Introduction from our School Heads On behalf of Rugby School Thailand, we welcome you to the School Magazine for 2019/20. Despite an extremely unusual academic year amid the global Covid-19 pandemic, you’ll see from this compilation of highlights that teachers and pupils still achieved a huge amount before , during and after remote learning. We have emerged from our third year in operation as a happy, strong and successful school community, who have demostrated innovation, resilience and creativity through an unprecedented and challenging chapter. This is an excellent foothold for the next academic year ahead.
Sarah Shuttleworth Head of Pre-Prep School
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Nigel Westlake Head of Prep School
Alan Ball Head of Senior School
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AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES Our after-school activities are designed to add skills, awe, wonder and challenge to the pupils’ days, allowing them to experience new activities or take ones that they already really enjoy. These activities include all sports, arts and crafts, drama, music, languages (Thai, Mandarin, French and Spanish), cooking, science and STEAM activities. They are all run by the teachers. Additional specialist activities, run by external operators, include Taekwondo, Chanbara, golf, jazz dance, ballet, Lego and robotics. These have also proved very popular! The Taekwondo and Chanbara teams even entered competitions and did amazingly well. Austin, Alvin and Emmet participated in the 2nd Samurai Chanbara Thailand Championship in January. Emmet obtained a silver medal and Alvin a bronze medal. We offer an activity assembly to showcase some of our programmes and encourage pupils to try something new. Every term we offer a different selection of activities, so that we can build interest in different areas. Often the pupils themselves will tell us what they would like to do!
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SPECIAL EVENTS Our school year is full of amazing events covering many cultural and educational themes. Some of the wonderful events include: Wai Kru, Loy Krathong, International Day, Father’s Day Breakfast, Lunar New Year, Sports Day and Children’s Day. Our first visiting UK author came in March this year! Laura Wall author of the “Goose” children’s book series spent time teaching the children how to create stories and illustrate them. They had a great time drawing Goose and putting Goose into different scenarios. It was an excellent opportunity for the children to experience what goes into making a book; hopefully we will have some future authors in our midst! We ran Project Week which was science-based this year. Children were asked to take a story and develop skills of engineering, design, chemistry, and biology based on the book. Each half term a year group can bring their bikes to school and use our purpose built bike track. The focus being getting outside, developing our balancing skills and having fun. We have helped many children learn to ride a bike using balance bikes for the younger pupils. It is great to have space for the children to ride their bikes (always with a helmet on, of course!). Rugby’s unique Outdoor Education Centre is right on our doorstep, so the Key Stage One pupils visit each half term. While there they can be involved in physical challenges on the zip line or high ropes assault course, and discover all about the flora and fauna of the site as they explore the natural environment.
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SPORT In our Early Years department the focus is on fundamental movement skills with lessons in soft play or the hall working on balancing, chasing and fleeing games, responding to instructions, kicking and catching a ball. In Reception they move to extend their fundamental skills to the ‘ABCs’ of physical literacy - games that develop agility, balance, co-ordination, running, chasing, fleeing, throwing and catching. Some athletic skills are incorporated, too, in order to prepare for Sports Day. Key Stage One continue with these skills but incorporate additional techniques and add football and basketball. Our Year 2 classes joined Year 3 (in the Prep School) for a ‘Football World Cup’ this year, which was great fun and enjoyed by all. On top of this our weekly ‘Wake and Shake’ sessions always prove popular. Even the mums and dads like to join in, when given the chance! A local charity, Hand To Hand, visited for Children’s Day and had a morning of games and activities with our teachers and pupils. It was lovely to see our children interacting with the visitors and sharing their toys, games and facilities. This was followed by a picnic lunch and some art activities. We also collected some fantastic donations for them from all the RST parents - thank you so much to everyone who contributed! Our swimming programme uses both the splash pool and the 25m pool, allowing for all levels of ability to be supported and encouraged.We’ve seen some super progress this year in the pools and we are looking forward to getting back to swimming to see what else we can do! Sports Day is always a highlight in the Pre-Prep calendar, with a range of challenging and fun activities. The obstacle courses are entertaining as children scramble, roll, climb and jump over the equipment. The water carry is a splashingly good team game, the sack race a muddle of legs and arms, the hurdles a race of speed and co-ordination and the egg and spoon race a good old traditional English event. The standing long jump was even beaten this year as some of the pupils jumped further than the mat! A firm favourite is the dressing up race - especially when we get the teachers and parents to join in too.
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ARTS AND PERFORMANCES Term 1 ended with our Christmas shows, which included lots of enthusiastic singing and dancing. Key Stage One produced ‘A Snowman at Sunset’, with fantastic speaking from our narrators and amazing singing led by Mr Collings. The Early Years department dressed the part as they performed ‘Polar Express’, ‘The Happiest Christmas Tree’, ‘Santa Shark’ (a variation of Baby Shark!) and ‘Santa Claus is Coming to Town’, amongst others. The songs were led by our Director of Music, Mrs Westlake. Our annual art competition ran just before lockdown and children completed wonderful pieces for this years theme ‘In The Garden’. Each class had a winner, but our overall winning artist for this year was Bas in Reception with a beautiful and colourful piece. Well done Bas!
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PRE-NURSERY Lots of focus in Pre-Nursery is about their personal, social and emotional development: sharing, making friends, working together, school routines, self care, and healthy eating. They develop their fine and gross motor skills and explore markmaking. Learning how to communicate is important to expand vocabulary through role play and story time. Singing is a great way to encourage children to learn a new language and in Pre-Nursery they learn a repertoire of songs including ‘Little Peter Rabbit’, ‘5 Green Speckled Frogs’, ‘Miss Polly Had a Dolly’ and many, many more. ‘Muck, Mess and Mixtures’ was a favourite topic as it involved making cakes and smoothies, creating a bakery shop for role play and lots of fun science experiments! The ‘Build, Build, Build’ topic allowed Pre-Nursery to learn about different kinds of homes around the world, build with different materials (STEM) and an exciting trip to see the Senior School construction site, with its cranes and building machinery. The children even got to wear hard hats and hi-vis jackets! The ‘We’re Going...’ topic allowed Pre-Nursery to explore Michael Rosen’s book ‘We Are Going on a Bear Hunt’, with a teddy bears picnic and discussions about transportation and places to go. This led to a whole adventure about the post office with letters home to parents!
