And of those 152 children, 66 are pupils of the prep school, whose achievements and experiences we are celebrating this morning.

And finally some of the year’s special events: Charity Work – linking with the Haven and with the Hand-to-Hand Foundation, Sports Day, Chinese New Year, Christmas Lunch and the magical Christmas hats, the Flash Mob Dance, International Day, Loy Krathong, Project Week, Residential Trips to Rayong and Khao Yai, Songkran, Verse Speaking Competition, Wai Khru, and World Book Day…

So I’d like to reflect for a few moments on all that has happened in the Prep School – Years 3 – 6, during the past academic year. And I make no apology for the length of this list – for the fact there are more items in the list than there are pupils in the prep school makes their achievements all the more impressive:

Now that is a busy schedule by any standard, but when you also consider the quality of all these events, and the quality of the performances, and you reflect that all this was achieved by just 66 children, then you have to reach three conclusions:

First – weekly timetabled lessons: Maths, English, Thai, Science, French, Art & Design, Computing, Humanities, Mandarin and Spanish, and…school exams. And, yes, parents, our academic expectations are high and the exams are challenging, so do not be concerned if your son or daughter did not achieve a percentage in the 80s or 90s. You may be interested to know the pass mark for entry into the top UK private senior schools ranges from 55% - 70%. Everything, as they say, is relative.

1.Sitting before me now is a group of multi-talented and hard-working children, and 2.Sitting around them in the Hall this morning is a group of extraordi narily professional and inspirational teachers, and 3.This has been a wonderfully happy and successful first year for Rugby School Thailand. But that, of course, is just my view. The most important people at RST are, of course, the children - so what do they think? Over the last couple of weeks and at last Monday’s Assembly in particular, I thought it would be interesting to ask the children a few questions.

Music: 85% of pupils learning a musical instrument; an ever-growing array of ensembles - Brass group, guitar ensemble, clarinet choir, percussion group, xylophone ensemble, saxophone ensemble, string ensemble, Concert Band, selected choir, and not forgetting the oh-so-talented staff angkalung ensemble. And we have enjoyed Lunchtime Concerts, a traditional British Carol Service; Visiting Musician Concerts, Divisional Music, and the magnificent End of Year Concert. What a busy and impressive musical year.

Question 1 What is your best memory of the year? For Bai-Toey it was the Carol Service, whilst Namo said it was the Christmas feast and hat competition. And, just in case the lawyers amongst you might accuse me of leading the witness, Question 2 was: What is your worst memory of the year Chaaim emphatically decided it was school exams. Equally emphatically, Pat decided it was ‘falling off the zipwire’. Question 3 Looking back - what would you do differently? Andrei would revise more; Olivier would sleep more at the weekend. Question 4. What advice would you give to the new children next September? Herbert, drawing upon the RST code, went for ‘do your best to be the best that you can be’. Eva’s advice would be ‘remember your table manners’, Rachel suggested ‘tuck your shirt in’ and Alan simply said: ‘Be kind’.

Sport: Athletics, Basketball, Cricket, Football, Handball, Swimming, Tag Rugby. Competing against schools much larger than us has been challenging, but by the end of the year we were winning more than we were losing, and every child in the prep school has represented RST in a school match. Drama: The drama club’s Dragon’s Den; Year 3 and 4’s ‘Gruffalo’, and Year 5 and 6’s ‘Jungle Book’ – complete with all the children’s stunning art work that helped create such a wonderful set… Activities: Badminton, Big Art, Book Club, Chess, Chanbara, Chinese Board Games, Computer Coding, Debating, Eco-Committee, Engineering, Equestrianism, Gardening, German for Beginners, Golf, Kayaking, Maths Plus, Photography, Sailing, Scuba Diving, Shakespeare Club, Table Tennis, Taekwondo, Tennis, Thai Dance, Video Making, Volleyball, Website creation.

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REVIEW OF THE YEAR Question 5 If you had the power to change one thing to make it better what would you change? Some very profound suggestions here. James would introduce gokarts; Harry suggests candy-floss at morning break; and Carlos…well, Carlos wants a Hot Tub.

Girl (4) – I would like a snooker table and a water park for prep pupils and a lot of cooking – and much less English and Maths And a year 5 boy wrote, very simply – I love coming to this school! And we have also looked forwards as well as back, in particular at next year and the new classroom block. We have talked with the children about the large theatre, about the dance studio, the library, the food technology room, the 2 music classrooms and 14 music practice rooms, the 2 Art studios and the ceramics room, the 2 Design Technology workshops, and the 4 Science laboratories. We have talked about the new prep boarding house – complete with games room, common rooms and music practice rooms. And I have spoken of the fantastic new teachers joining us in September. Chawin, however, had just one very important question on his mind regarding the new classroom building as compared with the pre-prep block: ‘Will the toilet cubicles have higher partitions?!’ Chawin was relieved to hear that they will.

And it was heartening to read some of the comments in the children’s recently-completed confidential self-report forms: On the subject of lessons: Boy (Year 6) – I enjoyed Maths in particular because it is really fun and Mr Howell is really nice. Boy (Year 5) – I like English because you get to write incredible things in creative writing Boy (Year 6) – I like Art because we don’t have to learn anything – we just draw and make stuff

And of course they will need to, because next year the prep school adds two more year groups – Years 7 and 8. Pupil intake for September has been very strong, with at least two classes per year group and the number of prep school children rising from 66 to over 170. With the Pre-Prep and Senior School added, we expect there to be in excess of 400 pupils in total – well beyond our expectations.

On Sport and Activities Girl (4) – My favourite activity is clarinet choir because Mrs Westlake is nice to me, and Gardening because Mrs Jones lets us design, plant and build. Girl (3) – I like games because its really fun and before I didn’t know how to play rugby or cricket and I wasn’t good at basketball and football and now I know how to do both. Boy (3) – My favourite sport is swimming, football, cricket, swimming, handball, swimming, rugby, volleyball, and swimming

I would like to finish simply by thanking one and all for helping to make RST’s first year such a successful one. To the parents for their support, their loyalty and for spreading such positive word-of-mouth about the school. To the teachers and the support staff, for their good humour and for their commitment to excellence in everything they do. To the Teepsuwan family and the Governors, for their vision and for their determination that Rugby School Thailand shall make a meaningful difference to the lives of many children. And, of course, to the children themselves for their enthusiasm, their hard work, and their willingness to take on new challenges.

Behaviour Boy (4) – I’m very happy that I learnt table manners like closing your mouth when eating. Boy (5) – School behaviour – good. My behaviour – could be better. Friendships Boy (4) – at my last school I was shy, but in RST I feel less shy. Girl (4) – I was shy in my old school, but now I have the confidence to talk to people Boy (4) – I like the pupils here – they are kind and good friends Girl (3) – I like the new friends I’ve made – they are really nice and funny and kind

Though just one year old, Rugby School Thailand has already become ‘the talk of the town’. Pupils are joining us from Bangkok, from all corners of Thailand, from Asia, and from Europe. Prospective pupils and prospective parents are excited by the nature of education, unique for this part of the world, that we are offering, by the quality of teachers that we are attracting, and by the wonderful location and fantastic facilities. Ladies, gentlemen and children, thanks to you the future of Rugby School Thailand is very bright indeed.

Any other comments or suggestions? Boy (5) – I am very happy that we get good lunches and dessert because there was no dessert in my previous school Boy (4) – I think that everything is perfect so I think that we don’t have to add anything to RST

NTW

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REVIEW OF THE YEAR

DIVISIONAL EVENT Term 1 Football U9 Boys Arnold U9 Girls Webb-Ellis U11 Boys Arnold U11 Girls Webb-Ellis Division Cup Arnold

Term 2 Sport Day

Basketball

U9 Girls Relay Arnold

U9 Boys

U9 Boys Relay

Webb-Ellis

U9 Girls Webb-Ellis

U11 Girls Relay

Webb-Ellis

U11 Boys Webb-Ellis

U11Boys Relay

Webb-Ellis

U11 Girls Arnold

Winning Division Webb-Ellis

Music

Arnold

Webb-Ellis

Science Arnold Tag-Rugby

Division Cup

Webb-Ellis

U9 Mixed Rugby Webb-Ellis U11 Mixed Rugby

Webb-Ellis

Term 3 Division Swimming

Arnold

Cricket

Verse Speaking

Webb-Ellis

U9 World Cup Team

Webb-Ellis

Chess

Arnold

U9 International Team

Arnold

U11 World Cup Team

Webb-Ellis

U11 International Team

Webb-Ellis

Division Cup

Webb-Ellis

PRIZES Term 1 3J

Most Green Points

Daisy Barnes

Jada Festor

Jasmine Sanders

Pei-ing Thapanapong

Most Gold Points

Nikki Chaiyapin

Don Supornsahatrangsi

Pair Phidech

Buggy Rungturakit

Form Tutor ‘Character Prize’

Lily O’Brien

Aileen Davies

Peter Suranunt

Kaden Shuttleworth

Term 2 Most Green Points

Most Gold Points

Daisy Barnes,

Aileen Davies,

Willie Suksawad,

Chaaim Kallanutsiri,

James Bennett,

Kendo Yamchuen

Don Supornsahatrangsi

Patricia Weiss

Achira Aungkhanakulchai

Nikki Chaiyapin

Mario Charoenpanichsuti

Pair Phidech

Andrie Oca

Kai Yi Ng

Jada Festor

Bai-toey Rochanaporn Chawin Thapanapong

Patrick Wimmer

Buggy Rungturakit

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REVIEW OF THE YEAR

Term 2 Subject prizes

U11

English

Nikki Chaiyapin

Andrie Oca

French

Daisy Barnes

Herbert Westlake

Humanities

Chawin Thapanapong

Kevin Wimmer

Mandarin

Teddy Rowe

Chaaim Kallanutsiri

Maths

Don Supornsahatrangsi

Buggy Rungturakit

Science

Don Supornsahatrangsi

Kaden Shuttleworth

Spanish

Patricia Weiss

Andrie Orca

Thai for Thais

Vida Yakos

Pin Kokanutaporn

Thai for Expats

Olivier Van der Linden

Stella Wongbhumirapee

Drama prize

DD Amornsawatsiri

Molly O’Brien

Art Prize

Mario Charoenpanichsunti Kevin Wimmer

Design Technology

William Alexandersson

Patrick Wimmer

Sports Prizes

U11

Football - most improved

Kendo Yamchuen

Pancake Yamchuen

Football - player of the year

Aileen Davies

Nick Puntikov

Basketball - most improved

Vida Yakos

Herbert Westlake

Basketball - Player of the year

Matthew Puntikov

Pleng Saeheng

Tag-rugby - most improved

Harry Westlake

Peter Suranunt

Tag-rugby - player of the year

Teddy Rowe

Neney Akarawat

Cricket -most improved

Aden O’Shea

Achira Aungkhanakulchai

Cricket - player of the year

Teddy Rowe

James Bennett

Swimming - Most improved

Lily O’Brien

Molly O’Brien

Swimming - swimmer of the year

Jada Festor

Kaden Shuttleworth

Sportsmanship Awards

Bai-toey Rochanaporn

Pancake Yamchuen

Sportswoman of the year

Pleng Saeheng

Sportsman of the year

Andrie Oca

Music Prizes Musician of the year

Pleng Saeheng

Chorister of the year

Molly O’Brien

Year 3

Year 4

Year 5

Year 6

Effort prizes

Kai Yi Ng

Don Supornsahatrangsi

Peter Suranunt

Andrie Oca

Nadia Da Costa

Jada Festor, DD Amornsawatsiri

Pair Phidech

Buggy Rungturakit

Form progress prize

Lily O’Brien

Pear Watanachai

KK Klinampai

Sophia White

Most Green Points

Kendo Yamchuen

Mario Charoenpanichsunti

Patrick Wimmer

James Bennett

Nikki Chaiyapin

Aileen Davies

Pair Phidech

Pin Kokanutaporn

Good manners

Rio Kennedy, Pei-ing Thapanapong

Character Award

Andrie Oca

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Louise Ball 1961 - 2018 Shortly before the beginning of Term One of the new academic year, the entire Rugby School Thailand community was shocked to learn that Louise Ball – colleague, friend, sister, wife, mother – had passed away so suddenly. Most of us had known Louise only relatively briefly - just since September 2017 –and yet in that short time we came swiftly to see her as a genuine, kind, willing, supportive, and cheerful friend and colleague. Nothing was too much trouble for Louise Ball. She offered endless support to other staff - especially in the English department – and she helped run the very successful Verse Speaking event, International Day, Divisional Music. In fact, if any of us needed any help, we knew we could turn to Louise for that help and she would offer it willingly and enthusiastically. And we knew Louise, too, for her great sense of fun. She was quick to volunteer for the staff Angkaloon ensemble, and looking at the video it’s difficult to tell whether Louise was jiggling the Angkaloon intentionally, or whether she simply couldn’t stop because she was shaking with laughter. And, during Songkran, I think every one of us, on more than one occasion, was squirted with water by a giggling Louise Ball. It was, of course, as our School Librarian that Louise made such a difference to so many young lives in such a short time. Louise saw reading as one of the most precious gifts for young children and, with her special blend of professional knowledge and personal care, she inspired so many at RST to pick up a book. Louise truly valued the responsibility she had to instil a love of reading in our young pupils. The parents of the Rugby School Thailand children were swift to express their sympathy and their grief: “Please may we ask you to pass on our sincere and heartfelt condolences to Alan Ball and all his family over the tragic and untimely loss of his wife Louise. We know from our children and also our own warm meetings with Louise how inspirational she was as an English teacher and as a Librarian. She played a huge role in welcoming and enthusing students to the new school. Her loss is immeasurable. Her time here in Thailand was far, far too short, but we know her influence will be remembered long by students and parents - as surely it will by fellow staff.” In memory of Louise and as a mark of gratitude for all that she has done for the school, the decision was made to name the Pre-Prep Library ‘The Louise Library’. On 19th October 2018, Mr Peter Green, Head Master of Rugby School UK and a personal friend of Alan and Louise, formally opened ‘The Louise Library’ and unveiled a plaque in Louise’s honour.

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11/21/2018 9:54:29 AM

PRE-PREP

THE HEAD OF PRE-PREP An old Chinese proverb once said that, “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step”.

Day celebrations and Year 2 went on a visit to their school to share some art and craft activities.

Our opening in September could be seen as our first step as we welcomed 62 children through our Pre-Prep doors. It seems that we have come a long way on our thousand mile journey since then, not only growing in numbers of pupils, teachers and parents, but growing in achievements, experiences and challenges.

Family Friday proved a great hit with the children. Each week the children spent time in their families with the family leader taking part in sports activities, science and craft activities. They then had to feed back to the group at the end of the session explaining what they had been doing. It was great for confidence building, language development and team work. Values such as kindness, compassion and consideration were at the heart of these activities as the children learned to support each other.

The Pre-Prep team and I have watched the children blossom throughout the year, gaining confidence to say “Good Morning”, perform on stage and make new friends. They have been at the heart of our journey as we guide them forward and prepare them for the wider world in which they will grow up.

Parents were offered a chance to see their children swim in the Year 1 and 2 Come and See Swimming and Mini Gala; Pre-Nursery saw their children in a Music lesson with Mrs Westlake; and all Pre-Prep parents got the chance to join in with our Family Friday activity. Sports Day, International Day and Chinese New Year all allowed parents a chance to see their children in action. The Summer Concert concluded our year as we said goodbye to the Year 2 children who will leave us to go to on the next step of their journey to “Big School” in the new Prep building. Workshops were presented on Tapestry for our Early Years parents with a Reading workshop in the Nursery.

Confucius wrote, “I hear and I forget, I see and I remember, I do and I understand” and it is this philosophy that lies at the heart of the PrePrep as we learn by doing - a hands-on learning approach! There is always something happening in Pre-Prep: some excited children taking a survey or growing vegetables in the garden (Year 2), measuring sticks finding out how long parts of the school are (Year 1), camping in the garden (Reception), beanstalks growing (Nursery) and making pizza (Pre-Nursery). The daily sound of joyous chatter and excited laughter has brought The Oval to life. There is never a dull moment!

Thank you, parents for your support at all of our events and activities. It has indeed been a pleasure to share the very first year of our Rugby School Thailand journey, and our thousand mile journey, as we guide your children educationally and pastorally into the new school year.

Our special events, many shared with the Prep School, have been both colourful and creative. Our Teddy Bears’ Picnic gave us all a chance to wear our pyjamas and bring our favourite teddy to school. We shared our beautiful space with the Hand to Hand Foundation Children’s Home during Children’s

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RUGBY RASCALS

In April 2018 we opened our toddler playgroup called â&#x20AC;&#x153;Rugby Rascalsâ&#x20AC;?. We were able to utilise our amazing facilities including our purpose built Soft Play room and Nursery playground, and by opening our dividing doors we created a large learning space for the children.

Our Early Years Teachers joined in the fun offering weekly Music and Movement (Miss Joanna), Baby Yoga and Dance (Miss Carly) and Story and Drama (Miss Hannah and Miss Georgia). Gene really loved this time and enjoyed being the centre of attention as she danced and twirled in the circle. Remi was fascinated by the story times and liked to be positioned at the front to get the best view. Music time always created entertainment as Miss Joanna brought new instruments out to entice the children to play. Rhythm sticks and egg shakers were very popular.

