Term 3 Newsletter - Anglo Singapore International School

The Primary SixANGLO NEWSLETTERTerm 3 Newsletter April– July 2012 School Year 2011-2012Anglo Students Take 1 st Place in Thailand High School Debate Championship By Linya (P5)The 6th annual Thailand High School Debating Championships were held fromFebruary 10th, 2012 - February 14th, 2012 in Bangkok at Assumption CollegeBangrak and students from Anglo Singapore International School once againaccomplished great things.Team1, consisting of Name, Beatrice, and Nat was the overall champion ofthe competition. Name was also awarded the Best Speaker of thistournament, with Beatrice being named as the Second Best Speaker in theentire competition.Recognition also goes out to Team 3, consisting of Jean, Janina, and Jebelle, whodid very well and entered the Octo-finals. Good work and congratulations to all!Team 1: Overall champion (Name, Beatrice and Nat)Special thanks go out to Mr. Jeff, Mr. LP, Mr. Jeffrey and Mr. Pan for assisting andtraining the students for this very challenging debate completion.Anglo Scholarsʼ Success on Global StageAnglo students achieved more than expected intheir bid to succeed on a global platform in theWorld Scholarʼs Cup (WSC) - June 21 st to 24 th - atCentral World, Bangkok. The 2012 global round,held on home soil, saw Siwat Chang (Big) top thehonours, securing gold in ʻCurrent Affairsʼ, whileBeatrice Miu and Jean Thumparkul achieved 4 th inthe same individual category. Big, Beatrice andMatthias Enrui Thummachai also overcame strongopposition to lift the 2 nd place trophy in the ʻDebateʼcategory and, to top-off an extraordinary weekendof achievement, Matthias finished 4 th in the ʻArtʼ andʻScienceʼ individual categories with Big adding to hisgold and silver with a 4 th place finish in ʻLiteratureʼ.This was only Angloʼs second year in the junior sectionof the competition and, after dominating proceedingsat the national round in May, there werehigh-expectations resting on their young shoulders.With the WSC growing in popularity and participation,the competition was going to be much stiffer in2012, but, determined year-long preparation, effortand resolve saw the students outshine last yearʼsachievements in Malaysia in true style and gusto.Again the events were dominated by Singaporeand China, but the students proved that despitea comparatively small head-count, Anglo cancompete with the worldʼs best. The future looksbright too, as waiting in Angloʼs wings are anumber of precocious Primary 6 students -namely Guy, Zen, Nat, Ann Ann and Bryan -whose continued effort, tireless work-ethic andgrowing maturity will put them in good stead togo on and repeat or even outdo Angloʼs featnext year.2013ʼs global round location has yet to beconfirmed, but information and updates can befound on the WSC website atwww.scholarscup.org. If you have an avidinterest in areas ranging from the latest innanotechnology developments to the origin ofthe wheel, you are welcome to sign-up toAngloʼs WSC club next academic year, and youtoo could find yourself on a challenging journeyof success, new-found friendship andknowledge at an exotic destination to boot!L-R: Beatrice, Big & Matthias tophonours in the World ScholarʼsCup last June 21-24, 2012.

Anglo Scores Big in Asian Maths Challenge By Ann Ann and Prab (P6)Anglo is once again best in Thailand and allof Asia for Primary School and Secondary 1Classes! Individual recognition for AngloMathematicians for scoring in the Top 10 inAsia for Secondary goes to: Farruh, Jebelle,Joel, and Yao. Great job!World Education Games recently had a hugecompetition with schools and studentscompeting all across Asia and Europe. TheMaths Challenge was conducted on the 2 ndand 3 rd of May 2012. This activity was notcompulsory but students from Primary 6 toSecondary 1 were free to join. This competitionwas divided into two parts: Asia andEurope, with Anglo of course joining theAsia Maths Challenge.Of all the participating schools, AngloSingapore International School took firstplace for all Asian schools with 12, 475points! The runner up school was from Indonesia;Sman 1 Way Jepara. Angloʼs Secondary1 class finished as the fifth rankedclass in all of Asia with 147, 383 points!Angloʼs Primary 6 class ranked seventhplace with 104, 083 points!In this challenge, there were two sections tobe completed over a two day period.The first part was for the students to do all “I'm ready to beat them!" said Farruh, whothe activities about math equations and ended up 5th place in the overallsolutions via the website. There was notime limit for this section but it includedcompetition. Besides the Top 10 rankings,Anglo students also scored the 19 th , 20 th ,and 21 st places, with twelve Anglonumerous topics such as Algebra,Singapore International School students infractions, decimals and more.The second section was an activity wherethe Top 100 for all of Asia!"I felt really excited when I heard about thestudents competed head-to-head with challenge!" said Miya, from Angloʼs Year 1other children of all ages from all across class. All of our competitors feel excitedAsia to test mental calculating speed and every time we join some importanthow you could properly solve the problems competition.” For overall prizes and morewhile competing against the clock.information, please check http://www.mathschallenge.asia/.After interviewing our competitors, most ofthem seemed to be really excited aboutthis Asian Maths Challenge.Individual Secondary Prizes:1 st place = Theresia Veronika R. (19,914) Team Singapore2 nd place = Chae Hyun