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NURSERY Nursery works on extending the skills developed in Pre-Nursery with an initial focus on personal, social, emotional, communication and language, and physical development. Then they move into the areas of mathematics, understanding the world, literacy and expressive arts and design. Again, topics are introduced to inspire the children which then leads to other areas of learning. A favourite was the topic ‘Yo Ho! A Pirate’s Life For Me’ where they studied the book ‘Where’s the Gold?’ by Pamela Allen. They learnt the story through actions (the children loved pirate action songs!) and made a class story map with pictures that related to the actions. They dressed up as pirates, made maps and used ‘pirate’ bee bots (technology) to try and find the treasure. The classes also enjoyed making funny pirate noises and used a mirror to watch their pirate faces as their mouths did different movements (which is all part of phonics Phase 1). In Term 2 the topic was ‘People in our Community’, so Nursery learnt about people in our community. Learning about chefs and visiting Wisdom Valley to have a pizza-making workshop was a real highlight! They were all very grown-up about the excursion and behaved beautifully out of the school environment. They did RST proud! Another popular activity in this topic was when the Nurse came to talk to them about her job and how she helps people. She taught the children how to look after their bodies and why it is important. 15
RECEPTION Reception takes pupils on an exciting journey as they learn to read and write, whilst also developing skills in other core areas such as mathematics, understanding the world around them and technology. Phonic development is key and much emphasis is put on engaging pupils to use their sounds, to develop communication and to express themselves. Topics start with a book and learning grows from there. We move with children’s interests. The ‘Three Little Pigs’ theme allowed the use of Makaton (a continuation from Nursery) and ‘Talk for Writing’. For this topic the children enjoyed a trip to the Outdoor Education Centre, where they made houses out of sticks and den materials. They then recreated the whole story in the camp’s bamboo classroom altogether. In ‘Zero Heroes’ the Reception classes learnt about healthy eating and a balanced diet. The pupils worked hard to take what they needed in lunch and to not waste food. Reception also had a ‘Dino Day’ where they used interactive 3D Goggles to bring their learning alive. Exploring maths they went outside to measure how long dinosaurs were compared to their bodies and used a drone to capture these pictures. Role play is always an important part of learning in Reception and Panda class had a fantastic spa where many children and teachers (including Miss Sarah) were able to be pampered. Bookings were made, receipts made for payments, tokens given for visitors, and food and drink was offered. It was a fantastic afternoon!
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YEAR 1 Year 1 really embraced our ‘Talk for Writing’ programe and at the start of the year gave brilliant performances of stories that they had created using lively actions and clear speaking. This is a great way to support children learning English and also to help those who are a little shy at speaking out in class. The ‘Fire, Fire!’ topic allowed a focus on The Great Fire of London, where they learnt about the history, built a cardboard town and most excitingly had a visit from a real fire engine and fire fighters. The fire fighters showed the children their equipment and how it all worked. The highlight was (safely!) setting fire to the cardboard town and watching it burn. The fire fighters then put the flames out... with the help of Year 1, of course! ‘Amazing Animals’ topic, with the core text ‘Funny Bones’ by Janet Ahlberg, allowed some super science exploration: • Identify and name a variety of common animals that are carnivores, herbivores and omnivores • Identifying and naming a variety of common animals including fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals • Describing and comparing the structure of a variety of common animals (fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals) including the basic parts of the human body and which part of the body is associated with each sense. The children also experienced a super sensory day where they got to use all their senses in a variety of tasks. The favourite might have been the tasting session, although some of the things to taste were quite bizarre!
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YEAR 2 Year 2 got busy right from the start, with a musical session by visiting musicians from the UK in September. The bassistry arts workshop with Marcel and Philippe got everyone singing and dancing to the beat! In the topic ‘Dinosaurs and their Adaptations’ the dinosaur hunt caused quite a stir, but the highlight was the dinosaur disco, when two real life (yes truly!) dinosaurs came to join in! In amongst the topics, visits to the Outdoor Education Centre allowed the children to enjoy our expansive campus and its nature, with a few fun challenges along the way! Traversing the high ropes and making a camp fire were particular hits. For the school’s first-ever Eco Fair, Year 2 did an amazing rendition of ‘The Tree Song’. Everyone sang their hearts out to get a valuable message out to the community. Real life problem solving is one of the best ways to learn and Year 2 had a trip to the local Coffee Shop Scrummies to put their Maths skills to the test. Having a set amount of baht and being able to purchase things was a fun way of learning about money, especially when they got to eat their purchases!
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RUGBY RASCALS Our Rugby Rascals playgroup continued to grow and grow this year and it was wonderful to get to know some new children and their families. The weekly sessions incorporated soft play, baby gym and yoga sessions, outdoor play, bikes and bubbles, led by Miss Sarah, with music, story and drama led by Miss Hannah and Miss India. Their collective tales and songs complete with lights, balloons, bubbles and musical instruments soon got everyone in the room joining in. The sensory activities are always popular alongside the puzzles, art and craft and role play areas. It is great to watch the children develop new skills and find confidence in themselves as they explore different areas and activities.
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COVID REMOTE LEARNING Remote Learning was an unexpected twist to the year that offered new challenges for children, parents and teachers - but together we managed a tremendous amount of valuable learning. Using Tapestry for our Early Years and Seesaw for Key Stage One, we were able to assess, comment and mark all of the work completed at home. We even managed to complete a remote World Book Day, our annual art competition, online ‘Wake & Shake’, and celebrate International Day. Some highlights were: • Year 2 STEAM challenges: creating rainbows, bicycles and bird houses. • The arrival of Ruby the tortoise. • Reception recreating a school photo by getting dressed in their uniforms and then posting an image. • Nursery creating phonic robots to practise their segmenting and blending of CVC words. • Reception walking like pirates to develop gross motor skills. • Handwriting videos made to support handwriting across school (hosted on the curriculum website). • Nursery’s ‘Dear Zoo’ project day. • Special Skills challenge, where Ida in Year 1 showed us how she can fly! Google Meets were completely new to everyone and a strange way to liaise with teachers at first, but as time passed the children and teachers all got more accustomed to it. Many fun exchanges took place, with shared stories, songs and tours of children’s houses. So many children wanted to share their homes, animals and family life with their teachers! The amount of learning evidence we received was impressive and the skills we have all learnt during this time amazing. Thank you to all the parents and teachers for their hard work during remote learning, it would not have worked without you all!
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PREP OVERVIEW Whilst reflecting upon academic year 2019/20, it would be understandable to dwell upon the latter part of the year with the huge impact of campus closure and remote learning. A challenging time for all, undoubtedly, but also a time of great innovation, resilience, creativity, and commitment from the entire RST community – pupils, parents and teachers alike. But there was much more to 2019/20 than remote learning. Though only our third year of existence, our profile and reputation nationally and internationally grew exponentially. Notable prep school successes include 1st place in Thailand in the Education Perfect Language Challenge, gold certificates in the UK Primary Maths Challenge, victories for the U9 and U13 football teams in the Harrow Tournament, 70 pupils sitting music exams with 63% achieving merit or distinction, the wonderful ‘Noble Gnarble’ musical, and our first-ever qualifiers for the Thailand swim nationals. Alongside these achievements, we saw the development of our Eco Garden, the painting of the inspiring United Nations sustainability murals, the first school ski trip to Japan, over seventy different activities and a significant expansion in Divisional events. To maintain this success, we naturally need to appoint and retain excellent teachers, and once again all expat teachers in the Prep School renewed their contracts. And how heartening it was to hear from one of our new teachers, shortly after his arrival, that he considered RST pupils to be “the best group of children I’ve ever taught.”
