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Your choice. Their future. Our family. โรงเรียนนานาชาติการ์เด้นอีสเทิร์นซีบอร์ดบ้านฉาง <strong>June</strong> <strong>2017</strong><br />
END OF YEAR EVENTS<br />
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From Mrs Hawtree: Principal<br />
From the Principal<br />
Dear GIS Community,<br />
It’s hard to believe that a whole year has passed – and what an exciting and busy year it has been! I hope<br />
that your children have enjoyed their year at GIS, and have grown academically, socially and emotionally<br />
during the year.<br />
It’s ironic that our core value this month is ‘reflective’ as the end of the year is certainly the time to reflect<br />
on our achievements and to consider what went well and what we could have done better. I hope that all<br />
our students will spend a little time reflecting over the summer break, and return in August ready for another<br />
exciting year of learning.<br />
A couple of dates for your diary:<br />
Thursday 17 August – first day of the academic year <strong>2017</strong>/18 for students<br />
Tuesday 22 August – welcome evening for all parents - meet the teachers and find out what is new for<br />
this year (details to follow in August).<br />
I hope that, whatever your plans for the summer, you have a wonderful break and, for those leaving the<br />
Eastern Seaboard, we wish you well in your new schools.<br />
Kind Regards,<br />
Ms Dinah Hawtree<br />
Principal<br />
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Upcoming Events<br />
Whole School<br />
<strong>June</strong> 24-August 16: holidays<br />
Thursday August 17 - School opens: Term 1 begins (Day 1)<br />
Secondary<br />
July 6: IB results’ day<br />
August 10: IGCSE results’ day<br />
August 18: IB2 deadline for Extended Essay first draft<br />
CAR BOOT SALE AND PICNIC<br />
The annual car boot sale and picnic was a great success,<br />
thanks to the support of the Friends of Garden. Visitors<br />
picked up some bargains at the car boot sale, while students<br />
and some staff joined in a range of sporting activities.<br />
Many thanks to our generous GIS sponsors:<br />
Platinum<br />
Aditya Birla<br />
Encounter Church<br />
Indorama<br />
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Head to our Facebook page for the latest news on<br />
what’s been happening at GIS. This month, you<br />
can read about:<br />
www.facebook.com/gardeninternationalschool<br />
You can also watch our latest videos about what’s<br />
been happening at GIS by going here:<br />
www.youtube.com/user/gardenrayongthailand<br />
Follow us on Instagram! Find us at<br />
garden_international_school or search for<br />
#gistitans<br />
Check out our Pinterest page and see the dozens<br />
of photos showcasing life at GIS.<br />
Follow our tweets on Twitter!<br />
https://www.twitter.com/gisrayong<br />
See our snaps and stories on Snapchat!<br />
Our username is gisthailand<br />
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From Mr Walsh: Head of Primary<br />
Dear parents and carers,<br />
After my first full year at GIS, I am increasingly amazed at the<br />
range of talents of the GIS students. In class and in assemblies<br />
we have lots of labels for the different subjects and<br />
characteristics that we teach and promote. Our Core Values<br />
are extremely important as they represent the range of<br />
characteristics needed to be a complete learner.<br />
We have children in Primary who can speak 3 languages fluently,<br />
others who can play 2 instruments to a high-graded<br />
standard, others who have represented their country at<br />
chess, others who have represented our school at FOBISIA<br />
in all events, others who have won Mathematics’ competitions,<br />
others who can independently bake a delicious cake<br />
from scratch, and so on.<br />
However, despite there being an amazing array of talented<br />
individuals at GIS, sometimes we hear a student state that<br />
they are ‘dumb’. It’s mystifying that some students can do the<br />
most amazing things but still seem to think they’re not clever.<br />
We have talked to the students about the multiple intelligences<br />
theory that breaks “intelligence” down into categories.<br />
So, if you can score a basket from 15 feet away, that’s clever.<br />
