Term 2 - 21 February 2025
Matters of Principal
Whole School
Announcements
THAI PROGRAMME PRESENTATION
Thai-speaking parents are invited to a presentation on our Thai Language Programme Development on Friday, 28th February at 9:00 AM in the Veraphan Theatre. The presentation will be delivered in Thai and will be beneficial in helping you understand how best to support your child’s Thai language education, empowering them to develop strong language skills and prepare for future opportunities.
RSTPA COOKING CLASS - NEW DATE
The next session of our RSTPA Cooking Class exploring flavours from France, will now take place on Monday, 25th March.
There will be a small fee of 300 THB per session to cover the costs of ingredients and you will need to bring some empty containers to take your food away. We have a maximum of 24 places, so if you are interested please reserve your place by contacting: irbis2002@bk.ru / Line: Helen Cool / 0907694661.
Reminders
COMMUNITY REPS NEEDED
We are seeking parent volunteers across all year groups, to serve as Community Representatives. These reps will partner with us to support our EAL families and work together to celebrate and nurture multilingualism, multiliteracy and multiculturalism for all our students. If you are passionate about supporting our language learners, we encourage you to get involved. More information can be found in the poster below.
Dates for your Diary
AJAHN JAYASARO RETURN VISIT
We are delighted to welcome back Ajahn Jayasāro to Rugby School Thailand for his talk 'Dealing With An Uncertain World'. We invite parents to join us for this special occasion in the Webb Ellis Centre on Tuesday, 4th March 2025 at 3:30pm.
GUEST SPEAKER - SPORT PERFORMANCE
Join us as we welcome Dr Andy Schillinger, Director of Rehabilitation at Miskawaan Health Group, for an insightful session on holistic recovery and performance optimisation on Friday, 7th March in the Senior Science Lecture Theatre at 4pm. We invite students, parents and staff to join this talk. Please see the below poster for more information.
Highlight of the Week
PHOENIX'S JOURNEY TO CAMBRIDGE
Deputy Head Girl and full boarder, Phoenix, has reached the culmination of her RST journey with an incredible offer to study Natural Sciences from the University of Cambridge, one of the top universities in the world. We caught up with her to find out how she turned her ambitious dreams into reality and to learn about the journey that led her to this incredible opportunity.
Senior
Announcements
PARENT INFORMATION SESSION
Before half term, the Head of Senior, Mr Groves and the Deputy Head Academic, Dr Grindlay presented to parents on 'Effective study habits' and explained about how students learn and remember information. Within this presentation, effective revision habits were discussed as well as some myths. In the lead up to external examinations, we encourage all parents to discuss with their child about how to study effectively at home. For those unable to attend, the presentation can be found here.
RST UNIVERSITY FAIR
We are excited to be hosting a university fair on Thursday, 6th March from 4pm -6pm in the Senior Dining Hall. Students and parents are invited to join us and meet with representatives from some leading institutions.
OPPORTUNITY FOR FUTURE MEDICS
The Doctor Follows Programme is a specially designed experiential programme for international high school students interested in pursuing careers in medicine and healthcare. Over the course of a week, students will receive 20 hours of supervised shadowing and observation with real doctors and nurses across multiple hospital departments and hospitals. The programme is conducted in English and will take place in Chiang Mai from 2nd-9th August. Interested students can find out more here.
STUDY TOURS 2025
One Education have again partnered with CETA, a Thai licenced tour operator, to launch a new set of summer programmes following a successful first run in December last year where a group of 15 students from Thai international schools travelled to Melbourne. Students will have the opportunity to experience life on campus, connect with student ambassadors and sample faculty led workshops. Key details can be found on the below posters with further information available on our summer school page.
Reminders
AUSTRALIA UNIVERSITY ROADSHOW
We are delighted once again to be hosting top Australian Universities at our School on Tuesday, 18th March from 16:00-17:00 in the Science Lecture Theatre and Senior Library. Please see the below poster for more information.
We look forward to seeing you there.
STUDY IN THE UK FAIR
'Hands On Study in the UK Fair' is taking place on Saturday, 1st March with 37 UK universities attending this event. This event will give students the opportunity to interact with university representatives, learn about different programmes and also get to know more about the admissions process. More information is available on the below poster.
HIGHER EDUCATION EVENTS
Our Higher Education team has compiled a list of the most relevant university events for the coming months, including open days and webinars, which you can view here.