K. (18,640) Kellett School3 rd place = Asadullah I. (18, 561) Singapore Homeschool Group4 th place = Randmar David B. (18,334) International British Academy5 th place = Farruh M. (18,148) Anglo Singapore International School6 th place = Jebelle S. (17,781) Anglo Singapore International School7 th place = Joel Y. (17, 676) Anglo Singapore International School8 th place = Yao Y. (17,637) Anglo Singapore International School9 th place = Sivananthan A. (17, 532) Team Singapore10 th place = Mao N. (17,110) Bunda Mulia International SchoolGlee Club Comes to AngloBy Sirijung (P6)By Guy (P6)Almost every upper-primary or secondarystudent has watched the American televisionshow “Glee” and many themselves long to bea part of such a club; often picturingthemselves as one of the main characters inthe show.Well, now Anglo Singapore InternationalSchool students will soon have the benefit ofhaving a real Glee Club starting next year!The Sukhumvit 64 campus, with its largenewly built auditorium, will be starting theGlee Club when the school opens in August.Many students are very excited about thepossibilities that this will bring to Anglo in thearea of singing and live performances.Auditions will be starting soon, so get intouch with the main office to get involved inAngloʼs very first Glee Club.The oldest of boats: Rock drawings from the Red Sea site of Wadi Hammamat, datedto around 4000 BC, show that ancient Egyptian boats were made from papyrus andreeds. Yet the worldʼs earliest known plank-built ship, dated to 2600 BC, wasdiscovered next to the Great Pyramid in 1952. Made from cedar and sycamorewood, it was in almost perfect state of preservation, stored dismantled into 1,224parts. Reconstructed, the vessel was 142 feet (43 metres) long and 19 feet (5,8metres) wide, displacing some 40 tons.The worldʼs oldest surviving boat is a simple 10feet (3 metre) long dugout (logboat) dated to7400 BC. It was discovered in Pesse, Holland inthe Netherlands. In 2002, an almost similarlyaged 6.5 ft (2 m) dugout was also unearthed atthe Kuahuqiao ruins in Xiaoshan City, ZhejiangProvince, China.In 2300 BC, the Egyptians created the worldʼs first organized navy. Oar-poweredships were developed by the Sumerians in 3500 BC. Sails were first used by thePhoenicians around 2000 BC.

Anglo Hits Another Homerun at World Scholarʼs CupRegional Round (Bangkok) By: Guy (P6) and Zen (P6)The World Scholar's Cup is a uniqueco-curricular enrichment and communitybuildingactivity for students around theworld. Signature events at every WorldScholar's Cup tournament include a TeamDebate and the Scholar's Bowl. The nextGlobal Round, featuring teams from over 40countries, will take place in June 2012 inBangkok. The mascot of World Scholarʼs Cupis an animal similar to a lama: the ALPACA!Each year, all teams explore and debate acurrent global theme̶in 2012, A World inFlux. Within that theme, youʼll look at speciallyselected topics in Science, Economics, theArts, Literature, History, and Current Affairs.World Scholarʼs Cup also provides freeintroductory guides to each topic. Theyʼll bethe starting points for all research anddiscussion.Our school, Anglo Singapore InternationalSchool, did extremely well this year again andwon more than 25 trophies.One of them was the 1 st prize for overallchampion, won by Siwat Chang (Big). Big won1 st for overall champion and 15 other medals;of which 11 of them were gold medals.When asked about his experience, Big said,“The results were really unexpected and I wasvery happy when the MC called my name forthe 1 st overall champion! I read a lot. I readthe resources provided over and over again soI could remember all the details in theresources.I will try to do the same during the GlobalRound in June. I know there will be manymore competitors in the Global Round whichwill lead to fewer victories for Angloteammates but I still believe that if wetry hard, we will achieve good results.”I will try to do the same during theGlobal Round in June. I know there willbe many more competitors in the GlobalRound which will lead to fewer victoriesfor Anglo teammates but I still believethat if we try hard, we will achieve goodresults.”In the World Scholarʼs Cup, there is alsoa program called the ʻDebate ShowCaseʼ which includes the top scorers ofevery school coming together to debate.Our school had two representatives,Jasandra Sutanto, who won the 1 st prizein Debating, and Binam Acharya.Jasandra Sutanto said, “When the MCcalled my name for the DebateShowcase, I felt really happy but alsoextremely nervous. I have gone througha lot of debate training and I am now onthe National Debate Team. Hopefully, Ican do this again in the Global Round.”A special thanks goes out to Mr. Ross,the World Scholarʼs Cup coach, who hasbeen working extremely hard,motivating the students to read a lot andmaking tests for the students to practicetheir skills.When asked about the World ScholarʼsCup achievements, Mr. Ross said, “I amvery pleased with what the studentshave achieved. These achievements arenot because of me but more so becauseof all the effort and the hard work thestudents have put in preparing for theThe Regional Round has ended and nowit's time for the Global Round, wherescholars from around the world willgather June 22-24 in Bangkok, Thailand.In this round there will be morecompetitors from more than 40countries all over the world. During thisround, we will meet many more friendsof different nationalities and religions.There will be a series of new activitiesthat were not present in the BangkokRound. Some are not academicactivities