If you can stay Ace in handball for 5 turns, that’s clever (ask<br />
your children if you don’t understand this one!).<br />
If you can make new friends and not fall out with your friends<br />
every few days, that’s intelligent. Emotionally intelligent.<br />
If you’re aware of your own strengths and areas to develop,<br />
that’s intelligent. If you can use a range of household ingredients<br />
to perfect your home-made slime recipe, that’s bright!<br />
Now that we’ve reached the end of this year, we’ve asked the<br />
students to think about and acknowledge the things that<br />
they’re good at. But nobody’s perfect, and the things that<br />
they’re not so great at are areas that we can enjoy working on<br />
next academic year.<br />
We are very proud of the achievements of all of the Foundation<br />
and Primary students this year.<br />
NEW<br />
TIMETABLE<br />
Next year, we are<br />
moving to a 5-day timetable<br />
in Primary and a<br />
10-day timetable in<br />
Secondary. This should<br />
make it easier for<br />
everyone to manage<br />
their timetables, especially<br />
the children. The<br />
new 5-day timetable for<br />
each class and the key<br />
events for the<br />
academic year will be<br />
included in the communication<br />
diaries at the<br />
start of the year.<br />
Clubs<br />
Our clubs’ coordinators<br />
have already<br />
been working on a new<br />
range of clubs that we<br />
will offer during period<br />
8 every Tuesday and<br />
Thursday from August.<br />
We will publish the new<br />
clubs’ lists as soon as<br />
possible at the start of<br />
the year so that the students<br />
can choose and<br />
start as soon as possible.<br />
There will be some familiar<br />
and some new<br />
after school activities.<br />
There are provisional<br />
details of these from<br />
Ms Longstaffe later on<br />
in this newsletter.
Primary Has Talent Finals<br />
By Mr Mark<br />
Primary Has Talent came to a crashing<br />
crescendo on <strong>June</strong> 13 as the six finalists,<br />
chosen in the first two heats, stepped in to the<br />
limelight one more time. This was the best of<br />
the best, the cream of the cream, showcasing<br />
a range of talents and musical prowess. Each<br />
student brought something unique and outstanding<br />
to the stage. Congratulations to the<br />
winner, not only for his drum technique, but<br />
also his smooth Gangnam style!<br />
KEEPING UP THE ROUTINES<br />
Students should certainly get a chance to relax,<br />
have fun and have adventures during the<br />
holidays. They have worked very hard over<br />
the year and they deserve a rest. However,<br />
as teachers we often see a dip in attainment<br />
after the long holidays, so it is important to<br />
keep your child(ren) stimulated physically<br />
and mentally over the holiday.<br />
The key things to do are:<br />
Keep reading with your child.<br />
Writing a holiday journal or postcards is a fun<br />
way of keeping the writing skills going.<br />
For mathematics’ skills, keep practising the<br />
times tables. Working out change when<br />
shopping and also doing lots of cooking are<br />
effective ways of keeping those skills honed.<br />
Try to ensure your child is getting at least 1<br />
hour of physical activity every day.<br />
The eating and bedtime routines often<br />
change during the holiday. It is a good idea,<br />
during the week before returning to school, to<br />
start aligning holiday routines back with<br />
school routines so that the first week back is<br />
not such a shock to the system!<br />
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PRIMARY AWARDS<br />
Well done to the winners of awards at the Primary Awards’ assembly. There were<br />
awards for Progress, Excellence, Endeavour, Nam Jai Ngam and sporting achievement.<br />
NEW TEACHERS<br />
Many students have already<br />
virtually met our 3 new teachers<br />
by watching presentations during<br />
our transition session.<br />
Our changes to staffing include:<br />
Mr Andrew Reade who will be<br />
a Year 6 Teacher and Head of<br />
Year 5 and 6.<br />
Mr Jon Burnill who will be a<br />
Year 5 Teacher.<br />
Mr Matthew Sherwen who will<br />
be a Year 3 Teacher.<br />
Ms Jenn will move from Year 5<br />
to Year 4 and will be an Assistant<br />