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ACADEMICS Academics remains at the forefront of our efforts at Rugby School Thailand, as it should in any top school. We particularly pride ourselves in offering a broad curriculum, which also develops character. This year, we have used our RST characteristic traits to promote ‘love of learning’ and ‘community’ and have had a monthly focus to celebrate the efforts and talents of our pupils. This year, we saw the introduction of 1-1 iPads across the Prep School and our teachers and pupils have honed their skills in using Google Classroom and a plethora of applications to support their learning in the classroom. This proved hugely useful too during our time away from school. Key academic events have included two hugely successful Language Championships on Education Perfect, one of which RST achieved top place in Thailand; two maths challenges (Divisional and Primary Maths Challenge), a World Book Day competition lead by our English department and the introduction of the RST Union, which is our new academic debating society. In the next academic year, we are looking forward to restarting the General Knowledge Quiz and introducing a new optional subject in Years 7 & 8, Philosophy & Religious Studies. 29
ART This year, art in the Prep School has been incredibly action-packed! We initiated ‘Our World’ - an online International Art Project - where all of our pupils joined schools in 8 countries worldwide to explore their own local cultural heritage. Pupils created wonderful artwork and presented it online to the partner schools. It has been a great way to celebrate our rich and colourful global diversity. Year 7 and 8 pupils have continued to strengthen our school’s commitment to a green future through our mural campaign. The walls of the Prep School now feature the collaborative murals, all designed and painted by the pupils, based on the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. They add an impressive splash of colour whilst reminding us to look after our planet. Remote learning added a new twist on our art lessons and the pupils excelled themselves by not only completing their art curriculum for the year, the engagement and quality of the work was so good we made it into a virtual reality exhibition! Now you can immerse yourself in a real gallery experience and delight in the spectacular work. For all information and a video of the experience, use this QR link.
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TRIPS Teaching children how to be inquisitive and ambitious in their goals, and be a valued member of the community is best achieved in school when combined with trips. At Rugby School Thailand we take pupils on a variety of trips to benefit their education - and this year the prep children enjoyed a fantastic first ski trip to Japan. The residential trips programme (to the likes of Chiang Mai, Khao Yai and Rayong) is an important way to allow pupils to gain independence and a readiness to stay away from home, to live alongside children outside their immediate friendship groups, to listen to outside instructors and to challenge themselves with new activities. This is particularly beneficial when they attempt activities that they are not at ease with, but the support and encouragement from those around them gives them the best chance to succeed. Academic excursions for art, science and geography, as well as the easy access to walks around the campus and surrounding fields, enables pupils to see and visualise aspects of their classroom curriculum. This in turn helps to inspire greater understanding and effort in subjects.
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DIVISIONS Over the course of the year, Arnold, Beauclerc, Hardy and Webb Ellis have competed and collaborated in a huge range of Divisional activities. The pupils have shown their sporting prowess in football and cross-country competitions, and their artistic sides designing Christmas cards, procreate masterpieces and family portraits. Every pupil took part in a Divisional choir, singing sporting anthems, alongside the best Divisional soloists. During lockdown they showed their creativity by designing dens and learning dance moves. They crafted pieces of work inspired by the San Diego zoo, imagined new eco-solutions they could try at home and explored different countries on International Day. They kept fit with a daily step challenge and our very first and highly competitive online Sports Day. All the while they were earning gold and green stars for their work and character, to help their Division lift the coveted Divisional trophy at the end of each term. It just showed that no matter whether the pupils were in school or at home, their desire to compete and excel for their Divisions remains undiminished.
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BOARDING When I ask the children what their favourite part about boarding is, their reply is invariably that they enjoy spending so much time with their friends. This, along with the huge number of events, activities and outings outside of school hours, make boarding in Marshall House an exciting prospect for all children from Year 3 to 8. In addition to the above, throughout the academic year the children in Marshall House have been developing independence, loyalty, kindness and courage, while having a great deal of fun. There is research that shows there are three main things that improve mood: music, exercise and laughter. Spend a day in the life of a pupil in Marshall House and you will see that these three things come in abundance! With the quiet study room and music practice rooms, we see the Marshall House boarders taking the opportunity to work hard as well, particularly prior to school tests and music exams. Perhaps what most succinctly sums up life in Marshall House is a quote from a Year 8 leavers parent this year, in reference to their daughters time in boarding. They said “A home for 2 years, but memories forever�.
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DRAMA Year 3 and 4 classes brought the “Journey of the Noble Gnarble” to life in Term 1. The pupils acted out the tale about a tiny little Gnarble with a great big dream: to swim to the top of the ocean and see the sky. His friends tell him that no Gnarble has ever swum that high… but leaving the naysayers behind the Noble Gnarble follows his passion to explore and begins his journey up. The set for the play was made almost entriely from recycled materials, all thanks to an incredible community effort, with parents donating waste paper and plastics, pupils creating eco-bricks and the D&T department dedicating time to design the whole thing. Mr Donaldson, Mr Collings and the amazing children brought an outstanding performance to the stage, to the delight of parents and children alike. Covid-19 tried to stop us, but we still managed to regroup after ‘Annie’ the musical was cancelled. In place of Annie, Mr Collings, Ms Keane and Mr Donaldson wrote the virtual musical called ‘Not Cancelled’, which was (as the name proclaims) not cancelled! Over Term 3, pupils recorded their own segments of the script at home, at school and in the recording studio. The story centered on a group of students whose school went into lockdown and how their school play was cancelled. They rally together to create their own piece of theatre and we see how people work hard to connect, especially during the challenging times everyone faced in 2020. Despite the challenges, we saw that RST drama can not be held back!
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DESIGN TECHNOLOGY This academic year has brought with it new opportunities in D&T education. The roll out of the 1:1 iPad program has facilitated a unique opportunity to test a fully digital delivery of schemes of learning enabling the department to reduce the paper and printing impact of project work. This set a tone for the year and the use of digital media has impacted the outcomes of every project. Most children have experienced 3D CAD CAM enabling them to manufacture their designs from accurate digital files. The digital move became useful when Covid-19 presented a challenging context from which to deliver a practical subject; this accelerated the move to digital delivery of schemes of learning and sharing of examples to pupils. The department developed a website for the period of Covid-19 remote learning and the website will continue to be used in future lessons. There has also been an important side tone of sustainability, set in part by the move away from printed booklets. This was embodied in the set that was built for the play during Term 1 by the Year 3 and 4 pupils. It was built entirely from reclaimed cardboard. During the year pupils across the age ranges have worked on a series of ‘design and make’ projects.
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MUSIC There is never a quiet moment in the music department with numerous ensembles rehearsing, pupils preparing for concerts and the constant buzz of instrumental lessons taking place with our super team of VMT’s. A definite highlight of the year was the bassistry arts workshop, in which pupils enjoyed learning catchy songs, dances and movements, accompanied by an explosion of percussion instruments. The theatre was alive with action and energy during the performance. The Christmas concert displayed an incredible showcase of talent, from the Percussion Ensemble ‘Crab Dance’, the Junior Choir ‘Coming to Town’ from ‘The Polar Express’, ‘Mission Impossible’ by the Brass Ensemble and the Concert Band bringing in festive cheer with ‘Deck the Halls’ and ‘Hark the Herald’. Our choristers sang beautifully in our traditional carol service, complete with readings, carols and anthems. Regular lunchtime concerts took place, giving musicians the opportunity to perform in preparation for a very successful set of Trinity and ABRSM exam results. Year 3 and 4 produced ‘The Noble Gnarble’, a fantastic show full of rhythmic songs and dances. Another whole school Prep event included Divisional Music themed on ‘sporting anthems’, in which Hardy took the trophy with their rousing performance of ‘Football’s Coming Home’. Congratulations!