at all and are arranged toentertain and take the stressed out ofthe scholars. Some of these activitiesare: the Scholarʼs Scavenge,Friday Night Social, ScholarʼsBall, and the Scholarʼs Show.The scholars, who competed inthe Global Round last year inMalaysia, will know each ofthese activities really well.Secondary Year 2 student, Jeanparticipated last year and saidthat the Scholarʼs Scavengewas an activity in which groupsof scholars must find and take a pictureof a place or object using the descriptiongiven to them. She also added that theScholarʼs Ball and the Friday Night SocialEvent were quite similar but fun. Bothevents were geared around socializingwith the other scholars. The scholarswho wanted to perform and expresstheir talent volunteered to perform inthe Scholarʼs Show.Again, congratulations to all of the Anglocompetitors who scored big during theRegional Round! Onwards to the GlobalRound!" A human being is notattaining his full heights untilhe is educated.”- Horace Mann

REELING: The Film ReviewDark Shadows by Sirijung (P6) and Gin (P6)In summary, “Dark Shadows” is a story about a mannamed Barnabas Collins. His family owns a verypowerful canned fish factory during the 18 th century.Barnabas Collins broke Angelique Bouchardʼs heart.Angelique was his maid who was a witch. She loved himbut he loved Josette Durpes so she cursed him andmade him become a vampire.Upbeat – The Music Column By Sirijung (P6)Many parents and e ven someold-fashioned teachers wonʼt approve butmost students will agree that somesoothing music, especially music withoutlyrics can actually help a person study.This is especially true when it comes tocreative writing assignments and essays.Just imagine that your upstairs neighborssound like they're rearranging the furniture and your brother is clipping histoenails across the room. How do you drown out sound and put yourself inthe right mindset to study? There's always “White Noise”, a Mac OS Xsoftware application that drowns out distracting sounds while you work.White Noise plays a continuous, static/waterfall that does a surprisinglyeffective job of killing annoying roommate and downstairs neighbor sounds.You can get it with a free download, Mac OS X only.Besides the above, I actually prefer some good tunes with noise-cancellingheadphones. For deep-focusing background music, I'm partial to any musicwithout a lot of lyrics. Soft instrumental music is probably the best forstudying. What about you? What do you listen to when you're trying tostudy or write?Two centuries later, in 1972, his tomb was dug up andhe went back to the Collinsʼs house. By then, Angeliquehad started her own canned fish factory to compete withhim so she could destroy Barnabas and his family inrevenge. Then, he had to rescue his family because hisfactory was losing to Angeliqueʼs.We felt that the start of the movie was very good withgreat character development of the Barnabas Collinspart (Johnny Depp). Eva Green does a good job actingas Angelique and Chloë Moretz is always good at bad girlroles. But after the first part of the movie, things startedto fall apart for us and the enjoyment factor started tofizzle.Upon first seeing the trailer for this movie, my teachermentioned that “Dark Shadows” was an original TVseries. Having never watched it (the original TV series)before, we cannot compare the two but can say that“Dark Shadows” was a bit of an embarrassment for sucha blockbuster. It's not funny, it's not dramatic, it's notscary, it's not really anything; “Dark Shadows” was just2 hours of blah. The story was very badly written; therewere so many random events and during the last twentyminutes you find out the young girl was really awerewolf the entire time, but it had really nothing to dowith the movie plot.The movie Stars:Angelique Bouchard is played by Eva GreenBarnabas Collins is played by Johnny DeppCarolyn Stoddard is played by Chloë Grace MoretzElizabeth Collins Stoddard is played by Michelle PfeifferBella Heathcote is played by Josette DurpesWhat is Visakha Bucha Day? By NatVisakha Bucha Day is one of the most important days in Buddhism. It is theday of Buddhaʼs birth, enlightenment and death. It all happened on Vesak, aday of the full moon on the sixth lunar month. This day usually is in May.The Buddhaʼs real name was Prince Siddhartha Gotama. He was born aprince and the son of Queen Sirimahamaya and King Suddhodana. When hewas 16, he married Princess Yasodhara and had one son. All his life, thePrince had lived a very convenient life had not seen any suffering. At the ageof 29, Siddhartha escaped and followed practices and starved himself. Hefound out that this is not the way to enlightenment. He then went to theforest and sat under a tree. On his 35 th birthday, he had found a way toenlightenment, the middle way. After he discovered it, he went to teachothers about it and that was how Buddhist started to increase. He died at theage of 80, exactly on his birthday.Visakha Bucha Day is a veryimportant date and there aremany ways to celebrate thisday. Buddhists around theworld can celebrate it by walkingwith lighted candles inhand around a temple, givefood offerings to a Buddhistmonk or release fish andbirds. We can also go totemples and pray.Visakha Bucha Day might be very important but many people, surprisinglyBuddhists themselves too, do not know what it is. No one seems to muchcare much about this anymore. We should encourage others to celebrate thisdate. If we do not respect religions anymore, they may soon all fade away;along with the culture that is a big part of them.

