Staff at the Simon Lawrence Library of St Andrews International School Bangkok are pleased to announce the Sustainable Development Goals Book Club.
The Simon Lawrence Library would like to introduce the SDG Book Club to the whole STA community. The SDG Book Club aims to use books as a tool to encourage children to interact with the principles of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through a curated reading list of books from around the world related to each of the 17 SDGs in all six official UN languages — Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish. In addition, we encourage parents, educators, and everyone who is interested to read the selected books and help children understand the importance of the SDGs. Specifically, this month theme - the Sustainable Development Goal 1, No Poverty aims to help people who are suffering and lack the means to prosper. Please come take a look at all 4 books on the reading list in the Library. If you need more details on the SDG Book Club, you can visit the website which includes a special message from UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed as well as the reading list. Additionally, SDG Book Club bookmarks are available for you on the librarians’ counter. So, please feel free to pick one up. We hope you enjoy reading these books and that that inspire you to take action and help us to make this world a better place for everyone.
As the end of the school year is fast approaching, it is time to call for all books to be returned to the Library and the deadline for returning all books is Friday 14 June, 2019. Therefore, please take a good look around at home for any overdue library books and do not forget to return your books to the Library by the deadline. If you feel you need more time to read them, you will be able to renew and keep them during the summer break with assistance from the Library staff as from 17 June, 2019. We will be sending out overdue notices over the next two weeks so please help us clear all library accounts before the end of the school year. Should you have any questions or concerns about your books, please feel free to contact us directly.
Summer camps are a valuable opportunity for students to continue learning and growing in new ways outside school. Children build confidence, develop new skills and interests, make new friends, and stay mentally engaged in a relaxed, supportive environment. Through hands-on activities in sports, arts, music, robotics, and more, students are encouraged to try new things, solve problems, and work together with students from different schools and communities come together.
Four senior students from St Andrews Bangkok proudly represented our school at the NAE Student Summit 2025, held at The Village School in Houston, Texas. Joined by peers from 52 Nord Anglia schools worldwide, they spent a week developing their leadership skills through workshops, hands-on activities, and expert-led sessions focused on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Highlights included working with UNICEF and the World’s Largest Lesson, volunteering at the Houston Food Bank to help provide over 12,000 meals, and presenting a capstone project on improving access to healthcare in Bangkok.
The Marble Run Expo at St Andrews Bangkok is a powerful example of how inter-year group collaboration enriches learning across age levels. Year 7 students, working as designers and project leaders, created personalised marble runs for their Foundation Stage ‘clients’ - an engaging challenge that fostered empathy, active listening, and creative problem-solving. Through this event, older students gained confidence, leadership skills, and the ability to adapt communication for younger audiences, while our youngest learners were empowered by seeing their ideas brought to life and felt inspired to incorporate some design elements in their own marble runs.
Year 5 students stepped out of the classroom and into the kitchen for a special Thai cooking class hosted by the talented chefs from getfresh. Under the guidance of the getfresh chefs, they learned about kitchen safety, teamwork, and, most importantly, the steps involved in cooking traditional Thai food like Tom Gai Kai and Lod Chong. The interactive session gave students the chance to discover new skills and connect with Thai culture in a fun and meaningful way.