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ACTIVITIES The Prep School co-curricular programme continues to expand, driven by the passions and hobbies of the staff, expertise of external coaches and complementing the school ethos of developing the ‘whole person’ at all times. The Prep School activities offered during the year included: Advanced Art Programme, Archaeology Club, Archery, Art Club, Athletics, Baking Club, Basic Thai writing, Basketball, Beginner Thai for Expats, Bug Club, Bushcraft, Cartoon Creation Club, Chanbara, Chess, Coding, Comic Studio, Concert Band, Contact Rugby, Cookery, Creative Maths, Creative Thai Writing, Cricket Club, Cross Country, Cross Stitch, Dance, Debating, Digital Poster Design, Disc Golf, DIY Bracelets, Drama Club, Dutch for native speakers, Eco Club, Eco Craft Club, English Book Club, English Language improvement for non-English speakers, Extra Football, First Lego League Competition, Fun Fitness, Golf Driving Range, Hockey, Junior Choir, Kayaking, LAMDA, Languages and Culture, Lego Club, Mandarin for native speakers, Maths Games, Mechanical Marble Runs, Mountain Biking, Movie Trailer Design, Mindfulness, Muay Thai Basics & Self Defence, Music Theory, Origami Creations, Photography Club, Plays, Riding, RST News Programme, Touch & Contact Rugby, Sailing at RVYC, Senior Choir, Snag Golf, Spanish Club, STEAM challenges, Stop-Mo-Go, Student Newspaper, Swim Squad, Table Tennis, Taekwondo, Tennis squad, Thai Book Club, Thai Dance, The Letters of Literacy - Thai Handwriting, Tumbling Club, Video Production and Yoga.
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PREP SCHOOL SPORT Over the course of the year pupils in the Prep School have had the opportunity to take part in a varied sporting curriculum. During their PE lesson pupils are taught the fundamentals in ball skills, team games, net games, gymnastics, and health related fitness. After each unit pupils competed in a Divisional competition which contributes to the overall Divisional winner at the end of the year. This year pupils have competed in the following: - Cross Country - Football - Virtual Sports Day - Dance Competition - Step Competition Alongside their PE lesson all pupils receive one swimming lesson a week were pupils learn basic water confidence, stroke development, and build towards competition swimming. Those selected to represent the school have had success regularly achieving top five finishes in competitions entered. Other excellent achievements included several pupils obtaining qualifying times for the National Championships. Pupils in the Prep School also have four dedicated ‘Games’ lessons a week where pupils practice mainly team sports (football, basketball, touch rugby, cricket) and athletics. Pupils are then given the opportunity to represent the school at all playing levels both regionally and internationally, and have achieved notable successes in tournaments in Bangkok and elsewhere.
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PRIZES Under 9 Under 11 Under 13 English Evie Mayall Anna Marley Perth Limtong French Naiana Manalastas Andrey Tantsyura Daniel Akhmed Geography Charlie McGuigan Don Supornsahatrangsi Andrie Oca History Finlay Killian Max Agoundou Annie Forshaw Mandarin Sun Ekjiratrakul Kun Apichonkit Rebecca Ronconi Maths Sieun Park Si Eun Lee Minnie Niranopparus Science Kaofang Navanimitkul Ansh Sachthep Endoo Chawandit Spanish Hyunny Ahn Iyara Manalastas Andrie Oca Thai for Thais April Pisolpool Ai Treetrakoolchai Jiew Kanarat Thai for Expats Polina Melnikova Ethan Lee Maelys Agoundou Design Technology Ivy Phochatkaew Si Eun Lee Arty Sophathawornkit Computing Iona Gorrie Kai Yi Ng Arty Sophathawornkit EAL Mankorn Phuangthong Rodion Gazizov Akira Toyoshima Handwriting Olivia Balzli Bomin Cho Painuan Borriboon Reading Marla Dean Amara Babault Maelys Agoundou Drama – performance Evie Mayall Sion Keane Nina Sethanandha Drama – dedication Yuko Green Laura Kam Andrie Oca Artist of the Year Elizabeth Fitzpatrick Pai Nuangkota Neney Akarawat Art – dedication Ivy Phochatkaew Mario Charoenpanichsunti Liliia Grichanenko Music - contribution Si Hyun Lee Chawin Thapanapong Caidie Brennan Music – most promise Bullion Leelahawong Ethan Lee Charm Pornvattanakit PE Naiana Manalastas Jago Driver Simon Hodgkinson PE – Most Improved Eva Winter Mon Srikong Mai Nuengchamnong Sportsmanship Seb Mann Max Agoundou Xander Morrissey Good Manners Evie Mayall Bai Toey Rochanaporn, Xander Morrissey Wynn Yangchana Louise Ball Creative Writing
Rebecca Ronconi Debating Maelys Agoundou Musician of the Year Nina Sethanandha Chorister of the Year Molly O’Brien Sportsman of the Year Danny Pinthanon Sportswoman of the Year Victoria Atkinson Character Prize Andrie Oca
EFFORT PRIZES Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Bullion Leelahawong, Ha Ha Qian Jason Narang Monpha Napattarawong
Year 6 Ethan Lee
Year 7 Xander Morrissey
Year 8 Andrie Oca
Si Hyun Lee, Evie Mayall Arlie Knifton Bai-cha Rochanaporn
Iyara Manalastas
Pair Phidech
Rebecca Ronconi
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GREENS AND GOLDS PRIZES Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6 Year 7 Most Golds (Boys) Noah Douglas Seb Mann Kai Yi NG Ethan Lee Xander Morrissey
Year 8 Andrie Oca
Most Golds (Girls) Samara Kennedy
Elizabeth Arlie Knifton Anna Marley Pair Phidech Annie Fitzpatrick Forshaw
Most Greens (Boys) Bullion Leelahawong
Gleb Pershukevich,
Most Greens (Girls) Olivia Balzl Evie Mayall
Trevor Rowley
Don Supornsahatrangsi
Tomoko Kokanutaporn
Bai-Toey Rochanaporn
Vincent Troestler
Danny Pinthanon
Sophie Miller
Amy Marley
DIVISIONAL RESULTS Term 1 Music 1st Hardy 2nd Arnold 3rd Webb Ellis 4th Beauclerc
Loy Krathong 1st Webb Ellis 2nd Arnold 3rd Hardy 4th Beauclerc
Maths 1st Beauclerc 2nd Hardy 3rd Webb Ellis 4th Arnold
Football 1st Hardy 2nd = Webb Ellis 2nd = Arnold 4th Beauclerc
Golds/Greens 1st Arnold 2nd Hardy 3rd Beauclerc 4th Webb Ellis
Overall 1st Hardy 2nd Arnold 3rd Webb Ellis 4th Beauclerc
Dancing 1st Webb Ellis 2nd = Hardy 2nd = Arnold 2nd = Beauclerc
San Diego Zoo Project 1st Beauclerc 2nd Webb Ellis 3rd Arnold 4th Hardy
Cross-country Greens & 1st Hardy Golds 2nd Arnold ??? 3rd Beauclerc 4th Webb Ellis
Overall 1st Beauclerc 2nd Hardy 3rd Webb Ellis 4th Arnold
Step Challenge 1st Arnold 2nd Webb Ellis 3rd Beauclerc 4th Hardy
Virtual Sports Day 1st Arnold 2nd Beauclerc 3rd Hardy 4th Webb Ellis
Divisional Art 1st Webb Ellis 2nd Arnold 3rd Hardy 4th Beauclerc
Divisional Education Perfect Language 1st Webb Ellis 2nd Beauclerc 3rd Hardy 4th Arnold
International Day 1st Beauclerc 2nd Arnold 3rd Webb Ellis 4th Hardy
Overall 1st Beauclerc 2nd Arnold 3rd Hardy 4th Webb Ellis
Divisional Eco Competition 1st Arnold 2nd Hardy 3rd Beauclerc 4th Webb Ellis
Divisional Ties Arnold Danny P, Annie F, Rebecca R Beauclerc Molly O’B, Mai N Hardy Cadie B, Xander M, Amy M Webb Ellis Andrie O, Prinn J, Leo L, Liliia G, Nina S
Term 2 Den-Building 1st Webb Ellis 2nd Beauclerc 3rd Hardy 4th Arnold
Term 3 Divisional Eco Competition 1st Arnold 2nd Hardy 3rd Beauclerc 4th Webb Ellis
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REMOTE LEARNING This year has been unprecedented and has tested us all in a way that we could never have imagined. We are not averse to challenge at Rugby School Thailand and instead take every opportunity to encourage our community to be courageous, creative, and adaptable. There has been an abundance of that during our period of remote learning. With the cooperation of our teachers, pupils and parents we were able to continue offering an impressive remote learning programme with a balance between independently set tasks, live lessons and creative projects, which challenged our pupils to engage in our academic curriculum as well as develop their RST characteristic traits. Some of the highlights have been the San Diego Zoo Project, World Book Day, International Day and Sports Day. Alongside all of that, it has been a necessity for teachers and pupils to hugely improve their IT skills; we will come away from this experience with a greater understanding appreciation of the uses of technology and more resilient to change and the unexpected – qualities that will, inevitably, help improve our future learning yet further.
