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The St. Andrews International School Primary Newsletter
2013/2014 Academic Year: Issue 4
Friday, 29th November, 2013
St Andrews School Fair
The Learner Profile
The second annual St Andrews Fair held last week was
A key characteristic of
a great success and raised over 130,000 baht which will
the learner profile is that
be donated to CAS charities such as Habitat for
of being
Humanity- both here and in the Philippines. A very
‘knowledgeable’. Over
generous donation of 120,000 baht was also made by
the course of the school
Khun Ann Pattamaporn from the Laem Thong Shopping
year, we look for many
Plaza in Rayong, which will be donated specifically to
opportunities for our
Operation Smile. Thanks to everyone (parents and
children to become more
students) who helped to organise this event; to those
knowledgeable about the
who ran stalls or donated items and prizes; and of
units of inquiry they
course to everyone who came along and purchased
study, incorporating key
items and participated in the fun. Your support for this
understandings of core
worthwhile initiative is most appreciated. A great
curriculum areas such as
afternoon was had by all.
maths, science and social
studies. We also
encourage children to talk about and reflect on their
learning. This is something that can be continued at
home – a key question could be: ‘what did you learn
about at school today?’ as opposed to ‘what did you do
at school today?’
Learning in Kindergarten
Parent Teacher Conferences
We had an excellent
turnout of primary parents
at this week’s parent/
teacher conferences. For
parents and teachers it was
an opportunity to discuss
each child’s progress to
date and set next learning
targets. If for some reason you missed your conference,
please feel free to contact your child’s teacher to reschedule another time to meet together.
KG children looking for their shadows on the
playground and looking for reflections in the mirror;
drawing and painting in the garden listening to
Chopin; and taking time out to have a foot massage
and a hair treatment! Looking at their happy smiles
reflected in the mirror it was easy to see KG enjoying
their learning!