Rugby School Thailand eNewsletter

Matters of Principal

Whole School News

Reminders

IMPORTANT REMINDER: Safety at the Zebra Crossing
We kindly request parents to ensure the safety of our community by always stopping at the zebra crossing between the Pre-Prep building and the staff accommodation and looking carefully both ways before moving forward.

Thank you for your cooperation in making our School a safe environment for everyone.

HALF TERM DATES
1^st – 5^th JUNE: School Closed for Half Term
6^th JUNE: School Resumes

RSTPA PARENT COOKING CLASSES
Our Parent Cooking Classes are proving very popular. As a result, we have added an additional date to the calendar. On Monday, 19^th June (08:00 – 10:00), we are now offering a Thai Cookery Class. We will have a maximum of 20 places, so if you are interested, please reserve your place via Line: Helen Cool or via 0907694661.

There will be a small fee of 200THB per session to cover the costs of ingredients and you will need to bring some empty containers to take your food away. If you have any questions, please email irbis2002@bk.ru

Senior News

Learning

GEOGRAPHY
We have been learning about the processes and erosional formations found on coastlines.
These include the sequenced formation of a cliff, crack, cave arch, stack, and stump. These are some images of the student's work, where they used Play-Doh to create models and labelled them to include the process and landforms.

It is a great way for the students to communicate and use teamwork to embed their knowledge.

Design and Technology (D&T)
In D&T over the past couple of weeks F block students have been pouring resin, cutting, filing, and sanding their Mosquito Coil Holder project to match their final design idea and get them ready for final assembly. Many students are now polishing their resin to create a super shiny finish. LXX and E block students have just started their IGCSE major coursework project, where they need to identify a number of potential problems to solve through the design and making of a product. This is challenging and yet very exciting as the students identify their own project idea that they will have to sketch design work, develop, model and eventually make a final product.

LXX are also learning theoretical underpinning knowledge using practical activities which have included turning brass bars on the centre lathe, turning wood on the lathe, cutting, shaping and marking out timbers to make their very own accurate 1/5th scale Lego figure. This is such a great skills project, resulting in a multi-faceted outcome that also teaches lots of theory content for the course.

Prep News

Announcements & Reminders

ASSESSMENT WEEK
After the upcoming half term, we have scheduled our annual Assessment Week. During this week, all assessments will be conducted in class, following the same format as the assessments held throughout the year. Our primary goal is to ensure a pressure-free and stress-free environment for our students whilst also promoting their overall academic success.

We kindly request that you support us in maintaining this relaxed atmosphere by refraining from expecting your child to engage in any additional work or revision during the break or at home and allow them to recharge and enjoy their time away from School.

It's important to note that continuous monitoring and assessment are integral to our teaching and learning practices. By consistently evaluating our students' progress, we can identify their strengths and areas for development, which will then be communicated to you through our reporting cycle.

If you have any questions or concerns regarding the Assessment Week or any other matter, please do not hesitate to reach out to us.

Best regards,

Mrs Sara Howell

TRANSITION PRESENTATIONS
This term, we will hold our Transition Presentations to inform you about any changes moving from one year group to another. If you would like to hear about our new staff, about what events we will run and other crucial information about next year, please come along.

Our next one will be on Thursday, 8^th June 17:00 – 17:30 for our Year 5 parents with students moving into Year 6 in August 2023.

SAVE THE DATE: Year 8 Leavers' Lunch - Friday, 30^th June 12:00-13:30
(Year 8 Students, Parents and Siblings)

SAVE THE DATE: Prep Speech & House Music Final - Friday 30^th June 10:30 – 12:00
(all Prep parents invited)

Dates for your Diary

1^st – 5^th JUNE: School Closed for Half Term

6^th JUNE:
08:00 School Resumes
12:50 RSTPA Reps attend Lunch
16:00 – 17:30 Year 8 Parents' Event in the Veraphan Theatre

7^th JUNE:
14:45 – 16:15 Year 8 Experience the Senior School
16:15 – 17:45: U13 Boys Basketball v MIS (Webb Ellis Centre)

8^th JUNE: Year 5 to Year 6 Transition Presentation in the Veraphan Theatre (17:00 – 17:35)

9^th JUNE: Year 4 Sleepover

10^th JUNE:
08:00 – 12:00: Year 4 Rehearsal
08:00 – 09:15: U10 & U12 Boys Basketball Training in the WEC – please sign-up with Mr Chisholm
08:30 – 10:00: Saturday Enrichment Programme Session 1 – please sign-up on SOCS
09:15 – 10:30: U10 & U12 Girls Basketball Training in the WEC – please sign-up with Mr Chisholm
09:30 – 10:45: U9 Wisdom Football Academy
10:15 – 11:45: Saturday Enrichment Programme Session 2 – please sign-up on SOCS

LAMDA showcase

Last week, we invited our parents to a world of theatre to watch our LAMDA students perform their monologues. Over the course of the year, they have been practising and preparing for their LAMDA exams. The Showcase allowed our students to perform in front of an audience; for some of them for the very first time. Huge congratulations to all students for showing courage, resilience and versatility on stage and we wish them all the luck in their upcoming exams.