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Senior School
The academic year 2019-2020 started normally, and finished in a most unusual, virtual way. We welcomed the following new staff to the Senior School in September: Mr Tom Spreyer, Deputy Head - Co-Curricular - History/Politics Mr John Blofeld-Watson - Computer Science Ms Anne-Lous Boeve - EAL TA Mr Harvey Buckle - Chemistry Mr Nathan Chisholm - Physics Mrs Lisa Cook - Biology Ms Judith De Villiers - Mathematics Mr Danny Furness - Music Mrs Hayley Furness - Examinations Officer / LAMDA Ms Lissa Mason - SENCO Mr Terry Chi - Mandarin Mr Wesley Maurice - English / History Mr Jonathan Mayall - English / Sheriff House Dean Mrs Helen Miller - PE / Head of Girls Games Mr Andres Moreno - PE / Rugby Miss Carolyn Pearce - Geography / Southfield House Dean Mr Carl Pohl - History Mr Peter Reeh - Physics Ms ZoĂŤ Robinson - Mathematics Dr Nigel Woodward - EAL The Senior School grew by 90% in its second year, and our first examination cohorts in D Block (IGCSE) and the XX (A Level) prepared for their terminal examinations. Before the world became interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, it was business as usual in the Senior School. Our new Senior teaching block began to emerge from its foundations as did the Music and Drama centre beside it. As the school grew, our footprint outside of RST grew with it. We joined the Greater Bangkok Athletics Conference (GBAC) which saw our regular fixtures list grow significantly. Our basketball and football teams benefited greatly from this new association. Our swimming squad participated successfully in swim meets around the country, and our golf team saw success in various Faldo Challenge competitions around Thailand during the first part of the year.
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From The Head of Senior School Our outdoor education programme saw trips to Borneo (F Block), Kanchanaburi (E and D Blocks), and Chiang-Mai (Sixth Form). All trips went away in the last week of the first half of Term 2. COVID-19 was spreading rapidly around the world, and our F Block returnees were required to self-isolate for the first week back after half term because Malaysia had been placed on the ‘at risk’ list by the Thai government. This foreshadowed what was about to unfold across the country. On 24 March, we were instructed that International Schools in Thailand were to close their campuses indefinitely. And so began our remote learning experience at RST. Teachers had been prepped that school closures were possible, so they had undergone some training using Microsoft Teams, which was to become our primary mode of delivering remote learning over the following months. Remote learning was not without its challenges for pupils and teachers alike. I was extremely impressed by both the determination of our teachers to deliver a first-class remote learning programme, and by our pupils who worked hard to make the most of their new learning situation. Undoubtedly, it was more difficult for pupils whose first language was not English,and I commend them for their tenacity. We wondered whether school would reopen before the end of term, and, after some false starts, we were told we could reopen on 15 June, in time for the last eight days of the school year. It was not possible for all pupils to return, so teachers continued with their remote learning programme, teaching it live to pupils who could return. We were pleased to see many of our D Block and XX pupils back at school on the last day of Term. Particularly, the XX and those few D Block pupils who are not returning next year had the chance to thank and bid farewell to their teachers.
speaking to an empty auditorium was, the event was important because we brought our year to a formal close, and were able to celebrate the successes of our student body. Many prize winners were sitting in their House home rooms, so they were able to receive their certificates and book vouchers from their House Deans. We look forward to more certain times in the new school year. COVID-19 protocols will no doubt still be in place, but we will be back together on campus with a new influx of pupils, as well as some new teaching staff joining our community. This Year Book is a pictorial journal of the year that was at RST. It is deliberately ‘text-lite’, and relies on some fantastic images of our school at work in 2019-2020. I hope you enjoy it. Alan Ball Head of Senior School
We held a virtual Speech Day to finish the year. As odd as
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BOARDING Over a third of the Senior School live happily in the dedicated single sex boarding Houses, Rupert Brooke and School House. The best thing about boarding at RST, in our boarders’ own words is... “you get to be with your friends ALL of the time”. Boarders can enjoy our incredible facilities before and after School. With visiting tutors in the House every evening, as well as our dedicated boarding staff who live in the Houses, together with the Matron who is a qualified nurse, the safety, security and happiness of all boarders is well and truly taken care of. Boarding in the Senior School naturally engenders tolerance, respect and a level of independence needed in young people in order to face life in the 21st century. Under the excellent leadership of Mr Ennis-Billing (School House), and Mr Devesa (Rupert Brooke House) our boarders thrived this year. The warmth and friendship that our boarders have experienced has allowed them to become more confident learners. The School House boys make up the biggest House in the School. The cross section of the community is truly international but its atmosphere and ethos is certainly very British. Success in this year’s House Choir competition showed that boys can really sing and dance too! Senior boarding numbers are growing rapidly - and no wonder, given what young people get from their experience.
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ACADEMIC Our XX and D Block students spent the first half of the year preparing for their terminal examinations for IGCSE and A Level. Covid-19 changed that entirely, and the examinations were replaced by school-based assessment, where each student’s performance throughout the entirety of their course was factored into their grades that were submitted to the various examination boards. For those students who were banking on an exceptional performance in their terminal examinations, this move to schoolbased assessment was probably a disadvantage. It did however highlight the importance of being fully committed to classes and coursework from the beginning of the school year. We were very pleased with the grades RST submitted for our IGCSE and A Level candidates. While remote learning and the absence of a final examination posed new challenges for many students, those who had achieved very strongly from the beginning of their courses were rewarded with the solid grades they deserved. Each of the three examination boards we use had its own rigorous way of scrutinising our grade submissions. It took a great deal of extra work from our teachers, Mrs Furness (Examinations Officer), and Mr Green to compile and scrutinise student grades. At Speech Day, we recognised the excellent academic achievements of our student body.