Weekly activities ranged from cars, trucks and trains to water and sand play as well as creative activities including spray painting, printing, coloured rice and play dough. Sand and water play and Lego were popular with Kunming and Peem. Outdoor play and bubble time was popular with the children as they explored the climbing frames and space to run around. Gene and Jada loved the seesaw and Dilyn liked exploring the house. Gross and fine motor skills were challenged with our adventurous soft play and our puzzle table, whilst our small world play allowed our imaginations to run wild.

A huge thank you to all the Mums, Dads and Grandparents that come along each week with their children and happily got engrossed in the messy or physical play. It proved a great social occasion for parents and children alike and we hope that more little Rascals join us next year. SS

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PRE-PREP

AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES Pupils in Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 enjoyed a range of super activities after the school day had finished. Each term we added new and more exciting activities, having listened to the ideas from the children. We offered a range of free and paid activities run by teachers and professional coaches. Congratulations to Ray, Jay, Wynn and Harry who completed a whole year in Taekwondo and gained their Junior yellow belts with their Senior yellow belts almost secured. They worked hard showing Khun Piano their dedication and determination throughout the year. Our ballet stars worked all year to produce a wonderful show in the Summer term. They joined with our Pre-Nursery and Nursery children who took Ballet and demonstrated the skills taught them throughout the year by Khun Mod. The younger pupils had focused on fully pointing feet, arm position and movement and poise. The older children were developing their technique concentrating on body posture, pliĂŠs, poise and coordination. Tennis with Mr McGuigan and Golf with Mr Andrew also ran throughout the year allowing children to extend their skills. Well done to Jack who took Golf for the whole year, and to Shaan, Harry, Daniel and Linwa who took the activity for two terms. Maybe we have some budding future golfers in our midst- who knows? Our teachers led activities covered an array of sports including tag rugby, football, balance bikes, yoga, Jazz dance, Thai dance and swimming. On an educational front we ran Maths (Maths Fun, Times Tables) and Language activities (Phonics, Language Games, Thai and Mandarin) as well as Wacky Science Lab, Music and Movement, Singing and Art and Craft. Offering a diverse range of activities enabled the children to gain new experiences and have a go at something challenging or unfamiliar. Popular clubs were Lego Challenge, Cooking, Book Making, Animation and Green Fingers. The smells from cooking club mixed with excited chatter from the Photography Club during Term 2 and Term 3 saw the Yoga Activity in all sorts of bends and poses. The use of ipads featured in some of our technical clubs such as Book Making and Photography and combined creativity with learning new skills. Weaving, Origami, Board Games and Chess also allowed for fun challenges. I wonder what amazing activities will be on offer next year? SS

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PRE-NURSERY Monkey

Starting school for the very first time is a huge event in any childâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s life, no matter what previous experiences they bring with them, and although there were tears and plenty of upset during those first few weeks, we could not be prouder of how far the whole of Monkey Class has come. Seeing their beaming smiles and watching them skip into school in the mornings is testament to the amazing journey they have all been on this year.

One of the highlights of their year has been the progress Monkeys have made in the pool. Some were a little hesitant at first, but the PE team have all commented on how impressed they have been with their approach to swimming and their confidence in the water. We now have some underwater fish, as well as many fully able to swim two full lengths of the small pool with support. The Monkeys have also shone in Music, so much so that parents were invited to watch one of their lessons live. They sing their little hearts out and have demonstrated very strong listening skills as well as great rhythmic intuition.

From our half-termly topics, the children have explored their feelings (All About Me), the important roles specific jobs bring to a community (People Who Help Us), travelled to the depths of the ocean (Under the Sea) and to the top of the trees (Into the Jungle), explored bizarre and wonderful activities with food (Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Cook) and even gone on a magical journey together to weird and wacky lands (Happy Holidays). With each new topic, the Monkeys have used their senses to explore worlds beyond their own, gaining a greater understanding of people, place, wildlife and their own imaginations.

In class, they have demonstrated an increasing ability to retell known texts through the help of story mapping and have relished reading throughout the year and more recently established a keen interest in early phonics work. As a class, they are delighted to gobble up new texts and get to know their core books inside out. Finally, I would like to mention how much they have delighted in some of our new topic starters; from mysteries to journeys they have been brimming with excitement at every turn. We have been lucky enough to have been a whole family since the very start of Rugby School Thailand and the Monkeys have grown into a very close little family. We will all be sorry to say goodbye to Nuni and Louis at the end of the year and we wish them both the very best on their new adventures. JS

Above all this they have learnt to move from a world dominated by their own thoughts and ideas to a world where they share, play with and alongside others, listen and co-operate with simple rules and boundaries, develop their independence with their self-care and most importantly, communicate their thoughts and ideas, not just in their own language but for some, in English as a new language.

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PRE-NURSERY Geckos

The Pre-Nursery Geckos have had an interesting year - starting one term later than the other Pre-Nursery students and with only four students. Arin, Marvin, Prod and Savannah were warmly welcomed by the existing Monkey class and quickly learnt the routines of school. Although there was only a small group, we had lots of fun together as we moved our way through two wonderful topics: ‘Under the Sea’ and ‘In the Jungle’.

Our last topic was one of the most thrilling for our Geckos because they were asked to come to school dressed for a holiday, with their suitcase. On arrival to school they were ushered into the ‘Magic Airways’ gate lounge before being asked to board Flight MG 2018, using the passports and boarding passes they had prepared the week before. The children were then taken on a virtual flight which included: a safety announcement, vision of a takeoff, in-flight entertainment with a drink and a snack and a movie clip of a landing!

During our ‘Under the Sea’ topic, we were lucky enough to receive two shiny presents from someone anonymous! We opened them to reveal two beautiful copies of our core book ‘The Rainbow Fish’, one for each class. The following week, there was an exciting arrival – some live fish for us to keep as pets in our classroom! Along with learning about ocean creatures and doing lots of sensory exploration, the Geckos also focused on the concept of sharing which is an underlying lesson in the book.

In addition to class topics and activities, the Geckos have spent a significant amount of time enjoying various other aspects of school life, in particular: Music, PE and Swimming. The Geckos who were here in Term 2 were doing so well in Music, that we decided to invite the parents in to watch a music lesson which took place only a few weeks after the new Geckos has started school! Needless to say, they all did an amazing job. The more active lessons (PE and Swimming) are two of the Geckos favourites and they are a joy to watch as they gallop around the Soft Play room or splash around the water park and small pool.

Our next topic which took us ‘Into the Jungle’, had the Geckos exploring some more of their favourite animals whilst we read our core book ‘Monkey Puzzle’. The Geckos partook in many animal-based activities and delved into the concept of what to do if you ever get lost, or if you feel sad and lonely.

To summarise, although it has been an eventful year with students starting at different times, we have enjoyed every bit and are incredibly proud of them all, for how far they have come. For our Geckos who will be going up to Nursery next year, although we are very sad that you will not be with us anymore, we are happy for you and we wish you luck as you move through the rest of your school journey. For the Geckos who will be returning to Pre-Nursery, we are very much looking forward to having you back and watching your further growth and development over the next academic year.

Just one term later, we were lucky enough to have eight new friends join us. Both new and old Geckos focused on making new friends. We were very proud of the existing Geckos as they showed all they had learnt over the previous term by setting an amazing example for their new friends. This enabled the new Geckos to learn the new routines of school very quickly. It must be said that we are therefore also very proud of the new Geckos for settling so swiftly. proud of the new Geckos for settling so swiftly. In this final term, we have visited another two very exciting topics: ‘Let’s Cook’ and ‘Happy Holidays’. Again, we had core books for both topics which enable the children to explore fun activities, as well as about practical life skills (how to pack for a holiday).

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NURSERY

We then had our Chinese New Year outfits where everyone looked amazing. This was followed by World Book Day where my highlight will always be Rik dressing up as his Paw Patrol character. The Songkran activities saw everyone dress in brightly coloured flowery tops and then the recent International Day which saw children dressing up in traditional clothes from their country. A great effort from the parents for helping their children dress the part.

Tigers

What a fantastic year we have all had in Nursery. The Tigers started out as a small class of eight and by the end grew to a class of â&#x20AC;&#x201C;fifteen. We have had so many adventures together as a class and I hope the children will remember their first year at Rugby School Thailand as fondly as I will.

The children have been on a long and challenging journey during their time in Nursery and it is clear to see how each of them have progressed. The developmental steps the children have made to get to this stage is incredible. The children have learned basic fine motor skills such as using a pair of scissors and holding a pencil correctly. They have been challenged with their gross motor skills, learning to balance and climb the stairs using alternate feet. I think the most important skill the children have made is a social one, learning to be a good friend. Learning how to play in a group can be a challenge for some children and I can proudly say all the Tigers demonstrate kind, friendly and caring behaviour towards all of their peers.

Term 1 in Nursery got off to a great start. Linen, Mirin, Anpan, Ida, Haruto, Rik, Peace and Ryojin all made up the original Nursery class. With the small class size it meant the children were able to settle quickly and have lots of adult attention during their first few weeks in the Nursery class. Just after celebrating our Christmas Concert as Spanish dancers, Term 2 arrived and this meant a new classroom and double the number of children for the Nursery Tigers. It was a pleasure to welcome Kevin, Ririn, Pruek, Elisabeth and Dunja to our growing Nursery class. The new class bonded very quickly and we all started to enjoy the new classroom with the new outside space. Lucas was our 14th Tiger and became part of the team very quickly closely followed by Yuki who arrived just in time to enjoy our final and best term of Nursery Tigers.

It is very clear to see all of the Tigers are ready for Reception. It will be sad to see them leave and I will miss each of them very much. Good luck and I am sure we can all say we have had a wonderful first year at Rugby School Thailand. CP

The children have been lucky enough to receive a wide range of classes outside of their Nursery setting this year: PE, Music, Thai, Mandarin, Library and Swimming. The childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s favourite had to be their weekly swimming lessons. For some it was a struggle at first and they simply enjoyed playing with buckets at the side but for most it was straight into the deep end searching for treasure. It is a pleasure to see them all enjoying swimming lessons now and they will hopefully continue their success in the swimming pool when they enter Reception. The children have been tested this year with their language ability. Many started Nursery only being able to speak very basic English, where some came in not being able to speak any Thai. Dunja and Yuki have done amazingly well as they both came to Nursery with no English or Thai and were able to pick up both languages very quickly. Thanks to our Mandarin lessons and the help of Lucas, we are now all starting to speak another language as well. We have had some fantastic dress up days. The children took on Spain for the Christmas concert and did a fantastic Spanish dance.

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RECEPTION The Creative Chameleons have been on an amazing Journey! They have learnt to read, write and manipulate numbers whilst flowing through our topics. They have been on an imaginative musical and linguistic ride that has unlocked expressive exploration and discovery. They have also enjoyed developing the classroom into an effective space that supports how they play together and work as a team. Making and creating the learning areas gave everyone ownership and responsibility to the class and their friends. Lots of time has been spent in our outdoor areas, investigating the environment and moving freely with our bodies. Two highlights for the Chameleons were the Christmas concert which saw them complete a Scottish dance and a Summer concert that had them reaching for the stars! All of us are really excited about next year! Memories below share a snippet of our best bits! All about me… Reception started the very first term learning about each other and themselves. They learnt about what makes them special, their body parts and bones, and they sang fun songs about food such as ‘shake it like a Mango’. They explored the senses and what is heard and in Music felt the vibrations of the drums drumming. What a banging start to the school year!

D Down in the garden area the Reception children found many lurking items to get them talking about what lives up in the sky and down in the dirt. They investigated growing things and how things grow and created their very own miniature garden. Here there and everywhere… A journey into Term 3 saw the class learn about transportation and how to get to places, near and far. They used ‘Sphero’ to design a transportation vehicle and learnt to adapt their designs to move on water and on land. The Big Freeze …

Shopping… The class enjoyed transactional play and created various shops from a Flower shop to a Book shop. They designed their own shops and learnt about where things come from. They used money and learnt to take turns in their play.

A hot start to the final topic, saw an introduction to some icy experiences. We researched together about Hot and Cold climates and asked questions such as does it snow in summer? We investigated why water is wet, why boats float and whether you can clean dirty water. We also explored changes and asked does cooling or heating change materials (chocolate, water, bread dough)? Can it reverse?

Out of this world… Despite heading out of this world in Term 2, the class still managed to learn about the importance of sleep, light and dark, and what makes us scared! Amazingly the class worked together in pairs to catch a star and learnt all about conflict talk. They learnt to talk for persuasion and decision making.

The children have grown so much, in confidence and ability. A super year! Well done to each and every Chameleon.

Dig it up…

HO’B

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YEAR 1

What a busy year it has been for the Toucans! They have had a jampacked, whirlwind of a timetable where they constantly moved from one specialist class to the next, whilst still following the British National Curriculum in all learning areas. Toucans worked extremely hard this year and they have all been on a memorable learning journey. Miss Pooh and I are so proud of each and every one of them for the progress that they have made in their own way, both academically and socially. Term 1 The Toucans got to know each other through our topic ‘Fantastic Five Senses’ where they were faced with a series of hands on investigations that explored their use of sight, smell, touch, hearing and taste. They looked through boxes to learn that we need light in order for our eyes to see, listened to each other through a string telephone, and were blindfolded to have a guess at what they were touching, smelling or tasting. In the end we learned that it was our brains that were doing all the hard work! The highlight of our year was definitely having our own little sea turtle which we released back into the ocean as a class.

With those brains learning and memorising all the songs, poems and dances, their first debut was at a Lunchtime Concert with their infamous performance Caterpillar, which was a huge hit with the audience. They also performed a dance on Wai Kru day and a beautiful Hawaiian themed dance at the Christmas concert, The Smallest Angel. Moving on from their musical talents, they really embraced the school motto and became multi-talented superstars by competing and having a go at a football tournament at Tara Pattana School.

For Project Week with a focus on Materials, the Toucans learnt the Nursery Rhyme Humpty Dumpty, and all week they tried to save Humpty by covering him up with natural materials, manmade materials and food. Term 3 With the addition of three new Toucans, Angel, Kiko and Takumi, our class became very vibrant filled with lots of characters! Luckily Mr Roger has been there to save the day, helping the three students to learn English. This term, the Toucans went back in time learning all about the history of flight. They loved learning about the Greek Myth Daedalus and Icarus, as well as the Wright brothers who flew an aeroplane for the very first time. Currently they are focusing on sustainability and the environment, learning to be responsible citizens with the 3 Rs, Reduce, Reuse and Recycle. We are reading Dr Seuss’ Lorax where they came up with their own phrases and performed a small persuasive role-play on why the Truffala trees should not be chopped down.

Term 2 Our lovely Reiko’s arrival bumped up our numbers to a total of 13. This was when everyone’s learning growth really took off. Ensuring that their counting, number bonds to 10 and doubles were automatic, they were quicker with their mental maths. The Toucans were now spelling high frequency words and writing longer sentences, editing for capital letters and full stops. Samara and Walin were swimming at the big pool, Bai-Cha, Cher, Korn and Walin were taking violin lessons and most importantly, they were all becoming very good friends and learning to be respectful to one another.

Thinking about what they were all like at the beginning of the school year, I am so impressed with how confident and independent they have become. Forgetting that they are only 5 or 6 years old, they were constantly pushed to their limits and have been truly immersed in the lives of Rugby School Thailand. Most importantly, all of us in Toucan class would like to thank Miss Pooh who played such a huge role in looking after their well-being. Congratulations on surviving Year One - well done Toucans! MT

The Toucans really got involved with our new Topic learning about all the famous landmarks of the world. Every morning without doubt, Korn and Shaan would get the class globe and test each other on the different countries and capital cities of the world. They loved our new Buckingham Palace section, which soon became a popular place to relax with the Queen. For our topic ‘Reptiles’, the Toucans had the opportunity to visit the Turtle Conservation Centre in Sattahip.

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YEAR 2 This year in Year Two we have been focusing really hard on preparing ourselves, academically and socially, for the Prep School. Year Two is a very intensive year and the Frogs Class pupils have taken it in their stride. We embarked upon a rich journey of mathematical concepts and methods, beginning with the four major operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. We have given a big emphasis to reasoning and problem solving and every new method we learn is then implemented through a series of worded problems which we are numerically equipped to solve in methodical stages. We have covered the seven main areas of Mathematical learning as set out by the British National Curriculum. These are ‘Number and Place Value’, ‘Number Addition and Subtraction’, ‘Number Multiplication and Division’, ‘Fractions’, ‘Measurement’, ‘Geometry’ and ‘Statistics’. Subsequently, we are now able to demonstrate our developed mastery of all these areas, from comparing categorical data, finding non-unit fractions within multi-step problems, choosing appropriate units for measurement, solving missing number problems and employing columnar expanded methods for addition and subtraction, with or without exchanging.

In Topic we have covered the subjects of Geography, History, PSHE, R.E. and Science. For example, during our literary study of Arthurian legends we simultaneously learned about medieval European castles and knights in History, whilst looking at European atlas work in Geography and investigating the best materials from which to construct a weatherproof castle in Science. Whilst studying The Jungle Book we learned about rainforests in Geography, along with the continents of South America, Australia and Asia. We investigated animal and plant adaptations in Science before designing our own adapted rainforest animals to live in the Australian Daintree – our case study. We were able to write extended pieces of prose about our characters having explored their lives and habitats from a truly cross-curricular perspective. This year we have also had the opportunity to be involved in a number of exciting events. Our class trip to the Hand to Hand Foundation was a fantastic experience for us. We were able to play with the children at the Home and learn more about the charitable aims, work and mission statement of the enterprise as a whole. We have also put on several productions this year, such as The Smallest Angel at Christmas and The King’s Brothers in the Summer Term. This year we have also enjoyed numerous ‘special’ days such as World Book Day, Teddy Bear’s Picnic, Sports Day, Songkran, Loy Krathong, Christmas Hat Day, Alien Legs Problem Solving Day and many others.