Congratulations to all the students who performed at our recent concert. It was brilliant from the first note to the last. It showcased a wide range of music genres, composers and instruments. The students are commended for their resilience, risk-taking and global-mindedness. Their talent and musical development is outstanding for this age group.

“The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is practice.” - Vladimir Horowitz (pianist)

Announcements and Reminders

RSTPA
I would like to thank our parent reps who have worked this year to represent each year group: Khun Manita (PN), Khun Xioafeng (N), Khun Nuch (Rec), Khun Adriana (Y1) and Khun Maude (Y2) . They have helped to build better relationships between the School and the parents and to answer your questions and concerns.

Thank you (and I hope they consider continuing next year!)

TRANSITION TO THE NEXT YEAR
As we near the end of the School year, we are thinking about the transition programmes for both the children and you, the parents. Some of the transitions are very simple with little change taking place such as Pre-Nursery to Nursery and Year 1 to 2, others are larger transitions. Actual class lists will be sent out to you in August prior to the children starting. This happens then because new students are still enrolling over the summer holidays. We have several events taking place in June and also in August and September.

Please click on the link below for more information regarding the transition events for each year group:

Transition to the next year

Dates for Your Diary

6^th JUNE: Nursery to Reception Transition Meeting 8:30am – Assembly Hall

7^th JUNE: Year 2 to 3 Transition meeting (Part 1) 8:30am – Assembly Hall

13^th JUNE: Reception to Year 1 Transition meeting 8:30am – Assembly Hall

14^th JUNE: Moving Up Morning – children only experience time in their next year group

14^th JUNE: Year 2 to 3 Transition meeting (Part 2) 5pm PREP School with Mrs Howell – Veraphan Theatre

16^th JUNE: Proud Peacock Day - NO DRESS UP

Nursery Owls

Kaleidoscopes and Air Rockets
During STEAM Week in Nursery Owls class, our little scientists and engineers delved into the fascinating world of Sir David Brewster. They eagerly engaged in hands-on activities, such as crafting kaleidoscopes to explore the wonders of light and patterns. Additionally, they embraced the principles of aerodynamics by building and launching air rockets and discovering the power of propulsion. These exciting projects spark their curiosity and foster an ongoing love for scientific exploration and experimentation.

Year 1 have been working so hard on their Summer show which links to their topic this term. Each class has been learning about an animal and they had prepared some fantastic facts. Tuesday's show saw sun bears, tigers, reticulated pythons and monkeys all singing and speaking on stage. The facts were clearly presented, Talk for Writing style and the songs were sung with energy.

It was a spectacular, colourful and educational show - one of the best Year 1 shows I have seen! A great big well done to the children in Year 1 and a thank you to the teaching team for their hard work. It was truly fabulous. More photos and video recording will be shared later on Seesaw.

Our Year 2s visited the Outdoor Education Centre (OEC) this week and learned a lot of fascinating new skills; spotting birds by using binoculars, building a shelter with sticks, ropes and plastic sheets and using compasses to find directions.

A cooler day this week and the children were so happy! Climbing, swinging, bouncing and having fun!

Useful Links

Learner Profiles

Boarding Life

Our full boarders love being able to use our big campus in the evenings and can be often found outside. Here are two School House boys enjoying a sunset scoot!

Student Achievements

Congratulations to Coupe (4J ), who came 2nd runner-up in the boys and girls doubles under 10 match in the recent Tennis 10s Junior Circuit competition at the Greta Sport Club.

Coupe has been especially busy as he also received a Gold medal for Kangaroo Math Thailand 2023 in Grade 3 Ecolier

A couple of weeks ago, many of our RST students attended the Thailand Championship Qualifier Pony Dressage & Jumping. Last week, we mentioned Pai, Sidney and Prague. This week, we would like to celebrate Namo's achievements.

Namo and Nesquik - 1^st place for Thailand Championship “Pony Cat A.”
Namo and Nesquik - 2^nd place for Thailand Championship “All pony”
Namo and Nesquik - 1^st place for Horseshoe Point Open “Preliminary 1” class “open”
Namo and El Capitan - 1^st place for Horseshoe Point Open “Preliminary 1” class “horse”
Namo and El Capitan -1^st place for Horseshoe Point Open “Preliminary 2” class Horse and Open
Namo and El Capitan - 2^nd place for Horseshoe Point Open “Novice2” class Open

We are very proud of Namo!

RSTeam Spotlight

Get to know a little better our dedicated team of teachers and support staff who make our School great, by learning more about them and their roles.

This week we focus on Matthew Buck, Director of Sport:

Community Offers & Events

HOLIDAY INN- RST COMMUNITY DISCOUNTS
We’d like to thank our friends from the Holiday Inn, who are offering our RST Community preferential hotel rates and discounts in their restaurants for 2023:

Term 3 - 31 May