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Everybody’s Laughing this Smile Day P. 2

Letter from the

Primary Principal

T he process of learning to read involves a great many different skills and various mental processing milestones. It isn’t as

simple as knowing the alphabet and being able to recite by rote. It also requires pattern recognition, cognitive understanding and ma-turity.

Learning to write makes the connection between the words chil-dren have learnt, heard and their understanding of them. Further-more, in the writing process we ask children to think about their letter formation (handwriting), and to remember to use things such as finger spaces and correct punctuation. If that is not enough, to be able to write fiction you have to use your imagination, which is developed through a child’s experiences, including reading.

To develop reading and writing through a new experience, we are welcoming Kenn Nesbitt into school who is not only going to devel-op a love of poetry but also provide us with the stimula-tion for our chil-dren to have a go at being the poet. Year 2 have actual-ly been doing this already and have created a Year 2 Poetry Anthology 2016.

Today in the Key Stage 1 assembly we were lucky to hear some of the poems in the anthology and they were amazing!

Let’s not forget that learning to read is the essence of education, and a firm and solid foundation is a must to create a fundamental love of learning and understanding. I would like to encourage you to use your home language to develop this love of reading as a wonderful way to escape the world in which we live.

Happy reading, Clare Sharp Primary Principal

What do you call two robbers?

A pair of knickers!

T oday, Friday 11thMarch, we celebrated Smile Day. Our theme was ‘’Brightest is Best’’. Students from all Year groups donned different dazzling costumes, including fluorescent green, luminous orange and

even hot pink! Teachers also dressed in their brightest, most colourful and fashionable attire. These marvel-lous manifestations made the school into a bright rainbow of colours.

The excitement didn’t end there – the brightness from our clothes turned into bright smiles, which soon became laughter! Students laughed their way through the day with DEAL (Drop-Everything-and-Laugh). DEAL consisted of a Joke-a-thon (quick consecutive jokes in Primary classes) and an array of jokes, funny faces and even silly dances with the younger students.

Smile Day happens every two years and is an important fundraiser for Operation Smile. Operation Smile Thailand provides free surgeries to repair cleft lip, cleft palate and other facial deformities for children throughout the country. Primary students donated 100 baht for their non-school uniform, that they had been encouraged to earn by helping out with chores at home such as washing up, tidying their rooms, read-ing to brothers or sisters or just by being good!

Over in Secondary, there was lots of fun going on too including a Bake Sale organised by the Smile Club to raise additional funds for this worthy cause. Onesies proved the most popular item in Secondary with a vari-ety of animals and creatures roaming campus.

Thank you to everyone for a great day helping a worthy cause - by taking part in Smile Day, we are chang-ing lives, one smile at a time .

What was your favourite joke of the day?

By Gracie (4W), Sadie (5H) and Hannah (4T), Members of Big CATs ECA

Our favourite joke of today was:

What do you get when you cross a shark with a computer?

A mega bite!

Knock, Knock, Who’s there?

Boo Boo who?

There’s no need to cry!

F rom Monday 7th March to Friday 11th March, the many Community Action Teams at Bangkok Patana School manned stalls to raise awareness for their respective causes during Campaign Week. Amnesty

Patana was delighted to host Khun May, a representative from Amnesty Thailand, as well as Jeevi, Mony and Menan, who are currently seeking asylum in Thailand.

Students got the valuable experience of hearing first hand, personal testimony on the lack of human rights afforded to refugees. Khun May’s inspiring illumination on Amnesty Thailand’s work and Jeevi, Mony and Menan’s moving stories informed the group’s plan for the future. They will be campaigning the issue of hu-man rights for refugees on a wider scale; organising donation drives of material goods to meet short term needs and planning to provide education and training to achieve long term campaign goals.

By Abu Akram Labeeb Hussain, 12J

I found it very interesting because we were able to see the problem from the perspective of someone going through

it. I now know a lot more about the refugee crisis and the conditions that

the refugees have to live in. They aren’t provided with a proper education and often go through health problems that can eventually lead to death. It is im-portant to spread the word of what is going on to try and prevent this crisis from continuing. - Sam Leather, 12K

- Lucy Gregory, 7C

Refugee Mony came to Thailand from Cambodia and has struggled to find

proper education for 12 years. He talked about his story of how he

arrived in Thailand at the age of 12 and was only able to go to school part time

where all they taught him was the basic ABCs. The stories of refugees

gave me an insight to something that is occurring in the very same country as I live in but had no idea was happening.