In English we have also adhered to the British National Curriculum whilst further expanding upon this curricular criteria with greater depth learning to enhance our literary skills and quality of written work. We have focused on building up stamina for penning narratives, honing our planning skills and editing and improving. The latter has been a huge area of development for us in terms of self and peer assessment pertaining to success criteria, either given to, or created by, the class. We have studied works from a variety of genres and authors, such as Mowgli’s Brothers by Rudyard Kipling, The Snow Queen by Hans Christian Anderson, newspaper articles, information texts, examples of poetry, playscripts, epigraphical excerpts and diaries. We have also explored the wonderfully imaginative and vividly nuanced genre of myths and legends from Theseus and the Minotaur to King Arthur.

No doubt all the children of Year Two are looking forward to their exciting transition into Year Three and to take their place in the academically prosperous landscape of the Rugby Prep School. M-CL

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ACADEMICS

We have been incredibly busy in our first year at Rugby School Thailand and it has been an interesting and exciting journey. On arrival, the subject teachers were faced with an incomplete building and we braced ourselves for a challenging start to the year. We first met the pupils at the Ravindra Hotel, where they participated in a range of lessons and activities. It was in those first few days when it became abundantly clear that we had a good future ahead of us. The activities were fantastic, and the children embraced what was on offer.

be in sport, art, drama, music, DT, computing, languages or the humanities. Our mission “The Whole Person, The Whole Point” is being fully realized. Our pupils are already receiving a top education from the most qualified teachers from around the world. Throughout the year, our pupils have taken, between them, over 70 exams! Our parents have received 5 sets of Effort and Attainment Grades, 3 Subject Reports and attended 2 Parent-Teacher Meetings. We have all attended events, concerts, celebrations, Sports Days and more. We are very proud to share our work with our friends, family and community because we know how special Rugby School Thailand is. SH

Since then, it hasn’t really changed too much. We now have wonderful classrooms, equipped with high quality technology and we offer a broad curriculum that challenges, stimulates, promotes inquisitiveness and develops independence. Alongside the core subjects of English, maths and science, we offer a range of subjects that allow each and every child to excel in something, whether it

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YEAR 3 Year 3 have had a marvellous first year in the Prep School, with the excitement of a brand-new classroom, sparkly new resources, enthusiastic teachers and making new friends. In September, we started with 11 children in 3J and throughout the year we have welcomed 5 fresh faces to the group. In lessons, we have focused on being curious, taking ‘sensible’ risks, showing initiative, working collaboratively - and most importantly - having lots of fun! I am thrilled to say that Year 3 have made tremendous progress across the curriculum, and I hope that you enjoy reading what the children thought about their first year at Rugby School Thailand.

I have loved being in Year 3 at Rugby School Thailand because I have enjoyed all the different subjects. I like playing cricket, football and tag rugby. I also love my maths and science lessons. I hope the Year 2 pupils next year will love Year 3 as much as I have. Pat I love Year 3 because our classroom is beautifully decorated and bright. I have made so many new friends. I have loved all the lessons and I especially enjoyed our trip to Khao Yai. I love Rugby School Thailand. Rachel I have loved joining Rugby School Thailand because I love the sport cricket. My favourite subjects are PE, Maths and Drama. I love lunch on a Friday because we usually have fish and chips and ice cream. My teacher has been great, she is very kind and has helped me whenever I have a problem. Pan Pan

I love all the funny riddles that we have made up in Year 3. The teachers are very nice and so kind. Lessons are always fun and great!! I wish I could stay in Year 3 forever. I love my teacher Mrs Jones. My favourite lessons have been English, Maths and Drama. Nikki

I have enjoyed being in Year 3 and all of the lessons. I love when we can do Go Noodles and I has so much fun on the residential trip. Other highlights from the year have been World Book Day and the Christmas Hat competition. Namo

I have really enjoyed making new friends in Year 3. I like most of the lessons in Year 3 but my favourite has been Humanities with Mrs Jones. I also love ice cream Fridays. Tora I love Rugby School Thailand. Year 3 has been the best year because we have had a lovely teacher and our classroom is very bright and colourful. I have made many new friends and my favourite lessons have been English, Humanities and Drama. Daisy

I like my teacher a lot because she always helps me when I’m stuck. She is also very kind. I love sports especially football. I love to play football at break times. I have enjoyed all my lessons. The best part of Rugby School Thailand are all of the teachers. Harry

I have enjoyed all the assemblies that we have had on a Monday morning. I have made so many new friends. My favourite subjects are Maths and Science. I love when we get to do Go Noodles in our lessons with Mrs Jones. Being in Year 3 is just so great. Sean

I love Rugby School Thailand because I have really enjoyed playing in football matches. I especially like the match tea that we get after the match. I love my Maths lessons and doing Go Noodles because I like to dance. Kendo

The lunches at Rugby School Thailand are always so delicious. I enjoy lunchtimes because I like to tell jokes and riddles with my friends. I have really enjoyed my lessons with Mrs Jones. My favourite has been Maths, English and Humanities. I also had a really fun time on the residential trip to Khao Yai. Eva

I love playing in the playground. It is so fun. My favourite lessons are Maths and Art. I loved the residential trip and ice cream Fridays! Tono All of the children have worked diligently, and have continually delighted me with their level of effort and positive attitudes throughout the year. Many thanks must go to our fantastic teaching assistants who have supported Year 3 this year: Mr Lloyd (Term 1 & 2); Mr Wicks (Term 3). I wish all pupils the best of luck as they embrace the exciting challenges that Year 4 will offer them.

Being in Year 3 is just amazing! I really liked the residential to Khao Yai a lot. My favourite lessons are English, Maths and Drama. We usually do Go Noodles with Mrs Jones after we have done hard work as it gives our brains a break and it is just so satisfying. My teachers have been great over the year as well. Recently, I have enjoyed learning about Victorian Britain in Humanities lessons. Kai

I love my classroom because it is so nice and colourful. My favourite thing that I have done this year was our class assembly on The Romans because it was very fun and exciting. I like my teacher because she is nice and kind and teaches us really well. That’s why I love being in Year 3. Nadia It was really fun when we had World Book Day and the residential trip. I love ice cream Fridays. It was great being in Year 3. I wish I could be in Year 3 again. William I loved World Book Day and dressing up as my favourite book character. I love all the lessons in the whole school. I like my teacher Mrs Jones because she has taught me everything I know and sometimes when we have worked really hard we get to do a Go Noodle and its really fun. Lily

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ART&DESIGN Our first year of Art and Design at Rugby School Thailand has shown how wonderfully creative and talented our pupils are. Each child has worked on both small and huge projects - by themselves and in collaboration with others - ranging from three-dimensional sculptures in clay, to drawing and painting with a wide variety of materials.

but the motorbike challenge was the definite favourite. Pancake, Achira and Neney excelled at this task, producing detailed drawings. Year 3 and 4 focused on learning to sew to make a hanging Christmas tree decoration, and have made moving puppets in their design technology lessons. I was particularly proud of Alan for his perseverance with sewing, and with Olivier for his brilliantly positive attitude to every task. They have been developing their drawing and painting skills with excellent beetle studies in fine detail. Eva, Harry and Namo painted beautiful dragons for Chinese New Year in wax and watercolour. Aden, Rio and Patricia were the superstars of the clay work, producing unique, creative coil pots.

The highlights include the spectacular jungle batik work the Year 5 and 6 pupils created using glue as a resist material and acrylic paint, which featured as the very effective scenery for their school play; lit up in ultraviolet light, the work looked incredible! Buggy and Endooâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s peacock is spectacular, and the intricate details on the piece by Chaaim and Pair are beautiful. The boys worked very hard too, and Pun Pun, Kaden and Nick created a very striking parrot by a waterfall.

Overall, a fantastic year in Art, made even better by the dedication of the pupils, with many spending their free time in the art room creating all sorts of wonderful things. A special mention for Patrick, Kevin, Pair, Pleng and Neney who have shown a real commitment to their art work, in and out, of school.

You may have seen their animal collage work peering down at you with their huge eyes from the railings above the school gate. They loved making those, and could not wait to take them home. We have completed a wide range of observational drawing tasks this year,

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DRAMA Pupils in Year 3 to 5 have studied drama this year and it has been great watching the pupils blossom in confidence. In class, we focus on developing our characterisation and improvisation skills through a wide range of games and activities. In Term 3, we explored stories such as ‘Oliver Twist’ by Charles Dickens, and the pupils in Year 3 and 4 recreated a foreboding Victorian workhouse and bustling London market scene. In Year 5, we studied the narrative poem ‘The Highwayman’ by Alfred Noyes, and pupils enjoyed becoming King George’s troops, marching into the inn and capturing the landlord’s daughter as bait for the outlaw.

In the final term, the Shakespeare Club explored Macbeth. We have used the Whoosh! Technique developed by the National Shakespeare Company in England. This involves the performers sitting in a circle, coming in and out of characters to build the different scenes. Pupils have enjoyed using our high-specification technical equipment to create lighting effects for their own performances. Molly, Chaaim, and DD were incredibly good at showing the evil characters of Macbeth and his wife, and Pancake worked very well with the lighting equipment. EB

Pupils have put all of this excellent character work to good use in the many school plays, assemblies and performances we have seen this year, such as the Dragon’s Den Drama Club piece. Led by Mark Lloyd, the activity group produced a great show in which we saw some exceptional performances from Namo, Nadia, Daisy, William, Bai Toey, Vida, Tono, and Rachel as a very grumpy set of characters.

COMPUTING In a world increasingly dependent on technology, there is a radical claim that computer science is as important to the school curriculum as the likes of Mathematics and English. Whether you agree or disagree, the primary computing curriculum provides children with foundational principles in which they can develop a wide range of skills - required to use technology as a tool to support their learning as well as explore computing as a stand-alone discipline.

games to 3D paint creations. However, the beebot floor robots were a particular favourite. Year 1 can tell you the story about ‘Smartie the penguin’ internet safety, while they also made use of the iPads to solve problems using the ‘Kodable’ coding app. Year 2 looked forward to their Friday computing lessons as they began touch typing, ‘scratch junior’ coding and creating their own ‘player profiles’ using Microsoft Word.

Here at Rugby School Thailand, computing encompasses digital creativity, coding, data handling, formation of text and graphics, research and communication plus creation of multimedia, whilst all the while, trying to keep up with the rapidly evolving world of internet and social media safety. Computing is not just about computers; it is about trying to encourage children to be creative thinkers, problem solvers, and to develop analytical skills and attention to detail - all of which are of course synonymous with core subjects in the curriculum.

In the Prep school, Year 3-6 perfected PowerPoint presentations, polished their programming skills and were challenged by Microsoft Excel. Photography and movie making were highlights, while ‘scratch’ programming allowed the creative juices to flow. Whether children grow up to be computer programmers, app developers, website creators or hardware engineers might be one question, but there is no doubt they will use the skills first encountered in primary computing throughout their lives, regardless of which profession they choose to embark on.

In the Pre-Prep, after the excitement of having to travel upstairs for their computing lessons, Reception covered everything from keyboard

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ENGLISH

And KK has demonstrated a great attitude. Herbert compared Mr Irvine to an orang-utan (With courage that can only be described as ‘gargantuan’.)

The first year of English really has been unique

Justin has made an effort to join every letter

So rather than write the usual critique

And Achira’s handwriting has certainly changed for the better.

Miss Ridgway has befittingly chosen to compose

Pair’s improvement in grammar has been a sensation

A review of the year in poetry, rather than prose.

And I am delighted that Peter has improved his presentation! Chaaim is collected, calm and unpretentious;

Year 4 began the year as one large crew

Always seeking to do her best and be conscientious.

Then with the arrival of Mrs Ball, we split ourselves in two.

Rafferty has understood texts with speed and ease Chennai’s confidence has grown now he feels more at ease.

Some of us have worked on making sentences precise;

When Tiger allows his self-assurance to soar

While others have learnt this descriptive device:

His writing comes alive with simile and metaphor.

Layering sentences is like building a cake;

Kevin has precision down to a fine art

By layering techniques we can easily make

And Carlos is always keen to raise his hand in class.

Writing that is interesting and much more descriptive

Jasmine’s self-belief is growing with her smile;

Instead of being loose, dull and prescriptive.

When she has the confidence to do it, she goes the whole mile!

The pupils have worked hard over the course of the year Willie has persevered to make his sentences clear.

We began the year studying grammar in Year 6

Theera’s handwriting has improved markedly,

Before moving on to more challenging tricks:

And Mario has answered questions carefully.

After learning the mechanics of tense and number

Aden has selected appropriate quotation

We began to build atmosphere with rain and thunder.

And Don has worked hard to perfect personification.

Pathetic Fallacy is a particularly challenging tool

Bai-Toey has made an effort to write with accuracy

Used by pupils learning English at school

When reading, Wyn Wyn is always giggling rapturously!

To enliven their writing by using the weather

Matthew has made the effort to listen attentively

And draw the overall mood of description together.

Always seeking to approach his writing inventively.

Over the course of the year I have been delighted to see

Vida’s confidence has blossomed and grown

Pancake’s improvement in written creativity.

And DD has understood the common homophones.

Andre’s analyses have become more discursive

Oliver appreciates different perspectives,

And I have been pleased with Pin’s development of cursive.

And Patricia is using a whole host of adjectives!

Molly has given her work complete care and attention

Alan’s use of simile is as dazzling as his smile;

Whilst Pun Pun has worked on his answers to comprehension.

Leading him to develop an original writing style.

Neney has undoubtedly grown in confidence;

Aileen has been patient when learning adverbs,

Making thoughtful suggestions to the class as a consequence.

In the library, Rio reads all kinds of blurbs!

Pei-ing has approached all tasks with positivity,

I have been pleased with Pear’s wide range of reading

Whilst Kaden has sought to write more descriptively.

And Chawin’s efforts to write cursively are succeeding.

Endoo has developed a beautiful writing style;

Jada has relished reading stories about mystery

Reading her writing never fails to make me smile.

While Teddy has devoured the most Horrible of Histories.

Stella’s comprehension of grammar has been outstanding

Thi arrived later but has made such an impact;

And Buggy has approached texts with more understanding.

The techniques in his writing are positively jam-packed!

Pleng has grasped poetry from syllable to verse;

In the hive of the English room, Year 5 have been busy bees;

Even mastering Shakespeare’s Witches’ curse. James always has something interesting to say

Retrieving quotations and writing P.E.E.s.

Nick has been capable of viewing texts in different ways.

But there’s one technique that we simply cannot ignore,

And finally, Sophia, who has cast off apprehension

And that’s the class’s use of extended metaphor.

Now writes with mood, atmosphere and tension.

To master this technique is no mean feat As it certainly can make writing feel complete.

It certainly has been a successful year in English

By brainstorming adjectives, adverbs and verbs

But one thing that Miss Ridgway can clearly distinguish

Description can be transformed from ‘good’ to superb.

Is that every child has made progress in some kind of way

Whether comparing an animal, object or thing,

And is thoroughly deserving of a summer holiday!

Ta-Ong’s imagination is sure to make the class grin. Patrick has used metaphor to create tone and mood

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FRENCH

It has been a very productive year in the French department. We have had beginners and those with a little bit more experience in the language, but everyone has made excellent progress. In order to be successful in a language, we aim to instill confidence, independence, determination and a keen sense of fun. This year, we have seen an abundance of all of that!

The focus in Year 5 was to develop grammar and the ability to write extended sentences. Herbert achieved a Gold Award for writing a very accurate and advanced piece on his home life. This is particularly impressive, as he has only been learning French since September. Year spent half a term learning about the weather. By the end of the topic, they were required to present a weather forecast without any prompts that we recorded with the iPads. We enjoyed watching the recordings and were able to discuss our strengths and weaknesses, which helped pupils to improve their language and skills further.

Year 3 read the story ‘Ours Brun’ (Brown Bear), which helped them to learn some animals and how to use colours as adjectives. They learnt to use a bilingual dictionary to look up their own animals and created their own version of the story book to practise their writing skills. Both Eva and Nadia produced beautiful and imaginative stories. They then all performed a puppet show in pairs to practise their speaking. Lily and Kai Yi showed off their fantastic French accents, and Daisy and Namo really got into the theatrical spirit.

All those learning French also took part in the Language Perfect World Championships, which required them to use the Education Perfect App. to practise and learn their vocabulary. Congratulations to Kai Yi for achieving a Bronze Certificate and to Nick, Kaden, Mathew, Teddy and James for gaining Credit Certificates.

Year 4 explored the world by reading the story “Le loup qui voulait voyager au tour du monde”. Teddy and Mathew especially enjoyed being about to locate the continents, oceans, countries and some capitals too. We focused particularly on France, Kenya, Madagascar and Egypt for a fully cross-curricular learning experience. We studied Ancient Egypt, animals and their habitats, and the famous sites of Paris.

Away from the classroom, we have also offered a French activity, where we have been technologically creative to help retain the language. Producing a video clip using PuppetPals was especially enjoyable, and was a fantastic tool for presenting a conversation in a new and exciting way. Endoo and Chaaim are usually quite quiet, but this task certainly enabled them to find their voices!