Sports Day and Songkran Celebration By Zen Thumparkkul (P6)There were all kinds of food;While Juliana sang both songs,Finally, the water splashingeverything from Som tum toʻMy Beautifulʼ and Kan Lae Kanactivity started. The pupilsandwiches. After lunch break, the(กันและกัน), Johnson showed hisstarted running around,pupils changed from their P.E.great skill with the guitar.splashing water on othersOn the 6 th of April, AngloSingapore International Schoolhad Sports Day during the firstpart of the day and celebratedSongkran right after it.Sports Day started at 7:45 in themorning and ended at 12.30 p.m.There were many sports, themain ones were: basketball,chair-ball, and football. Apartfrom this there was also an obstaclecourse and a team runningrace for the lower primary.After the tiring Sports Day, thestudents, parents, and teachershad a ʻpotluck lunchʼ. The PSG(Parent Support Group) providedall of the food.uniforms to their Thai floweredshirts, getting ready for the nextactivity: Songkran!Before the water started to flythere were a few performancesand thetraditional water pouringceremony for the students to payrespect to the teachers and schoolleaders.The first and second performancewas a dance performed by theKindergarten pupils.We also had an entertainingboxing dance by some amazingPrimary 3 kids. They demonstratedthe traditional Thai boxing movesand fought in pairs. Next up weretwo original songs written andsung by talented Secondary 4pupils, Juliana and Johnson.After all the performances wereover, the teachers went throughthe safety cautions and led usthrough the water pouringceremony. It was then the timewhen all the pupils poured jasminescented water on theirhomeroom teacherʼs hands toshow respect and thank them foreverything they had done to helpthem. This is a big part oftraditional Thai culture.from their buckets, waterguns, or bottles. There wasalso an activity, Sao Noi TokNam (dunking tank), whereteachers sat on a bench abovea big water tank.If we hit the target hardenough, the teacher would fallinto the tank. This was a lot offun for the students. Some ofthe teachers who volunteeredto be dunked were Ms. Nok,Ms. Bung, Mr. Ross, Mr. Jeffand Mr. Ivan. At 2:45 pm,the water splashing activitycame to a stop, and the daycame to an end – a very wetend.Sports Talk: The Rules of Tennis Simplified By Taisei (P5)The rules of tennis are simple. The gameis complicated.Rule 1. Opponentsstand on opposite sidesof the court. The playerwhodeliversthe ball to start thepoint is called theserver. The player whostands opposite andcross-court from theserver is the receiver.Rule 2. The right to serve, receive,choose your side, or give the opponentthese choices is decided by a toss of acoin or racquet. If the choice of service orreceiver is chosen, the opponent chooseswhich side to start.Rule 3. The server shall stand behind thebaseline on the deuce court within theboundaries of the singles court whenplaying singles and within the doublessideline when playing doubles. All evenpoints are played from the deuce courtand odd number points played from theadvantage court. The server shall notserve until the receiver is ready.Serves are made from the deuce court tothe opponentʼs servicebox on the deuce court. Ifthe server misses his targettwice, he loses thepoint. If the ball hits thenet and goes in the correctservice box, anotherserve is granted. If theserver steps on the baselinebefore contact ismade, the serve is a fault.Rule 4. The receiver is deemed ready ifan attempt is made to return the server'sball. The receiver can stand where helikes but must let the ball bounce in theservice box. If the ball does not land inthe service box, it is deemed a fault and asecond serve is given. If the ball is hit byeither opponent before the ball bounces,the server wins the point.Rule 5. The server always calls his scorefirst. If the server wins the first point, hegets a score of 15. Scoring is done like aclock. See example below. Love meanszero in tennis.The second point is called 30. The thirdpoint is called 45 (now-a-days knownas 40) and game is won when thescore goes back to Love. If the score is40-40, also known as deuce, one sidemust win by two points. Advantage-Inmeans if the server wins the next point,he wins the game. Advantage-Outmeans the receiver has a chance to winthe game on the next point.LOVE 15-30-40Rule 5/2. After the game, theopponents serve. Games equal 1. Thefirst to win 6 games, by two, wins theset. The first to win 2 sets wins thematch. If the score is 6-6, a tie-breakeris played. This is scored by one's. Thefirst team to score 7 points winning bytwo wins the set. The tiebreakercontinues until one side wins by two.This would be, Game-Set-Match.

