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St Andrews Bangkok
31 October, 2022

Primary and Foundation Stage: Coco the Caterpillar, Mae Fah Luang Foundation, Freaky Friday and Dance like an Animal

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The FS1 students had a wonderful time last week, learning to play, listening to stories and enjoying their new designed space at the heart of the school.

FS1 Enjoy Their Week

Ms Isla and Ms Felicia have been welcoming more students each week now to join the FS1 students that are already here at STA. We welcome you all!

FS2 Follow the Lifecycle of Coco the Caterpillar

FS2 enjoyed looking at the lifecycle of a butterfly this week by studying the life of a real caterpillar. They read the story ‘Coco the Butterfly’ together before looking at a real caterpillar that they had found in their garden. They studied the different stages of its transition from caterpillar to butterfly. What a wonderful way to study nature!! 

Mae Fah Luang Foundation Visit the School

Over the last few years STA has had a link with Mae Fah Luang, an educational Foundation in Chiang Rai, in the north of Thailand. Various teachers have been to visit the area and support the teachers there in teaching in a more International style, sharing good teaching practice and understanding the differences between working in a big city International school and a rural mountain community. Last week a group of teachers came to school to observe teachers and students in the classrooms. The practices they witnessed will be fed back to teachers working in mountain schools in the north of Thailand.

 

STA Primary Enjoy a Very Freaky Friday

Thank you to all the students and staff that participated in Freaky Friday last week. There were games to play at Break time and other activities like colouring set up as well. The students and staff made such a great effort to dress up in their freakiest costumes and they all looked amazing!! The money raised by donations will go to our House Charities.

Can you Dance like an Animal?

For our next TASKMASTER challenge, we want to see your best dance movements! You must choose an animal and create a 30-second dance as your chosen animal. Once you have filmed your dance, please send it to Mrs Katie (Katie.od@standrews.ac.th) and share your work on Global Campus

Deadline: 11th November 2022

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Makaton - Sign of the Week

 

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Here is Week 3 video - Thank you

 

Being able to communicate is one of the most important skills we need in life. Almost everything we do involves communication; everyday tasks such as learning at school, asking for food and drink, sorting out problems, making friends and having fun. These all rely on our ability to communicate with each other. Some students in St Andrews rely on Makaton signs to communicate. We want to educate the wider community of our school to ensure inclusivity for all of our Makaton users inside and outside of school. This week we start with a very simple, but very important sign. All staff, children and parents can practise at home. 

A special thank you to a dedicated parent, Ms Joey, who has been busy working with STARs Coordinator Ms Emma to kickstart our 'Sign of the Week'. Joey has shown her creativity and dedication to Makaton in making short educational videos to teach staff, students and parents a new sign each week. A massive thank you also goes to Joey's daughter Anna for sharing her passion of Makaton throughout the school. Keep your eyes peeled each week for the 'Sign of the Week' in our newsletter. 

Let's get signing!

3rd Session: Tuesday 22nd November 2022

 

All sessions will be from 8:15 am - 10:00 am in the Exam Room at Primary School.

 

This third workshop will help parents identify the three meta skills that will focus on building, maintaining and repairing your connection with your child. The first workshop focuses on the skill CONNECT and looks at what it takes to create a lifelong bond with your child. It will also throw light on parenting pitfalls that we get trapped into which can inhibit this bond.

 

Open to all STA Parents (Primary & High School)

Cost: 650 baht for all 3 sessions - Register

For more information please contact: 

amy.bo@standrews.ac.th

A Note from our Nursing Team

 

To provide a safe and healthy environment for our students, it is required that every child attending St Andrews International School Bangkok has a complete and up to date medical information sheet. 

 

This enables us to provide the best medical care for your child should the need arise. The completion of this form is mandatory and is required to enable your child to attend school.

 

Even if your child’s medical status has not changed, it is important that you complete the form to consent to first aid,medical treatment and to confirm your emergency contact details.

 

This information can easily be updated via the Health app in Moodle or via this LINK 

 

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There are 3 simple steps to steps follow:

 

  1. Check that the auto populated information for your child is correct 

  2. Update vaccination/allergy and medical conditions 

  3. Update consent for the administration of medication 

 

The contents and use of this form will be treated as Confidential, and is overseen by our nursing teams. This information will only be made available to Government or private medical or paramedical staff and relevant St Andrews staff members in the event of an accident or emergency. 

 

Should you have any questions and wish to contact our nurses directly you can email them at:

 

High School: nursehs@standrews.ac.th

Primary School: nurseps@standrews.ac.th