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SCIENCE Senior science had a big push in STEM this year with the VEX Robotics club being run for the first time at RST. Our senior school students learnt both the mechanical and the programming aspects of building a robot. The robotics club used these skills to create a variety of robots to help complete a range of challenges. Some of our E Block students took part in the British Physics Olympiad Junior Challenge competition. This competition is generally only taken by high-achieving physics students (mostly from UK schools) and the tests are overseen by professors from Oxford and Cambridge university. This year we had two Gold Award winners (the highest achievement), four Silver Award winners and twenty-five Bronze Award winners. A huge achievement! After completing their work for their IGCSEs, our D Block students used their online learning to research and create scientific reports on Covid-19 Pandemic to go towards the ‘The Qurantimes’ magazine.
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SPORT Our aim for our sports programme is to get as many students participating in our school teams and developing an ethos of teamwork and community spirit through sport. Although we are aiming to develop our sports teams, we have a ‘Sports for All’ mentality and have four main aims: 1. To increase student participation in sport 2. To promote student enjoyment in sport 3. To develop student’s skills and games understanding 4. To realise students’ sporting talent. Every Saturday we aim to have team practices for our school teams in both basketball and football, with a minor sports programme for those wishing to develop their individual sporting talent. This year we competed in GBAC and in various tournaments in football, basketball, badminton, tennis, golf, swimming and touch rugby. Overall, all competitions we has a 62% win rate. With all sporting activity we promote the Rugby School idea of adopting restlessness, reflection and rigour.
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SIXTH FORM Our founding group of Sixth Form have had an exceptionally eventful two years and the resilience and determination they have shown has been, by all measures, remarkable. The progress they have made in the two years they have been with us has been astounding. By way of example, two students who spoke little English when they arrived have secured A’s & A*’s at A-level. We are delighted with their performance across all aspects of school life, and this is particularly so in their success at achieving university offers. 65% of the university offers they have received are from Russell Group universities in the UK. 15 of those offers are from universities within the top 200 worldwide, including universities ranked in the top 5 in Thailand, South Korea, and Australia.
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UNIVERSITY OFFERS Our Sixth Form university applicants secured offers to universities on four continents. 88% of UCAS applicants secured offers to prestigious Russell Group universities. Our 2019/20 Head Boy, Sung Eun Choi, secured a full scholarship to read Economics at the London School of Economics (LSE), alongside his offer to Seoul Metropolitan University. This is a remarkable achievment!
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EXPEDITIONS Trips week saw F Block going to the Ability Expeditions site near Mt Kinabalu in Borneo, E and D Blocks going to Kanchanaburi, and the Sixth Form going to Chiang Mai. Learning about life outside of one’s comfort zone and personal growth are key goals of our outdoor education adventures.
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RST ISOLATION CHALLENGES A remote learning initiative saw 66 isolation challenges pursued by our Senior School students. Each challenge was worth a variety of House points. They ranged from baking, to painting, to housework, to cooking, to learning languages, to creating a music video, to yoga and fitness. The students were doing everything from push-ups, gardening, learning instruments, stop motion videos, writing songs, making jewellry, rubics cubes and meditation. The variety of challenges was an apt reflection the diverse co-curricular programme they would have been enjoying during a normal school term. Students had to submit a photo or video to prove they’d done each challenge, and points were awarded on the degree of difficulty of the challenge.
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DUKE OF EDINBURGH’S INTERNATIONAL AWARD (DofE) Our DofE programme was impacted by two things this year. The first was the poor air quality that caused local practice expeditions to be cancelled. Lockdown scuppered the rest. E Block pupils completed a practice expedition in Kanchanaburi, while D Block and the Sixth Form completed their practice and qualifying expeditions in Kanchanaburi and Chiang-Mai respectively.
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ACTIVITIES A wide variety of activities were offered this year, including: - Service with with local communities, including helping animals and the environment. - A diverse selection of sport was offered with specialist coaching staff enabling both elite provision and sport for all. - A range of STEM activities such as the VEX competitive robotics programme, D&T skateboard design, and a science symposium. - Language and culture was offered through Thai art, dance, and cuisine. There was also a polyglot club and historical society. - The arts saw a Senior production, choir, ensemble, and RocSoc, which organised the annual ‘Battle of the Bands’. - Many seniors come into school on a Saturday to participate in Saturday sport in the morning, followed by the Saturday Afternoon Programme in the afternoon, which runs outings to a variety of destinations.
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COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAMME Our CAP programme has grown significantly this year, despite the lockdown. ‘Hope for Strays’, ‘Hand to Hand’ and ‘Father Ray’s Foundation’ were significant projects. An important link was developed with the local Kaeo Mai Kaew community school and a group of RST pupils went and taught some English there. Community service projects included preparing for RST to join ‘bye bye plastic bags’, local clean ups at lake Mabprachan, making eco-bricks; and beginning zero waste initiative. We are very proud of the work we have done with our local community this year.
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MUSIC A Chamber Orchestra was started and popular ‘RocSoc’ and Music Technology activities happened. There were regular lunchtime concerts and performances at Loy Krathong and Wai Kru, allowing students to showcase their musical talents. An exciting inter-house music competition was held (winners including Southfield best overall house; School House, best house song; and Sheriff house best ensemble), and there was a weekend visit to Karma Studios, a local professional music studio. A successful Christmas concert was held with parents and the whole Senior School supporting, including the first performance by the Orchestra, plus Senior Choir and ensembles. The Senior Choir performanced at the Remembrance Service and the Christmas Fair, too. There were many excellent achievements in the external music exams as well as academically with Sung Eun’s AS Music High Achievement Award. There were musical performances in the drama departments show of Romeo and Juliet/Patala Loka, and our First ‘Battle of the Bands’ was a great success.
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DRAMA A range of drama activities and productions took place over the year. D Block IGCSE candidates performed their practical pieces; drama scholars Ana Devesa and Katie Stewart performed ‘Dear Future Generations’, and our talented actors presented ‘Dear Cornonavirus’ at Speech Day. 150 students, staff and families participated in an excursion to Bangkok to see Disney’s award-winning musical ‘The Lion King’. For some, it was their first time seeing a world-class theatre production.
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ROMEO AND JULIET / PATALA LOKA The Patala Loka: a splendour of flashing lights, passionate music, and sub-par dancing. It was performed by the Senior School of RST on the 5th and 6th of February 2020 in the Veraphan Theatre. The Patala Loka was set in a music festival; a modernized setting, hashed with Shakespeare’s original dialogue. The atmosphere in the theatre was nothing like before - the tremendous transformation got the audience thrilled, with bars and DJ booths all built by the DT department. Along with the set design, beanbags and sofas were scattered around the floor making the viewing experience ten times better. From the acting, with a cast ably led by Ana Devesa and Katie Stewart, and the set design, to the music and audience-involvement; all of it conspired to create an extremely vibrant and convincing performance of Romeo and Juliet. 83
ART This was our first cohort of students applying to study art at university - congratulations to Peter Barker-Bennett, who received offers from all four of the universities he applied to (London College of Fashion, Instituto Marangoni, Ravensbourne University London and University of the Creative Arts Epsom). Our first inter-house art competition was held - judged by a panel of art educators and independent artists from around the world. Results: 1st place Tudor, 2nd place Rupert Brooke, 3rd place Sheriff. This also included staff entries. D Block and XX Art students visited the Museum of Contemporary Art and the Bangkok Art and Culture Centre where students gathered primary research for their GCSE and A-Level personal research projects. Students have started to work large scale - pushing the boundaries, taking risks and learning through process. We have enjoyed a separate Sixth Form only studio this year, within which each A-Level student has their own permanent wall space, making the studio environment more like that of university and preparing students for graduate level art study. It’s all about finding independence! There’s been an increase in art work being displayed around school this year. However, due to Covid-19 our 2020 art exhibition had to be virtual (you can see it here: www.rstart2020.com) As well as liaison with Rugby School UK to showcase the value of art and design, our one of our art scholars (Polina, E Block) designed the backdrop for Senior production of Patala Loka and the art enrichment activity group helped paint the design.