EXPLORING SUMMER SCHOOLS
Our summer schools' opportunities page is regularly updated by our Higher Education team, new additions this month include the Brown Pre-College Programmes as well as the Glion and Les Roches summer academies. To learn more about these fantastic opportunities, please click the link below.
Click here to see what summer school opportunities are currently available.
Dates for your Diary
25th FEBRUARY:
08:00-12:00 - Sports Day
26th FEBRUARY-2nd MARCH:
Educational Visit: DoE Gold Practice
28th FEBRUARY:
15:00-16:00 - Senior RSTPA meeting
Highlights
FUNDRAISING VENTURE
RST Crafts is a new, student-led initiative aimed to help our Senior students unwind by combining their favourite hobbies with a shared passion for making a difference. The students created a variety of beautiful hand-made crafts, delicious baked goods and study notes. They began this journey by offering pre-orders to other RST members and with the help of the Senior School social committee, were able to organise an event earlier this month during break time. This effort raised a total of 10,000 THB which was donated to Operation Smile, a non-profit organisation that offers life-changing medical care to children and adults with cleft lip, cleft palate and other facial deformities. The opportunity to support such a meaningful cause truly inspired all the students involved in this first event and motivated them to continue making a positive impact.
HOUSE SONG COMPETITION
Before the half term, our students battled it out in our House Song competition - a contest where our students were encouraged to work together in their Houses to choreograph performances, use costumes and props and ultimately ensure that everybody came together to deliver their best singing performance. Our House competitions allow students to build confidence, foster School spirit and create lasting memories and this event was no different. Our judges Mr Cain and Mr Stoker had the difficult task of deciding the winning house which was given to Tudor House and their performance of Billy Joel's 'Uptown Girl', followed closely by School House with 'Viva La Vida' by Coldplay.
Prep
Announcements
PREP MUSIC RECITAL
The next recital will take place on Wednesday, 19th March and registration is now open. Students that have lessons externally can register via this link, while RST instrumental students will be registered by their teachers. Registrations close on Friday, 7th March.
Reminders
RST FACTOR
Next Friday, 28th February, the Veraphan Theatre will be exploding with talent as our finalists of the RST Factor House music competition take the stage. These sensational students have battled their way through auditions and are ready to unleash their musical prowess to earn points towards winning the RST Factor. Unfortunately we are unable to invite families to watch the show live but performances will be available to watch the following week on our YouTube channel.
WORLD BOOK DAY
World Book Day is coming up on Thursday, 6th March. Students can come into School dressed as a book character of their choice. They must also bring in a prop from a book that they will discuss in their English lessons.
BOOK FAIR
Our Book Fair will be back again on Thursday, 13th March.
Dates for your Diary
22nd FEBRUARY:
Please see SOCS for the Saturday Enrichment and Sport Programme
FOBISIA Swimming
23rd FEBRUARY:
FOBISIA Swimming
25th FEBRUARY:
ISGT St Andrews Bangkok Invitational
U13 Football v STA GV (Home)
26th FEBRUARY:
08:15-09:15: Support for Learning Coffee Morning in the Green Room
12:00-15:00: Tamar Centre and Bakery Trip (reps only)
16:00: U13 Basketball v MIS (Away)
28th FEBRUARY:
08:00-09:00: RSTPA Prep Meeting in the boardroom (reps only) - Please share your positive and constructive feedback with the year group reps
09:00-10:00: Thai Curriculum Presentation in the Veraphan Theatre (delivered in Thai language)
15:00: Marshall House Sleepover for Year 7
1st MARCH:
Please see SOCS for the Saturday Enrichment and Sport Programme
08:30-12:30: Year 8 Wizard of Oz Rehearsal in the Veraphan Theatre
13:30-16:00: Wizard of Oz Rehearsal for Principals and Tech in the Veraphan Theatre
U9, U11 & U13 Internal Tennis Tournament
U11 Football v Bangkok Prep (Away)
U13 Basketball v Regents (Away)
Highlights
YEAR 3 DONATION DRIVE
During Learner Profile Week, Year 3 students met and listened to Ady talk about his rescue and rehabilitation work at Second Chance Dog Rescue in Pattaya. Students and staff generously brought in bags of dog food over the course of the week, to donate to the 80+ dogs at the shelter. Our Year 3 students also took time to reflect on the importance of the work carried out by Ady and his team and wrote postcards to thank the volunteers at the shelter. The team were blown away by the generosity of donations and the thoughtfulness in showing gratitude by our Year 3 students. We are so proud of our students and would like to say a big thank you to the families who supported this project.
