Young musicians impress at Spring Concert

Performing before a full house, Garden International School students showed off their musical talents brilliantly at the GIS Spring Concert and Ceilidh.
Entertainment began with the school choir singing HM the King’s Anthem, and the tenth grade IGCSE (International General Certificate of Secondary Education) music group performing Soul Limbo (a.k.a. the BBC’s cricket theme). The orchestra [...]

From Antarctica to Oxford School

Dr. Sucana Chavanich, first Thai female scientist in the Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition 51, is seen here with P-1 to P-5 students of Oxford Junior School. The youngsters heard from the Chulalongkorn assistant professor on her adventures studying climate change in Antarctica.

The Importance of First Language

by David Martin
We live in a world that places an importance on being able to speak more than one language. This is so we can communicate with people from other countries and, as the world becomes more and more global, this is an essential skill to have. However, we must not loss the value of [...]

Proud of Praw

Rapeeporn Pratumanon (Kru Pearl) congratulates teenage singing star Praw for winning a top award for her vocal skills. The 13-year-old student at Garden International School (GIS) in Ban Chang aced her music exams conducted by Trinity College London.
Trinity devised the concept of grade and diploma examinations in music in the 1870s and was the first [...]

Handling Reading and Math Questions on Tests

by Susan Fitzell
Test questions that require students to read a passage and answer questions are often more difficult than multiple choice questions because students are being tested on their understanding of new material.
Math questions, too, are often difficult for many students, especially when written in a word problem format.
By using a few simple strategies, however, [...]

Forget the Olympics – We’ve got FOBISSEA!

by Mark Beales
Primary school students from Nepal, Malaysia, Vietnam and Thailand will compete in a mini-Olympics at Garden International School (GIS). The Group C Primary FOBISSEA games are scheduled for June 5 to 8 at the Ban Chang school. (The acronym is derived from Federation of British International Schools in South East Asia and East [...]

The Benefit & Enjoyment of a Child’s Interaction with ICT

By Anthony Kelly
Children of the 21st century both enjoy and benefit from interacting with information technology in all its forms. Of course, most often this can be translated as ‘kids like playing computer games’ and when psychologists talk about play being fundamental to children’s cognitive and sensory motor development, computer gaming is not included. Indeed, [...]

Fountain of Life Visit

Another in a series of articles by students at the International School Eastern Seaboard.
by Mook Wongdee, Thai Student Council President

On Wednesday, February 15, some of the student council members, including Ms. Murray and myself visited the Fountain of Life. We went there to donate the money that we raised from Walk-a-Thon. I’d like to say [...]

Endeavour awards accepting applications

The Australian Government is accepting applications for the Endeavour Awards, the competitive, merit-based, full scholarship program open to citizens of the Asia-Pacific, Middle East, Europe and the Americas.
Thai citizens may apply until June 30 for study beginning next year.
The Endeavour Awards, which provide opportunities to undertake study, research and professional development in any field of [...]

Sports Day at M. I. S.

A parade opened Sports Day at Mooltripakdee International School (MIS) with all the classes from preschool to year 4. The marching band, playing and drumming loudly, led the way to the big playground.
Dressed in their team colors–purple, green or orange, teams carried banners of their mascots while cheerleaders cheered and waved pompoms.
This year’s sport activities [...]