This week, Mr. Beale brought ‘Honey’, his 7 year old Golden Retriever, to school to visit the children in Animal Awareness Club. They had a great time with her, finding out about the things necessary to look after dogs as pets. They had fun exercising and playing with her, as well as having a go at brushing and grooming her. They found out about the ‘5 Freedoms’ that dogs need for a happy and healthy life, as well the importance of caring and looking after your pet for life.

As a result, the children understand more about the responsibility of looking after dogs and what a big commitment it is to own one.

It was a really enjoyable afternoon and we hope to see Honey at Bromsgrove again!

Name Country University Course

Papawarin Pinji (Ply)

 UK

University of Cambridge

Architecture

Chanhee Park (Jason)

 UK

London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London)

Government and Economics

Henry Millard

 UK

Durham University

Natural Sciences
Surabhi Vanalia UK

UCL (University College London)

Law

Shubhansh Bharati (Meetu)

 UK

University of Birmingham

Economics

Sita Wareesngaid (Satang)

 Australia

University of Sydney

Psychology

Youngbin Gong

 Australia

University of Sydney

Architechture

Tristan Pangilinan

 USA

California State University Northridge

Computer Science

Aphisada Saitake (Chie)

 Thailand

Chulalongkorn University

Arts and Language Culture
 Seyi Kim  Hong kong  The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology  Mathematics and Economics

Some students have taken a gap year or have not yet decided on their destination

What a fantastic start to the academic year 2017/18. It has been lovely meeting all our new families in Pre-Nursery and welcoming back our returning students. It is wonderful to see the children enjoying our new outdoor provision, which has increased our learning through play, as well as literacy and numeracy skills.

This academic year we have brought in “Word of the Week” which has taken off extremely well. Each Monday we introduce a new word for the children to learn and use in their speech and writing throughout the week. I am amazed at how many examples of these words I am seeing around the school and how well the children remember the words.

We have fully launched the Interactive Learning Diary to our parents, which means you now have access to the learning that happens in class through the use of videos and pictures. We also now have mini house events every Friday which help teach our children the importance of our learner attribute; being a “Team player”.

This week we had our “Stay and Play” event where our parents were invited in to take part in their child’s learning and experience what it is like to be a child at our school. This was also an opportunity for parents to gain ideas on how they can support their child in learning at home.

I am extremely excited by the year ahead of us and want to thank our parents for their continued support and commitment to our school.

 

Charlotte Ridley
Early Years Principal

It has been a fantastic start to the Academic Year 2017/2018 and we are extremely proud of how quickly both our new and returning students have settled into Boarding and school life. With the Boarding houses now being home to nearly a third of the school, this summer saw improvements to our Upper Boarder’s Study Room and all ensuite bedrooms in Windsor House as well as purchases for arts and crafts, cooking supplies, and sports equipment which should all be arriving very soon!

As well as over thirty new students, we have some new members to our boarding staff team who are already sharing their expertise either through pastoral, enrichment or academic developments.

Miss Jessica has started off our Thursday Team Time events including: dodgeball, capture the flag and more recently, our very own Trashion Show. With the help of Mr JK, Ms Natcha and Mrs Cluver we have been able to continue to improve communication between parents, Guardians, Boarding and school which has allowed us to support students and parents in a range of languages.

Mr Thee has been working with some of our oldest students to set up the Boarding Shop which has been welcomed by all students. Mr Joe, has been working hard to get to know the students over the past few weeks and has been using his experience from summer camp to support their needs. Mr Cluver, the Deputy Head of Boarding has been working with the Heads of Boarding to develop plans for the year ahead.

We are excited to inform you that Ms Meacham and Mr Barnes have joined us from the academic team and will be working with us to support students with their studies in the evenings and offering a range of additional activities for boarders to get involved with.  

We have started the term with a wide range of Boarding trips including: bowling, art in paradise, shopping and we are excited to go to Bounce this weekend with a number of day students.

Please check our facebook page (BIST Boarding) for upcoming trips and to follow what we have all been up to.  

 

Ms Gemma Gwilliam – Head of Lower Boarding
and
Ms Georgina Drew – Head of Upper Boarding

Over the summer break in July and August, the Administrative team at both the Early Years campus the Windsor Park campus renovated and upgraded the buildings, playground and learning environments around the school to get ready for  the academic year 2017/8. The main changes were as follows:

At the Early Years campus, the school has relaid the floor of the main playground to make it safer and more beautiful; we built a small fence to separate the Pre-Nursery and Nursery areas from other learning spaces in the campus; we improved the floor on the covered walkway from the main building to the swimming pool to be softer and safer for our smallest children; we have also extended the covered walkway to the new drop-off point on the campus in order to ensure safety for the children and that the learning environments are conducive to learning and student well-being.

