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It was great to see a mixed group of primary and secondary students, parents and teachers work alongside our friends from Mermaids on the International Schools' Reef Clean 2016.

Regents International School Pattaya's exceptionally skilled brass teacher, Mr Clarence Mansell demonstrated his musical talent to Year 7 students by not only playing each brass instrument in the Music Department, but playing a tune on a tube, a funnel and a kettle. Needless to say, the students were amazed!

This week, the Secondary Science Department worked closely with the Year 3 teachers to set up some exciting food experiments. The children have been learning all about different food groups and what they do to help us stay healthy.

Year 11 student, Laura Martinelli is delighted with her Tiger print, the end result of many hours of cutting stencils.

Regents International School, Pattaya is hosting a stand at the British Chamber of Commerce Expo in Bangkok this week. We welcomed the British Ambassador, Mr Brian Davidson, to our stand.

Our youngest students are enjoying the enhanced learning and play opportunities that our newly refurbished Nursery classrooms are providing.

Regents International School is set to welcome its youngest students yet, with a new programme called Little Lions, catering to 1 to 2.5 year olds.

Nord Anglia Summer Performing Arts with Juilliard kicked off this week with students around the world flocking to Geneva, Switzerland to take part in a two-week long programme immersing students in dance, drama and music.

Regents' IB students are celebrating an outstanding set of results that reflects a learning environment of the highest quality. For the third consecutive year, students scored a 33+ point average with a top end score of 43. Our 2016 graduates are now looking forward to taking up their places at University College London, University of Edinburgh, University of Toronto, KAIST (South Korea), amongst other leading tertiary institutions.

As we approached Phuket from the air, we could see the mountains of Khao Sok and we were captivated by the landscape. We all knew there were things down there waiting to feed on us.

Every now and again, a Regents’ alumni does something truly amazing. This is the case with Regents’ alumni, Juste Raipaite – Regents’ IB Graduate from 2015.

Anyone who attended the 2016 Regents Talent Show and Battle of the Bands was treated to various acts which were jaw-droppingly good in terms of the standard of creativity, musicality and showmanship

It is with great pleasure that I announce this year’s award winners who have collected their certificates and much coveted badges today.

Year four visited the orphanage over two days in Week 10 to weed the lawns and help prepare a framework which we festooned with flowers, all paid for and funded by previous donations. It was hot and hard work and made especially fun by many of the Baan Jing Jai children being around to help. We managed a sing-song, and we showed the children how to dance the Macarena, principally due to Ms. Steph’s mastery of the dance.

The Regents boarding girls recently visited their community partners Atidtan Kindergarten and Nursery in Kilo Sip, Sattahip.

As another academic year of sport draws to an end, there is just about enough time to pause for a breath and reflect on what has been another busy and successful year for our Regents Lions. There has been home runs, goals, baskets, cries of ahoy, two hand finishes, photo finishes and even a hole in one, as our pupils have once again immersed themselves in a wide range of sports here at Regents.ye

Each year, the Secondary Student Guild runs its annual Talent Show, followed by the House Battle of the Bands Competition. This year was the first year in which there was whole school collaboration and the Talent Show became a Primary and Secondary joint event.

On Wednesday our Music staff and students were treated to a rare opportunity to have Michael Shinn and Jessica Shinn visit our school. Both Michael and Jessica are Juilliard alumni, which is why we had the privilege of hosting them due to our collaboration with The Juilliard School.

Technical universities and colleges dominate Reuters’ first-ever ranking of Europe’s top 100 innovative universities, and our students have received offers from several of them.