Shrewsbury International School, Bangkok - British Education in Thailand

Speech Day Smiles

Fri, 23 Jul 2010 13:11:46 +0700

The school was delighted to welcome Mr Hugh Ramsbotham as Guest Speaker at this year’s Junior and Senior School Speech Day ceremonies.

Every member of the school from Year 1 up to Year 13 as well as teachers and parents enjoyed the day which was filled with smiles and pride.

In the Senior School, prizes were handed out to recognise outstanding achievement across all academic subjects as well as for success in the end of year examinations. Students in the Sixth Form, were also presented with Leadership Awards and also prizes for outstanding performances in Drama, Music and Sport.

Music included a vocal performance by Myra Molloy, a piano solo by Achira Assawadecharit (Ken) and a Quartet who played Bagatelle Op 47 No 5 by Antonin Dvorak.

Prizes in the Junior School were awarded to students in the areas of Academic Excellence, Diligence and Most Improved, as well as awards for Music and Sportsmanship. The Head of Junior Awards went to students who best represented the 6 key philosophies of the school: Serious About Study, Innovative Thinker, Language Learner, Broad Minded, Aware of their Responsibility and Truly International.

Before handing out the prizes, Mr Ramsbotham spoke to students about the concept of pride and why students should be proud of themselves and their school.

Anyone who is a former student at Shrewsbury UK is called an Old Salopian, and in 1998 Mr Ramsbotham became Secretary of the Old Salopian Club helping 7,000 alumni to stay in touch. This year he was appointed President.

A teacher at Shrewsbury UK for 25 years, Mr Ramsbotham was delighted to have been able to visit Bangkok and to help strengthen further the links between the two schools.

Pre-Prep students in Year 1 and Year 2 enjoyed a special event in which they entertained parents with songs and poetry before each child was presented with a book to represent their skill as either a Mathemagician, Busy Bee, Arty Craft, Spelling Superstar, Super Scientist, Care Bear, Musical Maestro, Bookworm, Worldly Wise Owl or Sports Champ.

Senior School Speech Day gallery here
Junior School Speech Day gallery here
Pre-Prep Prize Giving gallery here

Major success for Jan at World Championships

Thu, 22 Jul 2010 14:10:31 +0700

Team Shrewsbury golfer Chayanid Prapassarangkul (Jan) has finished 3rd in the Callaway World Junior Championships in the United States.

Fourteen-year-old Jan competed against nearly 80 other competitors in 13-14 Girls competition which took place from 13th to 16th July at the Sycuan Resort in San Diego.

After a difficult first round which saw her finish on 76 (6 shots behind the leader), Jan put in stunning second and third rounds with a final score of 218 – just two behind the eventual winner Eimi Koga from Hawaii and a single shot behind the second placed Princess Mary Superal of the Philippines.

Jan, who will start her Year 10 studies at Shrewsbury International School in August, has had a terrific year of golf so far with major successes at a number of local tournaments.

To find out more about Team Shrewsbury, click here

Fond farewell to staff

Thu, 1 Jul 2010 16:57:37 +0700

The Common Room was awash with emotion on Tuesday afternoon when all the teachers gathered to bid farewell to Mrs Gibbons and the staff who are leaving Shrewsbury at the end of this academic year

Mrs Gibbons, the Vice Principal (Head of Junior), was presented with a book by Mr Holroyd. He said Mrs Gibbons would be remembered for always putting the children first and for always being fair. “She has a confidence born out of decades of experience first as an outstanding teacher and second as a Headmistress,” he said.

Of the teachers who are leaving, many are going back to their home countries while others are striking out on new adventures in Vietnam, China and beyond.

The staff also bid fond farewells to Writer in Residence Tori Truslow who will take a Masters degree in the UK and the four gap year students who are heading off to university.

Special mentions should go to Mr Baxter and Mr Walton who are both retiring after more than 40 years each in the teaching profession.

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Students create audio tour

Wed, 30 Jun 2010 17:20:13 +0700

Our English language learners in Year 6 have spent the last three weeks developing an audio tour of our school to complement the formal writing they have been doing in their English as an Additional Language (EAL) class.

The idea was to produce an audio tour using the language features of formal speech that would give any new students coming to SHB some inside extra information about the school that they might not know about, for example some school and playground rules.

The five students in the English Plus class each chose an area they wanted to tell the listener about. These included the Reception, the Dining Hall, the Playground, the School Shop and the Memorial Hall. We visited each location and wrote notes before heading back to the classroom to write our audio tour scripts for each stop as well as a welcome and farewell message.

After practising the scripts, we headed to the computer room where we recorded the scripts. We then edited the audio tour and added some music to make it sound professional.

To listen to the Audio Tour click here

Catwalk glamour comes to Shrewsbury

Wed, 30 Jun 2010 17:04:57 +0700

SHEWSBURY students staged their first ever Fashion Show on Saturday. Student volunteers and professional models showcased clothes designed by members of Shrewsbury’s Fashion Club.
The event, organised by Year 13 students Diana and May, was a stunning success.

Here Diana and May describe how the event was about far more than high fashion.

“It started off with a shared thought, which morphed into a dream, then into an aspiration. It is a true farewell and thank you gift to the school and the dear teachers. It is a completely new and unique benchmark for the school. It is proof to the outside community that Shrewsbury International School is nurturing valuable skills and characteristics into its students.

“Most importantly, it is a form of encouragement and inspiration for younger students to take the initiative, and to express and believe in themselves.

“The journey was not easy, considering our level of skill and experience. It was certainly rewarding, though. We learned what textbooks cannot teach us, experienced highs that we shared, lows we learned to overcome, and formed valuable bonds that without doubt would benefit and last for a long time.

“Above all, we had accomplished a feat that we acknowledge would have been impossible if we did not have one another.

“Of course, it would not have been the same if we had not received the invaluable support and help from the school, Shrewsbury Parents’ Association, teachers, family members, and friends… thank you; each form of encouragement spurred us on.”

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Great fun at the Fun Run

Wed, 30 Jun 2010 13:59:17 +0700

This year’s Shrewsbury Fun Run was a great event with more than 350 participants.

The event which took place on Thursday 17th June was held in the Shrewsbury grounds with a run across the Canterbury Field added as a cross country element. The athletes ranged from babies in strollers to the over 50s running or walking around the course.

Having fun was the order of the day and it was a great way to bring our Shrewsbury community together to mark the end of a busy but very successful year. Ms Wendy and Ms Gina got into spirit by running dressed in an elephant costume!

The race also had a competitive side where teams and individuals were racing for medals in each of the three categories.

The standard of running was exceptional with personal bests gained by our competitive athletes and a real sense of achievement from our fun runners.

The full results from the event are as follows: here

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