Dear Parents and Friends,

I hope you are all well and feel settled into school life at City Campus.

It has been just over a month since we opened and such a lot has happened in that short space of time. The absolute best thing has been seeing the children settle so positively and so quickly  into school life, enjoying their learning, making friends and really making our school feel like a happy place to be.

We have celebrated Wai Kru and Peace Day, dove tailing beautifully into our assemblies based around our value of Respect. Our new value focus for October is ‘Kindness’ and the children will find out why they all received a starfish when they joined the school…..

We are very proud of our children.

We have launched Parent Portal where we post all our letters and information; as you will read there are many upcoming events planned to share information and bring the community together.

Many thanks to those of you who have volunteered to be our founding Class Reps; a very important role.  We look forward to meeting you all next week and working with you over the course of our first year.

City Campus ‘Open House’ takes place  each Friday morning; prospective families have the opportunity to come and meet us and have a tour of the school.

Many thanks for inviting your friends to join us, many of whom have applied for their children to join the school.

On that note we are currently in full swing with our EY1 19 assessments and we predict that by the end of  October if not before, all our places will have been offered. For your information we are continuing to meet families and assess children who would like to join us this academic year.

Thank you so much for all your kind words over our first month in operation, your support and continued patience is so much appreciated by all our staff team.

We look forward to seeing you at our various parent events over the next few weeks and beyond.

Take great care,

Principal, Amanda Dennison

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Updates from this month in pictures

Opening Ceremony

On the 31st August, Shrewsbury International School City Campus celebrated the official grand opening ceremony. We were honoured to have His Excellency Brian Davidson, the British Ambassador to be part of our ceremony and share our celebration.  He is a real advocate for our school.

We would like to say thank you to all our founding families and special guests for helping us to celebrate this significant event. It was a great success.

 

SHC You-Time Activities Programme

After our children settled smoothly into school life, we  launched our “You-Time” activities programme. The children were very excited to choose and participate in a wide range of activities including cooking, football, and the Scouts.

Our after school activities will offer all the children the opportunity to explore and learn a new interest. Our programme will develop and grow  as we get to know our children.

Wai Kru Ceremony

At the beginning of this month, we held one of the most important traditional Thai ceremonies - Wai Kru. The ceremony  takes place at the beginning of each academic year to mark a perfect start to the year.

It was a very heartwarming  moment for the teachers when their students presented them with flowers as a mark of deep respect and gratitude.
 

Congratulating our sister school - Shrewsbury Riverside

Our students always make us proud. Congratulations and well done to all our hardworking A-Level and IGCSE students for getting an outstanding set of results. With these remarkable results, students are now off to the best universities in the world.

Library Updates

While we wait for our amazing library to be ready, we offer our children a ‘Pop Up' library. It is filled with lots of beautifully illustrated pictures books, the latest series of chapter books (for intermediate readers) and informative non-fiction texts.

Students have been enjoying visiting the library, listening to stories and reading to our puppets!

Our library is scheduled to be completed shortly after half term and then it will be fully kitted out with furnishings and of course books! We will involve the children in the development of some of the spaces and have a grand official opening….

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Upcoming Events

1)  Hello Education Fair @ Central World

Date: 29-30th Sept @ 10:00am - 7:00pm

Venue: Eden 1 Zone, Central World, Bangkok

Shrewsbury International School Bangkok will be at Hello Education Fair, Central World on Saturday 29th and Sunday 30th September. Please drop by to support us if you are at Central World.

For more information about the event, please visit
https://www.facebook.com/events/965883976952887/

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/hello-education-fair-2018-tickets-49126329173

2)  Class Reps Coffee Morning  @ Shrewsbury City Campus

Date: 3rd Oct @ 8:00-9:00am

Venue: Children Forum

Our principal, Ms. Dennison and members of the team would like to invite all our founding Class Rep to a coffee morning event. The event is an opportunity to speak about the role, meet each other and enjoy some light refreshments.

3)  SHC Talk Tea Tour @ Shrewsbury City Campus

Date: 5th Oct @ 10:00am

Venue: Shrewsbury City Campus, Bang Kapi, Huai Khwang, Bangkok 10310

We would like to invite prospective parents to our Tea Talk Tour on Friday 5th October at 10am. There will be exclusive guided tour of our campus, led by the Principal and Vice Principal. You will be able to see our facilities that designed specially for children aged 3-11 and also have the opportunity to meet our fully qualified and experienced teachers who will guide and support your child’s education here at Shrewsbury City Campus.