Sports Talk: The Rules ofTennis SimplifiedRule 6. If the ball goes into the net, oroutside the boundaries of the court, theplayer who hit that ball loses the point.If the ball hits the net during the pointand goes into the opponentʼs court, theball is in play. A player loses the point ifhe touches the net, drops his racquetwhile hitting the ball, bounces the ballover the net, hits a part of thesurroundings such as the roof, or a tree,the ball touches him or hispartner, he deliberately tries to distractthe opponent.Rule 7. A let is called during the point ifa ball rolls on the court or there is adistraction from someone besides theplayers on the court.Rule 8. A ball that lands on the line isgood.Rule 9. If players serve out of turn orserve to the wrong person or court, thepoint or game will stand and order willbe resumed following the point or game.Demo Day at AngloCompiled by Angel (P5) with the help ofreporters: Nat (P6) and Linya (P5)Student Demo Day is a day at AngloSingapore International School where allthe parents are invited to come to schooland see the various demonstrations carriedout by the afterschool clubs. Naturally,parents choose to visit the demos beingdone by the CCA that their child/childrenattend.The day went by smoothly, with manydemonstrations being done across theentire campus. All the parents that weinterviewed were pleased with demos andhad a good time.Following are listings of the clubs that ourreporters were able to visit during DemoDay and a brief description ofdemonstration presented.E-Newsletter (P5 to P6)During the E-Newsletter demonstration,the student leaders (Guy, Yanjie,Sirijung and Gin) gave a presentationabout the procedure used to write thenewsletter and the responsibilitiesinvolved. They stressed that it was a“serious” CCA and more like a real jobthan anything else but that they allenjoyed the challenge. They alsoprojected the latest E-Newsletter up ona screen and talked about past featurestories and what they would like to seedone in the future. Parent feedbackwas then requested at the end and allcomments were very positive. A fewparents expressed how much theyenjoy the newsletter and lookedforward to reading it – also saying thatit was a very important part of Anglo.Cooking Club (P2 to P6)During this demo, all the studentsworked together and cooperated top r e p a r e v a r i o u s d i s h e s . T h ecooperation was very good, especiallyconsidering that many grades werecombined together. They had a lot ofdelicious food for the parents to taste.Reading Club (K3)The teacher spent time with the kidsteaching them how to read andstudents read aloud to show theirabilities. Also, kids sang and dancedand the parents laughed with thechildren and just had fun. This wasnʼtsuch a ʻseriousʼ demonstration as it wasfor kindergarten students.Chinese Culture ClubThis was a dance routine and was cuteto watch. The children reallyc o o p e r a t e d w e l l d u r i n g t h i sdemonstration and remembered theirsteps and the beat of the music. Theyoften changed roles and afterperforming, the teacher gave themmini-quizzes.Football ClubThe Football Club had a mini-matchwith a few spectators. The team memberscommunicated well together, andalthough they were from differentgrade levels, they did not fight witheach other and rather cheered for eachother - even though they missed agoal.It was an entertaining demonstration. Moreparents should have come to watch.Debate ClubThe secondary students put on a debatedemonstration that seemed a bit confusing tothis reporter but many parents came to see it.The demo was therefore a success and probablythe most popular (in terms of parent numbers)demonstration of the day. I felt that it trulyshowed the debating talents of some studentseven if somewhat confusing to follow at first.Thai Culture ClubWe were not entirely sure what was beingdemonstrated here. The teacher said that thekids were a bit too young and playful. Not manyparents came to watch this demo but thestudents were all well behaved.BasketballThey had a good drill game that was fun to viewbut there were no parents watching the demonstration.What a shame.Scholarʼs CupDuring this presentation, they playededucational trivia games called “Quiz” and“Millionaire”. The host was Jean (Y2) and thewinning team was composed of Jebelle (Y1), YaoYao (Y1) and Ann Ann (P6). This was a very nicedemonstration and quite entertaining. It was oneof the top demonstrations of the day insofaras being well-run and entertaining.“Formal education will make you aliving; creative education will makeyou a fortune .”- Jim Rohn

Anglo Does Community Service for Flood Victims and Orphans by Yanjie (P6)During the year, Anglo Singapore International School has done many things to help the poor and disadvantaged and most recentlywe have been helping Wat Bung Dua, a government school in Patum Thani, which had been severely damaged by the flood earlierthis year. Besides raising money to rebuild the schoolʼs library and replace many ruined items through various fundraising events atAnglo, to help this school further the Secondary Year 3, Year 4, and JC students went on a 2hour bus ride to Patum Thani where they painted the the Wat Bung Dua school library andmet with many of the Wat Bung Dua students to help them improve their English skillsthrough reading and other activities. This particular community service project was studentledby Jazlina (JC1), Beau (JC1) and Name (Y3). All students, teachers and administratorsinvolved came away feeling that it was a very powerful experience that they will not soonforget!On another community service trip to the Red CrossOrphanʼs House (Thai Red Cross Society), Angloʼs SecondaryYear 2 students spent quality time giving the children love and care while also donatingthings to them. Anglo students also shared many activities, games and songs with the childrenthere. Most of the kids at the orphanage were toddlers to about kindergarten-aged but somewere older. The children at the orphanage seemed happy to see the Anglo students and appreciatedthe help given.When I look into the future, I can see Anglo being one of the first to step up and help those inneed – be it from another natural disaster or by simply aiding impoverished children in ourcommunity. There is one thing very special about