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D&T D Block & LXX / XX students using an iPad Pro and pencil to develop their design work digitally, incorporating photographs, textures and models to help communicate their coursework. Due to Covid-19 unfortunately only 1 student completed the manufacture of their major project, however many others completed the 3D CAD work ready to be manufactured. F & E Block students designing and making their own skateboards as an activity. This has been very popular with over 25 students taking part. A wide range of skateboards from penny boards, trick boards and also including some that were resin poured. The development of USB Lantern project this year was based on an original idea that the students would design and build their own Japanese influenced lantern. Mr Stuart and Mr Woodward enveloped this to be a self assembly remote learning project, where the students downloaded the 3D CAD software and modelled the lantern (with lots of choice and design opportunities) following online lessons and some supporting video tutorials. Students then submitted their design files, including some parts (e.g. legs), for 3D printing, so this could then be laser cut, packaged and send home to be assembled without glue. To support teachers around the world the D&T department freely shared this resource, which had been downloaded over 10,000 times by August 2020. Another D&T activity was students assisting to make props for the Senior School drama production.
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LANGUAGES Despite how unusual the academic year really was, languages remained fairly normal. The build-up to public examinations remained on track, and the F Block students fully experienced what is effectively the IGCSE foundation year. Remote teaching and learning allowed the department to trial different ways of doing things, and everyone was able to learn in new ways. Pre-Covid-19 we were lucky to fit in some of our main cultural celebrations: our students enjoyed making krathongs for the Loy Krathong celebrations, and during Lunar New Year we were treated to an authentic dragon dance. Learning languages goes hand in hand with learning about the culture and history of the countries whose languages we study, and we strive to ensure that all students enjoy such experiences. Indeed, the E Block hispanists read Lorca’s classic play ‘The House of Bernarda Alba’ in the original Spanish during lockdown, as well as recording their own cover of Manu Chao’s ‘Me gustas tú’. A varied diet is invaluable in fuelling the interests of learners, and this is particularly true in languages. For the future, we hope to be able to take our linguists abroad, be it to China, France or Spain, to allow for complete linguistic immersion. In the meantime we have organised local trips for the coming academic year which will further enhance the learning experience.
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MATHEMATICS A major highlight in this subject was Sung Eun’s incredible performance in maths and Further Maths. In the exams that he was able to take in his maths A-Level, he scored the maximum marks possible. Quite an achievment! Our top set in E Block took their IGCSE exam six months early, allowing them to follow an A-Level maths foundation programme in preparation for the LXX. In the future top sets will be taking the IGCSE exam one year early and studying an additional math IGCSE in D Block. Following on from their IGCSE ‘exams’ this year, maximum use was made of the online teaching for D Block with additional maths classes being taught for all students that were interested in taking the subject at A-Level.
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HISTORY The wonderful thing about History is that it teaches students to learn from their ancestors’ experiences. History does not repeat but it does provide a guide for what is possible in the future. Here are some of the ways that we have tried to get our students to think about their own past in this way: 1. The Remembrance Assembly, hosted by RST prep school, during which we raised awareness of the war that was not “the end to all wars”. 2. The ongoing whole school ‘What’s Your Story?’ legacy project, where students seek to discover their family roots. 3. The weekly History Club, presenting on themes like mysteries, conspiracies and great escapes, from the ‘flat earth’ people to Jack the Ripper to the escape from Alcatraz. History is not just about old stories. We learn to solve global problems!
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GEOGRAPHY IGCSE geography students visited Koh Larn, as part of their coursework assessment to study the impacts of mass tourism. The 2000 word project required students to devise their own data collection techniques and work together to implement them on the island. It was a successful day out with all groups successfully completing their tasks. There was even time to spare for an ice cream at the end of the day. A Level students visited Khao Chamao Waterfall in Rayong as part of their Hydrology and Fluvial Geomorphology topic. The trip brought classroom learning to life, as the students were able to witness at first hand the complicated interactions between the drainage basin system and channel processes.
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VALETE Mrs Erin Dalaman (Mathematics) Erin joined us in 2018 as one of our foundation teachers in the Senior School. From the Cook Island in the South Pacific, who took her degree at the University of Auckland, Erin had previously taught in the Cook Islands, China, Turkey, and North Cyprus. Erin’s meticulous nature and attention to detail meant that her pupils got the very best attention from a dedicated Mathematician. Erin took on Pastoral responsibilities in her first year here. As more women joined the staff, she was able to relinquish her leadership role in the House system to focus on her love of Mathematics. A dedicated Tutor, Erin was a greatly respected member of the wider school community. Erin gave selflessly to the cocurricular programme across the breadth of its offering. From netball to DofE, she was dedicated to enabling pupils to achieve beyond their comfort zones. Helen and her husband, Dale, will move to Ho Chi Minh City, where she will quickly establish herself as an integral part of her new school’s community.
Mr Zhen Zhou (Mandarin) Jay joined RST in 2018 as our foundation Mandarin teacher. Jay had previously been involved in the Confucius Institute’s worldwide programme. His first overseas assignment was to Santiago, Chile. Following his time in South America, he moved to Houston, Texas. Jay taught Mandarin in a local high school in Houston. His international experience made him a very good candidate for Rugby School Thailand. Jay ensured that Chinese culture was known beyond his Mandarin classes. He organised two very successful Lunar New Year celebrations in his time at the school, fostering an interest in Chinese language and culture. Jay leaves us to go to Hong Kong, where he has won a scholarship to study Chinese Literature at Hong Kong Polytechnic University. It is a chance for him to follow his passion.
Mr Joshua Carmody (Head of Geography) Josh joined RST in 2018. In the months leading up to the opening of the Senior School, he would come to RST once a week to prepare for the year ahead. His meticulous attention to detail was evident in all that he did at RST, and this was particularly so in his classes. Josh has a love of Geography that was evident in the way he taught. It fostered both interest and a willingness to achieve highly among his pupils. Josh was heavily involved in the co-curricular programme. He ran a very successful Surf Fitness activity, and was an enthusiastic participant in the DofE programme, and our Expeditions. He was also a very dedicated Assistant House Dean. Josh leaves RST reluctantly. He has moved to Bangkok with his partner, where work-life balance and proximity to family are compelling. Josh moves to a Pastoral role at this new school, but his strength in the classroom will soon be revealed.