At the Windsor Park campus, we relaid and upgraded the floor of the sports centre; we rebuilt  the edge of the swimming pool to make it safer for our swimmers; in the Boarding Houses we renovated the 6th form students’ rooms and study areas at the Windsor House; we installed the canopy over the Primary playground area to give much needed shade to our students; we installed doors to the entrance to the DJ Building to prevent birds from getting into the building; we re-arranged the primary classrooms to support the class expansion to two-form entry this year; we decorated the Front Office and administration areas; we installed our ‘History Wall’ in the foyer area to educate our students and visitors about school’s history; and finally we decorated the stairs up to the library with quotes from renowned historical figures to inspire our students every time they climb the stairs.

 

Duenpen Pawakranond (Mint)
School Director

 

The 2017/18 Secondary academic year is now well underway and the atmosphere around school is one of positivity and enthusiasm. It has been wonderful to see all of our students returning to Bromsgrove after the summer holidays, ready to learn and get involved in all aspects of school life. I would also like to welcome all new students who have joined us in the Secondary phase and wish them well in their academic and extracurricular studies over the coming year.

We have many exciting events already taking place; our House Sports competitions have already started, our new Student Leadership Team, including the Head Boy and Head Girl, will soon be elected and our Basketball teams are already performing well in fixtures against other Bangkok school. ECAs have now been running for three weeks and I could not be prouder of the breadth of activities that our students can choose from; there are over 40 different clubs running all of which promote our Learner Profile and allow our students to engage, create or activate their passions. In addition, our annual Trashion Show has had a makeover this year, with each House choosing one of the Sustainable Development Goals and making a multimedia presentation to educate other students about their chosen SDG – less Trashion and more Trashucation. The presentations will take place on Friday 29 September at 0800 in the PAC and all Secondary parents are welcome to attend.

The year ahead promises to be outstanding and I look forward to sharing more news with you towards the end of the half term. Please do keep an eye on our website and Facebook page as we will be sharing photos and stories of students’ successes over the coming weeks.

 

Ruth Young
Secondary Principal

What an amazing term we are having in Primary after a long summer holiday. We are excited to be back at school to see our friends, old and new, and begin academic year 2017 – 18. It is wonderful to have the children in school and there is a real ‘buzz’ of activity around the Primary Atrium.

Students are loving the new shade over the playground as well as all of the new activities, games and role-play toys that have been added to the indoor play area. It all adds to their experience of learning through play.

In classes students have begun their themes for the term, from Ancient Greece, to Crime and Punishment, to Dinosaurs! Each year group chooses a theme to build the learning around. This thematic approach to learning provides the hook to excite and engage students in their learning, and allows all of the key learning skills to be wrapped around the theme, to encourage a deeper level of understanding and exploration of a particular topic. There are indeed some subjects that won’t necessarily fit the themed approach, for example mathematics. Where the subject doesn’t fit the theme, we learn and teach the subject independently to the theme.

This year we have many wonderful challenges and opportunities for our students over and above their curriculum learning. Just this term we have residentials for Year 4, 5 and 6 who will be venturing off for 2 or 3 nights away from their parents for a challenge filled trip to promote learning, independence, teamwork and social skills. We also have the Christmas concert and Christmas Fayre, the choir singing at the Italian Embassy, Bromsgrove’s Got Talent (BGT), the TISAC dance competition being hosted at Bromsgrove, sports fixtures throughout the term, the Bromsgrove Fun Run and a range of other extended learning opportunities to inspire, stretch, challenge and excite our children in Primary. We can’t wait!

It is lovely to get to know all the children in Primary as the term continues, and a privilege to join them during such important learning years in their life. I have no doubt that the year ahead will be filled with fun, hard-work, challenge and inspired learning.

 

Christine Armstrong

Primary Principal

 

Parent WS 2017 details

Please be informed that there will be Parent Workshops in Term 1. For more information, please email enquiries@bromsgrove.ac.th or call 02-989-4873.

Dr Dan Moore, Headmaster & CEO of Bromsgrove International School Thailand (BIST) congratulated 3 students, Bhumkit Pitchayasaowapak, winner, Pattakit and Phutachkit Sangkaman, 1st and 3rd runner up respectively of Category D Boy of JJGA Junior Golf Quality 2017 held at Dynasty Golf&Country Club on September 3, 2017.

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Secondary ECAs  Term 1 – 2017/18

We are delighted to share our ECA programme for Term 1 with you. We have a varied and inspiring range of ECAs on offer and we hope your child will enjoy extending their learning through this programme. We are offering a breadth of opportunities across sport, academics, the arts and life skills.

Our programme this year in Secondary is divided into three strands:

  • Engage
  • Create
  • Activate

Please see the links below for details of the activities on offer each day:

We expect students to choose ECAs from the three strands across the week to broaden and enhance their extracurricular time. Year 9 students will all be taking part in the Expedition and Survival Skills ECA as part of their enrichment programme. Many of the ECAs will run each term so students will have the opportunity to experience them across the academic year.

Students will be guided and supported in their ECA choices by their tutors and if an ECA has an additional cost, separate parental/guardian consent will be sought before a student is enrolled in the ECA. Please note that your Activities and Sundries Deposit balance will be used in the first instance to pay for this activity and by giving consent you authorise the Finance Office to debit your balance accordingly.

We cannot wait for the ECAs to begin next week on Tuesday 5 September!