the students and teachers of Anglo Singapore International School; they donʼt justhelp others because they have the money, they help because they have big hearts. Our students and teachers really care and that is avery special thing indeed.iPads in Education: The iPad is a Must-Have for Modern-Day Studentsby Anglo E-Newsletter Staffers1. Compact: It occupies a new space in technology,one which is still undefined in some ways, yet whichis likely to be significant over time. It is very portableand does what laptops do yet also offers so muchmore.2. Specialised Learning: It will help to personaliselearning – especially as teachers begin to create newways of using these devices to help students withspecific needs. As an example, the eBook Readerʼsdictionary feature is a great tool for learning vocabularyin context while reading. For newer English languagelearners, this is a big plus!3. Ease of Use: The end of networks? - the iPadcould be the beginning of the end of the dominanceof networks in education. How much time is wastednot being able to ʻlog inʼ? How often is the networkʻdownʼ? The iPad could hold all the apps a learnerneeds for a day/week/month/termʼs work, with noreal need to enter a schoolʼs network.4. Loads of Apps: Itʼs a blank canvas - the numberof apps written specifically for learning is huge sothere is almost everything imaginable to target thelearnerʼs needs. It may possibly be the mobile devicewhich could transform the way people learn.5. Instant Use: Instant-on & all-day battery -young people rightly expect devices to come tolife at the press of a button. Itʼs possible to get onthe Net and find the information you require usingan iPad before a laptop has finished runningthrough its boot-up sequence. Using a device allthrough the school day without having to charge itup saves a huge amount of time for students.6. Contextual Learning: The iPad canbe an ʻanywhere anytimeʼ learning device.This makes it ideal for research projects andlearning which take place out of the classroom, inthe schools grounds, or on day visits or classoutings.

Anglo Expands to New Campus by Nat (P6) & Gin (P6)Many parents and students are asking aboutthe new campus at Sukhumvit 64 and so weat the Anglo E-Newsletter have decided towrite an update for our readers.During an interview with this reporter, theschool director, Mrs. Julie said that the mainschool building is ready but just waiting foran approval letter from the MOE (Minister ofEducation). The MOE must tour each newschool and approve of it and its facilitiesbefore an educational institution can open.Angloʼs new campus has many new features.The school has three buildings in total.The first and main school building is fivestories high, the second one is four storieshigh, but the third one has not been confirmedyet as to its size.The entire Sukhumvit 64 campus covers 8rai. The new campus is located directly nextto the Bunam Punnatthi BTS Station, so it isvery convenient to get there via BTS. Yousimply walk out of the southeast exit anddirectly to the sidewalk in front of the schoolcampus.The only thing that would make the campusbetter located is if it were closer to downtown,as some students and teachers willnow have a longer commute to school. But,where would Anglo ever find 8 rai of vacantland in lower Sukhumvit? In short, the locationis good and the campus itself evenbetter.Some of the E-Newsletterʼs favorite iPadfeatures are listed below:eBook Reader This feature could beamazing if publishing houses get their actstogether to offer more books. The iPadcould be perfect for educational text booksas well as novels and as mentioned above,the ease of vocabulary learning through thedictionary and thesaurus features isamazing.Web Research Browsing should be asgood as a laptop yet more personal andflexible.Presenting Itʼs great for handheld presentingto a small group of peers.The Sukhumvit 64 campus will sportfour complete science laboratories, anathletic training room, a theatre-likeauditorium for various performances,an indoor gym with basketball courtand a 25 meter swimming pool.Once completed, there will also be avariety of outdoor athletic facilities suchas a running track, badminton courtand tennis court.The new campus will be open forNursery students all the way to JCstudents, so it will be a campus toserve the full range of Anglo studentsfrom the very young to those ready tohead to university. The Sukhumvit 31campus will then only include classesfrom Nursery to Primary 4 students(should any wish to stay nearer todowntown).All new school enrollees must pass aseries of entrance exams to enter theschool.Publishing With Pages & iBooks Authoron the Mac and Book Creator & CBB onthe iPad, itʼs easy to create original ePubtitles.Art Work There are some great appsfor drawing & painting for all ages, someof which are quite sophisticated.Note-taking Itʼs an easy, portablemethod for learners to make notes andmind-maps of class and lectureinformation.Digital Storytelling With built-in stilland video cameras plus a decentmicrophone, the iPad is ideal for simpledigital storytelling.Creativity So many apps offer opportunitiesfor learners to create & developoriginal ideas & stories.This is to ensure the high-qualityacademics that Anglo has becomefamous for.Mrs. Julie also mentioned thatthere will be new school uniformsfor the Sukhumvit 64 campus; anew campus and a new image forAnglo.Everyone is looking forward togoing to the new campus. It surelysounds like a marvelous campusand we at the E-Newsletter hopeto see many students at the newcampus!Music There are an increasingnumber of musical apps comingalong which encourage learners tocreate music in new & innovativeways.Video Editing iMovie uses the built-in cameras to take footage & dosome basic video editing. Expectthis app (and others) to becomemore sophisticated with every newrelease.7. Conclusion: When all thepotential functions of the iPad areadded up, its form, the iOS, thecameras, & the apps, it becomesclear that the iPad is a PersonalLearning Studio. It can be a sciencelab, literacy tool, research station,history archive, language lab, artcanvas, music studio, video editingsuite, games console & library. Weat the Anglo E-Newsletter firmlyrecommend iPads as a learningdevice for all students from aboutP5 upwards.