MUSIC RECITAL
Forty talented Prep students showcased their musical skills this week in a truly fantastic recital. The diverse programme ranged from classical Brahms waltzes to popular contemporary hits, demonstrating the students' hard work and dedication. The high quality of the performances was a testament to both the students' efforts and the support of our Visiting Music Teachers. A big thank you also goes out to parents for their continued encouragement and appreciation of music education.
Pre-Prep
Announcements
LIBRARY ILLUSTRATIONS
In 2021, A Level student, Anja, illustrated all the Non-Fiction category pictures for our library which were hugely loved by our children and parents. Fast forward to today and Anja is now at university in Canada studying Computer Science. She still has a passion for art and so we commissioned her to do a piece of work for our beautiful library again - this time drawing all the category pictures for the Fiction side.
In doing so, she finished the wonderful work she started and her drawings became signposts to help our children navigate their way around the library and grow in independence.
These drawings have added such a special touch to our much-loved library and we hope Anja's work will serve to inspire a generation of young readers and artists alike.
Reminders
ROAD SAFETY
A huge thank you for all the road safety pictures that were sent in to Miss Kathy for our Whole Me display. It is fabulous to see children with helmets on and sitting safely in their car seats. Please do continue to ensure your child is safe when travelling and let us know if they are not wearing their seatbelts.
Dates for Your Diary
25th FEBRUARY:
100 Days of School
25th-28th FEBRUARY:
Miss Sarah will be visiting a school in Cambodia for a COBIS accreditation
28th FEBRUARY:
Native readers session
28th FEBRUARY:
Thai presentation on the language changes for next year in the Veraphan Theatre
5th MARCH:
08:30 - KS1 Maths Workshop - Little Talk for Year 1 and 2
6th MARCH:
World Book Day - children can dress up as a book character and parents are invited to read in class with your child from 8:00-8:30am and attend the Book Day Parade at 8:40am
10th MARCH:
STEAM WEEK- lots of fun for the children exploring Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Maths
13th MARCH:
Book Fair
14th MARCH:
School closed for Exeat
Highlights
EAL LESSONS FOR PARENTS
Our EAL (English as an Additional Language) lessons for parents have so far been a great success, with both beginner and intermediate level parents participating. We aim to focus on real-world English usage and help parents support their child's learning at home. These lessons have been designed with a fun, engaging format to encourage a supportive community environment. Our first lesson covered greetings and provided information on how phonics is taught, with tips on how to support children at home. Parents also actively participated in a 'small talk' role-play to enhance their conversational skills. The second lesson focused on how to read with your child and applying phonics while developing comprehension skills. A fun role-play simulating parent-teacher conferences further added to the learning experience. We look forward to welcoming parents back for more EAL lessons.
Boarding Life
Boarding
A SNAPSHOT OF BOARDING LIFE
Boarding life is full of fun activities and friendships, with a bit of device and study time thrown in too!
Wish you were here? If you're interested in part, weekly or full boarding, get in touch with admissions@rugbyschool.ac.th who can give you more information or arrange a trial night.
Last night, Mr Grindlay visited Marshall House to see what our Prep School boarders get up to. A few of the boys made him and Dr Grindlay a fresh juice and asked for feedback before they serve it at the Marshall House charity ‘Market Day’ later this term. The juice received a two thumbs up and has also been renamed ‘Grindlay Goodness'. For every juice that is sold at the charity event, Mr Grindlay will donate an additional 20 baht! Nana and Hana then gave them a tour around the house, while everyone else enjoyed a standard Thursday night with friends.
Community Events
SPRING CAMP
We are getting closer and closer to our Spring Camp which takes place from the 6th - 11th April 2025. If you missed out on our early bird offer there is no need to worry as we still have an exclusive 10% discount for RST families! For more information and to register, please see the below poster. Our new camp website is also live so click here to learn more.
WSA CAMPS
Join the Wisdom Sports Camp and train with professional international coaches - all abilities are welcome to join so no experience is needed. There is limited availability so if you would like your child to take part, sign up now. Contact details to register are below.
Call: 099 289 6454
LINE: @wisdomsports
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