- Sumedha Sudarshan, 10W

Tia Shayomi Srivastava, 10K

This Amnesty session was one of the most eye-opening things I have ever participated in. I've had temporary instances of passion, when numerous NGO's came to annunciate the cur-rent crises enveloping nations, but they never ever put it into such a strong and effective perspective as it did today...this session will be one of the singular events I recall whenever I think about refugees/asylum seekers. - Songkhla (Khai Dao) Surapatpichai, 12G

University/College Representative Location Date Time

Raffles International College Open House - Raffles International College, Bangna 12.03.16 13:00

Study in California Fair - Anantara Siam Bangkok Hotel 14.03.16 18:30

University of Bath - Senior Studies 15.03.16 12:15

University of Exeter Christopher Dean Senior Studies 15.03.16 12:15

Lancaster University - Senior Studies, 2nd floor 15.03.16 12:15

University of Warwick - Senior Studies 15.03.16 12:15

University College Dublin Dr Eleni Mangina SEC 302 17.03.16 12:15

Study in Australia Mini Interview - Pathumwan Princess Hotel (MBK) 17.03.16 04:00

RMIT University Joseph Dao Senior Studies, 2nd floor 18.03.16 12:15

The University of Melbourne Ti-Ming Boon Senior Studies, 2nd floor 18.03.16 12:15

Australia and New Zealand Interview Program (19th-20th March) - Novotel Hotel Siam (BTS Siam) 19.03.16 13:00

American University - Senior Studies, 2nd floor 28.03.16 12:15

Loyola Marymount University Dwayne Zamora Senior Studies 29.03.16 12:15

More information to come from Secondary World Languages so keep your eyes peeled!

T he Storm were beaten 2-0 by the Tigers at Bangkok Patana School when the two teams last met back in

December, thanks to goals from Tom Brooks and Anupong , so last week’s away game promised to be ac-tion packed.

The game began gently with both sides trading passes and long balls as players tried to acclimatise to the large pitch. The Storm had a decent chance in the fourth minute but the ball was fired wide of the left post. Three minutes later, the ball was in the Storm territory and the Tigers were romping forward. The Tigers’ new signing this sea-son, Tom Brookes, smashed a brilliant low drive into the bottom left corner, leaving the Storm goalkeeper stranded and the Bangkok Patana Tigers in the lead.

Keen to make amends the Storm were very active in attack and got a shot on target in the 13th minute, the Ti-gers goalkeeper dived low to his right and parried the ball away before safely collecting the ball. The Tigers could have doubled in the 19th minute when a long cross from their midfielder bounced high in the Storm penalty area and floated towards the goal. The Storm goalie heroically punched the ball against the bar before it was cleared by the Storm defence. The home team returned to attacking ways in the 22nd minute lobbing a clever ball up field. There were loud appeals for handball when a defender appeared to strike the ball with his hand; however, the ball still made its way to a Storm player, whose effort was superbly caught by the Tigers’ goalkeeper from close range.

In the 25th minute, Shrewsbury Storm attempted anoth-er lob over the Tigers’ defence which was headed towards their striker, who volleyed wide of the left post. The Storm were not done yet and in the 31st minute could well have levelled if it wasn’t for another moment of magic from the Tigers’ goalkeeper. Faced with a one-on-one situation, the

Tigers’ goalie was quick to anticipate a shot and instinc-tively stuck out a leg to kick the resulting shot out to safe-ty.

Things were about to change though, as in the 32nd mi-nute Storm played a square ball up to their striker who unleashed a remarkable long distance shot which flew past the goalkeeper’s dive levelling the scores into half-time.

The second half began in earnest with the Tigers’ goalie pulling off a double save from a corner after Storm had a volley cleared off the line. Things continued to intensify and Shrewsbury were rewarded for their glittering football in the 54th minute when a corner was headed into the back of the net to give the Storm the lead. In the 63rd mi-nute, the Storm demonstrated their attacking prowess again curling a right swerving shot that the Tigers’ goal-keeper caught perfectly with both hands. The Tigers fell further behind as Storm bent the ball into the bottom right corner to the delight of the home fans in the 66th minute, making it 3-1. The onslaught continued with the Storm kneeing the ball past the goalkeeper from within the six-yard box in the 73rd minute.

