Highlights from our first full month in action, and details of upcoming events at City Campus and elsewhere.
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
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….
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