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Term 2: dates for your diary…Date Event Location Time
Saturday 24th March Garden Easter Eggstravaganza
(School Fayre)
9.00am to
12.00pm
Thursday 5th April Songkran celebration First School
Upper School
Friday 6th April Chakri Day School Closed
Monday 9th to Friday 20th
April
End of Term 2 break School Closed
Monday 23rd April First day of Term 3 Upper School
First School
7.50am
8.20am
Friday 4th May Chinese Speech Contest – Years 1 to 11
School open (subs. May day)
Main hall
Whole School
1.30pm
Monday 7th May School open
(subs. Coronation day)
Whole School
Friday 1st June Art day Whole School
Monday 4th June School open (Visakha Bucha) Whole School
Monday 4th to Friday 8th
June
Exam Week Upper School
Monday 11th to Friday
15th June
Secondary residential visit (proposed)
Monday 18th June End of Year Reports out
Parent – Teacher meetings
Whole School
First School
Tuesday 19th June First School Awards day
Parent – Teacher meetings
First School
First School
9.00am
Wednesday 20th June Parent – Teacher meetings First School
Upper School 3.30 – 7pm
Thursday 21st June Upper School Awards day
Upper School performances
Goethe Institute
Goethe Institute
9am – 12pm
6pm – 9pm
Friday 22nd June End of year First School
Upper School
2pm
2.45pm
News from the Garden
Dear Parents and friends of GIS,
At the end of Term 2 there is only time left
to wish you all a Happy Songkran. Term 3
promises to be an extremely busy term
with preparations for exams, Art day and
the Upper School performances at the
Goethe Institute. There are dates to note on
the calendar as we will be open for 3 extra
days to make up for the days we were
forced to close during the floods. Please
also note that the date for the Upper
School Awards day and performances has
changed as our usual venue has relocated.
If you are keen to plan for the next
academic year the school calendar for
2012-2013 is included at the end of this
newsletter. Please note that the school will
be open on a few of the Thai public
holidays but this is so that we provide your
child with a complete academic year with
sensible start and finish dates for each
term.
Please read and enjoy the rest of this
month’s newsletter. As always, if there is
anything that you wish to discuss further
please do not hesitate to contact me.
Warmest regards,
Jeremy Stokes MA Ed.
Principal
Please remember to keep up to date with all the latest at Garden International
School Bangkok.
News from the Garden
Our Book Week was a great success. A big thank you to all the parents
for helping develop the children's enjoyment of books. As so many
visited our Scholastic Book Fair we now have over 30 new books for the library.
It was also lovely to see children of different ages enjoying books
together. A special thanks to Year 7 and Year 9 students for
performing stories to the first school children and all the Secondary
students who volunteered to come over at lunchtime to read to the
younger children. Lots of adults also enjoyed visiting different classrooms to share
special stories.
Years 2 to 6 were busy writing and sharing books for younger learners.
The first school children now have these books in their class
libraries to enjoy.
Miss Kirstie
News from the Garden
News from the Garden
Well done to those of
you who went to great
efforts in making
fantastic Easter bonnets
for the Fayre. You all
looked great! The
winner was Fai (Year 3)
although there were so
many fabulous entries it
was an extremely
difficult decision to
make. A special thanks
goes to Mr. Adams for
kindly judging the
event.
News from the Garden
School Fayre
Well done to those of you who went to
great efforts in making fantastic Easter
bonnets for the Fayre. You all looked
great! The winner was Fai (Year 3)
although there were so many fabulous
entries it was an extremely difficult
decision to make. A special thanks goes
to Mr. Adams for kindly judging the
event.
First School Library
The library is currently having a make-
over! The children are very excited to
see how their library will change over
the next few weeks. With the help of
our creative teachers and maintenance
staff we hope to re-open a calm and
relaxing library for the children to enjoy
- pictures to follow!
Outdoor Environment
You may have noticed some beautiful
butterflies painted around the outside walls
of the Reception and Nursery classes. We
are very grateful to the talented group of
Secondary students and their teacher, Miss
Stephanie Dixon, for their lovely art work.
Year 2 and Miss Emma have also been
busy painting wonderful sea creatures to
enhance our 'Under the Ocean' area. As
part of the UK curriculum we understand
the importance of creating a warm and
welcoming environment to help enhance
and support children's development and
sense of well-being.
As part of our topic, Year Two went to visit Ocean World at Siam Paragon. We
had a fantastic time; learning about all the different aquatic animals and marine
life. First of all, we saw an amazing 4D film, with special glasses and chairs that
squirted water! The film was called ‘The
Little Prince’ and it was a bit scary so a
few of us wanted to sit with the grown ups.
After the film, we went off to explore the
rest of the aquarium tanks. We saw
clownfish, tangs, jellyfish, rays and even a
few Piranhas! Afterwards, we saw some
bigger animals. They were very funny to
look at - the penguins made us laugh and
we liked watching the otters clean
themselves.
Next, we were allowed to ride in a glass-
bottomed boat. We were amazed by the
sharks and were shocked
to see some people diving
in the water underneath
us! We also enjoyed
waving at the people who
were walking through the
see-through underwater
tunnel.
Our fun day drew to an
end with a special burger treat and even some ice cream! Yum!
Year Two and Miss Emma
News from the Garden
News from the Garden
"Fantastic!" was the reaction from the children when they returned from Hua Hin
on Friday. They really had a wonderful time and learned a lot about history, crafts,
food, nature and coastal ecology. They learnt even more about themselves, about
taking responsibility, being independent and about sharing and getting along with
each other people.
We left early Thursday morning and stopped on the way in Petchaburi to walk
around King Rama V palace. After a delicious lunch we went down into Khao
Luang Cave, a limestone cave where water has eroded the rock to show stalagtites
and stalagmites.
After checking in and waiting for the right number of beds in each room we went
to the beach to dig in the sand and jump over waves. Dinner was pizza and salad
before going to the Petchaburi Fair at Phra Nakhon Khiri. The whole hillside and
the palace was beautifully lit with fairy lights. Just before we got back on the
buses the fireworks erupted, a marvellous sight lighting up the night sky.
Friday was equally busy and interesting and a full account will be in the Year
Book.
News from the Garden
On 4th April the Year 5 pupils went on a day trip to the Chao Phraya river and
the Grand Palace. We arrive at the palace and we were instantly amazed at the
beautiful designs and architecture on display there. The weapons museum also
held a lot of interest for the pupils with swords and tridents going back hundreds
of years.
After a lovely lunch at a riverside restaurant we charted a tour boat and
investigated the river. We stopped a couple of times and fed the largest fish we
had ever seen and toured around some fascinating canals leading off the river.
The boat was a great way to cool down after a long morning walking around the
palace.
News from the Garden
On the 4th March brave members of year 5 and 6 left the comfort and luxury of
Bangkok behind and headed off on their exciting residential trip to Krabi. The
children enjoyed a weeks break from the classroom and instead enjoyed a
wonderful variety of activities and experiences. Whether it was trekking
through rainforest, exploring deep dark caves, snorkeling above multi-coloured
coral reefs or just relaxing on the beach a wonderful time was had by all.
The children's behaviour was exceptional, setting a wonderful example to all
those we met of the polite, mature and very talented children we have here at
Garden International. Since returning the children have amazed us with tales of
their adventures, I'm sure they simply cannot wait till the next one.
News from the Garden