In the dying minutes of the game, the Tigers scored a goal of genuine quality. From a throw in on the left wing, Wez Hunter crossed the ball to Tigers’ captain Sam Moor-ing, who directed a pinpoint header into the net. Although the match was nearly over, there was still time for the Storm to respond with a header from a successful corner in the 79th minute, sealing a convincing 5-2 victory for the Storm in a pulsating encounter. As well as the dismal score, Tigers’ were disappointed to learn that mid-fielder Tom Iredale will be out for eight weeks after falling over (yes, falling over) his own feet, and breaking two bones in his arm.

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Ton Kiangsiri For winning 3 gold medals at SEASAC Swimming and breaking the

SEASAC record for 100m and 200m breaststroke

Year: 13 What is your favourite moment in BPS sports? Breaking the SEASAC 100m and 200m breaststroke records.

Favourite pun? I’ll swim therefore I.M. Something you miss from your childhood? I miss having no homework to do after training. Favourite Song? Gym Class Heroes - The Fighter

Klang Jatusripitak For getting 3 gold medals at SEASAC Swimming and breaking the SEASAC record for 200m breaststroke

Year: 9

What’s your typical meal for breakfast before swimming? Three pancakes, two croissants, a side of ham, yoghurt, fruit and orange juice. Favorite sports brand? Arena What’s your hidden talent? Mathematics

SEASAC UPDATE

SEASAC SWIMMING 3rd – 5th March Garden International School (KL)

OVERALL

Boys 2nd

Girls 3rd

AGE GROUPS Girls’ U12 – 7th Boys’ U12 – 4th

Girls’ 13/14 – 3rd Boys’ 13/14 - CHAMPIONS

Girls’ 15+ - 3rd Boys’ 15+ - 4th

Congratulations to all swimmers, coaches and parents

who represented BPS in KL.

What a fantastic weekend for the TigerSharks!

Upcoming Events

FOBISIA SAILING

Alissa Welser For coming 1st in 100m, 200m and

4x100m in BISAC Athletics

Year: 9

Who inspires you? Mr. Watson because he told me he would never give up on me.

Ben Winyard For coming 1st in Long Jump and 4x100m and 2nd in 200m and High Jump in BISAC

Athletics

Year: 10 What is your choice of beverage when playing sport? Chocolate Milk

Upcoming

Fixtures…

Monday 14th March

Softball U19 Boys’ HOME

Softball U17 Girls’ HOME

Tuesday 15th March

Volleyball U15 Boys’ HOME

Wednesday 16th March

Softball U19 Boys’ HOME

Softball U19 Girls’ HOME

Softball U17 Boys’ HOME

Softball U17 Girls’ HOME

Wednesday 16th March

Softball U15 Girls’ HOME

Volleyball U15 Boys’ HOME

Softball U13 Boys’ HOME

If you have the chance, Go

and support your friends

and fellow TIGERS!

GOOD LUCK TO…

U13 FOBISIA 10th – 12th March

Dulwich College Shanghai

Adys Yusuf Nabhiraks Bhakdibhumi Kunal Singh

Aiko Saeki Niamh Flannery Vanessa Blake

Anna Meller Norapat Kornsiri Nabhadol Sudlabha

Annabel Paxton Nutthadon Tantiponganat Vincent Boulom

Annabelle Hong Oliver Kerr William Ahl

Arin Smutharaks Oliver Van Oijen Thomas Penttila

Baxter Golden Parima Sumner Janelle De La Cruz

Blake Carter Patrick Walsh

Dev Bhatnagar Pattrawaran Uahwatanasakul

Emiko Araki Sebastian Vandermeer

Feline Abrahams Shonah Westoby

Harry Clark Talaytorn McClean

Pawarin (L) Sungkboon

For winning all her 5 matches against top singles players at the RIS

Friendship Tournament

Year: 11

If you could choose anyone to be your doubles partner who would it be? Theo James

Did you know………

1255 students use our Transport Service to get to and from school every day.

There are over 400 bus journeys per day, and well over 2000 per week. All buses have had an inspection this week by our Transport Operations

team. Over 90% of students live within Zone 1. We have 5 afterschool departure times to take students home: 11.50, 1.50,

2.30, 3.45 and 4.30pm and each day can be a different combination of stu-dents due to ECA selections.

As well as the daily school/home journeys, buses are used for ECAs, sports trips, day trips, shuttle bus service and other school related activities.

Our Bus Monitors meet every Monday morning and our Bus Drivers attend a monthly meeting. 811 different families use the bus daily. 55% of our Bangkok Patana families currently use the school Transport Service.