Year 3 and Year 4 joined forces and took part in the Tour Eiffel en Papier Challenge, where they were given paper, scissors and glue to build the tallest and most stable Eiffel Tower in groups of three and four. All of the instructions were given in French, and the pupils essentially had to become engineers! Congratulations to Namo, Thi, Daisy and Chawin for the most successful tower.

This is only a glimpse of what we have achieved throughout the year, and all pupils should be very proud of themselves. SH

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MANDARIN Our first year of Mandarin lessons at Rugby School Thailand has yielded great progress. The majority of instruction and teaching is conducted in Mandarin, with a little consolidation in English, and pupils are encouraged to respond in Mandarin as often as possible to ensure that they are immersed in the language.

A special mention must be given to Kai Yi in Year 3 and Stella in Year 6 who represented Rugby School Thailand at the International School Mandarin Speech Competition, held in Bangkok. They worked incredibly hard to memorise their scripts during their free time, and I felt enormously proud of them when they were on stage; I was delighted that they were able to speak to the audience with confidence and with a smile.

Over the course of the year, pupils have focused on speaking and listening skills, with children in the Prep School beginning to venture into the world of writing. They have enjoyed recording their work on the app. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Seesawâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;, which has inspired them to be more creative, and has provided them with an awareness of their pronunciation.

Moving to the Pre-Prep, pupils have learnt Mandarin through songs, stories, games and crafts. All pupils have been encouraged to speak Mandarin, and I have been hugely impressed with the way in which they have embraced the language. I have been further delighted by enthusiasm shown by some pupils who tried to extend their sentences further - despite not fully understanding the grammar!

One of the main highlights of Prep School lessons has been the progress in independence; pupils are now creating their own, imaginative sentences as opposed to simply copying my examples! The children certainly seem to have been inspired by the language: Sophia, Pleng, Buggy, Pancake and Neney all expressed an interest in receiving a Mandarin name, and learning how to write it; Kevin in Year 5 expressed that he is keen to learn more Mandarin to communicate with his grandparents; and I was further delighted to hear from Bai-Toey that she spoke about the zodiac with her family when she visited them during Chinese New Year.

Ultimately, language is a tool that we use to make connections between people and cultures around the world. Self-motivation is fundamental in the learning of any language, and I must say that I have been very impressed by the diligence, commitment and positivity of the pupils here at RST towards their Mandarin lessons. YC

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HUMANITIES The Humanities Curriculum has been written to include a suitable mix of British, World and Asian history, geography and religions. It has included a variety of topics from the Climate of Britain to the weathering process that formed the caverns and landscape of Phuket and Petchaburi; from the Anglo Saxons and Vikings of Europe to the history of the ancient Indus Civilisation and China; and from the early Christians living in a monastery on Lindisfarne on the east coast of Britain to the early formation of Hinduism in the Indus Valley of modern-day Pakistan and Islam in Mecca. We have covered a lot of ground.

Year 4 were helped with the weather topic by some incredible storms demonstrating the effect of convectional rain causing a low-pressure area to provide lots of precipitation and high winds. The surface runoff over the exposed soil also helped demonstrate erosion to the Year-6 group and it was great to be able to walk out and see all this in action. What a wonderful campus to witness geography in action. It has been a most informative first year of Humanities at Rugby School Thailand. DRD

Specific Projects included: Year 6 prepared excellent projects on the Tudors which researched the period of history from King Henry VII to Queen Elizabeth I, researching in particular the start of the Church of England as the Protestants broke away from the Catholic Church. They also studied weathering and the limestone scenery of Phuket which has also given the pupils an insight into the cave system of Tham Luang where the boys were recently trapped. In their topic on Volcanoes Year 5 used book creator on the iPads to complete projects comparing the great eruption of the volcano on Krakatoa in 1883 with the eruption of Mt St Helens in Washington State of the United States of America in 2008 looking at the modern study of volcanoes to help scientists predict eruptions and comparing the emergency responses for the two disasters.

MATHS Over the course of the first year, the pupils have worked very hard at improving their existing mathematics skills and learning a whole load of new ones. They have been exposed to a wide variety of challenges and as a result have made great progress.

They have also been speeding up their times tables by trying to answer 121 multiplication questions as quickly as possible; congratulations to Thi, Peter and Buggy for being the quickest in their year groups. The quickest time this year was under 4 minutes - a really impressive effort!

At the start of the year, pupils in Years 5 & 6 took part in the primary maths challenge with Gold certificates being awarded to Buggy R alongside several pupils receiving Silver certificates. The pupils have also been using Mathletics to aid their learning. Congratulations to Chaaim and Molly for completing the most activities, and to the following live Mathletics winners: Level 1: Herbert (4,052 correct), Level 2: Pair (579), Level 3: Chaaim (829), level 4: Pair (531), Level 5: Buggy (247).

One of the highlights of the year was pupils exploring the Fibonacci sequence, seeing the beautiful, real life patterns it created as well as constructing their very own Fibonacci spirals. Overall, everyone has participated with great enthusiasm in their Maths lessons, and I look forward to seeing even more going on next year. WH

Some of the pupilsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; favourite topics included learning about Roman numerals, how to construct pie charts and learning how to apply their skills to real life problems. All classes really enjoyed playing Kahoot, where they have competed against each other on the iPads. Mr Howellâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Maths assembly on very large numbers taught pupils all about how big the universe is, how the biggest prime number has over 23 million digits, and just how quickly doubling a number can make it enormous. It finished with a quiz that was won, somewhat miraculously, by Miss Ridgway. Pupils have explored all sorts of puzzles to do with number, have made beautiful nets and investigated shape through tangrams. 22

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PHYSIC AL EDUC ATION The Sports Department would like to take this opportunity to congratulate all pupils on what has been a fantastic first year of Physical Education. Pre-Prep PE has been extremely successful; all children have enjoyed lessons and have been very active. Pre-Nursery and Nursery have experienced climbing and jumping in the soft play room, and have started to experiment with throwing, catching and rolling balls. Sienna and Kevin found this experience particularly exciting! Reception have been moving to music in their PE lessons, developing their balancing skills at varying heights. Maiya has certainly set her sights on being an excellent choreographer! Year 1 and Year 2 have been taking part in small ball games, learning to pass to a teammate and to communicate when they are in a space; Jack and Jamie have both made strong progress here. Swimming began this year in Pre-Prep, and children are thoroughly enjoying using the splash pool to develop their water confidence and stroke techniques â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Charlie is an example of the huge growth in confidence we have seen over the course of the year.

Prep School pupils have fully engaged in a variety of physical education lessons throughout the year, covering many activities from health-related fitness, handball, badminton, athletics and cross-country; Vida, Don, Herbert and Pleng are just a handful of pupils who have developed enormously throughout the course of the year. This is a small snippet of the opportunities that we have on offer here at Rugby School Thailand through our Physical Education programme; all pupils have had the opportunity to develop their swimming technique with our all year round programme, alongside the many sporting activities mentioned. Pupils have shown excellent effort and dedication this year, and we wish them a happy and restful summer break. LI

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SCIENCE Having studied the public understanding of science in the UK, I was intrigued to see how the subject would be perceived in Thailand. I am delighted to say that the positive attitude of parents and pupils towards science has helped us make a great start at Rugby School Thailand. Science is taught as a specialist subject in dedicated facilities, and our small classes allow for every aspect of the subject to be thoroughly explored - from carefully-crafted practical experiences, to open-ended, pupil-led investigative work. I am blessed with the opportunity to witness those ‘lightbulb moments’ when an important connection is made by a pupil, inspired perhaps by objects held in small hands, or the astute observations of a partner. Pupils become better listeners when they work together on their science and learn that valuable evidence can be gathered in many different ways.

Year 5 put their acting skills to the test, enacting a pupil-sized model of states of matter. I hope they will look forward to seeing the videos of solids, liquids and gases when we are revising the topic in the future. Year 6 pitted their scientific skills against the climate by trying to construct a container to store ice outside in the blazing sun. Not every material provided was a good choice, so there were some watery results, but plenty learned along the way about thermal insulation. Well done to Sophia and Kaden for their winning design. Having started a display of some of the interesting animals and plants observed in and around the school, rarely a day would pass without pupils running to tell me about the thing they had just found. Occasionally, peculiar bugs would appear dead or alive on my desk - I thought teachers were supposed to get apples? In Term 3 we were fortunate to be able to see some amazing spiders at work in the trees and bushes around the school. There has always been a lot to see, even while the builders are hard at work, but I believe the observational and interpretive skills of pupils have improved; we are truly fortunate to have an inspiring and interesting campus growing around us. We are looking forward to moving from our temporary laboratory in the Oval to the four new laboratories of the Prep School and I fully expect the subject to go from strength to strength. JACG

There were many highlights of the year, and I will mention just a few. Year 3 re-enacted the gruesome history of Scurvy (including the cure) in a science assembly that aimed to ensure everyone was able to select a balanced meal at lunchtimes. Year 3 also tested seedlings against fiendish mazes which they constructed out of darkened boxes with tiny ‘escape hatches’ for the light to get in and for the seedlings to emerge. Kai Yi and Tono’s maze was especially tough! Year 4 enjoyed making paper ‘chanters’ of different lengths and were rewarded with a bagpipe demonstration from Mr Dawson. Mario volunteered to try and gave it all his puff, but soon found out how hard this musical instrument from Scotland is to play.

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SPANISH Spanish has been very successful this year. Considering that most of the pupils started as beginners, they have achieved remarkable results. The communicative teaching approach is used during lesson time, where speaking is predominant, and there is continuous assessment for learning throughout lessons. The carpet space is used for starters and plenaries, and other areas of the classroom are used to play different games and role-plays during lessons. New technologies have also assisted the pupils’ learning positively; we have used a range of different apps alongside the interactive board, as well as other learning tools.

Year 4 started learning about shapes and the Spanish artist called Miró. Pupils made their own pieces of art which they proudly described in Spanish. They also learnt about Little Red Riding Hood, making their own book afterwards. Patricia’s book was very impressive and detailed! They finally completed a ‘Wanted’ poster, where Rio chose Mrs Barnes, making a fabulous and detailed description. Year 3 have had a flavour of many books, including Brown Bear, The Zoo and The Hungry Caterpillar. Nadia excelled by remembering many of the words learnt this year. Kai Yi and Eva have achieved phenomenally in all areas, having extended tasks and creating beautiful work. Daisy has produced very original work, and she has developed good reading comprehension techniques. Lily has shown a very good ability to remember words and songs and Namo created her own version of The Zoo book.

A highlight for Year 6 was learning how to describe themselves and others. Pupils used puppets to make videos using the Seasaw App. or created posters about school using PicCollage. As for pupils’ progress, Andrie joined our class only in January, and can now maintain a five-minute conversation in Spanish with fluency. Stella can produce beautiful writing, adding detail to make longer and more complex sentences. Sophia is able to write a letter to a friend in Spanish about different topics such as school or home by adding different tenses.

In October, all Spanish pupils took part in a Languages Assembly where they sang in Spanish. During Terms 1 and 2 there was a Spanish dance activity where a number of pupils learnt to dance ‘Sevillanas’ and to play the ‘castañetas’. Finally, in May, all French and Spanish pupils at RST took part in the Education Perfect World Series Championships of 2018, and the following six pupils achieved an award in Spanish: Andrie (Silver Award), Kai Yi and Patrick (Bronze Award), Stella, Kevin and Rio (Credit Award).

In Year 5, verb conjugation was the most popular topic, where learning the verb endings through music made it fun and enjoyable. Jasmine, in particular, has grasped the grammatical basics using this technique, and she has truly enjoyed learning through music. Rafferty’s strength was his speaking, but he has made great progress in writing, understanding the phonics that were presented to him right from the start, and putting them into practice. Kevin’s ability to create complex, yet beautiful sentences with creative touches was marvellous, and Patrick’s great aptitude for writing a detailed piece of Spanish was also wonderful to witness.

I am extremely proud of everybody’s work this year and look forward to seeing even more amazing work and events next academic year. Huge congratulations to one and all for this year’s achievements. MBA

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THAI FOR THAIS

In Term 3, they focused on story writing, and learnt how to use connecting words whilst working as a group to create interesting stories to present to the class. Thi, Chawin, Pear and Alan created a story about a hamster family, and did a very good presentation.

This year, the goals of learning Thai language at Rugby School Thailand have been to develop reading and writing skills, and to encourage pupils to believe in their potential as a Thai language learner. We have succeeded in achieving these goals, with many pupils building a “can do” mind-set towards Thai language studies, and gaining confidence overall. We have built language foundations for Pre-prep and Prep pupils, so that they know how to read and write structurally and correctly.

Year 5 have been working on descriptive writing. They learnt how to use the five senses to describe their favourite food and places. Pair wrote a very nice paragraph about her favourite food, ‘Kao Pad Kai’. Peter compared his favourite food - a cheese omelette - to a cheese volcano – very imaginative! In Term 3, they learnt about parts of speech. Pupils made their own e-Books using adjectives to create interesting sentences. Chaaim created a great e-Book, containing complete sentences and pictures. I am delighted to see that the year 5 pupils have improved their writing enormously over the course of the year.

Thai for Thais class focuses on integrating academics with learning skills by applying educational games, differentiated techniques and supportive technology. These are all very helpful, interactive resources to help pupils understand the learning with more ease. Pupils in Year 3 have developed their spelling, reading and writing skills in many ways: they have used small coloured cards to help them spell words by recognising the correct places of first consonants, vowels, final letters and tones. Interactive games have been a key tool for assessment for learning, and they have engaged pupils, and drawn attention to their knowledge and understanding. Technology has been the perfect tool to stimulate pupils; William, Tora, Pat, Tono, Pan Pan, Sean, Kendo, Nikki and Rachel worked in small groups to create their stop motion movies from original readings, and the results were amazing!

Year 6 have learnt about grammar in more depth, and have continued to develop their potential in reading and writing. They have used mind maps to process and order their thoughts, and to share their ideas verbally through creative stories. Neney, Pin, Buggy, Endoo, Pancake, Pleng, Pei-Ing and PunPun have continually developed their 21st century learning skills, using technology within lessons such as cloud storage, collaborative working online with their peers, and sharing their work with teachers in Google Drive. Furthermore, Year 6 have been educated in Thai manners; they have always shown their respect to their elders by ‘wai’ in a proper way. I was very impressed when I saw them ‘wai’ to canteen staff after they received their food; what wonderful role models for younger children – fantastic! WP, NS

Year 4 have been taught how to write their own diaries. Bai-Toey was one of those who really enjoyed this task, and served as a good example to the other pupils. I thoroughly enjoyed reading the pupils’ diaries, and seeing how much they had enjoyed their time at school.

THAI FOR NON THAIS The Thai for non-Thais programme at Rugby School Thailand has aimed to develop pupils’ listening and oral skills in daily communication, basic survival vocabulary and simple dialogues. It is a compulsory course here in Thailand, and non-Thai pupils attend two lesson a week of this subject. Most of the pupils started as beginners, which has meant a challenging year for non-Thais pupils, learning a new language, culture and traditions. I am pleased to say that they have made good progress, using communicative language, and embracing the variety of teaching materials and methods used in class. Year 3 learnt about ‘my house’. They presented their houses by using new vocabulary and numbers learned to describe their home in front of their peers. Year 4 learnt about fruits and colours. We made a Thai dessert called Kanom Lukchup or ‘delectable imitation fruits’. Year 5 enjoyed learning and working on iPads, recording their speaking tasks and writing skills. Year 6 enjoyed learning about health and illness, and used role-play to practise talking about illness when they visited the doctor.

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MUSIC

Music is an important part of life at Rugby School Thailand. With all pupils studying class music, 85% of the school learning an instrument and a large number of ensembles rehearsing on a weekly basis - including brass, guitar, clarinet, percussion, xylophone, saxophone, string and our Concert Band and choir - there is never a quiet moment!

Webb Ellis performed ‘Proud’, also by M People, with excellent balance and enjoyment, which resulted in them tipping the balance to win the trophy. Both Divisions performed ‘Sing’, a song written for the Queen Elizabeth II’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations. Vida Y and Patricia W set the scene with confident and expressive singing. Thank you to our adjudicator, Richard Harvey, who particularly mentioned the natural musicianship and talents of Pleng S and DD A. We also welcomed a spectacular performance from professional viola duo, Yikoko Ogura, who has played with the Chicago Symphony, and Roger Chase who is guest principal of the English Chamber Orchestra. The children were inspired and Molly O’B was very keen to know how many hours they spent practising every day!

In Term 1 we welcomed our new team of professional visiting teachers, all timetabled by our Head of Instrumental Studies - thank you Khun Waisit! Regular Lunchtime and Beginner Concerts took place in the assembly hall, involving every child in the school from Year 2 upwards. We welcomed Erzhan Kulibaev and llya Kondratiev, prize winning and internationally acclaimed piano and violin duo, to perform to the school. Our Remembrance Service took place with a moving performance of the Last Post played by Khun Supreeti, our brass specialist. Parents enjoyed the Year 3 and 4 production of The Gruffalo, in which the children performed songs including ‘Schools Out’ and ‘Wild Thing’ with gusto and energy. Jada F played the owl, and sang her solo beautifully. Parents and pupils bought the term to a close with an uplifting traditional Carol Service complete with readings, carols and anthems. Nadia D.C and Herbert W bravely opened the service singing the first verse of ‘Once in Royal’ as the school choir then processed formally down the aisle towards the magnificent Christmas tree. The choir sang two anthems, which included soloist Lilly O’B, who stood in at the very last moment to perform; well done, Lily. Our very own talented staff choir performed the choral arrangement ‘Adam Lay Ybounden’ with poise and conviction. We ended with a glorious and rousing finale of ‘Hark the Herald’ accompanied by our Brass Ensemble. Warm mince pies brought the term to a close. The entire Prep school came together in Term 2 for the first of our annual Divisional Music Competitions. ‘Search for the Hero’ by M People was performed with lots of smiles and great unison singing by Arnold.