Principal with a wholeschool<br />
responsibility for Staff Development.<br />
Ms Laurence will move from<br />
Year 4 to Year 6 and will be an<br />
Assistant Principal with a wholeschool<br />
responsibility for Curriculum<br />
and Community.<br />
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PRIMARY MUSIC<br />
By Ms Michelle<br />
PRIMARY RECITAL<br />
GIS students, staff and parents were treated to<br />
some wonderful performances at a Primary Recital<br />
by the Primary students. The talents that were<br />
showcased were the drums, piano and cello playing<br />
as well as some singing numbers.<br />
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SUMMER CONCERT<br />
Primary ended its school year with the annual Summer Concert and open afternoon.<br />
There were dances from our Spanish and Thai departments as well as lots and lots of singing<br />
and instrumental playing.<br />
There was even a surprise number by the Staff Band. Mr Walsh, Mr Mark, Mr Abbs, Mr Nolan<br />
and Mr George have made a stellar performance of the iconic Guns and Roses’ Sweet Child o’<br />
Mine. The concert culminated in a whole school song, Baba Yetu, played by the combined<br />
Secondary and Primary orchestra.<br />
This event has been made possible by the dedicated teachers who have given their time and<br />
effort in teaching the students their songs, instrumental music and dances and the parents who<br />
have supported their children with their presence. It was also possible thanks to the technical<br />
staff, Mr Evan for the lights and sounds, Mr Ritche for the media adverts, and the maintenance<br />
team for setting up the staging and props. And especially thanks to the students for their hard<br />
work in attending all rehearsals and learning their parts.<br />
(And thanks to you too, Ms Michelle for an absolutely fantastic Summer Concert with so many<br />
students playing instruments and singing so well – Mr Walsh)<br />
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OPEN AFTERNOON<br />
Following the hugely successful Summer Concert, the children<br />
were excited to share a learning experience with their parents<br />
inside the Primary classrooms.<br />
Primary children whizzed back to the classes to prepare their<br />
stations for the 'Open House' and parents followed soon behind.<br />
On show were many different learning activities and opportunities<br />
for parents to play games, do experiments and pit their skills<br />
against the children, and sometimes one another.<br />
Year 1 Trip<br />
Year 1 had a fantastic trip to<br />
the Teddy Bear Museum in<br />
Pattaya. They had the opportunity<br />
to play and pretend<br />
they were living in dinosaur<br />
times and be paleontologists<br />
discovering dinosaur<br />
bones!<br />
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YEAR 6 IN CHIANG MAI<br />
Year 6 students enjoyed an action-packed trip to Chiang<br />
Mai. They visited temples and learned about the local culture.<br />
Among the highlights was a trip to Doi Suthep. The<br />
students loved learning about Buddhism and all the different<br />
ways we can show respect to Buddha. They also visit-<br />
FOUNDATION GRADUATION<br />
Students in Foundation celebrated the end of their year with a special series of performances<br />
and a feast on the last day of term, watched by a hall full of proud parents and carers.<br />
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YEAR 3 VISITS KHAO KHEOW OPEN ZOO<br />
Year 3 thoroughly enjoyed their first overnight residential trip. For some of them this was their first time sleeping<br />
away from their parents, so at first they were a little nervous but they soon forgot their worries as they had so<br />
much fun. On their first day they explored the zoo, feeding various animals - learning more about their teeth and<br />
the types of food they eat. They were even lucky enough to see real animal skulls. After an exciting night safari<br />
learning about nocturnal animals, they headed to their bunk beds for a ‘sleepover’.<br />
On the second day the children embarked on a trek through the ‘jungle’ – they learnt about countless common<br />
plants grown in Thailand and the medicinal properties they have. They were even lucky enough to use the materials<br />