The Transport Office is staffed from 6.00am – 6.00pm Monday to Friday and can be contacted by calling 02 744 2470 or emailing transport@patana.ac.th

By Genevieve Ahl, Services Manager

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T he swim team competed in Kuala Lumpur last weekend

at the SEASAC Championships winning 10 Gold, 13 Silver and 17 Bronze Medals, breaking 16 new individual and 14 relay school rec-ords over the two days. Well done to Ton for breaking the SEASAC 100m and 200m 15+ Breaststroke records and Klang for breaking the 200m 13-14 Breaststroke time as well. A huge well done to the 13-14 Boys who became SEASAC Champions with the Boys’ team 2nd overall and the Girls’ 3rd. Well done to all the TigerSharks swim-mers and coaches.

By Richard Thorp, Head Swim Coach

Under 12 Girls 7th 13-14 Girls 3rd 15+ Girls 3rd Overall Girls 3rd 417 points

Under 12 Boys 4th 13-14 Boys 1st 15+ Boys 4th Overall Boys 2nd 549 points

Combined:

Under 12 6th 13-14 2nd 15+ 3rd Overall 3rd 966 points

Tickets available now at Neilson Hays Library.

Library non-members 250THB/ticket

Library members 200THB/ticket

12th March 3:00pm to 5:00pm 13th March 3:00pm to 5:00pm 19th March 3:00pm to 5:00pm 20th March 3:00pm to 5:00pm

To book tickets:

Call: 02-233 1731 Email: neilson.library@gmail.com

Anapana Meditation Course for Children

Anapana or Mindfulness of Breathing, teaches children

improved concentration skills and enhances calmness of the mind. This technique helps to relieve

anxiety and is very useful at exam time to calm those nerves and also

for every day life.

The next Anapana Meditation course will be on

Sunday 20th March for children aged between 8 - 16

years. The course is completely free!

To enrol or for further information, please contact

Eva Sophonpanich evasophon@hotmail.com

You may also find this site useful: http://www.children.dhamma.org/en/

Ordinary Miracle

Solo Exhibition by Anita Bose

March 29th - May 1st at Neilson Hays Rotunda & Garden Café Galleries Open Daily from 9:30 am - 5:30pm, Tuesday - Sunday Opening Reception - Saturday, April 2nd from 3:00-7:00 pm

Born in Kolkata, India, Anita Bose is a successful, self-taught artist with over eighteen years experience working in art. Ordinary Miracle is her fourth solo exhibition, and the first in Thailand. With her exhibition, Anita wants to spread the art and culture of India and Asia to her audience, as her art is closely linked with Indian craftsmanship and artistic tradition. The diverse cultures, art forms and religious beliefs are all part of Anita's artistic life, and as a traveller it is her form of expression. On her travels through India, she has learnt various traditional art forms and imbued them with a compassion for nature, passion for innovation and an unrelenting search for eternal truth. Her culture has taught her how to overcome the embodi-ment of the materialistic world and enter the formless realm, devoid of any materialistic manifestations where sim-plicity is of the greatest essence. Her symbolic work repre-

sents aspects of nature, ancient history, folk art, and peace. Anita dedicates her exhibition to all art lovers; a humble tribute wrapped by her love and respect for humanity across the globe, and a figurative expression of peace. Ordinary Miracle will be on view in the Neilson Hays Rotunda & Garden Café Galleries from March 29th through May 1st, 2016, while an opening reception will be held on Saturday, April 2nd from 3:00-7:00 pm. A percentage of the earnings from the paintings will go to charities in India and Thailand that Anita Bose works with. She has eight years experience working with NGOs, and is currently connected to CTM (Central Thailand Mission).

Madhubani Painting Workshop

Saturday, March 26th from 2:00-4:00 pm. To attend the workshop, please register at neilson.library@gmail.com. Seats are limited to 20. 200 THB for NHL members and 300 THB for non-members. Madhubani is a folk painting style from eastern India that traces back to the time of the ancient Ramayana. Generally depicting scenes of nature, Hindu deities and life events such as birth and marriage, such paintings involve using very fine brushes and vibrant colours on walls, doors, saris, and paper. Come try this art tech-nique yourself in the Madhubani Painting Workshop by Anita Bose on March 26th from 2:00-4:00 pm. For further information about Anita Bose’s work as an artist please visit her website or email art.anitabose@gmail.com

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