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In the latter part of the term, Year 5 and 6 took us on an epic journey filled with fun songs and adventure. The musical ‘The Jungle Book’ was a resounding success, with Andrie O as Baloo singing ‘The Bare Necessities’ with his fabulous playful and laid back vocal interpretation. Peter S as King Louie raised the roof with his rhythmic ‘shoo-be-di-bopping’, and a cool, powerful and thoughtful vocal performance from Herbert W as Bagheera captured the mood. The chorus sang with such energy, dynamics and spirit and finished spectacularly with ‘I wanna be like you’. Term 3 started with a bang, with practice rooms booked out every morning, break and afternoon. It was evident that the end of term concert was on the horizon, and it certainly proved to be an incredible showcase. Dynamic teamwork gave everyone in the Prep school the opportunity to bring together hours of rehearsing. We enjoyed a fabulous array of Xylophone Ensembles, playing 4 part Zimbabwean-style arrangements; what a joyful array of coordinated beaters and smiles. Concert Band percussionist Ta-Ong T kept the band in strict tempo with his rock and swing accompaniment, whilst Achira A and Peter S provided a committed and jazzy trombone line. The clarinet section created a beautiful melodious tone with their confident and rhythmic performance. A year’s work culminated in fabulous all-round ensemble skills by Sophia W, James, B, Willy S, Harry W, Bai-Toey R, Rio K and Chawin T. The Percussion Ensemble wowed the audience with their surprise entrance, parading around the hall with flair, rhythm and brightly coloured shirts. Pat W, Sean C and Chennai T beating away in time as Alan B, KK K and Mario C grinning with delight as Khun Paopun chanted his call and response at forte volume! Not a dry eye in the house as the choir sang ‘Homeward Bound’ before raising the roof with a Texas folk medley as Aileen D and Pair P could not help but dance. Neney A and Molly O’B captured the mood of the piece, with captivating smiles and projection. Prep School staff entertained the audience and pupils as they shook angkalungs with energy and an ambitious pace (thank you Mr Gore and Mr Dawson) before the whole school sang ‘Time to go home’. Thank you to all parents for their support of music this year. Fantastic progress has been made by one and all, and we look forward to continued success and enjoyment next year! JW 28

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JUNGLE BOOK

The Jungle Book, a collection of stories written by English author Rudyard Kipling in 1894, is set in a forest in India. Our version was adapted from the musical Disney film and was full of first class singing, dancing and acting that captivated our audience.

Molly starred as Mowgli, with Bagheera being played by Herbert and Baloo by Andrie, and they all worked hard to learn lines and remained professional throughout the whole process. Pleng led the team of snakes brilliantly and Peter was a superb king of the monkeys. Pancake sang excellently as our storyteller, Shanti. Particularly impressive were all the chorus members, who learned many songs and complicated dances, and rehearsed and performed them with so much enthusiasm. All pupils delivered top-class performances and we look forward to seeing what they produce next year.

Our pupils participated in a rigorous audition process, which involved learning lines and singing, in order that pupils were chosen who best represented the characters. Meanwhile in art lessons, Year 5 and 6 studied the Indonesian art form of batik, and we designed and made huge canvas screens as scenery for the play featuring jungle plants and animals. We used ultraviolet paint, so they would glow in the dark as a special effect.

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GR UFFALO Our very first production at Rugby School Thailand was performed by Year 3 and 4 in Term 1. We decided to perform the Gruffalo for the pre-prep children, and the pupils auditioned enthusiastically for the different roles. In art, we sculpted a huge tree out of cardboard boxes as part of our scenery while the pupils were busy learning their lines. The rehearsals went smoothly, with the music department helping us with our songs. Harry featured as the Gruffalo and DD as our little brown mouse and both performed very well and with great confidence. Our narrators, Bai Toey, Pat, Chawin and Mario learnt all their rhyming lines beautifully, and Aileen, Patricia and Jada were fantastic in their roles as our cunning animals trying to eat the mouse. The pre-prep children (and all the parents who came to watch) were fascinated by the story and thoroughly enjoyed the performance. EB

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C HINESE NEW YEAR 2018

The Chinese New Year, also known as the Spring Festival, is a spectacular demonstration of Chinese culture. Pupils were able to learn about the Chinese zodiac through the story, ‘The Great Race’. The Chinese zodiac relates each year to an animal, according to a 12-year cycle. This year is the year of the dog.

this also helped the children to count from 1-12 and to memorise colours. The children also experimented with making Chinese craft within their year groups, and their works were displayed at the assembly hall to show Prep children. The highlight of the celebrations was embracing the culture. The school invited parents to watch the lion dance together with the children in the morning, and Prep pupils played Chinese folk games in the afternoon. All children were able to try some Chinese food at lunchtime to experience the taste of China. At the end of the day, everyone was presented with a red envelop from Mrs. Sarah and Mr. Westlake. YC

In the Prep school, pupils learnt to sing the Chinese zodiac animal song and they introduced what their teachers and family’s represented animals were. Ms. Chen also taught the pupils about ‘The Legend of Nian’; a story related to the traditions of Chinese New Year, about wearing red clothes and throwing firecrackers to intimidate the monster Nian and scare him away. In Pre-Prep, pupils also learnt the zodiac animal song. We focused again on ‘The Great Race’ to help pupils identify their zodiac animals;

C HRIS TMAS L UN C H The Prep School enjoyed celebrating Christmas cheer with a festive Christmas feast that included roast turkey, chocolate yule log, crackers and whole school singing. Pupils and staff raised the roof with ‘Rudolf the Red Nose’ and ‘Jingle Bells’ and the catering team were thanked for their hard work throughout the term. The most eagerly anticipated part of the event was the Christmas Hat Competition. Pupils had been working hard in Art and DT to create their unique masterpiece. Mrs Howell had a challenging job judging hats with Christmas trees decorated with lights, baubles, tinsel, reindeer antlers, pompoms, dancing snowmen, sparkling cupcakes, nodding elves and beautifully wrapped presents piled high. The winners were Nadia Da C in Year 3, Willy S in Year 4, Rafferty H in Year 5 and Buggy R in Year 6. And, who could forget Mr Westlake stuffed inside his Christmas turkey hat! JCW

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FL ASH MOB DAN CE ‘One Billion Rising’ is a world-wide movement against violence and inequality. This year, pupils at Rugby School Thailand participated in the movement, becoming one of the first groups in Thailand to join the call for justice. It is held around Valentine’s Day, a time for showing love and respect. In secret, the Prep school children learned the dance called ‘Break the Chain’, which symbolises the link between people who experience violence and those who perpetuate it, creating a chain of violence. The pupils were very enthusiastic about the routine and Year 3 and 4 even rehearsed at our residential trip to Khao Yai. Parents were also invited to a dance session and many came along to learn the routine – it seems we have many talented dancers among our parents! We were particularly grateful to Kai Yi who helped to teach the routine with excellent demonstrations. Pupils performed in the Oval at the end of the day as a surprise to parents and pre-prep children. It was a great success and next year we hope for an even bigger event. EB

INTERN ATION AL DAY The school gates opened on International Day and pupils and parents arrived in their stunning costumes reflecting cultures and customs from over 26 countries. Heads turned as Landen in Nursery marched up the steps with his dad in their impressive Beefeater costumes. The Oval, decorated with flags and bunting and an enormous map of the world, highlighted all the different countries. As everyone filled the assembly hall, we enjoyed a parade accompanied by national anthems, which showed off a kaleidoscope of colours and costumes. DD, Prae, Neney, Pair, Endoo, Pin, Buggy, Pei-Ing and Pancake entertained us with their elegant and captivating Thai dance before the stillness was split by the fantastic, sudden shrill of Mr Dawson on the bagpipes leading his team of Scottish Dancers into the hall. Faces lit up around the room as members of staff swung one another around in formations to ‘Strip the Willow’. Entertainment at its best! The choir sang ‘What a Wonderful World’ followed by the whole school singing ‘Song in Unison’. We enjoyed a quick break in which we were treated to foods from around the world including cucumber sandwiches, scones with jam and cream and Russian and plum cake before watching a concert by a professional String Quartet, lead by our violin teacher Mr Hudson. Pupils enjoyed a quiz and learnt about countries around the world. Thank you to all families for working so hard on the amazing costumes. A fantastic day for children, parents and the RST family to shine! JCW

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LOY KRATHON G

Loy Krathong, the first traditional Thai festival, was celebrated at Rugby School Thailand by children and parents making decorative flower baskets, known as krathongs. In Thai class, pupils had a wonderful time preparing traditional costumes for the event and practising the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Loy Krathongâ&#x20AC;? song and dance. The day of celebration was a wonderful event crowded with pupils, parents and teachers wearing beautiful and fascinating Thai traditional clothing. The event started with a presentation about the Loy Krathong Festival. Everyone then sat in a year group to make their own Krathong with support from teachers and parents. For those children who had never experienced this tradition, it was a challenging activity. The end result was amazing, and all the children had so much fun making their Krathong. During the event everyone enjoyed tasting Thai desserts, as well as participating in the traditional Loy Krathong song and dance together. Finally, the Krathongs were then taken to be respectfully floated on the school lake. The children, teachers and parents made a wish and then floated their Krathongs onto the water together. It was a brilliant day with lots of fun for everyone at RST. PB

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PROJECT WEEK

Project Week took place during Term 2 and the idea was to encourage cross-curricular learning across the Prep School. We wanted the pupils to improve on their team working skills as well as learning that the skills we learn every day in all our lessons are transferrable. The teachers came up with the theme “Plastic”. Single use plastic has been very topical around the world and we wanted our pupils to learn what happens to all the plastic that we waste and to think about the things we could be doing to improve our plastic consumption. The motto of the week was “Reduce, Reuse, Recycle”. Over three days, the pupils were put into Divisional Groups with Year 5 and Year 6 working together and Year 3 and Year 4 working together. They all participated in a variety of tasks: • Designing and producing a sea life mural from plastic bottle tops, which is now on display outside the Oval. • Producing our own version of plastic using milk and our scientific knowledge. • Trashion - designing and producing clothes from plastic waste, which were then displayed on the catwalk. • Designing a logo for a reusable tote. • Creating model monuments from trash. • Making musical instruments from wasted plastic. • Dragon’s Den - Inventing and presenting an idea for a machine that will clear our oceans from plastic. • Producing a stop motion video to educate others about the prob lems with plastic waste. To conclude our week, the pupils then worked together to prepare a summary assembly that they presented to the whole of the Prep School. We were able to see what all the groups had achieved, which was both very informative and incredibly funny. SH

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RESIDENTIAL TRIP YEAR 3-4 Year 3 & 4 had the most amazing experience during their first ever Rugby School Thailand residential trip. We were blessed with a very professional team of teachers with experience of similar trips around the world and with an onsite expert, who guided us throughout our stay and made the pupils’ experience unforgettable. We stayed at the Wild Lodge, a purpose built outdoor Eco-adventure Centre on the edge of Khao Yai National Park. The aim of our trip was to promote development through challenge, team-work, and field-study projects, so encouraging individuals to think differently from when in the classroom. We prepared a very exciting programme with a wide range of activities such as swimming, climbing and cooking. Upon returning from Wild Lodge Year 3 wrote fantastic accounts about their experience. This is what they had to say.

Some other highlights from the trip included outstanding efforts from Win Win and Willie in the river scramble activity, and Theera ’s kindness and helpfulness was noted. Mario always looked fabulous at dinner time, dressed in a bow tie and shirt. DD, Pear and Vida demonstrated general tidiness in the dorms. Patricia and Aileen showed off their skills in the cooking activity. Olivier and Chawin did brilliantly during the climbing activities and Alan and Aden worked hard making a shelter. It was great to see how Rio, Matthew, Willie and Teddy enjoyed their spare time playing ball games. During Assembly, Year 4 prepared a small presentation where they pretended to land a plane on a deserted island. They had to use the skills they learnt on the residential trip. We were also lucky enough to witness a performance of the ‘call and response’ African campfire song demonstrated by Mr Lloyd, Daisy, Tono, Kendo & Lily.

“On Tuesday the 13th February Year 3 and 4 travelled to The Wild Lodge at Khao Yai National Park for our residential trip. We travelled on a bus with Mrs Jones, Mr Lloyd, Mrs Dawson, Mrs Barnes, Mr Jones, Mrs Alonso and Nurse Jon.” Pat

Finally, special congratulations to Jada, Don, Bai-Toey, Mario, Theera, Pear, Namo, Daisy, Kendo, & Nikki who were awarded a certificate for their positive contribution during the trip.

“The trip was long but half way through we stopped to have a snack. After the snack we got back on the bus until we got there. We also watched the movie Despicable Me 3.” Namo

Special thanks to Corinna Dawson, Ellie Barnes, Tim Jones, Nurse Luckana Rowe and Mark Lloyd, for taking part in this trip and making it an unforgettable experience for all the pupils involved.

“When we arrived, we had a fire drill and safety talk by Mr Dave. Then, we got sorted into our cabins, changed into our home clothes and enjoyed a delicious lunch. After lunch, we did a River Scramble and walked through a dry river bed.” Nadia

FJ & MBA

“During the walk we stopped and sat in silence and listened to all the different sounds we could hear in the jungle. Mr Dave explained to us about different rocks and we got to hold some sandstone. After the river scramble we had some free time.” Rachel “Some of us went swimming and others played football or did some art and craft. We then enjoyed another delicious meal, played Pictionary and then went to bed.” William “The next morning, we had a healthy breakfast and split into two groups for rock climbing or cooking. I did rock climbing first. It was a bit scary but I gave everything a go and I loved it. After rock climbing we had a yummy lunch and then the groups swapped over.” Eva “In the afternoon, I did cooking. We cooked a healthy Thai stuffed omelette and a Thai dessert. It was scrumptious! Once we had cooked everything the teachers had to try it all and then vote for the winning group. That evening after dinner, we sat around the camp fire, toasted marshmallows and sang songs. It was really, really, fun.” Harry “On the last day of the trip we had a delicious breakfast to energize ourselves and then we split back into our two groups for fire making and shelter building. I did fire making first and we learned how to make a fire using cotton wool, Vaseline, steel and flint. Once we had made the fire we cooked some yummy noodles and ate them.” Kai Yi “After that we made shelters. The shelters had to be water proof. We tested the shelters by hosing them. Then we packed our bags and enjoyed our final meal at Wild Lodge before travelling back to Rugby School Thailand.” Sean “It was really sad to leave the Wild Lodge because we all had such a wonderful time and tried new and exciting things that we wouldn’t normally do. I hope that we can go back again soon.” Nikki 35

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RESIDENTIAL TRIP YEAR 5-6 Year 5 & 6 travelled to Brookside Valley Resort for a 3-night visit that incorporated plenty of adventure activities and fun. The children learned to challenge themselves, encourage others and get along with each other without the need for electronic games! When we arrived on the Monday the pupils were shown their rooms before having lunch and spending the afternoon trying various on-site activities including: abseiling, zip-line across the lake, attempting the climbing wall, zorbing on water, a ropes course and going on pedalos. Quite a few pupils found the height of the climbing wall, abseiling and zip-line a challenge but there was plenty of encouragement and most pupils were able to complete them. Buggy and Endoo in particular got loud applause for overcoming their fear of heights. After dinner the pupils wrote a diary, played some games and worked on the lion dance in preparation for Chinese New Year when we got back to School. On Tuesday we travelled a short distance to The Park Adventure Land to do some mountain biking, walking through the plantation and countryside and do some kayaking on the beautiful lake. Iewan (the kayaking coach) and Mr Dave (who helps him) were on hand to take the kayaking activity. Pupils learnt how to paddle and control the boat before having some group fun trying to stand on their kayaks. It was great fun and very wet. Carlos and Ta-Ong tried to balance in Iewanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s racing Kayak, they swiftly saw how hard it was as they capsized repeatedly! We went for a ride on mountain bikes on a route that took us along a section of estate tarmac road before heading off on tracks through the oil-palm and rubber plantations. Some pupils had not done much cycling before but worked very hard to keep going. Pair and Molly did very well to keep going and improved hugely by the end of the trip. The hike took us through some fascinating woodland and rubber plantations, it was certainly a challenge for a few of the pupils, but everybody kept trying and got there in the end. Special mentions to Chennai and Jasmine for showing great resilience. On Wednesday it was a slightly longer journey to meet up with Mermaids Dive boat to spend the day snorkelling on the islands out from Satahip. The water clarity was amazingly clear â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the clearest the dive instructor had seen it around these islands. It was like diving into a swimming pool. Some pupils were a bit uncertain about snorkelling but after some encouragement they really enjoyed the experience. Sophia and Herbert showed us how to do it beautifully and led by example. Thursday was our final morning but we had some time for the pupils to re-visit their favourite on-site activity so the zip-line, zorbing and abseiling was very popular with a few who had been particularly nervous having another go at the activity of their choice. It was four days packed with challenges and fun. Thanks are due to Mr Howell, Mr Gore, Miss Ridgway, Miss Yi-Cheng and Nurse May for helping to organise the trip and making it such a success. DRD & WH