To secure your place at this event, please contact our Admissions Team on 02-203-1222 ext 1300/1301

 

4)  Parent Consultations

Date: 9-10th October (After school)

Venue: Shrewsbury City Campus, Bang Kapi, Huai Khwang, Bangkok 10310

 

5)  Year 4 and 5 Parent Meeting @ Shrewsbury City Campus

Date: 11th October @ 1:30pm

Venue: Year 4 and 5 Classroom

 

6)  Open House (Site Tour) @ Shrewsbury City Campus

Date: 12th October @ 10:00am

Venue: Shrewsbury City Campus, Bang Kapi, Huai Khwang, Bangkok 10310

Shrewsbury City Campus has been conducting a “Group Tour” for all prospective parents every Friday at 10am.

Due to the number of application forms being received, we have decided to immediately commence the process of assessing students for entry into Early Years 1 in August 2019.

If you would like to make an application to enrol your child at Shrewsbury City Campus of book your place at one of our tours finding out more about the school, please do not hesitate to contact our Admissions Team in 02-203-1222 ext. 1300/1301.

 

 

 

7)  Tea in topics  @ Shrewsbury City Campus

Date: 31st Oct @ 8:00-9:00am

Venue: Recital Hall

Topic: ‘Positive Parenting’ presented by our Principal, Amanda Dennison; Vice Principal, Fiona Betts and our Learning Mentor, Ms Gii

More information to follow

 

8)  Aquathon @ Shrewsbury Riverside

Date: 27th Oct @ 10:00am

Venue: Shrewsbury Riverside

The Shrewsbury City team would like to bring to your attention to a featured event at the Shrewsbury International School Bangkok Riverside Campus.

The Shrewsbury Invitational Aquathon on Saturday 27th October

The event is a combination of swimming and running or scooter and running depending on the age group.

For more information, please visit

https://sites.google.com/shrewsbury.in.th/shrewsbury-aquathon/important-information

To sign up, please visit

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScQn3qb6FEPpSxe9frDKQxgrrJYTGU35LIMgNL38r0f10ugWw/viewform

9)  Last Night Of The Prom @ Shrewsbury Riverside

Date: 1st November @5.45

Venue: Shrewsbury Riverside

The 2018 edition of Shrewsbury International School's annual musical showpiece, Last Night of the Proms, takes place at our Riverside campus on Thursday 1st November (schedule below).

The event promises to be another evening of top-quality entertainment and hospitality, and begins at 5:45pm with pre-concert drinks and buffet, and following the concert itself, the evening will be capped with riverside fireworks and cocktails. 

This year we are delighted to welcome back guests from UK vocal ensemble Ex Cathedra, and special Guest Conductor of international acclaim, Bundit Ungrangsee.

Tickets can be purchased individually, or for tables of 10 people (at a discounted price) by Friday 12th October.

Adult tickets (19 years or above) @ 1,600 Baht

Child tickets (8-18 years) @ 1,100 Baht

Whole tables* (up to 10 guests - adults, children or mixed) @ 14,000

For booking form and payment instructions, please visit

https://www.shrewsbury.ac.th/uploaded/photos/Riverside/Event_Documents/Proms_2018/LNOP-2018_web-booking_form.pdf

Based on a musical festival that was first staged in Britain over 120 years ago, “The Shrewsbury Proms” is now in its 12th year and has become a hugely popular feature of the Bangkok performance calendar. This year’s concert, inspired by the theme “Magic and Fantasy”, and will features items ranging from Tchaikovsky’s “Nutcracker” to Game of Thrones, alongside the traditional Proms favourites Jerusalem and Rule Britannia, all performed in Shrewsbury’s world class auditorium.
The event schedule is as follows:

5.45PM: Drinks reception
6.00PM: Buffet dinner begins
7.00PM: Doors to auditorium open
7.15PM: Proms concert begins
9.20PM: Post concert drinks and dessert will be served. Evening concludes with riverside fireworks display.

We look forward to welcoming parents, friends and family to join us for another memorable evening at Shrewsbury International School Bangkok Riverside