Spotlight on Primary Newsletter Term 2 Week 10 | Page 2

St. Andrews International School, Green Valley SASS Drama Festival March 28th , 2014 St. Andrews International School, Green Valley hosted its third annual St. Andrews Student Spotlight (SASS) Drama Festival on Saturday, March 22nd at their Sathorn campus in Bangkok. Five Primary Schools took place in this year’s festival: 4 St And St. Andrews International School, Green Valley, Sathorn, Samakee, 107 and Bangkok Pattana School. The daylong event consisted of two main parts: drama workshops and an improvisation drama competition. Workshop topics covered many aspects of the stage, such as character development, improvisation techniques, magic illusions, voice projection/annunciation, musical theater and voice training. In the end, St. Andrews School, Green Valley took home many of the honors including the muchcoveted first place trophy for "Best Over-All Skit" as well as Best Male Actor, Jake Heron and Best Female Actor, Munin Youngvanich. Thanks to Mr Parsons for coordinating this event and to Miss Cashman, Mr Muller, Mr Humber, Mr Heron for running workshops and Mrs Frew for helping out! EARTH HOUR 2014: This morning from 9.30am till 10.30am we turned our power off to support Earth Hour. Secondary Students presented at Primary Assembly this morning to promote this worldwide initiative. You too can support this at home by joining millions of people across the world who will switch lights off for an hour tomorrow 29 March at 8:30 pm - to raise awareness for the planet. You can find out more at www.earthhour.orgt Join millions of people across the world who will switch lights off for an hour Book Week 2014 – Read-athon Update on 29 March at 8:30 pm - to raise awareness We have collected 58,277 (to date) from the primary read-athon held during Book Week. The student council and book week committee have decided to for the planet divide the money between charity and St Andrews School. The students liked the idea that both local charities and the school students would benefit. More PM readers and new library books will be purchased . 2 Thanks everyone for your support!