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SON GKRAN DAY Songkran is the Thai New Year. The aim of the Songkran activities was to encourage pupils’ learning and understanding of Thai arts, culture, traditions and way of life. Examples of this are paying respect to monks, blessing elders by pouring water with flowers to show respect and gratitude, and recognising Thai recreation activities from the past. Significantly, splashing water at others is a delightful activity of the festival. This year, we started our first RST Songkran festival in our own original way. Colourful decorations were hung around the Oval. Year 1 to Year 6 learned how to make these decorations, which symbolise good luck and health. Colourful floral shirts represent happiness and fulfillment to come throughout the year. The children took part in a Songkran assembly a week before the event, which helped them understand how Songkran is celebrated: • Year 3 and Year 4 presented Songkran fashion show on stage to introduce Songkran outfits • Year 5 demonstrated ‘Rod Nam Dam Hua’ ceremony • Year 6 demonstrated the way to give offerings to monks In the morning of April 5th, pupils came to school with parents in floral outfits to join the RST Songkran Festival. All the children were excited to present their offerings of food to the monks from Wat Khao Mai Kaew, who walked around the oval to receive the offerings. After that, Peter P and KK N led the blessing ceremony. They invited Mr Westlake and teachers to offer medicine kits to the monks. At the end of the ceremony, the senior monk walked around and sprinkled holy water over everyone to wish all RST family the best of luck. After the blessing ceremony, all pupils and teachers moved into the assembly hall to participate in the ‘Rod Nam Dam Hua’ ceremony which encompasses respect, gratitude and care. Children lined up from Pre-Nursery up to Year 6. DD A and Patricia W invited all teachers and teaching assistants to sit in a row. The ceremony started with pupils pouring water with flowers onto the teachers’ hands and wishing them happiness and health. After the ceremony, Pre-prep children were ready to get wet. The playground area was filled with joy and laughter from the little children and their teachers as they participated in a huge water fight. In the afternoon, pupils from Year 1 to Year 6 went back to the assembly hall to hear young musicians playing songs from their Thai instruments, which was very special. Then, Pancake and Molly introduced the legend of the puppet shadows from Wat Baan Dorn, Rayong, which is one of the remaining three areas in Thailand where these puppeteers still perform. The lights were turned off, except for one left on behind a big white screen. The shadows of Ramayana characters appeared on the screen, and afterwards came in front of the screen where everyone was surprised to see that the puppeteers were children and teenagers. When the show was over, pupils learnt that the youngest puppeteer was only 8 years old, and realised that some Thai children spend their time inheriting Thai arts and culture.

The final activity that everyone waited for was the Songkran water fight. Prep pupils and teachers had a super fun time in the field. They played water Rugby and had House water competitions between Web-Ellis and Arnold.

For the next activity, Year 3 to Year 6 participated in Thai cooking lessons. They learnt a lot about Thai desserts especially the ones used for auspicious events such as Thong Yib, Thong Yot, Med Khanun and Luk Chub. They enjoyed trying to make these desserts, and also attempted to make environmentally friendly banana leaf bowls!

The first Songkran Festival at Rugby School Thailand this year was brilliant and successful. WP

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THE VERSE SPEAKIN G COMPETITION

The Verse Speaking Competition Was a very special time, When pupils recited poetry Using volume, rhythm and rhyme. During the Songkran holiday, The pupils all worked hard To learn the words of poetry, For performance to their class. Then they had the option To go into the hall With lighting and an audience, In front of Mr Ball!

Wyn Wyn, Teddy and Mathew All told of the Ning Nang Nong With monkeys, cows and peacocks What a noisy place to belong! Year 5 gave a re-enactment Of ‘Little Red Riding Hood’ With Justin’s fur coat victory, Parading through the wood. Peter told of a crocodile With grizzly, greenish skin, Herbert searched for scissors Whilst managing not to grin! Chaaim described the nighttime And how the moonlight glows Kevin’s greedy pig gobbled A farmer from head to toes! Pair spoke of the moon light, Ta-Ong advised on toys, Patrick learnt the longest poem Which Mr Ball enjoyed.

Year 3 observed their teacher In a supermarket isle, Ava’s cheeky performance Made everybody smile! Nadia described the moon Glowing round and bright, Whilst Nikki and Daisy’s authority Gave the audience quite a fright! Kai and Sean were victims Of teachers eating prep Whilst Harry had a dinosaur Breathing down his neck!

Year 6 spoke to a rhythm And recited to a beat Neney’s brilliant performance Had the audience on their feet! Pancake and Pleng were eerie Delivering the witches’ spell Whilst Endoo danced with happiness In a field of daffodils. James and Pei-Ing became afraid Of the crocodile brushing this teeth Whilst Molly and Andrie found their foe Beneath the poison tree.

Year 4 had plenty of excuses To make the teachers roll their eyes; But Thi’s standout performance Clinched him the overall prize! Vida’s noisy neighbours Drove her round the bend Olivier met a smiling dog Who soon became a friend. Bai-Toey, Jada and DD Squabbled over space, And Chawin was pleased to find His nose upon his face!

The pupils were outstanding In their delivering of speech Perhaps at next year’s competition They should learn an epic each! LR

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WAI KR U RST Wai Kru Ceremony was held on 5th October 2017, and is a Thai ceremony which reminds us to appreciate our teachers and to thank them for their hard work and dedication. The day before the Wai Kru ceremony, all RST pupils enjoyed making beautiful flower bouquets by themselves; everyone was proud of what they offered to their teachers. On the day of the ceremony, all the teachers and pupils were excited. The MC, Peter and Pei-Ing led the event smoothly, There were performances from Year 1 pupils to sing a song of สวัสดี ขอบคุณ ขอโทษ and dance, Year 2 pupils presented the words “ Sawasdee” in different languages and Prep pupils from Year 5 and Year 6 sang a song of Wai Kru. The most important part of this event was when the Pre-Prep and Prep pupils showed their respect to their teachers in order to express their gratitude and formalize the student–teacher relationship. The pupils’ recited the Wai Kru Chant, which expressed respect for and gratitude to their teachers, flower presentation from all years, where pupils presented flower garlands with Thai gesture “Krab” to pay a respect the teachers. In return, the teachers gave them a blessing and wished them good luck for the coming academic year. The last fantastic memory of this event was the speech given by the Head of Prep, Mr Westlake, in which he offered the students advice and guidance in their academic career. PB

WORLD B OOK DAY We began the day by dropping everything… and reading! Pupils from Years 3-6 visited the Pre-Prep classrooms and read stories to the children eagerly awaiting their arrival. It was wonderful to see the whole school revelling in a good book, and the global initiative ‘Share a Story’ was truly embraced by all here at Rugby School Thailand.

Year 3 enjoyed his marmalade sandwiches under the guise of Paddington Bear; DD and Jada in Year 4 introduced some friendly rivalry in their bid to be The Queen of Hearts; Raffety in Year 5 was every bit the Draco Malfoy, and Pancake in Year 6 grinned like a Cheshire Cat as Alice in Wonderland. The teachers, as well as the pupils, took dressing up very seriously indeed, with The Trunchball, The Three Little Pigs and our very own BFG all making an appearance!

Pupils then headed out in their droves to The Oval, where our first World Book Day Parade got underway. This was a fantastic way to see the wonderful array of costumes created by the children and their parents: Louis in Pre-Nursery made a very bouncy Peter Rabbit; Rik in Nursery created an impressive costume as Paw Patrol Chase; Lily in Reception was transformed into the butterfly from the Hungry Caterpillar; Jaja in Year 1 was as sweet as honey as Bumble Bee; Charlie in Year 2 made a wonderful Cat in the Hat; Pat in

A gingerbread man snack greeted the pupils at break time, fuelling the children for a busy morning of book-related activities in the Prep School. The task this year was the creation of big book covers in the Assembly Hall; each year group had created their own ‘Mr’ or ‘Little Miss’ Rugby School Thailand in English lessons and Form time, and the winning entries were made into larger versions for display. The characters invented by Nadia in Year 3, Don in Year 4, Kevin in Year 5 and Sophia in Year 6 were all thoughtful representations of what they believed a model RST pupil would be like (if he or she were to live in the world of Roger Hargreaves, that is!) The artwork hangs proudly on the wall in the assembly hall for pupils, parents and visitors to enjoy, and captures the spirit of the ‘Whole Person’ here at Rugby School Thailand superbly. After lunch, the Pre-Prep delighted in their performance of the Monkey Puzzle, coordinated by the ‘batty’ Miss Sarah, with Miss Mia-Chi proving to be a very convincing spider, and Miss Joanna making the most beautiful of butterflies. The performance certainly brought a smile to all of the pupils’ faces, including that of Miss Ridgway, who popped in to read a story at the very end of a very busy - and very successful - first World Book Day. LR

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ANNIVERSARY of t he passing of King Bhumibol A dulyadej

In October 2017 the Thai Department arranged and presented a commemoration ceremony and other events in remembrance of the passing of King Bhumibol Adulyadej. This occasion was one of great importance for us all. We presented a special assembly during which our Year 6 pupils performed a famous musical composition of our King called ‘Oh I Say’. This was followed by all pupils singing together ‘King in fairy tales’ in honour of our beloved King.

Pre-Prep learnt about the King’s history, followed the King’s example by planting their own vegetables and enjoyed being ‘hands on’ by creating a tree using their own hand prints. The Year 3s studied the King’s artificial rain project. The year 4 pupils studied the sufficiency theory and living sufficiently as introduced to the nation by the King’s way of life. Our Year 5s learnt and performed their own presentations on the King’s projects. They chose the projects that they were interested in to research and present. The year 6 pupils learnt about the King’s lifestyle and discussed how they can follow in the footsteps of the King. NS

Throughout the month RST pupils participated in many activities inspired by the King including learning more about the King’s history, planting of vegetables, and undertaking research.

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B ADMINTON Badminton proved a popular choice for activities and we ended up having two sessions during the week. The skill level improved through the year with increasingly lengthy rallies and an impressive range of shots being played. Kaden and Nick were very strong closely followed by Pleng and Pun Pun but the younger ones are improving fast. DD

TENNIS The Prep School students enjoyed two terms of tennis this year. We started with developing their hand eye co-ordination skills and progressed to learning technical strokes and match play. In a short time, they were playing from the baseline rallying the ball with each other. Technically Don showed tremendous improvement and, with further practice, will continue to develop his game. Pair showed good concentration in developing the technical side to her game and also improved rapidly over the period. The Pre-Prep students also enjoyed two terms of fun tennis learning and developing gross motor skills as well as strokes and some point play. Our youngest player, Rosa, who is in Reception, played with the Year 2 students and improved very quickly with her keen eye and fast feet.

BIG AR T We started our Big Art projects this year with the aim to design a game for the Pre-Prep children. Lily and Rachel had the brilliant idea of making monsters with huge mouths through which to throw bean bags. The children loved the game! Our next challenge was to design a mural for the garden at Hand to Hand foundation. Each one of our pupils drew a design and we used the best elements of each one to create a unique design that we all loved. We sketched the outline and Namo and Rio began painting the background first. Justin did an excellent job painting smooth lines on the rainbow and Jasmine and Kevin focused on blending colours to show the shades on the sunflower petals. The butterfly was coloured by Patrick and Aileen painted with the many leaves and plants. The result was spectacular and the children at Hand to Hand were very excited when we visited to show them our work. During project week, every pupil in the Prep School collaborated on our final Big Art project. The bottle-top mural hangs proudly outside reception now and reminds us of how precious our oceans are. We hope that people will try to use less single-use plastic. EB

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C HESS

July concluded a fantastic year of chess. Rugby School Thailand has gone from strength to strength with this activity, with experienced players developing their skills and many new players getting started.

Namo’s favourite opening to play as white is the ‘four step checkmate’ whereas Thi and Win Win prefer the Evan’s Gambit opening. Alan’s favourite chess player is Bobby Fischer, because he ‘became the youngest candidate for the World Championship’. Thi and Win Win agree with Alan, but they add that they also like Magnus Carlsen. William thinks that if you play chess you become smarter and Olivier and Willie feel that you become a better player if you keep practising. Patricia adds that it is also important ‘to concentrate on the game and to be modest’. Teddy’s favourite piece is the king because ‘you cannot play without it’ and Achira’s is the queen because ‘it can move anywhere’. Achira and Nikki would recommend their friends play chess because they feel chess is fun. Pat feels that chess is popular because ‘it is a skilful game’. Sean learnt to play chess at the beginning of this year and he says: ‘I have improved because I can now develop my pieces’.

We started a beginners’ class during Term 1, in which we learned the basic rules of chess, how to move and develop pieces and how to play strategically. We also talked about the benefits of learning chess and we looked into why playing chess is so healthy for our mind. Some of the benefits are: promoting brain growth, sparking creativity, increasing problem-solving skills and teaching planning. Mr Gore organised a tournament in Term 2, which was so popular that it continued throughout Term 3. We now have a large number of chess players in the community and pupils are thoroughly enjoying it!

Congratulations to Alan, Win Win, Patricia and Namo for taking part in different tournaments and doing so well and a big thank you to all pupils who have taken part in this activity and made it so much fun for all. MBA

Our activity has helped everyone to develop in a very individual manner, with their own particular ways of playing. Here is a summary of what our pupils at RST think of chess:

DEB ATIN G This year many pupils have been introduced to debating for the first time. The skill of presenting an argument without resorting to shouting or stamping feet is one that is hopefully beneficial to both children and their parents. During the first term the pupils had to do both a Dragons’ Den style pitch of their own inventions. Winners included Don and Pancake . The debaters also took part in a balloon debate, which saw DD thrown from the balloon. Pupils were introduced to a variety of riddles to get their minds thinking at the start of each session, such as: What begins with a T, ends with a T and has T in it?* Some of the debate topics that produced the best thinking were: Should teachers be allowed to hit children? And should all zoos be closed down? It was lovely to see pupils really thinking hard about why they held their opinions and even better when they changed their minds as a result of some excellent points raised by others. Special mentions to Alan, Nadia, Namo, and Win Win for taking part in the most debates. I look forward to having even more interesting discussions next year. WH 42

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B OOK CL U B Once upon a time, there was a beautiful library. Every week, a group of charming pupils met to enjoy the space, delve into the bookshelves, and discuss the books they were reading. This enchanted place became known as ‘Book Club’. The pupils in the Kingdom of Book Club used the time to explore their reading in a variety of ways. Rachel and Tora enjoyed completing and creating quizzes, Pat and Sean cooked up word searches and games, Bai-Toey, DD and Pear relished designing alternative book covers, Nikki adored writing stories and thinking-up new characters and kingdoms, and Aden simply enjoyed having a relaxing read. Together with Miss Ridgway and her gold locks, they ensured that Book Club provided a calming, enjoyable place for pupils to extend their love of reading, and created a relaxed environment at the end of the week that was never too hot, never too cold, but always, ‘just right’. However, being a member of the Kingdom of Book Club came with responsibilities. Mrs Ball, the Fairest of Them All, insisted that the library remained an organised and helpful place. The pupils regularly tidied the bookcases, plumped up the cushions and learnt how to treat the space respectfully and maturely. The pupils’ work in the Kingdom of Book Club ensured that everyone in the library lived happily ever after. LR

CODIN G

C HINE SE B OARD G AMES

What is coding? Put simply, it is the process of giving instructions with the aim of reaching an end goal. In this instance, children can give instructions to a computer, ipad or robot to allow them to create an animation, game or tell their robot to travel in a certain direction.

This year we started with the board game called Chinese checkers which is a game for two to six players. Each player has ten marbles arranged in a triangle. The goal of the game is to move these marbles to the opposite triangle. It was a pleasure to see some pupils figure out how to jump over as many as marbles they can in one move, which improved their logical thinking and problem-solving skills.

The coding activity gave children a chance to expand on the coding they had started as part of the computing curriculum. Using different platforms such as ‘scratch’, code island, ‘kodable’, swift playgrounds and floor robots, children were able to show off their creativity, collaboration and logic to generate games, animations and websites. From simple block coding to java script and html, children explored the wonderful world of coding through experimentation, cooperation and creative thinking. There was no right or wrong answer, but attention to detail was required to make sure the algorithms were in the correct order. Patience, memory, mathematics and resilience came into play when problems needed solving.

There were two other games introduced to pupils: Chinese beanbag toss and five-in-a-row, allowing pupils to practice numbers and improve concentration through play. The beanbag toss game challenged their coordination and response time, and along with that, they were practicing to count 1 to 10 in Mandarin.