gathered to make their own organic soap. They really had an amazing adventure and made many unforgettable<br />
memories.<br />
I would like to take this opportunity to thanks all the parents and caregivers for the support you have<br />
shown to GIS this academic year. Have a lovely break with your children, they have done you proud this<br />
year. See you in August.<br />
Mr Walsh<br />
Head of Primary<br />
headpri@gardenrayong.com<br />
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From our Prefects<br />
CREATIVITY— TARA<br />
Being a Prefect has really given me the opportunity to grow as<br />
an individual. Throughout this year I have been able to engage<br />
in a variety of activities, increase my confidence as a leader and<br />
grow closer to those around me. It has been a privilege to have<br />
been able to work collaboratively, with both the teachers and<br />
students. Thank you for allowing me to carry out these responsibilities.<br />
I look forward to seeing what the future Prefects can<br />
bring to our school, and hope you all enjoy the summer holidays.<br />
HUMANITIES / HEAD GIRL — SHILPI<br />
This year has been the most challenging, yet rewarding, year so<br />
far in GIS. Having multiple opportunities to step out of my comfort<br />
zone – leading assemblies, formal events, attending conferences<br />
– has been a privilege. I learnt to discipline myself in<br />
times where I was juggling multiple responsibilities, to fight my<br />
nerves when speaking to a crowd, and to understand the importance<br />
of perseverance. Most importantly, I understood the<br />
importance of teamwork. It has been an honour to work with this<br />
Prefect group – I couldn’t ask for a more supportive team. I look<br />
forward to the new ideas that come with the next Prefect group,<br />
and hope that they enjoy it just as much as we have.<br />
SERVICES / HEAD BOY — JIGNIL<br />
Hello everyone, this is the last time I will be writing as one of<br />
the Prefects of GIS and I want to tell you all that being a Prefect<br />
has been a very valuable and enjoyable experience for me to<br />
have. Organising events, talking to students about what they<br />
would like to see and being able to represent this school are<br />
just few of the things I loved doing as a Prefect. I would like to<br />
thank the Prefect team for always being there and helping out. I<br />
would also like to thank Mr Beales for guiding us through our<br />
duties as Prefects. I would like to end this by wishing all the<br />
new Prefects the best of luck for the year ahead and to all the<br />
students at GIS a happy Summer Holiday!<br />
SCIENCES — SHOMIT<br />
My name is Shomit Ghosh and I was the Science Prefect<br />
for the academic year 2016-17. I thoroughly enjoyed being<br />
a Prefect as it allowed us to take responsibility for certain<br />
events and act as role model to the student body. I hope I<br />
can continue to develop the skills that I have acquired by<br />
being a student leader. Finally, I would like to thank my<br />
mentor, Mr Berry, for helping and guiding me through this<br />
academic year as a Prefect. It has been an honour serving<br />
as the Science Prefect and I wish the future Prefects the<br />
very best!<br />
LANGUAGES — NARISA<br />
Phew! We made it through an entire year filled with so<br />
many wonderful events, not to mention memories! Here are<br />
some of mine: Getting 1,000 Kit-kats and hiding the golden<br />
tickets in them for Roald Dahl Day, decorating the hall with<br />
colourful Indian scarves and applying henna designs during<br />
Diwali, finding out the different languages spoken in school,<br />
discovering incredible writers in the form of teachers, MCing<br />
— the most nerve-wracking but also exciting experience.<br />
I could go on, but I do have to mention my friends and<br />
of course Mr Beales; without their support everything would<br />
have been impossible. To finish off, I wish the new Prefects<br />
best of luck and happy holidays!<br />
ACTIVITY- PREM<br />
My role as the Activity Prefect has almost come to an end,<br />
however, during this time I have learnt many things from<br />
my different experiences. Some of the memorable<br />
experiences included being the MC for the talent show,<br />
