It has been yet another busy week of sport at St Andrews International School Bangkok. Read on for details of our exploits at the Primary FOBISIA Games as well as the first ever Mini Marlins Mayhem, gymnastics and tennis competitions. There is also advance information on squad trial dates for the start of the next academic year.
Our 40 Primary FOBISIA squad children traveled to Phuket for 3 days of sport last week. It was a great opportunity for our children to compete against some of the best young athletes in Asia and to compete against FOBISIA ‘A’ schools for the first time.
And what an amazing week of sport it was. The children have trained hard for 6 months and the results were spectacular, finishing the most successful school out of the 7 schools involved. The determination, resilience and love of sport shown by our STA children was infectious and inspiring. Other than getting to compete at the highest school level in Asia and winning lots of individual medals our 2018 Primary FOBISIA team won 9 team trophies.
This is an incredible achievement and we are very proud of the children. Thank you to the parents for your support over the last 6 months and thank you to the staff who always show such enthusiasm and passion for our children’s development.
It is that time of the year when we look to celebrate the success of our amazing athletes. Currently, it is just the children that need to come to get their ticket. Mr Bob will email the parents about when they can come to get a ticket (no cost).
Well done to our 6 Mini Flames Tennis players who played in a friendly 3-way tournament at the weekend. It was great to see how much our players have developed this year and we’re looking forward to seeing these fantastic players continue to improve.
A big thank you to our STA swim team for the very first Mini Marlin Mayhem over the weekend. There were lots of smiling faces from our STA swimmers as they competed against 4 other Bangkok schools. A big thank you to the children and also our STA parents. What a fantastic day for our children.
This week our Swim Carnivals start. The children can look forward to lots of fun in the pool
With the year coming to an end, the STA gymnastics programme is in a very healthy position and looking to grow next year. We will have a further squad for our Year 1 & 2 children which is very exciting. Also, with the new BISAC opportunities, we will add further competitions to our calendar.
Over the weekend our Level 2 and 3 girls competed at the Falcons Gymnastics Competition. There were some brilliant individual performances by our STA Team. Thank you very much to the girls involved and also Miss Bogi and her team.
What a great morning our Year 5 & 6 children had at their 2018 Sports Day. The resilience, grit and determination shown by our children was in abundance. But after over 3 hours of sport in which the children worked hard to make as many points for their House, there could only be one winner, KAREN!
One of our very own swim teachers, Khun Nok, has been asked to represent Thailand at the 1st Asian Masters Swimming Championships in Japan from 12 - 16 July. Khun Nok will be swimming in the 100m. backstroke, 100m. breaststroke and relays.
You will probably see her training in the pool every morning in preparation. Being invited to represent your country is a fantastic achievement and we wish her all the best for the Championships.
This year has seen another massive increase in children playing sport within our squads and next year we are looking to continue to develop these further. Not only will we continue with our football and basketball squads but we will develop our gymnastics and dance programme. The dance trials for our new STA Dance squad will be be added soon.
23 August
U11 Boys/Girls Bball - Years 5-6
Y3/4 Gymnastics squad
24 August
Nord Anglia Games trial (Teeball)
27 August
U11 Boys Football Years 5-6
28 August
U9 Boys Football Years 3-4
Years 1/2 Gymnastics
29 August
U11 Girls Football Years 5-6
30 August
U9 Girls Football Years 3-4
U11 Tennis
31 August
Year 4 Basketball
If you have queries about sport at STA please email our Head of Primary PE.
With the goal of providing meaningful help to the flood victims in the northern regions of Thailand, our entire community at St Andrews Bangkok came together to raise funds and donations for the affected families. In the span of a few short weeks, added to donations of food and clothing, we managed to raise an astounding total of 386,676.50 THB in donation funds. To all students, teachers, parents, and staff who participated in our efforts and contributed to this cause—thank you!
Last Friday, the STA Primary campus was transformed into a celebration of all things maths! The day was packed with engaging, hands-on activities across all year groups, making maths truly come alive for our students.
Senior student at St Andrews Bangkok, Pun (Year 13), devises an innovative solution for effective waste management. Recently, he completed an ambitious project: an AI-powered waste sorting system. After much research and testing, he got the system to work and put the model to use in one of our rooms at school!