Throughout the term, children worked on different projects, through shared ideas to help each other reach the end goal. Testing a friend’s game or analysing an animation gave children a chance to provide and respond to feedback before adapting their work to make it user friendly or more exciting. Scoring systems, timers, levels, colours among other creative designs allowed children to put their own spin on their projects. Now days a software engineer could as easily find themselves working for Apple, as they could in a hospital or school. The coding that children in the Prep School at Rugby School Thailand do as a fundamental skill can be later moulded into a more specific talent that will allow them to prosper as a valuable member of society. TJ

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EN GINEERIN G Each term has meant new challenges for a new group of young engineers in years 3-6. In the first term, pupils learned about materials and structure through a series of mini challenges. Materials ranged from paper and card to spaghetti and marshmallows. We tried to build vehicles, strong structures, tall structures and even a few model animals. These episodic tasks were fun and engaging but it was even better to see the cumulative process of engineering at work in the second and third terms; pupils constructed vehicles, for example by building their own chassis, axels and wheels, and driving the wheels using a battery, motor, cogs and a controller circuit. Throughout the terms there has been plenty of trial and error along the way and I have been especially pleased with the resilience and resourcefulness shown by the young engineers. It will be fascinating to see what problems we can solve and what we can design and construct in the future, after our move to the new Prep School building. JACG

SCUB A DIVIN G Seal Team, a PADI Entry Level to the Scuba Diving course, was run in term 2 for 6 pupils who were keen to try scuba diving in the safety of our own pool with the excellent instruction of Wayne from Mermaids Dive Centre. Mermaids have a lot of experience taking diving courses in schools and ran an excellent course for us. It is planned that we will run the Seal Team activity again but we will also run a full PADI Course leading to an open-water qualification that will allow pupils to dive in the sea. With the great diving available locally we can then start taking groups on dive trips with Mermaids. The divers for this course were: Andrie, Daisy, Molly, Neney, Ta-Ong and Tiger.

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EQU ES TRIANISM I still smile when I remember the squeals of delight on arrival at the Thai Polo Club for Equestrianism. The children were thrilled to explore the stables, meet the ponies and feed them carrots. Daisy and Rachel, already experienced equestrians, were keen to share their stories and reminded Harry and Lily not to stand behind the ponies. Once in the riding arena, the children practised how to mount and dismount and to give the ponies the correct signals and leg aids to make the transition between walk, trot and canter. They were put on a lunge rein, which helped the children to develop their seat and appreciate the different movement of their ponies. After a few weeks, the children were much more confident and independently trotted around the paddock. In their excitement, Lily and Harry could not tell their left from their right and everyone giggled as they bounced up and down uncontrollably whilst the horse ignored their instructions and ambled off in the wrong direction. The activity also focused on the important basics of grooming. It was hard work but fun picking the ponies hooves. The children used a dandy brush to remove the loose hair and brushed out the mane and tail vigorously. However, washing them down with the hosepipe and getting a little bit wet as the sun went down was certainly one of the highlights! JCW

ECO COMMITTEE Following a request from pupils, the Eco Committee was set up as a school activity in Term 2. Aided by Mrs Dawson, a group of enthusiastic pupils, who felt passionate about environmental issues, discussed what they would like to achieve within the school environment. They decided to do a school assembly to raise awareness about the growing problem of ocean plastic, and what we as individuals can do to reduce it. Buggy, Neney, Justin, Kevin and Patrick worked really hard researching the topic, then preparing a power point presentation and props for a sketch on ‘The Life of a Plastic Bag’. This highlighted the need to move away from single use plastics by reducing their use, reusing items if possible or recycling them if suitable. To reinforce this message, the Eco Committee, joined by Jasmine and Stella in Term 3, made posters and put them up around the school. Looking ahead to next year they have researched the possibility of Rugby School Thailand joining the Eco Schools’ movement and trying to get Green Flag status. Plans are also afoot for a green event run in collaboration with the Garden Club. CRD

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G ARDENIN G The Rugby School Thailand garden has certainly flourished with the help of 5 extremely enthusiastic and talented Prep School gardeners this term. The aim of gardening club has been to engage children in learning, increase their willingness to try new and interesting foods and, improve their knowledge, confidence and skills around cooking and gardening. Daisy B, Pan Pan S, Bai-Toey R, Chawin T & Vida Y have thoroughly enjoyed watching our vegetable plot come to life every week. We have been successful in growing egg plants, pumpkins, tomatoes, lettuce, chilis, Thai basil, mung beans, dill and many more delicious vegetables and herbs. As well as taking care of the vegetable plot every week the children have also loved making emoji grass heads, designing information fact cards and signs for the vegetables and herbs in our garden, creating a fairy and gnome garden, flower pressing, scarecrow making and kitchen scrap gardening. A highlight for the children this term was being able to harvest some of the vegetables and herbs and give them to the school kitchen to use in our delicious lunches. It has been a magnificent first term of the gardening club and I am already looking forward to what we can produce next year! FJ

GERMAN During Term 3, we introduced our German for Beginners activity and already the pupils are well on their way to having a conversation in German. The German activity is designed to promote language learning in a fun yet practical way, so the pupils can go away feeling positive about language learning in general but can also use their German to communicate effectively. The focus is primarily on the listening and speaking skills, which enables the pupils to start using their language immediately. Pair P, Endoo C and Chaaim K have had a lot of fun practising their introductions by performing a puppet show, which is a great way to promote confidence in a language. Theera C, Pan Pan S, Willie S and Alan B have quickly learnt their numbers to 20 by singing our number song and playing some exciting number games on the electronic board. To help us remember the language, we play lots of fun games and use the iPads to create posters, drill vocabulary and to produce aide-memoires. For example, we used Pic Collage to create visually stimulating posters on the classroom commands, which helps create a fantastic classroom environment as well as supporting the learning. SH

GOLF SNAG Golf (Start New At Golf) is widely recognised as the best way to teach the fundamentals of the game of golf to people of all ages and ability levels. Every term starts with the basics of how to get into the best starting position of the golf swing, through a simple and easy to remember sequence. Then the techniques begin with rolling (putting), chipping, pitching and launching! Each week, the participants engage with certain stations to build each technique or play games to enhance that technique with fun. During the last couple of weeks or so, golf holes are then designed on the field to let them put their skill to the test and learn basic etiquette of the game of golf. In the Pre-Prep this term, I have seen Harry S, and Jack R really show potential with their improvement in skills and power control. Prep students Aileen D, Patricia W, Kendo Y and William A all showed good improvements when they set their mind to it. Snag Golf is a great way to begin and then progress on to real golf with some solid fundamentals of procedures, sequences and a feel for what golf is really about! Andrew Scaife The Professional Pheonix Gold Golf Club

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MATHS PLUS One of my favourite times of the week has been seeing what wonderful creations the pupils have made in Maths plus. They have fashioned beautiful parabolic arcs from straight lines, Escher inspired cubes from nets as shown by Willie in the phot, Icosahedron globes, tessellating patterns, mystic roses and much more. The pupils have also had fun solving complex problems such as KenKen and Tangram construction as well as learning more about squares, factors and multiples through a variety of games. Overall we have learnt how mathematics can be both interesting and beautiful. Special mentions most go to Pat W, Kai Yi N, and Mario C for finding some beautiful solutions and consistently working hard.

KAYAKIN G At the beginning of this year, Rugby School Thailand, in cooperation with the Rowing and Canoeing Association of Thailand (RCAT), took a small group of pupils: Aileen, Vida, Molly and Neney, to the Royal Thai Navy Canoe and Kayak National Training Centre for an introduction to paddling session and the following week began training at Rugby School Thailand. Rugby School Thailand has provided these pupils with 7 K1 junior Kayaks not previously available in Thailand with training every Friday afternoon. These young athletes are the youngest in Thailand and will soon be competing in the national competitions hosted by RCAT.â&#x20AC;Ż

Being a Sprint Kayak, the athletes need to learn not only speed and endurance but also good technique and balance. It is not an easy feat but once achieved it is very rewarding as the sprint discipline builds a solid base for the many different disciplines available in Canoe Kayak and Rowing. One such discipline is Canoe Slalom. RCAT provided 7 pupils: Aileen, Molly, Neney , Pancake,Sophia, Vida and Rio K with the opportunity to join the Thailand National Slalom Team at a training session. Each pupil was able to pick a member of the National Team as their own private coach for the session. The pupils were also given the chance to train with the state of the art equipment that the National team use. It was a great afternoon that the pupils really enjoyed. Rugby School and RCAT will strive to give these and many more pupils the opportunity to develop their skill to become the best they can be at this exciting sport.

During the year the number of athletes has increased to 12 now training on two afternoons and a number are showing a lot of potential. RCAT is involved in many development programs for the youth of Thailand that will ensure that the competition at these events held by RCAT will not be easy.

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PHOTOGRAPHY In terms 1 and 2, diverse groups of year 3-6 pupils gathered in the science laboratory to learn about photography and film making. Some pupils arrived confident about the technology but unsure about the creative process, some the other way round. It was great to see pupils embrace a bit of uncertainty and experiment. Each session was themed so that pupils could learn about different aspects of composition, lighting and story-telling. Subjects and challenges became more complex so that they could build on their learning. Lessons in still photography were then applied to film-making and, while the stories were more abstract than some of the earlier projects, technical skill and creative flair were equally evident. The term ended with much laughter as we enjoyed watching the groupâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s films of rubber balls making unlikely journeys around the school. The still photography on display has been admired by many visitors, parents and pupils and I hope will inspire people to be creative with their photographs. JACG

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SAILIN G This year the sailing at Rugby School Thailand has been very successful. We had a great group of students and they have all learnt a lot on our Wednesday sailing sessions. We have had some challenging conditions ranging from zero wind to gusts of up to 12 knots. With every week giving a new challenge to the sailors we now have a strong group of 8 sailors who can sail around the buoys and can also capsize and right their own boats. Molly and Daisy have been showing their great communication skills whilst being amongst the leaders of the fleet. Herbert and Patrick have never missed a session and over the weeks became a great team on the water. Peter has done very well learning to sail by himself on the boat as there was an uneven number of students for the past few weeks and he was happy to take on the added challenge. Thi and Chennai joined us later in the year and, although they had not sailed as much as the others, have learnt very quickly and are now sailing without an instructor in the boat. Well done to all for a great year of sailing and hope we can develop a Rugby School Thailand sailing team to compete in the RVYC Inter-Schools Regatta next year. Jack Wylde Sailing Director Royal Varuna Yacht Cub

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TABLE TENNIS

VOLLEYB ALL

Rugby School Thailand’s inaugural prep school table tennis competition took place during term 2. Knockout matches were played during breaks on the table beside the playground. Some players were just getting started and put in a big effort in a difficult sport. As more experienced players made it through to the later rounds and semi-finals, there were some very competitive matches, often drawing crowds of eager spectators. In the end, Matthew beat Herbert in the third place play-off to claim the bronze medal. In the grand final Nick was victorious over Rafferty to decide the overall champion and the runner-up.

Volleyball proved to be a challenging new sport for many but I was very impressed with the enthusiasm shown and progress made, both in the Games option for years 3-6 and the Activity group for Years 5-6. of course everyone wanted to run before they could walk, especially after we sampled the achievements of the Thai national men’s and women’s teams on the internet. However, it was not long before rallies started happening, with forearm passes, overhead passes and spiking. Blocking above the 2m net was a few centimetres out of reach for some but it was great to see people trying and succeeding.

Table tennis has been a popular sport as a games option and an activity. Mr Howell and Mr Large have trained players on many aspects of the sport and I am sure there will be plenty of keen competitors ready to sign up for the next tournament. JACG

Volleyball is a popular sport in Asia and in many nearby schools and I am hopeful that we already have the makings of some competitive teams so that we can make good use of the exciting facilities that will be added to the excellent resources we already have in place. JACG

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TAEKWONDO AND C HANB ARA Taekwondo and Sports Chanbara (from term 2) have grown steadily in popularity throughout the year and we now have Sport Chanbara on Mondays and Taekwondo on Thursdays. Both are martial arts and develop skills of agility, self-control and balance. Taekwondo is well known but Sport Chanbara was only started in 1971 but has grown rapidly to have foundations all around the World. Pupils have trained hard to achieve their grading below and several will be competing against others from different clubs and schools which will be a great experience.

Taekwondo Molly O, Junior Yellow Belt Sophia W, Senior White Belt Aden O, Junior Yellow Belt Tiger F, Senior White Belt Chanbara Alan B, Senior White Kodachi Goshindo 6 kyu Chennai T, Senior White Kodachi Goshindo 6 kyu Chawin T, Junior White Namo de T, Senior White Kodachi Goshindo 6 kyu Harry W, Senior White Kodachi Goshindo 6 kyu Wynn Y, Junior White

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WEBSITE CREATION Websites are a huge part of everybody’s lives, from online shopping to blogs or fan sites; our pupils use them regularly for a wide range of purposes. In Term 1 we used Weebly as our platform and the pupils became proficient at many essential skills, such as adding pages, creating text with interesting fonts and colours, embedding videos and enabling links to other websites. Weebly was effective and allowed the pupils to create some excellent sites about their favourite things: for Alan this was Stick War Legacy, and for DD this was about DIY and craft. In Term 3, we switched to a new platform and the pupils enjoyed exploring Wix. The options to customise the site were far greater and the pupils loved how professional they looked. However, they preferred the ability to select their own website address or URL. Pei-ing’s site about classical music has lots of wonderful examples to listen to and Justin’s art site features various videos about graffiti and drawing skills. EB

VIDEO MAKIN G

THAI DAN CE At Rugby School Thailand, we have encouraged RST pupils to learn about Thai culture, tradition and wisdom along with learning Thai language. We had provided Thai classical dance activities for Pre-prep and Prep pupils in Term 1. It was a wonderful term because we had expat pupils who were interested in learning Thai dance. Rachel, Eva, Lily, Jada, Jasmine and Molly had participated in dancing to the songs named ‘Rabam Dok Bua’ and ‘Seung Kratib’. Some of them had a first experience in Thai traditional dance but their dancing skills were very impressive.

Inspire your child’s imagination and boost their creativity. Every child loves animation movies. How brilliant would it be if they can create their own? At Rugby School Thailand, pupils spend their Term 3 creating fun animation movies. Stop-Mo-Go is an activity where they can follow their imagination and make it come to life. We use the iPad App ‘Stop Motion’ on iPads as a tool to create a movie. Kai Yi, Nadia, Rachel, Chennai, Theera and Tora started their movies by drafting a story, choosing their main characters and settings. Then, they drew and coloured the characters and backgrounds. Rachel and Nadia created a fancy story with lively backgrounds. Theera and Chennai picked their favourite cartoon characters to be their super-hero.

Furthermore, there was a special Thai dance group practicing during lunch break in Term 3. They performed on the International Day. This show proudly presented Thai art and culture. Neney, Pin, Buggy, Endoo, Pancake, Pleng, Pei-ing, Pair, DD and Pear worked very hard for a remarkable show. They worked on a performance to the song named ‘Ram Chean PraKwan’ and it was fascinating. WP

When everything is ready, Stop-Mo-Go crews started moving their characters little by little and snapped them shot by shot. Tora and Kai Yi were very good at snapping. After the video was done, Stop-Mo-Go crews worked on recording voice, adding sound effects and theme songs. Kai Yi and Nadia did an excellent job with the voice-over. Furthermore, everyone was keen to use a green screen technique to make impressive and fantastic movies. WP

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THAI L AN GUAGE The Thai Department also provides a ‘Thai for Thais’ activity in every term. This activity provides an additional opportunity for pupils to practise and apply their Thai skills, especially in reading and writing. Non-Thai pupils can also join this activity, and we were pleased to see the interest shown by Olivier and Mathilde over the course of the past two terms. They have shown a lot of improvement! Pupils revise the learning experienced in their Thai classes and explore the language in more depth. We present this activity in an interactive way and make special allowances for the different ability levels of the pupils attending. Beginner readers have focused on reading words and sentences with simple long vowels whereas the more advanced readers have read and written more complex words and sentences. Older pupils have created their own short stories and focused on creative writing. PB

BRASS ENSEMBLE The Brass Ensemble at Rugby School Thailand has gathered all Brass pupils – the majority of whom have just started their studies - and has developed their skills through, and beyond, the instrumental lessons they receive at school. The nature of the activity has enabled pupils to develop ensemble skills by playing their instrument parts as a collective – a ‘mini band’ of sorts. So far, we have one Trumpeter (Lily), three Tenor Horn players (Daisy, Teddy, and Don), and two Trombonists (Peter and Achira). All pupils have been extremely keen join up and play their instruments together, and it has been marvellous to watch them grow during the short time that they have been together as a group. The ensemble has met every Friday afternoon to rehearse for an hour, and their commitment has been impressive. Excitingly, the RST Brass Ensemble made their debut performance in the Beginners’ Concert in Term 2, with “When the Saints Go Marching In”. Following this, and after much joyful preparation as part of the school band, they performed superbly in the Summer Concert at the end of Term 3. Another undoubtedly successful term begins in September. WS

CLARINET ENSEMBLE Clarinet Ensemble has been a great success this year. Not only have the pupils progressed enormously - performing in assemblies, lunchtime concerts and the end of term concert - they have discovered the benefits of teamwork. Whilst they have spent many hours practising and mastering their own musical parts, pupils have shared the joy of music making together, and have supported one another through the squeaks and wrong notes! James, Sophia, Harry, Rio, Willy, Bai-Toey and Chawin have enjoyed learning two lively pieces called ‘Skat Cat Swing’ and ‘Sazzaroorah’. They have mastered new rhythms and built up stamina - almost until their faces ached! They have been a joy to work with, and have finished the year with a performance showing off their beautiful tone, posture and ensemble skills. JW

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SPOR T S DAY The Power of Sports Day

They learn to be excited for something, and to contain their emotions in the face of loss. The pupils develop patience through dedication to improve for the next time. They learn the value of a team, and what it means to belong to something. Sports Day is an occasion to experience all of this in our formative years that prepare us to be well-balanced adults.