taking charge of the United Nations’ Day and conducting<br />
assemblies. Now, thinking back, I am grateful for these<br />
experiences as they have made me into a confident and<br />
risk-taking student, which I hope to carry with me through<br />
my life. Also, I would like to thank my mentor, Ms<br />
Longstaffe, the team of Prefects and Mr Beales for all of<br />
their support. I wish the future Prefects the best of luck.<br />
Head Girl /<br />
Humanities<br />
Shilpi<br />
Head Boy /<br />
Services<br />
Jignil<br />
Science<br />
Shomit<br />
Activities<br />
Prem<br />
Languages<br />
Narisa<br />
Creativity<br />
Tara
We have some great school blogs to tell you about life at GIS. Click<br />
on the links below to see what’s been going on!<br />
PRIMARY BLOGS<br />
Early Years http://earlyyears.gardenrayong.com/<br />
Nursery http://nursery.gardenrayong.com/<br />
Reception http://reception.gardenrayong.com/<br />
Year 1 http://year1.gardenrayong.com/<br />
Year 2 http://year2.gardenrayong.com/<br />
Year 3 http://year3.gardenrayong.com/<br />
Year 4 http://year4.gardenrayong.com/<br />
Year 5 http://year5.gardenrayong.com/<br />
Year 6 http://year6.gardenrayong.com/<br />
ESL Blog: http://primaryels.gardenrayong.com<br />
SECONDARY BLOGS<br />
Year 7-9<br />
IGCSE<br />
IB<br />
ELS<br />
http://year7to9.gardenrayong.com/<br />
http://gisigcse.gardenrayong.com/<br />
http://ib.gardenrayong.com/<br />
http://secondaryels.gardenrayong.com<br />
WHOLE SCHOOL BLOGS<br />
Extra-curricular Sport<br />
Extra-curricular Music<br />
http://gissport.gardenrayong.com/<br />
http://gismusicblog.gardenrayong.com/<br />
Extra-curricular Drama http://gisdrama.gardenrayong.com/<br />
Library<br />
http://library.gardenrayong.com/<br />
Community Programmes http://communityprogrammes.gardenrayong.com/<br />
Community Service<br />
Friends of Garden<br />
Boarding<br />
http://gisserviceprojects.gardenrayong.com/<br />
http://friendsofgarden.gardenrayong.com/<br />
http://gisboarding.gardenrayong.com/
TIGER TRIUMPHS!<br />
Students from Tiger House enjoyed an afternoon<br />
of fun and games after being crowned<br />
House champions.<br />
In a tightly-fought contest, Tiger just pipped<br />
Cobra to the post to become House champions<br />
for 2016-17. Their reward was a special<br />
lunch and then an afternoon packed with<br />
activities, including a bouncy castle, volleyball,<br />
golf and a water slide.<br />
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ANNUAL SPORTS’ AWARDS<br />
On Thursday <strong>June</strong> 15 the PE department held the Annual Sports Awards' Evening. Taekwondo<br />
expert Nikon Gormley, their guest speaker, gave an inspirational speech. Well done to all the students<br />
who have participated in the GIS Titans teams this year and to the pupils who won the special awards.<br />
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From Mr Share: Head of Secondary<br />
Dear parents and carers,<br />
We have made it to the end of a busy and exciting year. We have now finished our awards and celebrations’<br />
season that has seen the Sports’ Awards and Academic Awards in the last week. It was fantastic to<br />
see supportive parents at all the awards. Our House competition has come to an end for the year and this<br />
year’s winners were Tiger House. On Tuesday they had a celebration of all of their efforts and success by<br />
having a house winner’s party; they were off timetable after period 5, with an afternoon of fun that joined<br />
the Primary and Secondary students together. We also had the fun and exciting Friends of Garden (FoG)<br />
Picnic last Saturday. Thank you to FoG for all of their support and input into helping the school community<br />
as a whole, and I look forward to working with them again next year.<br />
As we are now at the summer holidays, traditionally a time when many parents purchase uniform, I would<br />
just like to make you aware of the small updates to the Secondary uniform policy as we try to smarten up a<br />
little bit for next year. There have been some minor amendments to shoes and trainer policy which we will<br />
bring in from January 2018. Therefore, if you have just purchased a pair of shoes or trainers you can still<br />
get plenty of wear from them. The main change to note, is that we require Secondary students to have<br />
