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Congratulations to St Andrews senior student Pin, who has received an offer to study Economics at Brown University. Have a read to learn more about Pin’s IB Diploma journey and why she has chosen an Economics degree with an interesting concentration for her Bachelor’s.

We are thrilled to announce that St Andrews International School Bangkok has been selected to host the VEX Signature Event in November 2024. This prestigious international event, organised by the Robotics Education and Competition Foundation (RECF), will welcome 70 teams of young students aged 7 to 15 from the Asia-Pacific and Middle East regions.

St Andrews Bangkok recently hosted professional development workshops for IB Asia-Pacific, welcoming 290 educators from across the region to enhance their teaching practices in International Baccalaureate programmes. The workshops offered insights into updated syllabi for various courses, while also spotlighting the launch of the IB Career-related Programme at St Andrews, fostering networking opportunities and reinforcing the school's commitment to academic excellence.

Siddharth, a senior student at St Andrews, has received an offer to study Sanskrit at the University of Oxford. Exploring the world of language, philosophy, and literature, read on to find out more about Siddharth’s IB Diploma journey and why he has chosen Sanskrit for his Bachelor’s degree.

Will Ai make kids smarter, or make it easier to cheat?

At St Andrews International School Bangkok, our priority has always been the wellbeing and happiness of our students. A key factor in ensuring children are happy is building strong relationships with parents. This begins from the earliest visits to our Primary School and is exactly why we host our Open Days.

Metacognition. Helping kids unlock the power of ‘THINKING ABOUT THINKING’.

From project start to completion, the students were immersed in marine sustainability, finding solutions which address environmental challenges related to building and implementing artificial coral reefs. Their interdisciplinary work focused on coral reef restoration off the coast of Rayong. Designed to showcase their hard work and present these innovative solutions to experts within the marine field, the project has been supported by Thai Ocean Academy and Aow Thai Marine Ecology Centre (ATMEC), who were also in attendance at the event.

Researchers from the University of Liverpool found that participation in the News Literacy Lab left students “feeling more equipped to evaluate the credibility of news sources”, and to be “aware of their own biases and those of media organisations”.

Helping kids see that they matter for who they are and not what they achieve.

On 14 January 2024, St Andrews International School Bangkok hosted our first-ever Flames Open Chess Tournament at the Primary Campus. Nearly 100 children competed from St Andrews Bangkok, other schools, and Chess Academies.

To shed light on this thrilling transition, on 13 December 2023 a group of St Andrews alumni, who have successfully navigated or are currently going through their university years, popped by our High School campus for a visit.

We had the honour of hosting Ms Hilary Easton at St Andrews International School Bangkok for an exciting week of dance workshops. A New York native, artistic director of her own contemporary dance company Hilary Easton + Company, and a distinguished Dance Composition specialist at Juilliard, Hilary certainly came in with a wealth of experience and knowledge to share.

Lifelong bonds are formed in our classrooms, corridors, and communal spaces. These friendships – which span nationalities and age groups – offer comfort, emotional support, and a sense of belonging. They also bring laughter and fun – as well as providing the backdrop to unforgettable shared learning experiences.

St Andrews High School Students from Years 7 and 8 had a very enjoyable and successful week working on their STEAM MIT Global Challenge: designing a plant that could cope with extreme weather phenomenons in Thailand.

Life at St Andrews is fun and exciting. But we also understand that every student’s learning journey involves lots of hard work and academic pressure. This can cause our young people to feel stressed, whether it’s because of exams or coursework deadlines, or high expectations.