All children in Years 3 to 6 had a term of athletics as part of their PE lessons to prepare them for Rugby School Thailand’s first Prep School Sports Day. The pupils learnt the skills and techniques across a range of athletic events in throwing, jumping and running. High jump, long jump, javelin, shot putt, along with many track events such as the 80m, 200m, 400m and 600m and relays were learnt and practised for six weeks to allow all pupils the opportunity to go out and perform to the best of their ability with confidence and to showcase their achievements.

We celebrated much success and there were lots of competitive races on the track along with some outstanding field events. A couple special mentions must go to Eva K in Year 3 and Teddy R in Year 4 who won four gold medals. Eva K triumphed in the shot putt, high jump, javelin and 80m sprint whilst Teddy R’s golds came in the hurdles, javelin, high jump and 600m. In Year 5 and 6, Chaaim K won five golds in the hurdles, long jump, javelin, high jump and 600m whilst Buggy R won three golds in the hurdles, javelin and high jump.

Shortly after a big downpour of heavy rain, the sun made an appearance for our spectacular Sports Day. There was a huge difference in our pupils in just six weeks – the running was much faster, the jumps were much higher, the skills were far more developed, but their love and commitment to their Division and team remained steadfast as always.

The afternoon finished with some exciting and competitive divisional relays. The Under 9 girls relay was won by Arnold, and Webb-Ellis won the Under 9 boys, Under 11 boys and Under 11 girls. A final presentation was made to the overall Sports Day Divisional winners who were Webb-Ellis. A big thank you to all the parents for their support throughout the day.

The reason Sports Day is such an important day of the year, and a staple in the calendar, is the huge benefit it brings to pupils. Our pupils participate for themselves, and for the glory of their Division. They have an opportunity to be successful. And when they aren’t – they learn to lose graciously and congratulate the success of others.

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S WIMMIN G

The first year of the RST swim squad has been a great success. Children have been training twice a week at 7.30am and during games lessons. The progress has been evident for all to see and I have been thrilled by the determination and rigor shown by all members of the swim squad. As a coach, I delighted to look at the initial trail times taken in September and compare them to our final competitive gala times. The difference in all cases is unbelievably vast and indicates the sheer difference in efficiency and consequently speed. The improved starts of Herbert, Buggy and Molly have been a real highlight and this skill will continue to positively affect their sprint time. In freestyle, Kaden and Pat have impressed me with their dedication and willingness to push through uncomfortable interval sessions to improve their aerobic fitness. The addition and impact of Thi has been exceptional and I know the other swimmers enjoy the edge he has brought to training sessions. In competitive galas, all swimmers have made RST proud, demonstrating excellent sportsmanship particularly at Denla British School in Bangkok. This competitive edge increased even further, as the children challenged one another to represent their respective divisions. It was a great close to the swim season and I am sure next year will be even better. HB

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B ASKETB ALL

U11 Girls The Under 11 girls played some outstanding basketball throughout the year. After a very slow start, they demonstrated commitment and determination to improve their skill level to go out on to the court and perform to the best of their ability.

U9 Girls The Under 9 girls have been in fine form all year and have demonstrated a real commitment and ever-improving skill levels. They have demonstrated an all-round ability to perform the key skills of catch, pass, dribble and shoot whilst under pressure in a game situation.

Pleng, who was excellent in defence throughout the year, was also a constant threat in a breakaway attack, who linked up very well with forward Chaaim. Buggy worked tirelessly up and down the court demonstrating speed and control from her dribbling and putting opposition on the back foot.

Aileen, Vida and Jada were excellent in defence and all opposition schools found it very difficult to create scoring opportunities. The team only lost one match and won three against two local schools, MIS and Tara Pattana who we played on a home and away basis. We had a very close loss to MIS 22-18, before going on to beat them 18-12 in the home match. It was two wins against Tara Pattana with both matches finishing with a 20-8 win. Patricia created countless chances and had terrific support from DD and Eva in attack.

The squad played two very tough matches on a home and away basis against Tara Pattana and MIS. The first matches were against Tara Pattana who were a similar level to us and tried to play a fast and open game. The Under 11 girls started the match at a high intensity with lots of fast passing and moving off the ball. Molly demonstrated good spatial awareness and vision to put our forwards in to a shooting position. Both matches against Tara Pattana resulted in wins for the girls, 18-10 and 22-12. Next up were the unbeaten MIS and the matches turned out to be the best of the season. Our girls had stepped up their performance, demonstrating more team work and determination, but fell short losing both matches 24-12 and 14-10. Well done to all, and our thanks to parents for the terrific support throughout the season.

Overall, a very successful year for the Under 9 basketball squad and a big thank you to the parents for their excellent support. Team from: Vida Y, Aileen D, Jada F, Patricia W, DD A, Eva K.

Team from: Pleng S, Neney A, Molly O, Buggy R, Chaaim K, Pin K, Pear P. LI

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U11 Boys The Under 11 boys have worked very hard throughout the season. The team had trained once a week during their games afternoon in preparation for their fixtures against local schools starting in term two. The squad demonstrated a real commitment and were improving their skills week on week.

U9 Boys

The squad played their first match against a very talented MIS side who had clearly been together for many years. Our team worked very hard in defence with some excellent blocking from Herbert and Pun. With RST under a lot of pressure the team still created a lot of opportunities with Carlos and KK taking scoring the points through a good build-up of attacking play. This was the first time our boys had played together in a competitive match and in the end the hosts were too strong and the final result was a 50-point loss!

The Under 9 boys are a very talented group of young sportsmen and this was demonstrated early on in the season. They played some fantastic basketball throughout the year and showed a good attitude to learning and improving on their skills. Matthew, who led from the front as our top scorer, was a constant threat to all of our opposition throughout the year. In defence, Don, Teddy and Harry consistently displayed solid performances and were a very difficult unit to breakdown. The boys played against two local schools, MIS and Tara Pattana on a home and away basis.

The festive break allowed the team time to reflect and recover from a very tough first term. The matches in term two clearly reflected the hard work from all the squad and this started to show in both performances and results. With home and away wins against Tara Pattana helped the team to grow in confidence and a no fear attitude. Nick and Andrei were excellent additions to our squad and both were a constant threat in attack and defence to our opposition. Both MIS matches ended with a very close result with RST missing out 11-9 and 13-8. The results demonstrate how hard the team have improved and hard work, clear goals, team organisation and working together show that we are able to compete with any team on our local circuit.

The Under 9 boys only lost one match against MIS early on in the season and then remained unbeaten. The squad played an open, free flowing game with a main focus on quick passing and moving in to space and hitting their opposition with a quick breakaway attack. Willy was a threat on a break down court and demonstrated great lay-up shot technique to add to his team points and keep the score board ticking over. There were wins against Tara Pattana 12-8, 24-6 and another win came against MIS at home 16-12. It has been an excellent year for the Under 9 boys and best of luck for next year.

Team from: Kaden S, Nick P, Andrei O, Herbert W, Pun P, KK K, Carlos S, Rafferty H.

Team from: Teddy R, Harry W, Rio K, Matthew P, Don S, Willy S.

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U11 Girls As we come to the end of the first season at RST, the U11 girls can have huge pride and fond memories of the campaign. At first, many of the team were reluctant to have the confidence to play, however in time the improvement, dedication and excitement surrounding training and matches was evident. The initial first games of the season were tough as the girls got used to their positions and the pace of the game. However, the latter part of the season saw victories over International School of Chonburi and Tara Patana International School indicating excellent progress

U9 Girls The U9 girls have made fantastic progress this season. Most of the squad had little to no football experience previous to September and I have been astounded by their positive attitude, focus and determination to improve each training session. To go the entire season unbeaten is an amazing achievement. The U9’s began the season with a hardfought draw against Tara Patana International School and finished will a thumping victory in the home leg of the fixture, this is a testament to their progress.

The team quickly become a settled unit, with Stella or Pei-Ing showing promise in goal and making valuable saves. A defensive partnership of Jasmine and Pleng become very solid and difficult to break down. In fact, the girls did not concede in the latter games of the season. In midfield Chaaim and Pair were the engines who broke down play and fed the ball to the attacking players. Pancake’s ability to take on her opponent and cross the ball become a real advantage for the team and Molly, Ne Ne and Pin often took advantage causing the oppositions defence problems..

Every member of the team rotated to provide cover in goal, showing great dedication and bravery to the team. Jada’s defensive positional sense and ability to read the game to sniff out any danger has been a huge asset. In front of her Aileen’s ability to run with ball and expose holes in the oppositions defence supplying Eva, Bai Toey and DD with great passes to carry forward or shoot. The energy and goals from Vida provided the team with that much needed edge. Patricia’s performance against Regents International School is one that sticks in my mind as dominant and Rachel also contributed very well to this game.

The bravery to head the ball and attack crosses stood out from any other team this season, whilst the passing ability and tacking improved beyond measure. I am sure this group of girls will continue to go from strength to strength next season!

In summary, a very good opening season and I am positive there is more to come from this team next season! Team from: Aileen D, Jada F, Vida Y, DD A, Bai-Toey R, Patricia W, Rachel H, Eva K, Namo T.

Team From: Chaaim K, Pair P, Jasmine S, Molly O, Pin K, Buggy R, Pleng S, Pei-Ing T, Stella W, Pancake Y.

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U11 boys As the first season of football draws to a close, the U11 boys team can look with great pride at the progress that they have made. Starting the year with a thumping 12 – 0 loss to Tara Pattana it appeared that the team were in for a very tough year. Slowly but surely they have improved with each player growing in confidence with his team mates and in his own ability. By the end of the first term we had our first win, 1 – 0 against Regents.

U9 boys From the start of the year what has most impressed me about this group of footballers is there determination and ability to work hard. They have continuously shown a desire to improve and this was particularly marked in the first term. Having lost 6 – 1 in their first game against Tara Pattana, by the end of the term they had won 3 – 1. They started to play as a team and to work for each other.

Kaden and PunPun have developed into a very solid defensive pairing, Carlos, Andrie, Rafferty and Achira have developed their close control and understanding of positioning within the team whilst Nick has added calmness on the ball and an eye for goal. This core of players has been ably supported by Peter, Herbert, Ta-Ong and Justin who have all appeared for the team and will be looking to make the U11s again next year when they are in Year 6.

Over the course of the season Mario has really improved in goal making some tremendous saves that looked impossible from the sidelines, in defence Kendo has been calm and precise with the ball. The midfield of Rio, Matthew, Teddy has pressed and harried the opposition as well as scored some outstanding goals. Up-front, Willy dribbled past players for fun and scored lots of goals.

By the end of the year, the team was playing some excellent football a convincing 8 – 3 win against ISC was followed by the performance of the season when we overturned our opening result to beat Tara Pattana 7 – 3. Well done, to all the team, a tremendous amount of effort and dedication were shown by all those who represented the school and I have high hopes that many of the players will go on to even better levels in the future.

At the end of season tournament at MIS, the team comfortably beat ISC and Tara Pattana before losing to a very strong MIS team in the final. It really showed how far the team had come that they could end the seaon with a runners-up trophy. Here’s hoping for them to go one better next time. WH

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CRIC KET U11 Mixed

It has been a very exciting year for all involved in developing the game of cricket. The under 9s have worked hard on developing many skills required to go out and play the game. Arguably, one of the most important is the skill of bowling. Our pupils have spent over half a term practising their straight arm, overhead bowling technique. We decided to keep the age groups in mixed gender for this particular sport as it will be the major sport for both in this particular term.

The Under 11s were introduced to another British sport that is played throughout the UK. Cricket, is a sport played during the summer months and is one of the fastest growing sports for female athletes. We had decided to introduce the sport through a slightly modified version of the game that allows all participants to bat, bowl and keep wicket. Pairs cricket is played at under nine level before moving on to the full game of T20 cricket.

Unfortunately for the under 9 age group there has now been any matches this term against local schools as the one match we were due to play got cancelled. However, we do have the anticipated divisional pairs cricket match on the last day of term to look forward to and of course we will look to develop our fixture calendar for this particular sport next year.

The under 11 pupils were excited to learn another new sport that we have introduced and were full of excitement and showed enthusiasm. The under 11 age group were learning how to perform an overhead bowling technique, catching, keeping wicket, batting and fielding skills to allow them to go out and perform a good level of cricket. Due to the nature of the game and the importance set upon the bowler, our pupils have spent over half a term practising their straight arm, overhead bowling technique. What has been slightly different to most other sports played this year is the fact we decided to keep boys and girls mixed.

Many pupils have demonstrated progress throughout the term. Teddy, Harry, Rio, Bai-Toey and Patricia were able to transfer skills learnt in other areas of our curriculum to assist them in developing their cricketing skills. Not only were they able to demonstrate a good level of bowling and batting but displayed lots of energy in the field. Looking ahead to the next academic year we hope to increase the number of cricket matches.

The under 11 age group have had one match this year against Tara Pattana and all pupils involved participated to the best of their ability, demonstrating the skills they had learnt throughout the term. There was some excellent attacking bowling from James, Kaden and Herbert who were consistent throughout their overs. In the field, Nick, Rafferty, Chaaim and Molly were lively and throwing their body in front of the ball to prevent the opposition from scoring runs.

We finished off the year with the under 11 divisional cricket match and all pupils took part in a competitive game of pairs cricket. Next year we look to move the under 11 age group on to the form of T20 cricket. Team from: Nick P, Kaden S, Herbert W, Carlos S, Rafferty H, James B, Andrei O, Molly O, Chaaim K, Ta-Ong T.

U9 Mixed The Under 9s were introduced to another British sport that is played throughout the UK. Cricket is a sport played during the summer months and is one of the fastest growing sports for female athletes. We had decided to introduce the sport through a slightly modified version of the game that allows all participants to bat, bowl and keep wicket. Pairs cricket is played at under nine level before moving on to the full game of T20 cricket.

HANDB ALL In the last term of the year at Rugby School Thailand all the pupils in the Prep School have been learning skills and rules to play European handball. Handball is a sport that has many transferable skills that the pupils have been able to use from a variety of sports. All pupils have shown enthusiasm and taken the opportunity to learn another new sport from another continent. Furthermore, in games the pupils were put into teams of Poland, Germany, France and Denmark to teach them who the best teams were in the previous Olympics in Brazil. They earned points for their teams through working hard, improving their skills, showing good character, leadership and general play. Unfortunately, with no fixtures arranged this year we were unable to test our ability in a match situation but I know next year when given the chance we will prevail. I look forward to what next year has to bring. MWAL

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TAG R UGBY U9 Mixed

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The Under 9s were introduced to tag rugby this year and to many of the pupils it was a new sport to learn and develop. It has been a very exciting year for all involved in developing the sport of tag rugby here at Rugby School Thailand.

It is said that the sport of rugby was born in 1823 when William Webb Ellis “with fine disregard for the rules of football as played in his time at Rugby School [UK], first took the ball in his arms and ran with it, thus originating the distinctive feature of the Rugby game”. As you can imagine, it was quite an honour being one of the first coaches of the sport at Rugby School Thailand. Sevens rugby has enjoyed real growth in Asia and tag rugby aims to be a similarly open, fast-paced running game, without the physical contact of normal rugby.

The under 9s have worked hard on their passing skills, tagging and creativity to outwit their opponents at every opportunity. All boys and girls have learned to play a fast and open game creating lots of try scoring opportunities. In term two, we played our first and only matches of the season against Denla British School in ‘A’ and ‘B’ fixtures here at Rugby School Thailand. Both matches were very exciting with some outstanding handling skills from Rio, Teddy, Vida, DD and William. There was some excellent tagging in defence from Patricia, Harry, Don and BaiToey who worked tirelessly to keep the opposition team from scoring.

After a slow start as the children learnt the rules of the game, real progress was made by the U11s. I was especially impressed by the girls and boys with no rugby experience at all who quickly learned that running with the ball AND a huge grin was by far the best way to play. Catching was excellent (the climate perhaps?) and passing improved rapidly.

Looking ahead to the next academic year we hope to increase the number of tag rugby fixtures and introduce contact rugby.

Our attacking structure, however, was slow to develop and often disrupted by sideways running. This proved decisive in our match against Denla School where the A team lost 3-10, failing to convert possession into tries on too many occasions. Brilliant straight running by Peter, raw ambition from relative newcomer Nick and good passing from all the players helped make the B team match much closer. It was a nail-biting game and the final score was a brilliant 9-9 draw.

Team: Rio K, Teddy R, Chawin T, Vida Y, Willy S, DD A, Nadia D, Aileen D, Don S, William A, Harry W, Mario C, Jada F, Bai-Toey R, Patricia W, Matthew P, Kendo Y, Eva K. LI

Our divisional matches were more competitive and growing confidence led to some skilful play and close games. Every boy and girl were involved and Webb-Ellis (appropriately?) were the inaugural winners. It was good to have so many playing their part at this formative stage for the sport. Thailand took part in the men’s Asia Rugby Championship Division 2, held in Pattaya during term 2; a win over India helped them move up the World rankings but there is still a way to go. Perhaps Thailand and some of the other emerging rugby nations will be supported by former Rugby School Thailand pupils in the future. A Team: Neney A, Pin K, Kapook K, Kaden S, Herbert W, Pun P, Andrie O, Rafferty H, Molly O. B Team: Buggy R, Pleng S, Tiger F, Achira A, Justin W, Peter S, Nick P, Ta-Ong T, James B, Pair P JACG

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