black shoes or trainers from January. We use the word predominantly black but ultimately we feel there<br />
are plenty of opportunities to buy a wide range of comfortable and suitable shoes that are all black in nature,<br />
and we would prefer this. There are also slight amendments to the IB uniform as well.<br />
Finally wherever you are for the next seven weeks I hope it is a great summer. For those that are leaving<br />
us good luck in your new life and and opportunities and for everyone else I look forward to seeing many<br />
parents and students on the first day of next school year, Thursday 17 August.<br />
Regards<br />
Mr Share<br />
Head of Secondary<br />
headsec@gardenrayong.com
DRESS CODE<br />
For IB Students (IB Foundation, IB1 and IB2)<br />
Clothing<br />
Clothing should be smart business attire, which means it must be clean, respectable and presentable<br />
and, on the whole, not discriminate between boys or girls.<br />
Plain white or plain blue shirts or blouses should have a collar. For girls, smart business tops without<br />
a collar are acceptable.<br />
Tailored trousers can be worn by boys or girls and should be long and dark in colour and skirts or<br />
shorts should be of respectable length (knee length or below). The IBDP Coordinator and/or Head<br />
of Secondary decides if the length is respectable.<br />
Polo shirts, ‘hoodies’, sportswear, denim jeans, leggings and ripped trousers are not allowed.<br />
Students must not wear clothing deemed to be too revealing (this includes for girls strappy tops or<br />
anything that reveals their mid-riff, and a combination of bare arms and shoulders).<br />
Hats, caps and sunglasses may not be worn inside classrooms.<br />
Only shoes are acceptable, not trainers, and the shoes should be mainly dark in colour (girls should<br />
wear flat-heeled shoes). Ties may be worn, but are not a requirement.<br />
Jewellery<br />
One discreet stud per ear is permitted as an ear-ring. One simple finger ring is allowed. A discreet<br />
necklace under the shirt and two bracelets may be worn.<br />
No other visible piercing is allowed.<br />
Hair and makeup<br />
Hair must be clean and neat with no eccentric styles. Students are not allowed to change their hair<br />
to any non-natural colour or add any highlights of any non-natural colours.<br />
Any use of make-up should be minimal and natural-looking.<br />
A discreet natural coloured, or clear, nail polish is allowed with no bright colours or intricate designs.<br />
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GIS Dress Code for Years 7-11<br />
Shirts<br />
GIS school shirt /blouse<br />
Trousers / Shorts / Skirts<br />
Skirts or shorts should be dark blue and of reasonable (not above the knee) length<br />
Shorts should be dark blue from the uniform shop (tailored)<br />
Tailored trousers are allowed for girls (especially where religious beliefs are adhered to).<br />
No sports shorts or tracksuit bottoms are allowed as part of the normal everyday uniform.<br />
No jeans of any type, chinos or leggings are allowed.<br />
Footwear<br />
The school prefers all black footwear whether that is leather shoes or trainers.<br />
Shoes/trainers from January 1 2018 should be predominantly black (including laces),<br />
covered (not open) and safe to walk in. Predominantly black means 80% of the shoe<br />
should be black. We will allow trainers with normal sized logos (but prefer blackened logos).<br />
Indistinguishable other colours that are interwoven into the shoe design are acceptable, as<br />
long as the overall look is black. If in doubt students should buy black only.<br />
No high top (basketball) boots; students may change at break times into basketball boots as<br />
long as they change back into normal footwear for lessons.<br />
Cool Weather Clothing<br />
Students may wear a school jumper or a GIS Titans hoodie. No other jumpers should be<br />
worn on the school site at any time.<br />
A rain top may be worn into school and stored in a school locker or school bag when appropriate.<br />
Overall Appearance<br />
Students’ hair, cleanliness and clothing should be respectable and presentable.<br />
Students are not allowed to change their natural hair colour or add any highlights of any nonnatural<br />