Khao Yai Mathematics and Science Camp By Ann Ann (P6) and Taisei (P5)From May 10 th to the 12 th , Anglo students from Primary 4 toSecondary 2 attended the 5 th Annual Mathematics andScience Camp in Khao Yai.Mr. Ricky was the CampCommander and studentswere divided into ninegroups: A, B, C, D, E, F, Hand I with two teachers incharge per group. Eachgroup consisted of about14 to 15 children. Everychild is assigned a buddywho went with each otherwherever they went. Studentsslept in dormitorieswhich were also dividedinto sections of A (1to 12), B (1 to 12), C (1 to12), and D (1 to 12), with B7 as an infirmary room.Once everyone arrived, children were given a camp bookletwith the total of 17 pages including camp rules and space forthem to write each dayʼs reflection.On the first day, we went to the morning assembly until7:45, when we set off for the camp with a pit stop at PetrolKiosk. We arrived at the Holiday Park Resort at 1 p.m. wherestudents were assigned their rooms and roommates and thenwere sent off for a very brief lunch break.Ms. Mary and many of other teachers had a hard timetaking off the leeches and cleaning the openings andbruises made by them. Blood seeped out of the smallopenings but the wounds were not painful. In fact, it wasprobably the best lesson learned duringthe whole trip. We were in natureafter all.While half of the students weretrekking, the rest of the groupsstarted with the outdoor- Prefectsʼ-Games with the total of five stations.The questions/equations were allabout mathematics. They used a lot oftechniques in the games and in someof the games we solved the equationsalone, and sometimes, we had tosolve them as a team.Then, students had anotherice-breaking game which was ToxicLand Mines, in which we had to cross the toxic land to thesafe place without stepping off of small pieces ofnewspaper that students slid under their feet. This gamerequired a lot of teamwork.When the groups A, B, C, D, and half of E came back andAfter lunch, we started doing team building games in whichpeople in the group got to know more about each other. Itstarted off with the Four Facts Game, and then thePicassoʼs Time (as we call it) in which each group would learnabout communicating and doing things in a team. After that,we had another team building game in which people in thesame group held hands without letting go and went to findthe clues that would lead to solving the game.There were also some ice-breaking games which includedlining up from tallest to smallest with communication andoldest to youngest without communication. Another gamewas Longest Line and in it, we had to use the things on ourbody to make the longest line.Later that night, we had a “night walk” in which we had todepend on others to walk in a dark room. Most students werehoping that the night walk would actually be a walk throughthe natural environment at night but it wasnʼt.After that, we had our late supper and went to sleep around11 p.m. As we went further inside the monsoon rainforest,the weather started to turn bad. By the time it was about11:25, tiny droplets of the water started to fall from the skyand thunder could be heard in the distance. We came out ofthe forest at about 11:45 and at that time, some of the studentsnoticed many leeches were stuck on their legs.told their story about leaches, plans were changed andthe next group went to a vineyard instead.The most enjoyable time of the entire camp was duringthe last night of the campfire. This year we had a realcampfire and along with that, every group acted theirown parody with prizes given to the group who put onthe best shows. It was a good finale for the trip.We felt that this yearʼs math and science camp wasenjoyable but that it could be better if students wereallowed more time to think quietly and reflect upon thingsbefore being rushed right into yet another activity.Another thing that could make the camp better in thefuture is for more activities to be based around theenvironment that we are in. In other words, it would bebetter to have more lessons about the naturalenvironment while in the natural setting.