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Academic Prizes 2019/20
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Academic Prizes: F Block Preferred Name-Surname
Diligence
Memee Boonya
D&T, French, Geography, Physics
Maths, Thai
Rome Charoenyos
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Comp Sci
Katie Crabb
Drama
D&T
Nara Das
History
Thai for NTs
Nele Hellman
Maths, Spanish, Thai for NTs
History
Leon Hufschmidt
Thai
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Nicki Jarupongsakul
Thai
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Nakyung Kim
Comp Sci, English
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Ronnie Narang
Boys’ PE
Drama
Heewon Pak
Biology
Spanish
Tintin Phongpalee
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Boy’s PE
Leticia Rauhut
Music
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Buggy Rungturakit
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Music
Lily Suksawad
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Girls’ PE
Latte Ueauaichai
Art, EAL
Mandarin
Lynne Ukrit
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Art, EAL
Pann Vaiudmovut
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Geography, Physics
Ira Tantsyura
Mandarin
Biology, Chemistry, English, French
Attainment
F Block Academic Achievement Award 97
Academic Prizes: E Block Preferred Name-Surname
Diligence
Sean Barrett
Examined PE
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Delight Boriboonluck
Art
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Moo-Dang Chawandit
Chemistry History, Girls’s PE
Thai
Melody Chi
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EAL, Mandarin
Ana Devesa
Music
Drama, Spanish
Pun Jaratjitwilai
Physics
Art, D&T
Rew Jitkanaekarn
Mandarin, Maths
Music
Zia Jovellanos
Drama, English, Geography, French
Business
Boo Kanjanasarathool
Biology
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Beige Limprayoon
Thai
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Karylle Matibag
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Girls’ PE
Perth Pettrakul
Comp Sci
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Albert Sims
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Examined PE
In Srisuriyachai
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Boys PE
Katie Stewart
French
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Pluek Yangsuk
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Art, EAL
Pann Vaiudmovut
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Biology, English, French, Geography, History, Maths, Physics
Attainment
E Block Academic Achievement Award 98
Academic Prizes: D Block Preferred Name-Surname
Diligence
Sasha Chernova
Chemistry, Comp Sci, French
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Sebi Curtis-Bleach
Boys’ PE
History
Satang Dida
EAL, Examined PE, History, Thai
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Milly Hitchmough
Girls’ PE
Drama
Nadine Irnesberger
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Spanish
Prim Kokanutaporn
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Chemistry
Angel Ocampo
Music
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Guy Prangsrithong
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Examined PE
Noey Runengsomboon
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EAL
Bush Saengchan
Physics
Business
Maksim Smirnov
Business, D&T, Geography, Spanish
Boys’ PE
Yok Tantipatcharakul
Art, Biology, English, Maths
Girls’ PE, Thai
Jean Wongvanichchot
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Mandarin
Bogdan Zyulkov
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Biology, D&T, Mathematics, Physics
Grace Payne
Mandarin
Art, Comp Sci, English, Geography
Attainment
D Block Academic Achievement Award
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Diligence
Lily Arnanthigo
Biology
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Michael Barrett
History, Politics
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Georgia Chapman
Spanish
Economics, Maths
Charlotte Crabb
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English Literature
Tim Denisov
Mandarin, Maths
Chemistry
Chris
Draper
D&T, Physics
Prae Eamsawat
Business, Chemistry
Biology
Son Jitmaneekan
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Business
Tanya Kevrukh
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Art
Lindsay Lee
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Further Maths, Music
Anja Manalastas
Music
Comp Sci
Focus Prangsrithong
Economics
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Nick Pye
PE
Mandarin
Mayu Wada
EAL, Physics
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Ben Woodward
Comp Sci
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Boris Levashko
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Geography, History, Politics
Attainment
AS Academic Achievement Award
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Academic Prizes: AL Preferred Name-Surname
Diligence
David Hyslop
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Comp Sci
Han Jiang
Further Maths, Physics
EAL, Maths
Rachane Kalra
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PE
Chompoo Mahatchariyakul
Business, Politics
Economics
Sasha Narang
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Eng Lit, Geography
Minji Noh
Economics, Maths
Business, History
Focus Prangsrithong
D&T, PE
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Edmond Wang
EAL
Chemistry, Physics
Pei Pei Worapitpong
Mandarin
Art
Sung Eun Choi
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Further Maths, Music
Attainment
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Non Academic Awards RST Citizenship Prize: RST Citizenship prize. (one pupil per year group). Criteria: Pupil who has demonstrated the highest levels of support to those around them, to the values of Rugby School Thailand and to the community as a whole. Selection: Nominations from staff to SMT. House Spirit Awards. (one pupil per house). Criteria: Pupil who has contributed the most to the positive spirit of the house. Selection: House Dean, Assistant House Dean, House tutors and Head of House. Heads of House Awards. Criteria: Outgoing Heads of House. Selection: n/a Heads of House investiture. Criteria: Heads of House appointments. Selection: n/a Head Girl / Head Boy Awards. Criteria: Outgoing Head Girl / Boy. Selection: n/a Head Girl / Head Boy investiture. Criteria: Head Girl / Head Boy appointments. Selection: n/a The Elizabeth Cup for Girls Sport. Criteria: Girl who has demonstrated the highest levels of commitment to sport at school throughout the year. Selection: Head of Sport The Poulton-Palmer Cup for Boys Sport. Criteria: Boy who has demonstrated the highest levels of commitment to sport at school throughout the year. Selection: Head of Sport Nicholson Prize for Music. Criteria: Pupil who has demonstrated the highest level of commitment to the positive performance of music. Selection: Director of Music. Macready Prize for Drama. Criteria: Pupil who has demonstrated the highest level of commitment to the positive performance of drama. Selection: Head of Drama. Blomfield Prize for Art. Criteria: Pupil who has demonstrated the highest level of commitment to their development in Art and Design. Selection: Head of Drama.
2019-2020 RST Citizenship Prize
House Spirit Awards
F block: Nicki Jarupongsackul E block: Zia Jovellanos D block: Sasha Chernova LXX: Georgia Chapman XX: Sung Eun Choi
Georgina Milton (RB) Tim Denisov (SH) Pann Vaiudomvut (Sh) Pun Jaratjitwilai (S) Ohm Chanprapab (T) Memee Boonyai (Tu)
Heads of House Awards
Head Boy / Girl Awards
Chompoo Mahatchariyakul, Tim Akhmedjanov, PeiPei Worapitpong, Focus Prangsithong, David Hyslop, Minji Noh.
Sung Eun Choi and Sasha Narang
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Head Boy / Girl Investiture
The Elizabeth Cup for Girls Sport
Michael Barrett and Georgia Chapman
Chompoo Mahatchariyakul
The Poulton-Palmer Cup for Boys Sport
Nicholson Prize for Music
David Hyslop
Sung Eun Choi
Macready Prize for Drama
Bloomfield Prize for Art
Katie Stewart
Boom Nikhomchaiprasert
2018-2019 RST Citizenship Prize
House Spirit Awards
F block Moo Dang Chawandit E block Sebi Curtis-Bleach LXX Chompoo Mahatchariyakul
SH Albert Sims Shf Fabian Schumacher T Pun Jaratjitwilai
Heads of School Investiture
The Elizabeth Cup for Girls Sport
Sung Eun Choi and Sasha Narang
Chompoo Mahatchariyakul
The Poulton-Palmer Cup for Boys Sport
Nicholson Prize for Music
Benji Kleiven
Sung Eun Choi
Macready Prize for Drama
Bloomfield Prize for Art
Ana Devesa
Peter Barker-Bennett
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