colours. No shaved patterns or shaved heads. Long hair should be neatly tied back.<br />
One discreet stud per ear is permitted. No other visible piercing is allowed and no visible tattoos.<br />
One simple finger ring is allowed. A discreet necklace under the shirt and two bracelets may<br />
be worn. Any use of make-up should be minimal and natural-looking.<br />
A discreet natural coloured, or clear, nail polish is allowed with no bright colours and no intricate<br />
designs.<br />
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SECONDARY AWARDS 2016-17<br />
Dozens of students were given special certificates at the annual<br />
Secondary Awards’ assembly. Students were rewarded for their<br />
endeavor and also their academic attainment in their subjects.<br />
There were also special awards for the most kind-hearted student,<br />
the most internationally-minded student and the student with the<br />
best overall academic performance.<br />
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IGCSE<br />
Year 11 Formal Evening<br />
Students from GIS have celebrated the end of their IGCSE<br />
examinations with a special event in Pattaya.<br />
The Year 11 students have just completed their IGCSEs and<br />
marked the occasion with a formal evening at the Hilton, Pattaya,<br />
on <strong>June</strong> 10.<br />
The evening began with a welcome speech by IGCSE<br />
Coordinator Mr Chris Stokes, and was followed by several<br />
polished performances by students. Guests enjoyed an<br />
international/Thai buffet.<br />
The International General Certificate of Secondary Education<br />
are run by Cambridge International Examinations; they are<br />
the world's leading qualification for 16-year-olds. Many of the<br />
Year 11 students will continue their education at GIS in August,<br />
when they begin studying for the IB Diploma.
IGCSE<br />
FORMAL<br />
<strong>2017</strong><br />
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BEACH CLEAN UP<br />
Students in Years 7 to 9 have carried out a beach clean-up in<br />
Ban Chang. The event was part of their PSHE lessons, where<br />
they are learning more about how to care for their environment.<br />
Thanks to Ilse who supplied the safety gloves for students.<br />
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STUDENTS AND TEACHERS ROCK AT BANDSLAM<br />
Some of the best young musicians in the area came together for the annual Bandslam event at GIS.<br />
GIS's talented team of singers and musicians performed some powerful numbers, along with guests<br />
from St Andrews International School. There was also a special performance from the staff band.<br />
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CULTURE VISIT<br />
Year 7 students went to visit one of the area’s most<br />
impressive cultural exhibitions.<br />
The students headed to Viharana Sien in Pattaya to<br />
see an incredible collection of Chinese artefacts. The<br />
trip was run by the History and Mandarin teachers.<br />
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SPANISH RESTAURANT TRIP<br />
Secondary students paid a visit to a Spanish restaurant to sample authentic Spanish dishes.<br />
SPANISH DANCING<br />
Year 4 Spanish students made a piñata,<br />
which was linked to a Mexican topic about<br />
traditions.<br />
They also put on a great dance for the<br />
Primary Summer Concert.<br />
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We continue to celebrate all the countries represented at GIS by flying a different nation’s<br />
flag each week. Here are the countries that have recently been recognised at the front of<br />
the school. Thanks to Humanities’ Prefect and Head Girl Shilpi for preparing these.
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Here is the provisional sports’ timetable for <strong>2017</strong>-18.<br />
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HOUSE CHAMPION REVEALED!<br />
It has been another fantastic year in the House competition and we have a new champion!<br />
Students and staff have ran, solved, climbed, jumped, wrote, danced, sung, acted and pulled to try and ensure<br />
their House was crowned 2016/17 House champions.<br />
It was great to see so many students being risk takers, communicators, thinkers, inquirers and lots more.<br />
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