What is Experiential Education? By Jinnawat (P6)The things we have to learn before we do them, we learn by doing them.- AristotleSince Anglo has just returned from another Math & Science Camp and we often go on class outings to various locations around Bangkokand even outside of Bangkok, we at the newsletter felt it was appropriate to do a report on experiential education. So, what really isexperiential education?Students are actively involvedIn experiential education, the student becomes moreactively involved in the learning process than intraditional classroom education. For example, going to azoo and learning through observation and interactionwith the zoo environment is experiential and in contrastto reading and talking about animals in aclassroom. The main difference here is that the teacherwho takes his/her students to the zoo rather than stay inthe classroom probably values direct experience morehighly than abstract knowledge. In short, learning bydoing or firsthand observation is the key to experientialeducational.Educators' value the students' experienceExperiential education is based on experiential learning. Experiential educators operate under the assumption that: Educational goals canbe effectively met by allowing the learner's educational experience to influence the educational process. To learn by actually doing tasks intheir natural environment is key.Experiential educators are aware that random experiences alone are not always good for learning. Thus, experiential educators try toarrange particular sets of experiences which target specific educational goals within an environment that the experiences would naturallyoccur – much like “on the job experience” for working adults. The setting for the experiences is often the most important feature as thismakes the experience “real”. Educators must make use of the setting/environment. If the experience is to be natural science-based,successful teachers will make use of the natural environment and conduct such “classes” in a forest, near a lake or similar setting. Thenatural environment becomes the classroom and nature itself becomes the classroom materials.Experiential education comes in many shapes and sizesExperiential education is widely implemented across many topics - for example,outdoor education, service learning, internships, and group-basedlearning projects. Many other educational projects are experiential, but donot refer to themselves as “experiential education” (e.g., class outings,physical education, drama, and so on).So what is it exactly?• experiential education is learning by doing• experiential education integrates the classroom with the real world• experiential education integrates students' experiences into the curriculumareas• experiential education is any form of teaching that utilizes direct"hands-on" experience• experiential education is about students experiencing a natural, yetoften unfamiliar environment• experiential education is the process of actively engaging students inan experience that will have real consequences in a real life environment

The Bookmark: Literary Review By Ann AnnThere are many great books in the world, but I highly recommend “The Name of This Book Is Secret” written by Pseudonymous Bosch.He or she (itʼs a fake name) has written five books, this being the fifth book.In this story, eleven-year-old schoolmates Cass and Max-Ernest are nothing alike.Max-Ernest is small for his age. He likes to tell jokes and talk non-stop, even when no oneis listening. He lives in a house divided straight down the middle --- one side for each ofhis divorced parents, who still live together and frequently take him to the doctor to findout what makes him so hyper and causes his “condition.”Max-Ernest has a logical mind. He likes to study, make observations and think thingsthrough. He cuts every hair on his head the same length because he “doesnʼt like to favorone hair over another.” He is used to being teased and ridiculed and having his lunchstolen, yet he never lets what other people say upset him. But he is pleased when Cassbecomes his first real “friend.”Cass, a conspiracy-theory-advocate-in-training, has a wild imagination. She doesnʼt caremuch about her appearance, except that she always covers her large, elfin-like ears,which have a tendency to turn bright red when she is embarrassed or less than truthful.Cass is a survivalist who has no time for trivial matters --- or friends.Her take on the story about the boy who cried wolf is that it is “better to cry wolf over andover than never to cry wolf at all.” In addition to her school books and homework, shecarries a backpack full of survival essentials, including a flashlight, compass, maps, rope,first-aid kit and --- well, you get the picture.When Cassʼs mother goes on a Hawaiian “work-plus-vacation trip” and leaves Cass with Larry and Wayne, her substitute grandfathers,Cass and Max-Ernestʼs adventure --- and danger --- begins.Larry and Wayne live around the corner from Cass in an old, abandoned fire station that has been converted to an antiques store andwarehouse. One day --- it was a Wednesday --- Gloria Fortune, a real estate agent for the dead, shows up at the store with a containerof stuff from the home of a magician who has disappeared. After having the house emptied and cleaned out, Gloria has some items shewants Larry and Wayne to take off her hands.One is a redwood box, which is shaped like a briefcase. Inside the box are dozens of sparkling crystal vials, a small brass plaqueengraved with “The Symphony of Smells” and a notebook. Cass enlists Max-Ernest's help to uncover the secret behind the “Symphonyof Smells” and the message hidden in the notebook.While trying to solve the mystery, they encounter Dr. L. and Ms. Mauvais, wealthy and evil villains who wear white gloves, ride in alimousine and have an unnatural interest in children with special gifts. When Cass tries to rescue an unusually gifted classmatewho goes missing after Dr. L. and Ms. Mauvais visit their school, Cass does more than solve a mystery. She learns about the truemeaning of loyalty, bravery and friendship.The narratorʼs playful voice, engaging characters and unusual plot make THE NAME OF THIS BOOK IS SECRET a delight to read. Butafter you finish it; be sure to keep the secret!Grand Opening of Sukhumvit 64 CampusCommunity Service Camp in KanchanaburiWorld High School Debate CompetitionChildrenʼs Day CelebrationHalloween FunLoy Krathong FestivalSpotlight on…New Teachers / New Student BiosA Day in the life of …Career Field InterviewsIntʼl Food Fair / Christmas CelebrationAND MUCH MORE!Anglo Newsletter StaffMr. Bill – Editor‐in‐ChiefGuy (P6) – PresidentYanjie (P6) – Vice PresidentJinnawat (P6) – Assistant EditorSirijung (P6) – SecretaryZen (P6)Nat (P6)Prab (P6)Jonas (P6)Ann‐Ann (P6)Gin (P6)Linya (P5)Angel (P5)Taisei (P5)